Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington broke one of the oldest world records in the book to claim a second Olympic gold, following her first triumph in the 400 m freestyle. She touched the wall first in 8:14.10, slashing 2.12-second deficit off Janet Evans' world record which had stood for nearly 19 years.[2][3]
Coming from sixth place in the 350-metre lap, Italy's Alessia Filippi registered a time of 8:20.23 for a silver medal. Lotte Friis ended Denmark's 20-year medal drought in swimming to claim a bronze in 8:23.03, edging out Romania's Camelia Potec (8:23.03) on the final lap by eight-hundredths of a second. China's Li Xuanxu finished fifth with a time of 8:26.34, and was followed in the sixth spot by Australia's Kylie Palmer in 8:26.39. Russia's Yelena Sokolova (8:29.79) and another Brit Cassandra Patten (8:32.35) rounded out the finale. Notable swimmers missed out the top 8 final featuring U.S. top favorites Katie Hoff and Kate Ziegler, both of whom placed tenth and eleventh in the prelims race.[2][4]
Earlier in the prelims, Adlington established a new Olympic standard in a top-seeded time of 8:18.06 to cut down Brooke Bennett's 2000 record by a 1.59-second deficit.[4]
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The women s 800 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 14 and 16 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China 1 Women s 800 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueBeijing National Aquatics CenterDateAugust 14 2008 heats August 16 2008 final Competitors36 from 29 nationsWinning time8 14 10 WRMedalistsRebecca Adlington Great BritainAlessia Filippi ItalyLotte Friis Denmark 20042012 Great Britain s Rebecca Adlington broke one of the oldest world records in the book to claim a second Olympic gold following her first triumph in the 400 m freestyle She touched the wall first in 8 14 10 slashing 2 12 second deficit off Janet Evans world record which had stood for nearly 19 years 2 3 Coming from sixth place in the 350 metre lap Italy s Alessia Filippi registered a time of 8 20 23 for a silver medal Lotte Friis ended Denmark s 20 year medal drought in swimming to claim a bronze in 8 23 03 edging out Romania s Camelia Potec 8 23 03 on the final lap by eight hundredths of a second China s Li Xuanxu finished fifth with a time of 8 26 34 and was followed in the sixth spot by Australia s Kylie Palmer in 8 26 39 Russia s Yelena Sokolova 8 29 79 and another Brit Cassandra Patten 8 32 35 rounded out the finale Notable swimmers missed out the top 8 final featuring U S top favorites Katie Hoff and Kate Ziegler both of whom placed tenth and eleventh in the prelims race 2 4 Earlier in the prelims Adlington established a new Olympic standard in a top seeded time of 8 18 06 to cut down Brooke Bennett s 2000 record by a 1 59 second deficit 4 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords EditPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Janet Evans USA 8 16 22 Tokyo Japan 20 August 1989 5 Olympic record nbsp Brooke Bennett USA 8 19 67 Sydney Australia 22 September 2000 The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time RecordAugust 14 Heat 4 Rebecca Adlington nbsp Great Britain 8 18 06 ORAugust 16 Final Rebecca Adlington nbsp Great Britain 8 14 10 WRResults EditHeats Edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 4 4 Rebecca Adlington nbsp Great Britain 8 18 06 Q OR2 3 5 Camelia Potec nbsp Romania 8 19 70 Q3 4 2 Lotte Friis nbsp Denmark 8 21 74 Q4 5 5 Alessia Filippi nbsp Italy 8 21 95 Q5 4 3 Kylie Palmer nbsp Australia 8 22 81 Q OC6 5 1 Yelena Sokolova nbsp Russia 8 23 07 Q NR7 3 6 Li Xuanxu nbsp China 8 24 37 Q8 5 7 Cassandra Patten nbsp Great Britain 8 25 91 Q9 4 1 Wendy Trott nbsp South Africa 8 26 21 AF10 5 4 Kate Ziegler nbsp United States 8 26 9811 3 4 Katie Hoff nbsp United States 8 27 7812 5 6 Coralie Balmy nbsp France 8 28 3413 3 3 Flavia Rigamonti nbsp Switzerland 8 28 6714 3 8 Andreina Pinto nbsp Venezuela 8 30 30 NR15 4 7 You Meihong nbsp China 8 31 1116 5 3 Erika Villaecija nbsp Spain 8 32 2717 5 8 Melissa Gorman nbsp Australia 8 32 3418 2 4 Susana Escobar nbsp Mexico 8 33 51 NR19 5 2 Sophie Huber nbsp France 8 33 7620 2 5 Kristel Kobrich nbsp Chile 8 34 2521 3 1 Maiko Fujino nbsp Japan 8 35 6022 2 1 Jordis Steinegger nbsp Austria 8 36 40 NR23 3 7 Tanya Hunks nbsp Canada 8 38 0524 2 3 Gabriella Fagundez nbsp Sweden 8 39 06 NR25 4 6 Jaana Ehmcke nbsp Germany 8 39 5126 2 6 Reka Nagy nbsp Hungary 8 40 3827 4 5 Ai Shibata nbsp Japan 8 41 6328 4 8 Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou nbsp Greece 8 41 6529 1 4 Au Hoishun Stephanie nbsp Hong Kong 8 41 6630 2 8 Lynette Lim nbsp Singapore 8 45 5631 2 2 Cecilia Biagioli nbsp Argentina 8 50 1832 1 5 Golda Marcus nbsp El Salvador 8 51 2133 1 3 Eva Lehtonen nbsp Finland 8 53 5034 2 7 Khoo Cai Lin nbsp Malaysia 9 04 8635 1 3 Karolina Szczepaniak nbsp Poland 9 08 873 2 Federica Pellegrini nbsp Italy DNSFinal Edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 4 Rebecca Adlington nbsp Great Britain 8 14 10 WR nbsp 6 Alessia Filippi nbsp Italy 8 20 23 nbsp 3 Lotte Friis nbsp Denmark 8 23 034 5 Camelia Potec nbsp Romania 8 23 115 1 Li Xuanxu nbsp China 8 26 346 2 Kylie Palmer nbsp Australia 8 26 397 7 Yelena Sokolova nbsp Russia 8 29 798 8 Cassandra Patten nbsp Great Britain 8 32 35References Edit Olympic Swimming Schedule USA Today 9 August 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2013 a b Lohn John 15 August 2008 We Loved You While You Lasted Janet Rebecca Adlington Erases Longest Standing World Record With Evans Mark in 800 Free Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 2 May 2012 Retrieved 19 May 2013 Adlington storms to second gold BBC Sport 16 August 2008 Retrieved 19 May 2013 a b Lohn John 14 August 2008 Olympics Swimming Rebecca Adlington Sets Olympic Record in 800 Free Prelims Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 2 May 2012 Retrieved 19 May 2013 Dimond Jeff October 1989 Swim and Deliver PDF Swimming World and Junior Swimmer 30 10 41 44 Retrieved 8 June 2008 permanent dead link External links EditOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org 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