Aged only 15, American Katie Ledecky narrowly missed the world record on the final lap to recapture the first Olympic title for the Americans since Brooke Bennett topped the podium in 2000. Strengthening her lead almost the entire race, she headed into the 750-metre turn under world-record pace, and pulled off a stunning upset from the rest of the field to post a personal best and smash Janet Evans' 23-year-old U.S. record in 8:14.63.[2] Spain's Mireia Belmonte García added a second silver to her Olympic hardware in a national record of 8:18.76.[3] Meanwhile, Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington, the reigning Olympic champion, tried to hold on with Ledecky earlier through the race, but faded down the stretch to pick up a bronze in 8:20.32.[4][5]
New Zealand's Lauren Boyle produced a spectacular swim to finish with a fourth-place time and an Oceanian record in 8:22.72.[6] Meanwhile, Denmark's Lotte Friis, the defending bronze medalist, opened up the race with an early lead, but dropped back to fifth in 8:23.86 to hold off a fast-charging Hungarian Boglárka Kapás (8:23.89) on the final lap by almost a fingertip. France's Coralie Balmy (8:29.26) and Venezuela's Andreina Pinto (8:29.28) rounded out the field in one of the program's long-distance pool races.[5]
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The women s 800 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 2 3 August at the London Aquatics Centre 1 based at the Olympic park London Women s 800 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXX OlympiadVenueLondon Aquatics CentreDatesAugust 2 2012 heats August 3 2012 final Competitors36 from 30 nationsWinning time8 14 63 AMMedalistsKatie Ledecky United StatesMireia Belmonte Garcia SpainRebecca Adlington Great Britain 20082016 Aged only 15 American Katie Ledecky narrowly missed the world record on the final lap to recapture the first Olympic title for the Americans since Brooke Bennett topped the podium in 2000 Strengthening her lead almost the entire race she headed into the 750 metre turn under world record pace and pulled off a stunning upset from the rest of the field to post a personal best and smash Janet Evans 23 year old U S record in 8 14 63 2 Spain s Mireia Belmonte Garcia added a second silver to her Olympic hardware in a national record of 8 18 76 3 Meanwhile Great Britain s Rebecca Adlington the reigning Olympic champion tried to hold on with Ledecky earlier through the race but faded down the stretch to pick up a bronze in 8 20 32 4 5 New Zealand s Lauren Boyle produced a spectacular swim to finish with a fourth place time and an Oceanian record in 8 22 72 6 Meanwhile Denmark s Lotte Friis the defending bronze medalist opened up the race with an early lead but dropped back to fifth in 8 23 86 to hold off a fast charging Hungarian Boglarka Kapas 8 23 89 on the final lap by almost a fingertip France s Coralie Balmy 8 29 26 and Venezuela s Andreina Pinto 8 29 28 rounded out the field in one of the program s long distance pool races 5 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 Rebecca Adlington GBR 8 14 10 Beijing China 16 August 2008 7 8 Olympic record Rebecca Adlington GBR 8 14 10 Beijing China 16 August 2008 7 8 Results EditHeats Edit 9 Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 5 4 Rebecca Adlington Great Britain 8 21 78 Q2 4 4 Lotte Friis Denmark 8 21 89 Q3 3 4 Katie Ledecky United States 8 23 84 Q4 3 5 Mireia Belmonte Garcia Spain 8 25 26 Q5 5 6 Lauren Boyle New Zealand 8 25 91 Q NR6 4 3 Boglarka Kapas Hungary 8 26 43 Q4 8 Andreina Pinto Venezuela Q NR8 4 2 Coralie Balmy France 8 27 15 Q9 5 3 Shao Yiwen China 8 27 7810 5 2 Erika Villaecija Garcia Spain 8 27 9911 3 1 Alexa Komarnycky Canada 8 28 1112 3 3 Wendy Trott South Africa 8 28 9813 3 2 Eva Risztov Hungary 8 29 0614 4 7 Kristel Kobrich Chile 8 29 5515 5 1 Savannah King Canada 8 29 7216 5 8 Cecilia Biagioli Argentina 8 33 97 NR17 2 4 Julia Hassler Liechtenstein 8 35 18 NR18 4 6 Kylie Palmer Australia 8 35 7519 2 2 Katya Bachrouche Lebanon 8 35 88 NR20 5 7 Jessica Ashwood Australia 8 37 2121 5 5 Kate Ziegler United States 8 37 3822 3 6 Ellie Faulkner Great Britain 8 38 0023 4 1 Camelia Potec Romania 8 38 4424 4 5 Xin Xin China 8 40 8825 2 5 Tjasa Oder Slovenia 8 41 8226 3 8 Yelena Sokolova Russia 8 42 7327 2 6 Patricia Castaneda Miyamoto Mexico 8 44 4428 2 3 Nina Dittrich Austria 8 45 4129 1 4 Samantha Arevalo Ecuador 8 49 21 NR30 2 7 Cai Lin Khoo Malaysia 8 51 1831 2 1 Lynette Lim Singapore 8 52 9232 2 8 Han Na kyeong South Korea 8 57 2633 1 5 Pamela Benitez El Salvador 9 02 6634 1 6 Danielle van den Berg Aruba 9 23 2135 1 3 Simona Marinova Macedonia 9 28 413 7 Grainne Murphy Ireland DNSFinal Edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Katie Ledecky United States 8 14 63 AM 6 Mireia Belmonte Garcia Spain 8 18 76 NR 4 Rebecca Adlington Great Britain 8 20 324 2 Lauren Boyle New Zealand 8 22 72 OC5 5 Lotte Friis Denmark 8 23 866 7 Boglarka Kapas Hungary 8 23 89 NR7 8 Coralie Balmy France 8 29 268 1 Andreina Pinto Venezuela 8 29 28References Edit Swimming Results amp Schedules London 2012 NBC Olympics 29 July 2012 Archived from the original on 3 July 2013 Retrieved 7 July 2013 Brennan Christine 4 August 2012 Katie Ledecky 15 wins 800 free breaks Janet Evans record USA Today Retrieved 10 July 2013 Harris Beth 3 August 2012 Olympics 2012 Bethesda s Katie Ledecky 15 wins 800 free Washington Times Retrieved 10 July 2013 White Duncan 3 August 2012 Rebecca Adlington has to settle for bronze in 800m freestyle as 15 year old American Katie Ledecky wins gold The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 10 July 2013 a b 2012 London Olympics Katie Ledecky 15 Rattles World Record With American Record Victory in 800 Free Mireia Belmonte Garcia Rebecca Adlington Complete Podium Swimming World Magazine 3 August 2012 Retrieved 10 July 2013 Emotional Boyle proud of fourth in 800m freestyle TVNZ 4 August 2012 Retrieved 10 July 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 a b Adlington storms to second gold BBC Sport 16 August 2008 Retrieved 19 May 2013 Women s 800m Freestyle Heats London2012 com LOCOG Archived from the original on 5 December 2012 Retrieved 27 July 2012 External links EditNBC Olympics Coverage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women 27s 800 metre freestyle amp oldid 1141589276, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
