Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The final of the women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.^[1]

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date	3 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors	23 from 16 nations
Winning time	8:24.96 OR
Medalists
Tiffany Cohen  United States Michele Richardson  United States Sarah Hardcastle  Great Britain
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Tracey Wickham (AUS)	8:24.62	Edmonton, Canada	5 August 1978
Olympic record	Michelle Ford (AUS)	8:28.90	Moscow, Soviet Union	26 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
3 August	Final A	Tiffany Cohen	United States	8:24.95	OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Michele Richardson	United States	8:32.64	Q
2	2	5	Anna McVann	Australia	8:35.19	Q
3	1	4	Sarah Hardcastle	Great Britain	8:35.87	Q
4	1	5	Carla Lasi	Italy	8:41.84	Q, NR
5	3	4	Tiffany Cohen	United States	8:41.86	Q
6	3	6	Karen Ward	Canada	8:45.37	Q
7	2	2	Monica Olmi	Italy	8:45.83	Q
8	3	5	Jolande van der Meer	Netherlands	8:46.58	Q
9	3	2	Ann Linder	Sweden	8:50.80
10	2	6	Donna McGinnis	Canada	8:51.71
11	1	6	Birgit Kowalczik	West Germany	8:53.34
12	3	1	Irma Huerta	Mexico	8:56.18
13	3	3	Susie Baumer	Australia	8:56.40
14	1	3	Annabelle Cripps	Great Britain	8:58.09
15	2	3	Laurence Bensimon	France	9:01.75
16	1	7	Nadia Krüger	Switzerland	9:07.95
17	3	7	Lisa Ann Wen	Chinese Taipei	9:09.73
18	2	7	Junko Sakurai	Japan	9:13.27
19	2	8	Karen Slowing-Aceituno	Guatemala	9:20.68
20	1	1	Chang Hui-chien	Chinese Taipei	9:34.93
	1	2	Sofia Dara	Greece	DNS
	2	1	Hadar Rubinstein	Israel	DNS
	3	8	Rosa Fuentes	Mexico	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Tiffany Cohen	United States	8:24.96	OR
	4	Michele Richardson	United States	8:30.73
	3	Sarah Hardcastle	Great Britain	8:32.60	NR
4	5	Anna McVann	Australia	8:37.94
5	6	Carla Lasi	Italy	8:42.45
6	8	Jolande van der Meer	Netherlands	8:42.86
7	1	Monica Olmi	Italy	8:47.32
8	7	Karen Ward	Canada	8:48.12

References

1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 494–495. Retrieved March 13, 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming