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800 metres Freestyle, Women

Date	21 – 22 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	26 from 21 countries

American Brooke Bennett had been the leading distance freestyle swimmer in the world since before the 1996 Olympic Games and was a red hot favourite to repeat her victory from Atlanta. Her gold medal win in the 400 metres sealed this status.

Bennett’s pace burned away the rest of the field in the early stages of the race and only Yana Klochkova, already winner of the two medley titles, could stay with her for the first portion of the race. Try as she might the Ukrainian was soon dropped by Bennett who sped away to a comfortable victory. Another American, 17-year-old Kaitlin Sandeno, recovered from a slow start to move through the field to win bronze. Bennett’s attempt to win a third straight Olympic title in 2004 was hampered by a series of shoulder operations and she narrowly failed to make the US team for Athens.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	Brooke Bennett	USA	8:26.47 (1 h4)	8:19.67 (1)	Gold
2	Yana Klochkova	UKR	8:29.84 (1 h3)	8:22.66 (2)	Silver
3	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	8:30.12 (2 h3)	8:24.29 (3)	Bronze
4	Flavia Rigamonti	SUI	8:30.44 (1 h2)	8:25.91 (4)
5	Hannah Stockbauer	GER	8:31.74 (2 h4)	8:30.11 (5)
6	Chen Hua	CHN	8:33.23 (4 h3)	8:30.58 (6)
7	Jana Henke	GER	8:31.86 (3 h3)	8:31.97 (7)
8	Sachiko Yamada	JPN	8:33.06 (3 h4)	8:37.39 (8)
9	Janelle Atkinson	JAM	8:34.51 (4 h4)	–
10	Kirsten Vlieghuis	NED	8:35.80 (5 h3)	–
11	Chantal Strasser	SUI	8:35.84 (2 h2)	–
12	Rachel Harris	AUS	8:36.94 (5 h4)	–
13	Hayley Lewis	AUS	8:38.75 (3 h2)	–
14	Éva Risztov	HUN	8:43.07 (6 h3)	–
15	Rebecca Cooke	GBR	8:43.22 (4 h2)	–
16	Karine Legault	CAN	8:43.56 (5 h2)	–
17	Irina Ufimtseva	RUS	8:44.64 (7 h3)	–
18	Mirjana Boševska	MKD	8:46.39 (6 h4)	–
19	Hana Černá	CZE	8:47.64 (6 h2)	–
20	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	8:52.61 (1 h1)	–
21	Patricia Villareal	MEX	8:54.79 (2 h1)	–
22	Marianna Lymperta	GRE	8:56.33 (8 h3)	–
23	Olha Beresnieva	UKR	9:00.12 (7 h2)	–
24	Lin Chi-Chan	TPE	9:01.09 (3 h1)	–
25	Adi Bichman	ISR	9:01.90 (8 h2)	–
26	Cecilia Biagioli	ARG	9:04.02 (4 h1)	–
DNS	Joanne Malar	CAN	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	Claudia Poll	CRC	– (DNS h4)	–

Round One

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	–	Brooke Bennett	USA	8:26.47	Q
2	–	Yana Klochkova	UKR	8:29.84	Q
3	–	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	8:30.12	Q
4	–	Flavia Rigamonti	SUI	8:30.44	Q
5	–	Hannah Stockbauer	GER	8:31.74	Q
6	–	Jana Henke	GER	8:31.86	Q
7	–	Sachiko Yamada	JPN	8:33.06	Q
8	–	Chen Hua	CHN	8:33.23	Q
9	–	Janelle Atkinson	JAM	8:34.51
10	–	Kirsten Vlieghuis	NED	8:35.80
11	–	Chantal Strasser	SUI	8:35.84
12	–	Rachel Harris	AUS	8:36.94
13	–	Hayley Lewis	AUS	8:38.75
14	–	Éva Risztov	HUN	8:43.07
15	–	Rebecca Cooke	GBR	8:43.22
16	–	Karine Legault	CAN	8:43.56
17	–	Irina Ufimtseva	RUS	8:44.64
18	–	Mirjana Boševska	MKD	8:46.39
19	–	Hana Černá	CZE	8:47.64
20	–	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	8:52.61
21	–	Patricia Villareal	MEX	8:54.79
22	–	Marianna Lymperta	GRE	8:56.33
23	–	Olha Beresnieva	UKR	9:00.12
24	–	Lin Chi-Chan	TPE	9:01.09
25	–	Adi Bichman	ISR	9:01.90
26	–	Cecilia Biagioli	ARG	9:04.02
DNS	–	Joanne Malar	CAN	–
DNS	–	Claudia Poll	CRC	–

Heat #1

Time	10:28

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)	400-500 m Time (Rank)	500-600 m Time (Rank)	600-700 m Time (Rank)	700-800 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Ivanka Moralieva	BUL	8:52.61	0.88	1:03.54 (2)	2:10.09 (2)	3:17.39 (1)	4:24.92 (1)	5:32.34 (1)	6:39.53 (1)	7:46.63 (1)	1:06.55 (3)	1:07.30 (2)	1:07.53 (2)	1:07.42 (1)	1:07.19 (1)	1:07.10 (1)	1:05.98 (1)
2	–	Patricia Villareal	MEX	8:54.79	0.87	1:04.62 (3)	2:11.05 (3)	3:17.72 (3)	4:25.11 (2)	5:32.74 (2)	6:40.29 (2)	7:47.90 (2)	1:06.43 (1)	1:06.67 (1)	1:07.39 (1)	1:07.63 (2)	1:07.55 (2)	1:07.61 (2)	1:06.89 (2)
3	–	Lin Chi-Chan	TPE	9:01.09	0.82	1:03.12 (1)	2:09.65 (1)	3:17.63 (2)	4:25.96 (3)	5:34.34 (3)	6:43.55 (3)	7:52.81 (3)	1:06.53 (2)	1:07.98 (3)	1:08.33 (3)	1:08.38 (3)	1:09.21 (3)	1:09.26 (4)	1:08.28 (4)
4	–	Cecilia Biagioli	ARG	9:04.02	0.88	1:04.63 (4)	2:11.94 (4)	3:20.13 (4)	4:28.78 (4)	5:37.72 (4)	6:47.12 (4)	7:55.79 (4)	1:07.31 (4)	1:08.19 (4)	1:08.65 (4)	1:08.94 (4)	1:09.40 (4)	1:08.67 (3)	1:08.23 (3)

Heat #2

Time	10:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)	400-500 m Time (Rank)	500-600 m Time (Rank)	600-700 m Time (Rank)	700-800 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Flavia Rigamonti	SUI	8:30.44	1.01	1:01.71 (1)	2:05.87 (1)	3:10.12 (1)	4:14.44 (1)	5:18.38 (1)	6:22.70 (1)	7:26.93 (1)	1:04.16 (1)	1:04.25 (1)	1:04.32 (1)	1:03.94 (1)	1:04.32 (1)	1:04.23 (1)	1:03.51 (1)	Q
2	–	Chantal Strasser	SUI	8:35.84	0.92	1:02.04 (3)	2:06.56 (=2)	3:11.43 (2)	4:16.48 (2)	5:21.56 (2)	6:26.96 (2)	7:32.03 (2)	1:04.52 (2)	1:04.87 (3)	1:05.05 (3)	1:05.08 (2)	1:05.40 (2)	1:05.07 (2)	1:03.81 (2)
3	–	Hayley Lewis	AUS	8:38.75	0.78	1:02.14 (4)	2:06.99 (4)	3:11.77 (3)	4:16.51 (3)	5:21.80 (3)	6:27.50 (3)	7:33.36 (3)	1:04.85 (4)	1:04.78 (2)	1:04.74 (2)	1:05.29 (3)	1:05.70 (3)	1:05.86 (3)	1:05.39 (5)
4	–	Rebecca Cooke	GBR	8:43.22	0.84	1:01.74 (2)	2:06.56 (=2)	3:12.03 (4)	4:18.15 (4)	5:24.28 (4)	6:30.70 (4)	7:37.37 (4)	1:04.82 (3)	1:05.47 (4)	1:06.12 (5)	1:06.13 (5)	1:06.42 (5)	1:06.67 (6)	1:05.85 (6)
5	–	Karine Legault	CAN	8:43.56	0.95	1:03.52 (5)	2:08.43 (5)	3:13.97 (5)	4:20.08 (5)	5:25.55 (5)	6:32.03 (5)	7:38.49 (5)	1:04.91 (5)	1:05.54 (5)	1:06.11 (4)	1:05.47 (4)	1:06.48 (6)	1:06.46 (5)	1:05.07 (3)
6	–	Hana Černá	CZE	8:47.64	0.88	1:04.11 (6)	2:10.57 (6)	3:16.96 (6)	4:23.42 (6)	5:29.78 (6)	6:35.97 (6)	7:42.31 (6)	1:06.46 (7)	1:06.39 (6)	1:06.46 (6)	1:06.36 (6)	1:06.19 (4)	1:06.34 (4)	1:05.33 (4)
7	–	Olha Beresnieva	UKR	9:00.12	1.01	1:05.06 (8)	2:11.23 (7)	3:18.51 (7)	4:26.13 (7)	5:34.61 (7)	6:43.51 (7)	7:52.48 (7)	1:06.17 (6)	1:07.28 (7)	1:07.62 (7)	1:08.48 (7)	1:08.90 (8)	1:08.97 (8)	1:07.64 (8)
8	–	Adi Bichman	ISR	9:01.90	0.86	1:05.02 (7)	2:12.38 (8)	3:20.12 (8)	4:28.47 (8)	5:37.04 (8)	6:45.67 (8)	7:54.52 (8)	1:07.36 (8)	1:07.74 (8)	1:08.35 (8)	1:08.57 (8)	1:08.63 (7)	1:08.85 (7)	1:07.38 (7)

Heat #3

Time	10:53

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)	400-500 m Time (Rank)	500-600 m Time (Rank)	600-700 m Time (Rank)	700-800 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Yana Klochkova	UKR	8:29.84	0.84	1:02.64 (1)	2:07.38 (1)	3:12.04 (1)	4:16.66 (1)	5:20.60 (1)	6:24.58 (1)	7:28.19 (1)	1:04.74 (1)	1:04.66 (2)	1:04.62 (2)	1:03.94 (2)	1:03.98 (3)	1:03.61 (2)	1:01.65 (2)	Q
2	–	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	8:30.12	0.75	1:03.32 (5)	2:08.60 (5)	3:13.21 (4)	4:17.62 (2)	5:21.30 (2)	6:25.17 (2)	7:28.61 (2)	1:05.28 (6)	1:04.61 (1)	1:04.41 (1)	1:03.68 (1)	1:03.87 (2)	1:03.44 (1)	1:01.51 (1)	Q
3	–	Jana Henke	GER	8:31.86	0.83	1:03.12 (4)	2:08.03 (3)	3:13.05 (3)	4:17.72 (4)	5:21.83 (3)	6:25.69 (3)	7:29.52 (3)	1:04.91 (2)	1:05.02 (4)	1:04.67 (4)	1:04.11 (3)	1:03.86 (1)	1:03.83 (3)	1:02.34 (3)	Q
4	–	Chen Hua	CHN	8:33.23	0.88	1:02.80 (2)	2:07.83 (2)	3:12.88 (2)	4:17.63 (3)	5:21.99 (4)	6:26.19 (4)	7:30.54 (4)	1:05.03 (3)	1:05.05 (5)	1:04.75 (5)	1:04.36 (4)	1:04.20 (4)	1:04.35 (4)	1:02.69 (4)	Q
5	–	Kirsten Vlieghuis	NED	8:35.80	0.86	1:03.57 (6)	2:08.68 (6)	3:13.66 (6)	4:18.31 (5)	5:22.70 (5)	6:27.53 (5)	7:32.03 (5)	1:05.11 (4)	1:04.98 (3)	1:04.65 (3)	1:04.39 (5)	1:04.83 (5)	1:04.50 (5)	1:03.77 (5)
6	–	Éva Risztov	HUN	8:43.07	0.90	1:02.84 (3)	2:08.04 (4)	3:13.38 (5)	4:19.30 (6)	5:25.22 (6)	6:32.17 (6)	7:38.74 (6)	1:05.20 (5)	1:05.34 (6)	1:05.92 (6)	1:05.92 (=6)	1:06.95 (7)	1:06.57 (7)	1:04.33 (7)
7	–	Irina Ufimtseva	RUS	8:44.64	0.89	1:04.31 (8)	2:10.28 (8)	3:16.21 (7)	4:22.46 (7)	5:28.38 (7)	6:34.49 (7)	7:40.53 (7)	1:05.97 (7)	1:05.93 (7)	1:06.25 (7)	1:05.92 (=6)	1:06.11 (6)	1:06.04 (6)	1:04.11 (6)
8	–	Marianna Lymperta	GRE	8:56.33	0.91	1:03.89 (7)	2:10.07 (7)	3:17.02 (8)	4:24.78 (8)	5:33.35 (8)	6:41.65 (8)	7:49.97 (8)	1:06.18 (8)	1:06.95 (8)	1:07.76 (8)	1:08.57 (8)	1:08.30 (8)	1:08.32 (8)	1:06.36 (8)

Heat #4

Time	11:06

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)	400-500 m Time (Rank)	500-600 m Time (Rank)	600-700 m Time (Rank)	700-800 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Brooke Bennett	USA	8:26.47	0.89	1:01.63 (1)	2:05.12 (1)	3:08.48 (1)	4:12.01 (1)	5:15.61 (1)	6:19.25 (1)	7:23.23 (1)	1:03.49 (1)	1:03.36 (1)	1:03.53 (1)	1:03.60 (1)	1:03.64 (1)	1:03.98 (1)	1:03.24 (1)	Q
2	–	Hannah Stockbauer	GER	8:31.74	0.90	1:02.27 (4)	2:06.67 (4)	3:11.21 (4)	4:15.53 (3)	5:19.95 (3)	6:24.05 (2)	7:28.35 (2)	1:04.40 (4)	1:04.54 (3)	1:04.32 (3)	1:04.42 (2)	1:04.10 (2)	1:04.30 (2)	1:03.39 (2)	Q
3	–	Sachiko Yamada	JPN	8:33.06	0.93	1:01.98 (=2)	2:05.93 (2)	3:09.82 (2)	4:14.13 (2)	5:19.22 (2)	6:24.44 (3)	7:29.23 (3)	1:03.95 (2)	1:03.89 (2)	1:04.31 (2)	1:05.09 (4)	1:05.22 (4)	1:04.79 (4)	1:03.83 (4)	Q
4	–	Janelle Atkinson	JAM	8:34.51	0.71	1:02.29 (5)	2:06.75 (5)	3:11.46 (5)	4:16.48 (5)	5:21.31 (5)	6:26.25 (4)	7:31.00 (4)	1:04.46 (5)	1:04.71 (5)	1:05.02 (5)	1:04.83 (3)	1:04.94 (3)	1:04.75 (3)	1:03.51 (3)
5	–	Rachel Harris	AUS	8:36.94	0.81	1:01.98 (=2)	2:06.32 (3)	3:10.92 (3)	4:15.89 (4)	5:21.07 (4)	6:26.52 (5)	7:32.54 (5)	1:04.34 (3)	1:04.60 (4)	1:04.97 (4)	1:05.18 (5)	1:05.45 (5)	1:06.02 (5)	1:04.40 (5)
6	–	Mirjana Boševska	MKD	8:46.39	0.77	1:03.02 (6)	2:08.82 (6)	3:15.16 (6)	4:21.58 (6)	5:28.03 (6)	6:34.39 (6)	7:41.01 (6)	1:05.80 (6)	1:06.34 (6)	1:06.42 (6)	1:06.45 (6)	1:06.36 (6)	1:06.62 (6)	1:05.38 (6)
DNS	–	Joanne Malar	CAN	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Claudia Poll	CRC	–	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	22 September 2000 — 19:29

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	100-200 m Time (Rank)	200-300 m Time (Rank)	300-400 m Time (Rank)	400-500 m Time (Rank)	500-600 m Time (Rank)	600-700 m Time (Rank)	700-800 m Time (Rank)
1	–	Brooke Bennett	USA	8:19.67	0.88	1:00.50 (1)	2:02.87 (1)	3:05.37 (1)	4:07.83 (1)	5:10.54 (1)	6:13.32 (1)	7:16.84 (1)	1:02.37 (1)	1:02.50 (1)	1:02.46 (1)	1:02.71 (1)	1:02.78 (1)	1:03.52 (4)	1:02.83 (6)	OR
2	–	Yana Klochkova	UKR	8:22.66	0.81	1:00.84 (2)	2:03.47 (2)	3:06.58 (2)	4:10.08 (2)	5:13.45 (2)	6:16.82 (2)	7:19.93 (2)	1:02.63 (2)	1:03.11 (2)	1:03.50 (2)	1:03.37 (2)	1:03.37 (3)	1:03.11 (2)	1:02.73 (5)
3	–	Kaitlin Sandeno	USA	8:24.29	0.76	1:01.83 (4)	2:04.92 (3)	3:08.38 (3)	4:12.27 (3)	5:15.85 (3)	6:19.44 (3)	7:22.44 (3)	1:03.09 (3)	1:03.46 (3)	1:03.89 (3)	1:03.58 (4)	1:03.59 (4)	1:03.00 (1)	1:01.85 (1)
4	–	Flavia Rigamonti	SUI	8:25.91	0.94	1:01.62 (3)	2:05.24 (4)	3:09.28 (4)	4:13.31 (4)	5:16.71 (4)	6:20.02 (4)	7:23.24 (4)	1:03.62 (4)	1:04.04 (4)	1:04.03 (4)	1:03.40 (3)	1:03.31 (2)	1:03.22 (3)	1:02.67 (4)
5	–	Hannah Stockbauer	GER	8:30.11	0.89	1:02.14 (5)	2:06.63 (6)	3:10.87 (5)	4:15.27 (5)	5:19.42 (5)	6:23.64 (5)	7:27.55 (5)	1:04.49 (7)	1:04.24 (5)	1:04.40 (6)	1:04.15 (5)	1:04.22 (5)	1:03.91 (5)	1:02.56 (3)
6	–	Chen Hua	CHN	8:30.58	0.88	1:02.15 (6)	2:06.42 (5)	3:10.94 (6)	4:15.56 (7)	5:19.80 (6)	6:24.38 (6)	7:28.69 (6)	1:04.27 (5)	1:04.52 (7)	1:04.62 (7)	1:04.24 (6)	1:04.58 (7)	1:04.31 (6)	1:01.89 (2)
7	–	Jana Henke	GER	8:31.97	0.85	1:02.27 (7)	2:06.70 (7)	3:11.14 (7)	4:15.47 (6)	5:20.13 (7)	6:24.61 (7)	7:29.11 (7)	1:04.43 (6)	1:04.44 (6)	1:04.33 (5)	1:04.66 (7)	1:04.48 (6)	1:04.50 (7)	1:02.86 (7)
8	–	Sachiko Yamada	JPN	8:37.39	0.93	1:02.44 (8)	2:07.04 (8)	3:11.86 (8)	4:16.92 (8)	5:22.59 (8)	6:27.89 (8)	7:32.94 (8)	1:04.60 (8)	1:04.82 (8)	1:05.06 (8)	1:05.67 (8)	1:05.30 (8)	1:05.05 (8)	1:04.45 (8)