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.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Round Name Nation Time Record3 August Final A Tiffany Cohen 8:24.95
Results
Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Michele Richardson 8:32.64 Q 2 2 5 Anna McVann 8:35.19 Q 3 1 4 Sarah Hardcastle 8:35.87 Q 4 1 5 Carla Lasi 8:41.84 Q, NR 5 3 4 Tiffany Cohen 8:41.86 Q 6 3 6 Karen Ward 8:45.37 Q 7 2 2 Monica Olmi 8:45.83 Q 8 3 5 Jolande van der Meer 8:46.58 Q 9 3 2 Ann Linder 8:50.80 10 2 6 Donna McGinnis 8:51.71 11 1 6 Birgit Kowalczik 8:53.34 12 3 1 Irma Huerta 8:56.18 13 3 3 Susie Baumer 8:56.40 14 1 3 Annabelle Cripps 8:58.09 15 2 3 Laurence Bensimon 9:01.75 16 1 7 Nadia Krüger 9:07.95 17 3 7 Lisa Ann Wen 9:09.73 18 2 7 Junko Sakurai 9:13.27 19 2 8 Karen Slowing-Aceituno 9:20.68 20 1 1 Chang Hui-chien 9:34.93 1 2 Sofia Dara 2 1 Hadar Rubinstein 3 8 Rosa Fuentes
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Tiffany Cohen 8:24.96 4 Michele Richardson 8:30.73 3 Sarah Hardcastle 8:32.60 NR 4 5 Anna McVann 8:37.94 5 6 Carla Lasi 8:42.45 6 8 Jolande van der Meer 8:42.86 7 1 Monica Olmi 8:47.32 8 7 Karen Ward 8:48.12
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming