The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats took place on May 23, the final on May 24.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 800 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordEuropean recordRebecca Adlington8:14.10BeijingAugust 16, 2008Championship recordLaure Manaudou8:19.29BudapestAugust 2, 2006
Results
Heats 16 swimmers participated in 2 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 800 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 5 Coralie Balmy 8:32.45 Q 2 2 5 Éva Risztov 8:33.44 Q 3 2 3 Melanie Costa Schmid 8:34.00 Q 4 1 4 Erika Villaécija García 8:36.07 Q 5 2 4 Boglárka Kapás 8:36.18 Q 6 1 3 Camelia Potec 8:37.05 Q 7 1 7 Julia Hassler 8:40.38 Q, NR 8 2 2 Martina de Memme 8:41.46 Q 9 2 6 Alessia Filippi 8:41.51 10 1 6 Isabelle Härle 8:43.00 11 2 1 Spela Bohinc 8:52.22 12 1 2 Nina Dittrich 8:55.23 13 2 7 Donata Kilijanska 8:56.77 14 2 8 Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir 9:16.50 15 1 8 Cecilia Eysturdal 9:40.31 1 1 Theodora Giareni DNS
Final The final was held at 17:02.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 800 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-24.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Boglárka Kapás 8:26.49 4 Coralie Balmy 8:27.79 5 Éva Risztov 8:27.87 4 6 Erika Villaécija García 8:29.21 5 3 Melanie Costa Schmid 8:29.71 6 7Camelia Potec 8:37.01 7 1 Julia Hassler 8:38.18 NR 8 8 Martina de Memme 8:38.86
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