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Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue Sajik Swimming Pool
Date October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)
Competitors 11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal    China
Silver medal    Japan
Bronze medal    China
1998 2006

The women's 800 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each swimmer only swam once, with the fastest eight (8) entrants swimming in the finals.

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

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


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