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Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date December 6, 2006 (2006-12-06)
Competitors 13 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal    Japan
Silver medal    China
Bronze medal    Japan
2002 2010

The women's 800m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 6, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each entrant only swam it once, with the fastest 8 entrants swimming in the finals session and the remainder swimming in the preliminary session.

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

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


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