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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	Swimmer	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 (21 September 2000)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One (10:28)

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

Heat Two (10:40)

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

Heat Three (10:53)

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

Heat Four (11:06)

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

Final (22 September 2000 — 19:29)

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