Final A | | time | gap | L | Y | 200m | 400m | 600m | 1. Janet Evans | United States | 8:20.20 | OR | 5 | 17 | 2:04.04 | 4:10.06 | 6:15.60 | 2. Astrid Strauss | East Germany | 8:22.09 | +1.89s | 4 | 19 | 2:05.03 | 4:12.96 | 6:18.48 | 3. Julie Mcdonald | Australia | 8:22.93 | +2.73s | 3 | 18 | 2:06.97 | 4:14.73 | 6:09.81 | 4. Anke Mohring | East Germany | 8:23.09 | +2.89s | 6 | 19 | 2:05.87 | 4:14.01 | 6:19.80 | 5. Tami Bruce | United States | 8:30.86 | +10.66s | 2 | 21 | 2:06.90 | 4:15.08 | 6:22.99 | 6. Janelle Elford | Australia | 8:30.94 | +10.74s | 7 | 18 | 2:06.06 | 4:14.48 | 6:22.99 | 7. Isabelle Arnould | Belgium | 8:37.47 | +17.27s | 1 | 17 | 2:07.92 | 4:17.73 | 6:27.51 | 8. Antoaneta Strumenlieva | Bulgaria | 8:41.05 | +20.85s | 8 | 20 | 2:05.94 | 4:15.80 | 6:28.22 |
World Record: Janet Evans, United States 8:17.12 Orlando, United States 22 March 1988 | Olympic Record: Tiffani Cohen, United States 8:24.96 Los Angeles, United States 3 August 1984 |
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Heats - Friday, 23rd September | Best 8 times advanced to Final. |
Heat 4 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 200m | 400m | 600m | 1. Julie Mcdonald | Australia | 8:29.68 | +1.61s | - | 18 | 3. | 2:07.46 | 4:16.87 | 6:23.93 | 2. Anke Mohring | East Germany | 8:30.95 | +2.88s | - | 19 | 4. | 2:06.35 | 4:15.65 | 6:24.18 | 3. Isabelle Arnould | Belgium | 8:34.56 | +6.49s | - | 17 | 7. | 2:09.01 | 4:17.90 | 6:26.15 | 4. Irene Dalby | Norway | 8:38.33 | +10.26s | - | 17 | 10. | 2:08.27 | 4:18.75 | 6:28.73 | 5. Tomomi Hosoda | Japan | 8:39.55 | +11.48s | - | 17 | 11. | 2:09.58 | 4:20.52 | 6:31.06 | 6. Natalya Trefilova | Soviet Union | 8:43.19 | +15.12s | - | 17 | 15. | 2:07.24 | 4:18.33 | 6:30.98 | 7. Pernille Poulsgaard Jensen | Denmark | 8:50.82 | +22.75s | - | 15 | 18. | 2:10.48 | 4:24.07 | 6:38.04 | 8. Yan Ming | China | 9:00.81 | +32.74s | - | 18 | 26. | 2:11.48 | 4:27.32 | 6:42.39 |
Heat 3 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 200m | 400m | 600m | 1. Astrid Strauss | East Germany | 8:28.07 | | - | 19 | 1. | 2:06.55 | 4:14.78 | 6:22.99 | 2. Janet Evans | United States | 8:28.13 | +0.06s | - | 17 | 2. | 2:06.70 | 4:14.69 | 6:22.99 | 3. Debby Wurzburger | Canada | 8:36.24 | +8.17s | - | 18 | 9. | 2:08.02 | 4:17.70 | 6:27.67 | 4. Stephanie Ortwig | West Germany | 8:41.95 | +13.88s | - | 15 | 14. | 2:11.51 | 4:23.17 | 6:33.49 | 5. Karen Mellor | Great Britain | 8:44.64 | +16.57s | - | 19 | 16. | 2:08.12 | 4:18.98 | 6:31.47 | 6. Nurul Huda Ch' Su-Lin | Malaysia | 8:50.84 | +22.77s | - | 16 | 19. | 2:07.53 | 4:19.52 | 6:34.99 | 7. Christelle Janssens | Belgium | 8:51.22 | +23.15s | - | 16 | 20. | 2:11.60 | 4:24.96 | 6:38.39 | 8. Judit Csabai | Hungary | 8:56.37 | +28.30s | - | 15 | 23. | 2:08.83 | 4:23.91 | 6:40.08 |
Heat 2 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 200m | 400m | 600m | 1. Tami Bruce | United States | 8:31.57 | +3.50s | - | 21 | 5. | 2:08.06 | 4:17.37 | 6:25.60 | 2. Janelle Elford | Australia | 8:32.14 | +4.07s | - | 18 | 6. | 2:07.25 | 4:16.68 | 6:25.32 | 3. Antoaneta Strumenlieva | Bulgaria | 8:35.40 | +7.33s | - | 20 | 8. | 2:06.19 | 4:16.55 | 6:25.62 | 4. Manuela Melchiorri | Italy | 8:40.63 | +12.56s | - | 18 | 12. | 2:08.15 | 4:18.58 | 6:29.35 | 5. Karyn Faure | France | 8:41.64 | +13.57s | - | 19 | 13. | 2:08.98 | 4:20.16 | 6:31.34 | 6. Alexandra Russ | West Germany | 8:49.31 | +21.24s | - | 18 | 17. | 2:09.02 | 4:21.83 | 6:35.87 | 7. Eva Mortensen | Denmark | 8:53.67 | +25.60s | - | 18 | 22. | 2:09.31 | 4:22.72 | 6:38.63 | 8. Cecile Prunier | France | 8:57.22 | +29.15s | - | 19 | 24. | 2:10.47 | 4:25.44 | 6:41.29 |
Heat 1 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 200m | 400m | 600m | 1. Patricia Amorim | Brazil | 8:51.95 | +23.88s | - | 19 | 21. | 2:11.46 | 4:25.79 | 6:39.75 | 2. Tracey Anne Atkin | Great Britain | 9:00.04 | +31.97s | - | 17 | 25. | 2:11.17 | 4:26.06 | 6:42.27 | 3. Rita Garay | Puerto Rico | 9:04.62 | +36.55s | - | 17 | 27. | 2:11.71 | 4:29.39 | 6:47.55 |
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