Women 800m Freestyle Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Monday, 28th August - Gold Medal: Tracey Wickam, Australia |
Final | | time | | gap | L | ag | 200m | 400m | 600m | 1. Tracey Wickham | Australia | 8:24.94 | CR | | 6 | 15 | 2:05.27 | 4:12.20 | 6:18.75 | 2. Cynthia Woodhead | United States | 8:29.35 | NR | +4.41 | 4 | 14 | 2:06.38 | 4:14.48 | 6:21.19 | 3. Kim Linehan | United States | 8:32.60 | | +7.66 | 5 | 15 | 2:05.87 | 4:14.56 | 6:23.29 | 4. Michelle Ford | Australia | 8:33.45 | | +8.51 | 3 | 16 | 2:06.47 | 4:15.30 | 6:25.29 | 5. Annelies Maas | Netherlands | 8:42.71 | | +17.77 | 7 | 18 | 2:08.07 | 4:19.48 | 6:31.69 | 6. Irina Aksyonova | Soviet Union | 8:43.56 | NR | +18.62 | 2 | 15 | 2:08.04 | 4:20.20 | 6:33.28 | 7. Marina Altmann | East Germany | 8:57.53 | | +32.59 | 1 | _ | 2:09.59 | 4:23.29 | 6:40.63 | 8. Roberta Felotti | Italy | 8:58.26 | | +33.32 | 2 | 13 | 2:11.90 | 4:27.32 | 6:45.17 |
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World Record: Tracey Williams, Australia 8:24.62 (2:06.35, 4:14.00, 6:20.92) | Championship Record: Jenny Turral, Australia 8:44.75 (2:11.81, 4:23.23, 6:33.67) 1975 |
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Heats - Saturday, 26th August | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
Heat 4 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 4. Tracey Wickham | Australia | 8:46.60 | | +9.59s | - | 15 | 1. | 8. Roberta Felotti | Italy | 8:57.54 | | +20.53s | - | 13 | 2. | 12.Susanne Ackum | Sweden | 9:13.82 | | +36.81s | - | 17 | 3. | 13.Karln Averdunk | West Germany | 9:15.72 | | +38.71s | - | _ | 4. |
Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 3. Michelle Ford | Australia | 8:41.03 | | +4.02s | - | 16 | 1. | 7. Marina Altmann | East Germany | 8:56.93 | | +19.92s | - | _ | 1. | 9. Lorlnda Parkas | Canada | 8:59.67 | | +22.66s | - | _ | 3. | 10.Galina Emellanenko | Soviet Union | 9:03.66 | | +26.65s | - | _ | 4 |
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Heat 2 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 2. Kim Linehan | United States | 8:40.16 | | +3.15s | - | 15 | 1. | 5. Irina Aksyonova | Soviet Union | 8:48.46 | | +11.45s | - | 15 | 2. | 19.Andrea Strechota | Austria | 9:22.16 | | +45.15s | - | _ | 3. | 20.Veronica Espinosa | Mexico | 9:27.08 | | +50.07s | - | _ | 4. |
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Heat 1 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 1. Cynthia Woodhead | United States | 8:37.01 | CR | | - | 14 | 1. | 6. Annelies Maas | Netherlands | 8:49.66 | | +12.65s | - | 18 | 2. | 11.Barb Shockey | Canada | 9:04.51 | | +27.50s | - | _ | 3. | 22.Renata Janik | Poland | 9:34.23 | | +57.22s | - | _ | 4. |
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Heat - | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 14.Sonya Dangalakova | Bulgaria | 9:16.68 | | +39.67s | - | 15 | | 15.Andrea Neumayer | Argentina | 9:16.87 | | +39.86s | - | _ | | 16.Maria Raikkala | Finland | 9:20.73 | NR | +43.72s | - | _ | | 17.Marta Slonina | Poland | 9:21.56 | | +44.55s | - | _ | | 18.Margareta Maunsbach | Denmark | 9:22.04 | | +45.03s | - | _ | | 21.Wen-Ying Kiang | Taiwan | 9:32.62 | | +55.61s | - | _ | | 23.Adriana Fontan | Colombia | 9:38.25 | | +1:01.24 | - | _ | | -. Sumatana Pingkatswan | Thailand | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Cheryl Brazendale | Great Britain | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Rebecca Perrott | New Zealand | DNS | | - | - | 17 | | -. Pascale Verbauwen | Belgium | DNS | | - | - | 15 | | -. Petra Thumer | East Germany | DNS | | - | - | 17 | |
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