--- Results,
Rankings, and Records ---
ALL-TIME WORLD PERFORMERS-PERFORMANCES RANKINGS
Compiled by Bill Bell, The Write Stuff |
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KEY
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** World Record
# 2nd-Performance All-Time
*' European Record
*+ Commonwealth Record
*" Latin-South American Record
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' U.S. Open Record
* National Record
r Relay Split
p Preliminary Time
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+ Olympic Record
^ World Championship Record
a Asian Record
h Hand time
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| WOMEN'S EVENT |
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| 800 METER FREESTYLE |
| Top 82 Performances |
| 8:16.22** |
Janet Evans, USA |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Tokyo |
08-20-89 |
| 8:17.12*# |
Evans |
U.S. Nationals |
Orlando |
03-22-88 |
| 8:19.53* |
Anke Mohring, GDR |
European Championships |
Strasbourg |
08-22-87 |
| 8:20.20+ |
Evans |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-24-88 |
| 8:22.09 |
Astrid Strauss, GDR |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-24-88 |
| 8:22.11 |
Evans |
U.S. Nationals |
Los Angeles |
08-04-89 |
| 8:22.44 |
Evans |
U.S. Nationals |
Clovis |
07-27-87 |
| 8:22.93+* |
Julie McDonald, AUS |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-24-88 |
| 8:23.09 |
Mohring |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-24-88 |
| 8:23.18 |
McDonald |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Brisbane |
08-16-87 |
| 8:23.59 |
Evans |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Austin |
08-12-88 |
| 8:23.61 |
Evans |
U.S. Nationals |
Austin |
07-26-93 |
| 8:23.72 |
Evans |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Kobe |
08-15-93 |
| 8:23.99 |
Mohring |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-19-89 |
| 8:24.05^ |
Evans |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-12-91 |
| 8:24.15 |
Janelle Elford, AUS |
Sundown Invitational |
Mission Bay |
05-30-88 |
| 8:24.32 |
Evans |
U.S. Nationals/WCTs |
Austin |
08-02-90 |
| 8:24.62 |
Tracey Wickham, AUS |
Commonwealth Games |
Edmonton |
08-05-78 |
| 8:24.64 |
Mohring |
GDR Olympic Trials |
Potsdam |
07-23-88 |
| 8:24.70 |
Kim Linehan, USA |
AAU Nationals |
Ft. Lauderdale |
08-16-79 |
| 8:24.71 |
Evans |
U.S. Open |
Orlando |
12-22-87 |
| 8:24.73 |
Evans |
URS Dual |
Atlanta |
08-24-89 |
| 8:24.77* |
Sarah Hardcastle, GBR |
Commonwealth Games |
Edinburgh |
07-29-86 |
| 8:24.94 |
Wickham |
World Championships |
West Berlin |
08-28-78 |
| 8:24.95 |
Tiffany Cohen, USA |
Olympics |
Los Angeles |
08-03-84 |
| 8:25.06 |
Brooke Bennett, USA |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-28-99 |
| 8:25.52 |
Evans |
Olympics |
Barcelona |
07-30-92 |
| 8:25.78 |
Michelle Ford, AUS |
Commonwealth Games |
Edmonton |
08-05-78 |
| 8:26.34p |
Bennett |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Sydney |
08-28-99 |
| 8:26.36 |
Bennett |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Fukuoka |
08-13-97 |
| 8:26.37 |
Sheridan Lopez, AUS |
Sundown Invitational |
Mission Bay |
05-30-88 |
| 8:26.38 |
Mohring |
FRG Dual |
Munich |
08-26-87 |
| 8:26.52 |
Strauss |
GDR Nationals |
East Berlin |
06-21-86 |
| 8:26.52s |
Evans |
U.S. Nationals |
Orlando |
03-26-88 |
| 8:26.86 |
Hayley Lewis, AUS |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Kobe |
08-15-93 |
| 8:26.95 |
Elford |
AUS Olympic Trials |
Sydney |
05-14-88 |
| 8:27.07 |
Strauss |
GDR Olympic Trials |
Potsdam |
07-23-88 |
| 8:27.24 |
Evans |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
03-05-92 |
| 8:27.35 |
Katja Hartmann, GDR |
GDR Nationals |
East Berlin |
06-21-86 |
| 8:27.47s |
Evans |
Goodwill Games |
Federal Way |
07-23-90 |
| 8:27.48 |
Linehan |
World Championships |
Guayaquil |
08-05-82 |
| 8:27.80 |
Marybeth Linzmeier, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Brown Deer |
08-13-81 |
| 8:27.82 |
Linehan |
U.S. Winter Nationals |
Austin |
04-09-80 |
| 8:27.86 |
Linehan |
U.S. "Olympic Trials" |
Irvine |
07-29-80 |
| 8:27.89 |
Bennett |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-25-96 |
| 8:27.94a |
Chen Yan, CHN |
CHN National Games |
Shanghai |
10-18-97 |
| 8:28.07 |
Strauss |
GDR Nationals |
Erfurt |
06-20-87 |
| 8:28.07p |
Strauss |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 8:28.08 |
Cohen |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
06-29-84 |
| 8:28.13p |
Evans |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 8:28.24 |
Strauss |
World Championships |
Madrid |
08-22-86 |
| 8:28.24 |
Strauss |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-19-89 |
| 8:28.27 |
Elford |
AUS CG Trials |
Adelaide |
12-15-89 |
| 8:28.36 |
Strauss |
GDR Nationals |
Magdeburg |
05-26-84 |
| 8:28.39 |
Cohen |
U.S. Winter Nationals |
Indianapolis |
03-27-84 |
| 8:28.40 |
Mohring |
GDR Nationals |
Erfurt |
06-20-87 |
| 8:28.44 |
Hartmann |
World Championships |
Madrid |
08-22-86 |
| 8:28.47 |
Evans |
Goodwill Games |
Federal Way |
07-20-90 |
| 8:28.59* |
Irene Dalbey, NOR |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-19-89 |
| 8:28.69 |
Evans |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Edmonton |
08-25-91 |
| 8:28.71 |
Bennett |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-17-98 |
| 8:28.78 |
Lewis |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Atlanta |
08-13-95 |
| 8:28.80 |
McDonald |
AUS Nationals/OTs |
Perth |
04-05-92 |
| 8:28.82 |
Michelle Richardson, USA |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
06-29-84 |
| 8:28.85 |
Linehan |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
06-29-84 |
| 8:28.90 |
Ford |
Olympics |
Moscow |
07-27-80 |
| 8:28.91 |
Heike Friedrich, GDR |
GDR Olympic Trials |
Potsdam |
07-23-88 |
| 8:28.92* |
Christina Sossi, ITA |
European Championships |
Bonn |
08-19-89 |
| 8:29.05 |
Wickham |
Commonwealth Games |
Brisbane |
10-02-82 |
| 8:29.05" |
Claudia Poll, CRC |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Fukuoka |
08-13-97 |
| 8:29.06 |
Diana Munz, USA |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Fukuoka |
08-13-97 |
| 8:29.08s |
Bennett |
U.S. Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Nashville |
07-26-97 |
| 8:29.11 |
Munz |
U.S. Nationals |
Federal Way |
03-28-00 |
| 8:29.13 |
Mohring |
GDR Nationals |
Magdeburg |
06-17-89 |
| 8:29.19 |
Hartmann |
GDR Olympic Trials |
Potsdam |
07-23-88 |
| 8:29.21 |
Bennett |
Pan-Pacific Championships |
Atlanta |
08-13-95 |
| 8:29.22 |
Strauss |
NOK Meeting |
East Berlin |
02-02-87 |
| 8:29.24 |
Evans |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
03-05-92 |
| 8:29.35 |
Cynthia Woodhead, USA |
World Championships |
West Berlin |
08-24-78 |
| 8:29.35 |
Strauss |
Friendship Games |
Moscow |
08-24-84 |
| 8:29.48 |
Cohen |
U.S. World Championship Trials |
Mission Viejo |
07-23-82 |
| 8:29.48p |
Cohen |
World Championships |
Guayaquil |
08-04-82 |
| 8:29.52 |
McDonald |
Commonwealth Games |
Edinburgh |
07-19-86 |
| Remaining Top 81 Performers |
| 8:29.91* |
Dagmar Hase, GER |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-25-96 |
| 8:30.00 |
Tami Bruce, USA |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Austin |
08-12-88 |
| 8:30.05 |
Erika Hansen, USA |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
03-04-92 |
| 8:30.18 |
Stacey Gartrell, AUS |
Commonwealth Games |
Victoria |
08-23-94 |
| 8:30.20 |
Grit Muller, GER |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-12-91 |
| 8:30.31 |
Jana Henke, GER |
World Championships |
Perth |
01-12-91 |
| 8:30.4-h |
Leslie Daland, USA |
Goodwill Games |
Moscow |
07-04-86 |
| 8:30.8-h |
Kathy Hettche, USA |
Goodwill Games |
Moscow |
07-04-86 |
| 8:30.84* |
Kirsten Vileghuis, NED |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-25-96 |
| 8:31.06 |
Kirsten Kielgass, GER |
Olympics |
Atlanta |
07-25-96 |
| 8:31.08 |
Anke Sonnenbrodt, GDR |
GDR Gala |
East Berlin |
03-31-83 |
| 8:31.20* |
Flavia Rigamonti, SUI |
SUI Nationals |
Geneva |
08-05-99 |
| 8:31.57 |
Ping Lou, CHN |
Asian Games |
Hiroshima |
10-07-94 |
| 8:31.98 |
Kim Brown, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Clovis |
07-27-87 |
| 8:32.11p |
Hua Chen, CHN |
CHN National Games |
Shanghai |
10-18-97 |
| 8:32.15 |
Julia Jung, GER |
GER Nationals |
Warendorf |
06-05-95 |
| 8:32.51 |
Donna Procter, AUS |
AUS Winter Nationals |
Melbourne |
04-29-91 |
| 8:32.55 |
Ines Diers, GDR |
Olympics |
Moscow |
07-27-80 |
| 8:32.56 |
Julie Kole, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Los Angeles |
08-04-89 |
| 8:32.61 |
Jackie Willmott, GBR |
World Championships |
Guayaquil |
08-06-82 |
| 8:32.63* |
Schiko Yamada, JPN |
U.S. Open |
San Antonio |
12-04-99 |
| 8:32.68 |
Heidi Grein, GDR |
European Jr. Championships |
West Berlin |
07-27-86 |
| 8:32.79 |
Carmela Schmidt, GDR |
European Championships |
Split |
09-11-81 |
| 8:32.90* |
Stela Pura, ROM |
European Jr. Championships |
West Berlin |
06-24-86 |
| 8:33.42 |
Grit Richter, GDR |
GDR "Olympic
Trials" |
Magdeburg |
05-26-84 |
| 8:33.48 |
Heike Dahne, GDR |
Olympics |
Moscow |
07-27-80 |
| 8:33.69 |
Guanbin Zhou, CHN |
CHN National Games |
Beijing |
09-12-93 |
| 8:33.74* |
Eri Yamanoi, JPN |
JPN Nationals/Pan-Pacific Trials |
Tokyo |
06-14-97 |
| 8:33.79 |
Hannah Stockbauer, GER |
European Championships |
Istanbul |
07-28-99 |
| 8:34.04 |
Debbie Babashoff, USA |
World Championships |
Madrid |
08-22-86 |
| 8:34.16 |
Andrea Hayes, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Clovis |
07-27-87 |
| 8:34.32 |
Noemi Leung, ROM |
Balkan Championships |
Zagreb |
07-13-87 |
| 8:34.48 |
Natalya Trefilova, URS |
URS Olympic Trials |
Moscow |
07-16-88 |
| 8:34.56* |
Isabelle Arnould, BEL |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
| 8:34.56 |
Sun Xuemei, CHN |
CHN National Games |
Beijing |
09-12-93 |
| 8:34.57 |
Trina Jackson, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Austin |
07-26-93 |
| 8:34.65 |
Christina Teuscher, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Pasadena |
08-04-95 |
| 8:34.65 |
Kaitlin Sandeno, USA |
Pan-Ams |
Winnipeg |
08-06-99 |
| 8:35.04 |
Petra Thumer, GDR |
GDR Nationals |
Leipzig |
07-09-77 |
| 8:35.07 |
Florence Barker, USA |
U.S. Nationals |
Brown Deer |
08-15-81 |
| 8:35.17 |
Petra Schneider, GDR |
GDR Nationals |
Erfurt |
05-30-82 |
| 8:35.19 |
Anna McVann, AUS |
Olympics |
Los Angeles |
08-02-84 |
| 8:35.48 |
Kim Small, USA |
U.S. Olympic Trials |
Indianapolis |
03-05-92 |
| 8:35.40p* |
Annelie Strumenlieva, BUL |
Olympics |
Seoul |
09-23-88 |
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