Women's Olympic Swimming: 800-meter Freestyle
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
800-meter Freestyle
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the women's 800m Freestyle swimming competition from 1968 to the present.
| Year | Winner | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Debbie Meyer, USA | 9:24.0 | OR |
| 1972 | Keena Rothhammer, USA | 8:53.68 | WR |
| 1976 | Petra Thümer, E. Ger | 8:37.14 | WR |
| 1980 | Michelle Ford, AUS | 8:28.90 | OR |
| 1984 | Tiffany Cohen, USA | 8:24.95 | OR |
| 1988 | Janet Evans, USA | 8:20.20 | OR |
| 1992 | Janet Evans, USA | 8:25.52 | |
| 1996 | Brooke Bennett, USA | 8:27.89 | |
| 2000 | Brooke Bennett, USA | 8:19.67 | OR |
| 2004 | Ai Shibata, JPN | 8:24.54 | |
| 2008 | Rebecca Adlington, GBR | 8:14.10 | WR |
| 2012 | Katie Ledecky, USA | 8:14.63 |
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