Records

Heat 1

1. Golda Marcus
   Golda Marcus
   Golda Lee Marcus is a two-time Olympic swimmer from El Salvador. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. As of June 2009, she holds the Salvadoran records in the 400, 800, and 1500 meter freestyles....
   
   , -- 8:59.81
2. Kwon You-Ri, -- 9:01.42
3. Jelena Petrova, -- 9:01.62
4. Heather Roffey, -- 9:02.88
5. Paola Duguet
   Paola Duguet
   Paola Duran Duguet is a female freestyle swimmer from Colombia. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for her South American country. There she ended up in 27th and 29th place .Duguet graduated from Harvard in 2009.-References:*...
   
   , -- 9:06.96
6. Anita Galić
   Anita Galic
   Anita Galić is a freestyle swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-External links:*...
   
   , -- 9:10.91
7. Khadija Ciss, -- 9:20.06

Heat 2

1. Diana Munz
   Diana Munz
   Diana Munz is an American swimmer and Olympic champion from Moreland Hills, Ohio. She competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where she won a gold medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, and a silver medal in 400 m freestyle....
   
   , -- 8:30.87 -Q
2. Jana Henke
   Jana Henke
   Jana Henke is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 800 m freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country....
   
   , -- 8:31.06 -Q
3. Simona Păduraru
   Simona Paduraru
   Simona Păduraru is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia...
   
   , -- 8:34.15 -Q
4. Sarah Paton, -- 8:35.81
5. Brittany Reimer
   Brittany Reimer
   Brittany Reimer is a former Canadian long-distance swimmer. She is a two-time medallist at the World Aquatics Championships and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
   
   , -- 8:41.55
6. Marianna Lymperta, -- 8:42.65
7. Olga Beresnyeva
   Olga Beresnyeva
   Olga Beresnyeva is a Ukrainian a long-distance swimmer.-Career:Beresnyeva debut at the Olympic Games of 2000, at the age of 15.After representing Ukraine at the Olympic Games of 2004 Beresnyeva migrated to Israel...
   
   , -- 8:57.96
8. Ivanka Moralieva, -- 9:03.13

Heat 3

1. Rebecca Cooke
   Rebecca Cooke
   Rebecca Cooke is a former British freestyle swimmer.She has won medals at every major international championships with the exception of the Olympic Games. She retired from international competition in April 2008 after failing to make the British team for the 2008 Games in Beijing.-References:...
   
   , -- 8:28.47 -Q
2. Ai Shibata
   Ai Shibata
   is a Japanese swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle race and became the first ever female gold medalist for Japan in a freestyle event....
   
   , -- 8:30.08 -Q
3. Linda Mackenzie
   Linda Mackenzie
   Linda June Mackenzie OAM is an Australian freestyle swimmer. She tends to prefer the longer 200m/400m/800m events and has won the Australian 400m national title five years in a row...
   
   , -- 8:35.90
4. Sachiko Yamada
   Sachiko Yamada (swimmer)
   is an Olympic and former World-Record-holding freestyle swimmer from Japan. She swam for Japan at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.-Major achievements:* 2000 Olympics - 800m freestyle 8th * 2004 Olympics - 400m freestyle 6th -Personal bests:...
   
   , -- 8:36.48
5. Camelia Potec
   Camelia Potec
   Camelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *...
   
   , -- 8:41.20
6. Jana Pechanová
   Jana Pechanová
   Jana Pechanová is an Olympic distance swimmer from the Czech Republic. She swam for the Czech Olympic team at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Pechanová finished 8th in 10 km distance.-References:...
   
   , -- 8:47.38
7. Rebecca Linton, -- 9:02.41

Heat 4

1. Laure Manaudou
   Laure Manaudou
   Laure Manaudou |Rhône]]) is a French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. She is the daughter of a French father and a Dutch mother.- 2004 Olympics :...
   
   , -- 8:25.91 -Q
2. Kalyn Keller, -- 8:32.36 -Q
3. Erika Villaécija García
   Erika Villaecija Garcia
   Erika Villaécija García is a two-time Spanish Catalan Olympic swimmer from Barcelona. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....
   
   , -- 8:33.61 -Q
4. Hua Chen, -- 8:36.24
5. Flavia Rigamonti
   Flavia Rigamonti
   Flavia Rigamonti is a Swiss swimmer from Sorengo. As of 2010, she holds the Swiss Records in the women's 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles.At the 2007 World Championships, she set the European Record in the women's 1500 free ....
   
   , -- 8:38.10
6. Hannah Stockbauer
   Hannah Stockbauer
   Hannah Stockbauer is a German female athlete. She is active in swimming, and a five time world champion. In 2003 World Championships she won a gold medal at the 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events...
   
   , -- 8:38.17
7. Kristel Köbrich
   Kristel Köbrich
   Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games....
   
   , -- 8:40.41

Heats ranking

1. Laure Manaudou, France 8:25.91 -Q
2. Rebecca Cooke, Great Britain 8:28.47 -Q
3. Ai Shibata, Japan 8:30.08 -Q
4. Diana Munz, United States 8:30.87 -Q
5. Jana Henke, Germany 8:31.06 -Q
6. Kalyn Keller, United States 8:32.36 -Q
7. Erika Villaécija García, Spain 8:33.61 -Q
8. Simona Paduraru, Romania 8:34.15 -Q
9. Sarah Paton, Australia 8:35.81
10. Linda Mackenzie, Australia 8:35.90
11. Hua Chen, China 8:36.24
12. Sachiko Yamada, Japan 8:36.48
13. Flavia Rigamonti, Switzerland 8:38.10
14. Hannah Stockbauer, Germany 8:38.17
15. Kristel Kobrich, Chile 8:40.41
16. Camelia Potec, Romania 8:41.20
17. Brittany Reimer, Canada 8:41.55
18. Marianna Lymperta, Greece 8:42.65
19. Jana Pechanová, Czech Republic 8:47.38
20. Olga Beresnyeva, Ukraine 8:57.96
21. Golda Marcus, El Salvador 8:59.81
22. Kwon You-Ri, Korea 9:01.42
23. Jelena Petrova, Estonia 9:01.62
24. Rebecca Linton, New Zealand 9:02.41
25. Heather Roffey, Cayman Islands 9:02.88
26. Ivanka Moralieva, Bulgaria 9:03.13
27. Paola Duguet, Colombia 9:06.96
28. Anita Galic, Croatia 9:10.91
29. Khadija Ciss, Senegal 9:20.06
    • Éva Risztov, Hungary DNS
    • Anja Čarman, Slovenia DNS

Final

1. Ai Shibata, Japan 8:24.54
2. Laure Manaudou, France 8:24.96
3. Diana Munz, United States 8:26.61
4. Kalyn Keller, United States 8:26.97
5. Erika Villaécija García, Spain 8:29.04
6. Rebecca Cooke, Great Britain 8:29.37
7. Jana Henke, Germany 8:33.95
8. Simona Paduraru, Romania 8:37.02