2012 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Women's 800m Freestyle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
 |  USAUnited States | Katie Ledecky | 8:14.63 |
 |  ESPSpain | Mireia Belmonte | 8:18.76 |
 |  GBRGreat Britain | Rebecca Adlington | 8:20.32 |
| 4 |  NZLNew Zealand | Lauren Boyle | 8:22.72 |
| 5 |  DENDenmark | Lotte Friis | 8:23.86 |
| 6 |  HUNHungary | Boglarka Kapas | 8:23.89 |
| 7 |  FRAFrance | Coralie Balmy | 8:29.26 |
| 8 |  VENVenezuela | Andreina Pinto | 8:29.28 |
| 9 |  CHNChina | Shao Yiwen | 8:27.78 |
| 10 | ESPSpain | Erika Villaecija | 8:27.99 |
| 11 |  CANCanada | Alexa Komarnycky | 8:28.11 |
| 12 |  RSASouth Africa | Wendy Trott | 8:28.98 |
| 13 | HUNHungary | Eva Risztov | 8:29.06 |
| 14 |  CHIChile | Kristel Köbrich | 8:29.55 |
| 15 | CANCanada | Savannah King | 8:29.72 |
| 16 |  ARGArgentina | Cecilia Biagioli | 8:33.97 |
| 17 |  LIELiechtenstein | Julia Hassler | 8:35.18 |
| 18 |  AUSAustralia | Kylie Palmer | 8:35.75 |
| 19 |  LIBLebanon | Katya Bachrouche | 8:35.88 |
| 20 | AUSAustralia | Jessica Ashwood | 8:37.21 |
| 21 | USAUnited States | Kate Ziegler | 8:37.38 |
| 22 | GBRGreat Britain | Eleanor Faulkner | 8:38.00 |
| 23 |  ROURomania | Camelia Potec | 8:38.44 |
| 24 | CHNChina | Xin Xin | 8:40.88 |
| 25 |  SLOSlovenia | Tjasa Oder | 8:41.82 |
| 26 |  RUSRussia | Elena Sokolova | 8:42.73 |
| 27 |  MEXMexico | Patricia Midori Castaneda Miyamoto | 8:44.44 |
| 28 |  AUTAustria | Nina Dittrich | 8:45.41 |
| 29 |  ECUEcuador | Samantha Arevalo | 8:49.21 |
| 30 |  MASMalaysia | Cai Lin Khoo | 8:51.18 |
| 31 |  SGPSingapore | Lynette Lim | 8:52.92 |
| 32 |  KORSouth Korea | Han Na-Kyeong | 8:57.26 |
| 33 |  ESAEl Salvador | Pamela Benitez | 9:02.66 |
| 34 |  ARUAruba | Daniella van den Berg | 9:23.21 |
| 35 |  MKDNorth Macedonia | Simona Marinova | 9:28.41 |
| 36 |  IRLIreland | Grainne Murphy | DNS |
| Women's 800m Freestyle, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Katie Ledecky | 8:14.63 |
| 2 | ESPSpain | Mireia Belmonte | 8:18.76 |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Rebecca Adlington | 8:20.32 |
| 4 | NZLNew Zealand | Lauren Boyle | 8:22.72 |
| 5 | DENDenmark | Lotte Friis | 8:23.86 |
| 6 | HUNHungary | Boglarka Kapas | 8:23.89 |
| 7 | FRAFrance | Coralie Balmy | 8:29.26 |
| 8 | VENVenezuela | Andreina Pinto | 8:29.28 |
| Women's 800m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | GBRGreat Britain | Rebecca Adlington | 8:21.78 |
| 2 | NZLNew Zealand | Lauren Boyle | 8:25.91 |
| 3 | CHNChina | Shao Yiwen | 8:27.78 |
| 4 | ESPSpain | Erika Villaecija | 8:27.99 |
| 5 | CANCanada | Savannah King | 8:29.72 |
| 6 | ARGArgentina | Cecilia Biagioli | 8:33.97 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Jessica Ashwood | 8:37.21 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Kate Ziegler | 8:37.38 |
| Women's 800m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | DENDenmark | Lotte Friis | 8:21.89 |
| 2 | HUNHungary | Boglarka Kapas | 8:26.43 |
| 2 | VENVenezuela | Andreina Pinto | 8:26.43 |
| 4 | FRAFrance | Coralie Balmy | 8:27.15 |
| 5 | CHIChile | Kristel Köbrich | 8:29.55 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Kylie Palmer | 8:35.75 |
| 7 | ROURomania | Camelia Potec | 8:38.44 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Xin Xin | 8:40.88 |
| Women's 800m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Katie Ledecky | 8:23.84 |
| 2 | ESPSpain | Mireia Belmonte | 8:25.26 |
| 3 | CANCanada | Alexa Komarnycky | 8:28.11 |
| 4 | RSASouth Africa | Wendy Trott | 8:28.98 |
| 5 | HUNHungary | Eva Risztov | 8:29.06 |
| 6 | GBRGreat Britain | Eleanor Faulkner | 8:38.00 |
| 7 | RUSRussia | Elena Sokolova | 8:42.73 |
| 99 | IRLIreland | Grainne Murphy | DNS |
| Women's 800m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | LIELiechtenstein | Julia Hassler | 8:35.18 |
| 2 | LIBLebanon | Katya Bachrouche | 8:35.88 |
| 3 | SLOSlovenia | Tjasa Oder | 8:41.82 |
| 4 | MEXMexico | Patricia Midori Castaneda Miyamoto | 8:44.44 |
| 5 | AUTAustria | Nina Dittrich | 8:45.41 |
| 6 | MASMalaysia | Cai Lin Khoo | 8:51.18 |
| 7 | SGPSingapore | Lynette Lim | 8:52.92 |
| 8 | KORSouth Korea | Han Na-Kyeong | 8:57.26 |
| Women's 800m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | ECUEcuador | Samantha Arevalo | 8:49.21 |
| 2 | ESAEl Salvador | Pamela Benitez | 9:02.66 |
| 3 | ARUAruba | Daniella van den Berg | 9:23.21 |
| 4 | MKDNorth Macedonia | Simona Marinova | 9:28.41 |
| Women's 800m Freestyle, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2 - Final | |||
| 1 | GBRGreat Britain | Rebecca Adlington | 8:21.78 |
| 2 | DENDenmark | Lotte Friis | 8:21.89 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Katie Ledecky | 8:23.84 |
| 4 | ESPSpain | Mireia Belmonte | 8:25.26 |
| 5 | NZLNew Zealand | Lauren Boyle | 8:25.91 |
| 6 | HUNHungary | Boglarka Kapas | 8:26.43 |
| 6 | VENVenezuela | Andreina Pinto | 8:26.43 |
| 8 | FRAFrance | Coralie Balmy | 8:27.15 |
| 9 | CHNChina | Shao Yiwen | 8:27.78 |
| 10 | ESPSpain | Erika Villaecija | 8:27.99 |
| 11 | CANCanada | Alexa Komarnycky | 8:28.11 |
| 12 | RSASouth Africa | Wendy Trott | 8:28.98 |
| 13 | HUNHungary | Eva Risztov | 8:29.06 |
| 14 | CHIChile | Kristel Köbrich | 8:29.55 |
| 15 | CANCanada | Savannah King | 8:29.72 |
| 16 | ARGArgentina | Cecilia Biagioli | 8:33.97 |
| 17 | LIELiechtenstein | Julia Hassler | 8:35.18 |
| 18 | AUSAustralia | Kylie Palmer | 8:35.75 |
| 19 | LIBLebanon | Katya Bachrouche | 8:35.88 |
| 20 | AUSAustralia | Jessica Ashwood | 8:37.21 |
| 21 | USAUnited States | Kate Ziegler | 8:37.38 |
| 22 | GBRGreat Britain | Eleanor Faulkner | 8:38.00 |
| 23 | ROURomania | Camelia Potec | 8:38.44 |
| 24 | CHNChina | Xin Xin | 8:40.88 |
| 25 | SLOSlovenia | Tjasa Oder | 8:41.82 |
| 26 | RUSRussia | Elena Sokolova | 8:42.73 |
| 27 | MEXMexico | Patricia Midori Castaneda Miyamoto | 8:44.44 |
| 28 | AUTAustria | Nina Dittrich | 8:45.41 |
| 29 | ECUEcuador | Samantha Arevalo | 8:49.21 |
| 30 | MASMalaysia | Cai Lin Khoo | 8:51.18 |
| 31 | SGPSingapore | Lynette Lim | 8:52.92 |
| 32 | KORSouth Korea | Han Na-Kyeong | 8:57.26 |
| 33 | ESAEl Salvador | Pamela Benitez | 9:02.66 |
| 34 | ARUAruba | Daniella van den Berg | 9:23.21 |
| 35 | MKDNorth Macedonia | Simona Marinova | 9:28.41 |
| 99 | IRLIreland | Grainne Murphy | DNS |
Medal Tracker
Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 45
JPN
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Medal Leaders
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
- 5
O'Callaghan
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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