Women 800m Freestyle Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Monday, 28th August

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

-- Competitors from -- Nations.
Women 800m Freestyle History	1975 Women 800m Freestyle	1982 Women 800m Freestyle

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

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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Index Swimming	index West Berlin 1978

Swimming
Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 200m Freestyle	Women 200m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle	Women 800m Freestyle
Men 100m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Backstroke	Women 200m Backstroke
Men 100m Breaststroke	Women 100m Breaststroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 100m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 200m Butterfly	Women 200m Butterfly
Men 200m Medley	Women 200m Medley
Men 400m Medley	Women 400m Medley
Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Women 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay
Diving
Men 3m Springboard	Women 3m Springboard
Men 10m Platform	Women 10m Platform
Synchronised Swimming
Women Solo	Women Duo
Women Team

Men Water Polo

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.

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.

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

All times		time		gap	age	R. H
Final		time		gap	L	ag
1. Tracey Wickham	Australia	8:24.94	CR		6	15
2. Cynthia Woodhead	United States	8:29.35	NR	+4.41	4	14
3. Kim Linehan	United States	8:32.60		+7.66	5	15
4. Michelle Ford	Australia	8:33.45		+8.51	3	16
5. Annelies Maas	Netherlands	8:42.71		+17.77	7	18
6. Irina Aksyonova	Soviet Union	8:43.56	NR	+18.62	2	15
7. Marina Altmann	East Germany	8:57.53		+32.59	1	_
8. Roberta Felotti	Italy	8:58.26		+33.32	2	13
Heat 1		time		gap	L	ag
Heat 2		time		gap	L	ag
Heat 3		time		gap	L	ag
Heat 4		time		gap	L	ag
Heat -		time		gap	L	ag
1. Cynthia Woodhead	United States	8:37.01	CR		-	14
2. Kim Linehan	United States	8:40.16		+3.15s	-	15
3. Michelle Ford	Australia	8:41.03		+4.02s	-	16
4. Tracey Wickham	Australia	8:46.60		+9.59s	-	15
5. Irina Aksyonova	Soviet Union	8:48.46		+11.45s	-	15
6. Annelies Maas	Netherlands	8:49.66		+12.65s	-	18
7. Marina Altmann	East Germany	8:56.93		+19.92s	-	_
8. Roberta Felotti	Italy	8:57.54		+20.53s	-	13
9. Lorlnda Parkas	Canada	8:59.67		+22.66s	-	_
10.Galina Emellanenko	Soviet Union	9:03.66		+26.65s	-	_
11.Barb Shockey	Canada	9:04.51		+27.50s	-	_
12.Susanne Ackum	Sweden	9:13.82		+36.81s	-	17
13.Karln Averdunk	West Germany	9:15.72		+38.71s	-	_
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	-	_
19.Andrea Strechota	Austria	9:22.16		+45.15s	-	_
20.Veronica Espinosa	Mexico	9:27.08		+50.07s	-	_
21.Wen-Ying Kiang	Taiwan	9:32.62		+55.61s	-	_
22.Renata Janik	Poland	9:34.23		+57.22s	-	_
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