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Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date November 17, 2010 (2010-11-17)
Competitors 12 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal    China
Silver medal    China
Bronze medal    Japan
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The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 12 competitors from 8 countries who took part in this event. 8 swimmers with the fast qualifying time were in the fast heat, the others were in the slow heat. The final ranking was arranged by the times from both heats.

Li Xuanxu and Shao Yiwen from China won the gold and silver medal respectively, Japanese swimmer Maiko Fujino won the bronze medal.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Asian records were as follows.


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