The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21–22 August 2014.[1]
Men's 800 Metre Freestyle at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 21–22 August 2014 | |||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 7:44.98 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | Zhang Lin | China | 7:32.12 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
European record | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 7:42.74 | Riccione | 8 April 2014 |
Championship record | Sebastien Rouault | France | 7:48.28 | Budapest | 13 August 2010 |
Results
editHeats
editThe heats were held at 10.16.[2]
Final
editThe final was held at 18:07.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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2 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 7:44.98 | CR | |
4 | Pál Joensen | Faroe Islands | 7:48.49 | ||
3 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 7:49.35 | ||
4 | 7 | Stephen Milne | Great Britain | 7:50.64 | |
5 | 5 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 7:52.19 | |
6 | 6 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | 7:55.47 | |
7 | 8 | Ferry Weertman | Netherlands | 7:55.57 | |
8 | 1 | Richárd Nagy | Slovakia | 7:56.28 |