The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2017.[1][2]
| Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Danube Arena | |||||||||
| Location | Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||
| Dates | 25 July (heats) 26 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 27 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:40.77 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Zhang Lin (CHN) |
7:32.12 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | Zhang Lin (CHN) |
7:32.12 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
Results edit
Heats edit
The heats were held on 25 July at 10:31.[3]
Final edit
The final was held on 26 July at 19:05.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
7 | Gabriele Detti |  Italy |
7:40.77 | ER |
 |
5 | Wojciech Wojdak |  Poland |
7:41.73 | NR |
 |
4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy |
7:42.44 | |
| 4 | 3 | Henrik Christiansen |  Norway |
7:44.21 | NR |
| 5 | 2 | Sun Yang | China |
7:48.87 | |
| 6 | 6 | Felix Auböck |  Austria |
7:51.20 | |
| 7 | 1 | Florian Wellbrock |  Germany |
7:52.27 | |
| 8 | 8 | Zane Grothe |  United States |
7:52.43 |
References edit
- ^ Schedule Archived 28 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Start list
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Final results