Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 20 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.[1][2]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Asian Games
VenueGelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium
Date20 August 2018
Competitors14 from 10 nations
Winning time7:48.36
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Japan
bronze medal    Vietnam
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Schedule edit

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date Time Event
Monday, 20 August 2018 09:00 Slowest heat
18:00 Fastest heat

Records edit

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

World Record   Zhang Lin (CHN) 7:32.12 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009
Asian Record   Zhang Lin (CHN) 7:32.12 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009
Games Record   Sun Yang (CHN) 7:47.11 Guangzhou, China 18 November 2010

Results edit

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
  2   Sun Yang (CHN) 7:48.36
  2   Shogo Takeda (JPN) 7:53.01
  2   Nguyễn Huy Hoàng (VIE) 7:54.32
4 2   Kohei Yamamoto (JPN) 7:59.60
5 2   Ji Xinjie (CHN) 7:59.99
6 1   Aflah Fadlan Prawira (INA) 8:03.87
7 1   Cheuk Ming Ho (HKG) 8:07.76
8 1   Advait Page (IND) 8:09.13
9 1   Glen Lim (SGP) 8:11.59
10 2   Huang Guo-ting (TPE) 8:12.15
11 2   Welson Sim (MAS) 8:12.46
12 1   Cho Cheng-chi (TPE) 8:16.63
13 1   Lam Chak Hang (HKG) 8:26.07
14 1   Mubal Azzam Ibrahim (MDV) 10:12.07

References edit

  1. ^ "Asian Games 2018 Swimming Schedule". INASGOC. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ Heats results