Swimming at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 June 2024.[1][2]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships
VenueSports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović
Dates18 June (heats)
19 June (final)
Winning time7:46.20
Medalists
gold medal    Ukraine
silver medal    Greece
bronze medal    Hungary
← 2022
2026 →

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Zhang Lin   China 7:32.12 Rome 29 July 2009
European record Daniel Wiffen   Ireland 7:39.19 Fukuoka 26 July 2023
Championship record Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:40.86 Rome 13 August 2022

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 18 June at 10:35.
Qualification Rules: The 8 fastest from the heats qualify to the final.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 7:48.22 Q
2 3 6 Zalán Sárkány   Hungary 7:50.36 Q
3 3 3 Dimitrios Markos   Greece 7:50.38 Q
4 3 2 Krzysztof Chmielewski   Poland 7:50.51 Q
5 2 4 Kuzey Tunçelli   Turkey 7:53.92 Q
6 2 3 Nathan Wiffen   Ireland 7:54.60 Q
7 2 6 Muhammed Özden   Turkey 7:55.56 Q
8 2 5 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 7:55.62 Q
9 3 5 Jon Jøntvedt   Norway 8:01.04
10 2 7 Džiugas Miškinis   Lithuania 8:04.06
11 2 1 Marin Mogić   Croatia 8:08.63
12 3 8 Nikola Ratkov   Serbia 8:09.34
13 2 2 László Gálicz   Hungary 8:11.78
14 3 9 Loris Bianchi   San Marino 8:12.19 NR
15 2 0 Filip Kuruzović   Bosnia and Herzegovina 8:12.37
16 1 4 Mihailo Gašić   Serbia 8:16.14
17 2 8 Michal Judickij   Czech Republic 8:16.66
18 3 0 Nikola Simić   Serbia 8:18.33
19 3 7 Bartosz Kapala   Poland 8:18.51
20 2 9 Kevin Pereira Teixeira   Andorra 8:21.90
21 3 1 Yordan Yanchev   Bulgaria 8:24.04
22 1 5 Nikola Ǵuretanoviḱ   North Macedonia 8:31.13
1 3 Jovan Lekić   Bosnia and Herzegovina Did not start

Final

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The final was held on 19 June at 20:07.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 7:46.20
  3 Dimitrios Markos   Greece 7:48.59 NR
  5 Zalán Sárkány   Hungary 7:49.29
4 6 Krzysztof Chmielewski   Poland 7:49.44
5 8 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 7:50.88
6 2 Kuzey Tunçelli   Turkey 7:54.12
7 1 Muhammed Özden   Turkey 7:55.32
8 7 Nathan Wiffen   Ireland 8:03.74

References

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