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

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 February 2024.[1][2]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
VenueAspire Dome
LocationDoha, Qatar
Dates13 February (heats)
14 February (final)
Competitors43 from 36 nations
Winning time7:40.94
Medalists
gold medal    Ireland
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Italy
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Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[3]

World record   Zhang Lin (CHN) 7:32.12 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009
Competition record   Zhang Lin (CHN) 7:32.12 Rome, Italy 26 July 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 13 February at 10:22[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 2 Luca De Tullio   Italy 7:46.52 Q
2 4 4 Daniel Wiffen   Ireland 7:46.90 Q
3 5 5 Sven Schwarz   Germany 7:46.95 Q
4 4 9 Victor Johansson   Sweden 7:47.04 Q, NR
5 5 1 Kristóf Rasovszky   Hungary 7:47.19 Q
6 5 3 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 7:47.20 Q
7 4 3 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:47.38 Q
8 5 6 Elijah Winnington   Australia 7:47.59 Q
9 5 7 David Betlehem   Hungary 7:48.06
10 4 5 Florian Wellbrock   Germany 7:48.17
11 3 7 David Johnston   United States 7:48.20
12 5 8 Kuzey Tuncelli   Turkey 7:48.53 NR
13 4 1 Alfonso Mestre   Venezuela 7:48.84
14 2 4 Dimitrios Markos   Greece 7:49.97 NR
15 3 3 Carlos Garach Benito   Spain 7:50.56
16 3 1 Fei Liwei   China 7:51.18
17 5 0 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 7:51.21
18 5 4 Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia 7:51.72
19 2 3 Lucas Henveaux   Belgium 7:52.10 NR
20 4 7 Damien Joly   France 7:53.42
21 3 8 Ilia Sibirtsev   Uzbekistan 7:53.87 NR
22 3 5 Charlie Clark   United States 7:54.87
23 5 9 Zhang Zhanshuo   China 7:55.86
24 4 8 Jon Joentvedt   Norway 7:56.28
25 3 9 Shogo Takeda   Japan 7:57.54
26 3 6 Felix Auböck   Austria 7:57.63
27 4 6 Guilherme Costa   Brazil 7:58.02
28 2 2 Khiew Hoe Yean   Malaysia 8:02.78 NR
29 3 2 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng   Vietnam 8:05.17
30 2 6 Dylan Porges   Mexico 8:05.83
31 4 0 Vlad Stancu   Romania 8:06.50
32 2 1 Ratthawit Thammananthachote   Thailand 8:06.82 NR
33 3 4 Marc-Antoine Olivier   France 8:08.54
34 2 7 Glen Lim Jun Wei   Singapore 8:09.34
35 3 0 Juan Morales   Colombia 8:11.31
36 2 8 Diego Dulieu   Honduras 8:11.97
37 2 9 Loris Bianchi   San Marino 8:17.70 NR
38 1 4 Ilias El Fallaki   Morocco 8:27.22
39 1 5 Alberto Vega   Costa Rica 8:30.93
40 1 3 Liggjas Joensen   Faroe Islands 8:32.54
41 1 6 Mal Gashi   Kosovo 8:35.97
42 2 0 Rodolfo Falcón Jr.   Cuba 8:38.90
43 1 2 Mohammed Al-Zaki   Saudi Arabia 9:06.29
2 5 Antonio Djakovic    Switzerland Did not start
5 2 Kim Woo-min   South Korea

Final edit

The final was started on 14 February at 19:02.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Daniel Wiffen   Ireland 7:40.94
  8 Elijah Winnington   Australia 7:42.95
  1 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:42.98
4 3 Sven Schwarz   Germany 7:44.29
5 2 Kristóf Rasovszky   Hungary 7:44.42 NR
6 6 Victor Johansson   Sweden 7:47.08
7 4 Luca De Tullio   Italy 7:49.79
8 7 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 7:54.51

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.