Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 4 August with the heats and 5 August with the final.[1]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates4 August (heats)
5 August (final)
Competitors41 from 36 nations
Winning time7:39.96
Medalists
    China
    Italy
    Australia

Records

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

World record  Zhang Lin (CHN)7:32.12Rome, Italy29 July 2009
Competition record  Zhang Lin (CHN)7:32.12Rome, Italy29 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:30.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
153Connor Jaeger United States7:44.47Q
254Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy7:45.15Q
352Stephen Milne Great Britain7:46.61Q
456Michael McBroom United States7:47.05Q
555Mack Horton Australia7:47.08Q
645Sun Yang China7:47.87Q
758Wojciech Wojdak Poland7:48.95Q
836Henrik Christiansen Norway7:49.70Q, NR
951Ahmed Akram Egypt7:49.83NR
1044Ryan Cochrane Canada7:50.28
1142Damien Joly France7:50.30
1240Marc Sánchez Spain7:51.19
1330Mads Glæsner Denmark7:51.24NR
1435Joris Bouchaut France7:52.37
1541Florian Vogel Germany7:53.61
1649Maarten Brzoskowski Netherlands7:54.31
1743Pál Joensen Faroe Islands7:55.01
1834Richárd Nagy Slovakia7:55.31NR
1959Wang Kecheng China7:56.05
2037Nathan Capp New Zealand7:57.61NR
2138Martín Naidich Argentina7:57.72
2248Sören Meißner Germany7:57.93
2357Gergely Gyurta Hungary7:58.70
2446Péter Bernek Hungary7:59.56
2531Serhiy Frolov Ukraine8:02.17
2632Esteban Enderica Ecuador8:03.17
2739Martin Bau Slovenia8:04.11
2850Myles Brown South Africa8:04.47
2925Vuk Čelić Serbia8:05.68
3047Jan Micka Czech Republic8:05.76
3133Matias Koski Finland8:07.28
3226Sven Arnar Saemundsson Croatia8:07.40NR
3321Ido Haber Israel8:07.78
3422Alexei Sancov Moldova8:10.83
3523Marcelo Acosta El Salvador8:12.52
3624Ernest Maksumov Russia8:12.65
3714Alin Artimon Romania8:17.16
3828Sim Wee Sheng Welson Sim Malaysia8:18.20
3927Andy Arteta Venezuela8:19.39
4015Felipe Tapia Chile8:21.27
4113Pol Arias Andorra8:28.11

Final

Sun and Paltrinieri swim to medals

The final was held at 18:58.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
7Sun Yang China7:39.96
5Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy7:40.81ER
2Mack Horton Australia7:44.02
44Connor Jaeger United States7:44.51
58Henrik Christiansen Norway7:45.66NR
61Wojciech Wojdak Poland7:45.90NR
73Stephen Milne Great Britain7:49.86
86Michael McBroom United States7:55.30

References

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