Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
LocationBudapest, Hungary
Dates20 June (heats)
21 June (final)
Competitors30 from 27 nations
Winning time7:39.36
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Ukraine
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The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 June 2022.[1][2]

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 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 20 June at 09:57.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 7:44.75 Q
2 3 5 Florian Wellbrock  Germany 7:44.80 Q
3 3 6 Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:46.08 Q
4 4 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:46.24 Q
5 3 1 Daniel Wiffen  Ireland 7:46.32 Q, NR
6 4 3 Robert Finke  United States 7:46.36 Q
7 4 2 Guilherme Costa  Brazil 7:46.90 Q
8 4 8 Damien Joly  France 7:47.46 Q
9 4 7 Samuel Short  Australia 7:48.28
10 4 1 Daniel Jervis  Great Britain 7:50.55
11 3 2 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 7:50.98
12 3 7 Charlie Clark  United States 7:51.59
13 4 0 Marwan Elkamash  Egypt 7:52.08
14 2 3 Kim Woo-min  South Korea 7:53.27
15 4 5 Lukas Märtens  Germany 7:55.21
16 4 9 Dimitrios Markos  Greece 8:00.08
17 3 9 Bar Soloveychik  Israel 8:04.14
18 3 8 Zhang Ziyang  China 8:04.18
19 2 5 Carlos Garach  Spain 8:05.52
20 2 6 Juan Morales  Colombia 8:05.61
21 2 4 Ákos Kalmár  Hungary 8:06.67
22 3 0 José Paulo Lopes  Portugal 8:14.40
23 2 2 Kushagra Rawat  India 8:15.96
24 1 5 Rafael Ponce de León  Peru 8:17.49
25 2 1 Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn  Vietnam 8:24.02
26 2 0 Rodolfo Falcón  Cuba 8:24.45
27 1 4 Loris Bianchi  San Marino 8:27.93
28 2 7 Cheuk Ming Ho  Hong Kong 8:32.67
29 2 8 Ratthawit Thammananthachote  Thailand 8:35.86
30 1 3 Muhammad Siddiqui  Pakistan 8:57.59 NR
3 3 Elijah Winnington  Australia Did not start
4 6 Felix Auböck  Austria

Final[edit]

The final was held on 21 June at 18:02.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 Robert Finke  United States 7:39.36 AM
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Florian Wellbrock  Germany 7:39.63 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 7:40.05 NR
4 6 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:41.19
5 1 Guilherme Costa  Brazil 7:45.48 SA
6 3 Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:47.75
7 8 Damien Joly  France 7:48.10
8 2 Daniel Wiffen  Ireland 7:50.63

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). fina.org. 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 19 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 20 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 June 2022.