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

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 Daniel Wiffen   Ireland
silver medal Elijah Winnington   Australia
bronze medal Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy
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The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 February 2024.[1][2]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Daniel Wiffen  Ireland 7:40.94
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Elijah Winnington  Australia 7:42.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.
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