The Men's 800 Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on July 24–25, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary heats of the event were swum during the morning session on July 24,[1] with the Final being held during the evening session on July 25.[2]
| Men's 800m Freestyle at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 24 July (prelims) 25 July (final) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7 minute 43.82 seconds | |||||||||
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Prior to the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were both:
- WR & CR: 7:39.16 swum by Ian Thorpe (Australia) on July 24, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan
Results edit
Final edit
| Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grant Hackett |  Australia |
7:43.82 | |
| 2 | Larsen Jensen |  USA |
7:48.09 | NR |
| 3 | Ihor Chervynskyi |  Ukraine |
7:53.15 | |
| 4 | Graeme Smith |  Great Britain |
7:53.48 | |
| 5 | Dragoș Coman |  Romania |
7:57.22 | |
| 6 | Kurtis MacGillivary |  Canada |
8:01.75 | |
| 7 | Shunichi Fujita |  Japan |
8:02.38 | |
| 8 | Lin Zhang |  China |
8:04.10 |
Preliminaries edit
References edit
- ^ Worlds 2003 results: Men's 800 Free -- Prelims from Omega Timing (official timer). Published 2003-07-24, retrieved 2013-06-06.
- ^ Worlds 2003 results: Men's 800 Free -- Final from Omega Timing (official timer). Published 2003-07-25, retrieved 2013-06-06.