Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 24 and 25. The heats took place on May 24, the final on May 25.[1]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 24, 2012 (heats)
May 25, 2012 (final)
Competitors20 from 12 nations
Winning time7:49.46
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Ukraine

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Zhang Lin   China 7:32.12 Rome July 29, 2009
European record Federico Colbertaldo   Italy 7:43.84 Rome July 29, 2009
Championship record Sébastien Rouault   France 7:48.28 Budapest August 13, 2010

Results

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Heats

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21 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 2 Sergiy Frolov   Ukraine 7:57.54 Q
2 3 6 Gabriele Detti   Italy 7:57.61 Q
3 1 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:57.92 Q
4 2 4 Sébastien Rouault   France 7:57.94 Q
5 3 4 Gergő Kis   Hungary 7:58.09 Q
6 2 3 Evgeny Kulikov   Russia 8:00.86 Q
7 1 1 Maxym Shemberyev   Ukraine 8:02.41 Q
8 3 2 David Brandl   Austria 8:03.73 Q
9 3 1 Sören Meissner   Germany 8:03.82
10 2 5 Anthony Pannier   France 8:04.00
11 3 3 Gergely Gyurta   Hungary 8:04.03
12 1 6 Anton Goncharov   Ukraine 8:06.81
13 1 5 Federico Colbertaldo   Italy 8:08.04
14 1 7 Anton Sveinn McKee   Iceland 8:08.58 NR
15 3 5 Rocco Potenza   Italy 8:08.60
16 1 3 Jan Wolfgarten   Germany 8:12.79
17 1 2 Uladzimir Zhyharau   Belarus 8:15.48
18 2 1 Ventsislav Aydarski   Bulgaria 8:16.03
19 3 7 Jovan Mitrovic   Switzerland 8:16.08
20 2 7 Jan Karel Petric   Slovenia 8:23.42
2 6 Michal Szuba   Poland DNS

Final

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The final was held at 17:02.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  2 Gergő Kis   Hungary 7:49.46
  3 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:52.23
  4 Sergiy Frolov   Ukraine 7:52.81
4 6 Sébastien Rouault   France 7:53.78
5 5 Gabriele Detti   Italy 7:56.16
6 7 Evgeny Kulikov   Russia 7:59.90
7 1 Maxym Shemberyev   Ukraine 8:00.96
8 8 David Brandl   Austria 8:03.28

References

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