Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2019.[1][2] The defending champion was Gabriele Detti, but he finished 5th in the final. The champion, Gregorio Paltrinieri, was the defending bronze medalist.

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates23 July (heats)
24 July (final)
Competitors38 from 33 nations
Winning time7:39.27
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Norway
bronze medal    France
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Records

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

World record   Zhang Lin (CHN) 7:32.12 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009
Competition record   Zhang Lin (CHN) 7:32.12 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held on 23 July at 11:05.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 3 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:45.70 Q
2 3 6 David Aubry   France 7:46.37 Q
3 4 2 Jack McLoughlin   Australia 7:46.42 Q
4 3 5 Gabriele Detti   Italy 7:46.46 Q
5 4 3 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 7:46.53 Q
6 4 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 7:47.01 Q
7 4 1 Serhiy Frolov   Ukraine 7:47.25 Q
8 3 2 Sun Yang   China 7:48.12 Q
9 4 7 Anton Ipsen   Denmark 7:48.74 NR
10 3 7 Jan Micka   Czech Republic 7:48.93 NR
11 4 5 Zane Grothe   United States 7:50.14
12 4 8 Damien Joly   France 7:50.30
13 2 4 Wojciech Wojdak   Poland 7:50.64
14 4 0 Mack Horton   Australia 7:52.65
15 4 9 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng   Vietnam 7:52.74
16 4 6 Jordan Wilimovsky   United States 7:53.11
17 3 4 Florian Wellbrock   Germany 7:53.75
18 3 8 Ilya Druzhinin   Russia 7:54.07
19 3 9 Ákos Kalmár   Hungary 7:54.55
20 2 6 Zac Reid   New Zealand 7:57.46
21 3 1 Guilherme Costa   Brazil 7:58.67
22 2 2 Dimitrios Negris   Greece 7:58.99
23 3 0 Vuk Čelić   Serbia 7:59.17
24 2 5 Felix Auböck   Austria 8:02.26
25 2 0 Aflah Prawira   Indonesia 8:06.58
26 2 3 Marwan El-Kamash   Egypt 8:07.97
27 2 8 Huang Guo-ting   Chinese Taipei 8:08.76
28 2 9 Christian Bayo   Puerto Rico 8:08.78
29 2 7 Page Advait   India 8:10.35
30 1 5 Glen Lim Jun Wei   Singapore 8:13.02
31 2 1 Kim Woo-min   South Korea 8:14.44
32 1 4 Cheuk Ming Ho   Hong Kong 8:15.22
33 1 3 Joaquín Moreno   Argentina 8:18.24
34 1 1 Daniel Jacobs   Aruba 8:22.96
35 1 2 Pit Brandenburger   Luxembourg 8:23.99
36 1 6 Oil Mortensen   Faroe Islands 8:24.02
37 1 7 Franci Aleksi   Albania 8:33.54
38 1 8 Filip Derkoski   North Macedonia 8:35.54

Final

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The final was held on 24 July at 20:02.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:39.27 ER
  2 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 7:41.28 NR
  5 David Aubry   France 7:42.08 NR
4 3 Jack McLoughlin   Australia 7:42.64
5 6 Gabriele Detti   Italy 7:43.89
6 8 Sun Yang   China 7:45.01
7 1 Serhiy Frolov   Ukraine 7:47.32
8 7 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 7:49.32

References

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