Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021.[1][2]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
Dates21 May 2021 (heats)
22 May 2021 (final)
Competitors41 from 22 nations
Winning time7:42.61
Medalists
gold medal    Ukraine
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Italy
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Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Zhang Lin   China 7:32.12 Rome 29 July 2009
European record Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:39.27 Gwangju 24 July 2019
Championship record 7:42.33 London 20 May 2016

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 21 May at 11:28.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 7:48.31 Q
2 4 4 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 7:50.11 Q
3 5 3 Gabriele Detti   Italy 7:50.61 Q
4 5 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:51.33 Q
5 5 6 Sergiy Frolov   Ukraine 7:51.73 Q
6 5 2 Anton Ipsen   Denmark 7:52.37 Q
7 2 1 José Paulo Lopes   Portugal 7:52.81 Q, NR
8 3 5 Joris Bouchaut   France 7:53.07 Q
9 4 6 Aleksandr Egorov   Russia 7:53.32
10 4 7 Damien Joly   France 7:54.23
11 4 9 Daniel Wiffen   Ireland 7:55.02
12 2 3 Victor Johansson   Sweden 7:55.34
13 3 7 Yiğit Aslan   Turkey 7:55.99
14 3 3 Kristóf Rasovszky   Hungary 7:56.27
15 4 0 Ákos Kalmár   Hungary 7:56.56
16 5 9 Alexander Nørgaard   Denmark 7:57.24
17 5 7 Daniel Jervis   Great Britain 7:57.39
18 2 6 Dimitrios Markos   Greece 8:00.32
19 5 8 Marco De Tullio   Italy 8:01.33
20 2 7 Arthur Dalén Ellegaard   Denmark 8:02.69
21 5 0 Ilya Druzhinin   Russia 8:03.01
22 3 0 Gergely Gyurta   Hungary 8:03.83
23 3 2 Dimitrios Negris   Greece 8:05.07
24 2 9 Jon Jøntvedt   Norway 8:06.90
25 2 8 Alejandro Puebla   Spain 8:07.28
26 4 2 Jan Micka   Czech Republic 8:07.60
27 2 2 Ilya Borodin   Russia 8:07.88
28 4 1 Kieran Bird   Great Britain 8:08.36
29 3 4 Vuk Čelić   Serbia 8:09.65
30 2 0 Márk Kovacsics   Hungary 8:09.98
31 2 5 Oskar Lindholm   Denmark 8:10.20
32 3 1 Martin Bau   Slovenia 8:10.30
33 2 4 Bar Soloveychik   Israel 8:13.62
34 3 9 Miguel Durán   Spain 8:14.02
35 5 5 David Aubry   France 8:14.25
36 3 6 Mert Kılavuz   Turkey 8:15.92
37 3 8 Marin Mogić   Croatia 8:22.50
38 1 5 Loris Bianchi   San Marino 8:24.30 NR
39 1 4 Arti Krasniqi   Kosovo 8:25.68
40 4 8 Konstantinos Englezakis   Greece 8:27.61
41 1 3 Théo Druenne   Monaco 8:46.10
4 3 Franko Grgić   Croatia Did not start
5 1 Marc-Antoine Olivier   France

Final

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The final was held on 22 May 2021 at 18:00.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 7:42.61
  6 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 7:43.62
  3 Gabriele Detti   Italy 7:46.10
4 5 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 7:47.99
5 7 Anton Ipsen   Denmark 7:52.07
6 1 José Paulo Lopes   Portugal 7:52.68 NR
7 8 Joris Bouchaut   France 7:52.85
8 2 Sergiy Frolov   Ukraine 7:56.12

References

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