Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 Metre Freestyle
at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates21–22 August 2014
Competitors35 from 20 nations
Winning time7:44.98
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Faroe Islands
bronze medal    Italy

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21–22 August 2014.[1]

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 29 July 2009
European record Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:42.74 Riccione 8 April 2014
Championship record Sebastien Rouault  France 7:48.28 Budapest 13 August 2010

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 10.16.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Pál Joensen  Faroe Islands 7:53.09 Q
2 4 7 Jan Micka  Czech Republic 7:53.38 Q
3 4 4 Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:53.51 Q
4 4 3 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 7:55.34 Q
5 3 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:55.35 Q
6 3 9 Stephen Milne  Great Britain 7:56.40 Q
7 2 4 Richárd Nagy  Slovakia 7:56.74 Q
8 3 7 Ferry Weertman  Netherlands 7:57.80 Q
9 2 5 Anton Ipsen  Denmark 7:58.17
10 3 0 Florian Vogel  Germany 7:58.34
11 3 5 Serhiy Frolov  Ukraine 7:58.55
12 3 3 Marc Sánchez  Spain 7:58.66
13 2 3 Maarten Brzoskowski  Netherlands 7:58.82
14 4 2 Filip Zaborowski  Poland 7:58.99
15 1 4 Martin Bau  Slovenia 7:59.76
16 3 6 Sören Meiβner  Germany 8:01.65
17 3 1 Joris Bouchault  France 8:02.89
18 3 2 Anthony Pannier  France 8:03.00
19 4 6 Matias Koski  Finland 8:05.07
20 4 8 Damien Joly  France 8:05.29
21 4 1 Gergő Kis  Hungary 8:06.14
22 2 0 Maksim Shemberyev  Ukraine 8:06.78
23 2 8 Nezir Karap  Turkey 8:08.05
24 1 3 Jan Kutník  Czech Republic 8:10.48
25 2 2 David Brandl  Austria 8:10.66
26 1 5 Lukas Ambros  Austria 8:11.71
27 3 8 Pawel Furtek  Poland 8:12.50
28 4 9 Axel Reymond  France 8:12.81
29 2 9 Eetu Piiroinen  Finland 8:13.11
30 2 1 Anton Goncharov  Ukraine 8:13.67
31 1 2 Adam Paulsson  Sweden 8:19.29
32 1 6 Tomás Novovesky  Czech Republic 8:20.70
33 2 6 Ediz Yıldırımer  Turkey 8:21.41
34 2 7 Uladzimir Zhyharau  Belarus 8:23.95
35 1 7 Pit Brandenburger  Luxembourg 8:33.16
4 0 Mads Glæsner  Denmark DNS

Final

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The final was held at 18:07.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:44.98 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Pál Joensen  Faroe Islands 7:48.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:49.35
4 7 Stephen Milne  Great Britain 7:50.64
5 5 Jan Micka  Czech Republic 7:52.19
6 6 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 7:55.47
7 8 Ferry Weertman  Netherlands 7:55.57
8 1 Richárd Nagy  Slovakia 7:56.28

References

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