Event: | Men's 800 metre freestyle |
Championship: | 2015 World Aquatics Championships |
Dates: | 4 August (heats) 5 August (final) |
Competitors: | 41 |
Nations: | 36 |
Win Value: | 7:39.96 |
Gold: | Sun Yang |
Goldnoc: | CHN |
Silver: | Gregorio Paltrinieri |
Silvernoc: | ITA |
Bronze: | Mack Horton |
Bronzenoc: | AUS |
Prev: | 2013 |
Next: | 2017 |
The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 4 August with the heats and 5 August with the final.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The heats were held at 10:30.[2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | 3 | 7:44.77 | Q | |||
2 | 5 | 4 | 7:45.15 | Q | |||
3 | 5 | 2 | 7:46.61 | Q | |||
4 | 5 | 6 | 7:47.05 | Q | |||
5 | 5 | 5 | 7:47.08 | Q | |||
6 | 4 | 5 | 7:47.87 | Q | |||
7 | 5 | 8 | 7:48.95 | Q | |||
8 | 3 | 6 | 7:49.70 | Q, NR | |||
9 | 5 | 1 | 7:49.83 | NR | |||
10 | 4 | 4 | 7:50.28 | ||||
11 | 4 | 2 | 7:50.30 | ||||
12 | 4 | 0 | 7:51.19 | ||||
13 | 3 | 0 | 7:51.24 | NR | |||
14 | 3 | 5 | 7:52.37 | ||||
15 | 4 | 1 | 7:53.61 | ||||
16 | 4 | 9 | 7:54.31 | ||||
17 | 4 | 3 | 7:55.01 | ||||
18 | 3 | 4 | 7:55.31 | NR | |||
19 | 5 | 9 | 7:56.05 | ||||
20 | 3 | 7 | 7:57.61 | NR | |||
21 | 3 | 8 | 7:57.72 | ||||
22 | 4 | 8 | 7:57.93 | ||||
23 | 5 | 7 | 7:58.70 | ||||
24 | 4 | 6 | 7:59.56 | ||||
25 | 3 | 1 | 8:02.17 | ||||
26 | 3 | 2 | 8:03.17 | ||||
27 | 3 | 9 | 8:04.11 | ||||
28 | 5 | 0 | 8:04.47 | ||||
29 | 2 | 5 | 8:05.68 | ||||
30 | 4 | 7 | 8:05.76 | ||||
31 | 3 | 3 | 8:07.28 | ||||
32 | 2 | 6 | 8:07.40 | NR | |||
33 | 2 | 1 | 8:07.78 | ||||
34 | 2 | 2 | 8:10.83 | ||||
35 | 2 | 3 | 8:12.52 | ||||
36 | 2 | 4 | 8:12.65 | ||||
37 | 1 | 4 | 8:17.16 | ||||
38 | 2 | 8 | 8:18.20 | ||||
39 | 2 | 7 | 8:19.39 | ||||
40 | 1 | 5 | 8:21.27 | ||||
41 | 1 | 3 | 8:28.11 |
The final was held at 18:58.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | 7:39.96 | |||||
5 | 7:40.81 | ER | ||||
2 | 7:44.02 | |||||
4 | 4 | 7:44.51 | ||||
5 | 8 | 7:45.66 | NR | |||
6 | 1 | 7:45.90 | NR | |||
7 | 3 | 7:49.86 | ||||
8 | 6 | 7:55.30 |