Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) | ||||||||||
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Venue | Duna Arena | |||||||||
Location | Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||
Dates | 14 December | |||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 35 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 7:30.56 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) | |||
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Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4×50 m | mixed | ||
4×100 m | men | women | |
4×200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4×50 m | mixed | ||
4×100 m | men | women | mixed |
The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 14 December 2024 at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary. [1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 7:20.46 | Otopeni, Romania | 10 December 2023 |
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Competition record | ![]() | 7:29.99 | Melbourne, Australia | 17 December 2022 |
The event featured several top contenders, including Australia’s Elijah Winnington and Germany’s Florian Wellbrock. While Winnington had no recorded short-course 800 m performances, he entered the meet following lifetime bests in long course (7:42.95 at the 2024 World Championships and 7:42.86 at the Paris Olympics). Wellbrock, the short-course world record holder in the 1500 m freestyle, owned a personal best of 7:27.99 from the 2021 European Short Course Championships. Germany’s Sven Schwarz, a 2024 Olympic finalist, entered with a season best of 7:37.02 and a lifetime best of 7:33.85. Tunisia’s Ahmed Jaouadi posted a 7:33.84 in May 2024, ranking first in the world that season. Other contenders included Sweden’s Victor Johansson (7:33.11), Italy’s Luca De Tullio (7:34.08), Hungary’s Zalán Sárkány (7:34.41), and France’s Damien Joly (7:36.59). [3]
SwimSwam predicted Jaouadi would win, Winnington would come second, and Sárkány would come third. [3]
The slowest heats were started at 11:13, and the fastest heat at 18:54. [4]