Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates24 July 2001
Competitors25
Winning time7:39.16 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2003  

The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 24 July. The heats took place 23 July, and the final was held on 24 July. [1] [2]

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Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Ian Thorpe  (AUS)7:41.59 Hobart, Australia26 March 2001
Championship recordNew event

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
23 July 2001Heat 4 Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:52.74 CR
24 July 2001Final Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:39.16 WR

Results

Heats

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1 Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:52.74Q, CR
2 Grant Hackett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:54.22Q
3 Graeme Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7:56.73Q
4 Alexey Filipets Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7:56.89Q
5 Chris Thompson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 7:57.11Q
6 Shunichi Fujita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7:57.99Q
7 Andrea Righi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:00.46Q
8 Heiko Hell Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:00.55Q
9 Christian Minotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:00.70
10 Adam Faulkner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 8:01.15
11 Dragoș Coman Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:01.20
12 Ihor Chervynskyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8:01.52
13 Masato Hirano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:01.69
14 Ricardo Monasterio Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 8:02.19
15 Robert Margalis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8:02.39
16 Alexei Boutsenine Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8:02.63
17 Nicolas Rostoucher Flag of France.svg  France 8:02.92
18 Spyridon Gianniotis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8:07.53
19 Andrew Hurd Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:10.56
20 Shilo Ayalon Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8:13.49
21 Zheng Shibin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:16.57
22 Leonardo Salinas Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:22.63
23 Giancarlo Zolezzi Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8:22.79
24 Jorge Carral Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:23.28
25 Hsu Kuo-Tung Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 8:58.48

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ian Thorpe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:39.16 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Grant Hackett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:40.34
Bronze medal icon.svg Graeme Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7:51.12
4 Chris Thompson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 7:53.95
5 Alexey Filipets Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7:56.30
6 Andrea Righi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:57.69
7 Heiko Hell Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:59.47
8 Shunichi Fujita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7:59.57

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.