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

Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates	24 July 2001
Competitors	25
Winning time	7:39.16 WR
Medalists
Ian Thorpe    Australia   Grant Hackett    Australia   Graeme Smith    Great Britain
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Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

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]}

Records

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

World record	Ian Thorpe  (AUS)	7:41.59	Hobart, Australia	26 March 2001
Championship record	New event

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
23 July 2001	Heat 4	Ian Thorpe	Australia	7:52.74	CR
24 July 2001	Final	Ian Thorpe	Australia	7:39.16	WR

Results

Heats

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

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ian Thorpe	Australia	7:39.16	WR
	Grant Hackett	Australia	7:40.34
	Graeme Smith	United Kingdom	7:51.12
4	Chris Thompson	United States	7:53.95
5	Alexey Filipets	Russia	7:56.30
6	Andrea Righi	Italy	7:57.69
7	Heiko Hell	Germany	7:59.47
8	Shunichi Fujita	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.