Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2007 FINA World Championships
Venue Rod Laver Arena
Dates27 March 2007 (heats)
28 March 2007 (final)
Competitors46
Winning time7 minutes 47.91 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2005
2009  

The men's 800 metre freestyle was the 17th event of the swimming program at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships held in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The event was swum on the morning of 27 March (heats) [1] and in the evening of 28 March. [2] 46 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 43 swam in one of 6 preliminary heats. The top-8 finishers from the prelims qualified ("Q") to swim in the final the next evening.

Contents

The existing records at the start of the event were:

On 11 September 2007, the Court of Arbitration for Sport stripped Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia of his gold medal and nullified his result as part of a retroactive 18-month suspension for an earlier doping violation.

Results

Final

PlaceLaneSwimmerNationality100m200m300m400m500m600m700mTimeNote
Med 1.png 7 Przemysław Stańczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 57.311:57.102:56.023:55.364:54.215:52.596:50.917:47.91
Med 2.png 4 Craig Stevens Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.351:56.342:55.903:55.724:55.085:54.456:52.697:48.67
Med 3.png 5 Federico Colbertaldo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 57.661:56.772:56.043:55.374:54.485:53.536:52.587:49.98
4th8 Sébastien Rouault Flag of France.svg  France 55.671:54.402:53.463:52.934:52.855:53.036:53.347:52.04
5th1 Sergiy Fesenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 57.341:57.262:57.103:57.124:57.035:56.316:55.077:53.43
6th2 Grant Hackett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 57.341:57.212:56.953:57.004:56.965:57.106:57.447:55.39
7th6 Ryan Cochrane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.841:57.262:56.643:56.344:56.155:56.996:57.697:56.56
DSQ3 Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 57.311:56.442:55.943:55.494:54.195:52.926:50.807:46.95

Heats

RankHeat :
Lane
NameNationality200m400m600mTimeNote
15 : 4 Craig Stevens Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:56.323:54.725:54.417:50.72Q
24 : 5 Federico Colbertaldo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:56.763:55.285:53.637:50.77Q
36 : 3 Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1:56.263:55.735:55.487:51.48Q
46 : 2 Ryan Cochrane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:57.403:56.875:56.187:51.55Q
56 : 4 Grant Hackett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:56.763:56.645:56.877:51.86Q
65 : 5 Przemysław Stańczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:56.173:54.885:54.657:52.40Q
74 : 7 Sergiy Fesenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:57.563:56.925:55.947:52.64Q
84 : 3 Sébastien Rouault Flag of France.svg  France 1:57.273:56.425:55.517:52.92Q
95 : 6 Peter Vanderkaay Flag of the United States.svg  USA 1:56.493:55.995:55.497:54.37
105 : 2 Erik Vendt Flag of the United States.svg  USA 1:55.433:54.735:55.097:54.48
115 : 1 Luka Turk Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1:56.213:55.845:56.847:54.58
126 : 6 Nikita Lobintsev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:56.013:56.035:57.577:56.91
134 : 6 Marcos Rivera Miranda Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:58.563:59.405:59.627:57.14
146 : 7 Mads Glæsner Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:56.533:57.385:59.357:59.43
154 : 1 Dragoş Coman Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:57.073:56.735:57.617:59.91
164 : 2 Vitaly Romanovich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:57.423:59.626:01.587:59.94
174 : 4 Christian Hein Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.463:59.886:01.608:00.14
186 : 5 Nicolas Rostoucher Flag of France.svg  France 1:56.883:56.505:58.298:03.03
195 : 7 Maciej Hreniak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:58.534:00.376:03.568:05.01
205 : 8 David Brandl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:58.784:00.546:03.318:05.48
213 : 4 Ricardo Monasterio Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:59.844:02.696:06.398:05.81
223 : 3 Fernando Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:59.744:02.836:06.318:06.44
231 : 7 Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:01.364:05.146:09.078:08.12
243 : 7 Ahmed Mathlouthi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 2:00.884:02.906:06.898:09.59
256 : 1 Felipe Araújo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:59.344:02.996:07.858:10.50
266 : 8 Armando Negreiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:58.094:01.806:07.778:11.01
271 : 2 Ren Chen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:02.164:07.126:11.228:12.32
283 : 2 Robert Voss Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:59.434:03.186:08.558:13.78
293 : 6 Florian Janistyn Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:59.284:02.256:08.528:14.26
303 : 1 Caglar Gokbulut Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:04.254:09.336:15.238:19.08
314 : 8 Shinya Taniguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:01.444:08.066:18.168:25.83
322 : 3 Benjamin Guzman Blanco Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2:03.374:11.606:20.568:26.24
332 : 5 Mario Montoya Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2:03.464:11.706:20.458:27.47 NR
342 : 8 Pál Joensen Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 2:05.004:13.526:22.438:30.31
353 : 8 Irakli Revishvili Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2:06.434:14.726:23.958:31.52
362 : 4 Kevin Soow Choy Yeap Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2:03.594:12.796:20.468:32.35
373 : 5 Erwin Maldonado Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2:02.194:11.676:25.348:38.69
382 : 6 Micky van der Vaart Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 2:03.104:12.916:25.258:39.17
391 : 4 Neil Agius Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 2:11.174:27.576:44.138:57.63
402 : 7 Davor Trnovljakovic Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:07.864:25.916:45.419:01.70
411 : 5 Heimanu Sichan Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 2:11.614:29.776:50.879:09.79
422 : 1 Timur Kartabaev Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:14.754:39.797:04.849:27.31
431 : 3 Cooper Graf Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 2:31.675:08.957:45.2010:14.48
1 : 6 Ibraihm Assah Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana DNS
2 : 2 Anas Abuyousuf Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar DNS
5 : 3 Andrew Hurd Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNS

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References

  1. "FINA World Championships Men's 800m Freestyle Heats Official Results" (PDF). FINA.
  2. "FINA World Championships Men's 800m Freestyle Final Official Results" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2007.