Swimming at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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The Men's 800m freestyle event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 26, with the slow heat at 10:12 and the fast heat at 18:06.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lucas Kanieski   Brazil	Luiz Arapiraca   Brazil	Alejandro Gomez   Venezuela

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Zhang Lin  (CHN)	7:32.12	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009
Competition Record	Luiz Lima  (BRA)	8:11.87	Buenos Aires, Argentina	15 November 2006
South American record	Luiz Arapiraca  (BRA)	7:58.20	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	9 May 2009

Results

Final

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Result	Notes
	2	5	Lucas Kanieski  (BRA)	8:09.81	CR
	2	4	Luiz Arapiraca  (BRA)	8:16.93
	2	2	Alejandro Gomez  (VEN)	8:17.68
4	2	3	Esteban Paz  (ARG)	8:18.49
5	2	6	Ricardo Monasterio  (VEN)	8:23.07
6	2	7	Martin Naidich  (ARG)	8:32.50
7	1	4	Miguel Peñaloza  (COL)	8:33.95
8	2	1	Mateo de Angulo  (COL)	8:35.62
9	1	5	Alvaro Pfeifer  (CHI)	8:54.16
10	1	3	Julio Laurentino  (PAR)	9:38.04

References

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