Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Kazan 2015 - Victory Ceremony 800m freestyle M.JPG
Victory Ceremony
Dates4 August (heats)
5 August (final)
Competitors41 from 36 nations
Winning time7:39.96
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  2013
2017  

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 4 August with the heats and 5 August with the final. [1]

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Records

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

World record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Lin  (CHN)7:32.12 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009
Competition recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Lin  (CHN)7:32.12 Rome, Italy 29 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:30. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
153 Connor Jaeger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:44.47Q
254 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:45.15Q
352 Stephen Milne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:46.61Q
456 Michael McBroom Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:47.05Q
555 Mack Horton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:47.08Q
645 Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:47.87Q
758 Wojciech Wojdak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7:48.95Q
836 Henrik Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:49.70Q, NR
951 Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 7:49.83 NR
1044 Ryan Cochrane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7:50.28
1142 Damien Joly Flag of France.svg  France 7:50.30
1240 Marc Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7:51.19
1330 Mads Glæsner Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:51.24 NR
1435 Joris Bouchaut Flag of France.svg  France 7:52.37
1541 Florian Vogel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:53.61
1649 Maarten Brzoskowski Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:54.31
1743 Pál Joensen Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 7:55.01
1834 Richárd Nagy Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 7:55.31 NR
1959 Wang Kecheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:56.05
2037 Nathan Capp Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7:57.61 NR
2138 Martín Naidich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7:57.72
2248 Sören Meißner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:57.93
2357 Gergely Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:58.70
2446 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7:59.56
2531 Serhiy Frolov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8:02.17
2632 Esteban Enderica Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 8:03.17
2739 Martin Bau Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8:04.11
2850 Myles Brown Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8:04.47
2925 Vuk Čelić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 8:05.68
3047 Jan Micka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8:05.76
3133 Matias Koski Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8:07.28
3226 Sven Arnar Saemundsson Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8:07.40 NR
3321 Ido Haber Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8:07.78
3422 Alexei Sancov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 8:10.83
3523 Marcelo Acosta Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 8:12.52
3624 Ernest Maksumov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8:12.65
3714 Alin Artimon Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:17.16
3828 Sim Wee Sheng Welson Sim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 8:18.20
3927 Andy Arteta Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 8:19.39
4015 Felipe Tapia Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8:21.27
4113 Pol Arias Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 8:28.11

Final

Sun and Paltrinieri swim to medals Kazan 2015 - Sun and Paltrinieri 800m.JPG
Sun and Paltrinieri swim to medals

The final was held at 18:58. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7 Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:39.96
Silver medal icon.svg5 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:40.81 ER
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Mack Horton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:44.02
44 Connor Jaeger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:44.51
58 Henrik Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:45.66 NR
61 Wojciech Wojdak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7:45.90 NR
73 Stephen Milne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:49.86
86 Michael McBroom Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:55.30

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