Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates7 August (heats)
8 August (final)
Competitors26 from 20 nations
Winning time7:42.96
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Mykhailo Romanchuk  Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon.svg   Gregorio Paltrinieri  Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg   Florian Wellbrock  Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 7 and 8 August 2018. [1] [2]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Zhang Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7:32.12 Rome 29 July 2009
European record Gabriele Detti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:40.77 Budapest 26 July 2017
Championship record Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:42.33 London 20 May 2016

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 7 August at 10:18. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125 Mykhailo Romanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7:49.96Q
224 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:50.08Q
314 Marin Mogić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7:51.78Q
422 Jan Micka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:52.14Q
527 Damien Joly Flag of France.svg  France 7:52.54Q
621 Domenico Acerenza Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:52.80Q
733 Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:53.62Q
835 Henrik Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:53.94Q
932 Serhiy Frolov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7:54.31
936 Victor Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:54.31
1131 Anton Ipsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 7:54.34
1223 Felix Auböck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7:55.56
1316 Vuk Čelić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 7:56.58
1434 Wojciech Wojdak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7:56.83
1528 Ilya Druzhinin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7:57.54
1615 Tom Derbyshire Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:58.26
1730 Jay Lelliott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:58.67
1837 Henning Mühlleitner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:58.77
1913 Albert Escrits Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:01.39
2038 Poul Zellmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:03.07
2112 Bogdan-Andrei Scarlat Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:03.98
2220 Filip Zaborowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8:06.48
2329 Dávid Lakatos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:07.51
2411 Guilherme Pina Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8:07.96
2517 Andreas Georgakopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8:25.42
2610 Frenc Berdaku Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 8:44.70
—18 Maksym Shemberev Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Did not start
19 Spiro Goga Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
26 David Aubry Flag of France.svg  France

Final

The final was started on 8 August at 16:30. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Mykhailo Romanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7:42.96
Silver medal icon.svg5 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:45.12
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:45.60
48 Henrik Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:46.75
56 Jan Micka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7:49.73
67 Domenico Acerenza Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:51.64
72 Damien Joly Flag of France.svg  France 7:56.75
83 Marin Mogić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 7:58.03

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