Swimming at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Sports Centre Milan Gale Muškatirović
Dates	18 June (heats) 19 June (final)
Winning time	7:46.20
Medalists
Mykhailo Romanchuk    Ukraine   Dimitrios Markos    Greece   Zalán Sárkány    Hungary
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The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 June 2024. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Zhang Lin	China	7:32.12	Rome	29 July 2009
European record	Daniel Wiffen	Ireland	7:39.19	Fukuoka	26 July 2023
Championship record	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	7:40.86	Rome	13 August 2022

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 18 June at 10:35.
Qualification Rules: The 8 fastest from the heats qualify to the final. ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Mykhailo Romanchuk	Ukraine	7:48.22	Q
2	3	6	Zalán Sárkány	Hungary	7:50.36	Q
3	3	3	Dimitrios Markos	Greece	7:50.38	Q
4	3	2	Krzysztof Chmielewski	Poland	7:50.51	Q
5	2	4	Kuzey Tunçelli	Turkey	7:53.92	Q
6	2	3	Nathan Wiffen	Ireland	7:54.60	Q
7	2	6	Muhammed Özden	Turkey	7:55.56	Q
8	2	5	Henrik Christiansen	Norway	7:55.62	Q
9	3	5	Jon Jøntvedt	Norway	8:01.04
10	2	7	Džiugas Miškinis	Lithuania	8:04.06
11	2	1	Marin Mogić	Croatia	8:08.63
12	3	8	Nikola Ratkov	Serbia	8:09.34
13	2	2	László Gálicz	Hungary	8:11.78
14	3	9	Loris Bianchi	San Marino	8:12.19	NR
15	2	0	Filip Kuruzović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8:12.37
16	1	4	Mihailo Gašić	Serbia	8:16.14
17	2	8	Michal Judickij	Czech Republic	8:16.66
18	3	0	Nikola Simić	Serbia	8:18.33
19	3	7	Bartosz Kapala	Poland	8:18.51
20	2	9	Kevin Pereira Teixeira	Andorra	8:21.90
21	3	1	Yordan Yanchev	Bulgaria	8:24.04
22	1	5	Nikola Gjuretanovikj	North Macedonia	8:31.13
	1	3	Jovan Lekić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Did not start

Final

The final was held on 19 June at 20:07. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mykhailo Romanchuk	Ukraine	7:46.20
	3	Dimitrios Markos	Greece	7:48.59	NR
	5	Zalán Sárkány	Hungary	7:49.29
4	6	Krzysztof Chmielewski	Poland	7:49.44
5	8	Henrik Christiansen	Norway	7:50.88
6	2	Kuzey Tunçelli	Turkey	7:54.12
7	1	Muhammed Özden	Turkey	7:55.32
8	7	Nathan Wiffen	Ireland	8:03.74

References

1. Schedule
2. Start list
3. Heats results
4. Final results