Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
Dates21 May 2021 (heats)
22 May 2021 (final)
Competitors41 from 22 nations
Winning time7:42.61
Medalists
gold medal Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine
silver medal Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy
bronze medal Gabriele Detti   Italy
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The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021.[1][2]

Records[edit]

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Zhang Lin  China 7:32.12 Rome 29 July 2009
European record Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:39.27 Gwangju 24 July 2019
Championship record 7:42.33 London 20 May 2016

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The heats were started on 21 May at 11:28.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 5 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 7:48.31 Q
2 4 4 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 7:50.11 Q
3 5 3 Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:50.61 Q
4 5 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:51.33 Q
5 5 6 Sergiy Frolov  Ukraine 7:51.73 Q
6 5 2 Anton Ipsen  Denmark 7:52.37 Q
7 2 1 José Paulo Lopes  Portugal 7:52.81 Q, NR
8 3 5 Joris Bouchaut  France 7:53.07 Q
9 4 6 Aleksandr Egorov  Russia 7:53.32
10 4 7 Damien Joly  France 7:54.23
11 4 9 Daniel Wiffen  Ireland 7:55.02
12 2 3 Victor Johansson  Sweden 7:55.34
13 3 7 Yiğit Aslan  Turkey 7:55.99
14 3 3 Kristóf Rasovszky  Hungary 7:56.27
15 4 0 Ákos Kalmár  Hungary 7:56.56
16 5 9 Alexander Nørgaard  Denmark 7:57.24
17 5 7 Daniel Jervis  Great Britain 7:57.39
18 2 6 Dimitrios Markos  Greece 8:00.32
19 5 8 Marco De Tullio  Italy 8:01.33
20 2 7 Arthur Dalén Ellegaard  Denmark 8:02.69
21 5 0 Ilya Druzhinin  Russia 8:03.01
22 3 0 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 8:03.83
23 3 2 Dimitrios Negris  Greece 8:05.07
24 2 9 Jon Jøntvedt  Norway 8:06.90
25 2 8 Alejandro Puebla  Spain 8:07.28
26 4 2 Jan Micka  Czech Republic 8:07.60
27 2 2 Ilya Borodin  Russia 8:07.88
28 4 1 Kieran Bird  Great Britain 8:08.36
29 3 4 Vuk Čelić  Serbia 8:09.65
30 2 0 Márk Kovacsics  Hungary 8:09.98
31 2 5 Oskar Lindholm  Denmark 8:10.20
32 3 1 Martin Bau  Slovenia 8:10.30
33 2 4 Bar Soloveychik  Israel 8:13.62
34 3 9 Miguel Durán  Spain 8:14.02
35 5 5 David Aubry  France 8:14.25
36 3 6 Mert Kılavuz  Turkey 8:15.92
37 3 8 Marin Mogić  Croatia 8:22.50
38 1 5 Loris Bianchi  San Marino 8:24.30 NR
39 1 4 Arti Krasniqi  Kosovo 8:25.68
40 4 8 Konstantinos Englezakis  Greece 8:27.61
41 1 3 Théo Druenne  Monaco 8:46.10
4 3 Franko Grgić  Croatia Did not start
5 1 Marc-Antoine Olivier  France

Final[edit]

The final was held on 22 May 2021 at 18:00.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 7:42.61
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:43.62
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:46.10
4 5 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 7:47.99
5 7 Anton Ipsen  Denmark 7:52.07
6 1 José Paulo Lopes  Portugal 7:52.68 NR
7 8 Joris Bouchaut  France 7:52.85
8 2 Sergiy Frolov  Ukraine 7:56.12

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

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