Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21–22 August 2014.[1]

Men's 800 Metre Freestyle
at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates21–22 August 2014
Competitors35 from 20 nations
Winning time7:44.98
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Faroe Islands
bronze medal    Italy

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordZhang Lin China7:32.12Rome29 July 2009
European recordGabriele Detti Italy7:42.74Riccione8 April 2014
Championship recordSebastien Rouault France7:48.28Budapest13 August 2010

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10.16.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
145Pál Joensen Faroe Islands7:53.09Q
247Jan Micka Czech Republic7:53.38Q
344Gabriele Detti Italy7:53.51Q
443Gergely Gyurta Hungary7:55.34Q
534Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy7:55.35Q
639Stephen Milne Great Britain7:56.40Q
724Richárd Nagy Slovakia7:56.74Q
837Ferry Weertman Netherlands7:57.80Q
925Anton Ipsen Denmark7:58.17
1030Florian Vogel Germany7:58.34
1135Serhiy Frolov Ukraine7:58.55
1233Marc Sánchez Spain7:58.66
1323Maarten Brzoskowski Netherlands7:58.82
1442Filip Zaborowski Poland7:58.99
1514Martin Bau Slovenia7:59.76
1636Sören Meiβner Germany8:01.65
1731Joris Bouchault France8:02.89
1832Anthony Pannier France8:03.00
1946Matias Koski Finland8:05.07
2048Damien Joly France8:05.29
2141Gergő Kis Hungary8:06.14
2220Maksim Shemberyev Ukraine8:06.78
2328Nezir Karap Turkey8:08.05
2413Jan Kutník Czech Republic8:10.48
2522David Brandl Austria8:10.66
2615Lukas Ambros Austria8:11.71
2738Pawel Furtek Poland8:12.50
2849Axel Reymond France8:12.81
2929Eetu Piiroinen Finland8:13.11
3021Anton Goncharov Ukraine8:13.67
3112Adam Paulsson Sweden8:19.29
3216Tomás Novovesky Czech Republic8:20.70
3326Ediz Yıldırımer Turkey8:21.41
3427Uladzimir Zhyharau Belarus8:23.95
3517Pit Brandenburger Luxembourg8:33.16
40Mads Glæsner DenmarkDNS

Final

The final was held at 18:07.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)2Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy7:44.98CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)4Pál Joensen Faroe Islands7:48.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3Gabriele Detti Italy7:49.35
47Stephen Milne Great Britain7:50.64
55Jan Micka Czech Republic7:52.19
66Gergely Gyurta Hungary7:55.47
78Ferry Weertman Netherlands7:55.57
81Richárd Nagy Slovakia7:56.28

References

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