Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
| Men's 800 Metre Freestyle at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 21–22 August 2014 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:44.98 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2014 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Team | team | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Individual | Solo | Duet |
| Team | Team | Combination |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | team | |
The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21–22 August 2014.[1]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Zhang Lin | 7:32.12 | Rome | 29 July 2009 | |
| European record | Gabriele Detti | 7:42.74 | Riccione | 8 April 2014 | |
| Championship record | Sebastien Rouault | 7:48.28 | Budapest | 13 August 2010 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10.16.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Pál Joensen | 7:53.09 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | Jan Micka | 7:53.38 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Gabriele Detti | 7:53.51 | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Gergely Gyurta | 7:55.34 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 7:55.35 | Q | |
| 6 | 3 | 9 | Stephen Milne | 7:56.40 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Richárd Nagy | 7:56.74 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Ferry Weertman | 7:57.80 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Anton Ipsen | 7:58.17 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Florian Vogel | 7:58.34 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Serhiy Frolov | 7:58.55 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Marc Sánchez | 7:58.66 | ||
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Maarten Brzoskowski | 7:58.82 | ||
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Filip Zaborowski | 7:58.99 | ||
| 15 | 1 | 4 | Martin Bau | 7:59.76 | ||
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Sören Meiβner | 8:01.65 | ||
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Joris Bouchault | 8:02.89 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Anthony Pannier | 8:03.00 | ||
| 19 | 4 | 6 | Matias Koski | 8:05.07 | ||
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Damien Joly | 8:05.29 | ||
| 21 | 4 | 1 | Gergő Kis | 8:06.14 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 0 | Maksim Shemberyev | 8:06.78 | ||
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Nezir Karap | 8:08.05 | ||
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Jan Kutník | 8:10.48 | ||
| 25 | 2 | 2 | David Brandl | 8:10.66 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 5 | Lukas Ambros | 8:11.71 | ||
| 27 | 3 | 8 | Pawel Furtek | 8:12.50 | ||
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Axel Reymond | 8:12.81 | ||
| 29 | 2 | 9 | Eetu Piiroinen | 8:13.11 | ||
| 30 | 2 | 1 | Anton Goncharov | 8:13.67 | ||
| 31 | 1 | 2 | Adam Paulsson | 8:19.29 | ||
| 32 | 1 | 6 | Tomás Novovesky | 8:20.70 | ||
| 33 | 2 | 6 | Ediz Yıldırımer | 8:21.41 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 7 | Uladzimir Zhyharau | 8:23.95 | ||
| 35 | 1 | 7 | Pit Brandenburger | 8:33.16 | ||
| — | 4 | 0 | Mads Glæsner | DNS |
Final
The final was held at 18:07.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 7:44.98 | CR | ||
| 4 | Pál Joensen | 7:48.49 | |||
| 3 | Gabriele Detti | 7:49.35 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Stephen Milne | 7:50.64 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Jan Micka | 7:52.19 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Gergely Gyurta | 7:55.47 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Ferry Weertman | 7:55.57 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Richárd Nagy | 7:56.28 |
