Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
| Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Danube Arena | |||||||||
| Dates | 21 May 2021 (heats) 22 May 2021 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 22 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:42.61 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2020 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 |
| mixed | ||
| 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 |
| mixed | ||
| 10 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Team | ||
| Mixed team | ||
| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | Free | Technical |
| Duet | Free | Technical |
| Mixed | Free | Technical |
| Team | Free | Technical |
| Combination | ||
| Highlights | ||
| 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 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021.[1][2]
Records
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
Heats
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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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
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Final
The final was held on 22 May 2021 at 18:00.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine |
7:42.61 | |
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6 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy |
7:43.62 | |
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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 |