Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships
VenueForo Italico
Dates12 August (heats)
13 August (final)
Competitors21 from 13 nations
Winning time7:40.86
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    Italy
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The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2022.[1][2]

Records[edit]

Prior to 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

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
13 August Final Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:40.86 CR

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The heats were started on 12 August at 10:08.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 7:47.93 Q
2 3 5 Lukas Märtens  Germany 7:48.38 Q
3 2 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:48.91 Q
4 3 3 Lorenzo Galossi  Italy 7:49.08 Q
5 3 6 Damien Joly  France 7:49.17 Q
6 2 3 Sven Schwarz  Germany 7:49.30 Q
7 2 5 Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:49.93
8 3 7 Luca De Tullio  Italy 7:51.60
9 3 1 Joris Bouchaut  France 7:51.63 Q
10 2 2 Victor Johansson  Sweden 7:52.48 Q
11 2 1 Dimitrios Markos  Greece 7:52.60
12 2 6 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 7:53.82
13 3 2 Oliver Klemet  Germany 7:59.24
14 2 0 Carlos Garach  Spain 7:59.31
15 3 0 Krzysztof Chmielewski  Poland 7:59.50
16 2 8 Kieran Bird  Great Britain 8:04.48
17 3 8 Bar Soloveychik  Israel 8:05.71
18 1 5 Yoav Romano  Israel 8:11.02
19 1 4 Liam Custer  Ireland 8:15.09
20 3 9 Yordan Yanchev  Bulgaria 8:15.39
21 2 7 Jon Jøntvedt  Norway 8:20.88
1 3 Franc Aleksi  Albania Did not start

Final[edit]

The final was held on 13 August at 19:37.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:40.86 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Lukas Märtens  Germany 7:42.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Lorenzo Galossi  Italy 7:43.37 WJ
4 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 7:45.03
5 7 Sven Schwarz  Germany 7:47.36
6 2 Damien Joly  France 7:48.82
7 1 Joris Bouchaut  France 7:50.69
8 8 Victor Johansson  Sweden 7:54.51

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