Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle explained

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The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 24 July. The heats took place 23 July, and the final was held on 24 July.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

World record		7:41.59	Hobart, Australia	align=right	26 March 2001
Championship record	New event

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	Record
23 July 2001	Heat 4			7:52.74	CR
24 July 2001	Final			7:39.16	WR

Results

Heats

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1			7:52.74	Q, CR
2			7:54.22	Q
3			7:56.73	Q
4			7:56.89	Q
5			7:57.11	Q
6			7:57.99	Q
7			8:00.46	Q
8			8:00.55	Q
9			8:00.70
10			8:01.15
11			8:01.20
12			8:01.52
13			8:01.69
14			8:02.19
15			8:02.39
16			8:02.63
17			8:02.92
18			8:07.53
19			8:10.56
20			8:13.49
21			8:16.57
22			8:22.63
23			8:22.79
24			8:23.28
25			8:58.48

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			7:39.16	WR
			7:40.34
			7:51.12
4			7:53.95
5			7:56.30
6			7:57.69
7			7:59.47
8			7:59.57

Key: WR = World record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heats Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041024112205/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsDay2.html#800mFreeM . 24 October 2004 .
2. Web site: Final Results . 2023-08-06 . FINA. https://web.archive.org/web/20041019210312/http://www.fina.org/fukuoka_SwimmingResultsM800free.html . 19 October 2004 .