Swimming at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle explained

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 June 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record			7:32.12		29 July 2009
European record			7:39.19		26 July 2023
Championship record			7:40.86		13 August 2022

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 18 June at 10:35.
Qualification Rules: The 8 fastest from the heats qualify to the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			7:48.22	Q
2	3	6			7:50.36	Q
3	3	3			7:50.38	Q
4	3	2			7:50.51	Q
5	2	4			7:53.92	Q
6	2	3			7:54.60	Q
7	2	6			7:55.56	Q
8	2	5			7:55.62	Q
9	3	5			8:01.04
10	2	7			8:04.06
11	2	1			8:08.63
12	3	8			8:09.34
13	2	2			8:11.78
14	3	9			8:12.19	NR
15	2	0			8:12.37
16	1	4			8:16.14
17	2	8			8:16.66
18	3	0			8:18.33
19	3	7			8:18.51
20	2	9			8:21.90
21	3	1			8:24.04
22	1	5			8:31.13
	1	3

Final

The final was held on 19 June at 20:07.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			7:46.20
	3			7:48.59	NR
	5			7:49.29
4	6			7:49.44
5	8			7:50.88
6	2			7:54.12
7	1			7:55.32
8	7			8:03.74

Notes and References

1. https://www.len.eu/belgrade2024/live/#/athletic-sports-schedule/SWM/* Schedule
2. https://www.len.eu/belgrade2024/live/#/athletic-startlist/SWM/ST/M/50MBF-------------/HEAT/-------- Start list
3. https://www.len.eu/belgrade2024/live/#/athletic-summary/SWM/ST/M/800MFR------------/HEAT/-------- Heats results
4. https://www.len.eu/belgrade2024/live/#/athletic-result/SWM/ST/M/800MFR------------/FNL-/000100-- Final results