Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 800 metre freestyle
Competition:	2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates:	July 30, 2013 (heats) July 31, 2013 (final)
Competitors:	34
Nations:	30
Win Value:	7:41.36
Gold:	Sun Yang
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Michael McBroom
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Ryan Cochrane
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The men's 800 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30–31 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were held at 10:54.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	2	4	7:49.28	Q
2	3	4	7:49.37	Q
3	4	4	7:49.58	Q
4	4	5	7:50.62	Q
5	3	3	7:50.77	Q
6	2	8	7:50.81	Q
7	3	5	7:52.33	Q
8	4	6	7:52.55	Q
9	3	8	7:54.70	NR
10	3	2	7:55.65
11	2	5	7:56.15
12	4	3	7:56.62
13	4	2	7:56.64
14	3	6	7:56.69
15	3	1	7:57.64
16	4	7	7:57.69
17	4	1	7:57.79
18	2	3	7:58.70
19	4	0	7:59.69
20	3	7	8:00.36
21	2	7	8:00.56
22	2	6	8:00.92
23	2	1	8:05.45
24	3	9	8:05.51
25	2	0	8:08.71
26	4	8	8:08.73
27	4	9	8:09.04
28	3	0	8:09.23
29	1	5	8:17.39
30	1	4	8:18.51
31	2	2	8:20.53
32	2	9	8:21.31
33	1	3	8:43.13
34	1	6	9:27.45

The final was held at 19:29.^[4]