| Event: | Men's 800 metre freestyle |
| Championship: | 2016 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 19–20 May |
| Competitors: | 30 |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Win Value: | 7:42.33 |
| Gold: | Gregorio Paltrinieri |
| Goldnoc: | ITA |
| Silver: | Gabriele Detti |
| Silvernoc: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Mykhailo Romanchuk |
| Bronzenoc: | UKR |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2016.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | align=left | Zhang Lin | align=left | align=left | 7:32.12 | Rome | 29 July 2009 | |||
| European record | align=left | Gregorio Paltrinieri | align=left | align=left | 7:40.81 | Kazan | 5 August 2015 | |||
| Championship record | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 7:44.98 | Berlin | 22 August 2014 |
The heats were held on 19 May at 10:53.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 7:49.87 | Q | |||
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 7:51.40 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 7:51.83 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 7:52.33 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 7:52.76 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 7:53.09 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 7:54.41 | Q | |||
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 7:56.50 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 7:57.05 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | 1 | 7:57.62 | ||||
| 11 | 4 | 7 | 7:58.45 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 5 | 7:58.54 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 6 | 7:58.93 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 4 | 7:59.20 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 8:01.12 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 5 | 8:01.63 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 6 | 8:01.70 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 8 | 8:01.82 | ||||
| 19 | 3 | 9 | 8:03.35 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 1 | 8:03.37 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 7 | 8:04.40 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 9 | 8:12.21 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 3 | 8:14.56 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 0 | 8:14.86 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 1 | 8:16.47 | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 7 | 8:17.80 | ||||
| 27 | 3 | 0 | 8:17.99 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | 8 | 8:29.63 | ||||
| 29 | 1 | 4 | 8:33.31 | ||||
| 30 | 1 | 3 | 8:35.94 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||
The final was held on 20 May at 18:02.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 7:42.33 | CR | ||||
| 5 | 7:43.52 | |||||
| 3 | 7:47.99 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 7:50.38 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | 7:50.52 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 7:51.84 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 7:54.32 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 7:58.54 |