Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 800 metre freestyle
Championship:	2017 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	25 July (heats) 26 July (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	30
Nations:	27
Win Value:	7:40.77
Gold:	Gabriele Detti
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Wojciech Wojdak
Silver Nation:	POL
Bronze:	Gregorio Paltrinieri
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 25 and 26 July 2017.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 25 July at 10:31.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			7:45.31	Q
2	3	3			7:46.39	Q
3	3	5			7:47.61	Q
4	3	1			7:49.24	Q, NR
5	4	3			7:49.28	Q
6	4	4			7:49.67	Q
7	4	1			7:50.89	Q
8	4	2			7:50.97	Q
9	4	0			7:51.41
10	3	6			7:51.83
11	4	8			7:52.66	NR
12	4	9			7:53.37
13	4	7			7:53.51
14	2	3			7:55.70
15	2	1			7:56.44
16	4	6			7:56.71
17	3	7			7:57.47
18	3	8			8:00.27
19	3	0			8:00.32
20	2	4			8:01.42
21	3	2			8:03.87
22	2	2			8:04.17
23	3	9			8:04.68
24	2	6			8:05.88
25	2	8			8:08.96
26	2	5			8:12.00
27	2	7			8:12.39
28	1	4			8:16.25
29	1	5			8:23.30
30	1	3			8:37.23
	4	5

Final

The final was held on 26 July at 19:05.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			7:40.77	ER
	5			7:41.73	NR
	4			7:42.44
4	3			7:44.21	NR
5	2			7:48.87
6	6			7:51.20
7	1			7:52.27
8	8			7:52.43

Notes and References

1. https://www.fina-budapest2017.com/downloads/BP2017_WC_schedule_5.pdf Schedule
2. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0101F101FFFFFFFFFFFF00 Start list
3. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0101F101FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Heats results
4. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0101F104FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Final results