| Event: | Men's 800 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 21 May 2021 (heats) 22 May 2021 (final) |
| Competitors: | 41 |
| Nations: | 22 |
| Win Value: | 7:42.61 |
| Gold: | Mykhailo Romanchuk |
| Gold Nation: | UKR |
| Silver: | Gregorio Paltrinieri |
| Silver Nation: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Gabriele Detti |
| Bronze Nation: | ITA |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 21 and 22 May 2021.[1] [2]
Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 7:32.12 | 29 July 2009 | |||
| European record | 7:39.27 | 24 July 2019 | |||
| Championship record | 7:42.33 | 20 May 2016 |
The heats were started on 21 May at 11:28.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 7:48.31 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 7:50.11 | Q | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 7:50.61 | Q | ||
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 7:51.33 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | 6 | 7:51.73 | Q | ||
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 7:52.37 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 7:52.81 | Q, NR | ||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 7:53.07 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | 6 | 7:53.32 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 7 | 7:54.23 | |||
| 11 | 4 | 9 | 7:55.02 | |||
| 12 | 2 | 3 | 7:55.34 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 7 | 7:55.99 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 3 | 7:56.27 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 0 | 7:56.56 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 9 | 7:57.24 | |||
| 17 | 5 | 7 | 7:57.39 | |||
| 18 | 2 | 6 | 8:00.32 | |||
| 19 | 5 | 8 | 8:01.33 | |||
| 20 | 2 | 7 | 8:02.69 | |||
| 21 | 5 | 0 | 8:03.01 | |||
| 22 | 3 | 0 | 8:03.83 | |||
| 23 | 3 | 2 | 8:05.07 | |||
| 24 | 2 | 9 | 8:06.90 | |||
| 25 | 2 | 8 | 8:07.28 | |||
| 26 | 4 | 2 | 8:07.60 | |||
| 27 | 2 | 2 | 8:07.88 | |||
| 28 | 4 | 1 | 8:08.36 | |||
| 29 | 3 | 4 | 8:09.65 | |||
| 30 | 2 | 0 | 8:09.98 | |||
| 31 | 2 | 5 | 8:10.20 | |||
| 32 | 3 | 1 | 8:10.30 | |||
| 33 | 2 | 4 | 8:13.62 | |||
| 34 | 3 | 9 | 8:14.02 | |||
| 35 | 5 | 5 | 8:14.25 | |||
| 36 | 3 | 6 | 8:15.92 | |||
| 37 | 3 | 8 | 8:22.50 | |||
| 38 | 1 | 5 | 8:24.30 | NR | ||
| 39 | 1 | 4 | 8:25.68 | |||
| 40 | 4 | 8 | 8:27.61 | |||
| 41 | 1 | 3 | 8:46.10 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Did not start | ||||
| 5 | 1 |
The final was held on 22 May 2021 at 18:00.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 7:42.61 | |||||
| 6 | 7:43.62 | |||||
| 3 | 7:46.10 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 7:47.99 | ||||
| 5 | 7 | 7:52.07 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 7:52.68 | NR | |||
| 7 | 8 | 7:52.85 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 7:56.12 |