Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 800 metre freestyle
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	20 June (heats) 21 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	30
Nations:	27
Win Value:	7:39.36
Gold:	Bobby Finke
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Florian Wellbrock
Silver Nation:	GER
Bronze:	Mykhailo Romanchuk
Bronze Nation:	UKR
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 June 2022.^[1] ^[2]

Records

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

The heats were started on 20 June at 09:57.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	4	7:44.75	Q
2	3	5	7:44.80	Q
3	3	6	7:46.08	Q
4	4	4	7:46.24	Q
5	3	1	7:46.32	Q, NR
6	4	3	7:46.36	Q
7	4	2	7:46.90	Q
8	4	8	7:47.46	Q
9	4	7	7:48.28
10	4	1	7:50.55
11	3	2	7:50.98
12	3	7	7:51.59
13	4	0	7:52.08
14	2	3	7:53.27
15	4	5	7:55.21
16	4	9	8:00.08
17	3	9	8:04.14
18	3	8	8:04.18
19	2	5	8:05.52
20	2	6	8:05.61
21	2	4	8:06.67
22	3	0	8:14.40
23	2	2	8:15.96
24	1	5	8:17.49
25	2	1	8:24.02
26	2	0	8:24.45
27	1	4	8:27.93
28	2	7	8:32.67
29	2	8	8:35.86
30	1	3	8:57.59	NR
	3	3
	4	6

The final was held on 21 June at 18:02.^[4]