Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 800 metre freestyle
Championship:	2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	13 February (heats) 14 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	43
Nations:	36
Win Value:	7:40.94
Gold:	Daniel Wiffen
Gold Nation:	IRL
Silver:	Elijah Winnington
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Gregorio Paltrinieri
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 13 and 14 February 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 13 February at 10:22^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	2			7:46.52	Q
2	4	4			7:46.90	Q
3	5	5			7:46.95	Q
4	4	9			7:47.04	Q, NR
5	5	1			7:47.19	Q
6	5	3			7:47.20	Q
7	4	3			7:47.38	Q
8	5	6			7:47.59	Q
9	5	7			7:48.06
10	4	5			7:48.17
11	3	7			7:48.20
12	5	8			7:48.53	NR
13	4	1			7:48.84
14	2	4			7:49.97	NR
15	3	3			7:50.56
16	3	1			7:51.18
17	5	0			7:51.21
18	5	4			7:51.72
19	2	3			7:52.10	NR
20	4	7			7:53.42
21	3	8			7:53.87	NR
22	3	5			7:54.87
23	5	9			7:55.86
24	4	8			7:56.28
25	3	9			7:57.54
26	3	6			7:57.63
27	4	6			7:58.02
28	2	2			8:02.78	NR
29	3	2			8:05.17
30	2	6			8:05.83
31	4	0			8:06.50
32	2	1			8:06.82	NR
33	3	4			8:08.54
34	2	7			8:09.34
35	3	0			8:11.31
36	2	8			8:11.97
37	2	9			8:17.70	NR
38	1	4			8:27.22
39	1	5			8:30.93
40	1	3			8:32.54
41	1	6			8:35.97
42	2	0			8:38.90
43	1	2			9:06.29
–	2	5			Did not start
	5	2

Final

The final was started on 14 February at 19:02.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			7:40.94
	8			7:42.95
	1			7:42.98
4	3			7:44.29
5	2			7:44.42	NR
6	6			7:47.08
7	4			7:49.79
8	7			7:54.51

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Start list. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213130909/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101F10101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
3. Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
4. Web site: Heats results. 13 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213090130/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101F10101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
5. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. 14 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240214161537/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101F10104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.