Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 24 and 25. The heats took place on May 24, the final on May 25.[1]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 24, 2012 (heats)
May 25, 2012 (final)
Competitors20 from 12 nations
Winning time7:49.46
Medalists
    Hungary
    Italy
    Ukraine

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordZhang Lin China7:32.12RomeJuly 29, 2009
European recordFederico Colbertaldo Italy7:43.84RomeJuly 29, 2009
Championship recordSébastien Rouault France7:48.28BudapestAugust 13, 2010

Results

Heats

21 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
122Sergiy Frolov Ukraine7:57.54Q
236Gabriele Detti Italy7:57.61Q
314Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy7:57.92Q
424Sébastien Rouault France7:57.94Q
534Gergő Kis Hungary7:58.09Q
623Evgeny Kulikov Russia8:00.86Q
711Maxym Shemberyev Ukraine8:02.41Q
832David Brandl Austria8:03.73Q
931Sören Meissner Germany8:03.82
1025Anthony Pannier France8:04.00
1133Gergely Gyurta Hungary8:04.03
1216Anton Goncharov Ukraine8:06.81
1315Federico Colbertaldo Italy8:08.04
1417Anton Sveinn McKee Iceland8:08.58NR
1535Rocco Potenza Italy8:08.60
1613Jan Wolfgarten Germany8:12.79
1712Uladzimir Zhyharau Belarus8:15.48
1821Ventsislav Aydarski Bulgaria8:16.03
1937Jovan Mitrovic  Switzerland8:16.08
2027Jan Karel Petric Slovenia8:23.42
26Michal Szuba PolandDNS

Final

The final was held at 17:02.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
2Gergő Kis Hungary7:49.46
3Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy7:52.23
4Sergiy Frolov Ukraine7:52.81
46Sébastien Rouault France7:53.78
55Gabriele Detti Italy7:56.16
67Evgeny Kulikov Russia7:59.90
71Maxym Shemberyev Ukraine8:00.96
88David Brandl Austria8:03.28

References

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