Swimming at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
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| Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships |
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| Dates | 19–20 May | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:42.33 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2016 LEN European Championships London, England |
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| Diving | ||||
| Individual | ||||
| 1 m | men | women | ||
| 3 m | men | women | ||
| 10 m | men | women | ||
| Synchronised | ||||
| 3 m | men | women | ||
| 10 m | men | women | ||
| Mixed | 3 m | 10 m | ||
| Team | team | |||
| Swimming | ||||
| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Mixed relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | freestyle | medley | ||
| Synchronised swimming | ||||
| Solo | Free | Technical | ||
| Duet | Free | Technical | ||
| Team | Free | Technical | ||
| Mixed | Free | Technical | ||
| Combination | Combination | |||
The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19 and 20 May 2016.[1][2]
Contents
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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| World record | Zhang Lin |  China |
7:32.12 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| European record | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy |
7:40.81 | Kazan | 5 August 2015 |
| Championship record | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy |
7:44.98 | Berlin | 22 August 2014 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 19 May at 10:53.[3]
Final
The final was held on 20 May at 18:02.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy |
7:42.33 | CR |
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5 | Gabriele Detti | Italy |
7:43.52 | |
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3 | Mykhailo Romanchuk |  Ukraine |
7:47.99 | |
| 4 | 2 | Jan Micka |  Czech Republic |
7:50.38 | |
| 5 | 6 | Timothy Shuttleworth |  Great Britain |
7:50.52 | |
| 6 | 7 | Henrik Christiansen |  Norway |
7:51.84 | |
| 7 | 8 | Gergely Gyurta |  Hungary |
7:54.32 | |
| 8 | 1 | Joris Bouchaut |  France |
7:58.54 |
