2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 17 December 2022.[1]

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
VenueMelbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
LocationMelbourne, Australia
Dates17 December
Competitors23 from 20 nations
Winning time7:29.99 CR
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Norway
bronze medal    France
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Records

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

World record  Grant Hackett (AUS)7:23.42Melbourne, Australia20 July 2008
Competition record  Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA)7:30.31Hangzhou, China16 December 2018

The following new records were set during this competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 DecemberFinalGregorio Paltrinieri  Italy7:29.99CR

Results

The slowest heats were started at 13:12, and the fastest heat at 19:50.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
34Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy7:29.99CR
32Henrik Christiansen  Norway7:31.48
33Logan Fontaine  France7:33.12
438Shogo Takeda  Japan7:33.78AS
535David Johnston  United States7:34.33
626Joris Bouchaut  France7:35.12
725Marwan Elkamash  Egypt7:36.01NR
827Charlie Clark  United States7:37.54
937Mack Horton  Australia7:40.64
1021Ondřej Gemov  Czech Republic7:42.70
1115Carlos Garach  Spain7:44.53
1228Kim Woo-min  South Korea7:45.29
1324Mert Kılavuz  Turkey7:47.57
1431Alexander Grant  Australia7:48.25
1522Lucas Alba  Argentina7:49.53NR
1626Louis Clark  New Zealand7:53.36
1716Ratthawit Thammananthachote  Thailand7:55.24NR
1814Jon Jøntvedt  Norway7:55.93
1913Jakub Poliačik  Slovakia8:05.91
2011Rodolfo Falcón  Cuba8:11.47
2117Yordan Yanchev  Bulgaria8:17.85
2218Lin Sizhuang  Macau8:21.81NR
2312Dylan Cachia  Malta8:22.71
23Victor Johansson  SwedenDid not start

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