Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 30–31 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates	July 30, 2013 (heats) July 31, 2013 (final)
Competitors	34 from 30 nations
Winning time	7:41.36
Medalists
Sun Yang    China   Michael McBroom    United States   Ryan Cochrane    Canada

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record	Zhang Lin (CHN)	7:32.12	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009	[3]
Competition record	Zhang Lin (CHN)	7:32.12	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009	[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:54.[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Connor Jaeger	United States	7:49.28	Q
2	3	4	Sun Yang	China	7:49.37	Q
3	4	4	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	7:49.58	Q
4	4	5	Michael McBroom	United States	7:50.62	Q
5	3	3	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	7:50.77	Q
6	2	8	Pál Joensen	Faroe Islands	7:50.81	Q
7	3	5	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	7:52.33	Q
8	4	6	Jordan Harrison	Australia	7:52.55	Q
9	3	8	Matias Koski	Finland	7:54.70	NR
10	3	2	Filip Zaborowski	Poland	7:55.65
11	2	5	Gabriele Detti	Italy	7:56.15
12	4	3	Daniel Fogg	Great Britain	7:56.62
13	4	2	Sören Meissner	Germany	7:56.64
14	3	6	Ayatsugu Hirai	Japan	7:56.69
15	3	1	Marc Sánchez	Spain	7:57.64
16	4	7	Devon Myles Brown	South Africa	7:57.69
17	4	1	Damien Joly	France	7:57.79
18	2	3	Serhiy Frolov	Ukraine	7:58.70
19	4	0	Richárd Nagy	Slovakia	7:59.69
20	3	7	Martin Grodzki	Germany	8:00.36
21	2	7	Pawel Furtek	Poland	8:00.56
22	2	6	Gergő Kis	Hungary	8:00.92
23	2	1	David Brandl	Austria	8:05.45
24	3	9	Uladzimir Zhyharau	Belarus	8:05.51
25	2	0	Anton Sveinn McKee	Iceland	8:08.71
26	4	8	Ahmed Akaram	Egypt	8:08.73
27	4	9	Alejandro Gómez	Venezuela	8:09.04
28	3	0	Arturo Pérez Vertti	Mexico	8:09.23
29	1	5	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	8:17.39
30	1	4	Jang Sang-Jin	South Korea	8:18.51
31	2	2	Martin Naidich	Argentina	8:20.53
32	2	9	Nezir Karap	Turkey	8:21.31
33	1	3	Khader Baqleh	Jordan	8:43.13
34	1	6	Brandon Schuster	Samoa	9:27.45

Final

The final was held at 19:29.[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Sun Yang	China	7:41.36
	6	Michael McBroom	United States	7:43.60	NR
	3	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	7:43.70
4	4	Connor Jaeger	United States	7:44.26
5	8	Jordan Harrison	Australia	7:47.38
6	1	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	7:50.29
7	7	Pál Joensen	Faroe Islands	7:52.57
8	2	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	7:52.79

References

1. "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. Start list
3. Balym, Todd (30 July 2009). "Hackett's world record smashed by Zhang Lin". Perth Now. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
4. Heats Results
5. Final Results

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage