Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 4 August with the heats and 5 August with the final.[1]
| Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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 Victory Ceremony | ||||||||||
| Dates | 4 August (heats) 5 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 36 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:39.96 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2015 FINA World Championships | ||
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| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 3 m | mixed | |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 10 m | mixed | |
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | ||
| 5 km | mixed | |
| 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 |
| 4×100 m | mixed | |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m | mixed | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Zhang Lin (CHN) | 7:32.12 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
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| Competition record | Zhang Lin (CHN) | 7:32.12 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:30.[2]
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Final
Sun and Paltrinieri swim to medals
The final was held at 18:58.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7 | Sun Yang | China | 7:39.96 | |
 | 5 | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy | 7:40.81 | ER |
 | 2 | Mack Horton | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 7:44.02 | |
| 4 | 4 | Connor Jaeger |  United States | 7:44.51 | |
| 5 | 8 | Henrik Christiansen |  Norway | 7:45.66 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Wojciech Wojdak |  Poland | 7:45.90 | NR |
| 7 | 3 | Stephen Milne |  Great Britain | 7:49.86 | |
| 8 | 6 | Michael McBroom | United States | 7:55.30 |
References
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