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

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
Dates May 24, 2012 (heats)
May 25, 2012 (final)
Competitors 20 from 12 nations
Winning time 7:49.46
Medalists
    Hungary
    Italy
    Ukraine
2012 LEN
European Championships

Eindhoven, Netherlands
Debrecen, Hungary
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
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
Synchronised swimming
Individual Solo Duet
Team Team Combination

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]

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
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]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 2 Sergiy Frolov  Ukraine 7:57.54 Q
2 3 6 Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:57.61 Q
3 1 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:57.92 Q
4 2 4 Sébastien Rouault  France 7:57.94 Q
5 3 4 Gergő Kis  Hungary 7:58.09 Q
6 2 3 Evgeny Kulikov  Russia 8:00.86 Q
7 1 1 Maxym Shemberyev  Ukraine 8:02.41 Q
8 3 2 David Brandl  Austria 8:03.73 Q
9 3 1 Sören Meissner  Germany 8:03.82
10 2 5 Anthony Pannier  France 8:04.00
11 3 3 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 8:04.03
12 1 6 Anton Goncharov  Ukraine 8:06.81
13 1 5 Federico Colbertaldo  Italy 8:08.04
14 1 7 Anton Sveinn McKee  Iceland 8:08.58 NR
15 3 5 Rocco Potenza  Italy 8:08.60
16 1 3 Jan Wolfgarten  Germany 8:12.79
17 1 2 Uladzimir Zhyharau  Belarus 8:15.48
18 2 1 Ventsislav Aydarski  Bulgaria 8:16.03
19 3 7 Jovan Mitrovic   Switzerland 8:16.08
20 2 7 Jan Karel Petric  Slovenia 8:23.42
21 2 6 Michal Szuba  Poland DNS

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 2 Gergő Kis  Hungary 7:49.46
2nd, silver medalist(s) 3 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:52.23
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 4 Sergiy Frolov  Ukraine 7:52.81
4 6 Sébastien Rouault  France 7:53.78
5 5 Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:56.16
6 7 Evgeny Kulikov  Russia 7:59.90
7 1 Maxym Shemberyev  Ukraine 8:00.96
8 8 David Brandl  Austria 8:03.28

References

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