Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2001 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 24 July 2001 | |||||||||
Competitors | 25 | |||||||||
Winning time | 7:39.16 WR | |||||||||
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The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 24 July. The heats took place 23 July, and the final was held on 24 July.[1][2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
World record | ![]() | 7:41.59 | Hobart, Australia | 26 March 2001 | |
Championship record | New event |
The following record was established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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23 July 2001 | Heat 4 | Ian Thorpe | ![]() | 7:52.74 | CR |
24 July 2001 | Final | Ian Thorpe | ![]() | 7:39.16 | WR |
Results
Heats
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ian Thorpe | ![]() | 7:52.74 | Q, CR |
2 | Grant Hackett | ![]() | 7:54.22 | Q |
3 | Graeme Smith | ![]() | 7:56.73 | Q |
4 | Alexey Filipets | ![]() | 7:56.89 | Q |
5 | Chris Thompson | ![]() | 7:57.11 | Q |
6 | Shunichi Fujita | ![]() | 7:57.99 | Q |
7 | Andrea Righi | ![]() | 8:00.46 | Q |
8 | Heiko Hell | ![]() | 8:00.55 | Q |
9 | Christian Minotti | ![]() | 8:00.70 | |
10 | Adam Faulkner | ![]() | 8:01.15 | |
11 | Dragoș Coman | ![]() | 8:01.20 | |
12 | Ihor Chervynskyy | ![]() | 8:01.52 | |
13 | Masato Hirano | ![]() | 8:01.69 | |
14 | Ricardo Monasterio | ![]() | 8:02.19 | |
15 | Robert Margalis | ![]() | 8:02.39 | |
16 | Alexei Boutsenine | ![]() | 8:02.63 | |
17 | Nicolas Rostoucher | ![]() | 8:02.92 | |
18 | Spyridon Gianniotis | ![]() | 8:07.53 | |
19 | Andrew Hurd | ![]() | 8:10.56 | |
20 | Shilo Ayalon | ![]() | 8:13.49 | |
21 | Zheng Shibin | ![]() | 8:16.57 | |
22 | Leonardo Salinas | ![]() | 8:22.63 | |
23 | Giancarlo Zolezzi | ![]() | 8:22.79 | |
24 | Jorge Carral | ![]() | 8:23.28 | |
25 | Hsu Kuo-Tung | ![]() | 8:58.48 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Ian Thorpe | ![]() | 7:39.16 | WR |
![]() | Grant Hackett | ![]() | 7:40.34 | |
![]() | Graeme Smith | ![]() | 7:51.12 | |
4 | Chris Thompson | ![]() | 7:53.95 | |
5 | Alexey Filipets | ![]() | 7:56.30 | |
6 | Andrea Righi | ![]() | 7:57.69 | |
7 | Heiko Hell | ![]() | 7:59.47 | |
8 | Shunichi Fujita | ![]() | 7:59.57 |
Key: WR = World record