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 25.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 800 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordZhang Lin7:32.12RomeJuly 29, 2009European recordFederico Colbertaldo7:43.84RomeJuly 29, 2009Championship recordSébastien Rouault7:48.28BudapestAugust 13, 2010
Results
Heats 21 swimmers participated in 3 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 800 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-24.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 2 Sergiy Frolov 7:57.54 Q 2 3 6 Gabriele Detti 7:57.61 Q 3 1 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri 7:57.92 Q 4 2 4 Sébastien Rouault 7:57.94 Q 5 3 4 Gergő Kis 7:58.09 Q 6 2 3 Evgeny Kulikov 8:00.86 Q 7 1 1 Maxym Shemberyev 8:02.41 Q 8 3 2 David Brandl 8:03.73 Q 9 3 1 Sören Meissner 8:03.82 10 2 5 Anthony Pannier 8:04.00 11 3 3 Gergely Gyurta 8:04.03 12 1 6 Anton Goncharov 8:06.81 13 1 5 Federico Colbertaldo 8:08.04 14 1 7 Anton Sveinn McKee 8:08.58 NR 15 3 5 Rocco Potenza 8:08.60 16 1 3 Jan Wolfgarten 8:12.79 17 1 2 Uladzimir Zhyharau 8:15.48 18 2 1 Ventsislav Aydarski 8:16.03 19 3 7 Jovan Mitrovic 8:16.08 20 2 7 Jan Karel Petric 8:23.42 2 6 Michal Szuba DNS
Final The final was held at 17:02.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 800 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-25.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Gergő Kis 7:49.46 3 Gregorio Paltrinieri 7:52.23 4 Sergiy Frolov 7:52.81 4 6 Sébastien Rouault 7:53.78 5 5 Gabriele Detti 7:56.16 6 7 Evgeny Kulikov 7:59.90 7 1 Maxym Shemberyev 8:00.96 8 8 David Brandl 8:03.28
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