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.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 7:41.59 Hobart, Australia 26 March 2001Championship recordNew event
The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 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 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 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
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