Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2019 Pan American Games
Venue	Villa Deportiva Nacional, VIDENA
Dates	August 8 (Final)
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	7:54.70
Medalists
Andrew Abruzzo   United States   Miguel Valente   Brazil   Ricardo Vargas   Mexico
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The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2019 Pan American Games was held on August 8, 2019 at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing World Record was as follows:

World record

Zhang Lin (CHN)

7:32.12

Rome, Italy

July 29, 2009

As there was no existing Pan American Games record in the event, the following record was established during the competition:

Date	Event	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Record
August 8	Final	Andrew Abruzzo	United States	7:54.70	GR

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

The final round was held on August 8.^[2][3][4][5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	4	Andrew Abruzzo	United States	7:54.70	GR
	2	3	Miguel Valente	Brazil	7:56.37
	2	6	Ricardo Vargas	Mexico	7:56.78	NR
4	2	5	Nicholas Sweetser	United States	7:56.96
5	2	2	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	8:00.98
6	2	7	Diogo Villarinho	Brazil	8:03.17
7	1	4	Rafael Zambrano	Venezuela	8:05.43
8	2	1	Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	8:12.17
9	1	3	Joseph Rubio	Ecuador	8:20.67
10	1	6	Rodolfo Falcón Mojarrieta	Cuba	8:23.30
11	1	5	Joaquin Gallo	Peru	8:24.63
12	2	8	Andy Arteta Gomez	Venezuela	8:29.42
13	1	2	Piero Nascimiento	Peru	8:31.56

References

1. "Villa Deportiva Nacional, VIDENA". www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
2. "Swimming Schedule". www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
3. "Entries List". www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
4. "Start List" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. ATOS. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
5. Men's 800m Freestyle - Final