Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Men's 800 metre freestyle; at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Centre,; Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	29 July 2024; (Heats); 30 July 2024; (Final)
Competitors	31 from 24 nations
Winning time	7:38.19 OR
Medalists
	← 2020 2028 →

The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 29 and 30 July 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Zhang Lin (CHN)	7:32.12	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009
Olympic record	Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR)	7:41.28	Tokyo, Japan	27 July 2021

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
30 July	Final	Daniel Wiffen	Ireland	7:38.19	OR

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).^[2]^[3]

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.^[2]

Time standards

The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.^[4]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Men's events
Event	OQT*	OCT^
800 m freestyle	7:51.65	7:54.01

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
29 July 2024	10:00	Heats
30 July 2024	20:03	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	5	Daniel Wiffen	Ireland	7:41.53	Q
2	3	2	Ahmed Jaouadi	Tunisia	7:42.07	Q
3	3	3	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	7:42.48	Q
4	4	3	Elijah Winnington	Australia	7:42.86	Q
5	3	4	Robert Finke	United States	7:43.00	Q
6	3	5	Sven Schwarz	Germany	7:43.67	Q
7	3	7	Luca De Tullio	Italy	7:44.07	Q
8	2	8	David Aubry	France	7:44.59	Q
9	4	4	Samuel Short	Australia	7:46.83
10	3	8	Fei Liwei	China	7:47.11
11	2	4	Kuzey Tunçelli	Turkey	7:47.29	NR
12	4	6	Florian Wellbrock	Germany	7:47.91
13	1	6	Felix Auböck	Austria	7:48.49
14	2	7	Zalán Sárkány	Hungary	7:48.90
15	4	2	Luke Whitlock	United States	7:49.26
16	3	1	Victor Johansson	Sweden	7:49.47
17	3	6	Mykhailo Romanchuk	Ukraine	7:49.75
18	1	3	Carlos Garach	Spain	7:50.07
19	1	7	Lucas Henveaux	Belgium	7:51.51	NR
20	4	7	Guilherme Costa	Brazil	7:54.41
21	4	8	Zhang Zhanshuo	China	7:54.44
22	1	5	Ilia Sibirtsev	Uzbekistan	7:56.67
23	2	3	Pacome Bricout	France	7:57.32
24	2	2	Jon Jøntvedt	Norway	7:59.16
25	2	1	Henrik Christiansen	Norway	8:00.55
26	2	5	Dimitrios Markos	Greece	8:01.37
27	4	1	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	8:07.00
28	1	2	Nguyễn Huy Hoàng	Vietnam	8:08.39
29	2	6	Alfonso Mestre	Venezuela	8:12.03
30	1	4	Vlad Stancu	Romania	8:20.78
31	1	1	Théo Druenne	Monaco	8:25.01
Source:^[5]^[6]

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Daniel Wiffen	Ireland	7:38.19	OR, ER
	2	Bobby Finke	United States	7:38.75
	3	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	7:39.38
4	5	Ahmed Jaouadi	Tunisia	7:42.83
5	7	Sven Schwarz	Germany	7:43.59
5	8	David Aubry	France	7:43.59
7	1	Luca De Tullio	Italy	7:46.16
8	6	Elijah Winnington	Australia	7:48.36
Source:^[7]