Main article: Swimming at the 2017 Summer Universiade
| Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2017 Summer Universiade | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Taiwan Sport University Arena | |||||||||
| Location | Taipei, Taiwan | |||||||||
| Dates | 23 August (heats) 24 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:45.76 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 20152019 → | ||||||||||
The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 23 and 24 August 2017.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.
| World record |  Zhang Lin (CHN) |
7:32.12 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record |  Chad La Tourette (USA) |
7:47.24 | Belgrade, Serbia | 7 July 2009 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August | Final | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy |
7:45.76 | UR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 23 August at 09:57.
Final
The final was held on 24 August at 19:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
6 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy |
7:45.76 | UR |
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4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk |  Ukraine |
7:46.28 | |
 |
1 | Serhiy Frolov | Ukraine |
7:51.06 | |
| 4 | 7 | Grant Shoults |  United States |
7:53.83 | |
| 5 | 3 | Jay Lelliott |  Great Britain |
7:55.36 | |
| 6 | 5 | Gergely Gyurta |  Hungary |
7:58.22 | |
| 7 | 8 | Shingo Nakaya |  Japan |
8:00.69 | |
| 8 | 2 | Joris Bouchaut |  France |
8:00.82 |
References
- "2017 Summer Universiade – Swimming – Technical handbook" (PDF). data.2017.gov.taipei. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- Heats results
- Final results