| Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Foro Italico | |||||||||
| Dates | 12 August (heats) 13 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 13 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:40.86 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 20202024 → | ||||||||||
| 2022 European Aquatics Championships | ||
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| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | men | women |
| Free | men | women |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Highlights | women | |
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 10 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | team | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 12 and 13 August 2022.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
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| World record | Zhang Lin |  China |
7:32.12 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
| European record | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy |
7:39.27 | Gwangju | 24 July 2019 |
| Championship record | 7:42.33 | London | 20 May 2016 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 13 August | Final | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy |
7:40.86 | CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 12 August at 10:08.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 3 | 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk |  Ukraine |
7:47.93 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Lukas Märtens |  Germany |
7:48.38 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy |
7:48.91 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Lorenzo Galossi | Italy |
7:49.08 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Damien Joly |  France |
7:49.17 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Sven Schwarz | Germany |
7:49.30 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Gabriele Detti | Italy |
7:49.93 | |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Luca De Tullio | Italy |
7:51.60 | |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Joris Bouchaut | France |
7:51.63 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Victor Johansson |  Sweden |
7:52.48 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Dimitrios Markos |  Greece |
7:52.60 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Henrik Christiansen |  Norway |
7:53.82 | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Oliver Klemet | Germany |
7:59.24 | |
| 14 | 2 | 0 | Carlos Garach |  Spain |
7:59.31 | |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | Krzysztof Chmielewski |  Poland |
7:59.50 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Kieran Bird |  Great Britain |
8:04.48 | |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Bar Soloveychik |  Israel |
8:05.71 | |
| 18 | 1 | 5 | Yoav Romano | Israel |
8:11.02 | |
| 19 | 1 | 4 | Liam Custer |  Ireland |
8:15.09 | |
| 20 | 3 | 9 | Yordan Yanchev |  Bulgaria |
8:15.39 | |
| 21 | 2 | 7 | Jon Jøntvedt | Norway |
8:20.88 | |
| 1 | 3 | Franc Aleksi |  Albania |
Did not start | ||
Final
The final was held on 13 August at 19:37.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy |
7:40.86 | CR |
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5 | Lukas Märtens | Germany |
7:42.65 | |
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6 | Lorenzo Galossi | Italy |
7:43.37 | WJ |
| 4 | 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine |
7:45.03 | |
| 5 | 7 | Sven Schwarz | Germany |
7:47.36 | |
| 6 | 2 | Damien Joly | France |
7:48.82 | |
| 7 | 1 | Joris Bouchaut | France |
7:50.69 | |
| 8 | 8 | Victor Johansson | Sweden |
7:54.51 |
References
| European Champions in Men's 800 m Freestyle | |
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