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Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

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Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 24, 2012 (heats)
May 25, 2012 (final)
Competitors20 from 12 nations
Winning time7:49.46
Medalists
gold medal    Hungary
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Ukraine

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 24 and 25. The heats took place on May 24, the final on May 25.[1]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Zhang Lin  China 7:32.12 Rome July 29, 2009
European record Federico Colbertaldo  Italy 7:43.84 Rome July 29, 2009
Championship record Sébastien Rouault  France 7:48.28 Budapest August 13, 2010

Results

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Heats

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21 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 2 Sergiy Frolov  Ukraine 7:57.54 Q
2 3 6 Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:57.61 Q
3 1 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:57.92 Q
4 2 4 Sébastien Rouault  France 7:57.94 Q
5 3 4 Gergő Kis  Hungary 7:58.09 Q
6 2 3 Evgeny Kulikov  Russia 8:00.86 Q
7 1 1 Maxym Shemberyev  Ukraine 8:02.41 Q
8 3 2 David Brandl  Austria 8:03.73 Q
9 3 1 Sören Meissner  Germany 8:03.82
10 2 5 Anthony Pannier  France 8:04.00
11 3 3 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 8:04.03
12 1 6 Anton Goncharov  Ukraine 8:06.81
13 1 5 Federico Colbertaldo  Italy 8:08.04
14 1 7 Anton Sveinn McKee  Iceland 8:08.58 NR
15 3 5 Rocco Potenza  Italy 8:08.60
16 1 3 Jan Wolfgarten  Germany 8:12.79
17 1 2 Uladzimir Zhyharau  Belarus 8:15.48
18 2 1 Ventsislav Aydarski  Bulgaria 8:16.03
19 3 7 Jovan Mitrovic  Switzerland 8:16.08
20 2 7 Jan Karel Petric  Slovenia 8:23.42
2 6 Michal Szuba  Poland DNS

Final

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The final was held at 17:02.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Gergő Kis  Hungary 7:49.46
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 7:52.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Sergiy Frolov  Ukraine 7:52.81
4 6 Sébastien Rouault  France 7:53.78
5 5 Gabriele Detti  Italy 7:56.16
6 7 Evgeny Kulikov  Russia 7:59.90
7 1 Maxym Shemberyev  Ukraine 8:00.96
8 8 David Brandl  Austria 8:03.28

References

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