Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metre freestyle
Men's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 27 July 2021 (heats) 29 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 33 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 7:41.87 | ||||||||||||
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The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 27 and 29 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's recurrence to the Games for the first time in over a century, having last been held in 1904.
Summary
The U.S.' Robert Finke came from behind to win a surprise gold in the inaugural Olympic men's 800-meter freestyle. Fourth at the final turn, Finke unleashed a massive 26.39 split to overtake the field and lower the American record to 7:41.87. Earlier in the heats, Finke broke Michael McBroom's American record after coming into the meet with a personal best time of 7:48.22 set at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Swimming in lane 8, Italy's reigning World champion Gregorio Paltrinieri was out quickly and established a body-length lead at the 200 m mark. While Germany's Florian Wellbrock and Ukraine's Mykhailo Romanchuk gained control at the halfway stage, Paltrinieri overtook the duo to claim silver in 7:42.11. Despite setting the Olympic record in the heats, Romanchuk was unable to replicate the time and settled for bronze in 7:42.33. Wellbrock was also unable to repeat his German record from the heats, narrowly missing the podium by 0.35 seconds.
Australia's Jack McLoughlin, who claimed silver in the 400 m freestyle on night one, picked up the fifth spot with a 7:45.00 to hold off Ukraine's Serhiy Frolov (7:45.11) by 11 one-hundredths of a second. Austria's Felix Auboeck finished seventh in 7:49.14, with Brazil's Guilherme Costa (7:53.31) rounding out the top eight field.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 7:32.12 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 | [2] |
Olympic record | ![]() | 13:11.4 (880 yards) | St. Louis, United States | 7 September 1904 | [3] |
The following record was established during the competition:
Date | Event | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Record |
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July 27 | Heat 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | ![]() | 7:41.28 | OR |
Qualification
The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 7:54.31. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 8:08.54. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[4]
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.[5]
Schedule
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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Tuesday, 27 July 2021 | 20:17 | Heats |
Thursday, 29 July 2021 | 10:30 | Final |
Results
Heats
The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | 5 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | ![]() | 7:41.28 | Q, OR, NR |
2 | 4 | 3 | Florian Wellbrock | ![]() | 7:41.77 | Q, NR |
3 | 4 | 7 | Robert Finke | ![]() | 7:42.72 | Q, NR |
4 | 5 | 2 | Felix Auböck | ![]() | 7:45.73 | Q, NR |
5 | 5 | 7 | Guilherme Costa | ![]() | 7:46.09 | Q, SA |
6 | 5 | 3 | Jack McLoughlin | ![]() | 7:46.94 | Q |
7 | 4 | 2 | Serhiy Frolov | ![]() | 7:47.67 | Q |
8 | 5 | 4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | ![]() | 7:47.73 | Q |
9 | 4 | 4 | Henrik Christiansen | ![]() | 7:48.37 | |
10 | 4 | 6 | Ahmed Hafnaoui | ![]() | 7:49.14 | |
1 | 4 | Victor Johansson | ![]() | NR | ||
12 | 5 | 6 | Gabriele Detti | ![]() | 7:49.47 | |
13 | 5 | 1 | Aleksandr Yegorov | ![]() | 7:49.97 | |
14 | 3 | 8 | Daniel Wiffen | ![]() | 7:51.65 | NR |
15 | 3 | 5 | Alfonso Mestre | ![]() | 7:52.07 | |
16 | 3 | 7 | Marwan El-Kamash | ![]() | 7:52.76 | |
17 | 4 | 8 | Michael Brinegar | ![]() | 7:53.00 | |
18 | 2 | 6 | Zac Reid | ![]() | 7:53.06 | NR |
19 | 3 | 1 | Alexander Nørgaard | ![]() | 7:53.50 | |
20 | 2 | 5 | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng | ![]() | 7:54.16 | |
21 | 4 | 1 | Anton Ipsen | ![]() | 7:54.98 | |
22 | 2 | 1 | Ákos Kalmár | ![]() | 7:55.85 | |
23 | 2 | 4 | José Lopes | ![]() | 7:56.15 | |
24 | 3 | 6 | Yiğit Aslan | ![]() | 7:56.18 | |
25 | 3 | 4 | Kieran Bird | ![]() | 7:57.53 | |
26 | 2 | 3 | Dimitrios Markos | ![]() | 7:58.68 | |
27 | 2 | 7 | Cheng Long | ![]() | 7:58.71 | |
28 | 5 | 8 | Jan Micka | ![]() | 7:59.04 | |
29 | 5 | 5 | David Aubry | ![]() | 8:00.16 | |
30 | 3 | 2 | Ilya Druzhinin | ![]() | 8:01.47 | |
31 | 1 | 3 | Marcelo Acosta | ![]() | 8:03.01 | |
32 | 1 | 5 | Martin Bau | ![]() | 8:04.79 | |
33 | 2 | 2 | Vuk Čelić | ![]() | 8:04.85 | |
3 | 3 | Konstantinos Englezakis | ![]() | DNS |
Final
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 3 | Robert Finke | ![]() | 7:41.87 | NR |
![]() | 8 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | ![]() | 7:42.11 | |
![]() | 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | ![]() | 7:42.33 | |
4 | 5 | Florian Wellbrock | ![]() | 7:42.68 | |
5 | 7 | Jack McLoughlin | ![]() | 7:45.00 | |
6 | 1 | Serhiy Frolov | ![]() | 7:45.11 | |
7 | 6 | Felix Auböck | ![]() | 7:49.14 | |
8 | 2 | Guilherme Costa | ![]() | 7:53.31 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Flash! Zhang Lin Shatters Grant Hackett's 800 Free World Record in Victory". Swimming World Magazine. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 880 yard Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.