Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metre freestyle
| Part of | swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics  |
|---|---|
| Competition class | men's 800 metre freestyle |
| Sport | swimming |
| Country | France |
| Ein location | Paris La Défense Arena |
| Dey follow | swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – men's 800 metre freestyle |
| Point for tym insyd | July 2024 |
| Tym dem start | 29 July 2024 |
| End tym | 30 July 2024 |
| Participant | Daniel Wiffen, Robert Finke, Gregorio Paltrinieri |
| Winner | Daniel Wiffen, Robert Finke, Gregorio Paltrinieri |
Na dem hold de men's 800 metre freestyle event for de 2024 Summer Olympics for 29 den 30 July 2024 for de Paris Aquatics Centre.[1]
Records
[edit | edit source]Prior to dis competition, na de existing world den Olympic records be 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 |
Na dem establish de record wey dey follow during de competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July | Final | Daniel Wiffen | Ireland | 7:38.19 | OR |
Qualification
[edit | edit source]National Olympic Committee (NOC) fi enter maximum of two qualified athletes insyd each individual event, buh only if both of dem attain de Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event fi potentially enter if dem meet de Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), anaa if de total quota of 852 athletes no be targeted. NOCs sanso fi permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under Universality place since dem get no swimmers wey dey attain either of de standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[2][3]
Dey follow de end of de qualification window, World Aquatics go assess de number of swimmers wey achieve de OQT, de number of relay-only swimmers, den de number of Universality places, before dem invite those plus OCT make dem fulfill de total quota of 852. Additionally, dem go distribute OCT places by event according to de position of de World Aquatics Rankings during de qualifying deadline.[2]
Time standards
[edit | edit source]Dem for obtain de qualifying time standards for de 2023 den 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships den selection trials, den various international meets dem approve by World Aquatics insyd de period between 1 March 2023 den 23 June 2024.[4]
De table wey dey follow dey outline de qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for dis event:
| Men's events | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | OQT* | OCT^ |
| 800 m freestyle | 7:51.65 | 7:54.01 |
* OQTs dey correspond to de time dem achieve by fourteenth-place swimmer for ein respective preliminary heat of each event for de previous Games.
ª Secof de fourteenth-place swimmer achieve standard slower dan de OQT insyd Tokyo 2020, de OQT dem use for de previous Games go remain constant.
^ Dem dey derive OCTs by adding 0.5% of de OQT standard.
Competition format
[edit | edit source]De competition dey consist of two rounds: heats, den final. De swimmers plus de best 8 times insyd de heats advance go de final. Dem dey use swim-offs as necessary make dem break ties for advancement to de next round.
Schedule
[edit | edit source]All times be Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2024 | 10:00 | Heats |
| 30 July 2024 | 20:03 | Final |
Results
[edit | edit source]Heats
[edit | edit source]| 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 | Bobby 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
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Daniel Wiffen | Ireland | 7:38.19 | OR, ER |
| 2 | 2 | Bobby Finke | United States | 7:38.75 | |
| 3 | 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] | |||||
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ↑ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ↑ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
- ↑ "Men's 800m Freestyle - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ↑ "Men's 800m Freestyle - Heats results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ↑ "Men's 800m Freestyle - Finals results" (PDF). Olympics. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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