Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates	24 July 2001
Winning time	7 minute 39.16 seconds WR
Medalists
Ian Thorpe    Australia   Grant Hackett    Australia   Graeme Smith    Great Britain

The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 24 July. The heats took place 23 July, and the final was held on 24 July.

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Ian Thorpe	Australia	7:41.59	Hobart	26 March 2001

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nation	Time	WR	CR
22 July 2001	Final	Ian Thorpe	Australia	7:39.16	WR	CR

Results

Heats

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ian Thorpe	Australia	7:52.74	Q
2	Grant Hackett	Australia	7:54.22	Q
3	Graeme Smith	United Kingdom	7:56.73	Q
4	Alexey Filipets	Russia	7:56.89	Q

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ian Thorpe	Australia	7:39.16	WR
	Grant Hackett	Australia	7:40.34
	Graeme Smith	United Kingdom	7:51.12
4	Chris Thompson	United States	7:53.95
5	Alexey Filipets	Russia	7:56.30
6	Andrea Righi	Italy	7:57.69
7	Heiko Hell	Germany	7:59.47
8	Shunichi Fujita	Japan	7:59.57

Key: WR = World record

References

• Results from swimrankings.net retrieved 2012-08-18