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

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.

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates24 July 2001
Winning time7 minute 39.16 seconds WR
Medalists
    Australia
    Australia
    Great Britain

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordIan Thorpe Australia7:41.59Hobart26 March 2001

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeWRCR
22 July 2001FinalIan Thorpe Australia7:39.16WRCR

Results

Heats

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1Ian Thorpe Australia7:52.74Q
2Grant Hackett Australia7:54.22Q
3Graeme Smith United Kingdom7:56.73Q
4Alexey Filipets Russia7:56.89Q

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Ian Thorpe Australia7:39.16WR
Grant Hackett Australia7:40.34
Graeme Smith United Kingdom7:51.12
4Chris Thompson United States7:53.95
5Alexey Filipets Russia7:56.30
6Andrea Righi Italy7:57.69
7Heiko Hell Germany7:59.47
8Shunichi Fujita Japan7:59.57

Key: WR = World record

References

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