Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The Men's 800 Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on July 24–25, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary heats of the event were swum during the morning session on July 24,[1] with the Final being held during the evening session on July 25.[2]

Men's 800m Freestyle
at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Dates24 July (prelims)
25 July (final)
Winning time7 minute 43.82 seconds
Medalists
 Grant Hackett   Australia
 Larsen Jensen   United States
 Ihor Chervynskyi   Ukraine
2003 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Open water swimming
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solo
Freewomen
Duet
Freewomen
Team
Freewomen
Combinationwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen
Main article: Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships

Prior to the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were both:

Results

Final
PlaceSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1Grant Hackett Australia7:43.82
2Larsen Jensen USA7:48.09NR
3Ihor Chervynskyi Ukraine7:53.15
4Graeme Smith Great Britain7:53.48
5Dragoș Coman Romania7:57.22
6Kurtis MacGillivary Canada8:01.75
7Shunichi Fujita Japan8:02.38
8Lin Zhang China8:04.10

Preliminaries
RankHeat+LaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1H4 L4Grant Hackett  Australia7:55.15q
2H2 L4Graeme Smith  Great Britain7:58.66q
3H3 L4Larsen Jensen  United States7:59.18q
4H4 L3Kurtis MacGillivary  Canada7:59.58q
5H2 L3Dragoș Coman  Romania8:00.44q
6H3 L2Ihor Chervynskyi  Ukraine8:00.61q
7H2 L2Shunichi Fujita  Japan8:02.84q
8H3 L1Lin Zhang  China8:04.74q
9H3 L5Stephen Penfold  Australia8:06.48
10H3 L7Shilo Ayalon  Israel8:07.85
11H2 L1Hannes Kalteis  Austria8:08.17
12H4 L7Chad Carvin  United States8:08.48
13H2 L6Dimitros Manganas  Greece8:10.07
14H2 L7Felipe Araujo  Brazil8:10.56
15H3 L6Kyu Chul Han  South Korea8:13.47
16H4 L8Gian Carlo Zolezzi  Chile8:14.62
17H4 L1Luiz Lima  Brazil8:15.08
18H4 L2Cheng Yu  China8:16.23
19H3 L3Rick Say  Canada8:17.31
20H3 L8Yi-Khy Saw  Malaysia8:22.99
21H2 L8Shai Livant  Israel8:24.14
22H1 L4Mohammad Naeem Masri  Syria8:30.00
23H1 L3Kwok Leung Chung  Hong Kong8:31.10
24H1 L5Roberto Peñailillo  Chile8:34.10
25H1 L6Neils Agius  Malta9:09.73
26H1 L2Steven Mangroo  Seychelles9:16.60
27H1 L7Barnsley Albert  Seychelles9:27.30
--David Davies  Great BritainDNS
--Emiliano Brembilla  ItalyDNS
--Trevor Kakunze  BurundiDNS

References
  1. Worlds 2003 results: Men's 800 Free -- Prelims from Omega Timing (official timer). Published 2003-07-24, retrieved 2013-06-06.
  2. Worlds 2003 results: Men's 800 Free -- Final from Omega Timing (official timer). Published 2003-07-25, retrieved 2013-06-06.
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