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
    Australia
    Australia
    Great Britain
2001 FINA
World Championships

Fukuoka, Japan
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo women
Duet women
Team women
Water polo

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 recordIan Thorpe Australia 7:41.59 Hobart26 March 2001

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeWRCR
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
1st, gold medalist(s) Ian Thorpe  Australia 7:39.16 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Grant Hackett  Australia 7:40.34
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

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