Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800m freestyle

The Men's 800m Freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships
2005 World Aquatics Championships
The 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005...

occurred on the morning of 26 July (heats) and in the evening of 27 July (final) in the Olympic pool at Parc Jean-Drapeau

Parc Jean-Drapeau

Parc Jean-Drapeau is situated to the east of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the Saint Lawrence River. It comprises two islands, Saint Helen's Island and the artificial island Île Notre-Dame....

in Montreal, Canada

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

. 45 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 44 swam. The top-8 swimmers from the morning heats advanced to the next day's final heat.

The existing records at the start of the event were:

World record (WR)
World record progression 800 metres freestyle
The first world record in the men's 800 metres freestyle in long course swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation in 1908...

: 7:39.16, Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...

(Australia), July 24, 2001 in Fukuoka, Japan
Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships
The swimming events of the 2001 World Aquatics Championships were held in a temporary pool at Marine Messe in Fukuoka, Japan in July 2001. This edition of the championships featured 20 events for both men and women, including the introduction of a 50 m event in all strokes and equality in the...

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Championship record (CR): same

Final

Place	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	Grant Hackett Grant Hackett Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history...	Australia	7:38.65
2	Larsen Jensen Larsen Jensen Larsen Alan Jensen is a former American freestyle swimmer. He is a two-time Olympic medalist.-Career:...	United States	7:45.63	NR
3	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	7:46.64	NR
4	Przemysław Stańczyk	Poland	7:50.83
5	Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....	Tunisia	7:51.03
6	David Davies David Davies (swimmer) David Davies is a Welsh Commonwealth Games and Olympic distance swimmer. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics...	United Kingdom	7:51.54
7	Lukasz Drzewinski	Poland	7:58.62
8	Sébastien Rouault Sébastien Rouault Sébastien Rouault is a male freestyle swimmer from France, who competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.- References :*...	Early Modern France	8:03.52

Heats

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	Grant Hackett Grant Hackett Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history...	Australia	7:47.63	Q
2	Larsen Jensen Larsen Jensen Larsen Alan Jensen is a former American freestyle swimmer. He is a two-time Olympic medalist.-Career:...	United States	7:48.89	Q
3	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	7:51.75	Q
4	David Davies David Davies (swimmer) David Davies is a Welsh Commonwealth Games and Olympic distance swimmer. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics...	United Kingdom	7:51.92	Q
5	Sébastien Rouault Sébastien Rouault Sébastien Rouault is a male freestyle swimmer from France, who competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.- References :*...	Early Modern France	7:52.04	Q
6	Oussama Mellouli Oussama Mellouli Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....	Tunisia	7:52.55	Q
7	Przemysław Stańczyk	Poland	7:52.56	Q
8	Lukasz Drzewinski	Poland	7:53.33	Q

9	Nicolas Rostoucher Nicolas Rostoucher Nicolas Rostoucher is a freestyle and medley swimmer from France, who is on the French National Swimming Team since 2000. He has competed for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000...	Early Modern France	7:54.55
10	Christian Hein	Germany	7:56.38
11	Sergiy Fesenko	Ukraine	7:57.11
12	Dragoş Coman Dragos Coman Dragoş Coman is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia....	Kingdom of Romania	7:57.79
13	Sho Uchida Sho Uchida is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:2005 World Championships200m freestyle 17th 400m freestyle 14th 800m freestyle 13th 4×200m freestyle relay 5th　2008 Beijing Olympics...	Japan	7:58.00
14	Igor Chervynskiy	Ukraine	7:59.09
15	Massimiliano Rosolino Massimiliano Rosolino -Biography:Born in Naples of an Italian father, Salvatore, and Australian mother, Carolyn, he moved to Australia at the age of three, coming back to Italy at six. Rosolino declared about his beginnings as a swimmer:...	Italy	7:59.60
16	Mark Randall	South Africa	7:59.65
17	Marco Rivera	Spain	7:59.66
18	Troyden Prinsloo Troyden Prinsloo Hercules Troyden Prinsloo is a freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won three gold medals at the 2007 All-Africa Games. Previously he earned a silver medal in the men's 800 m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Games, and placed third at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the men's 1500 m...	South Africa	7:59.69
19	Andrew Hurd Andrew Hurd Andrew Hurd is a Canadian freestyle swimmer. He began swimming at age eight and was a student at the University of Michigan. He won a gold medal on the world cup circuit in 2000 in Edmonton, Alberta in the 1500 m freestyle event...	Canada	8:00.06
20	Chris Thompson Chris Thompson (swimmer) Christopher Lee Thompson , is an American swimmer, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 1500 m freestyle. He was the second American swimmer to go below the 15 minute mark on the 1500m and held the American Record for 4 years...	United States	8:04.67
21	Taishi Okude	Japan	8:05.65
22	Fernando Costa	Portugal	8:06.98
23	Spyridon Gianniotis Spyridon Gianniotis Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis is a freestyle swimmer from Greece, who was born in England. He won three individual medals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. In 2011 he became world champion in the 10 km open...	Greece	8:07.46
24	Park Tae-Hwan Park Tae-hwan Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	South Korea	8:08.52
25	Felipe Araujo	Brazil	8:08.66
26	Kurtis MacGillivary	Australia	8:09.01
27	Luka Turk	Slovenia	8:09.23
28	Gard Kvale Gard Kvale Gard Kvale is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Norway. He swam for Norway at the 2008 Olympics, where he lowered the Norwegian Records in the 3 events he swam: the 200 and 400 frees and the 200 IM....	Norway	8:09.32
29	XIN Tong Xin Tong Xin Tong is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2003/2004 National Champions Tournament - 1st 4×200 m freestyle relay...	Mainland China	8:12.91
30	Stef Verachten	Belgium	8:16.93
31	HAN Kuk-In	South Korea	8:18.06
32	Mahrez Mebarek	Algeria	8:20.55
33	Evan Marcus	Guatemala	8:23.13
34	Miguel Mendoza	Philippines	8:28.73
35	Nawaf Al-Wazzan	Kuwait	8:29.83
36	Sheng-Chieh Tang	Chinese Taipei	8:29.91
37	Lionel Lee	Singapore	8:39.94
38	Irakli Revishvili	Georgia (country)	8:41.81
39	Marcus Cheah	Singapore	8:48.71
40	Neil Agius	Malta	8:53.14
41	Rony Bakale Rony Bakale Rony Bakale is an Olympic swimmer from the Republic of the Congo. He swam for the Congo at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He was the Congo's flagbearer in 2004.He also swam at the 2007 World Championships.-References:*...	Republic of the Congo	8:54.73
42	Steven Mangroo	Seychelles	8:55.03
43	Omar Nunez	Nicaragua	8:58.55
44	Hei Meng Lao	Macau	9:17.94
--	Emiliano Brembilla Emiliano Brembilla Emiliano Brembilla is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal with the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...	Italy	DNS

Final

Heats

See also