Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 800 m freestyle
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The men's 800 metre freestyle was the 17th event of the swimming program at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
held in Rod Laver Arena
in Melbourne, Australia
. The event was swum on the morning of 27 March (heats) and in the evening of 28 March. 46 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 43 swam in one of 6 preliminary heats. The top-8 finishers from the prelims qualified ("Q") to swim in the final the next evening.
The existing records at the start of the event were:
On 11 September 2007, the Court of Arbitration for Sport
stripped Oussama Mellouli
of Tunisia
of his gold medal, and nullified his result, as part of a retroactive 18-month suspension for earlier doping
violation.
2007 World Aquatics Championships
The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007...
held in Rod Laver Arena
Rod Laver Arena
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in Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne
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. The event was swum on the morning of 27 March (heats) and in the evening of 28 March. 46 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 43 swam in one of 6 preliminary heats. The top-8 finishers from the prelims qualified ("Q") to swim in the final the next evening.
The existing records at the start of the event were:
- World record (WR)World record progression 800 metres freestyleThe first world record in the men's 800 metres freestyle in long course swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation in 1908...
: 7:38.65, Grant HackettGrant HackettGrant 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), 27 July 2005 in Montreal, CanadaSwimming at the 2005 World Aquatics ChampionshipsThe swimming events at the XI FINA World Championships took place in the Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Canada from July 24–31, 2005.The swimming portion consisted of 50 events – 25 for men and 25 for women – all of which were swum in a long-course pool...
. - Championship record (CR): same
On 11 September 2007, the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Court of Arbitration for Sport
The Court of Arbitration for Sport is an international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sport. Its headquarters are in Lausanne and its courts are located in New York, Sydney and Lausanne, Switzerland...
stripped 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....
of Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
of his gold medal, and nullified his result, as part of a retroactive 18-month suspension for earlier doping
Doping (sport)
The use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport is commonly referred to by the term "doping", particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions. The use of performance enhancing drugs is mostly done to improve athletic performance. This is why many sports ban the use of performance...
violation.
Final
| Place | Lane | Swimmer | Nationality | 100m | 200m | 300m | 400m | 500m | 600m | 700m | Time | Note |
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7 | Przemysław Stańczyk | 57.31 | 1:57.10 | 2:56.02 | 3:55.36 | 4:54.21 | 5:52.59 | 6:50.91 | 7:47.91 | ||
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4 | Craig Stevens Craig Stevens (swimmer) Craig Stevens is an Australian freestyle swimmer specialising in the 400 m. 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events.... |
57.35 | 1:56.34 | 2:55.90 | 3:55.72 | 4:55.08 | 5:54.45 | 6:52.69 | 7:48.67 | ||
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5 | Federico Colbertaldo Federico Colbertaldo Federico Colbertaldo is an Italian freestyle swimmer.In 2006, Colbertaldo was Junior European Champion in 400 m freestyle and won the silver medal in 200 m and 1500 m of the same stroke.... |
57.66 | 1:56.77 | 2:56.04 | 3:55.37 | 4:54.48 | 5:53.53 | 6:52.58 | 7:49.98 | ||
| 4th | 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 :*... |
55.67 | 1:54.40 | 2:53.46 | 3:52.93 | 4:52.85 | 5:53.03 | 6:53.34 | 7:52.04 | ||
| 5th | 1 | Sergiy Fesenko | 57.34 | 1:57.26 | 2:57.10 | 3:57.12 | 4:57.03 | 5:56.31 | 6:55.07 | 7:53.43 | ||
| 6th | 2 | 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... |
57.34 | 1:57.21 | 2:56.95 | 3:57.00 | 4:56.96 | 5:57.10 | 6:57.44 | 7:55.39 | ||
| 7th | 6 | Ryan Cochrane Ryan Cochrane (swimmer) Ryan Andrew Cochrane is a Canadian long-distance swimmer. Cochrane is an Olympic bronze medalist as well as the reigning double gold medalist in both the Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He holds multiple world championship medals... |
57.84 | 1:57.26 | 2:56.64 | 3:56.34 | 4:56.15 | 5:56.99 | 6:57.69 | 7:56.56 | ||
| DSQ | 3 | 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.... |
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Heats
| Rank | Heat : Lane | Name | Nationality | 200m | 400m | 600m | Time | Note |
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| 1 | 5 : 4 | Craig Stevens Craig Stevens (swimmer) Craig Stevens is an Australian freestyle swimmer specialising in the 400 m. 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events.... |
1:56.32 | 3:54.72 | 5:54.41 | 7:50.72 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 : 5 | Federico Colbertaldo Federico Colbertaldo Federico Colbertaldo is an Italian freestyle swimmer.In 2006, Colbertaldo was Junior European Champion in 400 m freestyle and won the silver medal in 200 m and 1500 m of the same stroke.... |
1:56.76 | 3:55.28 | 5:53.63 | 7:50.77 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 : 3 | 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.... |
1:56.26 | 3:55.73 | 5:55.48 | |
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| 4 | 6 : 2 | Ryan Cochrane Ryan Cochrane (swimmer) Ryan Andrew Cochrane is a Canadian long-distance swimmer. Cochrane is an Olympic bronze medalist as well as the reigning double gold medalist in both the Commonwealth Games and the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He holds multiple world championship medals... |
1:57.40 | 3:56.87 | 5:56.18 | 7:51.55 | Q | |
| 5 | 6 : 4 | 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... |
1:56.76 | 3:56.64 | 5:56.87 | 7:51.86 | Q | |
| 6 | 5 : 5 | Przemysław Stańczyk | 1:56.17 | 3:54.88 | 5:54.65 | 7:52.40 | Q | |
| 7 | 4 : 7 | Sergiy Fesenko | 1:57.56 | 3:56.92 | 5:55.94 | 7:52.64 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 : 3 | 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 :*... |
1:57.27 | 3:56.42 | 5:55.51 | 7:52.92 | Q | |
| 9 | 5 : 6 | Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:... |
 United States |
1:56.49 | 3:55.99 | 5:55.49 | 7:54.37 | |
| 10 | 5 : 2 | Erik Vendt Erik Vendt Erik Vendt is a retired American swimmer. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics... |
United States |
1:55.43 | 3:54.73 | 5:55.09 | 7:54.48 | |
| 11 | 5 : 1 | Luka Turk | 1:56.21 | 3:55.84 | 5:56.84 | 7:54.58 | ||
| 12 | 6 : 6 | Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Lobintsev Nikita Konstantinovich Lobintsev is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who won the silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*... |
1:56.01 | 3:56.03 | 5:57.57 | 7:56.91 | ||
| 13 | 4 : 6 | Marcos Rivera Miranda | 1:58.56 | 3:59.40 | 5:59.62 | 7:57.14 | ||
| 14 | 6 : 7 | Mads Glæsner Mads Glæsner Mads Glæsner is a Danish swimmer. He participated for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the disciplines 400 metre freestyle and the 1500 metre freestyle. His swimming club is Vallensbæk-VAT but he trains at the National Training Center in Copenhagen.-References:... |
1:56.53 | 3:57.38 | 5:59.35 | 7:59.43 | ||
| 15 | 4 : 1 | 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.... |
1:57.07 | 3:56.73 | 5:57.61 | 7:59.91 | ||
| 16 | 4 : 2 | Vitaly Romanovich | 1:57.42 | 3:59.62 | 6:01.58 | 7:59.94 | ||
| 17 | 4 : 4 | Christian Hein | 1:58.46 | 3:59.88 | 6:01.60 | 8:00.14 | ||
| 18 | 6 : 5 | 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... |
1:56.88 | 3:56.50 | 5:58.29 | 8:03.03 | ||
| 19 | 5 : 7 | Maciej Hreniak | 1:58.53 | 4:00.37 | 6:03.56 | 8:05.01 | ||
| 20 | 5 : 8 | David Brandl | 1:58.78 | 4:00.54 | 6:03.31 | 8:05.48 | ||
| 21 | 3 : 4 | Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Andrés Monasterio Guimaraes is a Venezuelan international swimmer who represented his native country in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.Monasterio was born in Caracas, Venezuela... |
1:59.84 | 4:02.69 | 6:06.39 | 8:05.81 | ||
| 22 | 3 : 3 | Fernando Costa | 1:59.74 | 4:02.83 | 6:06.31 | 8:06.44 | ||
| 23 | 1 : 7 | Sun Yang Sun Yang Sun Yang is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year... |
2:01.36 | 4:05.14 | 6:09.07 | 8:08.12 | ||
| 24 | 3 : 7 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | 2:00.88 | 4:02.90 | 6:06.89 | 8:09.59 | ||
| 25 | 6 : 1 | Felipe Araújo | 1:59.34 | 4:02.99 | 6:07.85 | 8:10.50 | ||
| 26 | 6 : 8 | Armando Negreiros | 1:58.09 | 4:01.80 | 6:07.77 | 8:11.01 | ||
| 27 | 1 : 2 | Ren Chen | 2:02.16 | 4:07.12 | 6:11.22 | 8:12.32 | ||
| 28 | 3 : 2 | Robert Voss | 1:59.43 | 4:03.18 | 6:08.55 | 8:13.78 | ||
| 29 | 3 : 6 | Florian Janistyn | 1:59.28 | 4:02.25 | 6:08.52 | 8:14.26 | ||
| 30 | 3 : 1 | Caglar Gokbulut | 2:04.25 | 4:09.33 | 6:15.23 | 8:19.08 | ||
| 31 | 4 : 8 | Shinya Taniguchi | 2:01.44 | 4:08.06 | 6:18.16 | 8:25.83 | ||
| 32 | 2 : 3 | Benjamin Guzman Blanco | 2:03.37 | 4:11.60 | 6:20.56 | 8:26.24 | ||
| 33 | 2 : 5 | Mario Montoya Mario Montoya (swimmer) Mario Montoya is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. He represented native country at the:*2008 Olympics,*2007 Pan American Games,*2007 World Championships, and... |
2:03.46 | 4:11.70 | 6:20.45 | 8:27.47 | NR | |
| 34 | 2 : 8 | Pál Joensen Pál Joensen Pál Joensen is a Faroese elite swimmer. He was born in Vágur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. Pál is training in a short pool 25 m, because there is no 50 m pool in the Faroe Islands. Pál Joensen still lives in his hometown Vágur, and he is training with Susvim... |
2:05.00 | 4:13.52 | 6:22.43 | 8:30.31 | ||
| 35 | 3 : 8 | Irakli Revishvili | 2:06.43 | 4:14.72 | 6:23.95 | 8:31.52 | ||
| 36 | 2 : 4 | Kevin Soow Choy Yeap | 2:03.59 | 4:12.79 | 6:20.46 | 8:32.35 | ||
| 37 | 3 : 5 | Erwin Maldonado | 2:02.19 | 4:11.67 | 6:25.34 | 8:38.69 | ||
| 38 | 2 : 6 | Micky van der Vaart | 2:03.10 | 4:12.91 | 6:25.25 | 8:39.17 | ||
| 39 | 1 : 4 | Neil Agius | 2:11.17 | 4:27.57 | 6:44.13 | 8:57.63 | ||
| 40 | 2 : 7 | Davor Trnovljakovic | 2:07.86 | 4:25.91 | 6:45.41 | 9:01.70 | ||
| 41 | 1 : 5 | Heimanu Sichan | 2:11.61 | 4:29.77 | 6:50.87 | 9:09.79 | ||
| 42 | 2 : 1 | Timur Kartabaev | 2:14.75 | 4:39.79 | 7:04.84 | 9:27.31 | ||
| 43 | 1 : 3 | Cooper Graf | 2:31.67 | 5:08.95 | 7:45.20 | 10:14.48 | ||
| 1 : 6 | Ibraihm Assah | DNS | ||||||
| 2 : 2 | Anas Abuyousuf | DNS | ||||||
| 5 : 3 | 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... |
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See also
- Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800m freestyleSwimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800m freestyleThe Men's 800m Freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships occurred on the morning of 26 July and in the evening of 27 July in the Olympic pool at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Canada. 45 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 44 swam...
- Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800m freestyleSwimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800m freestyleThe men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2009 World Championships occurred on the morning of Tuesday, 28 July and the evening Wednesday 29 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.-Records:-Heats:-Final:-See also:...