Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800m freestyle
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The men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2009 World Championships
occurred on the morning of Tuesday, 28 July (heats) and the evening Wednesday 29 July (final) at the Foro Italico
in Rome, Italy
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2009 World Aquatics Championships
The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won...
occurred on the morning of Tuesday, 28 July (heats) and the evening Wednesday 29 July (final) at the Foro Italico
Foro Italico
Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti...
in Rome, Italy
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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Records
| World record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:38.65 |  Grant HackettGrant 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... |
Montreal  |
27 July 2005 |
| Competition record | |||
| 7:38.65 | 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... |
Montreal |
27 July 2005 |
Heats
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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.... |
7:41.82 | 6 | 5 | AF | |
| 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... |
7:43.61 | 6 | 4 | AM | |
| 3 | 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.... |
7:44.29 | 4 | 3 | ER | |
| 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... |
7:45.89 | 4 | 5 | NR | |
| 5 | Yury Prilukov Yury Prilukov Yury Aleksandrovich Prilukov is a freestyle swimmer from Russia, who specializes in long distance swimming.Prilukov is a five-time European champion , eight-time European champion and five-time World Short Course Champion and has also set three European records... |
7:46.05 | 5 | 4 | NR | |
| 6 | Zhang Lin Zhang Lin (swimmer) Zhang Lin is a Chinese swimmer specializing in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events. He is China's most successful male swimmer.Zhang, who began swimming at six, is China's fastest freestyle swimmer. He was selected for the national team in 2002... |
7:48.75 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Marco Rivera | 7:49.09 | 6 | 6 | NR | |
| 8 | Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:... |
7:49.71 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 9 | Jan Wolfgarten Jan Wolfgarten Jan Wolfgarten is a German swimmer. He participates in the open water events.He won the bronze medal at the Team 5 km world championships.-References:... |
7:50.10 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 10 | Robert Hurley Robert Hurley (swimmer) Robert Hurley is an Australian swimmer and former world record holder in the short-course 50 metres backstroke... |
7:50.65 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 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:... |
7:52.18 | 6 | 7 | NR | |
| 12 | Ryan Napoleon Ryan Napoleon Ryan Napoleon is an Australian freestyle swimmer and Commonwealth Games Medalist.-Career:Napoleon won gold in the 4x200m freestyle, silver in the 4x100m medley relay and bronze in the 100m butterfly whilst representing Australia at the Youth Olympic Festival.At the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games... |
7:53.92 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | 7:55.43 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Jackson Wilcox Jackson Wilcox -Career:At the 2009 US National Championships and World Championship Trials, Wilcox won the 1500 m freestyle with a time of 15:11.98, earning a place to compete at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome... |
7:57.09 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 15 | Tom Vangeneugden Tom Vangeneugden Tom Vangeneugden is a Belgian swimmer who currently resides in Overijse. He holds the 800m, 1500m and 4x200 freestyle long course national records.-External links:*... |
7:59.16 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Samuel Pizzetti | 7:59.67 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 17 | Richard Charlesworth Richard Charlesworth (swimmer) Richard James Charlesworth is an English freestyle swimmer. He first started swimming with Hemel Hempstead Swimming Club and currently represents Hatfield Swimming Club... |
8:00.50 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 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... |
8:01.50 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 19 | David Brandl | 8:02.35 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 20 | Esteban Paz | 8:03.27 | 4 | 1 | NR | |
| 21 | Ryoji Sononaka | 8:05.12 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 22 | Kang Yonghwan | 8:05.68 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 23 | 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... |
8:08.64 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 24 | Igor Snitko Igor Snitko Ihor Snitko is a retired freestyle swimmer from Ukraine, who was a specialist in the long-distance events. He won the silver medal in the men's 1500 m freestyle event at the 1997 European Championships in Seville, Spain, followed by the gold medal two years later in Istanbul... |
8:09.16 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 25 | Luis Escobar | 8:10.26 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 26 | Fabio Pereira | 8:11.60 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Florian Janistyn | 8:11.79 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 28 | Oleksandr Lutchenko | 8:12.36 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 29 | Alejandro Gómez | 8:13.16 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 30 | Mohamed Farhoud | 8:14.67 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 31 | 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... |
8:16.93 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 32 | Irakli Revishvili | 8:20.55 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 33 | Jan Karel Petric | 8:20.94 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 34 | Mateo De Angulo Velasco | 8:22.12 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 35 | Daniel Delgadillo | 8:25.81 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Pan Kai-Wen | 8:29.57 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 37 | Lin Kuan-Ting | 8:33.44 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 38 | Hajder Ensar | 8:35.57 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 39 | Ivan Alejandro Enderica | 8:36.04 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 40 | Pang Sheng Jun | 8:39.69 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Roberto Penailillo Garcia | 8:43.89 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 42 | Lim Clement | 8:44.09 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 43 | Allan Gabriel Gutierrez Castro | 8:45.18 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 44 | Vitalii Khudiakov | 8:54.03 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 45 | Neil Agius | 8:54.06 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 46 | Heimanu Sichan | 8:55.64 | 2 | 1 | NR | |
| 47 | Ngou Pok Man | 8:56.92 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 48 | Omar Nunez | 8:59.14 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 49 | Luis Andres Martorell Name | 8:59.58 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 50 | Vincent Perry | 9:11.37 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 51 | Cooper Graf | 9:38.96 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 52 | Shin Kimura | 9:40.57 | 1 | 5 | ||
| – | Naser Aldaya | DNS | 1 | 6 | ||
| – | Yamine Jordan | DNS | 2 | 4 | ||
| – | Sho Uchida Sho Uchida is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:2005 World Championships*200m freestyle 17th *400m freestyle 14th *800m freestyle 13th *4×200m freestyle relay 5th 2008 Beijing Olympics... |
DNS | 4 | 7 | ||
| – | 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... |
DNS | 5 | 3 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhang Lin Zhang Lin (swimmer) Zhang Lin is a Chinese swimmer specializing in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events. He is China's most successful male swimmer.Zhang, who began swimming at six, is China's fastest freestyle swimmer. He was selected for the national team in 2002... |
7:32.12 | 7 | WR | ||
| 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.... |
7:35.27 | 4 | AF | ||
| 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... |
7:41.92 | 5 | AM | ||
| 4 | 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.... |
7:43.84 | 3 | ER | |
| 5 | 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... |
7:44.32 | 6 | NR | |
| 6 | Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:... |
7:48.44 | 8 | ||
| 7 | Marco Rivera | 7:49.46 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Yuriy Prilukov | 7:49.46 | 2 |
See also
- Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800m freestyle (previous World Championships)