Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Records 
Prior to dis competition, na de existing world den Olympic records be as follows:
World recordZhang Lin (CHN)7:32.12Rome, Italy29 July 2009Olympic recordMykhailo Romanchuk (UKR)7:41.28Tokyo, Japan27 July 2021
Na dem establish de record wey dey follow during de competition:
DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord30 JulyFinalDaniel WiffenIreland7:38.19OR

 Qualification 
National Olympic Committee (NOC) fi enter maximum of two qualified athletes insyd each individual event, buh only if both of dem attain de Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event fi potentially enter if dem meet de Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), anaa if de total quota of 852 athletes no be targeted. NOCs sanso fi permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under Universality place since dem get no swimmers wey dey attain either of de standard entry times (OQT/OCT)."Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

Dey follow de end of de qualification window, World Aquatics go assess de number of swimmers wey achieve de OQT, de number of relay-only swimmers, den de number of Universality places, before dem invite those plus OCT make dem fulfill de total quota of 852. Additionally, dem go distribute OCT places by event according to de position of de World Aquatics Rankings during de qualifying deadline.

 Time standards 
Dem for obtain de qualifying time standards for de 2023 den 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships den selection trials, den various international meets dem approve by World Aquatics insyd de period between 1 March 2023 den 23 June 2024."Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.

De table wey dey follow dey outline de qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for dis event:
Men's eventsEventOQT*OCT^800 m freestyle7:51.657:54.01
* OQTs dey correspond to de time dem achieve by fourteenth-place swimmer for ein respective preliminary heat of each event for de previous Games.

ª Secof de fourteenth-place swimmer achieve standard slower dan de OQT insyd Tokyo 2020, de OQT dem use for de previous Games go remain constant.

^ Dem dey derive OCTs by adding 0.5% of de OQT standard.

 Competition format 
De competition dey consist of two rounds: heats, den final. De swimmers plus de best 8 times insyd de heats advance go de final. Dem dey use swim-offs as necessary make dem break ties for advancement to de next round.

 Schedule 
All times be Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
DateTimeRound29 July 202410:00Heats30 July 202420:03Final

 Results 

 Heats 
RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes145Daniel WiffenIreland7:41.53Q232Ahmed JaouadiTunisia7:42.07Q333Gregorio PaltrinieriItaly7:42.48Q443Elijah WinningtonAustralia7:42.86Q534Bobby FinkeUnited States7:43.00Q635Sven SchwarzGermany7:43.67Q737Luca De TullioItaly7:44.07Q828David AubryFrance7:44.59Q944Samuel ShortAustralia7:46.831038Fei LiweiChina7:47.111124Kuzey TunçelliTurkey7:47.29NR1246Florian WellbrockGermany7:47.911316Felix AuböckAustria7:48.491427Zalán SárkányHungary7:48.901542Luke WhitlockUnited States7:49.261631Victor JohanssonSweden7:49.471736Mykhailo RomanchukUkraine7:49.751813Carlos GarachSpain7:50.071917Lucas HenveauxBelgium7:51.51NR2047Guilherme CostaBrazil7:54.412148Zhang ZhanshuoChina7:54.442215Ilia SibirtsevUzbekistan7:56.672323Pacome BricoutFrance7:57.322422Jon JøntvedtNorway7:59.162521Henrik ChristiansenNorway8:00.552625Dimitrios MarkosGreece8:01.372741Marwan ElkamashEgypt8:07.002812Nguyễn Huy HoàngVietnam8:08.392926Alfonso MestreVenezuela8:12.033014Vlad StancuRomania8:20.783111Théo DruenneMonaco8:25.01Source:"Men's 800m Freestyle - Heats results" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024."Men's 800m Freestyle - Heats results summary" (PDF). Olympics. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

 Final 
RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes14Daniel WiffenIreland7:38.19OR, ER22Bobby FinkeUnited States7:38.7533Gregorio PaltrinieriItaly7:39.3845Ahmed JaouadiTunisia7:42.8357Sven SchwarzGermany7:43.5958David AubryFrance7:43.5971Luca De TullioItaly7:46.1686Elijah WinningtonAustralia7:48.36Source:"Men's 800m Freestyle - Finals results" (PDF). Olympics. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

 References 

Olympic champions in men's 800 m freestyle880 yards 1904:  Emil Rausch (GER)800 metres 2020:  Robert Finke (USA)
 2024:  Daniel Wiffen (IRL)
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