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Boys' 800 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
VenueNanjing Olympic Sports Centre
Dates21 August
Competitors25 from 24 nations
Winning time7:54.29
Medalists
gold medal Ahmed Akram   Egypt
silver medal Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine
bronze medal Henrik Christiansen   Norway
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The boys' 800 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 21 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning sessions.

Results

The first round was held on August 21, at 10:53, and the final was held on August 21, at 18:00.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 3 Ahmed Akram  Egypt 7:54.29
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 7 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 7:56.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 5 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 7:57.07
4 4 4 Wojciech Wojdak  Poland 8:02.38
5 3 7 Marcelo Acosta  El Salvador 8:02.69
6 3 3 Patrick Ransford  United States 8:04.46
7 2 3 Alexei Sancov  Moldova 8:06.54
8 4 8 Sven Saemundsson  Croatia 8:06.72
9 3 6 Ido Haber  Israel 8:09.92
10 3 1 Ricardo Vargas  Mexico 8:10.55
11 4 2 Rahiti De Vos  France 8:11.82
12 4 1 Vuk Čelić  Serbia 8:14.95
13 4 6 Michael Mincham  New Zealand 8:15.47
14 3 4 Brent Szurdoki  South Africa 8:15.50
15 2 5 Welson Sim  Malaysia 8:15.84
16 2 6 Rafael Gil  Portugal 8:16.91
17 2 2 Grega Popović  Slovenia 8:19.37
18 2 8 Colin Gilbert  Canada 8:20.43
19 3 2 Marc Vivas  Spain 8:23.65
20 3 5 Marc Hinawi  Israel 8:28.67
21 1 4 Luis Vega Torres  Cuba 8:31.85
22 2 7 Yudai Amada  Japan 8:32.43
23 1 5 Alonso Perez  Chile 8:33.17
24 2 4 Tanakrit Kittiya  Thailand 8:34.26
25 2 1 Pol Arias  Andorra 8:47.46
3 8 Nils Liess  Switzerland DNS

References

  1. ^ "Results of the Boys' 800 metre freestyle heats at 2014 Summer Youth Olympics" (PDF). Official Site. August 21, 2014.
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