| Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Location | Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||
| Dates | 23 July (heats) 24 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 33 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:39.27 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2019 FINA World Championships | ||
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| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Highlight | women | |
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 3 m | mixed | |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 10 m | mixed | |
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Relay | ||
| 4×1.25 km | mixed | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
| Rosters | men | women |
The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 23 and 24 July 2019. The defending champion was Gabriele Detti, but he finished 5th in the final. The champion, Gregorio Paltrinieri, was the defending bronze medalist.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Zhang Lin (CHN) |
7:32.12 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
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| Competition record | Zhang Lin (CHN) |
7:32.12 | Rome, Italy | 29 July 2009 |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 23 July at 11:05.
Final
The final was held on 24 July at 20:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy |
7:39.27 | ER |
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2 | Henrik Christiansen |  Norway |
7:41.28 | NR |
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5 | David Aubry |  France |
7:42.08 | NR |
| 4 | 3 | Jack McLoughlin |  Australia |
7:42.64 | |
| 5 | 6 | Gabriele Detti | Italy |
7:43.89 | |
| 6 | 8 | Sun Yang | China |
7:45.01 | |
| 7 | 1 | Serhiy Frolov |  Ukraine |
7:47.32 | |
| 8 | 7 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine |
7:49.32 |
References
| World long-course champions in men's 800 m freestyle | |
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