The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 7 at the Estadio Nacional. The last champion was Lucas Kanieski of Brazil.
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 session.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record7:32.12Rome, ItalyJuly 29, 2009South American Games record8:09.81Medellín, ColombiaMarch 26, 2010
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
The first round was held on March 7, at 11:30, and the final was held on March 7, at 19:00.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 4 Martín Naidich 8:05.28 CR 2 8 Esteban Enderica 8:07.78 2 5 Marcos Ferrari 8:09.93 4 2 3 Lucas Kanieski 8:11.62 5 2 1 Alejandro Gómez 8:12.13 6 2 2 Mateo de Angulo 8:16.36 7 2 6 Juan Pereyra 8:16.56 8 2 7 Andy Arteta Gomez 8:16.74 9 1 4 Jesus Monge Osorio 8:28.79 10 1 5 Miguel Tapia Salinas 8:29.47 11 1 3 Alonso Perez Salinas 8:54.25
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