The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 11 and 12 August 2026.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location Date World record Zhang Lin 7:32.12 Rome 29 July 2009 European record Johannes Liebmann 7:37.94 Stockholm 12 April 2026 Championship record Gregorio Paltrinieri 7:40.86 Rome 13 August 2022
Results Heats The heats were started on 11 August 2026 at 11:04. Qualification Rules: The 8 fastest from the heats qualify to the final.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 4 4 Johannes Liebmann 7:41.87 Q 2 4 2 Zalán Sárkány 7:42.34 Q 3 4 3 Daniel Wiffen 7:44.86 Q 4 3 4 Sven Schwarz 7:46.93 Q 5 3 7 Dimitrios Markos 7:47.26 Q 6 3 6 Luca de Tullio 7:47.42 Q 7 3 2 Carlos Garach Benito 7:48.26 Q, NR 8 4 6 Kristof Rasovszky 7:49.48 Q 9 4 7 Davide Marchello 7:50.09 10 3 5 Victor Johansson 7:50.60 11 4 0 Lucas Henveaux 7:51.64 12 3 1 Andrei-Theodor Proca 7:54.26 13 3 8 Matteo Diodato 7:55.40 14 4 5 Oliver Klemet 7:55.75 15 4 8 Nathan Wiffen 7:57.08 16 2 2 Nikola Simic 7:58.27 17 4 1 Vasileios Kakoulakis 7:58.65 18 3 3 Franko Grgic 8:00.45 19 2 3 Dziugas Miskinis 8:01.12 20 3 0 Henrik Christiansen 8:03.61 21 2 4 Suleyman Ismayilzada 8:04.28 22 4 9 Milan Vojtko 8:05.20 23 2 7 Saso Boskan 8:05.41 24 2 8 Liam Custer 8:06.89 25 2 6 Victor Sandrup 8:09.76 26 3 9 Luca Karl 8:14.49 27 2 5 Jakub Gabriel 8:14.49 28 2 0 Tobias Moen Olsen 8:18.74 29 1 2 Filip Kuruzovic 8:19.39 30 1 5 Biel Cuen Sibila 8:19.67 31 2 9 Kevin Teixeira Pereira 8:28.16 32 1 4 Denis Bedzhanian 8:28.74 33 1 6 Stefan Vrtikapa 8:30.27 34 2 1 Liggjas Joensen 8:43.48 35 1 3 Heini Mohr Askham 8:54.34
Final The final was held on 12 August.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Johannes Liebmann 7:37.59 ER, CR 6 Sven Schwarz 7:41.16 5 Zalán Sárkány 7:41.75 4 3 Daniel Wiffen 7:43.30 5 2 Dimitrios Markos 7:43.52 6 7 Luca de Tullio 7:44.24 7 1 Carlos Garach Benito 7:45.41 NR 8 8 Kristof Rasovszky 7:51.41
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