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Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
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The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 4 August with the heats and 5 August with the final.[1]
Quick Facts Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, Dates ...
| Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 4 August (heats) 5 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 36 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7:39.96 | |||||||||
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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Heats
The heats were held at 10:30.[2]
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Final
The final was held at 18:58.[3]
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| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | 7 | Sun Yang |  China | 7:39.96 | |
 | 5 | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy | 7:40.81 | ER |
 | 2 | Mack Horton |  Australia | 7:44.02 | |
| 4 | 4 | Connor Jaeger |  United States | 7:44.51 | |
| 5 | 8 | Henrik Christiansen |  Norway | 7:45.66 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Wojciech Wojdak |  Poland | 7:45.90 | NR |
| 7 | 3 | Stephen Milne |  Great Britain | 7:49.86 | |
| 8 | 6 | Michael McBroom | United States | 7:55.30 |
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