Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's recurrence to the Games for the first time in over a century, having last been held in 1904.

Men's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
DatesTBC
Swimming at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenmixedwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Zhang Lin (CHN)7:32.12Rome, Italy29 July 2009[2]
Olympic record Emil Rausch (GER)13:11.4 (880 yards)St. Louis, United States7 September 1904[3]

Qualification
Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 7:54.31. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 8:08.54. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[4]

Competition format

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[5]

Schedule

All times are Japan standard time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
TBC 19:00 Heats
TBC 10:30 Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.

References
  1. "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Flash! Zhang Lin Shatters Grant Hackett's 800 Free World Record in Victory". Swimming World Magazine. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. "Swimming at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 880 yard Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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