The men's 800 metre freestyle was the 17th event of the swimming program at the
2007 World Aquatics Championships
The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic C ...
held in
Rod Laver Arena in
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropol ...
. The event was swum on the morning of 27 March (heats)
and in the evening of 28 March.
46 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 43 swam in one of 6 preliminary heats. The top-8 finishers from the prelims qualified ("Q") to swim in the final the next evening.
The existing records at the start of the event were:
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World record (WR): 7:38.65,
Grant Hackett (Australia), 27 July 2005 in
Montreal, Canada.
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Championship record (CR): ''same''
On 11 September 2007, the
Court of Arbitration for Sport stripped
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama "Ous" Mellouli ( ar, أسامة الملولي; born 16 February 1984) is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He is a three-time Olympic medalist, is an African record holder, and trains with the USC Tr ...
of
Tunisia of his gold medal and nullified his result as part of a retroactive 18-month suspension for an earlier
doping violation.
Results
Final
Heats
See also
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Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
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Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
References
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World Aquatics Championships
Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships