Men’s 800m Freestyle – Short Course

World’s Fastest 800m Freestyle – Men’s Short Course

  1. Grant Hackett 7:23.42
  2. Mykhailo Romanchuk 7:25.73
  3. Henrik Christiansen 7:25.78
  4. Daniel Wiffen 7:25.96
  5. Gregorio Paltrinieri 7:27.94
  6. Florian Wellbrock 7:27.99
  7. Yannick Agnel 7:29.17

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The chart below compares the World’s fastest 800m Freestyle swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible.

Men's 800m Freestyle - Short Course
Grant HackettMykhailo RomanchukHenrik ChristiansenDaniel WiffenGregorio PaltrinieriFlorian WellbrockYannick Agnel
Height:6 ft 6 in 197cm6 ft 3 in 191cm6 ft 3 in 191cm6 ft 4 in 194cm6 ft 3 in 191cm6 ft 4 in 192cm6 ft 8 in 202cm
Weight:212Ib 96kg174 Ib 79kg176 lb 80kg159 Ib 72kg154 Ib 70kg198 Ib 90kg
Country:AUSUKRNORIRLITAGERFRA
DOB:1980-05-091996-08-07 1996-09-10 2001-07-141994-09-05 1997-08-19 1992-06-09
Meet:Victoria Championships 2008ISL Test EventISL Test Event2022 Short Course Irish Winter National ChampionshipsEuropean Short Course Swimming Championships 2021European Short Course Swimming Championships 2021French National Championships (25m)
1st 25m Split
Strokes1110
2nd 25m Split
Strokes131517
Split Time:25.3926.4426.0326.0025.5825.76
50m PB:23.7625.7323.5423.6325.5824.9622.06
Time off 50m PB:1.630.712.492.3700.8
Percentage of 50m PB:106.860%102.759%110.578%110.030%100.000%103.205%
3rd 25m Split
Strokes151316
4th 25m Split
Strokes151417
Split Time:52.9254.3454.2653.4853.0653.18
5th 25m Split
Strokes?1317
6th 25m Split
Strokes151416
Split Time:1:20.761:22.501:22.581:21.051:21.051:21.10
7th 25m Split
Strokes?17
8th 25m Split
Strokes151417
Split Time:1:48.551:50.561:51.021:49.011:49.391:49.38
9th 25m Split
Strokes?
10th 25m Split
Strokes15
Split Time:2:16.472:18.642:19.242:17.102:17.682:17.58
11th 25m Split
Strokes15
12th 25m Split
Strokes15
Split Time:2:44.622:46.722:47.312:45.142:46.142:46.17
13th 25m Split
Strokes151417
14th 25m Split
Strokes15
Split Time:3:12.833:14.883:15.483:13.453:14.773:14.68
15th 25m Split
Strokes?
16th 25m Split
Strokes?
Split Time:3:41.023:43.083:43.653:41.633:43.263:43.30
17th 25m Split
Strokes15
18th 25m Split
Strokes16
Split Time:4:08.994:11.214:11.814:09.684:11.774:11.65
19th 25m Split
Strokes151417
20th 25m Split
Strokes151417
Split Time:4:37.224:39.324:40.054:37.834:40.254:40.39
21st 25m Split
Strokes16
22nd 25m Split
Strokes15
Split Time:5:05.435:07.255:08.005:06.125:08.525:08.75
23rd 25m Split
Strokes1617
24th 25m Split
Strokes161418
Split Time:5:33.755:35.275:36.085:34.425:37.065:37.11
25th 25m Split
Strokes151417
26th 25m Split
Strokes161317
Split Time:6:01.926:03.186:03.926:02.676:05.556:05.59
27th 25m Split
Strokes161417
28th 25m Split
Strokes16
Split Time:6:30.096:31.136:31.756:31.266:34.016:34.17
29th 25m Split
Strokes16
30th 25m Split
Strokes16
Split Time:6:57.296:59.026:59.526:59.257:01.827:01.91
31st 25m Split
Strokes15
32nd 25m Split
Strokes171719
Total Time:7:23.427:25.737:25.787:25.967:27.947:27.997:29.17

Note: World’s Fastest 800m Freestyle Updated April 2023

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