World’s Fastest 800m Freestyle – Men’s Long Course
World Record: Zhang Lin 7:32.12
Olympic Record: Daniel Wiffen 7:38.19 (NEW)
World Junior Record: Zhang Lin 7:32.12
Commonwealth Record: Samuel Short 7:37.76
Top 10 All-time Performers:
- Zhang Lin (26.94, 28.26, 28.84, 28.51, 28.61, 28.71, 28.71, 28.21, 28.23, 28.26, 28.51, 28.57, 28.90, 28.77, 28.10, 25.99) 7:32.12
- Ous Mellouli (26.62, 28.49, 28.65, 28.60, 28.82, 29.21, 28.84, 28.72, 28.42, 28.29, 28.29, 28.24, 28.44, 28.67, 28.29, 28.68) 7.35.27
- Ahmed Hafnaoui (26.58, 27.96, 28.51, 28.62, 28.76, 28.82, 28.96, 28.99, 29.00, 29.00, 29.33, 29.24, 29.27, 29.12, 28.60, 26.24) 7:37.00
- Samuel Short (26.18, 28.13, 28.33, 28.73, 28.76, 29.04, 28.94, 29.01, 29.00, 29.09, 29.22, 29.21, 29.26, 29.17, 28.53, 27.16) 7:37.76
- Daniel Wiffen (26.34, 28.42, 28.80, 29.06, 28.94, 29.00, 29.11, 29.15, 28.90, 28.82, 29.08, 29.09, 29.26, 28.89, 28.39, 26.94) 7:38.19
- Sun Yang (26.81, 29.09, 29.21, 29.34, 29.36, 29.27, 29.15, 29.13, 28.98, 29.09, 28.88, 28.93, 28.42, 28.43, 27.61, 26.87) 7:38.57
- Grant Hackett (25.99, 28.39, 28.75, 28.76, 28.71, 28.89, 28.83, 28.85, 28.89, 28.97, 29.18, 29.34, 29.23, 29.33, 28.33, 28.21) 7:38.65
- Bobby Finke (26.63, 28.56, 28.84, 28.80, 29.07, 28.84, 29.94, 29.08, 29.02, 28.89, 29.18, 28.87, 29.23, 28.98, 28.95, 26.79) 7:38.67
- Lukas Martens (25.59, 28.75, 29.51, 29.57, 29.49, 29.54, 29.37, 29.25, 29.01, 29.18, 28.73, 28.99, 28.19, 28.32, 27.83, 27.78) 7:39.10
- Ian Thorpe (26.41, 28.61, 29.08, 28.83, 30.01, 28.71, 29.49, 29.40, 29.61, 29.28, 29.40, 29.83, 28.66, 28.61, 27.30, 25.93) 7:39.16
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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 - Long Course | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhang Lin | Ous Mellouli | Ahmed Hafnaoui | Samuel Short | Daniel Wiffen | Sun Yang | Grant Hackett | Bobby Finke | Ian Thorpe | Gregorio Paltrinieri | |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in 188cm | 6 ft 4 in 192cm | 6 ft 4 in 195cm | 6ft 4in 194cm | 6 ft 7 in 200cm | 6 ft 6 in 197cm | 6 ft 1 in 185cm | 6 ft 5 in 196cm | 6 ft 3 in 191cm | |
| Weight: | 170Ib 77kg | 185Ib 84kg | 185lb 84kg | 176lb 80kg | 196Ib 89kg | 212Ib 96kg | 172lb 78kg | 229Ib 104kg | 159Ib 72kg | |
| Country: | CHN | TUN | TUN | AUS | IRE | CHN | AUS | USA | AUS | ITA |
| DOB: | 1987-01-06 | 1984-02-19 | 2002-12-04 | 2003-09-17 | 2001-07-14 | 1991-12-01 | 1980-05-09 | 1999-11-06 | 1982-10-13 | 1994-09-05 |
| Meet: | 13th FINA World Championships 2009 | 13th FINA World Championships 2009 | World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023 | World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023 | Olympic Games Paris 2024 | 14th FINA World Championships 2011 | 11th FINA World Championships 2005 | World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023 | 9th FINA World Championships 2001 | 18th FINA World Championships 2019 |
| 1st 50m Split | 26.94 | 26.62 | 26.58 | 26.18 | 26.34 | 26.81 | 25.99 | 26.63 | 26.69 | |
| Strokes | 28 | 31 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 35 | ||||
| Split Time: | 26.94 | 26.62 | 26.58 | 26.18 | 26.34 | 26.81 | 25.99 | 26.63 | 26.69 | |
| 50m PB: | 25.20 | 23.03 | 24.68 | 24.99 | 23.57 | 26.68 | ||||
| Time off 50m PB: | 1.74 | 3.59 | 2.13 | 1.00 | 0.01 | |||||
| Percentage of 50m PB: | 106.905% | 115.588% | 108.630% | 104.002% | 100.037% | |||||
| 2nd 50m Split | 28.26 | 28.49 | 27.96 | 28.13 | 28.42 | 29.09 | 28.39 | 28.56 | 28.93 | |
| Strokes | 31 | 35 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 38 | ||||
| Split Time: | 55.20 | 55.11 | 54.54 | 54.31 | 54.76 | 55.90 | 54.38 | 55.19 | 55.02 | 55.62 |
| 3rd 50m Split | 28.84 | 28.65 | 28.51 | 28.33 | 28.80 | 29.21 | 28.75 | 28.84 | 28.82 | |
| Strokes | 31 | 34 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 38 | ||||
| Split Time: | 1:24.04 | 1:23.76 | 1:23.05 | 1:22.64 | 1:23.56 | 1:25.11 | 1:23.12 | 1:24.03 | 1:24.44 | |
| 4th 50m Split | 28.51 | 28.60 | 28.62 | 28.73 | 29.06 | 29.34 | 28.76 | 28.80 | 28.92 | |
| Strokes | 32 | 34 | 28 | 31 | 28 | |||||
| Split Time: | 1:52.55 | 1:52.36 | 1:51.67 | 1:51.37 | 1:52.62 | 1:54.45 | 1:51.89 | 1:52.83 | 1:52.93 | 1:53.36 |
| 5th 50m Split | 28.61 | 28.82 | 28.76 | 28.76 | 28.94 | 29.36 | 28.71 | 29.07 | 28.77 | |
| Strokes | 31 | 34 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 39 | ||||
| Split Time: | 2:21.16 | 2:21.18 | 2:20.43 | 2:20.13 | 2:21.56 | 2:23.81 | 2:20.60 | 2:21.90 | 2:22.13 | |
| 6th 50m Split | 28.71 | 29.21 | 28.82 | 29.04 | 29.00 | 29.27 | 28.89 | 28.84 | 29.11 | |
| Strokes | 33 | 32 | 34 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 39 | |||
| Split Time: | 2:49.87 | 2:50.39 | 2:49.25 | 2:49.17 | 2:50.56 | 2:53.08 | 2:49.49 | 2:50.74 | 2:51.65 | 2:51.24 |
| 7th 50m Split | 28.71 | 28.84 | 28.96 | 28.94 | 29.11 | 29.15 | 28.83 | 28.94 | 28.87 | |
| Strokes | 33 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 39 | |||
| Split Time: | 3:18.58 | 3:19.23 | 3:18.21 | 3:18.11 | 3:19.67 | 3:22.23 | 3:18.32 | 3:19.68 | 3:20.11 | |
| 8th 50m Split | 28.21 | 28.72 | 28.99 | 29.01 | 29.15 | 29.13 | 28.85 | 29.08 | 28.81 | |
| Strokes | 30 | 34 | 28 | 32 | 28 | 39 | ||||
| Split Time: | 3:46.79 | 3:47.95 | 3:47.20 | 3:47.12 | 3:48.82 | 3:51.36 | 3:47.17 | 3:48.76 | 3:50.54 | 3:48.92 |
| 9th 50m Split | 28.23 | 28.42 | 29.00 | 29.00 | 28.90 | 28.98 | 28.89 | 29.02 | 28.78 | |
| Strokes | 34 | 28 | 32 | 28 | 39 | |||||
| Split Time: | 4:15.02 | 4:16.37 | 4:16.20 | 4:16.12 | 4:17.72 | 4:20.34 | 4:16.06 | 4:17.78 | 4:17.70 | |
| 10th 50m Split | 28.26 | 28.29 | 29.00 | 29.09 | 28.82 | 29.09 | 28.97 | 28.89 | 28.72 | |
| Strokes | 34 | 33 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 39 | ||||
| Split Time: | 4:43.28 | 4:44.66 | 4:45.20 | 4:45.21 | 4:46.54 | 4:29.43 | 4:45.03 | 4:46.67 | 4:49.43 | 4:46.42 |
| 11th 50m Split | 28.51 | 28.29 | 29.33 | 29.22 | 29.08 | 28.88 | 29.18 | 29.18 | 28.60 | |
| Strokes | 34 | 34 | 28 | 33 | 29 | 39 | ||||
| Split Time: | 5:11.79 | 5:12.95 | 5:14.53 | 5:14.43 | 5:15.62 | 5:18.31 | 5:14.21 | 5:15.85 | 5:15.02 | |
| 12th 50m Split | 28.57 | 28.24 | 29.24 | 29.21 | 29.09 | 28.93 | 29.34 | 28.87 | 28.67 | |
| Strokes | 35 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 33 | 29 | 39 | |||
| Split Time: | 5:40.36 | 5:41.19 | 5:43.77 | 5:43.64 | 5:44.71 | 5:47.24 | 5:43.55 | 5:44.72 | 5:48.66 | 5:43.69 |
| 13th 50m Split | 28.90 | 28.44 | 29.27 | 29.26 | 29.26 | 28.42 | 29.23 | 29.23 | 28.76 | |
| Strokes | 35 | 33 | 28 | 33 | 30 | 39 | ||||
| Split Time: | 6:09.26 | 6:09.63 | 6:42.16 | 6:12.90 | 6:13.97 | 6:15.66 | 6:12.78 | 6:13.95 | 6:12.45 | |
| 14th 50m Split | 28.77 | 28.67 | 29.12 | 29.17 | 28.89 | 28.43 | 29.33 | 28.98 | 28.92 | |
| Strokes | 34 | 35 | 29 | 33 | 29 | 39 | ||||
| Split Time: | 6:38.03 | 6:38.30 | 6:42.16 | 6:42.07 | 6:42.86 | 6:44.09 | 6:42.11 | 6:42.93 | 6:45.93 | 6:41.37 |
| 15th 50m Split | 28.10 | 28.29 | 28.60 | 28.53 | 28.39 | 27.61 | 28.33 | 28.95 | 29.37 | |
| Strokes | 34 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 40 | |||||
| Split Time: | 7:06.13 | 7:06.59 | 7:10.76 | 7:10.60 | 7:11.25 | 7:11.70 | 7:10.44 | 7:11.88 | 7:10.74 | |
| 16th 50m Split | 25.99 | 28.68 | 26.24 | 27.16 | 26.94 | 26.87 | 28.21 | 26.79 | 28.53 | |
| Strokes | 35 | 42 | 35 | 35 | 31 | 40 | ||||
| Total Time: | 7:32.12 | 7:35.27 | 7:37.00 | 7:37.76 | 7:38.19 | 7:38.57 | 7:38.65 | 7:38.67 | 7:39.16 | 7:39.27 |
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