title: Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
  
  The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 7 and 8 August 2018.
  
  ## Records
  
  Before the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
  
  | | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | World record | Zhang Lin | China | 7:32.12 | Rome | 29 July 2009 |
  | European record | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 7:40.77 | Budapest | 26 July 2017 |
  | Championship record | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 7:42.33 | London | 20 May 2016 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started on 7 August at 10:18.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | 5 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 7:49.96 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | 4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 7:50.08 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | 4 | Marin Mogić | Croatia | 7:51.78 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | 2 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 7:52.14 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | 7 | Damien Joly | France | 7:52.54 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | 1 | Domenico Acerenza | Italy | 7:52.80 | Q |
  | 7 | 3 | 3 | Florian Wellbrock | Germany | 7:53.62 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | 5 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 7:53.94 | Q |
  | 9 | 3 | 2 | Serhiy Frolov | Ukraine | 7:54.31 | |
  | 9 | 3 | 6 | Victor Johansson | Sweden | 7:54.31 | |
  | 11 | 3 | 1 | Anton Ipsen | Denmark | 7:54.34 | |
  | 12 | 2 | 3 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 7:55.56 | |
  | 13 | 1 | 6 | Vuk Čelić | Serbia | 7:56.58 | |
  | 14 | 3 | 4 | Wojciech Wojdak | Poland | 7:56.83 | |
  | 15 | 2 | 8 | Ilya Druzhinin | Russia | 7:57.54 | |
  | 16 | 1 | 5 | Tom Derbyshire | Great Britain | 7:58.26 | |
  | 17 | 3 | 0 | Jay Lelliott | Great Britain | 7:58.67 | |
  | 18 | 3 | 7 | Henning Mühlleitner | Germany | 7:58.77 | |
  | 19 | 1 | 3 | Albert Escrits | Spain | 8:01.39 | |
  | 20 | 3 | 8 | Poul Zellmann | Germany | 8:03.07 | |
  | 21 | 1 | 2 | Bogdan-Andrei Scarlat | Romania | 8:03.98 | |
  | 22 | 2 | 0 | Filip Zaborowski | Poland | 8:06.48 | |
  | 23 | 2 | 9 | Dávid Lakatos | Hungary | 8:07.51 | |
  | 24 | 1 | 1 | Guilherme Pina | Portugal | 8:07.96 | |
  | 25 | 1 | 7 | Andreas Georgakopoulos | Greece | 8:25.42 | |
  | 26 | 1 | 0 | Frenc Berdaku | Albania | 8:44.70 | |
  | — | 1 | 8 | Maksym Shemberev | Azerbaijan | Did not start | Did not start |
  | — | 1 | 9 | Spiro Goga | Albania | Did not start | Did not start |
  | — | 2 | 6 | David Aubry | France | Did not start | Did not start |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was started on 8 August at 16:30.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 7:42.96 |
  | | 5 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 7:45.12 |
  | | 1 | Florian Wellbrock | Germany | 7:45.60 |
  | 4 | 8 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 7:46.75 |
  | 5 | 6 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 7:49.73 |
  | 6 | 7 | Domenico Acerenza | Italy | 7:51.64 |
  | 7 | 2 | Damien Joly | France | 7:56.75 |
  | 8 | 3 | Marin Mogić | Croatia | 7:58.03 |
  