Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metre freestyle

The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2019 Pan American Games was held on August 8, 2019 at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster.^[1]

Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2019 Pan American Games
Venue	Villa Deportiva Nacional, VIDENA
Dates	August 8 (Final)
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	7:54.70
Medalists
Andrew Abruzzo   United States   Miguel Valente   Brazil   Ricardo Vargas   Mexico
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing World Record was as follows:

World record

Zhang Lin (CHN)

7:32.12

Rome, Italy

July 29, 2009

As there was no existing Pan American Games record in the event, the following record was established during the competition:

Date	Event	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Record
August 8	Final	Andrew Abruzzo	United States	7:54.70	GR

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

The final round was held on August 8.^[2][3][4][5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	4	Andrew Abruzzo	United States	7:54.70	GR
	2	3	Miguel Valente	Brazil	7:56.37
	2	6	Ricardo Vargas	Mexico	7:56.78	NR
4	2	5	Nicholas Sweetser	United States	7:56.96
5	2	2	Marcelo Acosta	El Salvador	8:00.98
6	2	7	Diogo Villarinho	Brazil	8:03.17
7	1	4	Rafael Zambrano	Venezuela	8:05.43
8	2	1	Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	8:12.17
9	1	3	Joseph Rubio	Ecuador	8:20.67
10	1	6	Rodolfo Falcón Mojarrieta	Cuba	8:23.30
11	1	5	Joaquín Vargas	Peru	8:24.63
12	2	8	Andy Arteta Gomez	Venezuela	8:29.42
13	1	2	Piero Nascimiento	Peru	8:31.56

References

1. "Villa Deportiva Nacional, VIDENA". www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
2. "Swimming Schedule". www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
3. "Entries List". www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
4. "Start List" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. ATOS. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
5. Men's 800m Freestyle - Final