Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 800 metre freestyle

Men's 800 metre freestyle at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium
Date	20 August 2018
Competitors	14 from 10 nations
Winning time	7:48.36
Medalists
Sun Yang    China   Shogo Takeda    Japan   Nguyễn Huy Hoàng    Vietnam

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

The men's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 20 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 20 August 2018	09:00	Slowest heat
	18:00	Fastest heat

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Zhang Lin (CHN)	7:32.12	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009
Asian Record	Zhang Lin (CHN)	7:32.12	Rome, Italy	29 July 2009
Games Record	Sun Yang (CHN)	7:47.11	Guangzhou, China	18 November 2010

Results

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
	2	Sun Yang (CHN)	7:48.36
	2	Shogo Takeda (JPN)	7:53.01
	2	Nguyễn Huy Hoàng (VIE)	7:54.32
4	2	Kohei Yamamoto (JPN)	7:59.60
5	2	Ji Xinjie (CHN)	7:59.99
6	1	Aflah Fadlan Prawira (INA)	8:03.87
7	1	Cheuk Ming Ho (HKG)	8:07.76
8	1	Advait Page (IND)	8:09.13
9	1	Glen Lim (SGP)	8:11.59
10	2	Huang Guo-ting (TPE)	8:12.15
11	2	Welson Sim (MAS)	8:12.46
12	1	Cho Cheng-chi (TPE)	8:16.63
13	1	Lam Chak Hang (HKG)	8:26.07
14	1	Mubal Azzam Ibrahim (MDV)	10:12.07