List of European swimming records over 800 meters freestyle

The European swimming records for the 800 m freestyle are the best times in the 800 m freestyle swimming discipline . They are recognized by the European swimming federation LEN . European records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women. The following shows the development of the European record since the first recognized European record.

Long course European records men

Men's European records over 800 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Arne Borg	Sweden	10: 43.6	April 11, 1924	Honolulu
2	Arne Borg	Sweden	10: 37.4	August 25, 1925	Urine
3	Jean Taris	France	10: 19.6	May 30, 1930	Paris
4th	Jean Taris	France	10: 17.2	June 9, 1931	Cannes
5	Jean Taris	France	10: 15.6	June 21, 1931	Cannes
6th	György Mitró	Hungary	10: 01.0	May 16, 1948	Budapest
7th	György Csordás	Hungary	09: 50.2	June 9, 1951	Budapest
8th	Jean Boiteux	France	09: 38.2	July 9, 1952	Toulouse
9	Guy Montserret	France	09: 22.7	July 29, 1959	Algiers
10	József Katona	Hungary	09: 22.6	July 2nd, 1960	Budapest
11	Gerhard Hetz	BR Germany	09: 16.3	April 30, 1961	Dortmund
12	Gerhard Hetz	BR Germany	09: 08.0	May 19, 1962	Dortmund
13	Semion Belitz-Geiman	Soviet Union	09: 05.4	October 10, 1964	Moscow
14th	Frank Wiegand	GDR	09: 03.9	July 18, 1965	East Berlin
15th	Semion Belitz-Geiman	Soviet Union	08: 58.7	August 1, 1965	Krakow
16	Semion Belitz-Geiman	Soviet Union	08: 47.4	3rd August 1966	Krakow
17th	Alain Mosconi	France	08: 46.8	5th July 1967	Monte Carlo
18th	Francis Luyce	France	08: 42.0	July 21, 1967	Dinard
19th	Werner lamp	BR Germany	08: 41.6	7th August 1970	Würselen
20th	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	08: 41.4	September 11, 1970	Barcelona
21st	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	08: 38.4	August 8, 1971	los Angeles
22nd	Werner lamp	BR Germany	08: 38.1	22nd August 1971	Waldkraiburg
23	Dusan Grozaj	BR Germany	08: 35.5	August 12, 1972	Wurzburg
24	Valentin Parinov	Soviet Union	08: 35.10	August 11, 1973	Leeds
25th	Igor Evgrafov	Soviet Union	08: 30.16	March 2nd 1975	Leningrad
26th	Rainer Strohbach	GDR	08: 27.95	July 26, 1975	Cali
27	Rainer Strohbach	GDR	08: 21.50	March 13, 1976	Tallinn
28	Igor Kushpeliev	Soviet Union	08: 16.50	4th June 1976	Kiev
29	Zoltán Wladár	Hungary	08: 15.54	June 6, 1976	Graz
30th	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	08: 13.35	July 20, 1976	Jonkoping
31	Valentin Parinov	Soviet Union	08: 11.62	July 6, 1977	Jonkoping
32	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	08: 06.40	20th August 1977	Jonkoping
33	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	08: 06.40	4th September 1977	Leningrad
34	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	07: 56.49	March 23, 1979	Minsk
35	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	07: 52.83	February 14, 1982	Moscow
36	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	07: 52.33	July 14, 1983	los Angeles
37	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	07: 50.64	4th July 1986	Moscow
38	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	07: 49.72	July 1, 2003	Moscow
39	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	07: 46.64	July 27, 2005	Montreal
40	Federico Colbertaldo	Italy	07: 44.29	July 28, 2009	Rome
41	Federico Colbertaldo	Italy	07: 43.84	July 29, 2009	Rome
42	Gabriele Detti	Italy	07: 42.74	April 8, 2014	Riccione
43	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	07: 40.81	5th August 2015	Kazan
44	Gabriele Detti	Italy	07: 40.77	July 26, 2017	Budapest
45	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	07: 39.27	July 24, 2019	Gwangju

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

European records for women in the 800 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Yvonne Godard	France	12: 18.8	July 23, 1931	Paris
2	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	11: 11.7	July 3, 1936	Copenhagen
3	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	10: 52.5	August 13, 1941	Copenhagen
4th	Valéria Gyenge	Hungary	10: 42.4	June 28, 1953	Budapest
5	Corrie Schimmel	Netherlands	10: 25.3	July 15, 1959	Utrecht
6th	Corrie Schimmel	Netherlands	10: 22.3	August 1, 1959	Ermelo
7th	Jane Cederquist	Sweden	09: 55.6	17th August 1960	Uppsala
8th	Elisabeth Ljunggren	Sweden	09: 53.3	4th August 1967	Landskrona
9	Elisabeth Ljunggren	Sweden	09: 45.0	1st August 1968	Lincoln
10	Sigrid Goral	German Democratic Republic	09: 43.5	16th August 1968	Leipzig
11	Marjatta Hara	Finland	09: 42.7	July 9, 1969	Helsinki
12	Novella Calligaris	Italy	09: 38.0	August 10, 1969	Bolzano
13	Karin Neugebauer	German Democratic Republic	09: 30.8	17th August 1969	Vienna
14th	Karin Neugebauer	German Democratic Republic	09: 29.1	July 19, 1970	Barcelona
15th	Novella Calligaris	Italy	09: 23.8	4th July 1971	Rome
16	Novella Calligaris	Italy	09: 20.9	July 21, 1971	Bolzano
17th	Novella Calligaris	Italy	09: 20.8	August 29, 1971	Udine
18th	Gudrun Wegner	German Democratic Republic	09: 17.1	3rd September 1971	Leipzig
19th	Hansje Bunschoten	Netherlands	09: 16.7	March 18, 1972	Dresden
20th	Hansje Bunschoten	Netherlands	09: 15.4	June 29, 1972	Utrecht
21st	Novella Calligaris	Italy	09: 13.4	June 30, 1972	Rome
22nd	Gudrun Wegner	German Democratic Republic	09: 10.5	July 12, 1972	Leipzig
23	Novella Calligaris	Italy	09: 06.0	July 26, 1972	Turin
24	Novella Calligaris	Italy	09: 02.96	2nd September 1972	Munich
25th	Novella Calligaris	Italy	08: 57.46	3rd September 1972	Munich
26th	Novella Calligaris	Italy	08: 52.97	September 9, 1973	Belgrade
27	Cornelia Dörr	German Democratic Republic	08: 52.45	August 24, 1974	Vienna
28	Petra Thümer	German Democratic Republic	08: 47.52	April 19, 1976	Leeds
29	Petra Thümer	German Democratic Republic	08: 40.68	4th June 1976	Berlin
30th	Petra Thümer	German Democratic Republic	08: 37.14	July 25, 1976	Montreal
31	Petra Thümer	German Democratic Republic	08: 35.04	July 9, 1977	Leipzig
32	Ines Diers	German Democratic Republic	08: 32.55	July 27, 1980	Moscow
33	Anke sonnenodt	German Democratic Republic	08: 29.61	April 1, 1983	Berlin
34	Astrid Strauss	German Democratic Republic	08: 29.61	June 18, 1983	Gera
35	Astrid Strauss	German Democratic Republic	08: 28.36	May 26, 1984	Magdeburg
36	Astrid Strauss	German Democratic Republic	08: 26.52	June 21, 1986	Berlin
37	Anke Möhring	German Democratic Republic	08: 19.53	August 19, 1987	Strasbourg
38	Laure Manaudou	France	08: 19.29	August 2, 2006	Budapest
39	Laure Manaudou	France	08: 18.80	March 31, 2007	Melbourne
40	Rebecca Adlington	United Kingdom	08: 14.10	August 16, 2008	Beijing

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

Men's European records over 800 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Jörg Hoffmann	Germany	07: 36.24	January 26, 1997	Malmo
2	Paul Biedermann	Germany	07: 35.23	November 27, 2008	eat
3	Federico Colbertaldo	Italy	07: 31.18	December 19, 2009	Manchester
4th	Yannick Agnel	France	07: 29.17	November 16, 2012	Angers

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women in the 800 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Astrid Strauss	German Democratic Republic	08: 15.34	February 6, 1987	Bonn
2	Éva Risztov	Hungary	08: 14.72	December 13, 2002	Riesa
3	Laure Manaudou	France	08: 11.25	December 9, 2005	Trieste
4th	Rebecca Adlington	Society. King	08: 08.25	April 10, 2008	Manchester
5	Alessia Filippi	Italy	08: 04.53	December 12, 2008	Rijeka
6th	Camille Muffat	France	08: 01.06	November 16, 2012	Angers
7th	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	07: 59.34	August 10, 2013	Berlin

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of German swimming records
• List of swimming world records over 800 meters freestyle
• Freestyle swimming

Web links

• Official list of the European swimming records on the long course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official list of European swimming records on the short course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official rankings of the LEN and other national associations in Europe
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.agendadiana.com (Italian)
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.zwemkroniek.com (Dutch)