The world record for the 800m freestyle was held by China's Zhang Lin, who set it at the 2009 World Swimming Championships. In 2009, Zhang Lin took the lead in the men's 800-meter freestyle final of the World Championships, and he kept a leading position in the competition. In the end, he won the championship in 7: 32 12, breaking the world record of 7: 38.65 set by Australian Hackett in 2005, and became the first male athlete in the swimming history of China to win the men's event in the World Championships.
In the first 10 year of this century, Zhang Lin was one of the most representative athletes of China swimming team. Like Sun Yang who rose later, he was good at men's freestyle from 200m to1500m. He won many gold medals and silver medals in the National Games and the Asian Games, and won the runner-up in the men's 200m freestyle in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
In contrast, the men's 800m freestyle is Zhang Lin's specialty. Zhang Lin won the gold medal in the 2009 World Championships and broke the discipline, which made him the first Asian male athlete to win the gold medal in the long-distance freestyle in the Olympic Games or the World Championships in the previous 73 years, and Zhang Lin was also the first China male athlete to break the world freestyle record in the previous 49 years.
Zhang Lin's sports career:
In 2002, Zhang Lin joined the national team and studied under Chen. In 2003, Zhang Lin won the eighth place in the men's 800m freestyle in the 10 World Swimming Championships. In 2004, Zhang Lin participated in the men's 800-meter freestyle at the Athens Olympic Games and reached the final.
In July 2005, in the men's 200m freestyle semi-final of the World Swimming Championships, Zhang Lin swam 1 min 48.05 seconds, breaking the Asian record held by Japanese athletes. In the 1500m freestyle, Zhang Lin won the sixth place with15: 09.79, and broke the national record that had been maintained for three years. On June 5438+ 10, Zhang Lin won the men's 400-meter freestyle in the 10th National Games in 3 minutes 5 1.32 seconds.
In August 2006, the Pan-Pacific Swimming Championships were held in Canada, and Zhang Lin won the bronze medal in the men's 200m freestyle. In March 2007, in the men's 200m freestyle final of Melbourne World Championships, Zhang Lin swam 1 min 47.53 seconds, and finally won the sixth place, setting a new national record. At the end of the year, under the guidance of Dennis, Zhang Lin had a three-month training in Australia.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhang Lin.