Fastest swim short course 800 metres freestyle (male)
- Who
- Daniel Wiffen
- What
- 7:20.46 minute(s):second(s)
- Where
- Romania (Bucharest)
- When
- 10 December 2023
The fastest swim short course 800 metres freestyle (male) is 7 minutes 20.46 seconds, achieved by Daniel Wiffen (Ireland) in Bucharest, Romania, on 10 December 2023.
Wiffen made history at the 2023 European Short Course Swimming Championships, becoming the first Irish swimmer to hold a swimming world record. He broke the longest-standing record in the sport – set by Grant Hackett on 20 July 2008 – by almost three seconds.