2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

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The 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships were held May 3–8, 2008 in Seville, Spain.[1] The races were held on a 2.5-kilometer loop-course in the Guadalquivir river in the city center.

A total of 165 swimmers (81 females, 84 males) were entered into the 6 races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds:[1]

  • Saturday, May 3: women's 10K
  • Sunday, May 4: men's 10K
  • Tuesday, May 6: women's 5K, men's 5K
  • Thursday, May 8: women's 25K, men's 25K

The 10K races served as the initial qualifier for the 10K race at the 2008 Olympics.

Results[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's 5K
  details
Larisa Ilchenko
  Russia Russia
1:00:04.6
  Russia Russia
1:00:07.8 Chloe Sutton
  United States USA
1:00:09.9
Men's 5K
  details
Thomas Lurz
  Germany Germany
54:57.3 Vladimir Dyatchin
  Russia Russia
54:58.8 Maarten van der Weijden
  Netherlands Netherlands
54:59.8
Women's 10K
  details
Larisa Ilchenko
  Russia Russia
2:02:02.7 Cassandra Patten
  United Kingdom Great Britain
2:02:05.8 Yurema Requena
  Spain Spain
2:02:07.2
Men's 10K
  details
Vladimir Dyatchin
  Russia Russia
1:53:21.0 David Davies
  United Kingdom Great Britain
1:53:21.3 Thomas Lurz
  Germany Germany
1:53:27.2
Women's 25K
  details
Ksenia Popova
  Russia Russia
5:27:48.2 Edith van Dijk
  Netherlands Netherlands
5:27:50.3 Natalya Pankina
  Russia Russia
5:27:53.9
Men's 25K
  details
Maarten van der Weijden
  Netherlands Netherlands
5:04:01.1 Mark Warkentin
  United States USA
5:04:01.6 Yuri Kudinov
  Russia Russia
5:04:02.4

Team standings[]

The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2008 Open Water Worlds is:[2]

Rank Nation Men Women Combined
1  Russia 63 84 147
2  Netherlands 48 30 78
3  Germany 42 14 56
4  USA 34 14 48
5  Spain 15 24 39
6  Australia 17 21 38
7  Great Britain 16 21 37
8  Czech Republic 3 21 24
9  Italy 15 6 21
10  France 2 16 18
11  Egypt 16 0 16
12  China 0 14 14
13  South Africa 0 12 12
13  Bulgaria 12 0 12
15  Brazil 0 11 11
16  Slovenia 0 8 8
17  Greece 4 0 4
17  Israel 4 0 4
19  Canada 3 0 3
19  Belgium 3 0 3
21  Sweden 0 1 1

The following 17 countries are listed in a tie for 22nd, with zero (0) points:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Omega Timing - results - 5th FINA World Open Water Championships Sevilla, Spain 5/3/2008-5/8/2008". Swiss Timing Ltd. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  2. ^ 2008 Open Water Worlds: Standings Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine. Published by OmegaTiming.com on 2008-05-08; retrieved 2009-08-15.
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