2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K
| 2008 FINA Open Water Worlds | ||
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| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
The Women's 10K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Saturday, May 3, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the first event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds.
The race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 51 women swam the event.[1]
The 10 kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 4 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.
2008 Olympics qualifying[]
The Women's 10K was one of two races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds that served as a qualifier for the 2008 Olympics (the other qualifying race was the men's 10K, the next day).
The top-10 finishers and the next top finisher from each Continent (5) qualified for the 2008 Olympics (this comprised 15 of the 25 spots for the event at the 2008 Olympics). However, the 5 continental qualifiers could not be from a country that had someone in the top-10 (i.e. the second qualifier from a country couldn't be a continental qualifier). As Africa only had entrants from South Africa, and Natalie du Toit qualified via the top-10, the Africa Continental spot was re-allocated to the second qualify event later in 2008.
Also of note on du Toit: she became the first Paralympic athlete to qualify for an Olympics with her fourth-place finish in the race. She would go on to swim at both the 2008 Olympics and 2008 Paralympics.
Results[]
All times in hours:minutes:seconds
| Place | Swimmer | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larisa Ilchenko |  Russia |
2:02:02.7 | Olympic |
| 2 | Cassandra Patten |  Great Britain |
2:02:05.8 | Olympic |
| 3 | Yurema Requena |  Spain |
2:02:07.2 | Olympic |
| 4 | Natalie du Toit |  South Africa |
2:02:07.8 | Olympic |
| 5 | Jana Pechanová |  Czech Republic |
2:02:12.6 | Olympic |
| 6 | Poliana Okimoto |  Brazil |
2:02:13.5 | Olympic |
| 7 | Angela Maurer |  Germany |
2:02:13.6 | Olympic |
| 8 | Keri-Anne Payne | Great Britain |
2:02:14.1 | Olympic |
| 9 | Aurelie Muller |  France |
2:02:14.2 | Olympic |
| 10 | Ana Marcela Cunha | Brazil |
2:02:16.3 | Olympic |
| 11 | Edith van Dijk |  Netherlands |
2:02:18.6 | Olympic (Europe) |
| 12 | FANG Yanqiao |  China |
2:02:23.3 | Olympic (Asia) |
| 13 | Teja Zupan |  Slovenia |
2:02:26.1 | |
| 14 | Alice Franco |  Italy |
2:02:27.8 | |
| 15 | Marianna Lymperta |  Greece |
2:02:28.0 | |
| 16 | Spain |
2:02:36.6 | ||
| 17 | Andreina Pinto |  Venezuela |
2:02:39.8 | Olympic (Americas) |
| 18 | Ksenia Popova | Russia |
2:02:51.3 | |
| 19 | Rita Kovács |  Hungary |
2:02:54.8 | |
| 20 | Hungary |
2:02:55.1 | ||
| 21 |  USA |
2:02:57.3 | ||
| 22 | Imelda Martinez |  Mexico |
2:03:11.5 | |
| 23 | Netherlands |
2:03:13.2 | ||
| 24 | Mexico |
2:03:17.9 | ||
| 25 | Melissa Gorman |  Australia |
2:03:18.4 | Olympic (Oceania) |
| 26 | Martina Grimaldi | Italy |
2:03:23.7 | |
| 27 | Olga Beresneva |  Israel |
2:03:30.1 | |
| 28 | Eva Berglund |  Sweden |
2:04:10.2 | |
| 29 | Yanel Pinto | Venezuela |
2:04:30.1 | |
| 30 | Nataliya Samorodina |  Ukraine |
2:04:37.5 | |
| 31 | USA |
2:04:39.4 | ||
| 32 |  Canada |
2:04:41.9 | ||
| 33 | Kristel Köbrich |  Chile |
2:04:43.4 | |
| 34 | South Africa |
2:04:44.7 | ||
| 35 | China |
2:04:59.7 | ||
| 36 | France |
2:04:59.8 | ||
| 37 | Slovenia |
2:05:01.4 | ||
| 38 | Karla Sitic |  Croatia |
2:05:15.8 | |
| 39 | Britta Kamrau-Corestein | Germany |
2:05:27.8 | |
| 40 | Pilar Geijo |  Argentina |
2:06:07.1 | |
| 41 | Antonella Bogarin | Argentina |
2:06:17.9 | |
| 42 | Zsofia Balazs | Canada |
2:08:02.8 | |
| 43 | Brooke Fletcher | Australia |
2:10:24.6 | |
| 44 |  Hong Kong |
2:14:24.6 | ||
| 45 | Daniela Inacio |  Portugal |
2:16:47.8 | |
| 46 | Nina Rangelova |  Bulgaria |
2:17:02.2 | |
| 47 |  Montenegro |
2:17:29.6 | ||
| 48 |  Guatemala |
2:23:06.7 | ||
| 49 |  Belarus |
2:23:26.1 | ||
| 50 |  Puerto Rico |
2:30:04.1 | ||
| -- | Swann Oberson |  Switzerland |
DNF |
See also[]
- Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 km
- Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre
- Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 km
References[]
- ^ Start List Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine for Women's 10K at the 2008 Open Water Worlds. From OmegaTiming.com, official timer for event. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- 2008 Open Water Worlds results: Women's 10K from OmegaTiming.com (official timer for the event); retrieved 2009-08-15.
- 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
- Women's 10 km open water