2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K

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The Women's 5K swimming race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the third event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on May 6 (the other being the men's 5K race).

The race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 39 women swam the event.^[1]

The 5-kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 2 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.^[2]

Results[]

All times in hour:minutes:seconds

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Larisa Ilchenko	Russia	1:00:04.6
2		Russia	1:00:07.8
3	Chloe Sutton	USA	1:00:09.9
4	Jana Pechanová	Czech Republic	1:00:16.5
		China
6	Teja Zupan	Slovenia	1:00:18.1
7	Britta Kamrau-Corestein	Germany	1:00:19.2
8	Kate Brookes-Peterson	Australia	1:00:19.7
9		France	1:00:20.6	See note below
10		Spain	1:00:20.6	See note below
11		China	1:00:22.7
12	Eva Berglund	Sweden	1:00:26.1
13	Swann Oberson	Switzerland	1:00:26.4
14	Rachele Bruni	Italy	1:00:27.2
15		Spain	1:00:27.7
16	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	1:00:29.2
17		Australia	1:00:29.4
18	Edith van Dijk	Netherlands	1:00:31.7
19	Patricia Maldonado	Venezuela	1:00:34.9
20		Canada	1:00:49.5
21		Great Britain	1:01:27.7
22		USA	1:01:37.1
23		Slovenia	1:01:37.7
24	Angela Maurer	Germany	1:01:38.0
25		Italy	1:01:38.1
26		Brazil	1:01:41.1
27	Zsofia Balazs	Canada	1:01:41.3
28	Yanel Pinto	Venezuela	1:01:41.3	See note below
29	Daniela Inacio	Portugal	1:01:41.4	See note below
30		Netherlands	1:02:19.9
31	Cassandra Patten	Great Britain	1:02:34.2
32		France	1:02:35.4
33		South Africa	1:02:38.0
34	Antonella Bogarin	Argentina	1:02:43.0
35		Montenegro	1:06:02.3
36		Poland	1:06:04.5
37		Brazil	1:06:04.9
38		Puerto Rico	1:13:16.5
--	Marianna Lymperta	Greece	DNS

Note: Ninth and tenth place finishers, France's and Spain's , are both listed with the same time (1:00:20.6); however, they are not listed as tied in the results. Dietrich is listed as 9th, Lopez as 10th. Likewise, the 28th and 29th place finishers, Venezuela's Yanel Pinto and Portugal's Daniela Inacio, are similarly both listed at 1:01:41.3, but not tied. This is different from the two 4th place finishers, who are both listed as fourth.

See also[]

• Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km
• Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km

References[]

• 2008 Open Water Worlds results: Women's 5K from OmegaTiming.com (official timer for the event); retrieved 2009-08-15.