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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
2008 FINA Open Water Worlds | ||
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5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
The 10K races served as the initial qualifier for the 10K race at the 2008 Olympics.
Results
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Women's 5K details |
Larisa Ilchenko ![]() |
1:00:04.6 | Ekaterina Seliverstova ![]() |
1:00:07.8 | Chloe Sutton ![]() |
1:00:09.9 |
Men's 5K details |
Thomas Lurz ![]() |
54:57.3 | Vladimir Dyatchin ![]() |
54:58.8 | Maarten van der Weijden ![]() |
54:59.8 |
Women's 10K details |
Larisa Ilchenko ![]() |
2:02:02.7 | Cassandra Patten ![]() |
2:02:05.8 | Yurema Requena ![]() |
2:02:07.2 |
Men's 10K details |
Vladimir Dyatchin ![]() |
1:53:21.0 | David Davies ![]() |
1:53:21.3 | Thomas Lurz ![]() |
1:53:27.2 |
Women's 25K details |
Ksenia Popova ![]() |
5:27:48.2 | Edith van Dijk ![]() |
5:27:50.3 | Natalya Pankina ![]() |
5:27:53.9 |
Men's 25K details |
Maarten van der Weijden ![]() |
5:04:01.1 | Mark Warkentin ![]() |
5:04:01.6 | Yuri Kudinov ![]() |
5:04:02.4 |
Team standings
[edit]The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2008 Open Water Worlds is:[2]
Rank | Nation | Men | Women | Combined |
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1 | ![]() |
63 | 84 | 147 |
2 | ![]() |
48 | 30 | 78 |
3 | ![]() |
42 | 14 | 56 |
4 | ![]() |
34 | 14 | 48 |
5 | ![]() |
15 | 24 | 39 |
6 | ![]() |
17 | 21 | 38 |
7 | ![]() |
16 | 21 | 37 |
8 | ![]() |
3 | 21 | 24 |
9 | ![]() |
15 | 6 | 21 |
10 | ![]() |
2 | 16 | 18 |
11 | ![]() |
16 | 0 | 16 |
12 | ![]() |
0 | 14 | 14 |
13 | ![]() |
0 | 12 | 12 |
13 | ![]() |
12 | 0 | 12 |
15 | ![]() |
0 | 11 | 11 |
16 | ![]() |
0 | 8 | 8 |
17 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 4 |
17 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 4 |
19 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 |
19 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 |
21 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 |
The following 17 countries are listed in a tie for 22nd, with zero (0) points:
See also
[edit]- Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships (previous Worlds)
- 2008 Olympics: Women's 10K and Men's 10K
- Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships (subsequent Worlds)
- 2008 in swimming
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.