Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships
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The Open Water Swimming events at the 8th FINA World Aquatics Championships were swum in the ocean off Perth, Western Australia on January 6 and 11, 1998. The discipline featured 4 events: a 5-kilometer race, or "5K", for males and females, and a 25-kilometer race (25K) for males and females. It was the first time the 5K was raced a World Championships.[1] The races featured 80 swimmers from 26 nations.[1]
Results edit
Men edit
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5K |
Aleksey Akatyev Russia |
55:18.6 | Ky Hurst Australia |
55:24.9 | Luca Baldini Italy |
55:37.4 |
25K |
Aleksey Akatyev Russia |
5:05:42.1 | David Meca Spain |
5:07:22.9 | Gabriel Chaillou Argentina |
5:07:52.6 |
Women edit
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5K |
Erica Rose USA |
59:23.5 | Edith van Dijk Netherlands |
1:00:58.5 | Peggy Büchse Germany |
1:01:05.8 |
25K |
Tobie Smith USA |
5:31:20.1 | Peggy Büchse Germany |
5:32:19.2 | Edith van Dijk Netherlands |
5:38.06.9 |
Team edit
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5K |
USA John Flanagan Austin Ramirez Erica Rose |
2:52:12.2 | Russia Aleksey Akatyev Evgueni Bezroutchenko Olga Gouseva |
2:52:16.7 | Italy Luca Baldini Fabio Venturini Valeria Casprini |
2:52:41.6 |
25K |
Italy Claudio Gargaro Fabrizio Pescatori Valeria Casprini |
16:10:18.2 | Australia Grant Robinson Mark Saliba Tracey Knowles |
16:22:54.3 | USA Tobie Smith Nathan Stooke Chuck Wiley |
16:46:13.3 |
Medal standings edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | USA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | RUS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ITA | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | AUS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | GER | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
NED | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | ESP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ARG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
References edit
- ^ a b HistoFINA: Open Water Swimming Archived 2013-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Updated by FINA in February 2013; retrieved 2013-06-03.