The women's marathon swimming over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 15 August at Fort Copacabana.[1]
| Women's marathon 10 kilometre at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Fort Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 15 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:56:32 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Summary edit
Sharon van Rouwendaal of Netherlands won the gold medal, Rachele Bruni of Italy was runner-up, and Poliana Okimoto of Brazil finished third. The original silver medalist was Aurelie Muller of France, who managed to overcome Bruni in the last second of the race. However, a video replay showed Muller forcibly holding Bruni down with her right arm while trying to touch the finishing board, thus being disqualified from the race.[2]
Qualification edit
The women's 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics featured a field of 26 swimmers:[3]
- 10: the top-10 finishers in the 10 km races at the 2015 World Championships
- 9: the top-9 finishers at the 2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier (June 11–12, 2016 in Setúbal, Portugal)[4]
- 5: one representative from each FINA continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania). (These have been selected based on the finishes at the qualifying race in Setúbal.)
- 1: from the host nation (Brazil) if not qualified by other means. If Brazil already contained a qualifier in the race, this spot had been allocated back into the general pool from the 2016 Olympic qualifier race.
Competition format edit
Unlike all of the other swimming events in the pool, the men's and women's marathon 10 kilometre races are held in open water. No preliminary heats are held, with only the single mass-start race being contested. This race is held using freestyle swimming, with a lack of stroke regulations.
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Time behind |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sharon van Rouwendaal |  Netherlands |
1:56:32.1 | ||
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Rachele Bruni |  Italy |
1:56:49.5 | +17.4 | |
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Poliana Okimoto |  Brazil |
1:56:51.4 | +19.3 | |
| 4 | Xin Xin |  China |
1:57:14.4 | +42.3 | |
| 5 | Haley Anderson |  United States |
1:57:20.2 | +48.1 | |
| 6 | Isabelle Härle |  Germany |
1:57:22.1 | +50.0 | |
| 7 | Keri-Anne Payne |  Great Britain |
1:57:23.9 | +51.8 | |
| 8 | Anastasiya Krapyvina |  Russia |
1:57:25.9 | +53.8 | Warning |
| 9 | Samantha Arévalo |  Ecuador |
1:57:27.2 | +55.1 | |
| 10 | Ana Marcela Cunha | Brazil |
1:57:29.0 | +56.9 | |
| 11 | Kalliopi Araouzou |  Greece |
1:57:31.6 | +59.5 | |
| 12 | Yumi Kida |  Japan |
1:57:35.2 | +1:03.1 | Warning |
| 13 | Éva Risztov |  Hungary |
1:57:42.8 | +1:10.7 | Warning |
| 14 | Anna Olasz | Hungary |
1:57:45.5 | +1:13.4 | |
| 15 | Chelsea Gubecka |  Australia |
1:58:12.7 | +1:40.6 | |
| 16 | Špela Perše |  Slovenia |
1:58:59.6 | +2:27.5 | Warning |
| 17 | Erika Villaécija |  Spain |
1:59:04.8 | +2:32.7 | Warning |
| 18 | Michelle Weber |  South Africa |
1:59:05.0 | +2:32.9 | |
| 19 | Jana Pechanová |  Czech Republic |
1:59:07.7 | +2:35.6 | |
| 20 | Paola Pérez |  Venezuela |
1:59:07.7 | +2:35.6 | |
| 21 | Heidi Gan |  Malaysia |
1:59:07.9 | +2:35.8 | Warning |
| 22 | Joanna Zachoszcz |  Poland |
1:59:20.4 | +2:48.3 | Warning |
| 23 | Stephanie Horner |  Canada |
1:59:22.1 | +2:50.0 | Warning |
| 24 | Vânia Neves |  Portugal |
2:01:39.3 | +5:07.2 | Warning |
| 25 | Reem Kaseem |  Egypt |
2:05:19.1 | +8:47.0 | |
| Aurélie Muller |  France |
DSQ[2] |
References edit
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Sharon van Rouwendaal wins open water swim; Keri-Anne Payne seventh". BBC. 15 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Rio Olympics 2016: Sharon van Rouwendaal wins open water swim; Keri-Anne Payne seventh". BBC Sport. 15 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016 – FINA Marathon Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ Keith, Braden (7 January 2015). "2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier returning to Setubal, Portugal". SwimSwam.com. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 23 January 2015.