2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

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

The 10K races served as the initial qualifier for the 10K race at the 2008 Olympics.

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's 5K
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Larisa Ilchenko
    Russia
1:00:04.6 Ekaterina Seliverstova
    Russia
1:00:07.8 Chloe Sutton
    USA
1:00:09.9
Men's 5K
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Thomas Lurz
    Germany
54:57.3 Vladimir Dyatchin
    Russia
54:58.8 Maarten van der Weijden
    Netherlands
54:59.8
Women's 10K
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Larisa Ilchenko
    Russia
2:02:02.7 Cassandra Patten
    Great Britain
2:02:05.8 Yurema Requena
    Spain
2:02:07.2
Men's 10K
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Vladimir Dyatchin
    Russia
1:53:21.0 David Davies
    Great Britain
1:53:21.3 Thomas Lurz
    Germany
1:53:27.2
Women's 25K
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Ksenia Popova
    Russia
5:27:48.2 Edith van Dijk
    Netherlands
5:27:50.3 Natalya Pankina
    Russia
5:27:53.9
Men's 25K
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Maarten van der Weijden
    Netherlands
5:04:01.1 Mark Warkentin
    USA
5:04:01.6 Yuri Kudinov
    Russia
5:04:02.4

Team standings

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The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2008 Open Water Worlds is:[2]

Rank Nation Men Women Combined
1   Russia 63 84 147
2   Netherlands 48 30 78
3   Germany 42 14 56
4   USA 34 14 48
5   Spain 15 24 39
6   Australia 17 21 38
7   Great Britain 16 21 37
8   Czech Republic 3 21 24
9   Italy 15 6 21
10   France 2 16 18
11   Egypt 16 0 16
12   China 0 14 14
13   South Africa 0 12 12
13   Bulgaria 12 0 12
15   Brazil 0 11 11
16   Slovenia 0 8 8
17   Greece 4 0 4
17   Israel 4 0 4
19   Canada 3 0 3
19   Belgium 3 0 3
21   Sweden 0 1 1

The following 17 countries are listed in a tie for 22nd, with zero (0) points:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.