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.