Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre
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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QualificationEdit
The women's 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics featured a field of 26 swimmers:[2]
- 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)[3]
- 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.
ResultsEdit
| 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 García |  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[4] |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-22. Retrieved 16 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.
- ^ "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.