2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

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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
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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
  details 		Larisa Ilchenko
  Russia Russia		 1:00:04.6 Ekaterina Seliverstova
  Russia Russia		 1:00:07.8 Chloe Sutton
  United States USA		 1:00:09.9
Men's 5K
  details 		Thomas Lurz
  Germany Germany		 54:57.3 Vladimir Dyatchin
  Russia Russia		 54:58.8 Maarten van der Weijden
  Netherlands Netherlands		 54:59.8
Women's 10K
  details 		Larisa Ilchenko
  Russia Russia		 2:02:02.7 Cassandra Patten
  United Kingdom Great Britain		 2:02:05.8 Yurema Requena
  Spain Spain		 2:02:07.2
Men's 10K
  details 		Vladimir Dyatchin
  Russia Russia		 1:53:21.0 David Davies
  United Kingdom Great Britain		 1:53:21.3 Thomas Lurz
  Germany Germany		 1:53:27.2
Women's 25K
  details 		Ksenia Popova
  Russia Russia		 5:27:48.2 Edith van Dijk
  Netherlands Netherlands		 5:27:50.3 Natalya Pankina
  Russia Russia		 5:27:53.9
Men's 25K
  details 		Maarten van der Weijden
  Netherlands Netherlands		 5:04:01.1 Mark Warkentin
  United States USA		 5:04:01.6 Yuri Kudinov
  Russia 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 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 63 84 147
2 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 48 30 78
3 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 42 14 56
4 File:Flag of the United States.svg USA 34 14 48
5 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 15 24 39
6 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 17 21 38
7 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 16 21 37
8 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 3 21 24
9 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 15 6 21
10 France 2 16 18
11 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 16 0 16
12 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 0 14 14
13 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 0 12 12
13 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 12 0 12
15 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 0 11 11
16 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 0 8 8
17 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 4 0 4
17 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 4 0 4
19 Canada 3 0 3
19 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 3 0 3
21 File:Flag of Sweden.svg 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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  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.
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