European Open Water Championships 2008

Open water European championships
Venue	Dubrovnik ( Croatia )
participating countries	TBA
Participating athletes	TBA
Competitions	7th
opening	September 9, 2008
graduation	September 14, 2008

The European Open Water Championships took place from September 9-14, 2008 in Dubrovnik . Individual competitions for women and men were held over distances of 5, 10 and 25 kilometers. There was also a team mixed competition over 5 kilometers for the first time.

The European Open Water Championships 2008 were strongly influenced by the Italian participants, who won three of the seven competitions. In the women's category , Rachele Bruni won over 5 kilometers, Larissa Iltschenko over 10 kilometers, and Margarita Domínguez over 25 kilometers. In the men’s race, Spyridon Gianniotis secured the title over 5 kilometers, Thomas Lurz won over 10 kilometers and Valerio Cleri over 25 kilometers. In the team competition over 5 kilometers, Italy had the lead with Andrea Volpini , Rachele Bruni and Luca Ferretti .

Swimming women

5 kilometers

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Rachele Bruni	ITA	58: 50.7
2	Britta Kamrau-Corestein	GER	59: 16.1
3	Alice Franco	ITA	59: 39.0

Date: September 9, 2008
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10 kilometer

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Larisa Ilchenko	RUS	2: 00: 30.9
2	Martina Grimaldi	ITA	2: 00: 31.4
3	Alice Franco	ITA	2: 00: 32.2

Date: September 10, 2008
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25 kilometers

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Margarita Dominguez	ESP	5: 38: 35.3
2	Britta Kamrau-Corestein	GER	5: 39: 00.2
3	Anna Uvarova	RUS	5: 39: 06.6

Date: September 14, 2008
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Swimming men

5 kilometers

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Spyridon Gianniotis	GRE	52: 57.2
2	Jan Wolfgarten	GER	53: 55.7
3	Thomas Lurz	GER	54: 04.3

Date: September 10, 2008
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10 kilometer

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Thomas Lurz	GER	1: 52: 48.9
2	Yevgeny Dratzew	RUS	1: 52: 50.6
3	Toni Franz	GER	1: 52: 53.0

Date: September 9, 2008
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25 kilometers

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Valerio Cleri	ITA	4: 29: 00,0
2	Joanes Hedel	FRA	4: 32: 40.9
3	Dmitry Solovyev	RUS	4: 34: 02.4

Date: September 13, 2008
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Team mixed

space	team	country	Time (s)
1	Italy	ITA	56: 17.5
2	Russia	RUS	57: 03.6
3	Germany	GER	57: 30.0

Date: September 11, 2008
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