Open water world championships 2008

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The FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships 2008 took place from 3. bis 8. May 2008 in Spanish Sevilla instead. Individual competitions for women and men were held over distances of 5, 10 and 25 kilometers.

The 2008 Open Water World Championships were heavily influenced by the Russian side. Four of the six titles went to Russian athletes: Larissa Iltschenko won over 5 and 10 kilometers and Kseniya Popova over 25 kilometers. In the men's category, Thomas Lurz secured the title over 5 kilometers, Wladimir Djattschin won over 10 kilometers and Maarten van der Weijden (also Olympic champion over 10 kilometers in 2008) over 25 kilometers.

Results men

competition gold silver bronze
5 km GermanyGermany Thomas Lurz 54: 57.3 RussiaRussia Vladimir Dyatchin 54: 58.8 NetherlandsNetherlands Maarten van der Weijden 54: 59.8
10 km RussiaRussia Vladimir Dyatchin 1: 53: 21.0 United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Davies 1: 53: 21.3 GermanyGermany Thomas Lurz 1: 53: 27.2
25 km NetherlandsNetherlands Maarten van der Weijden 5: 04: 01.1 United StatesUnited States Mark Warkentin 5: 04: 01.6 RussiaRussia Yuriy Kudinov 5: 04: 02.4

Results women

competition gold silver bronze
5 km RussiaRussia Larisa Ilchenko 1: 00: 04.6 RussiaRussia Ekaterina Seliverstova 1: 00: 07.8 United StatesUnited States Chloe Sutton 1: 00: 09.9
10 km RussiaRussia Larisa Ilchenko 2: 02: 02.7 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cassandra Patten 2: 02: 05.8 SpainSpain Yurema Requena 2: 02: 07.2
25 km RussiaRussia Ksenia Popova 5: 27: 48.2 NetherlandsNetherlands Edith van Dijk 5: 27: 50.3 RussiaRussia Natalya Pankina 5: 27: 53.9

Individual evidence

  1. Venue, medal table
  2. Results men
  3. Results women