Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre

Men's marathon swimming
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Fort Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
Dates 16 August 2016
Competitors 25 from 23 nations
Winning time 1:52:59.8
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ferry Weertman  Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s) Spyridon Gianniotis  Greece
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Marc-Antoine Olivier  France

The men's marathon swimming over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 16 August at Fort Copacabana.

A photo finish saw Dutchman Ferry Weertman just beat Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece to gold, with both the first two recording times of 1:52:59.8. In the final race of his career, Gianniotis, who was also the oldest competitor at the age of 36, won the first medal for Greece in swimming in 120 years, since the last time Greece won a swimming medal was at the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

The battle for bronze also saw a photo finish, with France's Marc-Antoine Olivier pipping Zu Lijun and Jack Burnell on the line to finish in 1:53:02.0. Burnell was subsequently disqualified for a second yellow card for a tussle with defending champion Oussama Mellouli just before the line.[1]

Qualification

The men'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.

Results

RankAthleteNationTimeTime
behind		Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)Ferry Weertman Netherlands1:52:59.8
2nd, silver medalist(s)Spyridon Gianniotis Greece1:52:59.80.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Marc-Antoine Olivier France1:53:02.0+2.2
4Zu Lijun China1:53:02.0+2.2
5Jordan Wilimovsky United States1:53:03.2+3.4
6Simone Ruffini Italy1:53:03.5+3.7
7Federico Vanelli Italy1:53:03.9+4.1
8Yasunari Hirai Japan1:53:04.6+4.8
9Christian Reichert Germany1:53:04.7+4.9
10Chad Ho South Africa1:53:04.8+5.0
11Evgeny Drattsev Russia1:53:04.8+5.0
12Oussama Mellouli Tunisia1:53:06.1+6.3
13Márk Papp Hungary1:53:11.7+11.9
14Sean Ryan United States1:53:15.5+15.7
15Ventsislav Aydarski Bulgaria1:53:16.1+16.3
16Ivan Enderica Ochoa Ecuador1:53:16.2+16.4
17Richard Weinberger Canada1:53:16.4+16.6
18Allan do Carmo Brazil1:53:16.4+16.6
19Kane Radford New Zealand1:53:18.7+18.9
20Richard Nagy Slovakia1:53:35.4+35.6
21Jarrod Poort Australia1:53:40.7+40.9
22Erwin Maldonado Venezuela1:54:33.6+1:33.8
23Marwan El-Amrawy Egypt1:59:17.2+6:17.4
Vitaliy Khudyakov KazakhstanDSQ
Jack Burnell Great BritainDSQ

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References

  1. ↑ "Burnell calls refereeing 'a joke' after Rio marathon swim disqualification". ESPN. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rio 2016 – FINA Marathon Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Keith, Braden (7 January 2015). "2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier returning to Setubal, Portugal". SwimSwam.com. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Men's 10km". www.rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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