2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 5K

The Men's 5K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the fourth event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and second of two events on May 6 (the other being the Women's 5K race).

The race began at 12:30 p.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 38 males were entered in the event, of which 33 swam.[1]

The 5-kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 2 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.[2]

Results

All times in minutes:seconds (mm:ss.s) or hour:minutes:second (h:mm:ss.s).

PlaceSwimmerCountryTimeNotes
1Thomas Lurz Germany54:57.3
2Vladimir Dyatchin Russia54:58.8
3Maarten van der Weijden Netherlands54:59.8
4Chad La Tourette USA55:04.5
5Christian Hein Germany55:04.6
6Jose Francisco Hervas Spain55:05.4
7Diego Nogueira Spain55:06.4
8Evgeny Drattsev Russia55:07.0
9Alex Schelvis Netherlands55:07.4
10Jarrod Ballem Canada55:11.4
11Nicola Bolzonello Italy55:17.5
12Josh Santacaterina Australia55:19.0
13Andrea Righi Italy55:20.2
14Jakub Fichtl Czech Republic55:20.7
15Josef Kinderwater USA55:21.0
16Andrew Beato Australia55:24.4
17Loic Branda France55:25.8
18Luiz Lima Brazil55:27.3
19Philippe Dubreuil Canada55:32.1
20Daniel Fogg Great Britain55:36.3
21Csaba Gercsák Hungary55:50.3
22Konstyantyn Ukradyga Ukraine58:00.7
23Aljaz Ojstersek Slovenia58:08.7
24James Faure South Africa58:20.1
25Daniel Viegas Portugal58:38.7
26Fabio Alves Lima Brazil58:41.8
27Yvan Hernandez Venezuela58:46.2
28Martin Andres Clement Argentina58:48.8
29Jan Posmourny Czech Republic58:50.2
30Johndry Segovia Venezuela1:01:03.4
31HU Di China1:01:03.6
32Christian Bayo Puerto Rico1:01:21.6
--XU Wenchao ChinaDQ
--Mazen Aziz EgyptDNS
--Gianniotis Spyridon GreeceDNS
--Chad Ho South AfricaDNS
--Gilles Rondy FranceDNS
--Mohamed El Zanaty EgyptDNS

See also

References

  1. Start List Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine for Men's 5K at the 2008 Open Water Worlds. From OmegaTiming.com, official timer for event. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  2. Race Course Archived 2008-05-03 at Archive.today description page, from www.sevillaaguasabiertas.org – the event's website. Retrieved 2009-08-15.


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