2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
Introduction rightThe '''5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships''' were held May 3–8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. 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:*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'''The 10K races served as the initial qualifier for the 10K race at the 2008 Olympics.
Results Women's 5K    ''details'' Larisa Ilchenko    Russia  1:00:04.6 Ekaterina Seliverstova    Russia  1:00:07.8 Chloe Sutton    USA  1:00:09.9Men's 5K    ''details'' Thomas Lurz    Germany  54:57.3 Vladimir Dyatchin    Russia  54:58.8 Maarten van der Weijden    Netherlands  54:59.8Women's 10K    ''details'' Larisa Ilchenko    Russia  2:02:02.7 Cassandra Patten    Great Britain  2:02:05.8 Yurema Requena    Spain  2:02:07.2Men's 10K    ''details'' Vladimir Dyatchin    Russia  1:53:21.0 David Davies    Great Britain  1:53:21.3 Thomas Lurz    Germany  1:53:27.2Women's 25K    ''details'' Ksenia Popova    Russia  5:27:48.2 Edith van Dijk    Netherlands  5:27:50.3 Natalya Pankina    Russia  5:27:53.9Men's 25K    ''details'' Maarten van der Weijden    Netherlands  5:04:01.1 Mark Warkentin    USA  5:04:01.6 Yuri Kudinov    Russia  5:04:02.4
Team standings The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2008 Open Water Worlds is: Rank  Nation  Men  Women  Combined 1    63  84  147 2    48  30  78 3    42  14  56 4    34  14  48 5    15  24  39 6    17  21  38 7    16  21  37 8    3  21  24 9    15  6  21 10    2  16  18 11    16  0  16 12    0  14  14 13    0  12  12 13    12  0  12 15    0  11  11 16    0  8  8 17    4  0  4 17    4  0  4 19    3  0  3 19    3  0  3 21    0  1  1The following 17 countries are listed in a tie for 22nd, with zero (0) points: ** ****** FYR Macedonia*********
See also *Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships (previous Worlds)*2008 Olympics: Women's 10K and Men's 10K*Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships (subsequent Worlds)*2008 in swimming
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