1998 World Aquatics Championships - Open Water

The Open Water Swimming events
Open water swimming
Open water swimming takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, bays, lakes, rivers, canals, and reservoirs.The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when Lord Byron swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to Asia.In...

at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

1998 World Aquatics Championships

The 1998 World Aquatics Championships or the 8th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia between 8 January and 17 January 1998....

were held in the sea at Perth Beach

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

. A new event was added in the program: the 5 kilometres for men and women.

Medal table

1	3	0	1	4
2	2	1	0	3
3	1	0	2	3
4	0	2	0	2
5	0	1	1	2
5	0	1	1	2
6	0	1	0	1
7	0	0	1	1
Total	6	6	6	18

Men

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| 5 km

The Open Water Swimming events
Open water swimming
Open water swimming takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, bays, lakes, rivers, canals, and reservoirs.The beginning of the modern age of open water swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when Lord Byron swam several miles to cross the Hellespont from Europe to Asia.In...

at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

1998 World Aquatics Championships

The 1998 World Aquatics Championships or the 8th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia between 8 January and 17 January 1998....

were held in the sea at Perth Beach

Perth, Western Australia

. A new event was added in the program: the 5 kilometres for men and women.

Medal table

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| 2 ||align=left| ||2 ||1 ||0 ||3
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| 3 ||align=left| ||1 ||0 ||2 ||3
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| 5 ||align=left| ||0 ||1 ||1 ||2
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!colspan=2| Total || 6 || 6 || 6 || 18
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Men

1998 World Aquatics Championships

The 1998 World Aquatics Championships or the 8th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia between 8 January and 17 January 1998....

were held in the sea at Perth Beach

Perth, Western Australia

. A new event was added in the program: the 5 kilometres for men and women.

Medal table

Men

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55:18.6
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55:24.9
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55:37.4
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| 25 km

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5:05:42.1
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5:07:22.9
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5:07:52.6
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Women

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59:23.5
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1:00:58.5
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1:01:05.8
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| 25 km

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5:31:20.1
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5:32:19.2
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5:38.06.9
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Mixed

United States
John Flanagan

John Flanagan (swimmer)

John Flanagan is a male freestyle swimmer from USA. He represented his native country at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia, competing in one individual events .SEC Academic Honor Roll...

Austin Ramirez

Austin Ramirez is a male freestyle swimmer from USA. He represented his native country at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia, competing in two individual events ....

Erica Rose

Erica Rose is an American long-distance swimmer and former World Champion, a feat she achieved at age 15.-References:* -- official website....

2:52:12.2
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Russia
Aleksey Akatyev

Aleksey Akatyev

Aleksey Akatyev is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Russia, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Later on he started a career in open water swimming, winning several medals in international tournaments.-References:*...

Evgueni Bezroutchenko
Olga Gouseva
2:52:16.7
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Italy
Luca Baldini

Luca Baldini

Luca Baldini is a long distance swimmer from Italy.-References:*...

Fabio Venturini
Valeria Casprini
2:52:41.6
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| 25 km

Italy
Claudio Gargaro
Fabrizio Pescatori
Valeria Casprini
16:10:18.2
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Australia
Grant Robinson
Mark Saliba
Tracey Knowles
16:22:54.3
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United States
Tobie Smith

Tobie Smith

Tobie Smith is a female freestyle swimmer from USA. She represented her native country at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia, competing in one individual events and won gold medal....

Nathan Stooke

Nathan Stooke is a male freestyle swimmer from USA. He represented his native country at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia, competing in one individual events ....

Chuck Wiley

Chuck Wiley (swimmer)

Chuck Wiley is a male freestyle swimmer from USA. He represented his native country at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia, competing in one individual events .-References:*...

16:46:13.3
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5km Open Water

Held on 1998-01-06

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|align="center"|55:18.6
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|align="center"|55:24.9
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|align="center"|55:37.4
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|align="center"|55:41.4
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|align="center"|55:42.7
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|align="center"|55:54.7
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|align="center"|55:55.9
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|align="center"|55:57.3
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|align="center"|56:06.6
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|align="center"|56:08.3
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|align="center"|11.
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|align="center"|56:09.5
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|align="center"|56:22.5
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|align="center"|56:37.0
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|align="center"|56:37.0
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|align="center"|56:51.4
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|align="center"|57:01.1
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|align="center"|57:25.7
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|align="center"|18.
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|align="center"|58:32.2
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|align="center"|19.
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|align="center"|58:33.6
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|align="center"|20.
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|align="center"|58:36.0
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|align="center"|58:50.8
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|align="center"|1:02:13.3
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|align="center"|59:23.5
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|align="center"|1:00:58.5
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|align="center"|1:02:42.6
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|align="center"|1:02:54.8
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|align="center"|1:03:52.5
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|align="center"|1:03:56.0
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|align="center"|1:03:56.3
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|align="center"|19.
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|align="center"|1:06:38.9
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|align="center"|1:06:42.0
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|align="center"|1:26:38.4
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|align="center"|1:30:25.1
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!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
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John Flanagan

John Flanagan (swimmer)

Austin Ramirez

Austin Ramirez is a male freestyle swimmer from USA. He represented his native country at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia, competing in two individual events ....

Erica Rose

Erica Rose is an American long-distance swimmer and former World Champion, a feat she achieved at age 15.-References:* -- official website....

|align="center"|2:52:12.2
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|align="center"|

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Aleksey Akatyev

Aleksey Akatyev

Yevgeny Bezruchenko

Yevgeny Bezruchenko is a long distance swimmer from Russia.- References :* only in Russian...

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Luca Baldini

Luca Baldini

Luca Baldini is a long distance swimmer from Italy.-References:*...

Fabio Venturini
Valeria Casprini
|align="center"|2:52:41.6
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|align="center"|4.
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Ky Hurst

Ky Hurst

Ky Hurst is an Australian swimmer and ironman. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 10km marathon swimming event and finished in 11th place, after qualifying by finishing fifth at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championship.He won a silver medal at the 1998 World Aquatics...

Dave Bates
Bronwen Whitehead
|align="center"|2:52:43.9
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|align="center"|5.
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Sebastian Wiese

Sebastian Wiese

Sebastian Wiese is a retired freestyle swimmer from Germany, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the European Long Course Championships in the men's 1500 m freestyle in the early 1990s.-References:*...

Christof Wandratsch

Christof Wandratsch is a long distance swimmer from Germany. In August 2005 he set the world record for the fastest ever swim of the English Channel in a time of 7 h 03 mins, beating the previous record set by Chad Hundeby in 1994 of 7 h 17 mins...

Peggy Büchse

Peggy Büchse is a former long-distance swimmer from Germany, who won her first international title at the 1987 European Junior Championships . In the early 1990s she switched to open water swimming, winning several international titles. Büchse retired in 2002.-References:...

|align="center"|2:54:05.3
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|align="center"|6.
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Igor Majcen

Igor Majcen

Igor Majcen is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. He is a three-time Olympian, making his debut in 1988 for FR Yugoslavia....

Nace Majcen

Nace Majcen is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, competing in two individual events . He later started a career in marathon swimming, competing for instance at the 1998 World Aquatics...

Maša Jamnik
|align="center"|2:56:49.5
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|align="center"|7.
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Carl Gordon
Ryan Coom
Angela Collett
|align="center"|2:57:37.4
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25km Open Water

Held on 1998-01-11

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|align="center"|5:05:42.1
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|align="center"|5:07:22.9
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|align="center"|5:27:54.1
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|align="center"|5:31:38.5
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|align="center"|5:32:20.8
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|align="center"|5:33.52.8
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|align="center"|5:34:53.3
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|align="center"|5:38:43.3
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|align="center"|5:42:32.4
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|align="center"|5:45:04.7
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|align="center"|5:46:10.8
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|align="center"|6:12.37.8
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|align="center"|6:25:55.4
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|align="center"|DNF
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|align="center"|DNF
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!align="center" style="width: 20em"|WOMEN'S COMPETITION
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
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|align="center"|

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|align="center"|5:31:20.1
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|align="center"|5:32:19.2
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|align="center"|5:38.06.9
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|align="center"|5:49:04.6
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|align="center"|5:51:53.7
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|align="center"|5:56:40.2
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|align="center"|6:05:16.8
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! RANK
!align="center" style="width: 20em"|MIXED COMPETITION
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
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|align="center"|

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Tobie Smith

Tobie Smith

Nathan Stooke

Nathan Stooke is a male freestyle swimmer from USA. He represented his native country at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia, competing in one individual events ....

Chuck Wiley

Chuck Wiley (swimmer)

|align="center"|16:46:13.3
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|align="center"|4.
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Andre Wilde
Britta Kamrau

Britta Kamrau

Britta Kamrau-Corestein is a German long distance swimmer. She is a former European champion at the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km open water distances and current world champion at 25 km....

Peggy Büchse

|align="center"|16:51:21.8
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|align="center"|5.
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Igor Majcen

Igor Majcen

Igor Majcen is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. He is a three-time Olympian, making his debut in 1988 for FR Yugoslavia....

Nace Majcen

Maša Jamnik
|align="center"|16:59:33.8
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