Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre
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The men's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2008 Olympic Games
took place on August 21 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
. It was a new event on the program at the 2008 Games. The men's and women's marathon 10 kilometre races, unlike all of the other swimming events, were held in open water rather than a swimming pool. No preliminary heats were held, with only the single mass-start race being contested. The race is held using freestyle swimming
, with a lack of stroke regulations. For most of the event swimmers use the front crawl
, but modifications are used situationally, especially when swimmers reach feeding stations.
Open water swimming events require different tactics and showcase several different racing strategies that are more common to competitive cycling, marathon running and water polo than traditional pool swimming. It is one of the few Olympic sports where the athlete's coaches play a critical role during the actual event. The coaches have four opportunities to provide drinks to their athletes as the athletes swim by floating pontoons in the course. If the coach falls in the water, his or her athlete is immediately disqualified.
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DNF - Did Not Finish
DSQ - Disqualified
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
took place on August 21 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
The Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park is the new, purpose-built venue for the rowing, canoeing and 10 km open-water swimming events in the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is located in Mapo Village in the Shunyi District in Beijing....
. It was a new event on the program at the 2008 Games. The men's and women's marathon 10 kilometre races, unlike all of the other swimming events, were held in open water rather than a swimming pool. No preliminary heats were held, with only the single mass-start race being contested. The race is held using freestyle swimming
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...
, with a lack of stroke regulations. For most of the event swimmers use the front crawl
Front crawl
The front crawl, forward crawl, or freestyle is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. As such, the front crawl stroke is nearly universally used during a freestyle swimming competition, hence the synonymously used term "freestyle". It is one of two...
, but modifications are used situationally, especially when swimmers reach feeding stations.
Open water swimming events require different tactics and showcase several different racing strategies that are more common to competitive cycling, marathon running and water polo than traditional pool swimming. It is one of the few Olympic sports where the athlete's coaches play a critical role during the actual event. The coaches have four opportunities to provide drinks to their athletes as the athletes swim by floating pontoons in the course. If the coach falls in the water, his or her athlete is immediately disqualified.
Qualification
The 25 swimmers qualified for the event by virtue of their placing at the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships held in Seville, Spain and the Good Luck Beijing Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Qualification Race held in Beijing, China.Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Time Behind | Notes |
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| Maarten van der Weijden Maarten van der Weijden Maarten van der Weijden is a Dutch long distance and marathon swimmer born in Alkmaar.Van der Weijden was known as a promising swimming talent in his youth, becoming Dutch national champion at the 1500 m freestyle , 400 m freestyle and 5 km open water... |
1:51:51.6 | ||||
| David Davies David Davies (swimmer) David Davies is a Welsh Commonwealth Games and Olympic distance swimmer. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics... |
1:51:53.1 | 1.5 | |||
| Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming... |
1:51:53.6 | 2.0 | |||
| 4 | Valerio Cleri Valerio Cleri Valerio Cleri is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who primarily competes in open water swimming.-Career:Cleri won a gold medal in the 25 km open water race at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome.... |
1:52:07.5 | 15.9 | ||
| 5 | Evgeny Drattsev | 1:52:08.9 | 17.3 | ||
| 6 | Petar Stoychev Petar Stoychev Petar Stoychev is a Bulgarian swimmer who is the most successful long distance marathon swimmer of the last decade. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time and an honor swimmer in the... |
1:52:09.1 | 17.5 | ||
| 7 | Brian Ryckeman | 1:52:10.7 | 19.1 | ||
| 8 | Mark Warkentin Mark Warkentin Mark Warkentin is an American open water swimmer. After graduating from San Marcos High School in 1998, Warkentin attended the University of Southern California, from which he graduated in 2003 with a degree in communication. While a Trojan, he was a four-time All-American... |
1:52:13.0 | 21.4 | ||
| 9 | Chad Ho | 1:52:13.1 | 21.5 | ||
| 10 | Erwin Leon Maldonado Savera | 1:52:13.6 | 22.0 | ||
| 11 | 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... |
1:52:13.7 | 22.1 | ||
| 12 | Igor Chervynskiy | 1:52:14.7 | 23.1 | ||
| 13 | Francisco Jose Hervas | 1:52:16.5 | 24.9 | ||
| 14 | Allan Carmo | 1:52:16.6 | 25.0 | ||
| 15 | Gilles Rondy Gilles Rondy Gilles Rondy is an Olympic and European Champion swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, and won the 2006 European Championships in the 25 km open water event.... |
1:52:16.7 | 25.1 | ||
| 16 | Spyridon Gianniotis Spyridon Gianniotis Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis is a freestyle swimmer from Greece, who was born in England. He won three individual medals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. In 2011 he became world champion in the 10 km open... |
1:52:20.4 | 28.8 | ||
| 17 | Rostislav Vitek | 1:52:41.8 | 50.2 | ||
| 18 | Luis Escobar | 1:53:47.9 | 1:56.3 | ||
| 19 | Saleh Mohammad Saleh Mohammad Haji Saleh Mohammad was selected to represent Kunar Province in Afghanistan's Meshrano Jirga, the upper house of its National Legislature, in 2005.A report on Kunar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated that he was "affiliated with Sedaqat".... |
1:54:37.7 | 2:46.1 | ||
| 20 | Mohamed Monir | 1:55:17.0 | 3:25.4 | ||
| 21 | Damián Blaum Damián Blaum Damián Blaum is an Olympic open water swimmer from Argentina. Blaum swam for Argentina at the 2008 Olympics where he finished 21st in the Men's 10K event. He is Jewish.-References:... |
1:55:48.6 | 3:57.0 | ||
| 22 | Arseniy Lavrentyev | 2:03:39.6 | 11:48.0 | ||
| 23 | Xin Tong Xin Tong Xin Tong is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2003/2004 National Champions Tournament - 1st 4×200 m freestyle relay... |
2:09:13.4 | 17:21.8 | ||
Csaba Gercsák
Csaba Gercsák is a Hungarian long-distance swimmer and Olympic participant, who won the bronze medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in the 25 km open water event.-External links:* *...
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Vladimir Dyatchin
Vladimir Fyodorovich Dyatchin is a Russian long distance swimmer and the current world champion at the 10 km open water...
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DNF - Did Not Finish
DSQ - Disqualified