Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships
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| 1998 FINA World Championships Perth, Australia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diving | |||||
| 1 m | men | women | |||
| 3 m | men | women | |||
| 10 m | men | women | |||
| Open water swimming | |||||
| 5 km | men | women | |||
| 25 km | men | women | |||
| Team | 5 km | 25 km | |||
| Swimming | |||||
| Freestyle | |||||
| 50 m | men | women | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| 400 m | men | women | |||
| 800 m | women | ||||
| 1500 m | men | ||||
| Backstroke | |||||
| 100 m | men | women | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| Breaststroke | |||||
| 100 m | men | women | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| Butterfly | |||||
| 100 m | men | women | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| Individual medley | |||||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| 400 m | men | women | |||
| Freestyle relay | |||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | women | |||
| Medley relay | |||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | |||
| Synchronised swimming | |||||
| Solo | women | ||||
| Duet | women | ||||
| Team | women | ||||
| Water polo | |||||
| Team | men | women | |||
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The Open Water Swimming events at the 8th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam in ocean off of Perth, Australia on January 6 and 11, 1998. The discipline featured 4 events: a 5-kilometer race, or "5K", for males and females, and a 25-kilometer race (25K) for males and females. It was the first time the 5K was raced a World Championships.[1] The races featured 80 swimmers from 26 nations.[1]
Results
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5K |
Aleksey Akatyev  Russia |
55:18.6 | Ky Hurst  Australia |
55:24.9 | Luca Baldini  Italy |
55:37.4 |
| 25K |
Aleksey Akatyev Russia |
5:05:42.1 | David Meca  Spain |
5:07:22.9 | Gabriel Chaillou  Argentina |
5:07:52.6 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5K |
Erica Rose  USA |
59:23.5 | Edith van Dijk  Netherlands |
1:00:58.5 | Peggy Büchse  Germany |
1:01:05.8 |
| 25K |
Tobie Smith USA |
5:31:20.1 | Peggy Büchse Germany |
5:32:19.2 | Edith van Dijk Netherlands |
5:38.06.9 |
Team
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5K |
USA John Flanagan Austin Ramirez Erica Rose |
2:52:12.2 | Russia Aleksey Akatyev Evgueni Bezroutchenko Olga Gouseva |
2:52:16.7 | Italy Luca Baldini Fabio Venturini Valeria Casprini |
2:52:41.6 |
| 25K |
Italy Claudio Gargaro Fabrizio Pescatori Valeria Casprini |
16:10:18.2 | Australia Grant Robinson Mark Saliba Tracey Knowles |
16:22:54.3 | USA Tobie Smith Nathan Stooke Chuck Wiley |
16:46:13.3 |
Medal standings
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA |
3 | - | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Russia |
2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 3 | Italy |
1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Australia |
- | 2 | - | 2 |
| 5 | Germany |
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Netherlands |
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Spain |
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 7 | Argentina |
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 HistoFINA: Open Water Swimming. Updated by FINA in February 2013; retrieved 2013-06-03.
