2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K

The Women's 10K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Saturday, May 3, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the first event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds.

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The race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 51 women swam the event.[1]

The 10 kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 4 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.

2008 Olympics qualifying

The Women's 10K was one of two races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds that served as a qualifier for the 2008 Olympics (the other qualifying race was the men's 10K, the next day).

The top-10 finishers and the next top finisher from each Continent (5) qualified for the 2008 Olympics (this comprised 15 of the 25 spots for the event at the 2008 Olympics). However, the 5 continental qualifiers could not be from a country that had someone in the top-10 (i.e. the second qualifier from a country couldn't be a continental qualifier). As Africa only had entrants from South Africa, and Natalie du Toit qualified via the top-10, the Africa Continental spot was re-allocated to the second qualify event later in 2008.

Also of note on du Toit: she became the first Paralympic athlete to qualify for an Olympics with her fourth-place finish in the race. She would go on to swim at both the 2008 Olympics and 2008 Paralympics.

Results

All times in hours:minutes:seconds

PlaceSwimmerCountryTimeNotes
1Larisa Ilchenko Russia2:02:02.7Olympic
2Cassandra Patten Great Britain2:02:05.8Olympic
3Yurema Requena Spain2:02:07.2Olympic
4Natalie du Toit South Africa2:02:07.8Olympic
5Jana Pechanová Czech Republic2:02:12.6Olympic
6Poliana Okimoto Brazil2:02:13.5Olympic
7Angela Maurer Germany2:02:13.6Olympic
8Keri-Anne Payne Great Britain2:02:14.1Olympic
9Aurelie Muller France2:02:14.2Olympic
10Ana Marcela Cunha Brazil2:02:16.3Olympic
11Edith van Dijk Netherlands2:02:18.6Olympic (Europe)
12FANG Yanqiao China2:02:23.3Olympic (Asia)
13Teja Zupan Slovenia2:02:26.1
14Alice Franco Italy2:02:27.8
15Marianna Lymperta Greece2:02:28.0
16Margarita Dominguez Spain2:02:36.6
17Andreina Pinto Venezuela2:02:39.8Olympic (Americas)
18Ksenia Popova Russia2:02:51.3
19Rita Kovács Hungary2:02:54.8
20Erika Hajnal Hungary2:02:55.1
21Kirsten Groome USA2:02:57.3
22Imelda Martinez Mexico2:03:11.5
23Linsy Heister Netherlands2:03:13.2
24Alejandra Gonzalez Mexico2:03:17.9
25Melissa Gorman Australia2:03:18.4Olympic (Oceania)
26Martina Grimaldi Italy2:03:23.7
27Olga Beresneva Israel2:03:30.1
28Eva Berglund Sweden2:04:10.2
29Yanel Pinto Venezuela2:04:30.1
30Nataliya Samorodina Ukraine2:04:37.5
31Micha Burden USA2:04:39.4
32Karley Stutzel Canada2:04:41.9
33Kristel Köbrich Chile2:04:43.4
34Velia Janse Van Rensburg South Africa2:04:44.7
35Li Xue China2:04:59.7
36Cathy Dietrich France2:04:59.8
37Nika Kozamernik Slovenia2:05:01.4
38Karla Sitic Croatia2:05:15.8
39Britta Kamrau-Corestein Germany2:05:27.8
40Pilar Geijo Argentina2:06:07.1
41Antonella Bogarin Argentina2:06:17.9
42Zsofia Balazs Canada2:08:02.8
43Brooke Fletcher Australia2:10:24.6
44Natasha Tang Wing Yung Hong Kong2:14:24.6
45Daniela Inacio Portugal2:16:47.8
46Nina Rangelova Bulgaria2:17:02.2
47Darija Pop Montenegro2:17:29.6
48Cindy Carolina Toscano Guatemala2:23:06.7
49Inha Kotsur Belarus2:23:26.1
50Militza Rios Puerto Rico2:30:04.1
--Swann Oberson  SwitzerlandDNF

See also

References
  1. Start List Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine for Women's 10K at the 2008 Open Water Worlds. From OmegaTiming.com, official timer for event. Retrieved 2009-08-15.


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