Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships
The Open Water Swimming events at the 8th FINA World Aquatics Championships were swum in the ocean off Perth, Western 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]
| 1998 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 5 km | team rating | |
| 25 km | men | women |
| 25 km | team rating | |
| 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 | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
Results
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5K |
Aleksey Akatyev  Russia | 55:18.6 | Ky Hurst .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | RUS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | ITA | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | AUS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | GER | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| NED | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | ESP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | ARG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 nations) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
References
- HistoFINA: Open Water Swimming Archived 2013-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Updated by FINA in February 2013; retrieved 2013-06-03.
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