The Men's 10K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

rightThe 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships were held May 3-8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. The races were held on a 2.5-kilometer loop-course in the Guadalquivir river in the city center....

was swum on Sunday, May 4, 2008 in Seville, Spain

Seville

Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

. It was the second event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, following the Women's 10K the previous day.

The race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River

Guadalquivir

The Guadalquivir is the fifth longest river in the Iberian peninsula and the second longest river to be its whole length in Spain. The Guadalquivir is 657 kilometers long and drains an area of about 58,000 square kilometers...

 in the city center. 55 men swam the event.

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 Men'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 Women's 10K

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....

, the previous 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).

Results

All times in hours:minutes:seconds

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Fyodorovich Dyatchin is a Russian long distance swimmer and the current world champion at the 10 km open water...	Russia	1:53:21.0	Olympic
2	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...	United Kingdom	1:53:21.3	Olympic
3	Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...	Germany	1:53:27.2	Olympic
4	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...	Netherlands	1:53:36.3	Olympic
5	Evgeny Drattsev	Russia	1:53:37.6	Olympic
	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...	Australia		Olympic
7	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...	United States	1:53:37.8	Olympic
8	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....	Italy	1:53:38.8	Olympic
9	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...	Greece	1:53:39.1	Olympic
10	Brian Ryckeman	Belgium	1:53:39.4	Olympic
11	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....	Early Modern France	1:53:39.4	Olympic (Europe)
12	Diego Nogueira	Spain	1:53:41.1
13	Chip Peterson Chip Peterson Charles Bowne Peterson is an American swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming, in which he is a world champion.-Career:...	United States	1:53:41.6
14	Luis Escobar	Mexico	1:54:32.0	Olympic (Americas)
15	Ivan Lopez Ivan Lopez (swimmer) Iván López is a National Record holding distance swimmer from Mexico. He has swum for Mexico at:*2006 Central American and Caribbean Games*2007 Pan American Games*2008 Open Water Worlds*2009 World Championships...	Mexico	1:54:32.2
16	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:...	Argentina	1:54:34.3
17	Jakub Fichtl	Czech Republic	1:54:35.1
18	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...	Kingdom of Bulgaria	1:54:35.7
19	Mohamed El Zanaty	Egypt	1:54:36.4	Olympic (Africa)
20	Christian Hein	Germany	1:54:36.9
21	Alan Bircher Alan Bircher Alan Bircher is a British long-distance swimmer. He currently swims for the Wyre Forest Swimming Club , where he is the head coach and works alongside Stefanie Biller....	United Kingdom	1:54:44.2
22	Rostislav Vitek	Czech Republic	1:54:44.7
23	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"....	Syria	1:54:45.5	Olympic (Asia)
24	Erwin Maldonado	Venezuela	1:54:45.8
25	Rolando Salas	Venezuela	1:54:46.0
26	Michael Dmitriev	Israel	1:54:48.4
27	Mazen Aziz	Egypt	1:54:57.4
28	Philippe Dubreuil	Canada	1:54:59.4
29	Csaba Gercsak 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:* *...	Hungary	1:54:59.7
30	Jarrod Ballem	Canada	1:55:04.4
31	Igor Chervynskiy	Ukraine	1:55:13.4
32	ZU Li Jun	Mainland China	1:55:22.4
33	Simone Ercoli Simone Ercoli Simone Ercoli is a male open water swimmer from Italy.He has swum for Italy at the:*World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009*Open Water Worlds: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006...	Italy	1:55:37.3
34	Betrand Venturi	Early Modern France	1:55:37.6
35	Chad Ho	South Africa	1:56:50.1
36	Allan do Carmo	Brazil	1:56:53.2
37	Alex Schelvis	Netherlands	1:57:08.8
38	Igor Snitko Igor Snitko Ihor Snitko is a retired freestyle swimmer from Ukraine, who was a specialist in the long-distance events. He won the silver medal in the men's 1500 m freestyle event at the 1997 European Championships in Seville, Spain, followed by the gold medal two years later in Istanbul...	Ukraine	1:57:42.8
39	Roberto André Peñailillo	Chile	1:58:16.9
40	LI Yinhan	Mainland China	1:58:30.6
41	Daniel Katzir	Israel	1:59:04.5
42	Dzmitry Koptur	Belarus	1:59:10.7
43	Martin Andres Clement	Argentina	1:59:15.2
44	Marcelo Romanelli Soares	Brazil	1:59:45.1
45	Aljaz Ojstersek	Slovenia	2:04:38.1
46	Evgenij Pop Acev	FYR Macedonia	2:08:01.7
47	Tihomir Ivanchev	Kingdom of Bulgaria	2:09:49.1
48	Tin Tu Ling	Hong Kong	2:10:22.2
--	Grant Hackett Grant Hackett Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history...	Australia	DQ
--	Jose Francisco Hervas	Spain	DQ
--	Tomislav Soldo	Independent State of Croatia	DNF
--	Fouad Shkh Bakri	Syria	DNF
--	Daniel Viegas	Portugal	DNF
--	Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	DNF
--	Sung Mo Cho	South Korea	DNS

See also

• Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 km
• Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre
  Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre
  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...
  
  
• Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 km
  Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 km
  The men's 10K race at the 2009 World Championships occurred on Wednesday, July 22 at Ostia Beach in Rome, Italy. In total, 48 males from 27 countries were entered in the race.-Results:Key: DNF = Did not finish, DQ = Disqualified...