The Men's 25K 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 Thursday, May 8, 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 fifth of six events at the 2008 Open Water Worlds.

The 5-6 hour race began at 9:00 a.m., 15 minutes before the start of the Women's 25K race. The race 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. 23 men swam the event, 18 f which finished.

The race was held on a 5-kilometer course, which the swimmers looped through five times to reach the 25-kilometer distance of the race.

Results

All times in hours:minutes:seconds

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
1	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	5:04:01.1
2	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	5:04:01.6
3	Yuri Kudinov Yuri Kudinov Yuri Kudinov is a long distance swimmer from Russia.In 2007 he narrowly missed the world record for the fastest swim across the English Channel when he was beaten by Petar Stoychev...	Russia	5:04:02.4
4	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	5:04:08:0
5	Mohamed El Zanaty Abou El Maaty Mez	Egypt	5:04:21:2
6	Marco Mormentini	Italy	5:04:25.4
7	Mazen Aziz	Egypt	5:05:08.7
8	Brendan Capell	Australia	5:06:40.8
9	Daniel Katzir	Israel	5:06:45.2
10	Rostislav Vitek	Czech Republic	5:07:02.6
11	Josh Santacaterina Josh Santacaterina Josh Santacaterina is a World Champion open water swimmer from Australia. At the 2006 Open Water Worlds, he won the Men's 25 km race.He has swum for Australia at the:*World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007...	Australia	5:09:09.7
12	Dmitry Solovyev	Russia	5:09:32.3
13	Andrea Volpini	Italy	5:09:58.5
14	Stéphane Gomez Stéphane Gomez Stéphane Gomez is an open water swimmer from France.He won the French National Championships in:*5K: 2001, 2002*10K: 2000, 2002*25K: 2007-References:...	Early Modern France	5:17:39.2
15	John Kenny	United States	5:20:22.3
16	Simon Tobin	Canada	5:22:58.4
17	Jan Posmourny	Czech Republic	5:39:22.7
18	Fouad Shkh Bakri	Syria	5:57:46.8
--	Leonardo Exequiel Bastiani	Argentina	DNF
--	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	DNF
--	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	DNF
--	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	DNF
--	Tihomir Ivanchev	Kingdom of Bulgaria	DNF

See also

• Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 25 km
• Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 25 km
  Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 25 km
  The Men's 25 km Open Water swimming race took place on Saturday, 25 July, at Ostia beach in Rome. 23 men from 15 different countries competed. Valerio Cleri of Italy took home the gold with a time of 5:26:31.6.-Results:...