The Women'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 Saturday, May 3, 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 first event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds.

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. 51 women 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 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

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

The Men's 10K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Sunday, May 4, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the second event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, following the Women's 10K the previous day....

, 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

Natalie du Toit

Natalie du Toit is a South African swimmer. She is best known for the gold medals she won at the 2004 Paralympic Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. She was one of two Paralympians to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the other being table tennis player Natalia Partyka...

 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

South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics

South Africa competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team included 136 athletes, as of 10 July 2008....

 and 2008 Paralympics

South Africa at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

South Africa sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.Natalie du Toit, five time gold medallist at the Athens Paralympics in 2004, competed in six swimming events. She also represented South Africa at the Beijing Olympics...

.

Results

All times in hours:minutes:seconds

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Larisa Ilchenko Larisa Ilchenko Larisa Dmitriyevna Ilchenko is a Russian long distance swimmer. She had won eight World Championships and the 2008 Olympics at age 19....	Russia	2:02:02.7	Olympic
2	Cassandra Patten	United Kingdom	2:02:05.8	Olympic
3	Yurema Requena	Spain	2:02:07.2	Olympic
4	Natalie du Toit Natalie du Toit Natalie du Toit is a South African swimmer. She is best known for the gold medals she won at the 2004 Paralympic Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. She was one of two Paralympians to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the other being table tennis player Natalia Partyka...	South Africa	2:02:07.8	Olympic
5	Jana Pechanová Jana Pechanová Jana Pechanová is an Olympic distance swimmer from the Czech Republic. She swam for the Czech Olympic team at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Pechanová finished 8th in 10 km distance.-References:...	Czech Republic	2:02:12.6	Olympic
6	Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer and Olympian.She competed at the 2008 Olympics, where she finished 7th in the Women's 10K race....	Brazil	2:02:13.5	Olympic
7	Angela Maurer Angela Maurer Angela Maurer is a long-distance swimmer from Germany.Angela Maurer lives in Wiesbaden, where she was born. She swims for the SSV Undine 08 e.V...	Germany	2:02:13.6	Olympic
8	Keri-Anne Payne Keri-Anne Payne Keri-Anne Payne is a British swimmer, specialising in marathon open water swimming, and long-distance freestyle swimming in the pool. She is a two-time World 10 km Open Water champion, and an Olympic silver medallist.Payne was born in South Africa to British parents...	United Kingdom	2:02:14.1	Olympic
9	Aurelie Muller	Early Modern France	2:02:14.2	Olympic
10	Ana Marcela Cunha	Brazil	2:02:16.3	Olympic
11	Edith van Dijk Edith van Dijk Edith van Dijk is a Dutch swimmer and 6-fold world champion. She is Holland's most successful open water swimmer and long distance swimmer, whose career started in 1990 taking part in the Dutch IJsselmeermarathon...	Netherlands	2:02:18.6	Olympic (Europe)
12	FANG Yanqiao Fang Yanqiao Fang Yanqiao is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2008 World Open Water Championships – 12th 10 km*2010 World Open Water Championships – 3rd 10 km...	Mainland China	2:02:23.3	Olympic (Asia)
13	Teja Zupan	Slovenia	2:02:26.1
14	Alice Franco	Italy	2:02:27.8
15	Marianna Lymperta	Greece	2:02:28.0
16	Margarita Dominguez	Spain	2:02:36.6
17	Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:*2007 World Championships*2007 Pan American Games...	Venezuela	2:02:39.8	Olympic (Americas)
18	Ksenia Popova Ksenia Popova Ksenia Popova is a World Champion open water swimmer from Russia. At the 2008 Open Water Worlds, she won the Women's 25K race.She has swum for Russia at the:*World Championships: 2003, 2007*Open Water Worlds: 2004, 2006, 2008-References:...	Russia	2:02:51.3
19	Rita Kovacs Rita Kovács Rita Kovács is a former long-distance swimmer from Hungary. She represented her home country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in 800 metre freestyle. She also competed in open water swimming, winning several medals....	Hungary	2:02:54.8
20	Erika Hajnal	Hungary	2:02:55.1
21	Kirsten Groome	United States	2:02:57.3
22	Imelda Martinez	Mexico	2:03:11.5
23	Linsy Heister	Netherlands	2:03:13.2
24	Alejandra Gonzalez	Mexico	2:03:17.9
25	Melissa Gorman Melissa Gorman Melissa Anne Gorman is an Australian long distance swimmer.-Career:At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle....	Australia	2:03:18.4	Olympic (Oceania)
26	Martina Grimaldi	Italy	2:03:23.7
27	Olga Beresneva	Israel	2:03:30.1
28	Eva Berglund Eva Berglund Eva Berglund is a Swedish swimmer from Jönköping, representing Jönköpings SS.She has participated in some international championship in open water long distance events. She became the first Swedish swimmer competing in a European Championship in Open Water on July 26, 2006 in Lake Balaton,...	Sweden	2:04:10.2
29	Yanel Pinto Yanel Pinto Yanel Pinto is an Olympic swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:*2007 World Championships*2007 Pan American Games*2008 Open Water Worlds...	Venezuela	2:04:30.1
30	Nataliya Samorodina	Ukraine	2:04:37.5
31	Micha Burden	United States	2:04:39.4
32	Karley Stutzel	Canada	2:04:41.9
33	Kristel Köbrich Kristel Köbrich Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games....	Chile	2:04:43.4
34	Velia Janse Van Rensburg	South Africa	2:04:44.7
35	LI Xue	Mainland China	2:04:59.7
36	Cathy Dietrich	Early Modern France	2:04:59.8
37	Nika Kozamernik	Slovenia	2:05:01.4
38	Karla Sitic	Independent State of Croatia	2:05:15.8
39	Britta Kamrau-Corestein	Germany	2:05:27.8
40	Pilar Geijo Pilar Geijo Pilar Geijo is a Marathon swimmer from Argentina. She has won most of the world's greatest ultra-marathon swimming competitions: the 2010 Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog , the 2011 Maratona del Golfo Capri Napoli Marathon , the 2010 16K FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in Sumidero...	Argentina	2:06:07.1
41	Antonella Bogarin	Argentina	2:06:17.9
42	Zsofia Balazs	Canada	2:08:02.8
43	Brooke Fletcher	Australia	2:10:24.6
44	Natasha Tang Wing Yung	Hong Kong	2:14:24.6
45	Daniela Inacio	Portugal	2:16:47.8
46	Nina Rangelova	Kingdom of Bulgaria	2:17:02.2
47	Darija Pop	Kingdom of Montenegro	2:17:29.6
48	Cindy Carolina Toscano	Guatemala	2:23:06.7
49	Inha Kotsur	Belarus	2:23:26.1
50	Militza Rios	Puerto Rico	2:30:04.1
--	Swann Oberson	Switzerland	DNF

See also

• Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 km
• Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre
  Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre
  The women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 20 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. It was a new event on the programme 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 – Women's 10 km
  Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 km
  The women's 10K race at the 2009 World Championships occurred on Wednesday, 22 July at Ostia Beach in Rome, Italy. In total, 45 women from 26 countries competed in the race.-Results:Key: DNF = Did not finish-See also:...