2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K

The Women's 5K swimming race

Swimming (sport)

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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 held on Tuesday, May 6, 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 third event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on May 6 (the other being the men's 5K race

2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 5K

The Men's 5K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the fourth event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and second of two events on May 6 ....

).

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. 39 women swam the event.

The 5-kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 2 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.

Results

All times in hour: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	1:00:04.6
2	Ekaterina Seliverstova	Russia	1:00:07.8
3	Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton is an American swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Sutton has won a total of five medals in major international competition, three gold, one silver, and one bronze spanning the Open Water Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American...	United States	1:00:09.9
4	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	1:00:16.5
4	ZHENG Jing	Mainland China	1:00:16.5
6	Teja Zupan	Slovenia	1:00:18.1
7	Britta Kamrau-Corestein	Germany	1:00:19.2
8	Kate Brookes-Peterson Kate Brookes-Peterson Kate Brookes-Peterson is an Australian open water swimmer.She won Australia's first medal at the 2007 FINA World Championships with a bronze in the Women's 5 km open water event...	Australia	1:00:19.7
9	Cathy Dietrich	Early Modern France	1:00:20.6	See note below
10	Xenia Lopez	Spain	1:00:20.6	See note below
11	LI Hong	Mainland China	1:00:22.7
12	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	1:00:26.1
13	Swann Oberson	Switzerland	1:00:26.4
14	Rachele Bruni	Italy	1:00:27.2
15	Carolina Beneyto	Spain	1:00:27.7
16	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	1:00:29.2
17	Alexandra Bagley	Australia	1:00:29.4
18	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	1:00:31.7
19	Patricia Maldonado Patricia Maldonado (swimmer) Patricia Maldonado is a long-distance and open water swimmer from Venezuela. She has swum for Venezuela at the:2008 Open Water Worlds 2008 South American Championships*2009 World Championships -References:...	Venezuela	1:00:34.9
20	Karley Stutzel	Canada	1:00:49.5
21	Charlotte Woolliscroft	United Kingdom	1:01:27.7
22	Christine Jennings	United States	1:01:37.1
23	Nika Kozamernik	Slovenia	1:01:37.7
24	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	1:01:38.0
25	Giorgia Consiglio	Italy	1:01:38.1
26	Maria da Penha Cruz	Brazil	1:01:41.1
27	Zsofia Balazs	Canada	1:01:41.3
28	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 Championships2007 Pan American Games*2008 Open Water Worlds...	Venezuela	1:01:41.3	See note below
29	Daniela Inacio	Portugal	1:01:41.4	See note below
30	Maaike Waaijer	Netherlands	1:02:19.9
31	Cassandra Patten	United Kingdom	1:02:34.2
32	Marilyn Cadour	Early Modern France	1:02:35.4
33	Louise Smyth	South Africa	1:02:38.0
34	Antonella Bogarin	Argentina	1:02:43.0
35	Darija Pop	Kingdom of Montenegro	1:06:02.3
36	Malwina Bukszowana	Poland	1:06:04.5
37	Pamela Engel	Brazil	1:06:04.9
38	Militza Rios	Puerto Rico	1:13:16.5
--	Marianna Lymperta	Greece	DNS

Note: Ninth and tenth place finishers, France's Cathy Dietrich and Spain's Xenia Lopez, are both listed with the same time (1:00:20.6); however, they are not listed as tied in the results. Dietrich is listed as 9th, Lopez as 10th. Likewise, the 28th and 29th place finishers, Venezuela's 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...

and Portugal's Daniela Inacio, are similarly both listed at 1:01:41.3, but not tied. This is different from the two 4th place finishers, who are both listed as fourth.

Results

See also