The Women's 25 km Open Water swimming race took place on Saturday, 25 July, at Ostia

Ostia (quarter of Rome)

Ostia is a large neighbourhood in the XIII Municipio of the comune of Rome, Italy. Ostia is also the only municipio or district of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea and many Romans spend the summer holidays there. Sometimes it is confused with Ostia Antica, an archaeological area, that is nearby...

 beach in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. 18 women from 10 different countries competed. 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...

 of Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 took home the gold with a time of 5:47:48.0 just pipping Anna Uvarova at the finish by 3.9 seconds.

Results

Rank	Swimmer	Nationality	Time
	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...		5:47:48.0
	Anna Uvarova		5:47:51.9
	Federica Vitale		5:47:52.7
4	Margarita Dominguez		5:48:37.6
5	Celia Barrot		5:49:00.7
6	Linsy Heister		5:49:08.1
7	Martina Grimaldi		5:49:36.7
8	Stefanie Biller Stefanie Biller Stefanie Biller is a long-distance swimmer from Germany. Whilst she has twice won medals at the European Championships, she could only manage 19th place in the World Championships in 2007 in the 5 km open water....		5:50:08.8
9	Natalia Pankina Natalia Pankina Natalia Pankina is a Russian long distance swimmer. She successfully swam the English Channel in 2007 in a time of 8 h 11 mins. She narrowly missed a medal in the 2007 World Championships, coming 5th in the 25 km open water event, just 10 seconds behind 3rd place.-References:...		5:50:36.8
10	Eva Fabian Eva Fabian Eva Fabian is an American open water swimmer.-Swimming career:At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Fabian placed 10th in the 25 km....		5:50:41.5
11	Emily Hanson		5:53:01.6
12	Esther Nunez Morera		6:06:45.7
13	Shelley Clark		6:07:31.7
14	Cathy Dietrich		6:08:27.4
15	Lili Anzueto Moguel		6:29:49.1
--	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...		DNF
--	Zaira Cardenas		DNF
--	Nika Kozamernik		DNS

Key: OTL = Over Time Limit, DSQ = Disqualified, DNF = Did not finish, DNS = Did not start