Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre
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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 water rather than a swimming pool. No preliminary heats were held, with only the single mass-start race being contested. This race is held using freestyle swimming
, with a lack of stroke regulations. For most of the event swimmers use the front crawl
, but modifications are used situationally, especially when swimmers reach feeding stations.
Open water swimming events require different tactics and showcase several different racing strategies that are more common to competitive cycling, marathon running and water polo than traditional pool swimming. It is one of the few Olympic sports where the athlete's coaches play a critical role during the actual event. The coaches have four opportunities to provide drinks to their athletes as the athletes swim by floating pontoons in the course. If the coach falls in the water, his or her athlete is immediately disqualified.
Amputee swimmer Natalie du Toit
of South Africa
was among the starters.
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DNF - Did Not Finish
Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
The Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park is the new, purpose-built venue for the rowing, canoeing and 10 km open-water swimming events in the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is located in Mapo Village in the Shunyi District in Beijing....
. 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 water rather than a swimming pool. No preliminary heats were held, with only the single mass-start race being contested. This race is held using freestyle swimming
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...
, with a lack of stroke regulations. For most of the event swimmers use the front crawl
Front crawl
The front crawl, forward crawl, or freestyle is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. As such, the front crawl stroke is nearly universally used during a freestyle swimming competition, hence the synonymously used term "freestyle". It is one of two...
, but modifications are used situationally, especially when swimmers reach feeding stations.
Open water swimming events require different tactics and showcase several different racing strategies that are more common to competitive cycling, marathon running and water polo than traditional pool swimming. It is one of the few Olympic sports where the athlete's coaches play a critical role during the actual event. The coaches have four opportunities to provide drinks to their athletes as the athletes swim by floating pontoons in the course. If the coach falls in the water, his or her athlete is immediately disqualified.
Qualification
The 25 swimmers qualified for the event by virtue of their placing at the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships held in Seville, Spain and the Good Luck Beijing Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Qualification Race held in Beijing, China.Amputee swimmer 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...
of South Africa
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....
was among the starters.
Results
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Time Behind | Notes |
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| 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.... |
1:59:27.7 | ||||
| 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... |
1:59:29.2 | 1.5 | |||
| Cassandra Patten | 1:59:31.0 | 3.3 | |||
| 4 | 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... |
1:59:31.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 5 | Ana Cunha | 1:59:36.8 | 9.1 | ||
| 6 | Swann Oberson | 1:59:36.9 | 9.2 | ||
| 7 | 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.... |
1:59:37.4 | 9.7 | ||
| 8 | 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:... |
1:59:39.7 | 12.0 | ||
| 9 | Andreína del Valle Pinto Pérez | 1:59:40.0 | 12.3 | ||
| 10 | Martina Grimaldi | 1:59:40.7 | 13.0 | ||
| 11 | Marianna Lymperta | 1:59:42.3 | 14.6 | ||
| 12 | Teja Zupan | 1:59:43.7 | 16.0 | ||
| 13 | Yurema Requena | 1:59:46.9 | 19.2 | ||
| 14 | 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... |
2:00:02.8 | 35.1 | ||
| 15 | 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.... |
2:00:33.6 | 1:05.9 | ||
| 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... |
2:00:49.9 | 1:22.2 | ||
| 17 | Daniela Inácio | 2:00:59.0 | 1:31.3 | ||
| 18 | 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,... |
2:01:05.0 | 1:37.3 | ||
| 19 | 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... |
2:01:07.9 | 1:40.2 | ||
| 20 | Imelda Martínez | 2:01:07.9 | 1:40.2 | ||
| 21 | Aurelie Muller | 2:02:04.1 | 2:36.4 | ||
| 22 | 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... |
2:02:13.6 | 2:45.9 | ||
| 23 | Natalya Samorodina | 2:10:41.6 | 11:13.9 | ||
| 24 | Antonella Bogarin | 2:11:35.9 | 12:08.2 | ||
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....
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DNF - Did Not Finish