Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships
The Open Water Swimming events at the 8th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam in ocean off of Perth, Western Australia on January 6 and 11, 1998. The discipline featured 4 events: a 5-kilometer race, or "5K", for males and females, and a 25-kilometer race (25K) for males and females. It was the first time the 5K was raced a World Championships.[1] The races featured 80 swimmers from 26 nations.[1]
1998 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
5 km | team rating | |
25 km | men | women |
25 km | team rating | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
Results
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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5K |
Aleksey Akatyev ![]() | 55:18.6 | Ky Hurst ![]() | 55:24.9 | Luca Baldini ![]() | 55:37.4 |
25K |
Aleksey Akatyev ![]() | 5:05:42.1 | David Meca ![]() | 5:07:22.9 | Gabriel Chaillou ![]() | 5:07:52.6 |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5K |
Erica Rose ![]() | 59:23.5 | Edith van Dijk ![]() | 1:00:58.5 | Peggy Büchse ![]() | 1:01:05.8 |
25K |
Tobie Smith ![]() | 5:31:20.1 | Peggy Büchse ![]() | 5:32:19.2 | Edith van Dijk ![]() | 5:38.06.9 |
Team
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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5K |
![]() John Flanagan Austin Ramirez Erica Rose | 2:52:12.2 | ![]() Aleksey Akatyev Evgueni Bezroutchenko Olga Gouseva | 2:52:16.7 | ![]() Luca Baldini Fabio Venturini Valeria Casprini | 2:52:41.6 |
25K |
![]() Claudio Gargaro Fabrizio Pescatori Valeria Casprini | 16:10:18.2 | ![]() Grant Robinson Mark Saliba Tracey Knowles | 16:22:54.3 | ![]() Tobie Smith Nathan Stooke Chuck Wiley | 16:46:13.3 |
Medal standings
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 nations) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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References
- HistoFINA: Open Water Swimming Archived 2013-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Updated by FINA in February 2013; retrieved 2013-06-03.
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