2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K

The Men's 25K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the fifth of six events at the 2008 Open Water Worlds.

The 5-6 hour race began at 9:00 a.m., 15 minutes before the start of the Women's 25K race. The race was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 23 men swam the event, 18 f which finished.[1]

The race was held on a 5-kilometer course, which the swimmers looped through five times to reach the 25-kilometer distance of the race.[2]

Results

All times in hours:minutes:seconds

PlaceSwimmerCountryTimeNotes
1Maarten van der Weijden Netherlands5:04:01.1
2Mark Warkentin USA5:04:01.6
3Yuri Kudinov Russia5:04:02.4
4Petar Stoychev Bulgaria5:04:08:0
5Mohamed El Zanaty Abou El Maaty Mez Egypt5:04:21:2
6Marco Mormentini Italy5:04:25.4
7Mazen Aziz Egypt5:05:08.7
8Brendan Capell Australia5:06:40.8
9Daniel Katzir Israel5:06:45.2
10Rostislav Vitek Czech Republic5:07:02.6
11Josh Santacaterina Australia5:09:09.7
12Dmitry Solovyev Russia5:09:32.3
13Andrea Volpini Italy5:09:58.5
14Stéphane Gomez France5:17:39.2
15John Kenny USA5:20:22.3
16Simon Tobin Canada5:22:58.4
17Jan Posmourny Czech Republic5:39:22.7
18Fouad Shkh Bakri Syria5:57:46.8
--Leonardo Exequiel Bastiani ArgentinaDNF
--Csaba Gercsák HungaryDNF
--Saleh Mohammad SyriaDNF
--Gilles Rondy FranceDNF
--Tihomir Ivanchev BulgariaDNF
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See also

References

  1. Start List Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine for Men's 25K at the 2008 Open Water Worlds. From OmegaTiming.com, official timer for event. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  2. Race Course Archived 2008-05-03 at Archive.today description page, from www.sevillaaguasabiertas.org – the event's website. Retrieved 2009-08-15.


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