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

The Women's 5K swimming race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. 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).

The race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 39 women swam the event.[1]

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

Results

All times in hour:minutes:seconds

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Larisa Ilchenko	Russia	1:00:04.6
2	Ekaterina Seliverstova	Russia	1:00:07.8
3	Chloe Sutton	USA	1:00:09.9
4	Jana Pechanová	Czech Republic	1:00:16.5
	ZHENG Jing	China
6	Teja Zupan	Slovenia	1:00:18.1
7	Britta Kamrau-Corestein	Germany	1:00:19.2
8	Kate Brookes-Peterson	Australia	1:00:19.7
9	Cathy Dietrich	France	1:00:20.6	See note below
10	Xenia Lopez	Spain	1:00:20.6	See note below
11	LI Hong	China	1:00:22.7
12	Eva Berglund	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	South Africa	1:00:29.2
17	Alexandra Bagley	Australia	1:00:29.4
18	Edith van Dijk	Netherlands	1:00:31.7
19	Patricia Maldonado	Venezuela	1:00:34.9
20	Karley Stutzel	Canada	1:00:49.5
21	Charlotte Woolliscroft	Great Britain	1:01:27.7
22	Christine Jennings	USA	1:01:37.1
23	Nika Kozamernik	Slovenia	1:01:37.7
24	Angela Maurer	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	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	Great Britain	1:02:34.2
32	Marilyn Cadour	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	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 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.

See also

• Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km
• Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km

References

1. Start List Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine for Women's 5K 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.

• 2008 Open Water Worlds results: Women's 5K from OmegaTiming.com (official timer for the event); retrieved 2009-08-15.