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The Open Water Swimming events at the 8th FINA World Aquatics Championships were swum in the ocean off 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]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5K |
Aleksey Akatyev Russia | 55:18.6 | Ky Hurst Australia | 55:24.9 | Luca Baldini Italy | 55:37.4 |
25K |
Aleksey Akatyev Russia | 5:05:42.1 | David Meca Spain | 5:07:22.9 | Gabriel Chaillou Argentina | 5:07:52.6 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5K |
Erica Rose USA | 59:23.5 | Edith van Dijk Netherlands | 1:00:58.5 | Peggy Büchse Germany | 1:01:05.8 |
25K |
Tobie Smith USA | 5:31:20.1 | Peggy Büchse Germany | 5:32:19.2 | Edith van Dijk Netherlands | 5:38.06.9 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5K |
USA John Flanagan Austin Ramirez Erica Rose | 2:52:12.2 | Russia Aleksey Akatyev Evgueni Bezroutchenko Olga Gouseva | 2:52:16.7 | Italy Luca Baldini Fabio Venturini Valeria Casprini | 2:52:41.6 |
25K |
Italy Claudio Gargaro Fabrizio Pescatori Valeria Casprini | 16:10:18.2 | Australia Grant Robinson Mark Saliba Tracey Knowles | 16:22:54.3 | USA Tobie Smith Nathan Stooke Chuck Wiley | 16:46:13.3 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | USA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | RUS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ITA | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | AUS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | GER | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
NED | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | ESP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ARG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
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