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The men's and women's 10 km races featured 22 swimmers each, three less than those in the Tokyo 2020 roster: [1] [2] [3] 3: the three medalists in the 10 km races at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan; 13: the top thirteen swimmers vying for qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar
The 10km race was first introduced as an event at the 2008 Beijing Games. Athletes competing in marathon swimming must race in open water environments such as the sea, rivers and lakes.
Rank Swimmer Nationality Time Florian Wellbrock Germany 1:50:40.3 Kristóf Rasovszky Hungary 1:50:59.0 Oliver Klemet Germany 1:51:00.8 4: Domenico Acerenza Italy 1:51:16.7 5
Rank Swimmer Nationality Time Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands 1:57:26.8 María de Valdés Spain 1:57:26.9 Angélica André Portugal 1:57:28.2 4: Moesha Johnson Australia 1:57:30.8
The FINA Marathon Swim World Series, known as the 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup until 2017, is a series of 10-kilometer, open water swimming races held annually since 2007. Prior to 2007, 10K races were held as part of the FINA's Open Water Grand Prix series; post split, this latter series is now for races over 10 kilometers in length.
The men's 10 km open water marathon at the 2020 Olympics featured a field of 25 swimmers: [6] 10: the top-10 finishers in the 10 km races at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships (maximum of 2 per NOC) 9: the top-9 finishers at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier, open only to NOCs with no qualified swimmers (maximum of 1 per NOC)
The women's 10 km race featured 24 swimmers, one less than the Tokyo 2020 roster: [1] [2] [3] 3: the three medalists in the 10 km races at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan; 13: the top thirteen swimmers vying for qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar
A photo finish saw Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece narrowly loses to dutchman Ferry Weertman for the gold, with both record time of 1:52:59.8 and 1:53:00.5. In the final race of his career, Gianniotis, who was also the oldest competitor at the age of 36, won the first medal for Greece in swimming since the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.