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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.
Artistic swimming; Solo; Technical: men: women: Free: ... The Men's 10 km competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was ... The race was held at 10:30. [3 ...
The women's 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics featured a field of 26 swimmers: [3] 10: the top-10 finishers in the 10 km races at the 2015 World Championships 9: the top-9 finishers at the 2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier (June 11–12, 2016 in Setúbal, Portugal ) [ 4 ]
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 Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming comprises three marathon swims: (1) 21 mi (34 kilometers) across the English Channel, (2) 20.1 mi (32.3 kilometers) between Catalina Island and the mainland in Southern California, USA, and (3) 28.5 mi (45.9 kilometers) around Manhattan Island in New York City, USA.
Olympic Games, pool since 1896, open water since 2008, for example swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics [1] [2] [3]; Youth Olympic Games, since 2010, for example swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. Competitive open water swimming is governed by the International Swimming Federation, World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), except when it is part of multi-sport events , which are governed by the World Triathlon .