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

The Men's 5K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the fourth event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and second of two events on May 6 (the other being the Women's 5K race).

The race began at 12:30 p.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 38 males were entered in the event, of which 33 swam.[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 minutes:seconds (mm:ss.s) or hour:minutes:second (h:mm:ss.s).

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Lurz	Germany	54:57.3
2	Vladimir Dyatchin	Russia	54:58.8
3	Maarten van der Weijden	Netherlands	54:59.8
4	Chad La Tourette	USA	55:04.5
5	Christian Hein	Germany	55:04.6
6	Jose Francisco Hervas	Spain	55:05.4
7	Diego Nogueira	Spain	55:06.4
8	Evgeny Drattsev	Russia	55:07.0
9	Alex Schelvis	Netherlands	55:07.4
10	Jarrod Ballem	Canada	55:11.4
11	Nicola Bolzonello	Italy	55:17.5
12	Josh Santacaterina	Australia	55:19.0
13	Andrea Righi	Italy	55:20.2
14	Jakub Fichtl	Czech Republic	55:20.7
15	Josef Kinderwater	USA	55:21.0
16	Andrew Beato	Australia	55:24.4
17	Loic Branda	France	55:25.8
18	Luiz Lima	Brazil	55:27.3
19	Philippe Dubreuil	Canada	55:32.1
20	Daniel Fogg	Great Britain	55:36.3
21	Csaba Gercsák	Hungary	55:50.3
22	Konstyantyn Ukradyga	Ukraine	58:00.7
23	Aljaz Ojstersek	Slovenia	58:08.7
24	James Faure	South Africa	58:20.1
25	Daniel Viegas	Portugal	58:38.7
26	Fabio Alves Lima	Brazil	58:41.8
27	Yvan Hernandez	Venezuela	58:46.2
28	Martin Andres Clement	Argentina	58:48.8
29	Jan Posmourny	Czech Republic	58:50.2
30	Johndry Segovia	Venezuela	1:01:03.4
31	HU Di	China	1:01:03.6
32	Christian Bayo	Puerto Rico	1:01:21.6
--	XU Wenchao	China	DQ
--	Mazen Aziz	Egypt	DNS
--	Gianniotis Spyridon	Greece	DNS
--	Chad Ho	South Africa	DNS
--	Gilles Rondy	France	DNS
--	Mohamed El Zanaty	Egypt	DNS

See also

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

References

1. Start List Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine for Men'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: Men's 5K from OmegaTiming.com (official timer for the event); retrieved 2009-08-15.