Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

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]

Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships
Host cityPerth, Australia
Events6
1994
2001

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
5K
  details
Aleksey Akatyev
    Russia
55:18.6 Ky Hurst
    Australia
55:24.9 Luca Baldini
    Italy
55:37.4
25K
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Aleksey Akatyev
    Russia
5:05:42.1 David Meca
    Spain
5:07:22.9 Gabriel Chaillou
    Argentina
5:07:52.6

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
5K
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Erica Rose
    USA
59:23.5 Edith van Dijk
    Netherlands
1:00:58.5 Peggy Büchse
    Germany
1:01:05.8
25K
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Tobie Smith
    USA
5:31:20.1 Peggy Büchse
    Germany
5:32:19.2 Edith van Dijk
    Netherlands
5:38.06.9

Team

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
5K
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  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
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  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

Medal standings

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  USA3014
2  RUS2103
3  ITA1023
4  AUS0202
5  GER0112
  NED0112
7  ESP0101
8  ARG0011
Totals (8 entries)66618

References

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  1. ^ a b HistoFINA: Open Water Swimming Archived 2013-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Updated by FINA in February 2013; retrieved 2013-06-03.