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 World Open Water Swimming Championships were held May 3-8, 2008 in Seville, Spain

Seville

Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

. The races were held on a 2.5-kilometer loop-course in the Guadalquivir

Guadalquivir

The Guadalquivir is the fifth longest river in the Iberian peninsula and the second longest river to be its whole length in Spain. The Guadalquivir is 657 kilometers long and drains an area of about 58,000 square kilometers...

 river in the city center.

A total of 165 swimmers (81 females, 84 males) were entered into the 6 races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds:

• Saturday, May 3: women's 10K
• Sunday, May 4: men's 10K
• Tuesday, May 6: women's 5K, men's 5K
• Thursday, May 8: women's 25K, men's 25K

The 10K races served as the initial qualifier for the 10K race at the 2008 Olympics.

Results

Women's 5K   details 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K The Women's 5K swimming race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the third event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on May 6 .The race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in...	Larisa Ilchenko Larisa Ilchenko Larisa Dmitriyevna Ilchenko is a Russian long distance swimmer. She had won eight World Championships and the 2008 Olympics at age 19....       Russia	1:00:04.6	Ekaterina Seliverstova      Russia	1:00:07.8	Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton is an American swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Sutton has won a total of five medals in major international competition, three gold, one silver, and one bronze spanning the Open Water Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American...       USA	1:00:09.9
Men's 5K   details 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 ....	Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...       Germany	54:57.3	Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Fyodorovich Dyatchin is a Russian long distance swimmer and the current world champion at the 10 km open water...       Russia	54:58.8	Maarten van der Weijden Maarten van der Weijden Maarten van der Weijden is a Dutch long distance and marathon swimmer born in Alkmaar.Van der Weijden was known as a promising swimming talent in his youth, becoming Dutch national champion at the 1500 m freestyle , 400 m freestyle and 5 km open water...       Netherlands	54:59.8
Women's 10K   details 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K The Women's 10K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Saturday, May 3, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the first event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds....	Larisa Ilchenko Larisa Ilchenko Larisa Dmitriyevna Ilchenko is a Russian long distance swimmer. She had won eight World Championships and the 2008 Olympics at age 19....       Russia	2:02:02.7	Cassandra Patten      Great Britain	2:02:05.8	Yurema Requena      Spain	2:02:07.2
Men's 10K   details 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K The Men's 10K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Sunday, May 4, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the second event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, following the Women's 10K the previous day....	Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Fyodorovich Dyatchin is a Russian long distance swimmer and the current world champion at the 10 km open water...       Russia	1:53:21.0	David Davies David Davies (swimmer) David Davies is a Welsh Commonwealth Games and Olympic distance swimmer. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics...       Great Britain	1:53:21.3	Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...       Germany	1:53:27.2
Women's 25K   details 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 25K The Women's 25K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the sixth and final of the 2008 Open Water Worlds....	Ksenia Popova Ksenia Popova Ksenia Popova is a World Champion open water swimmer from Russia. At the 2008 Open Water Worlds, she won the Women's 25K race.She has swum for Russia at the:*World Championships: 2003, 2007*Open Water Worlds: 2004, 2006, 2008-References:...       Russia	5:27:48.2	Edith van Dijk Edith van Dijk Edith van Dijk is a Dutch swimmer and 6-fold world champion. She is Holland's most successful open water swimmer and long distance swimmer, whose career started in 1990 taking part in the Dutch IJsselmeermarathon...       Netherlands	5:27:50.3	Natalya Pankina      Russia	5:27:53.9
Men's 25K   details 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K The Men's 25K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the fifth of six events at the 2008 Open Water Worlds....	Maarten van der Weijden Maarten van der Weijden Maarten van der Weijden is a Dutch long distance and marathon swimmer born in Alkmaar.Van der Weijden was known as a promising swimming talent in his youth, becoming Dutch national champion at the 1500 m freestyle , 400 m freestyle and 5 km open water...       Netherlands	5:04:01.1	Mark Warkentin Mark Warkentin Mark Warkentin is an American open water swimmer. After graduating from San Marcos High School in 1998, Warkentin attended the University of Southern California, from which he graduated in 2003 with a degree in communication. While a Trojan, he was a four-time All-American...       USA	5:04:01.6	Yuri Kudinov Yuri Kudinov Yuri Kudinov is a long distance swimmer from Russia.In 2007 he narrowly missed the world record for the fastest swim across the English Channel when he was beaten by Petar Stoychev...       Russia	5:04:02.4

Team standings

The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2008 Open Water Worlds is:

Rank	Nation	Men	Women	Combined
1	Russia	63	84	147
2	Netherlands	48	30	78
3	Germany	42	14	56
4	United States	34	14	48
5	Spain	15	24	39
6	Australia	17	21	38
7	United Kingdom	16	21	37
8	Czech Republic	3	21	24
9	Italy	15	6	21
10	Early Modern France	2	16	18
11	Egypt	16	0	16
12	Mainland China	0	14	14
13	South Africa	0	12	12
13	Kingdom of Bulgaria	12	0	12
15	Brazil	0	11	11
16	Slovenia	0	8	8
17	Greece	4	0	4
17	Israel	4	0	4
19	Canada	3	0	3
19	Belgium	3	0	3
21	Sweden	0	1	1

The following 17 countries are listed in a tie for 22nd, with zero (0) points:
FYR Macedonia

See also

• Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
  Open Water Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
  The open water swimming events at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships were held from 18 March to 25 March, at St. Kilda Beach near Melbourne, Australia.- Medal table :- Men :...
  
   (previous Worlds)
• 2008 Olympics: Women's 10K
  Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre
  The women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 20 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. It was a new event on the programme at the 2008 Games. The men's and women's marathon 10 kilometre races, unlike all of the other swimming events, were held in open...
  
   and Men's 10K
  Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre
  The men's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 21 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. It was a new event on the program at the 2008 Games. The men's and women's marathon 10 kilometre races, unlike all of the other swimming events, were held in open...
  
  
• Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
  Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
  The Open Water Swimming competition at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships were held from July 21 to 25 at the beach of Ostia in Rome.-Schedule:...
  
   (subsequent Worlds)
• 2008 in swimming
  2008 in swimming
  -Major international championships:*9–13 April: 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships in Manchester, United Kingdom*9–17 August: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China*7–15 September: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China...