Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre

The men's marathon swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 16 August at Fort Copacabana, over a distance of 10 kilometres.

Men's marathon swimming
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueFort Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
Dates16 August 2016
Competitors25 from 23 nations
Winning time1:52:59.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ferry Weertman  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spyridon Gianniotis  Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marc-Antoine Olivier  France
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Summary

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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.

The battle for bronze also saw a photo finish, with France's Marc-Antoine Olivier pipping Zu Lijun and Jack Burnell on the line to finish in 1:53:02.0. Burnell was subsequently disqualified for a second yellow card for a tussle with defending champion Oussama Mellouli just before the line.[1]

Qualification

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The men's 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics featured a field of 25 swimmers:[2]

  • 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)[3]
  • 5: one representative from each FINA continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania). (These have been selected based on the finishes at the qualifying race in Setúbal.)
  • 1: from the host nation (Brazil) if not qualified by other means. If Brazil already contained a qualifier in the race, this spot had been allocated back into the general pool from the 2016 Olympic qualifier race.

Competition format

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Unlike all of the other swimming events in the pool, the men's and women's marathon 10 kilometre races are held in open water. No preliminary heats are held, with only the single mass-start race being contested. This race is held using freestyle swimming, with a lack of stroke regulations.

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Time
behind
Notes
  Ferry Weertman   Netherlands 1:52:59.8
  Spyridon Gianniotis   Greece 1:53:00.5 +0.7
  Marc-Antoine Olivier   France 1:53:02.0 +2.2
4 Zu Lijun   China 1:53:02.0 +2.2
5 Jordan Wilimovsky   United States 1:53:03.2 +3.4
6 Simone Ruffini   Italy 1:53:03.5 +3.7
7 Federico Vanelli   Italy 1:53:03.9 +4.1
8 Yasunari Hirai   Japan 1:53:04.6 +4.8
9 Christian Reichert   Germany 1:53:04.7 +4.9
10 Chad Ho   South Africa 1:53:04.8 +5.0
11 Evgeny Drattsev   Russia 1:53:04.8 +5.0
12 Oussama Mellouli   Tunisia 1:53:06.1 +6.3
13 Márk Papp   Hungary 1:53:11.7 +11.9
14 Sean Ryan   United States 1:53:15.5 +15.7
15 Ventsislav Aydarski   Bulgaria 1:53:16.1 +16.3
16 Ivan Enderica Ochoa   Ecuador 1:53:16.2 +16.4
17 Richard Weinberger   Canada 1:53:16.4 +16.6
18 Allan do Carmo   Brazil 1:53:16.4 +16.6
19 Kane Radford   New Zealand 1:53:18.7 +18.9
20 Richard Nagy   Slovakia 1:53:35.4 +35.6
21 Jarrod Poort   Australia 1:53:40.7 +40.9
22 Erwin Maldonado   Venezuela 1:54:33.6 +1:33.8
23 Marwan El-Amrawy   Egypt 1:59:17.2 +6:17.4
Vitaliy Khudyakov   Kazakhstan DSQ
Jack Burnell   Great Britain DSQ

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References

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  1. ^ "Burnell calls refereeing 'a joke' after Rio marathon swim disqualification". ESPN. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Rio 2016 – FINA Marathon Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  3. ^ Keith, Braden (7 January 2015). "2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier returning to Setubal, Portugal". SwimSwam.com. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Men's 10km". www.rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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