2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships

Host City Sevilla
Country ESP
Held 3 – 8 May 2008
Competitors 160
Countries 39

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
5 km Men 6 May 2008 Medal 33 21
10 km Men 4 May 2008 Medal 54 33
25 km Men 8 May 2008 Medal 23 14
5 km Women 6 May 2008 Medal 38 23
10 km Women 3 May 2008 Medal 51 33
25 km Women 8 May 2008 Medal 17 10

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Russia RUS 4 2 2 8
2 Netherlands NED 1 1 1 3
3 Germany GER 1 0 1 2
4 Great Britain GBR 0 2 0 2
5 United States USA 0 1 1 2
6 Spain ESP 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
5 km, Men Thomas Lurz GER Vladimir Dyatchin RUS Maarten van der Weijden NED
10 km, Men Vladimir Dyatchin RUS Dave Davies GBR Thomas Lurz GER
25 km, Men Maarten van der Weijden NED Mark Warkentin USA Yury Kudinov RUS
5 km, Women Lara Ilchenko RUS Yekaterina Seliverstova RUS Chloe Sutton USA
10 km, Women Lara Ilchenko RUS Cassie Patten GBR Yurema Requena ESP
25 km, Women Kseniya Popova RUS Edith van Dijk NED Nataliya Pankina RUS