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 men and women, and a 25-kilometer race (25K) for men and women. It was the first time the 5K was raced a World Championships.HistoFINA: Open Water Swimming . Updated by FINA in February 2013; retrieved 2013-06-03. The races featured 80 swimmers from 26 nations.

Results

Men 5K   Aleksey Akatyev   55:18.6 Ky Hurst   55:24.9 Luca Baldini   55:37.4 25K   Aleksey Akatyev   5:05:42.1 David Meca   5:07:22.9 Gabriel Chaillou   5:07:52.6

Women 5K   Erica Rose   59:23.5 Edith van Dijk   1:00:58.5 Peggy Büchse   1:01:05.8 25K   Tobie Smith   5:31:20.1 Peggy Büchse   5:32:19.2 Edith van Dijk   5:38.06.9

Team 5K   John FlanaganAustin RamirezErica Rose 2:52:12.2 Aleksey AkatyevEvgueni BezroutchenkoOlga Gouseva 2:52:16.7 Luca BaldiniFabio VenturiniValeria Casprini 2:52:41.6 25K   Claudio GargaroFabrizio PescatoriValeria Casprini 16:10:18.2 Grant RobinsonMark SalibaTracey Knowles 16:22:54.3 Tobie SmithNathan StookeChuck Wiley 16:46:13.3

Medal standings

References

FINA USA Swimming