Marathon swimming has been included in the Summer Olympics since the 2008 Games. The discipline of marathon swimming is part of the Olympic sport of aquatics alongside artistic swimming, diving, swimming and water polo. The current Olympic program consists of a Men's 10 kilometre event and a Women's 10 kilometre event.
All swimming races in 1896, 1900 and 1904 took place in open water before they moved to pools at London 1908, but it wasn’t until Beijing 2008 that marathon swimming officially became an Olympic discipline.
Summary
GamesYear EventsBest nation29 2008 2 (1) (1)30 2012 2 (1) (1)31 2016 2 (2)32 2020 2 (1) (1)33 2024 2 (2)34 2028 2
Events
Event 08 12 16 20 24 28 Years Men's 10km X X X X X X 6 Women's 10km X X X X X X 6 Total Events 2 2 2 2 2 2
Medalists Men's events
10 km marathon 2008 Beijing 1:51:51.6 1:51:53.1 1:51:53.62012 London 1:49:55.1 1:49:58.5 1:50:00.32016 Rio de Janeiro 1:52:59.8 1:53:00.5 1:53:02.02020 Tokyo 1:48:33.7 1:48:59.0 1:49:01.1 2024 Paris 1:50:52.7 1:50:54.8 1:51:09.0
Women's events
10 km marathon 2008 Beijing 1:59:27.7 1:59:29.2 1:59:31.02012 London 1:57:38.2 1:57:38.6 1:57:41.82016 Rio de Janeiro 1:56:32.1 1:56:49.5 1:56:51.42020 Tokyo 1:59:30.8 1:59:31.7 1:59:32.52024 Paris 2:03:34.2 2:03:39.7 2:03:42.8
Medal table As of the conclusion of the 2024 Olympics, thirteen NOCs have won Olympic medals across 10 events.
Nations
Nations 28 33 29 31 29 Swimmers 50 50 51 51 55
See also List of Olympic venues in marathon swimming
References
External links International Olympic Committee results database