| 2008 FINA Open Water Worlds |
|
|---|---|
| 5K | men's 5K |
| women 5K | |
| 10K | men's 10K |
| women's 10K | |
| 25K | men's 25K |
| women'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.
The 5-6 hour race began at 9:00 a.m., 15 minutes before the start of the Women's 25K race. The race was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 23 men swam the event, 18 f which finished.[1]
The race was held on a 5-kilometer course, which the swimmers looped through five times to reach the 25-kilometer distance of the race.[2]
All times in hours:minutes:seconds
| Place | Swimmer | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maarten van der Weijden | Netherlands | 5:04:01.1 | |
| 2 | Mark Warkentin | USA | 5:04:01.6 | |
| 3 | Yuri Kudinov | Russia | 5:04:02.4 | |
| 4 | Petar Stoychev | Bulgaria | 5:04:08:0 | |
| 5 | Mohamed El Zanaty Abou El Maaty Mez | Egypt | 5:04:21:2 | |
| 6 | Marco Mormentini | Italy | 5:04:25.4 | |
| 7 | Mazen Aziz | Egypt | 5:05:08.7 | |
| 8 | Brendan Capell | Australia | 5:06:40.8 | |
| 9 | Daniel Katzir | Israel | 5:06:45.2 | |
| 10 | Rostislav Vitek | Czech Republic | 5:07:02.6 | |
| 11 | Josh Santacaterina | Australia | 5:09:09.7 | |
| 12 | Dmitry Solovyev | Russia | 5:09:32.3 | |
| 13 | Andrea Volpini | Italy | 5:09:58.5 | |
| 14 | Stéphane Gomez | France | 5:17:39.2 | |
| 15 | John Kenny | USA | 5:20:22.3 | |
| 16 | Simon Tobin | Canada | 5:22:58.4 | |
| 17 | Jan Posmourny | Czech Republic | 5:39:22.7 | |
| 18 | Fouad Shkh Bakri | Syria | 5:57:46.8 | |
| -- | Leonardo Exequiel Bastiani | Argentina | DNF | |
| -- | Csaba Gercsak | Hungary | DNF | |
| -- | Saleh Mohammad | Syria | DNF | |
| -- | Gilles Rondy | France | DNF | |
| -- | Tihomir Ivanchev | Bulgaria | DNF |