| Date | 8 August 2024 — 07:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | River Seine, Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France | |
| Participants | 24 from 17 countries | |
| Format | Final only. Lap Length 1.67 km | |
The competition took place on the River Seine, near the Pont Alexander III bridge, with the athletes swimming six laps of the river. The favorite was the Netherlands Sharon van Rouwendaal, who was World Champion in 2022 and 2024, and had won gold in the Olympic event in 2016 and silver in 2020. The other medals were hard to predict, although defending Olympic champion Ana Marcela Cunha was expected to challenge for the podium.
By lap four, three athletes had opened a gap on the field – van Rouwendaal, Australian Moesha Johnson and Italian Ginevra Taddeucci. Johnson led after five laps but van Rouwendaal had the strongest finish to pull ahead and win gold, with Johnson second and Taddeucci taking bronze. Van Rouwendaal’s second gold medal in the event was the first time any swimmer had won two golds in Olympic marathon swimming. Cunha was never in the medal chase although she eventually finished fourth.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Lap 1 | Lap 2 | Lap 3 | Lap 4 | Lap 5 | Lap 6 | Lap 2 Split | Lap 3 Split | Lap 4 Split | Lap 5 Split | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharon van Rouwendaal |  NED | 2-03:34.2 | 19:12.4 (4) | 21:06.2 (14) | 21:31.5 (11) | 20:15.0 (3) | 20:32.1 (2) | 20:57.0 (1) | 40:18.6 (1) | 1-01:50.1 (2) | 1-22:05.1 (2) | 1-42:37.2 (2) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Moesha Johnson |  AUS | 2-03:39.7 | 19:02.2 (1) | 21:18.4 (21) | 21:26.6 (6) | 20:14.9 (2) | 20:33.2 (3) | 21:04.4 (4) | 40:20.6 (2) | 1-01:47.2 (1) | 1-22:02.1 (1) | 1-42:35.3 (1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Ginevra Taddeucci |  ITA | 2-03:42.8 | 19:09.1 (2) | 21:14.2 (=17) | 22:35.7 (21) | 20:11.4 (1) | 20:28.6 (1) | 21:03.8 (3) | 40:23.3 (3) | 1-01:59.0 (5) | 1-22:10.4 (3) | 1-42:39.0 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Ana Marcela Cunha |  BRA | 2-04:15.7 | 19:20.6 (6) | 21:11.6 (15) | 21:24.4 (5) | 20:27.0 (7) | 20:46.1 (=4) | 21:06.0 (6) | 40:32.2 (7) | 1-01:56.6 (4) | 1-22:23.6 (5) | 1-43:09.7 (4) | |||
| 5 | Bettina Fábián |  HUN | 2-04:16.9 | 20:00.7 (=20) | 20:37.8 (1) | 21:27.5 (9) | 20:22.7 (4) | 20:46.1 (=4) | 21:02.1 (2) | 40:38.5 (12) | 1-02:06.0 (10) | 1-22:28.7 (7) | 1-43:14.8 (6) | |||
| 6 | Giulia Gabbrielleschi | ITA | 2-04:17.9 | 19:10.3 (3) | 21:14.2 (=17) | 21:36.3 (16) | 20:24.7 (5) | 20:46.6 (6) | 21:05.8 (5) | 40:24.5 (4) | 1-02:00.8 (6) | 1-22:25.5 (6) | 1-43:12.1 (5) | |||
| 7 | Océane Cassignol |  FRA | 2-06:06.9 | 19:32.9 (12) | 21:00.1 (9) | 21:36.7 (17) | 21:07.1 (11) | 21:19.8 (13) | 21:30.1 (9) | 40:33.0 (9) | 1-02:09.7 (12) | 1-23:16.8 (10) | 1-44:36.6 (11) | |||
| 8 | Caroline Jouisse | FRA | 2-06:11.0 | 19:17.4 (5) | 21:15.3 (20) | 21:34.1 (13) | 21:14.6 (15) | 21:12.5 (10) | 21:37.1 (11) | 40:32.7 (8) | 1-02:06.8 (11) | 1-23:21.4 (12) | 1-44:33.9 (10) | |||
| 9 | Leonie Beck |  GER | 2-06:13.4 | 19:55.4 (17) | 20:44.6 (3) | 21:23.7 (2) | 21:16.0 (16) | 21:20.4 (14) | 21:33.1 (10) | 40:40.0 (15) | 1-02:03.7 (9) | 1-23:19.7 (11) | 1-44:40.1 (12) | |||
| 10 | Ángela Martínez |  ESP | 2-06:15.3 | 19:58.3 (19) | 20:53.1 (6) | 21:23.8 (3) | 21:23.8 (19) | 21:10.6 (9) | 21:25.7 (7) | 40:51.4 (19) | 1:02:15.2 (16) | 1-23:39.0 (19) | 1-44:49.6 (15) | |||
| 11 | Viviane Jungblut | BRA | 2-06:15.8 | 19:30.6 (10) | 21:04.0 (13) | 21:27.2 (8) | 20:31.0 (8) | 21:54.9 (20) | 21:48.1 (13) | 40:34.6 (10) | 1-02:01.8 (7) | 1-22:32.8 (8) | 1-44:27.7 (9) | |||
| 12 | Angélica André |  POR | 2-06:17.0 | 19:46.1 (14) | 21:00.7 (11) | 21:42.5 (=18) | 21:04.4 (10) | 21:15.3 (11) | 21:28.0 (8) | 40:46.8 (18) | 1-02:29.3 (21) | 1-23:33.7 (16) | 1-44:49.0 (14) | |||
| 13 | Airi Ebina |  JPN | 2-06:17.7 | 19:27.5 (8) | 20:54.6 (=7) | 21:35.1 (14) | 20:36.8 (9) | 20:51.9 (7) | 22:46.8 (19) | 40:27.1 (5) | 1-02:02.2 (8) | 1-22:39.0 (9) | 1-43:30.9 (8) | |||
| 14 | Chelsea Gubecka | AUS | 2-06:17.8 | 19:28.4 (9) | 21:00.5 (10) | 21:24.3 (4) | 20:26.9 (6) | 20:58.7 (8) | 22:59.0 (20) | 40:28.9 (6) | 1-01:53.2 (3) | 1-22:20.1 (4) | 1-43:18.8 (7) | |||
| 15 | Katie Grimes |  USA | 2-06:29.6 | 20:02.6 (22) | 20:52.1 (5) | 21:18.0 (1) | 21:12.0 (12) | 21:20.6 (15) | 21:44.3 (12) | 40:54.7 (20) | 1-02:12.7 (15) | 1-23:24.7 (13) | 1-44:45.3 (13) | |||
| 16 | Mariah Denigan | USA | 2-06:42.9 | 20:00.7 (=20) | 20:54.6 (=7) | 21:26.7 (7) | 21:14.3 (14) | 21:17.3 (12) | 21:48.3 (14) | 40:56.3 (21) | 1-02:23.0 (19) | 1-23:37.3 (18) | 1-44:54.6 (16) | |||
| 17 | María de Valdés | ESP | 2-07:02.4 | 19:51.0 (15) | 20:48.9 (4) | 21:30.3 (10) | 21:17.2 (18) | 21:30.5 (17) | 22:04.5 (15) | 40:39.9 (14) | 1-02:10.2 (13) | 1-23:27.4 (14) | 1-44:57.9 (=17) | |||
| 18 | Lisa Pou |  MON | 2-07:05.4 | 19:24.2 (7) | 21:14.7 (19) | 21:32.6 (12) | 21:25.5 (20) | 21:30.9 (18) | 22:07.5 (16) | 40:38.9 (13) | 1-02:11.5 (14) | 1-23:37.0 (17) | 1-44:57.9 (=17) | |||
| 19 | Martha Sandoval |  MEX | 2-07:24.9 | 19:37.7 (13) | 21:03.0 (12) | 21:35.9 (15) | 21:13.3 (13) | 21:32.1 (19) | 22:22.9 (17) | 40:40.7 (16) | 1-02:16.6 (17) | 1-23:29.9 (15) | 1-45:02.0 (19) | |||
| 20 | Leah Crisp |  GBR | 2-07:46.7 | 19:31.7 (11) | 21:11.7 (16) | 21:42.7 (20) | 21:16.5 (17) | 21:22.4 (16) | 22:41.7 (18) | 40:43.4 (17) | 1-02:26.1 (20) | 1-23:42.6 (20) | 1-45:05.0 (20) | |||
| 21 | María Bramont-Arias |  PER | 2-12:44.7 | 19:57.7 (18) | 20:40.7 (2) | 21:42.5 (=18) | 22:27.4 (21) | 23:14.3 (21) | 24:42.1 (22) | 40:38.4 (11) | 1-02:20.9 (18) | 1-24:48.3 (21) | 1-48:02.6 (21) | |||
| 22 | Leonie Märtens | GER | 2-15:57.3 | 19:54.1 (16) | 21:39.0 (22) | 22:54.8 (22) | 23:27.7 (23) | 23:37.9 (22) | 24:23.8 (21) | 41:33.1 (22) | 1-04:27.9 (22) | 1-27:55.6 (22) | 1-51:33.5 (22) | |||
| 23 | Emma Finlin |  CAN | 2-22:06.5 | 20:16.9 (24) | 23:08.5 (23) | 24:02.4 (24) | 23:08.5 (22) | 25:04.5 (23) | 25:35.0 (23) | 43:25.4 (23) | 1-07:27.8 (24) | 1-31:27.0 (23) | 1-56:31.5 (23) | |||
| 24 | Xin Xin |  CHN | 2-27:02.9 | 20:09.1 (23) | 23:16.6 (24) | 23:49.5 (23) | 24:38.2 (24) | 26:43.7 (24) | 28:25.8 (24) | 43:25.7 (24) | 1-07:15.2 (23) | 1-31:53.4 (24) | 1-58:37.1 (24) |
