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10 kilometres Open Water, Men

Date10 August 2012 — 12:00
StatusOlympic
LocationHyde Park, London
Participants25 from 23 countries
FormatFinal only.

The 10 km open-water race was held over six laps of The Serpentine, the eastern part of a lake in Hyde Park. The 2011 World Champion was Greek swimmer Spyros Gianniotis, with German Thomas Lurz having won the 2011 Worlds at 5 km. The early leaders in the race were Tunisian Oussama Mellouli, the 2008 1,500 metre freestyle gold medalist, and Canada’s Richard Weinberger, with Weinberger leading at the end of the first lap. On the second lap, Mellouli again took the lead, with American Alex Meyer joining him. But Weinberger sped up and led again at the second split, followed by his teammate Andreas Waschburger. Waschburger led after laps 3 and 4, followed by Mellouli and Weinberger, with Gianniotis and Lurz coming up close behind. On the fifth lap, Mellouli made his move and took a lead he never relinquished, eventually winning in 1-49:55.1 for gold, with Lurz taking silver in 1-49:58.5 and Weinberger earning bronze in 1-50:00.3.

Mellouli won despite having to overcome a shoulder injury. He had earlier won a bronze medal in the 1,500 in attempting to defend that title. His victory in The Serpentine made him the first swimmer to win Olympic gold medals both in the pool and open-water, although David Davies had won a silver medal in the 2008 open-water event and a bronze in the 2004 1,500 metres.

PosCompetitorNOCTimeLap 1Lap 2Lap 3Lap 4Lap 5Lap 2 SplitLap 3 SplitLap 4 SplitLap 5 SplitLap 6 Split
1Oussama MellouliTUN1-49:55.118:09.6 (2)37:16.0 (6)55:48.2 (2)1-14:23.0 (3)1-32:08.4 (1)19:06.4 (21)18:32.2 (2)18:34.8 (9)17:45.4 (1)17:46.7 (1)Gold
2Thomas LurzGER1-49:58.518:11.2 (6)37:17.3 (8)55:50.0 (3)1-14:24.4 (5)1-32:11.0 (2)19:06.1 (20)18:32.7 (=3)18:34.4 (=7)17:46.6 (2)17:47.5 (=2)Silver
3Richard WeinbergerCAN1-50:00.318:09.2 (1)37:13.8 (1)55:50.1 (4)1-14:22.7 (2)1-32:12.8 (3)19:04.6 (=15)18:36.3 (15)18:32.6 (=3)17:50.1 (3)17:47.5 (=2)Bronze
4Spyros GianniotisGRE1-50:05.318:11.4 (7)37:15.8 (4)55:51.7 (7)1-14:24.3 (4)1-32:15.3 (4)19:04.4 (=13)18:35.9 (14)18:32.6 (=3)17:51.0 (4)17:50.0 (4)
5Daniel FoggGBR1-50:37.318:10.5 (3)37:17.9 (=13)55:51.6 (6)1-14:41.9 (=22)1-32:43.4 (16)19:07.4 (=22)18:33.7 (7)18:50.3 (24)18:01.5 (7)17:53.9 (5)
6Sergey BolshakovRUS1-50:40.118:21.6 (24)37:23.4 (23)55:57.9 (21)1-14:32.9 (=14)1-32:32.6 (6)19:01.8 (3)18:34.5 (9)18:35.0 (=10)17:59.7 (5)18:07.5 (7)
7Vladimir DyatchinRUS1-50:42.818:20.6 (23)37:32.3 (24)55:55.5 (19)1-14:29.9 (=10)1-32:32.9 (7)19:11.7 (24)18:23.2 (1)18:34.4 (=7)18:03.0 (10)18:09.9 (9)
8Andreas WaschburgerGER1-50:44.418:11.0 (5)37:14.1 (2)55:47.2 (1)1-14:20.9 (1)1-32:23.8 (5)19:03.1 (9)18:33.1 (5)18:33.7 (6)18:02.9 (9)18:20.6 (13)
9Petar StoychevBUL1-50:46.218:12.7 (10)37:18.4 (16)55:53.0 (10)1-14:26.6 (7)1-32:35.5 (8)19:05.7 (19)18:34.6 (10)18:33.6 (5)18:08.9 (=11)18:10.7 (11)
10Alex MeyerUSA1-50:48.218:10.8 (4)37:14.8 (3)55:52.8 (9)1-14:30.9 (12)1-32:41.1 (14)19:04.0 (=11)18:38.0 (=20)18:38.1 (=14)18:10.2 (=14)18:07.1 (6)
11Julien SauvageFRA1-50:51.318:13.8 (13)37:16.3 (7)55:54.3 (14)1-14:26.5 (6)1-32:36.8 (10)19:02.5 (7)18:38.0 (=20)18:32.2 (2)18:10.3 (16)18:14.5 (12)
12Troy PrinslooRSA1-50:52.918:15.8 (16)37:17.9 (=13)55:53.4 (11)1-14:31.4 (13)1-32:45.0 (17)19:02.1 (=5)18:35.5 (=11)18:38.0 (13)18:13.6 (18)18:07.9 (8)
13Erwin MaldonadoVEN1-50:52.918:13.6 (12)37:17.6 (=10)55:51.0 (5)1-14:32.9 (=14)1-32:42.8 (15)19:04.0 (=11)18:33.4 (6)18:41.9 (18)18:09.9 (13)18:10.1 (10)
14Ihor ChervynskyiUKR1-50:56.918:12.4 (8)37:19.8 (=17)55:55.4 (18)1-14:35.2 (16)1-32:35.6 (9)19:07.4 (=22)18:35.6 (13)18:39.8 (16)18:00.4 (6)18:21.3 (14)
15Yasunari HiraiJPN1-51:20.118:12.9 (11)37:17.5 (9)55:51.9 (8)1-14:29.1 (8)1-32:38.0 (11)19:04.6 (=15)18:34.4 (8)18:37.2 (12)18:08.9 (=11)18:42.1 (18)
16Brian RyckemanBEL1-51:27.118:15.5 (15)37:21.0 (20)55:57.5 (20)1-14:29.6 (9)1-32:47.6 (18)19:05.5 (18)18:36.5 (16)18:32.1 (1)18:18.0 (20)18:39.5 (16)
17Valerio CleriITA1-51:29.518:12.5 (9)37:17.6 (=10)55:54.8 (15)1-14:36.8 (17)1-32:57.6 (21)19:05.1 (17)18:37.2 (18)18:42.0 (=19)18:20.8 (21)18:31.9 (15)
18Csaba GercsákHUN1-51:30.918:16.6 (17)37:18.0 (15)55:54.9 (16)1-14:29.9 (=10)1-32:40.1 (13)19:01.4 (2)18:36.9 (17)18:35.0 (=10)18:10.2 (=14)18:50.8 (20)
19Arseniy LavrentyevPOR1-51:37.218:16.8 (19)37:20.7 (19)56:00.0 (23)1-14:38.1 (19)1-32:55.6 (20)19:03.9 (10)18:39.3 (=22)18:38.1 (=14)18:17.5 (19)18:41.6 (17)
20Ky HurstAUS1-51:41.318:13.9 (14)37:15.9 (5)55:54.2 (13)1-14:39.2 (20)1-32:52.1 (19)19:02.0 (4)18:38.3 (=22)18:45.0 (22)18:12.9 (17)18:49.2 (19)
21Iván EndericaECU1-52:28.618:18.4 (=21)37:21.4 (21)55:54.1 (12)1-14:37.3 (18)1-32:39.1 (12)19:03.0 (8)18:32.7 (=3)18:43.2 (21)18:01.8 (8)19:49.5 (23)
22Yury KudinovKAZ1-52:59.018:17.7 (20)37:19.8 (=17)55:55.3 (17)1-14:41.9 (=22)1-33:18.2 (22)19:02.1 (=5)18:35.5 (=11)18:46.6 (23)18:36.3 (22)19:40.8 (21)
23Kiko HervásESP1-53:27.818:18.4 (=21)37:22.8 (22)56:00.7 (24)1-14:42.3 (24)1-33:41.2 (23)19:04.4 (=13)18:37.9 (19)18:41.6 (17)18:58.9 (23)19:46.6 (22)
24Mazen AzizEGY1-54:33.218:16.7 (18)37:17.8 (12)55:59.8 (22)1-14:41.8 (21)1-34:13.2 (24)19:01.1 (1)18:42.0 (24)18:42.0 (=19)19:31.4 (24)20:20.0 (24)
25Benjamin SchulteGUM2-03:35.119:09.2 (25)39:31.4 (25)1-00:21.3 (25)1-20:57.5 (25)1-42:19.0 (25)20:22.2 (25)20:49.9 (25)20:36.2 (25)21:21.5 (25)21:16.1 (25)