10 kilometres Open Water, Men
| Date | 16 August 2016 — 9:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Forte de Copacabana, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro | |
| Participants | 25 from 23 countries | |
| Format | Final only. | |
Much of the pre-race discussion about this event concerned the water quality in Fort Copacabana bay. There were complaints of bacterial and viral infestation and the media made it a huge topic coming into the Rio Olympics. In the end the Organizing Committee cleaned up the water and there were no major complaints from the competitors.
There were 26 starters, led by 2015 World Champion Jordan Wilimovsky of the USA, 2015 World runner-up Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands, and the defending gold medalist, Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia. The race was very tight as Weertman came to the line and won the gold medal in a photo finish over Greece’s Spyridon Gianniotis, with another photo needed to settle bronze between France’s Marc-Antoine Oliver and China’s Zu Lijun, with Oliver getting the nod. Jack Burnell (GBR) was also in that photo for bronze medal but he was disqualified for interfering with Mellouli near the line. Wilimovsky was a few seconds back in fifth place, while Mellouli finished 12th.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Lap 1 | Lap 2 | Lap 3 | Lap 2 Split | Lap 3 Split | Lap 4 Split | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferry Weertman |  NED | 1-52:59.8 | 29:47.2 (19) | 58:21.8 (10) | 1-26:01.1 (15) | 28:34.6 (5) | 27:39.3 (14) | 26:58.7 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Spyros Gianniotis |  GRE | 1-52:59.8 | 29:48.7 (22) | 58:26.9 (21) | 1-26:00.4 (13) | 28:38.2 (13) | 27:33.5 (=4) | 26:59.4 (3) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Marc-Antoine Olivier |  FRA | 1-53:02.0 | 29:46.1 (18) | 58:14.6 (2) | 1-25:57.2 (5) | 28:28.5 (2) | 27:42.6 (21) | 27:04.8 (8) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Zu Lijun |  CHN | 1-53:02.0 | 29:46.0 (17) | 58:28.9 (24) | 1-26:03.2 (21) | 28:42.9 (23) | 27:34.3 (6) | 26:58.8 (2) | |||
| 5 | Jordan Wilimovsky |  USA | 1-53:03.2 | 29:48.4 (20) | 58:24.7 (17) | 1-25:56.3 (3) | 28:36.3 (8) | 27:31.6 (1) | 27:06.9 (10) | |||
| 6 | Simone Ruffini |  ITA | 1-53:03.5 | 29:43.4 (8) | 58:19.0 (6) | 1-25:58.5 (7) | 28:35.6 (7) | 27:39.5 (15) | 27:05.0 (9) | |||
| 7 | Federico Vanelli | ITA | 1-53:03.9 | 29:41.0 (5) | 58:18.2 (5) | 1-25:59.1 (8) | 28:37.2 (11) | 27:40.9 (19) | 27:04.8 (7) | |||
| 8 | Yasunari Hirai |  JPN | 1-53:04.6 | 29:48.6 (21) | 58:28.3 (22) | 1-26:01.2 (16) | 28:39.7 (19) | 27:32.9 (=2) | 27:03.4 (5) | |||
| 9 | Christian Reichert |  GER | 1-53:04.7 | 29:49.9 (23) | 58:26.4 (20) | 1-25:59.9 (12) | 28:36.5 (9) | 27:33.5 (=4) | 27:04.8 (6) | |||
| 10 | Chad Ho |  RSA | 1-53:04.8 | 29:45.7 (14) | 58:25.8 (19) | 1-26:02.5 (20) | 28:40.1 (20) | 27:36.7 (10) | 27:02.3 (4) | |||
| 11 | Yevgeny Drattsev |  RUS | 1-53:04.8 | 29:43.4 (8) | 58:17.3 (3) | 1-25:57.9 (6) | 28:33.9 (3) | 27:40.6 (18) | 27:06.9 (11) | |||
| 12 | Oussama Mellouli |  TUN | 1-53:06.1 | 29:39.3 (2) | 58:17.9 (4) | 1-25:55.4 (2) | 28:38.6 (16) | 27:37.5 (11) | 27:10.7 (13) | |||
| 13 | Márk Papp |  HUN | 1-53:11.7 | 29:40.1 (3) | 58:24.0 (15) | 1-26:01.9 (19) | 28:43.9 (24) | 27:37.9 (13) | 27:09.8 (12) | |||
| 14 | Sean Ryan | USA | 1-53:15.5 | 29:44.2 (11) | 58:23.8 (13) | 1-25:59.8 (11) | 28:39.6 (18) | 27:36.0 (9) | 27:15.7 (16) | |||
| 15 | Ventsislav Aydarski |  BUL | 1-53:16.1 | 29:45.9 (15) | 58:23.0 (12) | 1-26:00.8 (14) | 28:37.1 (10) | 27:37.8 (12) | 27:15.3 (15) | |||
| 16 | Esteban Enderica |  ECU | 1-53:16.2 | 29:50.4 (24) | 58:28.4 (23) | 1-26:03.4 (22) | 28:38.0 (12) | 27:35.0 (7) | 27:12.8 (14) | |||
| 17 | Richard Weinberger |  CAN | 1-53:16.4 | 29:45.4 (13) | 58:23.8 (13) | 1-25:56.7 (4) | 28:38.4 (14) | 27:32.9 (=2) | 27:19.7 (19) | |||
| 18 | Allan do Carmo |  BRA | 1-53:16.4 | 29:45.3 (12) | 58:19.5 (7) | 1-25:59.7 (9) | 28:34.2 (4) | 27:40.2 (16) | 27:16.7 (17) | |||
| 19 | Kane Radford |  NZL | 1-53:18.7 | 29:45.9 (15) | 58:21.4 (9) | 1-26:01.8 (18) | 28:35.5 (6) | 27:40.4 (17) | 27:16.9 (18) | |||
| 20 | Richard Nagy |  SVK | 1-53:35.4 | 29:43.3 (7) | 58:24.0 (15) | 1-25:59.7 (9) | 28:40.7 (21) | 27:35.7 (8) | 27:35.7 (20) | |||
| 21 | Jarrod Poort |  AUS | 1-53:40.7 | 28:41.7 (1) | 56:58.3 (1) | 1-25:15.0 (1) | 28:16.6 (1) | 28:16.7 (22) | 28:25.7 (21) | |||
| 22 | Erwin Maldonado |  VEN | 1-54:33.6 | 29:40.7 (4) | 58:20.0 (8) | 1-26:01.4 (17) | 28:39.3 (17) | 27:41.4 (20) | 28:32.2 (22) | |||
| 23 | Marwan El-Amrawy |  EGY | 1-59:17.2 | 29:43.2 (6) | 58:25.3 (18) | 1-27:30.6 (23) | 28:42.1 (22) | 29:05.3 (23) | 31:46.6 (23) | |||
| Vitaly Khudyakov |  KAZ | – | [29:43.7] ([10]) | [58:22.2] ([11]) | – (–) | [28:38.5] ([15]) | – (–) | – (–) | 1 | |||
| Jack Burnell |  GBR | [1-53:02.0] | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | 2 |