Marathon Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dates 20 – 21 August 2008
Medal Events 2

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
10 kilometres Open Water, Men Olympic 21 August 2008 25 24
10 kilometres Open Water, Women Olympic 20 August 2008 25 23
50 (25/25) 28 (24/23)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 kilometres Open Water, Men Maarten van der WeijdenNED Dave DaviesGBR Thomas LurzGER
10 kilometres Open Water, Women Lara IlchenkoRUS Keri-Anne PayneGBR Cassie PattenGBR

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Netherlands NED 1 0 0 1
Russian Federation RUS 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 2 1 3
Germany GER 0 0 1 1