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10 kilometres Open Water, Women

Date15 August 2016 — 9:00
StatusOlympic
LocationForte de Copacabana, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
Participants26 from 24 countries
FormatFinal 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 complaints from the competitors.

There were 26 swimmers in perfectly calm water conditions. Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands, the 2015 World Championship runner-up, took the lead at the halfway mark and won easily, by over 17 seconds. Second-place was tightly fought, as Italian Rachele Bruni came to the line almost even with the 2015 World Champion Aurélie Muller of France. Muller appeared to pull on Bruni’s arm as the Italian tried to touch the finishing board, and Muller was disqualified, giving Bruni the silver medal. This gave bronze to Brazil’s Poliana Okimota, two seconds behind second, but 23 seconds ahead of fourth-placed Xin Xin of China.

PosCompetitorNOCTimeLap 1Lap 2Lap 3Lap 2 SplitLap 3 SplitLap 4 Split
1Sharon van RouwendaalNED1-56:32.130:53.1 (12)1-01:00.2 (6)1-29:29.5 (5)30:07.1 (11)28:29.3 (2)27:02.6 (1)Gold
2Rachele BruniITA1-56:49.5– (–)1-01:04.0 (11)1-29:33.4 (6)28:29.4 (1)– (–)27:16.1 (2)Silver1
3Poliana OkimotoBRA1-56:51.430:53.1 (12)– (7)1-29:34.5 (–)– (–)– (–)27:16.9 (3)Bronze
4Xin XinCHN1-57:14.4– (–)1-01:06.3 (17)1-29:36.1 (8)28:29.8 (2)– (–)27:38.3 (5)
5Haley AndersonUSA1-57:20.230:57.9 (20)1-01:03.6 (9)1-29:46.3 (20)30:05.7 (10)28:42.7 (9)27:33.9 (4)
6Isabelle HärleGER1-57:22.1– (–)1-01:03.6 (9)1-29:39.4 (14)28:35.8 (3)– (–)27:42.7 (7)
7Keri-Anne PayneGBR1-57:23.930:54.2 (16)1-01:07.6 (19)1-29:39.0 (13)30:13.4 (17)28:31.4 (3)27:44.9 (8)
8Anastasiya KrapivinaRUS1-57:25.9– (–)1-01:04.4 (13)1-29:40.7 (15)28:36.3 (5)– (–)27:45.2 (9)
9Samantha ArévaloECU1-57:27.230:57.9 (20)– (21)1-29:47.3 (–)– (–)– (–)27:39.9 (6)
10Ana Marcela CunhaBRA1-57:29.030:51.6 (11)1-01:06.1 (15)1-29:38.4 (11)30:14.5 (18)28:32.3 (4)27:50.6 (11)
11Kelly AraouzouGRE1-57:31.631:01.1 (24)1-01:13.0 (25)1-29:37.8 (10)30:11.9 (14)28:24.8 (1)27:53.8 (12)
12Yumi KidaJPN1-57:35.2– (–)1-01:07.6 (19)1-29:45.4 (19)28:37.8 (6)– (–)27:49.8 (10)
13Éva RisztovHUN1-57:42.8– (–)1-01:01.1 (7)1-29:37.0 (9)28:35.9 (4)– (–)28:05.8 (14)
14Anna OlaszHUN1-57:45.530:58.2 (23)1-01:01.7 (8)1-29:40.8 (16)30:03.5 (9)28:39.1 (6)28:04.7 (13)
15Chelsea GubeckaAUS1-58:12.730:53.2 (14)1-01:06.5 (18)1-29:48.6 (22)30:13.3 (16)28:42.1 (8)28:24.1 (15)
16Špela PeršeSLO1-58:59.6– (–)1-01:08.1 (21)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)
17Erika VillaécijaESP1-59:04.8– (–)1-01:09.0 (22)– (–)– (–)– (–)– (–)
18Michelle WeberRSA1-59:05.030:53.8 (15)1-01:06.2 (16)1-29:43.1 (17)30:12.4 (15)28:36.9 (5)29:21.9 (18)
19Jana PechanováCZE1-59:07.7– (–)– (–)1-30:12.6 (25)– (–)– (–)– (–)
20Paola PérezVEN1-59:07.730:55.7 (17)1-01:10.8 (23)– (–)30:15.1 (19)– (–)– (–)
21Heidi GanMAS1-59:07.9– (–)1-01:10.8 (23)1-30:00.9 (24)28:50.1 (8)– (–)29:07.0 (16)
22Joanna ZachoszczPOL1-59:20.430:58.1 (22)– (–)1-29:59.1 (23)– (–)– (–)29:21.3 (17)
23Stephanie HornerCAN1-59:22.130:55.7 (17)1-01:04.0 (11)1-29:44.8 (18)30:08.3 (13)28:40.8 (7)29:37.3 (19)
24Vânia NevesPOR2-01:39.330:57.7 (19)1-01:05.0 (14)– (–)30:07.3 (12)– (–)– (–)
25Reem KassemEGY2-05:19.1– (26)1-01:13.4 (–)1-32:42.5 (26)31:29.1 (20)– (–)32:36.6 (20)
DQAurélie MullerFRA– ([5])[1-00:59.3] (–)[1-29:38.7] ([12])[28:39.4] ([7])– (–)– (–)2