Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

The Open Water Swimming events at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held in the sea at Perth Beach. A new event was added in the program: the 5 kilometres for men and women.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	3	0	1	4
2	Russia	2	1	0	3
3	Italy	1	0	2	3
4	Australia	0	2	0	2
5	Germany	0	1	1	2
5	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
6	Spain	0	1	0	1
7	Argentina	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km details	Aleksey Akatyev (RUS) 55:18.6	Ky Hurst (AUS) 55:24.9	Luca Baldini (ITA) 55:37.4
25 km details	Aleksey Akatyev (RUS) 5:05:42.1	David Meca (ESP) 5:07:22.9	Gabriel Chaillou (ARG) 5:07:52.6

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km details	Erica Rose (USA) 59:23.5	Edith van Dijk (NED) 1:00:58.5	Peggy Büchse (GER) 1:01:05.8
25 km details	Tobie Smith (USA) 5:31:20.1	Peggy Büchse (GER) 5:32:19.2	Edith van Dijk (NED) 5:38.06.9

Mixed

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km details	United States (USA) John Flanagan Austin Ramirez Erica Rose 2:52:12.2	Russia (RUS) Aleksey Akatyev Evgueni Bezroutchenko Olga Gouseva 2:52:16.7	Italy (ITA) Luca Baldini Fabio Venturini Valeria Casprini 2:52:41.6
25 km details	Italy (ITA) Claudio Gargaro Fabrizio Pescatori Valeria Casprini 16:10:18.2	Australia (AUS) Grant Robinson Mark Saliba Tracey Knowles 16:22:54.3	United States (USA) Tobie Smith Nathan Stooke Chuck Wiley 16:46:13.3

Results

5km Open Water

• Held on 1998-01-06

RANK	MEN'S COMPETITION	TIME
	Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)	55:18.6
	Ky Hurst (AUS)	55:24.9
	Luca Baldini (ITA)	55:37.4
4.	Yevgeny Bezruchenko (RUS)	55:41.4
5.	David Meca (ESP)	55:42.7
6.	Fabio Venturini (ITA)	55:54.7
7.	Igor Majcen (SLO)	55:55.9
8.	John Flanagan (USA)	55:57.3
9.	Carl Gordon (NZL)	56:06.6
10.	Dave Bates (AUS)	56:08.3
11.	Serghei Mariniuc (MDA)	56:09.5
12.	Sebastian Wiese (GER)	56:22.5
13.	Stephane Lecat (FRA)	56:37.0
	Christof Wandratsch (GER)	56:37.0
15.	Austin Ramírez (USA)	56:51.4
16.	Nace Majcen (SLO)	57:01.1
17.	Alexandre Angelotti (BRA)	57:25.7
18.	Gareth Fowler (RSA)	58:32.2
19.	Manuel Colmenares (VEN)	58:33.6
20.	Ryan Coom (NZL)	58:36.0
21.	Simon Chocron (VEN)	58:50.8
22.	Alberto Morejón (CUB)	1:02:12.2
23.	Trpimir Kutle (CRO)	1:02:13.3
24.	Takashi Sugisawa (JPN)	1:02:15.5
25.	Norbert Csendes (HUN)	1:02:49.5
26.	Anse Henry (ATG)	1:39:49.2

RANK	WOMEN'S COMPETITION	TIME
	Erica Rose (USA)	59:23.5
	Edith van Dijk (NED)	1:00:58.5
	Peggy Büchse (GER)	1:01:05.8
4.	Megan Ryther (USA)	1:01:09.2
5.	Valeria Casprini (ITA)	1:01:09.5
6.	Bronwen Whitehead (AUS)	1:01:10.7
7.	Angela Maurer (GER)	1:01.11.1
8.	Melissa Pasquali (ITA)	1:01:11.6
9.	Annette Andermatt (CHE)	1:01:13.2
10.	Anne Chagnaud (FRA)	1:01:14.7
11.	Olga Guseva (RUS)	1:01:16.7
12.	Kristy Park (AUS)	1:01:28.3
13.	Ravee Intpornudom (THA)	1:01:30.2
14.	Etta van der Weijden (NED)	1:02:42.6
15.	Angela Collett (NZL)	1:02:54.8
16.	Maša Jamnik (SLO)	1:03:52.5
17.	Paula Wood (GBR)	1:03:56.0
18.	Robyn Bradley (RSA)	1:03:56.3
19.	Attilia Figini (CHE)	1:06:38.9
20.	Edit Kasparik (HUN)	1:06:42.0
21.	Rania Ghousheh (JOR)	1:26:38.4
22.	Andrea Edwards (ATG)	1:30:25.1

RANK	MIXED COMPETITION	TIME
	United States John Flanagan Austin Ramirez Erica Rose	2:52:12.2
	Russia Aleksey Akatyev Yevgeny Bezruchenko Olga Guseva	2:52:16.7
	Italy Luca Baldini Fabio Venturini Valeria Casprini	2:52:41.6
4.	Australia Ky Hurst Dave Bates Bronwen Whitehead	2:52:43.9
5.	Germany Sebastian Wiese Christof Wandratsch Peggy Büchse	2:54:05.3
6.	Slovenia Igor Majcen Nace Majcen Maša Jamnik	2:56:49.5
7.	New Zealand Carl Gordon Ryan Coom Angela Collett	2:57:37.4

25km Open Water

• Held on 1998-01-11

RANK	MEN'S COMPETITION	TIME
	Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)	5:05:42.1
	David Meca (ESP)	5:07:22.9
	Gabriel Chaillou (ARG)	5:07:52.6
4.	Claudio Gargaro (ITA)	5:09:48.2
5.	Yury Kudinov (RUS)	5:12:07.3
6.	Stéphane Lecat (FRA)	5:14:15.5
7.	Grant Robinson (AUS)	5:14:40.2
8.	Fabrizio Pescatori (ITA)	5:16:54.6
9.	Igor Majcen (SLO)	5:17:09.1
10.	Nicolas Knap (FRA)	5:22:35.1
11.	Mark Saliba (AUS)	5:27:54.1
12.	Andre Wilde (GER)	5:31:38.5
13.	Nathan Stooke (USA)	5:32:20.8
14.	Nace Majcen (SLO)	5:33.52.8
15.	Liam Weseloh (CAN)	5:34:53.3
16.	Simon Chocron (VEN)	5:38:43.3
17.	Chuck Wiley (USA)	5:42:32.4
18.	Paulo Torres (BRA)	5:45:04.7
19.	Alberto Morejon (CUB)	5:46:10.8
20.	Ryan Coom (NZL)	5:48.03.2
21.	Serghei Mariniuc (MDA)	5:52:28.7
22.	Trpimir Kutle (CRO)	5:54:18.1
23.	Robert Dinka (SVK)	5:57:26.2
24.	Gareth Fowler (RSA)	6:05:11.0
25.	Takashi Sugisawa (JPN)	6:12.37.8
26.	Ákos Győrffy (HUN)	6:25:55.4
	Manuel Colmenares (VEN)	DNF
	Christof Wandratsch (GER)	DNF
	György Pál (HUN)	DNF
	Seif Al-Deen El-Hassan (SDN)	DNF
	Yasir Abdalmag Osman (SDN)	DNF

RANK	WOMEN'S COMPETITION	TIME
	Tobie Smith (USA)	5:31:20.1
	Peggy Büchse (GER)	5:32:19.2
	Edith van Dijk (NED)	5:38.06.9
4.	Tracey Knowles (AUS)	5:40.20.0
5.	Valeria Casprini (ITA)	5:43:35.4
6.	Etta van der Weijden (NED)	5:44:37.5
7.	Britta Kamrau (GER)	5:47:24.1
8.	Gaia Naldini (ITA)	5:49:04.6
9.	Annette Andermatt (CHE)	5:51:53.7
10.	Karen Burton (USA)	5:56:40.2
11.	Angela Collett (NZL)	6:05:16.8
12.	Mellisa Cunningham (AUS)	6:07:14.4
13.	Maša Jamnik (SLO)	6:08:31.9
14.	Radka Nechmačová (CZE)	6:09:53.2
15.	Attilia Figini (CHE)	6:11:55.1
16.	Celina Endo (BRA)	6:15:44.4
17.	Edit Kasparik (HUN)	6:26:27.1

RANK	MIXED COMPETITION	TIME
	Italy Claudio Gargaro Fabrizio Pescatori Valeria Casprini	16:10:18.2
	Australia Grant Robinson Mark Saliba Tracey Knowles	16:22:54.3
	United States Tobie Smith Nathan Stooke Chuck Wiley	16:46:13.3
4.	Germany Andre Wilde Britta Kamrau Peggy Büchse	16:51:21.8
5.	Slovenia Igor Majcen Nace Majcen Maša Jamnik	16:59:33.8

References

• FINA
• USA Swimming