2020 FINA Marathon Swim World Series

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The 2020 FINA Marathon Swim World Series was scheduled to consist of 10 stops between 15 February to 24 October 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only the first stop in Doha took place, and on 20 July, FINA confirmed that the remainder of the 2020 series had been cancelled. [1] [2]

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Calendar

The calendar for the 2020 series was announced by FINA on 10 December 2019. [3]

The Seychelles leg was scheduled to take place on 3 May, but was initially postponed until 18 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 20 July, it was confirmed that the remainder of the 2020 series had been cancelled. [2]

DateLocation
February 15 Flag of Qatar.svg Doha
June 6 Flag of Hungary.svg Lupa Lake
June 13 Flag of Portugal.svg Setúbal
July 19 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec
August 1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lac Mégantic, Quebec
August 18 Flag of the Seychelles.svg Beau Vallon Beach, Seychelles
August 30 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Ohrid
September 19 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Nantou
October 15 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chun'an
October 24 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
Doha [4] Flag of France.svg  Marc-Antoine Olivier  (FRA)Flag of Germany.svg  Rob Muffels  (GER)Flag of Germany.svg  Florian Wellbrock  (GER)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
Doha [4] Flag of Germany.svg  Leonie Beck  (GER)Flag of Brazil.svg  Ana Marcela Cunha  (BRA)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sharon van Rouwendaal  (NED)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1113
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1001
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)0101
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

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