2023 FINA Open Water Tour

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2023 FINA Open Water Tour
Date8 May – 2 December 2023
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The 2023 FINA Open Water Tour, also called 2023 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup, started on 8 May 2023 in Egypt for the first leg and is scheduled to end in Eilat, Israel on 2 December 2023 for the fifth and final leg. It is the 17th edition of the FINA-sanctioned FINA Marathon Swim World Series. [1] [2] [3]

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For this 17th edition of the series, FINA implemented a name change from the previous edition, introducing the name FINA Open Water Tour in place of the former name FINA Marathon Swim World Series. [4] On 19 March 2023, World Aquatics introduced a second name for the event, 2023 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup. [3] On 5 April 2023, World Aquatics announced its bans on Russian and Belarusian athletes from 2022, not allowing them to compete at World Aquatics events, was in effect indefinitely, meaning they were banned from competing at the Open Water Tour. [5]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2023 Tour was originally scheduled in November 2022 by FINA to include six legs. [1] On 19 March 2023, World Aquatics announced a modified schedule adding a leg in Egypt and removing the legs in Taiwan and Hong Kong from the 2023 tour without explanation. [3] The first leg of the tour is part of the multi-sport (open water swimming, water polo, artistic swimming) Egypt Aquatics Festival, which is the successor to the first FINA Aquatics Festival edition (the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival, held in 2021). [6]

LegDatesLocation
1 [a] 8–9 May Flag of Egypt.svg Soma Bay, Red Sea, Egypt [7]
220–21 May Flag of Italy.svg Golfo Aranci, Sardinia, Italy [8]
327–28 May Flag of Portugal.svg Albarquel, Setúbal, Portugal [9]
45–6 August Flag of France.svg Seine, Paris, France
n/a [b] 28–29 October Flag of the Republic of China.svg Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan
n/a [b] 4–5 November Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
51–2 December Flag of Israel.svg Gulf of Eilat, Eilat, Israel
a Part of the Egypt Aquatics Festival.
b Leg cancelled by World Aquatics without explanation.

Medal summary

Men 10 km

EventGoldSilverBronze
Egypt [10] Flag of Germany.svg  Florian Wellbrock  (GER)1:52:53.20Flag of France.svg  Marc-Antoine Olivier  (FRA)1:52:53.30Flag of France.svg  Logan Fontaine  (FRA)1:52:55.00
Sardinia [11] Flag of Hungary.svg  Kristóf Rasovszky  (HUN)1:47:17.60Flag of Italy.svg  Domenico Acerenza  (ITA)1:47:20.10Flag of Germany.svg  Oliver Klemet  (GER)1:47:20.50
Setúbal [9] [12] Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Manzi  (ITA)1:52:37.10Flag of Italy.svg  Marcello Guidi  (ITA)1:52:41.70Flag of Hungary.svg  Dávid Betlehem  (HUN)1:53:12.10
Paris
Eilat

Women 10 km

EventGoldSilverBronze
Egypt [10] Flag of Germany.svg  Leonie Beck  (GER)2:04:04.60Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sharon van Rouwendaal  (NED)2:04:07.30Flag of Brazil.svg  Ana Marcela Cunha  (BRA)2:04:11.00
Sardinia [13] Flag of Germany.svg  Leonie Beck  (GER)1:56:17.40Flag of Italy.svg  Ginevra Taddeucci  (ITA)1:56:18.60Flag of Italy.svg  Giulia Gabbrielleschi  (ITA)1:56:20.50
Setúbal [9] [12] Flag of France.svg  Caroline Jouisse  (FRA)2:01:12.10Flag of Italy.svg  Arianna Bridi  (ITA)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sharon van Rouwendaal  (NED)		2:01:13.00none awarded
Paris
Eilat

Mixed 4×1500 m relay

EventGoldSilverBronze
Egypt [14] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:02:50.10Flag of France.svg  France 1:03:48.50Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:08:45.60
Sardinia [15] Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:04:57.70Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:04:58.60Flag of France.svg  France 1:05:30.00
Setúbal [16] Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:24:13.10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:25:32.60Flag of France.svg  France 1:27:55.00
Paris
Eilat

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)5016
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)2013
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1618
4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1236
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0202
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)0011
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)0011
Totals (7 entries)910827

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