Open water swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Team

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Open water swimming team event
at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMoll de la Fusta harbour
Location Port Vell
Dates25 July
Teams22
Winning time52:54.9
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
  2011
2015  

The open water swimming team event at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships was held on 25 July 2013 at the Moll de la Fusta harbour in Port Vell, Barcelona, Spain.

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Germany won gold with a time of 52:54.9, Greece won silver with 54:03.3, and Brazil won bronze with 54:03.5.

Event description

Each country was represented by three swimmers who swam as a team. [1] Each team swam the same 5-kilometre double-loop, [2] with each member of the team starting at the same time. The time it took the slowest member of the team to complete the course determined the team's time, [3] which determined the finishing positions as in a time trial. [1] A staggered start was implemented, [4] meaning each team was set off individually one minute after the previous team. [1]

Teams were required to contain at least one man and one woman. [5] [4]

Race

The race started at 12:00 CET on 25 July. [6] [7] It took place at the Moll de la Fusta harbour in Port Vell, Barcelona, Spain. [1] [8]

Swimmers swam close to their teammates to draft each other and reduce overall effort. Germany was the fourth team to start its swim, and they overtook the three teams in front of them on course to win the gold with a time of 52:54.9. [1] [2] Greece won silver with 54:03.3, and Brazil won bronze with 54:03.5. [5]

The United States, who won the inaugural version of the event at the previous World Championships, finished sixth. After the race, Andrew Gemmell of the US said "That race was much deeper and much faster than it was in 2011. The other teams have a lot more experience and are putting a lot more emphasis on it. That's something we can keep improving on." [4] Hungary finished ninth with two women in its team, [4] [1] while all the other teams were composed of two men and one woman. [3]

Brazil's bronze was their fifth medal in open water swimming at the Championships, [1] and Thomas Lurz's participation in the German team earned him his third medal of the Championships and the sixth World Championship gold of his career. [1] [4] [2] Poliana Okimoto also won her third medal of the Championships as part of the Brazilian team. [2]

Results [6]
RankNationSwimmersTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Thomas Lurz
Christian Reichert
Isabelle Härle
52:54.9
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Greece Antonios Fokaidis
Spyridon Gianniotis
Kalliopi Araouzou
54:03.3
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Allan do Carmo
Samuel de Bona
Poliana Okimoto
54:03.5
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Jarrod Poort
Simon Huitenga
Melissa Gorman
54:16.1
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Luca Ferretti
Simone Ercoli
Rachele Bruni
54:34.0
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States Andrew Gemmell
Sean Ryan
Haley Anderson
54:44.7
7Flag of France.svg  France Damien Cattin-Vidal
Bertrand Venturi
Aurelie Muller
55:26.3
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Evgeny Drattsev
Kirill Abrosimov
Elizaveta Gorshkova
56:08.7
9Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Márk Papp
Anna Olasz
Éva Risztov
56:09.4
10Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Phillip Ryan
Kane Radford
Cara Baker
56:12.0
11Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Daniel Marais
Chad Ho
Kyna Pereira
56:34.7
12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Eric Hedlin
Philippe Guertin
Zsofia Balazs
57:13.7
13Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yuto Kobayashi
Yasunari Hirai
Yumi Kida
58:00.0
14Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Weng Jingwei
Han Lidu
Cao Shiyue
58:02.6
15Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Guillermo Bertola
Martin Carrizo
Florencia Mazzei
58:12.0
16Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Miguel Hernández
Iván López
Lizeth Rueda
58:17.7
17Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Johndry Segovia
Luis Bolanos
Florencia Melo
58:59.9
18Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Seifeddine Sghaier
Badr Chebchoub
Maroua Mathlouthi
59:19.4
19Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Vitaliy Khudyakov
Vladimir Tolikin
Xeniya Romanchuk
1:00:15.8
20Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Ivan Enderica Ochoa
Santiago Enderica
Katia Barros
1:00:32.6
21Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Youssef Hossameldeen
Adel Ragab
Laila El Basiouny
1:01:02.2
22Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Ching Leung Sunny Poon
Li Chun Hong
Fiona On Yi Chan
1:05:26.9

Further information

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