Open water swimming team event at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Moll de la Fusta harbour | |||||||||
Location | Port Vell | |||||||||
Dates | 25 July | |||||||||
Teams | 22 | |||||||||
Winning time | 52:54.9 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2013 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
High diving | ||
20 m | women | |
27 m | men | |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Team | ||
5 km | mixed | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
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.
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.
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]
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]