Open water swimming team event at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Location | Kazanka River, Kazan | |||||||||
Dates | 30 July | |||||||||
Competitors | 66 from 22 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 55:14.4 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2015 FINA World Championships | |||
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Diving | |||
Individual | |||
1 m | men | women | |
3 m | men | women | |
10 m | men | women | |
3 m & 10 m | mixed team | ||
Synchronised | |||
3 m | men | women | mixed |
10 m | men | women | mixed |
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 | mixed |
4 × 200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | mixed |
Synchronised swimming | |||
Solo | |||
Technical | women | ||
Free | women | ||
Duet | |||
Technical | women | mixed | |
Free | women | mixed | |
Team | |||
Technical | women | ||
Free | women | ||
Combination | women | ||
Water polo | |||
Tournament | men | women | |
The open water swimming team event at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 30 July 2013 in the Kazanka River, Kazan, Russia.
Germany won gold with a time of 55:14.4, and then Brazil and the Netherlands tied for silver with a time of 55:31.2.
Each country was represented by three swimmers who swam as a team. Each team swam the same 5-kilometer course, with each member of the team starting at the same time. [1] The time it took the slowest member of the team to complete the course determined the team's time, which determined the finishing positions as in a time trial. [1] [2] A staggered start was implemented, meaning each team was set off individually thirty seconds after the previous team. [2]
Each FINA member federation could enter one team into the event. That team had to consist entirely of swimmers who were also entered into individual events at the Championships. Teams were also required to contain at least one man and one woman. [1]
The race started at 12:00 MSK on 30 July. [2] It took place in the Kazanka River, Kazan, Russia. [3]
Swimmers swam close to their teammates to take advantage of drafting effects. [4] Germany won gold, defending their title with a time of 55:14.4, [5] [6] [7] and then Brazil and the Netherlands tied for second, both swimming a time of 55:31.2. [8] [6]
Germans Christian Reichert and Isabelle Härle were also part of the team that won the event in 2013, meaning they won a gold medal in this event in two consecutive championships. [9]
The World Open Water Swimming Association called the closeness of the race "remarkable", as Brazilians Allan do Carmo and Ana Marcela Cunha, and the Netherlands' Ferry Weertman and Sharon van Rouwendaal all swam exactly the same time of 55:31.2. [4]