Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Team

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Open water swimming team event
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Location Kazanka River, Kazan
Dates30 July
Competitors66 from 22 nations
Winning time55:14.4
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  2013
2017  

The open water swimming team event at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 30 July 2013 in the Kazanka River, Kazan, Russia.

Contents

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.

Event description

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]

Qualification

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]

Results

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]

Results [8]
RankNationSwimmersTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Rob Muffels
Christian Reichert
Isabelle Härle
55:14.4
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Allan do Carmo
Diogo Villarinho
Ana Marcela Cunha
55:31.2
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marcel Schouten
Ferry Weertman
Sharon van Rouwendaal
55:31.2
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Federico Vanelli
Simone Ercoli
Rachele Bruni
55:49.4
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States Sean Ryan
Jordan Wilimovsky
Ashley Twichell
55:50.6
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Jarrod Poort
Simon Huitenga
Melissa Gorman
56:07.4
7Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Dániel Székelyi
Gergely Gyurta
Éva Risztov
56:08.4
8Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Antonios Fokaidis
Spyridon Gianniotis
Kalliopi Araouzou
56:18.6
9Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Ivan Enderica Ochoa
Esteban Enderica
Samantha Arévalo
56:45.9
10Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sergey Bolshakov
Daniil Serebrennikov
Anastasiia Krapivina
56:47.0
11Flag of France.svg  France David Aubry
Marc-Antoine Olivier
Aurélie Muller
56:50.9
12Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Héctor Ruiz
Antonio Arroyo
Erika Villaécija
57:16.0
13Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Gabriel Villagoiz
Guillermo Bertola
Cecilia Biagioli
57:27.8
14Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Qiao Zhongyi
Zu Lijun
Yan Siyu
57:53.9
15Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal Vasco Gaspar
Rafael Gil
Angélica André
58:12.6
16Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Wilder Carreño
Erwin Maldonado
Paola Pérez
58:39.3
17Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Ján Kútnik
Matěj Kozubek
Alena Benešová
59:43.1
18Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Chad Ho
Nico Manoussakis
Michelle Weber
1:00:31.2
19Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Daniel Delgadillo
Arturo Pérez Vertti
Zaira Cardenas
1:01:36.6
20Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Kenessary Kenenbayev
Vitaliy Khudyakov
Xeniya Romanchuk
1:02:12.7
21Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Youssef Hossameldeen
Adel Ragab
Reem Kaseem
1:02:13.1
22Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Tse Tsz Fung
Kwan Ho Yin
Kwok Cho Yiu
1:05:43.8

Further information

References

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