Mixed 5 km team relay at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships | |
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Venue | Lake Balaton |
Location | Hungary |
Dates | 20 July |
Competitors | 76 from 19 nations |
Teams | 19 |
Winning time | 54:05.9 |
Medalists | |
2017 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 | |
Synchronized | ||
3 m | men | women |
3 m | mixed | |
10 m | men | women |
10 m | 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 |
Relay | ||
4 × 1,25 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 × 100 m | mixed | |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 100 m | mixed | |
Synchronized swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Technical | mixed | |
Free | women | |
Free | mixed | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The mixed 5 km team relay competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 20 July 2017 in Lake Balaton, Hungary.
France won gold with a time of 54:05.9, the United States finished second with 54:18.1, and Italy finished third with 54:31.0.
The race took place on 20 July at 10:00 in Lake Balaton, Hungary. [1] [2] Each national team consisted of two men and two women, who could swim in any order. [3] Each athlete swam 1.25 km, meaning each team completed 5 km in total. [4] [5] It was the first time this event was contested at the World Aquatics Championships. [5]
France were in 11th position at the end of the first leg, then moved up to fourth by the end of the second leg, and then to second behind only Great Britain going into the last leg. Marc-Antoine Olivier swam the final leg and won gold for France with a total time of 54:05.9. [6] [5] Swimming World called France's victory "decisive". [4]
Brendan Casey swam the fastest first leg to put the United States in the lead going into the changeover. After the US dropped to, and then remained in fifth over the second and third legs, [7] Jordan Wilimovsky swam the final leg for the United States three seconds faster than Olivier, but it was not enough to catch him and the US won silver with 54:18.1. [4] [5] [8]
Italy allocated women for the first two legs, and they were thirteenth at the halfway mark, before Federico Vanelli overtook ten swimmers over the third leg to put them in podium position. They won bronze with 54:31.0. [5] [9]
France's victory earned them their fifth medal and third gold of the open water events at the Championships. [2] [10] Ashley Twichell's silver as part of the US team was her fourth World Championship open water swimming medal, more than any other US athlete. [7]