Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre

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Men's Marathon Swim
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Serpentine Bridge.JPG
The race was held in the Serpentine lake
VenueThe Serpentine, Hyde Park
DatesAugust 10, 2012
Competitors25 from 23 nations
Winning time1:49:55.1
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Silver medal icon.svg Thomas Lurz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Richard Weinberger Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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The men's marathon swim over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 10 August in the Serpentine at Hyde Park. [1]

Outclassing a vast field of rivals, Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli built a historic milestone as the first ever swimmer to capture Olympic titles in both pool and open water. Around the 7 km mark, Mellouli quickly opened up a three-body-length lead over a small pack of swimmers, and maintained a fast pace to claim his second gold and third career medal in 1:49:55.1. [2] [3] Chasing for two more Olympic medals in a grueling race, Germany's Thomas Lurz finished behind the leader by 3.4 seconds with a silver in 1:49:58.5, while Canada's Richard Weinberger, who pulled off a powerful lead on the first lap, grabbed the bronze in 1:50:00.3. [4] [5] [6]

Greece's Spyridon Gianniotis, the reigning world champion, mounted a spirited challenge against Mellouli, Lurz and Weinberger in pursuit, but dropped back in the last 200 metres to fourth in 1:50:05.3. [7] [8] Enjoying a massive support from the home crowd at Hyde Park, Great Britain's Daniel Fogg struggled to maintain his form after the fourth lap, but pushed himself further from behind with a spectacular swim to claim a fifth spot in 1:50:37.3. [9] [10] Fogg was followed in sixth and seventh respectively by Russian duo Sergey Bolshakov (1:50:40.1) and Vladimir Dyatchin (1:50:42.8), while Lurz's teammate Andreas Waschburger, who led both the third and fourth lap ahead of Mellouli and Weinberger, faded down the stretch to pick up the eighth spot in 1:50:44.4. [6] Bulgaria's four-time Olympian Petar Stoychev finished ninth in 1:50:46.2 to hold off an American open water swimmer Alex Meyer (1:50:48.2) by exactly two seconds. [11] [12]

As the remaining swimmers completed the race, Guam's 16-year-old teen Benjamin Schulte fought off audaciously throughout the open-water course to round out the field with a twenty-fifth place time in 2:03:35.1. [6] [13]

Qualification

The men's 10 km open water marathon at the 2012 Olympics featured a field of 25 swimmers:

Results

RankAthleteNationTimeTime
behind		Notes
Gold medal icon.svg Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1:49:55.1
Silver medal icon.svg Thomas Lurz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:49:58.5+3.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Richard Weinberger Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:50:00.3+5.2
4 Spyridon Gianniotis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:50:05.3+10.2
5 Daniel Fogg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50:37.3+42.2
6 Sergey Bolshakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:50:40.1+45.0
7 Vladimir Dyatchin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:50:42.8+47.7
8 Andreas Waschburger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:50:44.4+49.3Warning
9 Petar Stoychev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:50:46.2+51.1
10 Alex Meyer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50:48.2+53.1
11 Julien Sauvage Flag of France.svg  France 1:50:51.3+56.2
12 Hercules Troyden Prinsloo Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:50:52.9+57.8Warning
12 Erwin Maldonado Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:50:52.9+57.8
14 Igor Chervynskiy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1:50:56.9+1:01.8
15 Yasunari Hirai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:51:20.1+1:25.0Warning
16 Brian Ryckeman Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:51:27.1+1:32.0
17 Valerio Cleri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:51:29.5+1:34.4
18 Csaba Gercsák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:51:30.9+1:35.8
19 Arseniy Lavrentyev Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:51:37.2+1:42.1
20 Ky Hurst Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:51:41.3+1:46.2
21 Ivan Enderica Ochoa Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:52:28.6+2:33.5
22 Yuriy Kudinov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1:52:59.0+3:03.9
23 Francisco Hervás Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:53:27.8+3:32.7
24 Mazen Metwaly Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:54:33.2+4:38.1Warning
25 Benjamin Schulte Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 2:03:35.1+13:40.0

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