Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre

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Men's marathon swimming
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Odaiba Marine Park
Dates5 August 2021
Competitors26 from 23 nations
Winning time1:48:33.7
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Kristóf Rasovszky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
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The men's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 5 August 2021 at the Odaiba Marine Park. [1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, having first been held in 2008.

Florian Wellbrock won the gold medal for Germany, with a final time of 1:48:33.7. This was 25.3 seconds ahead of silver medalist Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary; Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy took the bronze. 2016 gold medalist Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands came seventh.

It was all three of the medalists debut open water swim in the Olympics, though all three had previously met the 1500 m pool event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. [2] [3] [4]

Race

Wellbrock broke away from the rest of the field from the start, and led at every checkpoint. [5] This was the first time anybody had won the men's 10 kilometer event at the Olympics by breaking away at the start and holding the lead until the finish. [5]

Wellbrock's victory margin of 25.3 seconds was the largest victory margin ever seen in the event's history at the Olympics, with the second largest margin of victory being held by Sharon van Rouwendaal who finished 17.4 seconds ahead of second place at the 2016 women's 10 kilometer race. [5]

Qualification

The men's 10 km open water marathon at the 2020 Olympics featured a field of 25 swimmers: [6]

Competition format

Unlike all of the other swimming events in the pool, the men's and women's marathon 10 kilometre races are held in open water. No preliminary heats are held, with only the single mass-start race being contested. This race is held using freestyle swimming, with a lack of stroke regulations. [7]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

DateTimeRound
5 August 20216:30Final

Results

RankSwimmerNationTime [8] Time behindNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:48:33.7
Silver medal icon.svg Kristóf Rasovszky Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:48:59.0+25.3
Bronze medal icon.svg Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:49:01.1+27.4
4 Matan Roditi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:49:24.9+51.2
5 Athanasios Kynigakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:49:29.2+55.5
6 Marc-Antoine Olivier Flag of France.svg  France 1:50:23.0+1:49.3
7 Ferry Weertman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:51:30.8+2:57.1
8 Michael McGlynn Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:51:32.7+2:59.0
9 Hau-Li Fan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:51:37.0+3:03.3
10 Jordan Wilimovsky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:51:40.2+3:06.5
11 Rob Muffels Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:53:03.3+4:29.6
12 Kai Edwards Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:53:04.0+4:30.3
13 Taishin Minamide Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:53:07.5+4:33.8
14 Mario Sanzullo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:53:08.6+4:34.9
15 David Farinango Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:53:09.8+4:36.1
16 Phillip Seidler Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 1:53:14.1+4:40.4
17 Daniel Delgadillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:53:14.4+4:40.7
18 Alberto Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:53:16.4+4:42.7
19 Kirill Abrosimov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 1:54:29.3+5:55.6
20 Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1:56:33.3+7:59.6
21 Vitaliy Khudyakov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:57:53.7+9:20.0
22 William Yan Thorley Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1:58:33.4+9:59.7
23 Tiago Campos Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:59:42.0+11:08.3
24 Matěj Kozubek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:01:52.1+13:18.4
Hector Pardoe Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Did not finish
David Aubry Flag of France.svg  France

References

  1. "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020 . Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. "Olympedia – Gregorio Paltrinieri". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. "Olympedia – Kristóf Rasovszky". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  4. "Olympedia – Florian Wellbrock". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 "Olympedia – 10 kilometres Open Water, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  6. "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Marathon Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020 . FINA . Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  7. "FINA Marathon Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  8. "Marathon Swimming – Men's 10km – Results" (PDF). olympics.com. TOCOG. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.