Men's marathon swimming
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueOdaiba Marine Park
Dates5 August 2021
Competitors26 from 23 nations
Winning time1:48:33.7
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Florian Wellbrock  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kristóf Rasovszky  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy

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 over 25 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.

Qualification

The men's 10 km open water marathon at the 2020 Olympics featured a field of 25 swimmers:[2]

  • 10: the top-10 finishers in the 10 km races at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships (maximum of 2 per NOC)
  • 9: the top-9 finishers at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier, open only to NOCs with no qualified swimmers (maximum of 1 per NOC)
  • 5: one representative from each FINA continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania), based on the finishes at the 2020 Olympic Qualifier
  • 1: from the host nation (Japan) if not qualified by other means. If Japan already has a qualifier in the race, this spot is allocated back into the general pool from the 2020 Olympic Qualifier.

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.[3]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
5 August 2021 6:30 Final

Results

RankSwimmerNationTime[4]Time behindNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Florian Wellbrock Germany1:48:33.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Kristóf Rasovszky Hungary1:48:59.0+25.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy1:49:01.1+27.4
4Matan Roditi Israel1:49:24.9+51.2
5Athanasios Kynigakis Greece1:49:29.2+55.5
6Marc-Antoine Olivier France1:50:23.0+1:49.3
7Ferry Weertman Netherlands1:51:30.8+2:57.1
8Michael McGlynn South Africa1:51:32.7+2:59.0
9Hau-Li Fan Canada1:51:37.0+3:03.3
10Jordan Wilimovsky United States1:51:40.2+3:06.5
11Rob Muffels Germany1:53:03.3+4:29.6
12Kai Edwards Australia1:53:04.0+4:30.3
13Taishin Minamide Japan1:53:07.5+4:33.8
14Mario Sanzullo Italy1:53:08.6+4:34.9
15David Farinango Ecuador1:53:09.8+4:36.1
16Phillip Seidler Namibia1:53:14.1+4:40.4
17Daniel Delgadillo Mexico1:53:14.4+4:40.7
18Alberto Martínez Spain1:53:16.4+4:42.7
19Kirill Abrosimov ROC1:54:29.3+5:55.6
20Oussama Mellouli Tunisia1:56:33.3+7:59.6
21Vitaliy Khudyakov Kazakhstan1:57:53.7+9:20.0
22William Yan Thorley Hong Kong1:58:33.4+9:59.7
23Tiago Campos Portugal1:59:42.0+11:08.3
24Matěj Kozubek Czech Republic2:01:52.1+13:18.4
Hector Pardoe Great BritainDid not finish
David Aubry France

References

  1. ↑ "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Marathon Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "FINA Marathon Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "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.
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