2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 25K

The Women's 25K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the sixth and final of the 2008 Open Water Worlds.

The 5-6 hour race began at 9:15 a.m., 15 minutes after the start of the Men's 25K race. The race was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 17 women swam the event.

The race was held on a 5 kilometer course, which the swimmers looped through five times to reach the 25 kilometer distance of the race.

Results

All times in hours:minutes:seconds

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ksenia Popova	Russia	5:27:48.2
2	Edith van Dijk	Netherlands	5:27:50.3
3	Natalya Pankina	Russia	5:27:53.9
4	Linsy Heister	Netherlands	5:28:08.8
5	Kate Brookes-Peterson	Australia	5:28:09.9
6	Marilyn Cadour	France	5:28:12.1
7	Shelley Clark	Australia	5:28:22.7
8	Laura La Piana	Italy	5:29:05.2
9	Esther Nuñez	Spain	5:35:57.5
10	Elena Martinez	Spain	5:37:51.5
11	Annegret Braun	Germany	5:39:02.7
12	Camilla Frediani	Italy	5:39:09.5
13	Micha Burden	USA	5:48:15.5
14	Erica Rose	USA	5:49:14.3
15	Christina Krienke	Germany	5:51:19.8
16	Patricia Perreault	Canada	5:55:32.0
--	LI Hong	China	DQ

See also

• Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 25 km
• Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 25 km

References

• 2008 Open Water Worlds results: Women's 25K from OmegaTiming.com (official timer for the event); retrieved 2009-08-15.