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
PlaceSwimmerCountryTimeNotes
1Ksenia Popova5:27:48.2
2Edith van Dijk5:27:50.3
3Natalya Pankina5:27:53.9
4Linsy Heister5:28:08.8
5Kate Brookes-Peterson5:28:09.9
6Marilyn Cadour5:28:12.1
7Shelley Clark5:28:22.7
8Laura La Piana5:29:05.2
9Esther Nuñez5:35:57.5
10Elena Martinez5:37:51.5
11Annegret Braun5:39:02.7
12Camilla Frediani5:39:09.5
13Micha Burden5:48:15.5
14Erica Rose5:49:14.3
15Christina Krienke5:51:19.8
16Patricia Perreault5:55:32.0
--LI HongDQ