Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre


The women's marathon swimming over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 15 August at Fort Copacabana.

Summary

of Netherlands has won gold medal, Rachele Bruni of Italy was runner-up, and Poliana Okimoto of Brazil finished third.

Qualification

The women's 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics featured a field of 26 swimmers:
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.

Results