Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

The Open Water Swimming events at the 8th FINA World Aquatics Championships were swum in the ocean off Perth, Western Australia on January 6 and 11, 1998. The discipline featured 4 events: a 5-kilometer race, or "5K", for males and females, and a 25-kilometer race (25K) for males and females. It was the first time the 5K was raced a World Championships. The races featured 80 swimmers from 26 nations.

Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships
Host city	Perth, Australia
Events	6
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Main article: 1998 World Aquatics Championships

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5K	Aleksey Akatyev   Russia	55:18.6	Ky Hurst   Australia	55:24.9	Luca Baldini   Italy	55:37.4
25K	Aleksey Akatyev   Russia	5:05:42.1	David Meca   Spain	5:07:22.9	Gabriel Chaillou   Argentina	5:07:52.6

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5K	Erica Rose   USA	59:23.5	Edith van Dijk   Netherlands	1:00:58.5	Peggy Büchse   Germany	1:01:05.8
25K	Tobie Smith   USA	5:31:20.1	Peggy Büchse   Germany	5:32:19.2	Edith van Dijk   Netherlands	5:38.06.9

Team

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5K	USA John Flanagan Austin Ramirez Erica Rose	2:52:12.2	Russia Aleksey Akatyev Evgueni Bezroutchenko Olga Gouseva	2:52:16.7	Italy Luca Baldini Fabio Venturini Valeria Casprini	2:52:41.6
25K	Italy Claudio Gargaro Fabrizio Pescatori Valeria Casprini	16:10:18.2	Australia Grant Robinson Mark Saliba Tracey Knowles	16:22:54.3	USA Tobie Smith Nathan Stooke Chuck Wiley	16:46:13.3

Medal standings

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	USA	3	0	1	4
2	RUS	2	1	0	3
3	ITA	1	0	2	3
4	AUS	0	2	0	2
5	GER	0	1	1	2
	NED	0	1	1	2
7	ESP	0	1	0	1
8	ARG	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	6	18

References

• FINA
• USA Swimming