The Men's 5K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the fourth event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and second of two events on May 6 (the other being the Women's 5K race).
The race began at 12:30 p.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 38 males were entered in the event, of which 33 swam.
The 5-kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 2 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.
Results
All times in minutes:seconds (mm:ss.s) or hour:minutes:second (h:mm:ss.s).
References
2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 5K Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA