The Women's 5K swimming race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the third event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on May 6 (the other being the men's 5K race).
The race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 39 women swam the event.
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 hour:minutes:seconds
Note: Ninth and tenth place finishers, France's Cathy Dietrich and Spain's Xenia Lopez, are both listed with the same time (1:00:20.6); however, they are not listed as tied in the results. Dietrich is listed as 9th, Lopez as 10th. Likewise, the 28th and 29th place finishers, Venezuela's Yanel Pinto and Portugal's Daniela Inacio, are similarly both listed at 1:01:41.3, but not tied. This is different from the two 4th place finishers, who are both listed as fourth.