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

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Dates
  
15 August 2016

Winning time
  
1:56:32

Location
  
Fort Copacabana

Competitors
  
26 from 24 nations

Date
  
15 August 2016

Venues
  
Fort Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro

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.

Qualification

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

  • 10: the top-10 finishers in the 10 km races at the 2015 World Championships
  • 9: the top-9 finishers at the 2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier (June 11–12, 2016 in Setúbal, Portugal)
  • 5: one representative from each FINA continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania). (These have been selected based on the finishes at the qualifying race in Setúbal.)
  • 1: from the host nation (Brazil) if not qualified by other means. If Brazil already contained a qualifier in the race, this spot had been allocated back into the general pool from the 2016 Olympic qualifier race.

    • References

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