2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
The open water world championships were held in 2008 until 8 May 2008 in Seville, Spain on 3. There were discharged Individual competition for women and men over the distances 5, 10 and 25 kilometers.
The Open Water World Championships 2008 were strongly influenced by the Russian side. So alone were four of the six titles in Russian Athletes: For women, Larissa Iltschenko gained over 5 and 10 km, and Kseniya Popova over 25 kilometers. In the men's Thomas Lurz won the title over five kilometers, Vladimir Djattschin triumphed over 10 km and Maarten van der Weijden (2008 Shortly afterwards, Olympic champion over 10 km ) over 25 kilometers.