A total of 57 athletes have been confirmed by theirNational Olympic Committees and National Federations to compete in 6 loops of 1.67 km each in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. If everything goes to plan, 33 men representing 24 countries will compete in the River Seine near the famed Eiffel Tower at Pont Alexandre III on August 8th.
22 men automatically qualified or earned their National Olympic Committee quota places through their performances at the World Aquatics Championships held in either Fukuoka 2023 or Doha 2024. An additional 11 men achieved the Olympic qualification standard in either the 800m or 1500m freestyle and compete in at least one of these events in Paris are confirmed to compete in Marathon Swimming, including 6 through the 800m (Felix Auboeck of Austria, Guilherme Costa of Brazil, Daniel Wiffen of Ireland, Kuzey Tuncelli and Emir Batur Albayrak of Turkey, and David Johnston of the USA) and 5 through the 1500m (Carlos Garach Benito of Spain, Kim Woomin of South Korea, Henrik Christiansen of Norway, Victor Johansson of Sweden, and Ahmed Jaouadi of Tunisia). As a result of qualifying through this pathway, these 11 athletes are also required to compete in either the 800m or 1500m swimming competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Athletes
- Kyle Lee, Australia
- Nick Sloman, Australia
- Felix Auboeck, Austria
- Jan Hercog, Austria
- Guilherme Costa, Brazil
- Martin Straka, Czech Republic
- David Andres Farinango Berru, Ecuador
- Carlos Garach Benito, Spain
- Logan Fontaine, France
- Marc-Antoine Olivier, France
- Hector Pardoe, Great Britain
- Tobias Patrick Robinson, Great Britain
- Oliver Klemet, Germany
- Florian Wellbrock, Germany
- Athanasios Charalampos Kynigakis, Greece
- David Betlehem, Hungary
- Kristóf Rasovszky, Hungary
- Daniel Wiffen, Ireland
- Matan Roditi, Israel
- Domenico Acerenza, Italy
- Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy
- Taishin Minamide, Japan
- Woomin Kim, South Korea
- Paulo Strehlke Delgado, Mexico
- Phillip Seidler, Namibia
- Henrik Christiansen, Norway
- Piotr Wozniak, Poland
- Victor Johansson, Sweden
- Ahmed Jaouadi, Tunisia
- Emir Batur Albayrak, Turkey
- Kuzey Tuncelli, Turkey
- David Johnston, USA
- Ivan Puskovitch, USA
Competition Schedule
- August 6th: Practice on Olympic 10K Marathon Swim course on the Seine between 7:30 – 9:30 am with a technical meeting between 10:30 – 11:30 am
- August 7th: Practice on Olympic 10K Marathon Swim course on the Seine between 7:30 – 9:30 am
- August 8th: Women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim course on the Seine. Athletes arrive at 5:30 am. First call room open between 5:30 – 6:30 am. 6:00 – 6:45 am warm-up on the Seine. 7:15 – 7:20 am last briefing in final call room. 7:24 – 7:28 am athletes presentation. 7:30 am start. 9:20 – 9:25 am expected first swimmer finish. 9:30 – 9:50 am expected last swimmer arrival. 9:30 – 10:00 am mixed zone interviews. 10:05 – 10:15 Olympic medal ceremony. 10:30 – 11:00 am press conference
- August 9th: Men’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim course on the Seine
- August 10th: Reserve Day if delayed
Race Course on the Seine
Let the Games begin.
The opening of the Olympic Village will be on July 18th with the Opening Ceremony held on July 26th. Athletes will take their headshots between July 23rd to August 5th and pool training is held between July 27th to August 10th. An important Team Leaders’ meeting will be held on August 6th to share last-minute decisions and contingency plans if necessary. The Closing Ceremony is held on August 11th and the Olympic Village closes on August 13th.
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