2023 FINA Open Water Tour
The 2023 FINA Open Water Tour, also called 2023 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup, started on 8 May 2023 in Egypt for the first leg and is scheduled to end in Eilat, Israel on 2 December 2023 for the fifth and final leg. It is the 17th edition of the FINA-sanctioned FINA Marathon Swim World Series.[1][2][3]
| 2023 FINA Open Water Tour | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 May – 2 December 2023 |
For this 17th edition of the series, FINA implemented a name change from the previous edition, introducing the name FINA Open Water Tour in place of the former name FINA Marathon Swim World Series.[4] On 19 March 2023, World Aquatics introduced a second name for the event, 2023 World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup.[3] On 5 April 2023, World Aquatics announced its bans on Russian and Belarusian athletes from 2022, not allowing them to compete at World Aquatics events, was in effect indefinitely, meaning they were banned from competing at the Open Water Tour.[5]
Calendar
The calendar for the 2023 Tour was originally scheduled in November 2022 by FINA to include six legs.[1] On 19 March 2023, World Aquatics announced a modified schedule adding a leg in Egypt and removing the legs in Taiwan and Hong Kong from the 2023 tour without explanation.[3] The first leg of the tour is part of the multi-sport (open water swimming, water polo, artistic swimming) Egypt Aquatics Festival, which is the successor to the first FINA Aquatics Festival edition (the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival, held in 2021).[6]
| Leg | Dates | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1[a] | 8–9 May |  Soma Bay, Red Sea, Egypt[7] |
| 2 | 20–21 May |  Golfo Aranci, Sardinia, Italy |
| 3 | 27–28 May |  Albarquel, Setúbal, Portugal |
| 4 | 5–6 August |  Seine, Paris, France |
| n/a[b] | 28–29 October |  Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan |
| n/a[b] | 4–5 November |  Hong Kong |
| 5 | 1–2 December |  Gulf of Eilat, Eilat, Israel |
- a Part of the Egypt Aquatics Festival.
- b Leg cancelled by World Aquatics without explanation.
Medal summary
Men 10 km
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt[8] |  Florian Wellbrock (GER) | 1:52:53.20 | Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA) | 1:52:53.30 | Logan Fontaine (FRA) | 1:52:55.00 |
| Sardinia | ||||||
| Setúbal | ||||||
| Paris | ||||||
| Eilat | ||||||
Women 10 km
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt[8] | Leonie Beck (GER) | 2:04:04.60 |  Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) | 2:04:07.30 |  Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) | 2:04:11.00 |
| Sardinia | ||||||
| Setúbal | ||||||
| Paris | ||||||
| Eilat | ||||||
Mixed 4×1500 m relay
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt[9] | Germany | 1:02:50.10 | France | 1:03:48.50 | Egypt | 1:08:45.60 |
| Sardinia | ||||||
| Setúbal | ||||||
| Paris | ||||||
| Eilat | ||||||
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
References
- Koos, Torin (17 November 2022). "FINA Open Water Tour 2023 calendar released". FINA. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- De George, Matthew (17 November 2022). "FINA Open Water Tour 2023 Announces Six Stops in 17th Season". Swimming World. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- "What's coming during the Open Water Swimming World Cup in 2023". World Aquatics. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- "2023 Fina Open Water Tour to begin in Europe". LEN. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- "PRESS RELEASE | World Aquatics Bureau meets, discusses the status of athletes from Russia and Belarus". World Aquatics. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- Koos, Torin (21 February 2023). "World Aquatics reveals exciting Egypt Aquatics Festival for May 2023". World Aquatics. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- "Nel fine settimana inizia la OW Swimming World Cup 2023, in attesa della tappa italiana di Golfo Aranci" (in Italian). nuoto.com. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- "Open Water World Cup 2023. Somabay (Meet 1). Vincono I tedeschi Leonie Beck e Florian Wellbrock" (in Italian). nuoto.com. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- "Open Water World Cup 2023. Somabay (Meet 1). La Germania vince anche la staffetta. En plein di ori" (in Italian). nuoto.com. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.