Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre
| Men's marathon swimming at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Fort Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 16 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:52:59.8 | ||||||||||||
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Ferry Weertman |
 Netherlands
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Spyridon Gianniotis |
 Greece
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Marc-Antoine Olivier |
 France
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The men's marathon swimming over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 16 August at Fort Copacabana.
A photo finish saw Dutchman Ferry Weertman just beat Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece to gold, with both the first two recording times of 1:52:59.8. In the final race of his career, Gianniotis, who was also the oldest competitor at the age of 36, won the first medal for Greece in swimming in 120 years, since the last time Greece won a swimming medal was at the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
The battle for bronze also saw a photo finish, with France's Marc-Antoine Olivier pipping Zu Lijun and Jack Burnell on the line to finish in 1:53:02.0. Burnell was subsequently disqualified for a second yellow card for a tussle with defending champion Oussama Mellouli just before the line.
The men's 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics featured a field of 26 swimmers:
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