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Marathon swimming

Class of swimming

—country of origin
—first recorded
2008Olympic debut
—disciplines & variants
—international bodies

Marathon swimming is an individual sport and water sport, part of open water swimming. It has featured at the Olympic Games since 2008 (5 editions).

PractitionersSwimmer
Olympic statusOn the programme · since 2008
Marathon swimming
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Olympic Games

Olympic history

Editions where Marathon swimming or one of its disciplines was on the programme. Filled boxes mark the sport itself, outlined ones its disciplines; the small number is the count of medal events where recorded.

Multi-sport events

At other multi-sport games

GamesEditionsFirstLatestYears
Asian Games1202320232023