Open Water Source - The Global Home of Open Water Swimming
Preferred Web Browsers
This website works best with the following web browsers. Each one is a free download, and each one provides an optimal browsing experience.
PLEASE NOTE:
If you are using Internet Explorer, you may experience difficulties with certain features of this website. Internet Explorer users, please go directly to the Open Water Source membership site.
Videos and Podcasts
Powered by Flash
This website requires Adobe Flash Player.
Click HERE to download.
A FREE Gift to the Open Water Community!
Click HERE to download your FREE copy of "The Open Water Almanac" by Steven Munatones.
Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Qualifications
The path to the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim gold medal is an extraordinarily competitive one. The official rules as devised by FINA and approved by the International Olympic Committee are below in English and French.
At the 2012 London Olympics, the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held in a 6-loop course in the Serpentine, located in the middle of Hyde Park in London within minutes of Buckingham Palace in front of thousands of fans and a worldwide TV audience. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held at the world-famous Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Looking Ahead to 2012 in London and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro