How The Paris Olympics Differs From All The Rest
The first Olympic 10K Marathon Swim was held in a rowing basin at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The second Olympic 10K Marathon Swim was held in the Serpentine, a man-made lake in Hyde Park in the center of London, England at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The third Olympic 10K Marathon Swim will be held in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The fourth Olympic 10K Marathon Swim was held in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay, Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. All of these courses were loop courses. Four times around the rowing basin in Beijing in 2008, won by by Larisa Ilchenko of Russia and Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands. Six times around the Serpentin in London in 2012, won by Eva Risztov of Hungary and Ous Mellouli of Tunisia. Five times around an ocean course in Copacabana Beach in 2016, won by Sharon van Rouwendaal and Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands. Four times around Tokyo Bay in 2021 won by Ana Marcela Cunha...