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2020 FINA Marathon Swim World Series

The 2020 FINA Marathon Swim World Series was scheduled to consist of 10 stops between 15 February to 24 October 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only the first stop in Doha took place, and on 20 July, FINA confirmed that the remainder of the 2020 series had been cancelled.[1][2]

Calendar

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The calendar for the 2020 series was announced by FINA on 10 December 2019.[3]

The Seychelles leg was scheduled to take place on 3 May, but was initially postponed until 18 August due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 20 July, it was confirmed that the remainder of the 2020 series had been cancelled.[2]

Date Location
February 15 Qatar Doha
June 6 Hungary Lupa Lake
June 13 Portugal Setúbal
July 19 Canada Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec
August 1 Canada Lac Mégantic, Quebec
August 18 Seychelles Beau Vallon Beach, Seychelles
August 30 North Macedonia Ohrid
September 19 Chinese Taipei Nantou
October 15 China Chun'an
October 24 Hong Kong Hong Kong

Medal summary

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Doha[4]  Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA)  Rob Muffels (GER)  Florian Wellbrock (GER)

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Doha[4]  Leonie Beck (GER)  Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)  Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)1113
2 France (FRA)1001
3 Brazil (BRA)0101
4 Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

References

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  1. ^ "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2020". FINA. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "FINA cancels remainder of 2020 Marathon Swim Series". Swim Swam. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ "FINA Marathon Swim World Series Announces 2020 Schedule". Swimming World. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Beck surprises among women, Olivier confirms favouritism". FINA. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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