Analysis of 10 km swimming performance of elite male and female open-water swimmers In long-distance swimming since 2008 official races are held over 10km within the meaning of World Cup Race, European Championships, World Championships and Olympic Rennes.We have now examined the trend between 2008 and 2012. Over the period examined, there was no change in the speed of the fastest swimmers, women were 38% slower than the men.
At the top ten per competition showed over the years that the men were slower while women were always fast. The whole work can be found under https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2193-1801-2-603