Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre require different tactics and showcase several different racing strategies that are more common to competitive cycling, marathon running and water polo than traditional pool swimming. It is one of the few Olympic sports where the athlete's coaches play a critical role during the actual event. The coaches have four opportunities to provide drinks to their athletes as the athletes swim by floating pontoons in the course. If the coach falls in the water, his or her athlete is immediately disqualified. Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre The men's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2008
World Marathon Challenge while finishing first among the women runners, with a total time of 27:26:15 hours and an average time of 3:55:11 hours. United States Marine Corps captain Daniel Cartica won the race with a total time of 24:46:56 and an average time of 3:32:25, besting a field of thirteen other runners and setting a new world record for the event. World Marathon Challenge World Marathon Challenge is a multievent marathon competition that involves completing seven full run marathon races on seven continents in seven days. The first World Marathon Challenge was held in 2015, beginning in Antarctica on January 17, 2015,