Swimming World Open Water Championships 1998 at Perth (aus) Men: 25 km January 11: 1. Aleksey Akatiyev (rus) 5h05:42 2. David Meca (spa) 5h07:22 3. Gabriel Chaillou (arg) 5h07:52 4. Claudio Gargaro (ita) 5h09:48 5. Yuriy Kudinov (rus) 5h12:07 6. Stéphane Lecat (fra) 5h14:15 7. Grant Robinson (aus) 5h14:40 8. Fabrizio Pescatori (ita) 5h16:54