Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

2009 FINA
World Championships

Rome, Italy
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo Technical Free
Duet Technical Free
Team Technical Free
Combination
Water polo

The Open Water Swimming competition at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships were held from July 21 to 25 at the beach of Ostia in Rome.

Schedule

Date Events
Tuesday, July 21 Women's 5K,
Men's 5K
Wednesday, July 22 Women's 10K,
Men's 10K
Saturday, July 25 Women's 25K,
Men's 25K

Note: Originally, the Open water events were scheduled to occur on Sunday, July 19 (5K), Tuesday, July 21 (women's 10K) and Thursday, July 23 (women's 25K); however the FINA Bureau on July 18, 2009, altered the open water schedule due to weather conditions in Ostia.[1]

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany 3 0 0 3
2  Australia 1 1 0 2
3  Italy 1 0 2 3
4  Great Britain 1 0 0 1
5  Russia 0 3 1 4
6  USA 0 1 1 2
7  Greece 0 1 0 1
8  South Africa 0 0 1 1
8  Brazil 0 0 1 1
Total 6 6 6 18

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
5 km
 Thomas Lurz (GER)  Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)  Chad Ho (RSA)
10 km
 Thomas Lurz (GER)  Andrew Gemmell (USA)  Fran Crippen (USA)
25 km
 Valerio Cleri (ITA)  Trent Grimsey (AUS)  Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
5 km
 Melissa Gorman (AUS)  Larisa Ilchenko (RUS)  Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
10 km
 Keri-Anne Payne (GBR)  Ekatarina Seliverstova (RUS)  Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
25 km
 Angela Maurer (GER)  Anna Uvarova (RUS)  Federica Vitale (ITA)

References

  1. PR53 - 13th FINA World Championships Rome 2009 - Open Water Competition (FINA Press Release 2009-53); published by FINA on 2009-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-20.
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