2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

The 6th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was being held July 15–23, 2010 in Lac Saint-Jean near Roberval, Quebec, Canada.[1]

The championships featured 3 race distances: 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K). Schedule for the championships was:[2]

2010 FINA
Open Water Worlds
5K men's 5K
women 5K
10K men's 10K
women's 10K
25K men's 25K
women's 25K

The 2010 edition of the Open Water Worlds were the last stand-alone "open" (meaning no age limit) championships, and a Junior Open Water Worlds is to be created in its place. However, the Open Water events will remain in the biennial World Championships. This change brings the open water discipline closer to matching FINA's other disciplines in championships structuring.[3]

Contents

Participating countries

On 14 June 2010, the event organizers announced that 144 athletes from 30 countries have entered the championships.[4] Countries entered are:

*Syria and the UAE are both listed in the overview of teams attending; however, neither have entries on the athlete roster for the Championships.[5]

Results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's 5K
  details
Eva Fabian
  USA
1:02:00.9 Giorgia Consiglio
  Italy
1:02:01.0 Ana Marcela Cunha
  Brazil
1:02:02.6
Men's 5K
  details
Thomas Lurz
  Germany
57:42.6 Evgeny Drattsev
  Russia
57:44.1 Fran Crippen
  USA
57:46.5
Women's 10K
  details
Martina Grimaldi
  Italy
2:05:45.2 Giorgia Consiglio
  Italy
2:05:57.4 Melissa Gorman
  Australia
2:05:57.9
Men's 10K
  details
Valerio Cleri
  Italy
2:00:59.3 Evgeny Drattsev
  Russia
2:01:00.6 Vladimir Dyatchin
  Russia
2:01:03.0
Women's 25K
  details
Linsy Heister
  Netherlands
5:52:13.06 Margarita Dominguez
  Spain
5:55:59.29 Celia Barrot
  France
5:57:02.87
Men's 25K
  details
Alex Meyer
  USA
5:32:39.38 Valerio Cleri
  Italy
5:32:40.40 Petar Stoychev
  Bulgaria
5:33:50.29

Overall standings

Medals

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Italy 2 3 0 5
2  USA 2 0 1 3
3  Germany 1 0 0 1
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1
5  Russia 0 2 1 3
6  Spain 0 1 0 1
7  Australia 0 0 1 1
 Brazil 0 0 1 1
 Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
 France 0 0 1 1
Total 6 6 6 18

Points

Overall point standings for the 6th Open Water Worlds are:[6]

Rank Country Points
Women
Points
Men
Total
1  Italy 52 64 116
2  USA 55 56 111
3  Russia 16 46 62
4  France 24 16 40
5  Brazil 33 3 36
 Germany 10 26 36
7  Australia 14 10 24
8  Spain 21 21
 Netherlands 21 21
10  Bulgaria 18 18
11  Ukraine 17 17
12  Greece 6 10 16
13  Canada 5 8 13
14  China 12 12
15  Argentina 4 4 8
16  Czech Republic 8 8
17  South Africa 6 6
18  Great Britain 5 5
 Slovenia 5 5
20  New Zealand 4 4
21  Croatia 3 0 3
 Mexico 1 2 3
23  Azerbaijan 2 2
24  Ecuador 1 1

See also

References

  1. ^ Official website of Roberval2010: 6th World Open Water Swimming Championships. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. ^ (French) Calendrier officiel Roberval 2010 (trans: Roberval 2010 Official Calendar); published 2009-10-26, retrieved 2010-01-31.
  3. ^ FINA Press Release 2010-02: FINA Bureau Meeting in Bangkok (THA) – Main decisions (a report on the January 14+15, 2010 FINA Bureau meeting). Published 2010-01-16; retrieved 2010-01-25.
  4. ^ (French) Roberval 2010 : Compétitions (press release by the organizers of the 2010 Open Water World Championships); published 2010-06-14, retrieved 2010-06-16..
  5. ^ Entry List by Country for the 2010 Open Water Worlds; published by the event organized. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  6. ^ Team Points for the 6th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships. Published by the event organizers on www.roberval2010.com on 2010-07-22; retrieved 2010-07-23.