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-kilometre (5K), 10-kilometre (10K) and 25-kilometre (25K). Schedule for the championships was:[2]
- Saturday, July 17: Women's 10K (11:30 a.m.)
- Sunday, July 18: Men's 10K (11:30 a.m.)
- Tuesday, July 20: Women's 5K (10:30 a.m.), Men's 5K (2:00 p.m.)
- Thursday, July 22: Women's 25K (9:15 a.m. start), Men's 25K (9:00 a.m. start)
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]
Participating countries edit
On 14 June 2010, the event organizers announced that 144 athletes from 30 countries have entered the championships.[4] Countries entered are:
Argentina (4)
Australia (7)
Azerbaijan (3)
Belgium (3)
Brazil (5)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (7)
China (3)
Croatia (4)
Czech Republic (5)
Ecuador (3)
France (8)
Germany (5)
Great Britain (4)
Greece (3)
Israel (1)
Italy (8)
Mexico (5)
Netherlands (1)
New Zealand (1)
Poland (1)
Russia (10)
Slovakia (2)
Slovenia (1)
South Africa (2)
Spain (5)
Syria*
Ukraine (3)
United Arab Emirates*
USA (8)
*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 edit
| 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 edit
Medals edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Points edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ Official website Archived 2009-04-08 at the Wayback Machine of Roberval2010: 6th World Open Water Swimming Championships. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ (in French) Calendrier officiel Roberval 2010 (trans: Roberval 2010 Official Calendar); published 2009-10-26, retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ FINA Press Release 2010-02: FINA Bureau Meeting in Bangkok (THA) – Main decisions Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine (a report on the January 14+15, 2010 FINA Bureau meeting). Published 2010-01-16; retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ (in French) Roberval 2010 : Compétitions (press release by the organizers of the 2010 Open Water World Championships); published 2010-06-14, retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ Entry List by Country for the 2010 Open Water Worlds; published by the event organized. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ Team Points Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine 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.