2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

The 4th FINA Open Water Swimming World Championships were held August 29-September 3, 2006 in Naples, Italy.[1]

The championships featured 98 swimmers from 29 countries competing in race distances of 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K).[2] Event schedule:[1]

  • Tuesday, August 29: Women's 5K, Men's 5K
  • Thursday, August 31: Men's 10K, Women's 5K
  • Saturday, September 2: Women's 25K
  • Sunday, September 3: Men's 25K

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's 5K
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Larisa Ilchenko
    Russia
1:08:19.7 Poliana Okimoto
    Brazil
1:08:27.6 Britta Kamrau-Corestein
    Germany
1:08:46.3
Men's 5K
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Thomas Lurz
    Germany
1:04:32.3 Chip Peterson
    USA
1:04:32.7 Simone Ercoli
    Italy
1:04:35.9
Women's 10K
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Larisa Ilchenko
    Russia
2:19:40.9 Poliana Okimoto
    Brazil
2:19:59.3 Ksenia Popova
    Russia
2:19:59.8
Men's 10K
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Thomas Lurz
    Germany
2:10:39.4 Valerio Cleri
    Italy
2:10:40.5 Evgeny Drattsev
    Russia
2:10:40.7
Women's 25K
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Angela Maurer
    Germany
6:22:46.9 Natalia Pankina
    Russia
6:22:47.8 Ksenia Popova
    Russia
6:22:51.3
Men's 25K
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Josh Santacaterina
    Australia
5:47:34.1 Yuri Kudinov
    Russia
5:48:56.9 Petar Stoychev
    Bulgaria
5:49:00.2

Team standings

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The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2006 Open Water Worlds is:[3]

Rank Nation Men Women Combined
1   Russia 47 86 133
2   Germany 45 54 99
3   Italy 67 21 88
4   Australia 39 34 73
5   USA 24 31 55
6   Brazil 0 34 34
7   Czech Republic 4 18 22
8   Netherlands 18 0 18
9   Great Britain 7 9 16
9   France 16 0 16
11   Bulgaria 14 0 14
12   Egypt 10 0 10
13   Ukraine 5 3 8
14   Slovenia 0 4 4
15   Mexico 1 0 1

The following 13 countries are listed in a tie for 16, with zero (0) points:

Note:   Serbia and Montenegro is the sole country with an entry not listed in the standings. Their lone entrant (Darjia Pop) did not finish the one event (Women's 10K) in which she was entered.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Results page: 4th FINA Open Water Swimming Championships - Napoli, Italy Archived 2010-03-10 at the Wayback Machine from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the event); retrieved, 2010-01-31.
  2. ^ HistoFINA--Open Water Archived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine: FINA's history of open water swimming events. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  3. ^ 2006 Open Water Worlds: Standings[permanent dead link]. OmegaTiming.com, 2006-09-03; retrieved 2010-01-31.