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-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

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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

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

Overall standings

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Medals

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy (ITA)2305
2  United States (USA)2013
3  Germany (GER)1001
  Netherlands (NED)1001
5  Russia (RUS)0213
6  Spain (ESP)0101
7  Australia (AUS)0011
  Brazil (BRA)0011
  Bulgaria (BUL)0011
  France (FRA)0011
Totals (10 entries)66618

Points

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Official website Archived 2009-04-08 at the Wayback Machine of Roberval2010: 6th World Open Water Swimming Championships. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. ^ (in 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 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.
  4. ^ (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.
  5. ^ Entry List by Country for the 2010 Open Water Worlds; published by the event organized. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  6. ^ 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.