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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

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

Team standings

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

References

  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.