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]
2006 FINA Open Water Worlds | ||
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5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Women's 5K details |
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 details |
Thomas Lurz Germany |
1:04:32.3 |
Chip Peterson USA |
1:04:32.7 |
Simone Ercoli Italy |
1:04:35.9 |
Women's 10K details |
Larisa Ilchenko Russia |
2:19:40.9 |
Poliana Okimoto Brazil |
2:19:59.3 |
Ksenia Popova Russia |
2:19:59.8 |
Men's 10K details |
Thomas Lurz Germany |
2:10:39.4 |
Valerio Cleri Italy |
2:10:40.5 |
Evgeny Drattsev Russia |
2:10:40.7 |
Women's 25K details |
Angela Maurer Germany |
6:22:46.9 |
Natalia Pankina Russia |
6:22:47.8 |
Ksenia Popova Russia |
6:22:51.3 |
Men's 25K details |
Josh Santacaterina Australia |
5:47:34.1 |
Yuri Kudinov Russia |
5:48:56.9 |
Petar Stoychev Bulgaria |
5:49:00.2 |
The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2006 Open Water Worlds is: [3]
Rank | Nation | Men | Women | Combined |
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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.