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]

Main article: FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

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	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

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:

•  Argentina
•  Canada
•  Croatia
•  Cuba
•  Ecuador
•  Hungary
•  Israel
•  Japan
• Macedonia
•  New Zealand
•  South Africa
•  Syria
•  Venezuela

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

• 2004 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
• 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

References

1. 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.