FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

The FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, or more commonly "Open Water Worlds", was a bi-annual FINA championship for open water swimming.^[1][2] They were held in even years, from 2000 to 2010. Race distances were 5, 10, and 25 kilometers (also known as 5K, 10K, and 25K).

The 10 km race at the 2008 edition served as the main qualifying event for the 2008 Olympics 10 km event.

Championships

The Open Water Worlds were held in the years between the FINA's main World Championships, providing an annual championships for Open Water Swimming. At its January 2010 meeting, the FINA Bureau decided that to replace this event with a junior (18 and under) championships, making the 2010 Open Water Worlds the last edition of these championships, and 2012 seeing the first of a Junior Open Water Worlds.

Year	Edition	Location	Events	Distances competed	Winner of the medal table	Second of the medal table	Third of the medal table
2000	I	Honolulu, USA	3 (m), 3 (w), 2 (mixed)	5 km, 10 km, 25 km	Russia	Germany	Netherlands
2002	II	Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	3 (m), 3 (w), 2 (mixed)	5 km, 10 km, 25 km	Italy	Germany	Russia
2004	III	Dubai, UAE	3 (m), 3 (w), 2 (mixed)	5 km, 10 km, 25 km	Germany	Australia	Russia
2006	IV	Naples, Italy	3 (m), 3 (w)	5 km, 10 km, 25 km	Germany	Russia	Australia
2008	V	Seville, Spain	3 (m), 3 (w)	5 km, 10 km, 25 km	Russia	Netherlands	Germany
2010	VI	Roberval, Canada	3 (m), 3 (w)	5 km, 10 km, 25 km	Italy	United States	Germany  Netherlands

See also

• FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup
• Open Water Swimmers of the Year

References

1. HistoFINA, volume 10, published by FINA on 2009-07-01; retrieved 2012-03-03. ("HistoFINA" is FINA's self-history, volumen 10 deals with Open Water.
2. 2010 edition brings the best in Roberval, published by FINA; retrieved 2012-03-03.