2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

Swimming competition in Quebec, Canada January 2023 right|200px 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.Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20090408074606/http://www.roberval2010.ca/index.php?id=1&lang=eng 2009-04-08 of Roberval2010: 6th World Open Water Swimming Championships. Retrieved 2010-01-31. The championships featured 3 race distances: 5-kilometre (5K), 10-kilometre (10K) and 25-kilometre (25K). Schedule for the championships was:fr Calendrier officiel Roberval 2010 (trans: Roberval 2010 Official Calendar); published 2009-10-26, retrieved 2010-01-31. 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.FINA Press Release 2010-02: FINA Bureau Meeting in Bangkok (THA) – Main decisions https://web.archive.org/web/20120801030406/http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2773&Itemid=107 2012-08-01 (a report on the January 14+15, 2010 FINA Bureau meeting). Published 2010-01-16; retrieved 2010-01-25. Participating countries On 14 June 2010, the event organizers announced that 144 athletes from 30 countries have entered the championships.fr Roberval 2010 : Compétitions (press release by the organizers of the 2010 Open Water World Championships); published 2010-06-14, retrieved 2010-06-16. Countries entered are: 22em Argentina (4) Australia (7) Azerbaijan 1991 (3) Belgium (3) Brazil (5) Bulgaria (1) Canada (7) China (3) Croatia (4) Czech Republic (5) Ecuador (3) France 1974 (8) Germany (5) Great Britain (4) Greece (3) Israel (1) Italy (8) Mexico (5) Netherlands (1) New Zealand (1) Poland (1) Russia (10) Slovakia (2) Slovenia (1) South Africa (2) Spain (5) Syria 1980* Ukraine (3) United Arab Emirates* USA (8) *Syria and the UAE are both listed in the overview of teams attending; however, neither have entries on the athlete roster for the Championships.Entry List by Country for the 2010 Open Water Worlds; published by the event organized. Retrieved 2010-07-19. Results Women's 5K   details Eva Fabian   USA USA 1:02:00.9 Giorgia Consiglio   ITA Italy 1:02:01.0 Ana Marcela Cunha   BRA Brazil 1:02:02.6Men's 5K   details Thomas Lurz   GER Germany 57:42.6 Evgeny Drattsev   RUS Russia 57:44.1 Fran Crippen   USA USA 57:46.5Women's 10K   details Martina Grimaldi   ITA Italy 2:05:45.2 Giorgia Consiglio   ITA Italy 2:05:57.4 Melissa Gorman   AUS Australia 2:05:57.9Men's 10K   details Valerio Cleri   ITA Italy 2:00:59.3 Evgeny Drattsev   RUS Russia 2:01:00.6 Vladimir Dyatchin   RUS Russia 2:01:03.0Women's 25K   details Linsy Heister   NED Netherlands 5:52:13.06 Margarita Dominguez   ESP Spain 5:55:59.29 Celia Barrot   FRA 1974 France 5:57:02.87Men's 25K   details Alex Meyer   USA USA 5:32:39.38 Valerio Cleri   ITA Italy 5:32:40.40 Petar Stoychev   BUL Bulgaria 5:33:50.29 Overall standings Medals 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Points Overall point standings for the 6th Open Water Worlds are:Team Points 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. Rank Country PointsWomen PointsMen Total 1 Italy 52 64 116 2 USA 55 56 111 3 Russia 16 46 62 4 France 1974 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 1993 – 2 2 24 Ecuador – 1 1 See also 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships References Category:FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships Fina World Open Water Swimming Championships, 2010 Fina World Open Water Swimming Championships, 2010 Category:Roberval, Quebec Category:International aquatics competitions hosted by Canada Category:Swimming competitions in Canada Category:July 2010 sports events in Canada Category:Sports competitions in Quebec