Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

2011 FINA World Championships Shanghai, China
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Synchronised
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Open water swimming
5 km	men	women
10 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team	team
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Synchronised swimming
Solo	technical	free
Duet	technical	free
Team	technical	free
	combination
Water polo
men (rosters) women (rosters)

The open water swimming portion of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held between July 19–23 in Shanghai, China at the Jinshan City Beach.^[1]

Events

The following events were contested by both men and women in Shanghai:

• 5 km
• 10 km
• 25 km

In addition, there was a team competition with male and female competitors.

Schedule

Day	Event
Tuesday, July 19, 2011	Women's 10 km
Wednesday, July 20, 2011	Men's 10 km
Thursday, July 21, 2011	5 km team
Friday, July 22, 2011	Women's 5 km
	Men's 5 km
Saturday, July 23, 2011	Men's 25 km
	Women's 25 km

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	1	2	1	4
2	Greece	1	1	1	3
3	United States	1	0	1	2
4	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
8	Russia	0	1	2	3
9	Italy	0	1	1	2
10	Australia	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
12	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Total		7	7	7	21

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km[2]	Thomas Lurz (GER)	56:16.2	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)	56:17.4	Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)	56:18.5
10 km[3]	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)	1:54:24.7	Thomas Lurz (GER)	1:54:27.2	Sergey Bolshakov (RUS)	1:54:31.8
25 km[4]	Petar Stoychev (BUL)	5:10:39.8	Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)	5:11:15.6	Csaba Gercsak (HUN)	5:11:18.1

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km[5]	Swann Oberson (SUI)	1:00:39.7	Aurelie Muller (FRA)	1:00:40.1	Ashley Twichell (USA)	1:00:40.2
10 km[6]	Keri-Anne Payne (GBR)	2:01:58.1	Martina Grimaldi (ITA)	2:01:59.9	Marianna Lymperta (GRE)	2:02:01.8
25 km[7]	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)	5:29:22.9	Angela Maurer (GER)	5:29:25.0	Alice Franco (ITA)	5:29:30.8

Team

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Team[8]	United States Andrew Gemmell Sean Ryan Ashley Twichell	57:00.6	Australia Melissa Gorman Rhys Mainstone Ky Hurst	57:01.8	Germany Jan Wolfgarten Thomas Lurz Isabelle Härle	57:44.2

References

1. "FINA Announces Open Water Venue, Schedule For World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
2. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 5 km results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-21.
3. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 10 km results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-20.
4. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 25 km results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.
5. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 5 km results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-21.
6. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 10 km results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-20.
7. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 25 km results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.
8. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Team results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-21.