The men's 5 km race at the 2009 World Championships occurred on Tuesday, 21 July at Ostia Beach in Rome, Italy. In total, 41 participants from 24 countries competed in the race.
Note: The women's and men's 5 km races at the 2009 Worlds were originally scheduled to be held on Sunday, July 19; however, high wind and surf conditions on-course caused the FINA Bureau to postpone the race until July 21.PR53 - 13th FINA World Championships Rome 2009 - Open Water Competition (FINA Press Release 2009-53); published by FINA on 2009-07-18, retrieved 20 July 2009.
Results Rank Swimmer Nationality Time Thomas Lurz 56:26.9 Spyridon Gianniotis 56:27.2 Chad Ho 56:41.9 4 Luca Ferretti 56:44.3 5 Andrew Gemmell 56:44.9 6 Loic Branda 56:47.0 7 Fran Crippen 56:47.1 8 Diego Nogueira Montero 56:47.2 9 Simone Ruffini 56:47.3 10 Francisco Hervás 56:47.9 10 Vladimir Dyatchin 56:47.9 12 Evgeny Drattsev 56:48.5 13 Andrew Beato 56:52.4 14 Rodrigo Elorza 56:55.3 15 Csaba Gercsák 57:07.1 16 Trent Grimsey 57:07.2 17 Jan Posmourny 57:07.8 18 Julien Sauvage 57:09.6 19 Luiz Eduardo Lima 57:11.1 20 Jakub Fichtl 57:21.1 21 Jan Wolfgarten 57:31.7 22 David Creel 57:37.1 23 Konstiantyn Ukradyga 57:48.8 24 Richard Charlesworth 57:57.4 25 Igor Snitko 57:58.1 26 Luis Rogerio Arapiraca 58:04.9 27 Daniel Viegas 58:05.0 28 Daniel Delgadillo 58:17.7 29 Kurt Niehaus 58:17.8 30 Esteban Enderica 58:17.9 31 Gergely Gyurta 58:20.8 32 Daniel Marais 58:21.9 33 Alfie Howes 59:36.8 34 Ivan Enderica 59:40.1 35 Yvan Hernandez 1:01:53.9 36 Angel Moreira 1:01:57.1 37 Thomas Vachan 1:02:06.8 38 Juan Prem Biere 1:07:45.3 39 Mohammed Jassim Alghareeb 1:07:49.8 -- Orel Jeffrey OTL -- Kareem Valentine OTL
Key: OTL = Outside time limit
See also Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 5 km
References
2009 Worlds results: Men's 5K from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-21.