The men's 10K (10 kilometer) race at the 2009 World Championships occurred on Wednesday, July 22 at Ostia Beach in Rome, Italy. In total, 48 males from 27 countries were entered in the race.2009 Worlds results: Men's 10K published by OmegaTiming.com, official timer of the 2009 Worlds. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
Results Rank Swimmer Nationality Time Thomas Lurz 1:52:06.9 Andrew Gemmell 1:52:08.3 Fran Crippen 1:52:10.7 4 Valerio Cleri 1:52:11.4 5 Brian Ryckeman 1:52:13.1 6 Spyridon Gianniotis 1:52:13.6 7 Francisco Jose Hervas 1:52:14.7 8 Trent Grimsey 1:52:14.8 9 Mazen Metwaly 1:52:14.9 10 Evgeny Drattsev 1:52:15.0 11 Luis Escobar 1:52:18.0 12 Jakub Fitchl 1:52:24.0 13 Csaba Gercsák 1:52:28.0 14 Arseniy Lavrentyev 1:52:28.2 15 Diego Nogueira Montero 1:52:37.1 16 Antonios Fokaidis 1:52:41.3 17 Daniel Fogg Great Britain 1:52:44.3 18 Sergey Bolshakov 1:52:44.5 19 Ivan Lopez 1:52:45.9 20 Julien Codeville 1:52:47.2 21 Rhys Mainstone 1:52:50.2 22 Allan do Carmo 1:52:52.2 23 Chad Ho 1:53:13.1 24 Bertrand Venturi 1:53:14.5 25 Adel El-Behary 1:53:52.1 26 Simon Tobin-Daignault 1:53:53.9 27 Christian Reichert 1:54:09.9 28 Michael Dmitriev 1:54:29.6 29 Petar Stoychev 1:54:50.8 30 Jan Posmourny 1:55:17.4 31 Ventsislav Aydarski 1:55:53.5 32 Simone Ercoli 1:56:46.3 33 Daniel Viegas 1:58:21.3 34 Craig Hamilton Great Britain 1:58:55.7 35 Kurt Niehaus 1:59:25.0 36 Ivan Enderica 1:59:29.4 37 Philippe Dubreuil 1:59:38.9 38 Marcelo Romanelli Soares 2:00:42.2 39 Esteban Enderica 2:01:48.8 40 Josip Soldo 2:08:07.2 41 Tomislav Soldo 2:12:19.8 42 Juan Prem Biere 2:20:48.2 -- Elgun Babayev DNF -- Ruslan Bolshakov DNF -- Angel Moreira DNF -- Igor Chervynskiy DQ -- Igor Snitko DQ -- Yvan Hernandez DQ
Key: DNF = Did not finish, DQ = Disqualified
Protest over finish Due to a protest about the race finish, results from the race were delayed a day, until after a meeting on Thursday, July 23, 2009.PR56 - Open Water Swimming – 10km Men (FINA Press Release 2009-56); published 2009-07-22, retrieved 2009-07-22. At issue was the USA's Fran Crippen's finish approach. by Andrew Dampf, the Associated Press. Published 2009-07-22; retrieved 2009-07-22.FINA World Championships, Open Water: Thomas Lurz Wins Men's 10K; U.S. Finishes 2-3; Finish Under Protest by Steven Munatones. Published by Swimming World Magazine online on 2009-07-22, retrieved 2009-07-22.
On July 23, 2009, it was decided that Crippen's finish approach was legal and he was awarded the bronze medal.
See also Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 km Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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