The 4th FINA Open Water Swimming World Championships were held August 29-September 3, 2006 in Naples, Italy.Results page: 4th FINA Open Water Swimming Championships - Napoli, Italy from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the event); retrieved, 2010-01-31.
The championships featured 98 swimmers from 29 countries competing in race distances of 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K).HistoFINA--Open Water : FINA's history of open water swimming events. Retrieved 2010-01-30. Event schedule: Tuesday, August 29: Women's 5K, Men's 5K Thursday, August 31: Men's 10K, Women's 5K Saturday, September 2: Women's 25K Sunday, September 3: Men's 25K
Results Women's 5K details Larisa Ilchenko Russia 1:08:19.7 Poliana Okimoto Brazil 1:08:27.6 Britta Kamrau-Corestein Germany 1:08:46.3Men's 5K details Thomas Lurz Germany 1:04:32.3 Chip Peterson USA 1:04:32.7 Simone Ercoli Italy 1:04:35.9Women's 10K details Larisa Ilchenko Russia 2:19:40.9 Poliana Okimoto Brazil 2:19:59.3 Ksenia Popova Russia 2:19:59.8Men's 10K details Thomas Lurz Germany 2:10:39.4 Valerio Cleri Italy 2:10:40.5 Evgeny Drattsev Russia 2:10:40.7Women's 25K details Angela Maurer Germany 6:22:46.9 Natalia Pankina Russia 6:22:47.8 Ksenia Popova Russia 6:22:51.3Men's 25K details Josh Santacaterina Australia 5:47:34.1 Yuri Kudinov Russia 5:48:56.9 Petar Stoychev Bulgaria 5:49:00.2
Team standings The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2006 Open Water Worlds is:2006 Open Water Worlds: Standings. OmegaTiming.com, 2006-09-03; retrieved 2010-01-31. Rank Nation Men Women Combined 1 47 86 133 2 45 54 99 3 67 21 88 4 39 34 73 5 24 31 55 6 0 34 34 7 4 18 22 8 18 0 18 9 7 9 16 9 16 0 16 11 14 0 14 12 10 0 10 13 5 3 8 14 0 4 4 15 1 0 1 The following 13 countries are listed in a tie for 16, with zero (0) points:
Macedonia
Note: is the sole country with an entry not listed in the standings. Their lone entrant (Darjia Pop) did not finish the one event (Women's 10K) in which she was entered.
See also 2004 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
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