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 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: (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 (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. (press release by the organizers of the 2010 Open Water World Championships); published 2010-06-14, retrieved 2010-06-16. Countries entered are:
(4) (7) (3) (3) (5) (1) (7) (3) (4) (5) (3) (8) (5) (4) (3) (1) (8) (5) (1) (1) (1) (10) (2) (1) (2) (5) * (3) * (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. for the 2010 Open Water Worlds; published by the event organized. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
Results Women's 5K details Eva Fabian USA 1:02:00.9 Giorgia Consiglio Italy 1:02:01.0 Ana Marcela Cunha Brazil 1:02:02.6Men's 5K details Thomas Lurz Germany 57:42.6 Evgeny Drattsev Russia 57:44.1 Fran Crippen USA 57:46.5Women's 10K details Martina Grimaldi Italy 2:05:45.2 Giorgia Consiglio Italy 2:05:57.4 Melissa Gorman Australia 2:05:57.9Men's 10K details Valerio Cleri Italy 2:00:59.3 Evgeny Drattsev Russia 2:01:00.6 Vladimir Dyatchin Russia 2:01:03.0Women's 25K details Linsy Heister Netherlands 5:52:13.06 Margarita Dominguez Spain 5:55:59.29 Celia Barrot France 5:57:02.87Men's 25K details Alex Meyer USA 5:32:39.38 Valerio Cleri Italy 5:32:40.40 Petar Stoychev Bulgaria 5:33:50.29
Overall standings Medals
Points Overall point standings for the 6th Open Water Worlds are: 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 52 64 116 2 55 56 111 3 16 46 62 4 24 16 40 5 33 3 36 10 26 36 7 14 10 24 8 21 – 21 21 – 21 10 – 18 18 11 – 17 17 12 6 10 16 13 5 8 13 14 12 – 12 15 4 4 8 16 – 8 8 17 – 6 6 18 5 – 5 5 – 5 20 4 – 4 21 3 0 3 1 2 3 23 – 2 2 24 – 1 1
See also 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
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