The 6th FINA

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 World Open Water Swimming Championships was being held July 15–23, 2010 in Lac Saint-Jean

Lac Saint-Jean

Lac Saint-Jean is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated 206 kilometres north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River. It covers an area of 1003 km² Lac Saint-Jean is a large, relatively...

 near Roberval, Quebec, Canada

Roberval, Quebec

Roberval is a city on the south-western shore of Lac Saint-Jean in the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. With a population of 10,544 in the Canada 2006 Census, it is the third largest city on this lake after Alma and Dolbeau-Mistassini.It is the seat of the...

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The championships featured 3 race distances: 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K). Schedule for the championships was:

• 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.

Participating countries

On 14 June 2010, the event organizers announced that 144 athletes from 30 countries have entered the championships. 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.

Results

Women's 5K   details 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K The Women's 5K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada.The race began at 10:30 a.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean in the city center...	Eva Fabian Eva Fabian Eva Fabian is an American open water swimmer.-Swimming career:At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Fabian placed 10th in the 25 km....       USA	1:02:00.9	Giorgia Consiglio      Italy	1:02:01.0	Ana Marcela Cunha      Brazil	1:02:02.6
Men's 5K   details 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 5K The Men's 5K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada.The race began at 2 p.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean in the city center...	Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...       Germany	57:42.6	Evgeny Drattsev      Russia	57:44.1	Fran Crippen Fran Crippen Francis "Fran" Crippen was an American long-distance swimmer. After being a pool swimmer for most of his career, Crippen made the transition to open water swimming in 2006 where he had tremendous success. In international competitions, Crippen won seven medals, five of which were in the open...       USA	57:46.5
Women's 10K   details 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K The Women's 10K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Saturday, July 17, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada. It was the first event of the 2010 Open Water Worlds....	Martina Grimaldi      Italy	2:05:45.2	Giorgia Consiglio      Italy	2:05:57.4	Melissa Gorman Melissa Gorman Melissa Anne Gorman is an Australian long distance swimmer.-Career:At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle....       Australia	2:05:57.9
Men's 10K   details 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K The Men's 10K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Sunday, July 18, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada.The race began at 11:30 a.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean in the city center...	Valerio Cleri Valerio Cleri Valerio Cleri is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who primarily competes in open water swimming.-Career:Cleri won a gold medal in the 25 km open water race at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome....       Italy	2:00:59.3	Evgeny Drattsev      Russia	2:01:00.6	Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Fyodorovich Dyatchin is a Russian long distance swimmer and the current world champion at the 10 km open water...       Russia	2:01:03.0
Women's 25K   details 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 25K The Women's 25K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, July 22, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada.The race began at 9:15 a.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean in the city center...	Linsy Heister      Netherlands	5:52:13.06	Margarita Dominguez      Spain	5:55:59.29	Celia Barrot      France	5:57:02.87
Men's 25K   details 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K The Men's 25K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, July 22, 2010 in Roberval, Quebec, Canada.The race began at 9 a.m., and was swum in the Lac Saint-Jean in the city center...	Alex Meyer Alex Meyer Alexander Meyer is an American open water swimmer.-Swimming career:At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Meyer was disqualified in the 25 km....       USA	5:32:39.38	Valerio Cleri Valerio Cleri Valerio Cleri is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who primarily competes in open water swimming.-Career:Cleri won a gold medal in the 25 km open water race at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome....       Italy	5:32:40.40	Petar Stoychev Petar Stoychev Petar Stoychev is a Bulgarian swimmer who is the most successful long distance marathon swimmer of the last decade. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time and an honor swimmer in the...     Bulgaria	5:33:50.29

Medals

1	Italy	2	3	0	5
2	United States	2	0	1	3
3	Germany	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
5	Russia	0	2	1	3
6	Spain	0	1	0	1
7	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Kingdom of Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Early Modern France	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

Points

Overall point standings for the 6th Open Water Worlds are:

Rank	Country	Points Women	Points Men	Total
1	Italy	52	64	116
2	United States	55	56	111
3	Russia	16	46	62
4	Early Modern France	24	16	40
5	Brazil	33	3	36
	Germany	10	26	36
7	Australia	14	10	24
8	Spain	21	–	21
	Netherlands	21	–	21
10	Kingdom of Bulgaria	–	18	18
11	Ukraine	–	17	17
12	Greece	6	10	16
13	Canada	5	8	13
14	Mainland China	12	–	12
15	Argentina	4	4	8
16	Czech Republic	–	8	8
17	South Africa	–	6	6
18	United Kingdom	5	–	5
	Slovenia	5	–	5
20	New Zealand	4	–	4
21	Independent State of Croatia	3	0	3
	Mexico	1	2	3
23	Azerbaijan	–	2	2
24	Ecuador	–	1	1