The6thFINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was being held July 15–23, 2010 inLac Saint-Jean nearRoberval, Quebec, Canada.[1]
The championships featured 3 race distances: 5-kilometre (5K), 10-kilometre (10K) and 25-kilometre (25K). Schedule for the championships was:[2]
| 2010 FINA Open Water Worlds | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
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 biennialWorld Championships. This change brings the open water discipline closer to matching FINA's other disciplines in championships structuring.[3]
On 14 June 2010, the event organizers announced that 144 athletes from 30 countries have entered the championships.[4] Countries entered are:
Argentina(4)
Australia(7)
Azerbaijan(3)
Belgium(3)
Brazil(5)
Bulgaria(1)
Canada(7)
China(3)
Croatia(4)
Czech Republic(5)
Ecuador(3)
France(8)
Germany(5)
Great Britain(4)
Greece(3)
Israel(1)
Italy(8)
Mexico(5)
Netherlands(1)
New Zealand(1)
Poland(1)
Russia(10)
Slovakia(2)
Slovenia(1)
South Africa(2)
Spain(5)
Syria*
Ukraine(3)
United Arab Emirates*
USA(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.[5]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5K details | Eva Fabian USA | 1:02:00.9 | Giorgia Consiglio Italy | 1:02:01.0 | Ana Marcela Cunha Brazil | 1:02:02.6 |
| Men's 5K details | Thomas Lurz Germany | 57:42.6 | Evgeny Drattsev Russia | 57:44.1 | Fran Crippen USA | 57:46.5 |
| Women's 10K details | Martina Grimaldi Italy | 2:05:45.2 | Giorgia Consiglio Italy | 2:05:57.4 | Melissa Gorman Australia | 2:05:57.9 |
| Men's 10K details | Valerio Cleri Italy | 2:00:59.3 | Evgeny Drattsev Russia | 2:01:00.6 | Vladimir Dyatchin Russia | 2:01:03.0 |
| Women's 25K details | 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 | Alex Meyer USA | 5:32:39.38 | Valerio Cleri Italy | 5:32:40.40 | Petar Stoychev Bulgaria | 5:33:50.29 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Overall point standings for the 6th Open Water Worlds are:[6]
| Rank | Country | Points Women | Points Men | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 52 | 64 | 116 |
| 2 | USA | 55 | 56 | 111 |
| 3 | Russia | 16 | 46 | 62 |
| 4 | 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 | Bulgaria | – | 18 | 18 |
| 11 | Ukraine | – | 17 | 17 |
| 12 | Greece | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 13 | Canada | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 14 | China | 12 | – | 12 |
| 15 | Argentina | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | – | 8 | 8 |
| 17 | South Africa | – | 6 | 6 |
| 18 | Great Britain | 5 | – | 5 |
| Slovenia | 5 | – | 5 | |
| 20 | New Zealand | 4 | – | 4 |
| 21 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mexico | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | – | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Ecuador | – | 1 | 1 |