Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

2009 FINA World Championships Rome, Italy
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Synchronised
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Open water swimming
5 km	men	women
10 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Synchronised swimming
Solo	Technical	Free
Duet	Technical	Free
Team	Technical	Free
	Combination
Water polo
men    •   women

The Open Water Swimming competition at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships were held from July 21 to 25 at the beach of Ostia in Rome.

Schedule

Date	Events
Tuesday, July 21	Women's 5K, Men's 5K
Wednesday, July 22	Women's 10K, Men's 10K
Saturday, July 25	Women's 25K, Men's 25K

Note: Originally, the Open water events were schedule to occur on Sunday, July 19 (5K), Tuesday, July 21 (women's 10K) and Thursday, July 23 (women's 25K); however the FINA Bureau on July 18, 2009, altered the open water schedule due to weather conditions in Ostia.^[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	0	0	3
2	Australia	1	1	0	2
3	Italy	1	0	2	3
4	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
5	Russia	0	3	1	4
6	USA	0	1	1	2
7	Greece	0	1	0	1
8	South Africa	0	0	1	1
8	Brazil	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km details	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)	Chad Ho (RSA)
10 km details	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Andrew Gemmell (USA)	Fran Crippen (USA)
25 km details	Valerio Cleri (ITA)	Trent Grimsey (AUS)	Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km details	Melissa Gorman (AUS)	Larisa Ilchenko (RUS)	Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
10 km details	Keri-Anne Payne (GBR)	Ekatarina Seliverstova (RUS)	Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
25 km details	Angela Maurer (GER)	Anna Uvarova (RUS)	Federica Vitale (ITA)

References

1. ^ PR53 - 13th FINA World Championships Rome 2009 - Open Water Competition (FINA Press Release 2009-53); published by FINA on 2009-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-20.