2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

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Open Water Swimming World Championships were held August 29-September 3, 2006 in Naples, Italy

Naples

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The championships featured 98 swimmers from 29 countries competing in race distances of 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K). 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 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K The Women's 5K race at the 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 in Naples, Italy. It was the first event of the 2006 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on August 29...	Larisa Ilchenko Larisa Ilchenko Larisa Dmitriyevna Ilchenko is a Russian long distance swimmer. She had won eight World Championships and the 2008 Olympics at age 19.... Russia	1:08:19.7	Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer and Olympian.She competed at the 2008 Olympics, where she finished 7th in the Women's 10K race.... Brazil	1:08:27.6	Britta Kamrau-Corestein Britta Kamrau Britta Kamrau-Corestein is a German long distance swimmer. She is a former European champion at the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km open water distances and current world champion at 25 km.... Germany	1:08:46.3
Men's 5K details 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 5K The Men's 5K race at the 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 in Naples, Italy. It was the second event of the 2006 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on August 29...	Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming... Germany	1:04:32.3	Chip Peterson Chip Peterson Charles Bowne Peterson is an American swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming, in which he is a world champion.-Career:... USA	1:04:32.7	Simone Ercoli Simone Ercoli Simone Ercoli is a male open water swimmer from Italy.He has swum for Italy at the:World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009Open Water Worlds: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006... Italy	1:04:35.9

Women's 10K details 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K The Women's 10K race at the 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, August 31, 2006 in Naples, Italy. It was the fourth event of the 2006 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on August 31...	Larisa Ilchenko Larisa Ilchenko Larisa Dmitriyevna Ilchenko is a Russian long distance swimmer. She had won eight World Championships and the 2008 Olympics at age 19.... Russia	2:19:40.9	Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer and Olympian.She competed at the 2008 Olympics, where she finished 7th in the Women's 10K race.... Brazil	2:19:59.3	Ksenia Popova Ksenia Popova Ksenia Popova is a World Champion open water swimmer from Russia. At the 2008 Open Water Worlds, she won the Women's 25K race.She has swum for Russia at the:World Championships: 2003, 2007Open Water Worlds: 2004, 2006, 2008-References:... Russia	2:19:59.8
Men's 10K details 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K The Men's 10K race at the 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, August 31, 2006 in Naples, Italy. It was the third event of the 2006 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on August 31...	Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming... Germany	2:10:39.4	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	2:10:40.5	Evgueny Drattsev Russia	2:10:40.7

Women's 25K details 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 25K The Women's 25K race at the 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Saturday, September 2, 2006 in Naples, Italy. It was the fifth event of the 2006 Open Water Worlds...	Angela Maurer Angela Maurer Angela Maurer is a long-distance swimmer from Germany.Angela Maurer lives in Wiesbaden, where she was born. She swims for the SSV Undine 08 e.V... Germany	6:22:46.9	Natalia Pankina Natalia Pankina Natalia Pankina is a Russian long distance swimmer. She successfully swam the English Channel in 2007 in a time of 8 h 11 mins. She narrowly missed a medal in the 2007 World Championships, coming 5th in the 25 km open water event, just 10 seconds behind 3rd place.-References:... Russia	6:22:47.8	Ksenia Popova Ksenia Popova Ksenia Popova is a World Champion open water swimmer from Russia. At the 2008 Open Water Worlds, she won the Women's 25K race.She has swum for Russia at the:World Championships: 2003, 2007Open Water Worlds: 2004, 2006, 2008-References:... Russia	6:22:51.3
Men's 25K details 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K The Men's 25K race at the 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Sunday, September 3, 2006 in Naples, Italy. It was the sixth and final event of the 2006 Open Water Worlds...	Josh Santacaterina Josh Santacaterina Josh Santacaterina is a World Champion open water swimmer from Australia. At the 2006 Open Water Worlds, he won the Men's 25 km race.He has swum for Australia at the:*World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007... Australia	5:47:34.1	Yuri Kudinov Yuri Kudinov Yuri Kudinov is a long distance swimmer from Russia.In 2007 he narrowly missed the world record for the fastest swim across the English Channel when he was beaten by Petar Stoychev... Russia	5:48:56.9	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	5:49:00.2

Team standings

The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2006 Open Water Worlds is:

Rank	Nation	Men	Women	Combined
1	Russia	47	86	133
2	Germany	45	54	99
3	Italy	67	21	88
4	Australia	39	34	73
5	United States	24	31	55
6	Brazil	0	34	34
7	Czech Republic	4	18	22
8	Netherlands	18	0	18
9	United Kingdom	7	9	16
9	Early Modern France	16	0	16
11	Kingdom of Bulgaria	14	0	14
12	Egypt	10	0	10
13	Ukraine	5	3	8
14	Slovenia	0	4	4
15	Mexico	1	0	1

The following 13 countries are listed in a tie for 16, with zero (0) points:
FYR Macedonia
Note:

Serbia and Montenegro 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.

Results

Team standings

See also