The Men's 25K race at the 2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

right|200pxThe 6th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was being held July 15–23, 2010 in Lac Saint-Jean near Roberval, Quebec, Canada.The championships featured 3 race distances: 5-kilometer , 10-kilometer and 25-kilometer...

was swum on Thursday, July 22, 2010 in 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 race began at 9 a.m., and was swum in the 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...

 in the city center. 21 men swam the event.

The 25 kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 10 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.

Results

All times in hours:minutes:seconds

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time	Notes
1	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....	United States	5:32:39.38
2	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
3	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...	Kingdom of Bulgaria	5:33:50.29
4	Edoardo Stochino	Italy	5:35:08.46
5	Bertrand Venturi	Early Modern France	5:36:10.75
6	Simon Tobin	Canada	5:37:09.74
7	Josef Kinderwater	United States	5:37:32.67
8	Joanes Hedel	Early Modern France	5:37:48.38
9	Damián Blaum Damián Blaum Damián Blaum is an Olympic open water swimmer from Argentina. Blaum swam for Argentina at the 2008 Olympics where he finished 21st in the Men's 10K event. He is Jewish.-References:...	Argentina	5:39:27.33
10	Libor Smolka	Czech Republic	5:39:31.30
11	David Browne	Australia	5:39:52.44
12	Rostislav Vitek	Czech Republic	5:42:24.45
13	Xavier Desharnais	Canada	5:51:48.45
14	Josip Soldo	Independent State of Croatia	5:59:43.05
15	Evgenij Popacev	Republic of Macedonia	6:03:01.01
16	Ivan Afanevich	Russia	6:13:18.56
17	Michal Skrodzki	Poland	6:18:25.99
–	Raul Alberto Macedo	Argentina	DNF
–	Vasily Boykov	Russia	DNF
–	Tomislav Soldo	Independent State of Croatia	DNF
–	Sergiy Fesenko	Azerbaijan	DNS