2010 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K
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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
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