Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 km

The women's 10K race at the 2009 World Championships

2009 World Aquatics Championships

The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won...

occurred on Wednesday, 22 July at Ostia Beach

Ostia (quarter of Rome)

Ostia is a large neighbourhood in the XIII Municipio of the comune of Rome, Italy. Ostia is also the only municipio or district of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea and many Romans spend the summer holidays there. Sometimes it is confused with Ostia Antica, an archaeological area, that is nearby...

in Rome, Italy

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. In total, 45 women from 26 countries competed in the race.

Results

Rank	Swimmer	Nationality	Time
	Keri-Anne Payne Keri-Anne Payne Keri-Anne Payne is a British swimmer, specialising in marathon open water swimming, and long-distance freestyle swimming in the pool. She is a two-time World 10 km Open Water champion, and an Olympic silver medallist.Payne was born in South Africa to British parents...	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	2:01:37.1
	Ekaterina Seliverstova		2:01:38.0
	Martina Grimaldi		2:01:38.6
4	Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:2007 World Championships2007 Pan American Games...		2:01:40.8
5	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...		2:01:40.9
6	Linsy Heister		2:01:41.0
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....		2:01:41.5
8	Margarita Dominguez		2:01:45.6
9	Marianna Lymperta		2:01:45.7
10	Jana Pechanová Jana Pechanová Jana Pechanová is an Olympic distance swimmer from the Czech Republic. She swam for the Czech Olympic team at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Pechanová finished 8th in 10 km distance.-References:...		2:01:50.2
11	Alona Berbasova		2:01:58.9
12	Manon Lammens		2:02:00.3
13	Alannah Jury		2:02:01.0
14	Teja Zupan		2:02:03.1
15	Fang Yanqiao Fang Yanqiao Fang Yanqiao is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:2008 World Open Water Championships – 12th 10 km2010 World Open Water Championships – 3rd 10 km...		2:02:04.0
16	Olga Beresneva		2:02:04.0
17	Nika Kozamernik		2:02:04.4
18	Karla Sitic		2:02:04.5
18	Odette Saldivar		2:02:04.5
20	Iris Matthey-Jaquet		2:02:04.6
21	Patricia Maldonado Patricia Maldonado (swimmer) Patricia Maldonado is a long-distance and open water swimmer from Venezuela. She has swum for Venezuela at the:2008 Open Water Worlds 2008 South American Championships*2009 World Championships -References:...		2:02:05.9
22	Ana Marcela Cunha		2:02:06.4
23	Silvie Rybarova		2:02:06.5
24	Emily Brunemann	United States	2:02:06.6
25	Alejandra Gonzalez		2:02:06.7
26	Stefanie Biller Stefanie Biller Stefanie Biller is a long-distance swimmer from Germany. Whilst she has twice won medals at the European Championships, she could only manage 19th place in the World Championships in 2007 in the 5 km open water....		2:02:07.1
27	Eva Fabian Eva Fabian Eva Fabian is an American open water swimmer.-Swimming career:At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Fabian placed 10th in the 25 km....	United States	2:02:09.9
28	Maaike Waaijer		2:02:10.1
29	Melissa Gorman Melissa Gorman Melissa Anne Gorman is an Australian long distance swimmer.-Career:At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle....		2:02:16.0
30	Katia Barros		2:02:20.3
31	Alice Franco		2:02:22.1
32	Ophelie Aspord		2:02:22.9
33	Zsofia Balazs		2:02:24.3
34	Shi Yu		2:02:28.3
35	Katy Whitfield	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	2:02:37.7
36	Danielle de Francesco		2:02:55.4
37	Yurema Requena Juarez		2:03:16.8
38	Natalie du Toit Natalie du Toit Natalie du Toit is a South African swimmer. She is best known for the gold medals she won at the 2004 Paralympic Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. She was one of two Paralympians to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the other being table tennis player Natalia Partyka...		2:06:22.5
39	Nataly Caldas Calle		2:06:26.9
40	Wing Yung Natasha Terri Tang		2:09:15.4
41	Aurelie Muller		2:09:23.7
42	Nadine Williams		2:12:07.9
43	Cindy Toscano		2:26:09.1
--	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....		DNF
--	Swann Gabrielle Oberson		DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish

Results

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