The 1st FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships were held on October 29-November 4, 2000 in the waters off Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.[1] 164 swimmers from 34 countries swam in the championships, in race distances of 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K).[2]
Results edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5K | Peggy Büchse  Germany |
1:02:36.29 | Kalyn Keller  USA |
1:02:40.42 | Viola Valli  Italy |
1:02:41.18 |
| Men's 5K | Yevgeny Bezruchenko  Russia |
59:18.23 | David Meca  Spain |
59:20.64 | Luca Baldini Italy |
59:20.86 |
| Women's 10K | Edith van Dijk  Netherlands |
2:06:44.44 | Melissa Pasquali Italy |
2:07:38.85 | Peggy Büchse Germany |
2:08:00.30 |
| Men's 10K | David Meca Spain |
1:57:10.50 | Petar Stoychev  Bulgaria |
1:57:14.44 | Yevgeny Bezruchenko Russia |
1:57:15.02 |
| Women's 25K | Edith van Dijk Netherlands |
5:30:04.07 | Viola Valli Italy |
5:30:06.06 | Angela Maurer Germany |
5:30:08.06 |
| Men's 25K | Yuri Kudinov Russia |
4:55:51.12 | David Meca Spain |
4:56:11.42 | Aleksey Akatyev Russia |
4:57:03.12 |
Team medals edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5K | Italy (ITA) Luca Baldini Fabio Venturini Viola Valli |
3:01:24.74 | Russia (RUS) Yevgeny Bezruchenko Aleksey Akatyev Irina Abysova |
3:01:34.65 | Germany (GER) Christof Wandratsch Ben Hoffman Peggy Büchse |
3:01:57.76 |
| 10K | Germany (GER) Christof Wandratsch Andres Maurer Peggy Büchse |
6:03:03.64 | Russia (RUS) Yevgeny Bezruchenko Vladimir Dyatchin Irina Abysova |
6:03:33.95 | United States (USA) Ben Hanley Matt Martin Dawn Heckman |
6:03:39.81 |
| 25K | Russia (RUS) Yuri Kudinov Aleksey Akatyev Natalia Pankina |
15:24:19.59 | Italy (ITA) Claudio Gargaro Fabio Fusi Viola Valli |
15:25:33.68 |  France (FRA)Stéphane Gomez Stéphane Lecat Audy Boitte |
15:35:55.73 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ HistoFINA, volume 10 Archived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine; published by FINA; published=2009-07-01, retrieved=2012-03-03 (FINA's self-history, 2009 edition; volume 10 deals with Open Water Swimming).
- ^ 1st FINA World Championships from web.archive.org; published originally by FINA (fina.org) in 2000-10. Retrieved 2012-03-03.