Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Host city	Shanghai, China
Events	7
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Main article: 2011 World Aquatics Championships

The open water swimming portion of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held between July 19–23 in Shanghai, China at the Jinshan City Beach.^[1]

Events

The following events were contested by both men and women in Shanghai:

• 5 km
• 10 km
• 25 km

In addition, there was a team competition with male and female competitors.

Schedule

Day	Event
Tuesday, July 19, 2011	Women's 10 km
Wednesday, July 20, 2011	Men's 10 km
Thursday, July 21, 2011	5 km team
Friday, July 22, 2011	Women's 5 km
	Men's 5 km
Saturday, July 23, 2011	Men's 25 km
	Women's 25 km

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	1	2	1	4
2	Greece	1	1	1	3
3	United States	1	0	1	2
4	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
8	Russia	0	1	2	3
9	Italy	0	1	1	2
10	Australia	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
12	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		7	7	7	21

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km[2] details	Thomas Lurz (GER)	56:16.6	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)	56:17.4	Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)	56:18.5
10 km[3] details	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)	1:54:24.7	Thomas Lurz (GER)	1:54:27.2	Sergey Bolshakov (RUS)	1:54:31.8
25 km[4] details	Petar Stoychev (BUL)	5:10:39.8	Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)	5:11:15.6	Csaba Gercsák (HUN)	5:11:18.1

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km[5] details	Swann Oberson (SUI)	1:00:39.7	Aurelie Muller (FRA)	1:00:40.1	Ashley Twichell (USA)	1:00:40.2
10 km[6] details	Keri-Anne Payne (GBR)	2:01:58.1	Martina Grimaldi (ITA)	2:01:59.9	Marianna Lymperta (GRE)	2:02:01.8
25 km[7] details	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)	5:29:22.9	Angela Maurer (GER)	5:29:25.0	Alice Franco (ITA)	5:29:30.8

Team

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Team[8] details	United States Andrew Gemmell Sean Ryan Ashley Twichell	57:00.6	Australia Melissa Gorman Rhys Mainstone Ky Hurst	57:01.8	Germany Jan Wolfgarten Thomas Lurz Isabelle Härle	57:44.2

References

1. "FINA Announces Open Water Venue, Schedule For World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 2011-04-20. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
2. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 5 km results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-21.
3. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 10 km results Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-20.
4. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 25 km results Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.
5. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 5 km results Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-21.
6. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 10 km results Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-20.
7. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 25 km results Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.
8. 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Team results^{[permanent dead link]}, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-21.