2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
# 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

The 4th FINA Open Water Swimming World Championships were held August 29-September 3, 2006 in Naples, Italy.

The championships featured 98 swimmers from 29 countries competing in race distances of 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K). Event schedule:

* Tuesday, August 29: Women's 5K, Men's 5K
* Thursday, August 31: Men's 10K, Women's 5K
* Saturday, September 2: Women's 25K
* Sunday, September 3: Men's 25K

## Results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's 5K details | Larisa Ilchenko Russia | 1:08:19.7 | Poliana Okimoto Brazil | 1:08:27.6 | Britta Kamrau-Corestein Germany | 1:08:46.3 |
| Men's 5K details | Thomas Lurz Germany | 1:04:32.3 | Chip Peterson USA | 1:04:32.7 | Simone Ercoli Italy | 1:04:35.9 |
| Women's 10K details | Larisa Ilchenko Russia | 2:19:40.9 | Poliana Okimoto Brazil | 2:19:59.3 | Ksenia Popova Russia | 2:19:59.8 |
| Men's 10K details | Thomas Lurz Germany | 2:10:39.4 | Valerio Cleri Italy | 2:10:40.5 | Evgeny Drattsev Russia | 2:10:40.7 |
| Women's 25K details | Angela Maurer Germany | 6:22:46.9 | Natalia Pankina Russia | 6:22:47.8 | Ksenia Popova Russia | 6:22:51.3 |
| Men's 25K details | Josh Santacaterina Australia | 5:47:34.1 | Yuri Kudinov Russia | 5:48:56.9 | Petar Stoychev Bulgaria | 5:49:00.2 |

## Team standings

The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2006 Open Water Worlds is:

| Rank | Nation | Men | Women | Combined |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia | 47 | 86 | 133 |
| 2 | Germany | 45 | 54 | 99 |
| 3 | Italy | 67 | 21 | 88 |
| 4 | Australia | 39 | 34 | 73 |
| 5 | USA | 24 | 31 | 55 |
| 6 | Brazil | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 4 | 18 | 22 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 9 | France | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Egypt | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | Slovenia | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 |

The following 13 countries are listed in a tie for 16, with zero (0) points:

* Argentina
* Canada
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Ecuador
* Hungary
* Israel
* Japan
* Macedonia
* New Zealand
* South Africa
* Syria
* Venezuela

Note: Serbia and Montenegro is the sole country with an entry not listed in the standings. Their lone entrant (Darjia Pop) did not finish the one event (Women's 10K) in which she was entered.

