2002 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
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The 2nd FINA
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 Open Water Swimming World Championships
were held September 23-28, 2002 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Sharm el-Sheikh
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. The championships featured 89 swimmers from 26 countries competiting in 6 races:
  • 5-kilometer (5K)--Men's and Women's
  • 10-kilometer (10K)--Men's and Women's
  • 25-kilometer (25K)--Men's and Women's


Results

Women's 5K
  details
Viola Valli
Viola Valli
Viola Valli is a long distance swimmer from Italy. She is the former world champion at the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km open water distance.-External links:* *...

 
    Italy
56:52 Edith van Dijk
Edith van Dijk
Edith van Dijk is a Dutch swimmer and 6-fold world champion. She is Holland's most successful open water swimmer and long distance swimmer, whose career started in 1990 taking part in the Dutch IJsselmeermarathon...

 
    Netherlands
57:01 Hanna Miluska 
    Switzerland
58:13
Men's 5K
  details
Luca Baldini
Luca Baldini
Luca Baldini is a long distance swimmer from Italy.-References:*...

 
    Italy
51:49.78 Stefano Rubando 
    Italy
51:51.20 Thomas Lurz
Thomas Lurz
Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...

 
    Germany
51:52.43
Women's 10K
  details
Britta Kamrau
Britta Kamrau
Britta Kamrau-Corestein is a German long distance swimmer. She is a former European champion at the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km open water distances and current world champion at 25 km....

 
    Germany
1:56:42.25 Viola Valli
Viola Valli
Viola Valli is a long distance swimmer from Italy. She is the former world champion at the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km open water distance.-External links:* *...

 
    Italy
1:56:42.28 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...

 
    Germany
1:56:49
Men's 10K
  details
Ivgueni Kochkarov 
    Russia
1:49:30 Simone Ercoli
Simone Ercoli
Simone Ercoli is a male open water swimmer from Italy.He has swum for Italy at the:*World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009*Open Water Worlds: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006...

 
    Italy
1:49:34 Vladimir Dyatchin
Vladimir Dyatchin
Vladimir Fyodorovich Dyatchin is a Russian long distance swimmer and the current world champion at the 10 km open water...

 
    Russia
1:49:35
Women's 25K
  details
Edith van Dijk
Edith van Dijk
Edith van Dijk is a Dutch swimmer and 6-fold world champion. She is Holland's most successful open water swimmer and long distance swimmer, whose career started in 1990 taking part in the Dutch IJsselmeermarathon...

 
    Netherlands
6:11:21 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...

 
    Germany
6:11:22.43 Britta Kamrau
Britta Kamrau
Britta Kamrau-Corestein is a German long distance swimmer. She is a former European champion at the 5 km, 10 km and 25 km open water distances and current world champion at 25 km....

 
    Germany
6:11:22.70
Men's 25K
  details
Yuri Kudinov
Yuri Kudinov
Yuri Kudinov is a long distance swimmer from Russia.In 2007 he narrowly missed the world record for the fastest swim across the English Channel when he was beaten by Petar Stoychev...

 
    Russia
5:39:14 Anton Sanatchev 
    Russia
5:41:14 Gabriel Chaillou 
    Argentina
5:51:16

Team medals

5K
 
 Italy  Germany  Switzerland
10K
 
 Germany  Italy  Russia

See also

  • 2000 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
  • 2004 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
    2004 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
    The 3rd FINA Open Water Swimming World Championships were held November 26 – December 2, 2004 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The championships featured 90 swimmers from 26 countries competing in six races:*5-kilometer – Men's and Women's...

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