• 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	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....       Russia	1:03:11.9	Ksenia Popova Ksenia Popova Ksenia Popova is a World Champion open water swimmer from Russia. At the 2008 Open Water Worlds, she won the Women's 25K race.She has swum for Russia at the:*World Championships: 2003, 2007*Open Water Worlds: 2004, 2006, 2008-References:...       Russia	1:03:43.8	Sara McLarty      USA	1:03:52.9
Men's 5K   details	Grant Cleland      Australia	56:52.9	Christian Hein      Germany	56:54.1	Josh Santacaterina Josh Santacaterina Josh Santacaterina is a World Champion open water swimmer from Australia. At the 2006 Open Water Worlds, he won the Men's 25 km race.He has swum for Australia at the:*World Championships: 2003, 2005, 2007...       Australia	56:55.5
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	2:07:51.7	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:...       Czech Republic	2:07:52.8	Lauren Arndt      Australia	2:07:53.5
Men's 10K   details	Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...       Germany	1:54:38.0	Alan Bircher Alan Bircher Alan Bircher is a British long-distance swimmer. He currently swims for the Wyre Forest Swimming Club , where he is the head coach and works alongside Stefanie Biller....       Great Britain	1:54:44.8	Danill Serebrennikov      Russia	1:55:02.8
Women's 25K   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	5:43:09.6	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	5:43:09.7	Natalia Pankina Natalia Pankina Natalia Pankina is a Russian long distance swimmer. She successfully swam the English Channel in 2007 in a time of 8 h 11 mins. She narrowly missed a medal in the 2007 World Championships, coming 5th in the 25 km open water event, just 10 seconds behind 3rd place.-References:...       Russia	5:43:14.4
Men's 25K   details	Brendan Capell      Australia	5:05:39.6	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	5:07:05.2	Evgueni Kochkarov      Russia	5:07:59.7

Team medals

5K	Germany		Australia		Russia
10K	Germany		Russia		Australia

See also

• 2002 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
  2002 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
  The 2nd FINA Open Water Swimming World Championships were held September 23-28, 2002 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The championships featured 89 swimmers from 26 countries competiting in 6 races:*5-kilometer --Men's and Women's...
  
  
• 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
  2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
  rightThe 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 , 10-kilometer and 25-kilometer...