2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K

The Men's 10K race at the 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...

was swum on Thursday, August 31, 2006 in Naples, Italy

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

. It was the third event of the 2006 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on August 31 (the other being the Women's 10K race

2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K

The Women's 10K race at the 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, August 31, 2006 in Naples, Italy. It was the fourth event of the 2006 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on August 31...

). 39 men were entered in the event, 37 of whom swam.

Results

All times in hours : minutes : seconds

Place	Swimmer	Country	Time
1	Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...	Germany	2:10:39.4
2	Valerio Cleri Valerio Cleri Valerio Cleri is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who primarily competes in open water swimming.-Career:Cleri won a gold medal in the 25 km open water race at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome....	Italy	2:10:40.5
3	Evgeny Drattsev	Russia	2:10:40.7
4	Andrea Righi Andrea Righi Andrea Righi is a retired freestyle swimmer from Italy, who was a specialist in the long-distance events. He is best known for winning three medals at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.-References:...	Italy	2:10:42.8
5	Maarten van der Weijden Maarten van der Weijden Maarten van der Weijden is a Dutch long distance and marathon swimmer born in Alkmaar.Van der Weijden was known as a promising swimming talent in his youth, becoming Dutch national champion at the 1500 m freestyle , 400 m freestyle and 5 km open water...	Netherlands	2:10:43.8
6	Chip Peterson Chip Peterson Charles Bowne Peterson is an American swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming, in which he is a world champion.-Career:...	United States	2:10:44.5
7	Evgeny Koshkarov	Russia	2:10:44.5
8	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	2:10:45.4
9	Christian Hein	Germany	2:10:47.5
10	Stéphane Gomez Stéphane Gomez Stéphane Gomez is an open water swimmer from France.He won the French National Championships in:5K: 2001, 200210K: 2000, 2002*25K: 2007-References:...	Early Modern France	2:10:48.5
11	Igor Chervynskiy	Ukraine	2:10:49.3
12	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....	United Kingdom	2:10:50.8
13	Brendan Capell	Australia	2:10:53.1
14	Shaun Dias	South Africa	2:11:00.5
15	Mohamed El Zanaty	Egypt	2:11:00.7
16	Gilles Rondy Gilles Rondy Gilles Rondy is an Olympic and European Champion swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, and won the 2006 European Championships in the 25 km open water event....	Early Modern France	2:11:01.3
17	Luiz Eduardo Souza Lima	Brazil	2:11:14.3
18	Jarrod Ballem	Canada	2:11:37.3
19	Damián Blaum Damián Blaum Damián Blaum is an Olympic open water swimmer from Argentina. Blaum swam for Argentina at the 2008 Olympics where he finished 21st in the Men's 10K event. He is Jewish.-References:...	Argentina	2:11:57.5
20	Petar Stoychev Petar Stoychev Petar Stoychev is a Bulgarian swimmer who is the most successful long distance marathon swimmer of the last decade. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time and an honor swimmer in the...	Kingdom of Bulgaria	2:12:09.3
21	Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Monasterio Ricardo Andrés Monasterio Guimaraes is a Venezuelan international swimmer who represented his native country in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.Monasterio was born in Caracas, Venezuela...	Venezuela	2:12:37.6
22	Allan Lopes Do Carmo	Brazil	2:12:40.1
23	Csaba Gersak	Hungary	2:13:11.5
24	Oleksandr Bezuglyy	Ukraine	2:20:55.5
25	Daniel Katzir	Israel	2:21:12.1
26	Kane Radford	New Zealand	2:21:15.9
27	Levente Nagy-Pal	Hungary	2:21:18.2
28	Gabriel Enderica Ochoa	Ecuador	2:21:25.4
29	Esteban Enderica Selgado	Ecuador	2:23:36.0
30	Daniel Delgadillo	Mexico	2:24:28.3
31	Dan De Marco	United States	2:25:57.0
32	Sho Azuka	Japan	2:26:53.0
33	Hiroki Takayama	Japan	2:32:45.8
34	Tomislav Soldo	Independent State of Croatia	2:39:57.0
--	David Creel	Canada	DNF
--	Rotislav Vitek	Czech Republic	DNF
--	Kenneth Smith	South Africa	DNF
--	Ivan López Ivan Lopez (swimmer) Iván López is a National Record holding distance swimmer from Mexico. He has swum for Mexico at:2006 Central American and Caribbean Games2007 Pan American Games2008 Open Water Worlds2009 World Championships...	Mexico	DNS
--	Mohammad Saleh	Syria	DNS

Results

See also