Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 25 km
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The Men's 25 km Open Water swimming race took place on Saturday, 25 July, at Ostia
beach in Rome
. 23 men from 15 different countries competed. Valerio Cleri
of Italy
took home the gold with a time of 5:26:31.6.
Key: OTL = Over Time Limit, DSQ = Disqualified, DNF = Did not finish, DNS = Did not start
Ostia (quarter of Rome)
Ostia is a large neighbourhood in the XIII Municipio of the comune of Rome, Italy. Ostia is also the only municipio or district of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea and many Romans spend the summer holidays there. Sometimes it is confused with Ostia Antica, an archaeological area, that is nearby...
beach in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. 23 men from 15 different countries competed. 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....
of Italy
Italy
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took home the gold with a time of 5:26:31.6.
Results
| Rank | Swimmer | Nationality | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.... |
5:26:31.6 | ||
| Trent Grimsey | 5:26:50.7 | ||
| Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Fyodorovich Dyatchin is a Russian long distance swimmer and the current world champion at the 10 km open water... |
5:29:29.3 | ||
| 4 | Brian Ryckeman | 5:30:18.4 | |
| 5 | Loic Branda | 5:30:20.9 | |
| 6 | Bertrand Venturi | 5:30:22.9 | |
| 7 | Brendan Capell | 5:30:27.5 | |
| 8 | Rostislav Vitek | 5:32:38.8 | |
| 9 | Simon Tobin-Daignault | 5:34:48.2 | |
| 10 | Libor Smolka | 5:35:06.4 | |
| 11 | Sean Ryan Sean Ryan (swimmer) Sean Ryan is an is an American distance swimmer.-Personal:Ryan is a 2010 graduate of The McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee and was the fastest American high school swimmer at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials as a fifteen year old. He swam with the Scenic City Aquatic Club, a USA Swimming... |
5:36:22.2 | |
| 12 | Andrea Volpini | 5:36:37.9 | |
| 13 | Manuel Chiu | 5:39:12.1 | |
| 14 | Rodrigo Elorza | 5:43:26.4 | |
| 15 | Danill Serebrennikov | 5:46:21.7 | |
| 16 | Arseniy Lavrentyev | 5:48:43.0 | |
| 17 | Saleh Mohammed | 5:49:30.6 | |
| 18 | Adel El-Behary | 5:54:00.3 | |
| -- | Evgenij Pop Avec | OTL | |
| -- | Mohammed Jassim Alghareeb | DNF | |
| -- | Alex Meyer Alex Meyer Alexander Meyer is an American open water swimmer.-Swimming career:At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Meyer was disqualified in the 25 km.... |
DSQ | |
| -- | Mazen Metwaly | DNS | |
| -- | Diego Nogueira Montero | DNS |
Key: OTL = Over Time Limit, DSQ = Disqualified, DNF = Did not finish, DNS = Did not start