The Men's 5K race at the 2009 World Championships

2009 World Aquatics Championships

The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won...

 occurred on Tuesday, 21 July at Ostia Beach

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...

 in Rome, Italy

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...

. In total, 41 males from 24 countries competed in the race.

Note: The Women's and Men's 5K race at the 2009 Worlds were originally schedule to be held on Sunday, July 19; however, high wind and surf conditions on-course caused the FINA Bureau to postpone the race until July 21.

Results

Rank	Swimmer	Nationality	Time
	Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...		56:26.9
	Spyridon Gianniotis Spyridon Gianniotis Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis is a freestyle swimmer from Greece, who was born in England. He won three individual medals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. In 2011 he became world champion in the 10 km open...		56:27.2
	Chad Ho		56:41.9
4	Luca Ferretti		56:44.3
5	Andrew Gemmell Andrew Gemmell Andrew Douglas Gemmell is an American long-distance swimmer. Gemmell currently swims for the University of Georgia.-Career:...	United States	56:44.9
6	Loic Branda		56:47.0
7	Fran Crippen Fran Crippen Francis "Fran" Crippen was an American long-distance swimmer. After being a pool swimmer for most of his career, Crippen made the transition to open water swimming in 2006 where he had tremendous success. In international competitions, Crippen won seven medals, five of which were in the open...	United States	56:47.1
8	Diego Nogueira Montero		56:47.2
9	Simone Ruffini		56:47.3
10	Francisco Jose Heravas		56:47.9
10	Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Dyatchin Vladimir Fyodorovich Dyatchin is a Russian long distance swimmer and the current world champion at the 10 km open water...		56:47.9
12	Evgeny Drattsev		56:48.5
13	Andrew Beato		56:52.4
14	Rodrigo Elorza		56:55.3
15	Csaba Gercsak Csaba Gercsák Csaba Gercsák is a Hungarian long-distance swimmer and Olympic participant, who won the bronze medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in the 25 km open water event.-External links:* *...		57:07.1
16	Trent Grimsey		57:07.2
17	Jan Posmourny		57:07.8
18	Julien Sauvage		57:09.6
19	Luiz Eduardo Lima		57:11.1
20	Jakub Fichtl		57:21.1
21	Jan Wolfgarten Jan Wolfgarten Jan Wolfgarten is a German swimmer. He participates in the open water events.He won the bronze medal at the Team 5 km world championships.-References:...		57:31.7
22	David Creel		57:37.1
23	Konstiantyn Ukradyga		57:48.8
24	Richard Charlesworth Richard Charlesworth (swimmer) Richard James Charlesworth is an English freestyle swimmer. He first started swimming with Hemel Hempstead Swimming Club and currently represents Hatfield Swimming Club...		57:57.4
25	Igor Snitko Igor Snitko Ihor Snitko is a retired freestyle swimmer from Ukraine, who was a specialist in the long-distance events. He won the silver medal in the men's 1500 m freestyle event at the 1997 European Championships in Seville, Spain, followed by the gold medal two years later in Istanbul...		57:58.1
26	Luis Rogerio Arapiraca		58:04.9
27	Daniel Viegas		58:05.0
28	Daniel Delgadillo		58:17.7
29	Kurt Niehaus		58:17.8
30	Esteban Enderica		58:17.9
31	Gergely Gyurta		58:20.8
32	Daniel Marais		58:21.9
33	Alfie Howes		59:36.8
34	Ivan Enderica		59:40.1
35	Yvan Hernandez		1:01:53.9
36	Angel Moreira		1:01:57.1
37	Thomas Vachan		1:02:06.8
38	Juan Prem Biere		1:07:45.3
39	Mohammed Jassim Alghareeb		1:07:49.8
--	Orel Jeffrey		OTL
--	Kareem Valentine		OTL

Key: OTL = Outside time limit