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 competing 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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women's 5K   details	Viola Valli   Template:Flagicon Italy	56:52	Edith van Dijk   Template:Flagicon Netherlands	57:01	Hanna Miluska   Template:Flagicon Switzerland	58:13
Men's 5K   details	Luca Baldini   Template:Flagicon Italy	51:49.78	Stefano Rubando   Template:Flagicon Italy	51:51.20	Thomas Lurz   Template:Flagicon Germany	51:52.43
Women's 10K   details	Britta Kamrau   Template:Flagicon Germany	1:56:42.25	Viola Valli   Template:Flagicon Italy	1:56:42.28	Angela Maurer   Template:Flagicon Germany	1:56:49
Men's 10K   details	Ivgueni Kochkarov   Template:Flagicon Russia	1:49:30	Simone Ercoli   Template:Flagicon Italy	1:49:34	Vladimir Dyatchin   Template:Flagicon Russia	1:49:35
Women's 25K   details	Edith van Dijk   Template:Flagicon Netherlands	6:11:21	Angela Maurer   Template:Flagicon Germany	6:11:22.43	Britta Kamrau   Template:Flagicon Germany	6:11:22.70
Men's 25K   details	Yuri Kudinov   Template:Flagicon Russia	5:39:14	Anton Sanatchev   Template:Flagicon Russia	5:41:14	Gabriel Chaillou   Template:Flagicon Argentina	5:51:16

Team medals

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5K   Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam		Template:Flagteam		Template:Flagteam
10K   Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam		Template:Flagteam		Template:Flagteam

See also

• 2000 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
• 2004 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

External links

• HistoFINA--Open Water: FINA's history of open water swimming events.