List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
Introduction This is a list of the '''medalists of the open water swimming competitions''' at the World Aquatics Championships. Medalists at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, which have been held as separate events in the even years between 2000 and 2010, have not been included.
Men Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.===5 km (1998–present)=== 1998 Perth    2001 Fukuoka    2003 Barcelona    2005 Montreal    2007 Melbourne    2009 Rome    2011 Shanghai    2013 Barcelona    2015 Kazan    2017 Budapest    2019 Gwangju    2022 Budapest    2023 Fukuoka    2024 Doha   '''Medal table'''===10 km (2001–present)=== 2001 Fukuoka    2003 Barcelona    2005 Montreal    2007 Melbourne    2009 Rome    2011 Shanghai    2013 Barcelona    2015 Kazan    2017 Budapest    2019 Gwangju    2022 Budapest    2023 Fukuoka    2024 Doha   '''Medal table'''===25 km (1991–2022)=== 1991 Perth    1994 Rome    1998 Perth    2001 Fukuoka    2003 Barcelona    2005 Montreal    2007 Melbourne    2009 Rome    2011 Shanghai    2013 Barcelona    2015 Kazan    2017 Budapest    2019 Gwangju    2022 Budapest   '''Medal table'''
Women Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.===5 km (1998–present)=== 1998 Perth    2001 Fukuoka    2003 Barcelona    2005 Montreal    2007 Melbourne    2009 Rome    2011 Shanghai    2013 Barcelona    2015 Kazan    2017 Budapest    2019 Gwangju    2022 Budapest    2023 Fukuoka    2024 Doha   '''Medal table'''===10 km (2001–present)=== 2001 Fukuoka    2003 Barcelona    2005 Montreal    2007 Melbourne    2009 Rome    2011 Shanghai    2013 Barcelona    2015 Kazan    2017 Budapest    2019 Gwangju    2022 Budapest    2023 Fukuoka    2024 Doha   '''Medal table'''===25 km (1991–2022)=== 1991 Perth    1994 Rome    1998 Perth    2001 Fukuoka    2003 Barcelona    2005 Montreal    2007 Melbourne    2009 Rome    2011 Shanghai    2013 Barcelona    2015 Kazan    2017 Budapest    2019 Gwangju    2022 Budapest   '''Medal table'''
Mixed team Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.===5 km (1998–2019), 6 km (2022–present)=== 1998 Perth    2011 Shanghai    2013 Barcelona    2015 Kazan  ''Not awarded'' 2017 Budapest    2019 Gwangju    2022 Budapest    2023 Fukuoka    2024 Doha   '''Medal table'''===25 km (1998)=== 1998 Perth   '''Medal table'''
All-time medal table 1991–2024 Updated after the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.
Multiple medalists Boldface denotes active swimmers and highest medal count among all swimmers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.===Men=== Rank Swimmer Country From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1  Thomas Lurz    2005  2013  '''7'''  '''4'''  2  '''13''' 2  '''Florian Wellbrock'''    2019  2023  5  –  1  6 3  Yuri Kudinov    2001  2007  3  –  –  3 4  '''Gregorio Paltrinieri'''    2019  2024  2  '''4'''  1  7 5  Spyridon Gianniotis    2007  2015  2  3  2  7 6  '''Marc-Antoine Olivier'''    2017  2024  2  3  1  6 '''Kristóf Rasovszky'''    2019  2024  2  3  1  6 8  Vladimir Dyatchin    2001  2011  2  2  2  6 9  Aleksey Akatyev    1994  1998  2  1  1  4 '''Rob Muffels'''    2015  2019  2  1  1  4===Men (including medals won in 2000–2010)===This table includes medals won at the separate FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in 2000–2010.Rank Swimmer Country From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1  Thomas Lurz    2002  2013  '''12'''  '''4'''  4  '''20''' 2  Yuri Kudinov    2000  2008  5  2  1  8 3  '''Florian Wellbrock'''    2019  2023  5  –  1  6 4  Vladimir Dyatchin    2001  2011  3  3  4  10 5  David Meca    1998  2005  2  '''4'''  1  7 '''Gregorio Paltrinieri'''    2019  2024  2  '''4'''  1  7 7  Spyridon Gianniotis    2007  2015  2  3  2  7 8  '''Marc-Antoine Olivier'''    2017  2024  2  3  1  6 '''Kristóf Rasovszky'''    2019  2024  2  3  1  6 10  Yevgeny Bezruchenko    1998  2001  2  2  1  5===Women=== Rank Swimmer Country From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1  '''Ana Marcela Cunha'''    2011  2024  '''7'''  2  '''7'''  '''16''' 2  Viola Valli    2001  2003  4  –  –  4 3  '''Sharon van Rouwendaal'''    2015  2024  3  '''4'''  1  8 4  '''Aurélie Muller'''    2011  2022  3  '''4'''  –  7 5  Edith van Dijk    1998  2005  3  2  4  9 6  '''Leonie Beck'''    2019  2023  3  1  1  5 7  Larisa Ilchenko    2005  2009  3  1  –  4 8  '''Haley Anderson'''    2013  2019  2  2  1  5 9  '''Ashley Twichell'''    2011  2019  2  1  2  5 10  '''Lea Boy'''    2019  2022  2  1  –  3===Women (including medals won in 2000–2010)===This table includes medals won at the separate FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in 2000–2010.Rank Swimmer Country From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1  Larisa Ilchenko    2004  2009  '''8'''  1  –  9 2  '''Ana Marcela Cunha'''    2010  2023  7  2  '''8'''  '''17''' 3  Edith van Dijk    1998  2008  6  '''5'''  4  15 4  Viola Valli    2000  2003  5  2  1  8 5  Britta Kamrau-Corestein    2002  2007  4  2  4  10 6  '''Sharon van Rouwendaal'''    2015  2024  3  4  1  8 7  '''Aurélie Muller'''    2011  2022  3  4  –  7 8  '''Leonie Beck'''    2019  2023  3  1  1  5 9  Angela Maurer    2000  2015  2  4  6  12 10  Peggy Büchse    1998  2001  2  2  2  6
See also *FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships*List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)*List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)