2000 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
Introduction The '''1st FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships''' were held on October 29-November 4, 2000 in the waters off Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 164 swimmers from 34 countries swam in the championships, in race distances of 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K).
Results  Women's 5K Peggy Büchse    Germany  1:02:36.29 Kalyn Keller    USA  1:02:40.42 Viola Valli    Italy  1:02:41.18 Men's 5K Yevgeny Bezruchenko    Russia  59:18.23 David Meca    Spain  59:20.64 Luca Baldini    Italy  59:20.86 Women's 10K Edith van Dijk    Netherlands  2:06:44.44 Melissa Pasquali    Italy  2:07:38.85 Peggy Büchse    Germany  2:08:00.30 Men's 10K David Meca    Spain  1:57:10.50 Petar Stoychev    Bulgaria  1:57:14.44 Yevgeny Bezruchenko    Russia  1:57:15.02 Women's 25K Edith van Dijk    Netherlands  5:30:04.07 Viola Valli    Italy  5:30:06.06 Angela Maurer    Germany  5:30:08.06 Men's 25K Yuri Kudinov    Russia  4:55:51.12 David Meca    Spain  4:56:11.42 Aleksey Akatyev    Russia  4:57:03.12
Team medals  5KLuca BaldiniFabio VenturiniViola Valli  3:01:24.74Yevgeny BezruchenkoAleksey AkatyevIrina Abysova  3:01:34.65Christof WandratschBen HoffmanPeggy Büchse  3:01:57.76 10KChristof WandratschAndres MaurerPeggy Büchse  6:03:03.64Yevgeny BezruchenkoVladimir DyatchinIrina Abysova  6:03:33.95Ben HanleyMatt MartinDawn Heckman  6:03:39.81 25KYuri KudinovAleksey AkatyevNatalia Pankina  15:24:19.59Claudio GargaroFabio FusiViola Valli  15:25:33.68Stéphane Gomez Stéphane LecatAudy Boitte  15:35:55.73
See also *2002 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
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