Open water world championships 2006

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The 2006 Open Water World Championships took place in Naples from August 29 to September 3, 2006 . There were individual competitions for women and men in open water swimming over distances of 5, 10 and 25 kilometers.

The 2006 open water world championships were heavily influenced by the German side. Three of the six titles went to German athletes: Larissa Iltschenko won over 5 and 10 kilometers and Angela Maurer over 25 kilometers. In the men's category, Thomas Lurz won the 5 and 10 kilometer titles, Josh Santacaterina won the 25 kilometer championship.

Results men

competition gold silver bronze
5 km GermanyGermany Thomas Lurz 1:04:32 United StatesUnited States Chip Peterson 1:04:32 ItalyItaly Simone Ercoli 1:04:35
10 km GermanyGermany Thomas Lurz 2:10:39 ItalyItaly Valerio Cleri 2:10:40 RussiaRussia Yevgeny Dratzew 2:10:40
25 km AustraliaAustralia Josh Santacaterina 5:47:34 RussiaRussia Yuriy Kudinov 5:48:56 BulgariaBulgaria Petar Stoichev 5:49:00

Results women

competition gold silver bronze
5 km RussiaRussia Larisa Ilchenko 1:08:19 BrazilBrazil Poliana Okimoto 1:08:27 GermanyGermany Britta Kamrau-Corestein 1:08:46
10 km RussiaRussia Larisa Ilchenko 2:19:49 BrazilBrazil Poliana Okimoto 2:19:59 RussiaRussia Ksenia Popova 2:19:59
25 km GermanyGermany Angela Mason 6:22:46 RussiaRussia Natalya Pankina 6:22:47 RussiaRussia Ksenia Popova 6:22:51

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Venue, medal table
  2. ↑ Results men
  3. ↑ Results women