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.HistoFINA, volume 10 ; published by FINA; published=2009-07-01, retrieved=2012-03-03 (FINA's self-history, 2009 edition; volume 10 deals with Open Water Swimming). 164 swimmers from 34 countries swam in the championships, in race distances of 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K).1st FINA World Championships from web.archive.org; published originally by FINA (fina.org) in 2000-10. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
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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