The mixed 5 km team relay competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 20 July 2017 in Lake Balaton, Hungary. France won gold with a time of 54:05.9, the United States finished second with 54:18.1, and Italy finished third with 54:31.0.

Race The race took place on 20 July at 10:00 CEST in Lake Balaton, Hungary. Each national team consisted of two men and two women, who could swim in any order. Each athlete swam 1.25 km, meaning each team completed 5 km in total. It was the first time this event was contested at the World Aquatics Championships.

France were in 11th position at the end of the first leg, then moved up to fourth by the end of the second leg, and then to second behind only Great Britain going into the last leg. Marc-Antoine Olivier swam the final leg and won gold for France with a total time of 54:05.9. Ailish Dougherty from Swimming World called France's victory "decisive".

Brendan Casey swam the fastest first leg to put the United States in the lead going into the changeover. After the US dropped to, and then remained in fifth over the second and third legs, Jordan Wilimovsky swam the final leg for the United States three seconds faster than France, but the three seconds was not enough to catch Olivier, and the US won silver with 54:18.1.

Italy allocated women for the first two legs, and they were thirteenth at the halfway mark, before Federico Vanelli overtook ten swimmers over the third leg to put them in podium position. They won bronze with 54:31.0.

France's victory earned them their fifth medal and third gold of the open water events at the Championships. Ashley Twichell's silver as part of the US team was her fourth World Championship open water swimming medal. As of 2017, this was more than any other US athlete in open water swimming.

+ Results Rank Nation Swimmers Time Océane CassignolLogan FontaineAurélie MullerMarc-Antoine Olivier 54:05.9 Brendan CaseyAshley TwichellHaley AndersonJordan Wilimovsky 54:18.1 Rachele BruniGiulia GabbrielleschiFederico VanelliMario Sanzullo 54:31.0 4 Kareena LeeJack BrazierKiah MelvertonJack McLoughlin 54:42.9 5 Danielle HuskissonTobias RobinsonTimothy ShuttleworthAlice Dearing 54:51.1 6 Allan do CarmoViviane JungblutAna Marcela CunhaFernando Ponte 55:19.6 7 Janka JuhászKristóf RasovszkyMelinda NovoszáthGergely Gyurta 55:23.7 8 Finnia WunramLeonie BeckSören MeißnerRob Muffels 55:41.8 9 Yohsuke MiyamotoYasunari HiraiYukimi MoriyamaMinami Niikura 55:54.0 10 Sergey BolshakovDaria KulikKirill AbrosimovMariia Novikova 55:55.1 11 Richard WeinbergerStephanie HornerEric HedlinBreanne Siwicki 55:58.3 12 Danie MaraisChad HoMichelle WeberRobyn Kinghorn 56:05.3 13 Joaquín MorenoCecilia BiagioliJulia ArinoGuillermo Bertola 56:43.4 14 David CastroPatricia GuerreroIván Enderica OchoaSamantha Arévalo 58:01.2 15 Yuval SafraShahar ResmanChaya ZabludoffEden Girloanta 58:20.7 16 Matěj KozubekVit IngeduldAlena BenešováLenka Štěrbová 58:32.2 17 Arturo PérezMartha SandovalAlfredo VillaMaría Mata 58:32.5 18 Kenessary KenenbayevXeniya RomanchukNina RakhimovaLev Cherepanov 19 Keith SinTse Tsz FungLok Hoi ManNip Tsz Yin

Further information

– Quotes from the United States swimmers after the race – Quotes from the French swimmers after the race – Further information on the French team and their training for this event – Further information on the Italian race and quotes from the Italian swimmers – Further information on the Hungarian race and quotes from the Hungarian swimmers

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