| 2000 FINA Open Water Worlds | |||
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| 5 km | men | women | team |
| 10 km | men | women | team |
| 25 km | men | women | team |
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. [1] 164 swimmers from 34 countries swam in the championships, in race distances of 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K). [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5K | Italy (ITA) Luca Baldini Fabio Venturini Viola Valli | 3:01:24.74 | Russia (RUS) Yevgeny Bezruchenko Aleksey Akatyev Irina Abysova | 3:01:34.65 | Germany (GER) Christof Wandratsch Ben Hoffman Peggy Büchse | 3:01:57.76 |
| 10K | Germany (GER) Christof Wandratsch Andres Maurer Peggy Büchse | 6:03:03.64 | Russia (RUS) Yevgeny Bezruchenko Vladimir Dyatchin Irina Abysova | 6:03:33.95 | United States (USA) Ben Hanley Matt Martin Dawn Heckman | 6:03:39.81 |
| 25K | Russia (RUS) Yuri Kudinov Aleksey Akatyev Natalia Pankina | 15:24:19.59 | Italy (ITA) Claudio Gargaro Fabio Fusi Viola Valli | 15:25:33.68 |  France (FRA)Stéphane Gomez Stéphane Lecat Audy Boitte | 15:35:55.73 |
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