Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Team

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Open water swimming team event
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
VenueJinshan City Beach
Location Jinshan, Shanghai
Dates21 July
Teams15
Winning time52:54.9
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2013  

The open water swimming team event at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on 21 July 2011 off the coast of Jinshan City Beach in Jinshan, Shanghai, China.

Contents

The United States won gold with a time of 57:00.6, while Australia won silver with 57:01.8, and Germany won bronze with 57:44.2.

Event description

It was the first time this event took place at a world championship. [1] [2]

Each country was represented by three swimmers who swam as a team. Each team swam the same 5-kilometre double-loop, with each member of the team starting at the same time. The time it took the slowest member of the team to complete the course determined the team's time, which determined the finishing positions as in a time trial. A staggered start was implemented, meaning each team was set off individually one minute after the previous team. [3] [1]

Teams were required to include at least one man and one woman. [3]

Race

The race started at 09:00 CST on 21 July. [4] [5] It took place off the coast of Jinshan City Beach in Jinshan, Shanghai, China. [5]

The United States swam in a single file formation, led by Andrew Gemmell and tailed by Ashley Twichell, for the entire race to make use of drafting. [3] The Australians spread out a bit more, swimming nearer each other's hips. [2]

At the end of the first lap, the United States had the fastest split, followed by Germany and then Australia. [3] The US won gold with a time of 57:00.6. [6] [3] Australia won silver with 57:01.8, and Germany won bronze with 57:44.2. [3] [1]

After the race, Gemmell said "It was pretty incredible for a 5km race to come down to a single second for two teams that started 10 minutes apart. It just shows you how tight the race was. We did a great job working together as a team." [3]

Results [7]
RankNationSwimmersTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Andrew Gemmell
Sean Ryan
Ashley Twichell
57:00.6
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Melissa Gorman
Rhys Mainstone
Ky Hurst
57:01.8
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Jan Wolfgarten
Thomas Lurz
Isabelle Härle
57:44.2
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Nicola Bolzonello
Rachele Bruni
Luca Ferretti
58:00.5
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sergey Bolshakov
Evgeny Drattsev
Ekaterina Seliverstova
58:32.7
6Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Marianna Lymperta
Antonios Fokaidis
Spyridon Gianniotis
59:22.8
7Flag of France.svg  France Ophélie Aspord
Damien Cattin-Vidal
Sébastien Fraysse
1:00:27.3
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Fang Yanqiao
Xu Wenchao
Zhang Zibin
1:01:02.2
9Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Guillermo Bertola
Cecilia Biagioli
Gabriel Villagoiz
1:01:34.2
10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Zsófi Balazs
Aimeson King
Richard Weinberger
1:02:08.7
11Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Erwin Maldonado
Angel Moreira
Yanel Pinto
1:02:32.0
12Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Zaira Cardenas Hernandez
Alejandra Gonzalez Lara
Luis Ricardo Escobar Torres
1:03:23.9
13Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Chan Fiona On Yi
Natasha Tang
Yuen Marcus Yat Ho
1:04:53.4
14Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mazen Mohamed Aziz
Islam Mohsen
Laila El Basiouny
1:06:03.4
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Natalie du Toit
Chad Ho
Troy Prinsloo
DNS

Further information

References

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  2. 1 2 Keith, Braden (21 July 2011). "Shanghai Roundup: China Stays Perfect on the Boards, Gold for US Open Water 5K Team". SwimSwam . Archived from the original on 12 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
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  4. "Start List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 20 July 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  5. 1 2 "PR 23 - Location and Schedule of Open Water Swimming Events". World Aquatics. 20 April 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  6. "FINA World Championships, Open Water: United States Wins Team 5K Event". Swimming World . 21 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  7. "Results by Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. 21 July 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.