Open water swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Team

Mixed 5 km team relay at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Lake Balaton
Location	Hungary
Dates	20 July
Competitors	76 from 19 nations
Teams	19
Winning time	54:05.9
Medalists
Océane Cassignol Logan Fontaine Aurélie Muller Marc-Antoine Olivier    France   Brendan Casey Ashley Twichell Haley Anderson Jordan Wilimovsky    United States   Rachele Bruni Giulia Gabbrielleschi Federico Vanelli Mario Sanzullo    Italy
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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 in Lake Balaton, Hungary. ^{[1] [2]} Each national team consisted of two men and two women, who could swim in any order. ^[3] Each athlete swam 1.25 km, meaning each team completed 5 km in total. ^{[4] [5]} It was the first time this event was contested at the World Aquatics Championships. ^[5]

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. ^{[6] [5]} Swimming World called France's victory "decisive". ^[4]

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, ^[7] Jordan Wilimovsky swam the final leg for the United States three seconds faster than Olivier, but it was not enough to catch him and the US won silver with 54:18.1. ^{[4] [5] [8]}

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. ^{[5] [9]}

France's victory earned them their fifth medal and third gold of the open water events at the Championships. ^{[2] [10]} Ashley Twichell's silver as part of the US team was her fourth World Championship open water swimming medal, more than any other US athlete. ^[7]

Results ^[11]

Rank	Nation	Swimmers [a]	Time
	France	Océane Cassignol Logan Fontaine Aurélie Muller Marc-Antoine Olivier	54:05.9
	United States	Brendan Casey Ashley Twichell Haley Anderson Jordan Wilimovsky	54:18.1
	Italy	Rachele Bruni Giulia Gabbrielleschi Federico Vanelli Mario Sanzullo	54:31.0
4	Australia	Kareena Lee Jack Brazier Kiah Melverton Jack McLoughlin	54:42.9
5	Great Britain	Danielle Huskisson Tobias Robinson Timothy Shuttleworth Alice Dearing	54:51.1
6	Brazil	Allan do Carmo Viviane Jungblut Ana Marcela Cunha Fernando Ponte	55:19.6
7	Hungary	Janka Juhász Kristóf Rasovszky Melinda Novoszáth Gergely Gyurta	55:23.7
8	Germany	Finnia Wunram Leonie Beck Sören Meißner Rob Muffels	55:41.8
9	Japan	Yohsuke Miyamoto Yasunari Hirai Yukimi Moriyama Minami Niikura	55:54.0
10	Russia	Sergey Bolshakov Daria Kulik Kirill Abrosimov Mariia Novikova	55:55.1
11	Canada	Richard Weinberger Stephanie Horner Eric Hedlin Breanne Siwicki	55:58.3
12	South Africa	Danie Marais Chad Ho Michelle Weber Robyn Kinghorn	56:05.3
13	Argentina	Joaquín Moreno Cecilia Biagioli Julia Arino Guillermo Bertola	56:43.4
14	Ecuador	David Castro Patricia Guerrero Iván Enderica Ochoa Samantha Arévalo	58:01.2
15	Israel	Yuval Safra Shahar Resman Chaya Zabludoff Eden Girloanta	58:20.7
16	Czech Republic	Matěj Kozubek Vit Ingeduld Alena Benešová Lenka Štěrbová	58:32.2
17	Mexico	Arturo Pérez Martha Sandoval Alfredo Villa María Mata	58:32.5
18	Kazakhstan	Kenessary Kenenbayev Xeniya Romanchuk Nina Rakhimova Lev Cherepanov	1:00:59.3
19	Hong Kong	Keith Sin Tse Tsz Fung Lok Hoi Man Nip Tsz Yin	1:02:11.7

Further information

• "U.S. Strikes Silver In Fina World Championships 5K Team Relay". USA Swimming. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 October 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025. – Quotes from the United States swimmers after the race
• "17e championnats du monde – J7 Du 14 au 30 juillet 2017 à Budapest" (PDF) (Press release). French Swimming Federation. 20 July 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025. – Quotes from the French swimmers after the race
• "Natation: trois titres, cinq médailles, le cocktail gagnant de l'eau libre". La Dépêche du Midi . 20 July 2017. ISSN   2426-6388. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2025. – Further information on the French team and their training for this event
• Arcobelli, Stefano (10 July 2017). "World Swimming Championships: Italy wins bronze in the mixed relay". La Gazzetta dello Sport . ISSN   1120-5067. Archived from the original on 18 October 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025. – Further information on the Italian race and quotes from the Italian swimmers
• Horváth, Gábor (20 July 2017). "Rasovszky ismét nagyot úszott - Francia arany, magyar hetedik hely Balatonfüreden". Veszprém County News Portal. Archived from the original on 18 October 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025. – Further information on the Hungarian race and quotes from the Hungarian swimmers

Notes

1. Ordered according to the order they swam in

References

1. "Start List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 19 July 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
2. "Natation: Trois Titres, Cinq Médailles, Le Cocktail Gagnant De L'eau Libre". La Dépêche du Midi . 20 July 2017. ISSN   2426-6388. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
3. "7. Lett a Magyar Nyíltvízi Mixváltó a Vb-N!". Magyar Úszó Szövetség. Hungarian Swimming Association . Retrieved 17 October 2025.
4. Dougherty, Ailish (20 July 2017). "France Combines for Open Water Relay Gold; USA Nabs Second". Swimming World . Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
5. Sutherland, James (20 July 2017). "French Win Third Open Water Gold in Mixed 5K". SwimSwam . Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
6. Durand-Gratian, Pierre (20 July 2017). "Rouen. Mondiaux De Natation : L'or Pour Le Nageur De Rouen Logan Fontaine Sur Le Relais Mixte". Tendance Ouest . ISSN   2490-9351. Archived from the original on 11 July 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
7. "U.s. Strikes Silver in Fina World Championships 5K Team Relay". USA Swimming. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 October 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
8. "Wilimovsky Anchors USA to Silver Medal in 5K Team Relay at World Championships". Northwestern University. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 October 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
9. Arcobelli, Stefano (10 July 2017). "World Swimming Championships: Italy Wins Bronze in the Mixed Relay". La Gazzetta dello Sport . ISSN   1120-5067. Archived from the original on 18 October 2025. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
10. "Mondiaux 2017 - Eau Libre: La France Sacrée En Relais Mixte 5 Km". Eurosport. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
11. "Results" (PDF). Omega Timing. 20 July 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2025.