2002 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships

The 2nd FINA Open Water Swimming World Championships were held September 23-28, 2002 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The championships featured 89 swimmers from 26 countries competing in 6 races:

5-kilometer (5K)--Men's and Women's
10-kilometer (10K)--Men's and Women's
25-kilometer (25K)--Men's and Women's

Results[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women's 5K	Viola Valli Italy	56:52	Edith van Dijk Netherlands	57:01	Hanna Miluska Switzerland	58:13
Men's 5K	Luca Baldini Italy	51:49.78	Italy	51:51.20	Thomas Lurz Germany	51:52.43

Women's 10K	Britta Kamrau Germany	1:56:42.25	Viola Valli Italy	1:56:42.28	Angela Maurer Germany	1:56:49
Men's 10K	Russia	1:49:30	Simone Ercoli Italy	1:49:34	Vladimir Dyatchin Russia	1:49:35

Women's 25K	Edith van Dijk Netherlands	6:11:21	Angela Maurer Germany	6:11:22.43	Britta Kamrau Germany	6:11:22.70
Men's 25K	Yuri Kudinov Russia	5:39:14	Russia	5:41:14	Argentina	5:51:16