Open water swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships

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These are the results from the open water swimming competition at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships, which took place in Perth, Western Australia.

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
2	Australia (AUS)	1	0	1	2
3	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
Totals (3 nations)		2	2	2	6

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 km	Chad Hundeby (USA) 5:01:45.78	(ITA) 5:03:18.81	David O'Brien (AUS) 5:08:53.35

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 km	Shelley Taylor-Smith (AUS) 5:21:05.53	(USA) 5:25:16.67	Karen Burton (USA) 5:28:22.74