Open water swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 5 km

The Men's 5 km Open Water event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 16, 2001 in Fukuoka.

Results[]

Rank	Swimmer	Nationality	Time
	Luca Baldini	Italy	55:37
	Yevgeny Bezruchenko	Russia	56:31
	Marco Formentini	Italy	56:42
4		USA	56:43
5		New Zealand	56:44
6		Russia	56:54
7		France	56:55
8	Gilles Rondy	France	56:57
9	Petar Stoychev	Bulgaria	56:58
10	John Flanagan	USA	56:59
11		Brazil	57:01
12		New Zealand	57:05
13	Thomas Lurz	Germany	57:11
14		Great Britain	57:12
15		Canada	57:45
16	Nace Majcen	Slovenia	57:55
17		Cuba	58:01
18		Brazil	58:03
19	Adrian Andermatt	Switzerland	58:10
20		FR Yugoslavia	58:17
21		Germany	58:28
22		Hungary	59:15
23		Australia	59:16
24		Czech Republic	59:20
25		Syria	1:00:09
26		Greece	1:00:12
27		Egypt	1:00:36
28		Great Britain	1:01:09
29		Japan	1:02:57
30		Syria	1:08:13
--		Australia	DQ

Key: DQ = Disqualified