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

The Women'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
	Viola Valli	Italy	1:00:23
	Peggy Büchse	Germany	1:00:49
	Hayley Lewis	Australia	1:00:52
4	Angela Maurer	Germany	1:00:54
5		Italy	1:01:06
6	Edith van Dijk	Netherlands	1:01:08
7	Erica Rose	USA	1:01:11
8		Russia	1:01:57
9	Hanna Miluska	Switzerland	1:02:05
10		France	1:02:06
11		Great Britain	1:02:07
12	Irina Abysova	Russia	1:02:08
13		Australia	1:02:09
14		USA	1:02:09
15	Kate Brookes-Peterson	New Zealand	1:02:10
16		Switzerland	1:02:10
17	Rebecca Linton	New Zealand	1:02.11
18		Netherlands	1:02.11
19		Canada	1:02.12
20		Brazil	1:03:44
21		South Africa	1:03:44
22		Japan	1:06:15
23		Hungary	1:07:44
24		Slovakia	1:08:58
25	Fabiana Oliveira	Brazil	1:12:33
26		Lebanon	1:19:50
--	Yvetta Hlaváčová	Czech Republic	DQ
--		Slovakia	DQ

Key: DQ = Disqualified