Open water swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km

The Women's 5K race at the 2009 World Championships occurred on Tuesday, 21 July at Ostia Beach in Rome, Italy. In total, 42 Women from 26 countries competed in the race.

Note: The Women's and Men's 5K race at the 2009 Worlds were originally schedule to be held on Sunday, July 19; however, high wind and surf conditions on-course caused the FINA Bureau to postpone the race until July 21.^[1]

Results[]

Rank	Swimmer	Nationality	Time
	Melissa Gorman	Australia	56:55.8
	Larisa Ilchenko	Russia	56:56.3
	Poliana Okimoto	Brazil	56:59.3
4	Yurema Requena Juarez	Spain	57:00.8
5		Russia	57:04.7
6	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	57:17.1
7	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	57:29.4
8	Kate Brookes-Peterson	Australia	57:42.7
9		USA	57:43.0
10	Rachele Bruni	Italy	57:43.2
11	Jana Pechanová	Czech Republic	57:44.3
12	Olga Beresneva	Ukraine	57:45.5
13		Germany	57:47.8
14		China	57:52.8
15		USA	57:53.5
16		Switzerland	57:55.1
17		Italy	57:55.8
18	Teja Zupan	Slovenia	57:58.1
19	Britta Kamrau-Corestein	Germany	58:09.0
20	Marianna Lymperta	Greece	58:09.1
21	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	58:56.3
22		France	59:00.8
23		Mexico	59:23.7
24		Slovenia	59:25.0
25		Great Britain	59:25.2
26	Patricia Moldonado	Venezuela	59:26.2
27		Ukraine	59:27.6
28		Ecuador	59:27.8
29		New Zealand	59:37.5
30		Slovakia	59:37.8
31		Ecuador	59:42.8
32		Canada	59:44.5
33		Hong Kong	59:46.8
34		Hungary	59:48.5
35	Shi Yu	China	59:50.0
36		Brazil	59:51.3
37		South Africa	59:53.2
38		Canada	1:02:22.8
39		Guatemala	1:08:41.9
40		Slovakia	1:10:17.2
--	Karin Clashing	Netherlands Antilles	OTL
--	Patricia Castañeda	Mexico	DQ

Key: OTL = Outside time limit, DQ = Disqualified

See also[]

• Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km

References[]

• 2009 Worlds results: Women's 5K from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2009 Worlds); retrieved 2009-07-21.