Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

The open water swimming portion of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held between July 19–23 in Shanghai, China at the Jinshan City Beach.^[1]

Events

The following events were contested by both men and women in Shanghai:

In addition, there was a team competition with male and female competitors.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	1	2	1	4
2	Greece	1	1	1	3
3	United States	1	0	1	2
4	Brazil	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
8	Russia	0	1	2	3
9	Italy	0	1	1	2
10	Australia	0	1	0	1
10	France	0	1	0	1
12	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		7	7	7	21

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km^[2] details	Thomas Lurz (GER)	56:16.6	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)	56:17.4	Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)	56:18.5
10 km^[3] details	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)	1:54:24.7	Thomas Lurz (GER)	1:54:27.2	Sergey Bolshakov (RUS)	1:54:31.8
25 km^[4] details	Petar Stoychev (BUL)	5:10:39.8	Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)	5:11:15.6	Csaba Gercsák (HUN)	5:11:18.1

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km^[5] details	Swann Oberson (SUI)	1:00:39.7	Aurelie Muller (FRA)	1:00:40.1	Ashley Twichell (USA)	1:00:40.2
10 km^[6] details	Keri-Anne Payne (GBR)	2:01:58.1	Martina Grimaldi (ITA)	2:01:59.9	Marianna Lymperta (GRE)	2:02:01.8
25 km^[7] details	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)	5:29:22.9	Angela Maurer (GER)	5:29:25.0	Alice Franco (ITA)	5:29:30.8

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Team^[8] details	United States Andrew Gemmell Sean Ryan Ashley Twichell	57:00.6	Australia Melissa Gorman Rhys Mainstone Ky Hurst	57:01.8	Germany Jan Wolfgarten Thomas Lurz Isabelle Härle	57:44.2