List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming

This is a list of the medalists of the open water swimming competitions at the World Aquatics Championships. Medalists at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, which have been held as separate events in the even years between 2000 and 2010, have not been included.

Men

Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.

5 km (1998–present)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Perth	Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)	Ky Hurst (AUS)	Luca Baldini (ITA)
2001 Fukuoka	Luca Baldini (ITA)	Yevgeny Bezruchenko (RUS)	Marco Formentini (ITA)
2003 Barcelona	Evgeni Koshkarov (RUS)	Christian Hein (GER)	Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)
2005 Montreal	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Chip Peterson (USA)	Simone Ercoli (ITA)
2007 Melbourne	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)
2009 Rome	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)	Chad Ho (RSA)
2011 Shanghai	Thomas Lurz (GER) (4)	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)	Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)
2013 Barcelona	Oussama Mellouli (TUN)	Eric Hedlin (CAN)	Thomas Lurz (GER)
2015 Kazan	Chad Ho (RSA)	Rob Muffels (GER)	Matteo Furlan (ITA)
2017 Budapest	Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA)	Mario Sanzullo (ITA)	Timothy Shuttleworth (GBR)
2019 Gwangju	Kristóf Rasovszky (HUN)	Logan Fontaine (FRA)	Eric Hedlin (CAN)

Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	4	2	1	7
2	Russia	2	2	2	6
3	Italy	1	1	4	6
4	France	1	1	0	2
5	South Africa	1	0	1	2
6	Hungary	1	0	0	1
6	Tunisia	1	0	0	1
8	Greece	0	2	1	3
9	Canada	0	1	1	2
10	Australia	0	1	0	1
10	United States	0	1	0	1
12	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

10 km (2001–present)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Fukuoka	Yevgeny Bezruchenko (RUS)	Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)	Fabio Venturini (ITA)
2003 Barcelona	Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)	Christian Hein (GER)	David Meca (ESP)
2005 Montreal	Chip Peterson (USA)	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Petar Stoychev (BUL)
2007 Melbourne	Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS) (2)	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)
2009 Rome	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Andrew Gemmell (USA)	Fran Crippen (USA)
2011 Shanghai	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Sergey Bolshakov (RUS)
2013 Barcelona	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE) (2)	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Oussama Mellouli (TUN)
2015 Kazan	Jordan Wilimovsky (USA)	Ferry Weertman (NED)	Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)
2017 Budapest	Ferry Weertman (NED)	Jordan Wilimovsky (USA)	Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA)
2019 Gwangju	Florian Wellbrock (GER)	Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA)	Rob Muffels (GER)

Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	3	1	2	6
2	Germany	2	5	1	8
3	United States	2	2	1	5
4	Greece	2	0	1	3
5	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
6	France	0	1	1	2
7	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	30

25 km (1991–present)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1991 Perth	Chad Hundeby (USA)	Sergio Chariandini (ITA)	David O'Brien (AUS)
1994 Rome	Greg Streppel (CAN)	David Bates (AUS)	Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)
1998 Perth	Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)	David Meca (ESP)	Gabriel Chaillou (ARG)
2001 Fukuoka	Yuri Kudinov (RUS)	Stéphane Gomez (FRA)	Stéphane Lecat (FRA)
2003 Barcelona	Yuri Kudinov (RUS)	David Meca (ESP)	Petar Stoychev (BUL)
2005 Montreal	David Meca (ESP)	Brendan Capell (AUS)	Petar Stoychev (BUL)
2007 Melbourne	Yuri Kudinov (RUS) (3)	Marco Formentini (ITA)	Mohamed Zanaty (EGY)
2009 Rome	Valerio Cleri (ITA)	Trent Grimsey (AUS)	Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)
2011 Shanghai	Petar Stoychev (BUL)	Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS)	Csaba Gercsák (HUN)
2013 Barcelona	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Brian Ryckeman (BEL)	Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)
2015 Kazan	Simone Ruffini (ITA)	Alex Meyer (USA)	Matteo Furlan (ITA)
2017 Budapest	Axel Reymond (FRA)	Matteo Furlan (ITA)	Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)
2019 Gwangju	Axel Reymond (FRA) (2)	Kirill Belyaev (RUS)	Alessio Occhipinti (ITA)

Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	4	2	4	10
2	Italy	2	3	2	7
3	France	2	1	1	4
4	Spain	1	2	0	3
5	United States	1	1	0	2
6	Bulgaria	1	0	2	3
7	Canada	1	0	0	1
7	Germany	1	0	0	1
9	Australia	0	3	1	4
10	Belgium	0	1	0	1
11	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Total		13	13	13	39

Women

Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.

5 km (1998–present)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Perth	Erica Rose (USA)	Edith van Dijk (NED)	Peggy Büchse (GER)
2001 Fukuoka	Viola Valli (ITA)	Peggy Büchse (GER)	Hayley Lewis (AUS)
2003 Barcelona	Viola Valli (ITA) (2)	Jana Pechanová (CZE)	Britta Kamrau (GER)
2005 Montreal	Larisa Ilchenko (RUS)	Margy Keefe (USA)	Edith van Dijk (NED)
2007 Melbourne	Larisa Ilchenko (RUS) (2)	Ekaterina Seliverstova (RUS)	Kate Brookes-Peterson (AUS)
2009 Rome	Melissa Gorman (AUS)	Larisa Ilchenko (RUS)	Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
2011 Shanghai	Swann Oberson (SUI)	Aurélie Muller (FRA)	Ashley Twichell (USA)
2013 Barcelona	Haley Anderson (USA)	Poliana Okimoto (BRA)	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)
2015 Kazan	Haley Anderson (USA) (2)	Kalliopi Araouzou (GRE)	Finnia Wunram (GER)
2017 Budapest	Ashley Twichell (USA)	Aurélie Muller (FRA)	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)
2019 Gwangju	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)	Aurélie Muller (FRA)	Leonie Beck (GER) Hannah Moore (USA)

Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	1	2	7
2	Russia	2	2	0	4
3	Italy	2	0	0	2
4	Brazil	1	1	3	5
5	Australia	1	0	2	3
6	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
7	France	0	3	0	3
8	Germany	0	1	4	5
9	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
10	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
10	Greece	0	1	0	1
Total		11	11	12	34

10 km (2001–present)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2001 Fukuoka	Peggy Büchse (GER)	Irina Abyssova (RUS)	Edith van Dijk (NED)
2003 Barcelona	Viola Valli (ITA)	Angela Maurer (GER)	Edith van Dijk (NED)
2005 Montreal	Edith van Dijk (NED)	Frederica Vitale (ITA)	Britta Kamrau (GER)
2007 Melbourne	Larisa Ilchenko (RUS)	Cassandra Patten (GBR)	Kate Brookes-Peterson (AUS)
2009 Rome	Keri-Anne Payne (GBR)	Ekatarina Seliverstova (RUS)	Martina Grimaldi (ITA)
2011 Shanghai	Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) (2)	Martina Grimaldi (ITA)	Marianna Lymperta (GRE)
2013 Barcelona	Poliana Okimoto (BRA)	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)	Angela Maurer (GER)
2015 Kazan	Aurélie Muller (FRA)	Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)
2017 Budapest	Aurélie Muller (FRA) (2)	Samantha Arévalo (ECU)	Arianna Bridi (ITA) Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)
2019 Gwangju	Xin Xin (CHN)	Haley Anderson (USA)	Rachele Bruni (ITA)

Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	2	1	0	3
2	France	2	0	0	2
3	Italy	1	2	3	6
4	Russia	1	2	0	3
5	Brazil	1	1	2	4
	Germany	1	1	2	4
	Netherlands	1	1	2	4
8	China	1	0	0	1
9	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
9	United States	0	1	0	1
11	Australia	0	0	1	1
11	Greece	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	11	31

25 km (1991–present)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1991 Perth	Shelley Taylor-Smith (AUS)	Martha Jahn (USA)	Karen Burton (USA)
1994 Rome	Melissa Cunningham (AUS)	Rita Kovács (HUN)	Shelley Taylor-Smith (AUS)
1998 Perth	Tobie Smith (USA)	Peggy Büchse (GER)	Edith van Dijk (NED)
2001 Fukuoka	Viola Valli (ITA)	Edith van Dijk (NED)	Angela Maurer (GER)
2003 Barcelona	Edith van Dijk (NED)	Britta Kamrau (GER)	Angela Maurer (GER)
2005 Montreal	Edith van Dijk (NED) (2)	Britta Kamrau (GER)	Laura la Piana (ITA)
2007 Melbourne	Britta Kamrau (GER)	Kalyn Keller (USA)	Ksenia Popova (RUS)
2009 Rome	Angela Maurer (GER)	Anna Uvarova (RUS)	Federica Vitale (ITA)
2011 Shanghai	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)	Angela Maurer (GER)	Alice Franco (ITA)
2013 Barcelona	Martina Grimaldi (ITA)	Angela Maurer (GER)	Eva Fabian (USA)
2015 Kazan	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)	Anna Olasz (HUN)	Angela Maurer (GER)
2017 Budapest	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)	Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)	Arianna Bridi (ITA)
2019 Gwangju	Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) (4)	Finnia Wunram (GER)	Lara Grangeon (FRA)

Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	4	0	0	4
2	Germany	2	6	3	11
3	Netherlands	2	2	1	5
4	Italy	2	0	4	6
5	Australia	2	0	1	3
6	United States	1	2	2	5
7	Hungary	0	2	0	2
8	Russia	0	1	1	2
9	France	0	0	1	1
Total		13	13	13	39

Mixed team

Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.

5 km

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Perth	United States (USA) John Flanagan Austin Ramirez Erica Rose	Russia (RUS) Aleksey Akatyev Yevgeny Bezruchenko Olga Gouseva	Italy (ITA) Luca Baldini Fabio Venturini Valeria Casprini
2011 Shanghai	United States (USA) Andrew Gemmell Ashley Twichell Sean Ryan	Australia (AUS) Melissa Gorman Ky Hurst Rhys Mainstone	Germany (GER) Isabelle Härle Thomas Lurz Jan Wolfgarten
2013 Barcelona	Germany (GER) Thomas Lurz Christian Reichert Isabelle Härle	Greece (GRE) Adonios Fokaidis Spyridon Gianniotis Kalliopi Araouzou	Brazil (BRA) Allan do Carmo Samuel de Bona Poliana Okimoto
2015 Kazan	Germany (GER) Rob Muffels Christian Reichert (2) Isabelle Härle (2)	Brazil (BRA) Allan do Carmo Diogo Villarinho Ana Marcela Cunha Netherlands (NED) Marcel Schouten Ferry Weertman Sharon van Rouwendaal	Not awarded
2017 Budapest	France (FRA) Oceane Cassignol Logan Fontaine Aurélie Muller Marc-Antoine Olivier	United States (USA) Brendan Casey Ashley Twichell Haley Anderson Jordan Wilimovsky	Italy (ITA) Rachele Bruni Giulia Gabbrielleschi Federico Vanelli Mario Sanzullo
2019 Gwangju	Germany (GER) Lea Boy Sarah Köhler Sören Meißner Rob Muffels (2)	Italy (ITA) Rachele Bruni Giulia Gabbrielleschi Domenico Acerenza Gregorio Paltrinieri	United States (USA) Haley Anderson Jordan Wilimovsky Ashley Twichell Michael Brinegar

Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	0	1	4
2	United States	2	1	1	4
3	France	1	0	0	1
4	Italy	0	1	2	3
5	Brazil	0	1	1	2
6	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
Total		6	7	5	18

25 km

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Perth	Italy (ITA) Claudio Gargaro Fabrizio Pescatori Valeria Casprini	Australia (AUS) Grant Robinson Mark Saliba Tracey Knowles	United States (USA) Tobie Smith Nathan Stooke Chuck Wiley

Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	1	0	0	1
2	Australia	0	1	0	1
3	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		1	1	1	3

All-time medal table 1991-2019

Updated after the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	13	15	12	40
2	Russia	12	11	9	32
3	United States	10	9	7	26
4	Italy	9	7	16	32
5	France	6	6	3	15
6	Brazil	6	3	6	15
7	Netherlands	4	6	4	14
8	Australia	3	6	5	14
9	Greece	2	4	3	9
10	Great Britain	2	1	1	4
11	Hungary	1	2	1	4
11	Spain	1	2	1	4
13	Canada	1	1	1	3
14	Bulgaria	1	0	3	4
15	South Africa	1	0	1	2
15	Tunisia	1	0	1	2
17	China	1	0	0	1
17	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
19	Belgium	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
22	Argentina	0	0	1	1
22	Egypt	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 nations)		75	76	76	227

Multiple medalists

Boldface denotes active swimmers and highest medal count among all swimmers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Men

Rank	Swimmer	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thomas Lurz	Germany	2005	2013	7	4	2	13
2	Yuri Kudinov	Russia	2001	2007	3	–	–	3
3	Spyridon Gianniotis	Greece	2007	2015	2	3	2	7
4	Vladimir Dyatchin	Russia	2001	2011	2	2	2	6
5	Aleksey Akatyev	Russia	1994	1998	2	1	1	4
	Rob Muffels	Germany	2015	2019	2	1	1	4
	Marc-Antoine Olivier	France	2017	2019	2	1	1	4
8	Christian Reichert	Germany	2013	2015	2	–	–	2
8	Axel Reymond	France	2017	2019	2	–	–	2
10	David Meca	Spain	1998	2005	1	2	1	4
10	Jordan Wilimovsky	United States	2015	2019	1	2	1	4

Men (including medals won at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in 2000–2010)

Rank	Swimmer	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thomas Lurz	Germany	2002	2013	12	4	4	20
2	Yuri Kudinov	Russia	2000	2008	5	2	1	8
3	Vladimir Dyatchin	Russia	2001	2011	3	3	4	10
4	David Meca	Spain	1998	2005	2	4	1	7
5	Spyridon Gianniotis	Greece	2007	2015	2	3	2	7
6	Yevgeny Bezruchenko	Russia	1998	2001	2	2	1	5
7	Valerio Cleri	Italy	2006	2010	2	2	–	4
8	Aleksey Akatyev	Russia	1994	2000	2	1	2	5
9	Rob Muffels	Germany	2015	2019	2	1	1	4
9	Marc-Antoine Olivier	France	2017	2019	2	1	1	4

Women

Rank	Swimmer	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ana Marcela Cunha	Brazil	2011	2019	5	2	4	11
2	Viola Valli	Italy	2001	2003	4	–	–	4
3	Aurélie Muller	France	2011	2019	3	3	–	6
4	Edith van Dijk	Netherlands	1998	2005	3	2	4	9
5	Larisa Ilchenko	Russia	2005	2009	3	1	–	4
6	Haley Anderson	United States	2013	2019	2	2	1	5
7	Ashley Twichell	United States	2011	2019	2	1	2	5
8	Isabelle Härle	Germany	2011	2015	2	–	1	3
9	Keri-Anne Payne	Great Britain	2009	2011	2	–	–	2
9	Erica Rose	United States	1998	1998	2	–	–	2

Women (including medals won at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in 2000–2010)

Rank	Swimmer	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Larisa Ilchenko	Russia	2004	2009	8	1	–	9
2	Edith van Dijk	Netherlands	1998	2008	6	5	4	15
3	Ana Marcela Cunha	Brazil	2010	2019	5	2	5	12
4	Viola Valli	Italy	2000	2003	5	2	1	8
5	Britta Kamrau-Corestein	Germany	2002	2007	4	2	4	10
6	Aurélie Muller	France	2011	2019	3	3	–	6
7	Angela Maurer	Germany	2000	2015	2	4	6	12
8	Peggy Büchse	Germany	1998	2001	2	2	2	6
9	Haley Anderson	United States	2013	2019	2	2	1	5
10	Ashley Twichell	United States	2011	2019	2	1	2	5

List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming

Men

5 km (1998–present)

10 km (2001–present)

25 km (1991–present)

Women

5 km (1998–present)

10 km (2001–present)

25 km (1991–present)

Mixed team

5 km

25 km

All-time medal table 1991-2019

Multiple medalists

Men

Men (including medals won at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in 2000–2010)

Women

Women (including medals won at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in 2000–2010)

See also