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The FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, or more commonly "Open Water Worlds", was a bi-annual
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championship for
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held in even years from 2000 to 2010, inclusive. Race distances were 5, 10, and 25 kilometers (also known as 5K, 10K, and 25K). The 10 km race at the 2008 edition served as the main qualifying event for the 2008 Olympics 10 km event.


Editions

Twelve editions were part of the
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, and six edition were ''stand alone'' editions. From 2011 the biannual event is included only into the World Aquatics Championships.


Stand alone editions

The Open Water Worlds were held in the years between the FINA's main
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, providing an annual championships for Open Water Swimming. At its January 2010 meeting, the FINA Bureau decided that to replace this event with a junior (18 and under) championships, making the 2010 Open Water Worlds the last edition of these championships, and 2012 seeing the first of a Junior Open Water Worlds.


All-time medal table


Multiple medalists

The best swimmers:


Men


Women


See also

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Open water swimming at the World Aquatics Championships 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 2 ...
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FINA Marathon Swim World Series The FINA Marathon Swim World Series, known as the 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup until 2017, is a series of 10-kilometer, open water swimming races held annually since 2007. Prior to 2007, 10K races were held as part of the FINA's Open Water Gran ...
* Open Water Swimmers of the Year


References

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