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)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (13 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
10 km (2001–present)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (11 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
25 km (1991–2022)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (13 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Women
Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.
5 km (1998–present)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (11 entries) | 13 | 13 | 14 | 40 |
10 km (2001–present)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (12 entries) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
25 km (1991–2022)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Mixed team
Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.
5 km (1998–2019), 6 km (2022–present)
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
25 km (1998)
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1998 Perth | ![]() Claudio Gargaro Fabrizio Pescatori Valeria Casprini |
![]() Grant Robinson Mark Saliba Tracey Knowles |
![]() Tobie Smith Nathan Stooke Chuck Wiley |
- Medals:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
All-time medal table 1991–2023
After the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 19 | 17 | 14 | 50 |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
3 | ![]() | 12 | 10 | 19 | 41 |
4 | ![]() | 10 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
5 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
6 | ![]() | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
7 | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
8 | ![]() | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
10 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (24 entries) | 87 | 88 | 88 | 263 |
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 | ![]() | 2005 | 2013 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
2 | Florian Wellbrock | ![]() | 2019 | 2023 | 5 | – | 1 | 6 |
3 | Yuri Kudinov | ![]() | 2001 | 2007 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
4 | Spyridon Gianniotis | ![]() | 2007 | 2015 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | ![]() | 2019 | 2023 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
6 | Vladimir Dyatchin | ![]() | 2001 | 2011 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
7 | Aleksey Akatyev | ![]() | 1994 | 1998 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Rob Muffels | ![]() | 2015 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Marc-Antoine Olivier | ![]() | 2017 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
10 | Axel Reymond | ![]() | 2017 | 2022 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
Men (including medals won in 2000–2010)
This table includes medals won at the separate FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in 2000–2010.
Rank | Swimmer | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Lurz | ![]() | 2002 | 2013 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
2 | Yuri Kudinov | ![]() | 2000 | 2008 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Florian Wellbrock | ![]() | 2019 | 2023 | 5 | – | 1 | 6 |
4 | Vladimir Dyatchin | ![]() | 2001 | 2011 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
5 | David Meca | ![]() | 1998 | 2005 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
6 | Spyridon Gianniotis | ![]() | 2007 | 2015 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
7 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | ![]() | 2019 | 2023 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
8 | Yevgeny Bezruchenko | ![]() | 1998 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
9 | Valerio Cleri | ![]() | 2006 | 2010 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 |
10 | Aleksey Akatyev | ![]() | 1994 | 2000 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Women
Rank | Swimmer | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ana Marcela Cunha | ![]() | 2011 | 2023 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
2 | Viola Valli | ![]() | 2001 | 2003 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
3 | Aurélie Muller | ![]() | 2011 | 2022 | 3 | 4 | – | 7 |
4 | Edith van Dijk | ![]() | 1998 | 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
5 | Leonie Beck | ![]() | 2019 | 2023 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Larisa Ilchenko | ![]() | 2005 | 2009 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
7 | Haley Anderson | ![]() | 2013 | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
8 | Ashley Twichell | ![]() | 2011 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
9 | Lea Boy | ![]() | 2019 | 2022 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
10 | Isabelle Härle | ![]() | 2011 | 2015 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 |
Women (including medals won in 2000–2010)
This table includes medals won at the separate FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in 2000–2010.
Rank | Swimmer | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Larisa Ilchenko | ![]() | 2004 | 2009 | 8 | 1 | – | 9 |
2 | Ana Marcela Cunha | ![]() | 2010 | 2023 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
3 | Edith van Dijk | ![]() | 1998 | 2008 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
4 | Viola Valli | ![]() | 2000 | 2003 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
5 | Britta Kamrau-Corestein | ![]() | 2002 | 2007 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
6 | Aurélie Muller | ![]() | 2011 | 2022 | 3 | 4 | – | 7 |
7 | Leonie Beck | ![]() | 2019 | 2023 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
8 | Angela Maurer | ![]() | 2000 | 2015 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
9 | Peggy Büchse | ![]() | 1998 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
10 | Haley Anderson | ![]() | 2013 | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |