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See main article: FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships.
The 4th FINA Open Water Swimming World Championships were held August 29-September 3, 2006 in Naples, Italy.[1]
The championships featured 98 swimmers from 29 countries competing in race distances of 5-kilometer (5K), 10-kilometer (10K) and 25-kilometer (25K).[2] Event schedule:
| Women's 5K details | Larisa Ilchenko  Russia | 1:08:19.7 | Poliana Okimoto  Brazil | 1:08:27.6 | Britta Kamrau-Corestein Germany | 1:08:46.3 |
| Men's 5K details | Thomas Lurz Germany | 1:04:32.3 | Chip Peterson  USA | 1:04:32.7 | Simone Ercoli  Italy | 1:04:35.9 |
| Women's 10K details | Larisa Ilchenko Russia | 2:19:40.9 | Poliana Okimoto Brazil | 2:19:59.3 | Ksenia Popova Russia | 2:19:59.8 |
| Men's 10K details | Thomas Lurz Germany | 2:10:39.4 | Valerio Cleri Italy | 2:10:40.5 | Evgeny Drattsev Russia | 2:10:40.7 |
| Women's 25K details | Angela Maurer Germany | 6:22:46.9 | Natalia Pankina Russia | 6:22:47.8 | Ksenia Popova Russia | 6:22:51.3 |
| Men's 25K details | Josh Santacaterina  Australia | 5:47:34.1 | Yuri Kudinov Russia | 5:48:56.9 | Petar Stoychev Bulgaria | 5:49:00.2 |
The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2006 Open Water Worlds is:[3]
| Rank | Nation | Men | Women | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47 | 86 | 133 | |
| 2 | 45 | 54 | 99 | |
| 3 | 67 | 21 | 88 | |
| 4 | 39 | 34 | 73 | |
| 5 | 24 | 31 | 55 | |
| 6 | 0 | 34 | 34 | |
| 7 | 4 | 18 | 22 | |
| 8 | 18 | 0 | 18 | |
| 9 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| 9 | 16 | 0 | 16 | |
| 11 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |
| 12 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Note: is the sole country with an entry not listed in the standings. Their lone entrant (Darjia Pop) did not finish the one event (Women's 10K) in which she was entered.
Argentina
Canada
Croatia
Cuba
Ecuador
Hungary
Israel
Japan
New Zealand
South Africa