| Open water swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships | |
| Hostcity: | Fukuoka, Japan |
| Events: | 6 |
| Previous: | 1998 |
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These are the results from the open water swimming competition at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, which took place in Fukuoka, Japan.
| width=150 | Event | width=250 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=250 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=250 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| 5 km | 55:37 | 56:31 | 56:42 | ||||
| 10 km | 2:01:04 | 2:01:06 | 2:01:11 | ||||
| 25 km | 5:25:32 | 5:26:00 | 5:26:36 |
| width=150 | Event | width=250 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=250 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=250 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| 5 km | 1:00:23 | 1:00:49 | 1:00:52 | ||||
| 10 km | 2:17:32 | 2:17:47 | 2:17:52 | ||||
| 25 km | 5:56:51 | 6:00:36 | 6:06:19 |