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| Swimming World Open Water Championships Men: 5 km | 
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| 2009 | Roma (ita) | |||
| 2008 | Sevilla (spa) | Thomas Lurz (ger) | Vladimir Diattchine (rus) | Maarten van der Weijden (net) |
| 2007 | Melbourne (aus) | Thomas Lurz (ger) | Yevgeniy Drattsev (rus) | Spyridon Gianniotis (gre) |
| 2006 | Napoli (ita) | Thomas Lurz (ger) | Chip Peterson (usa) | Simone Ercoli (ita) |
| 2005 | Montréal (can) | Thomas Lurz (ger) | Chip Peterson (usa) | Simone Ercoli (ita) |
| 2004 | Dubai (uae) | Grant Cleland (aus) | Christian Hein (gr) | Josh Santacaterina (aus) |
| 2003 | Barcelona (spa) | Yevgeniy Koshkarov (rus) | Christian Hein (ger) | Vladimir Diattchine (rus) |
| 2002 | Sharm el Sheikh (egy) | Luca Baldini (ita) | Stefano Rubaudo (ita) | Thomas Lurz (ger) |
| 2001 | Fukuoka (jpn) | Luca Baldini (ita) | Yevgeniy Bezruchenko (rus) | Marco Formentini (ita) |
| 2000 | Honolulu (usa) | Yevgeniy Bezruchenko (rus) | David Meca (spa) | Luca Baldini (ita) |
| 1998 | Perth (aus) | Aleksey Akatiyev (rus) | Ky Hurst (aus) | Luca Baldini (ita) |
