title: Open water swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 25 km
text: # Open water swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 25 km
  
  The Men's 25 km Open Water event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 21, 2001 in Fukuoka.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Swimmer | Nationality | 12.5 km | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Yury Kudinov | Russia | 2:40:04 | 5:25:32 |
  | | Stéphane Gomez | France | 2:40:01 | 5:26:00 |
  | | Stéphane Lecat | France | 2:39:53 | 5:26:36 |
  | 4 | Fabio Fusi | Italy | 2:40:00 | 5:28:16 |
  | 5 | Mark Saliba | Australia | 2:40:05 | 5:29:17 |
  | 6 | Mark Leonard | USA | 2:39:48 | 5:31:53 |
  | 7 | Christof Wandratsch | Germany | 2:39:56 | 5:33:36 |
  | 8 | Andrés Peréz González | Cuba | 2:40:26 | 5:34:37 |
  | 9 | Miodrag Vašić | FR Yugoslavia | 2:40:07 | 5:35:22 |
  | 10 | Anton Sanachev | Russia | 2:40:06 | 5:36:21 |
  | 11 | Liam Weseloh | Canada | 2:40:23 | 5:37:53 |
  | 12 | John Kenny | USA | 2:40:03 | 5:39:26 |
  | 13 | Nace Majcen | Slovenia | 2:40:40 | 5:40:24 |
  | 14 | Pavel Srb | Czech Republic | 2:41:16 | 5:42:49 |
  | 15 | Hiroki Hikida | Japan | 2:42:27 | 5:44:15 |
  | 16 | Rostislav Vítek | Czech Republic | 2:40:37 | 5:48:16 |
  | 17 | Simone Menoni | Italy | 2:40:24 | 5:56:19 |
  | 18 | Hisham Masri | Syria | 2:40:22 | 5:56:19 |
  | 19 | Levente Nagy-Pál | Hungary | 2:54:26 | 6:00:03 |
  | 20 | Takashi Sugisawa | Japan | 2:54:20 | 6:04:28 |
  | 21 | Christian Hansmann | Germany | 3:00:13 | 6:05:57 |
  | 22 | Mohamed Abdel Hamid | Egypt | 2:58:34 | 6:13:02 |
  | 23 | Gregory Fuentes | Ecuador | 2:54:34 | 6:16:45 |
  | 24 | Balázs Cselényi | Hungary | 2:57:55 | 6:37:51 |
  | -- | Carlos Scanavino | Uruguay | 2:46:57 | DNF |
  
  Key: DNF = Did not finish, DQ = Disqualified
  
  