Final FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup Men's Rankings

FINA announced its final rankings of the 2009 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup season. Congratulations goes to Thomas Lurz whose dominating presence throughout the 2009 season was impressive.

According to FINA's rules that require ranked swimmers to participate in at least 7 races, the top 8 men included:

1. THOMAS LURZ (GER) 198 points
2. ALLAN DO CARMO (BRA) 132
3. VLADIMIR DYATCHIN (RUS) 108
4. PETAR STOYCHEV (BUL) 78
5. CHRISTIAN REICHERT (GER) 76
6. DANIEL FOGG (GBR) 26
7. BARTON WELLS (USA) 20
8. ROK KERIN (SLO) 19

A total of 162 other swimmers participated in the 2009 circuit, including:

9. EVGENY DRATTSEV (RUS) 80 points
10. FRAN CRIPPEN (USA) 46
11. BRIAN RYCKEMAN (BEL) 38
12. DANIIL SEREBRENNIKOV (RUS) 38
13. JAN WOLFGARTEN (GER) 34
14. SERGAI BOLSHAKOV (RUS) 34
15. KIRIL ABROSIMOV (RUS) 30
16. THOMAS ALLEN (GBR) 28
17. TRENT GRIMSEY (AUS) 26
18. RHYS MAINSTONE (AUS) 24
19. ALEXANDER STUDZINSKI (GER) 20
20. JOANES HEDEL (FRA) 20
21. MICHAEL DIMTIREV (ISR) 20
22. SIMONE ERCOLI (ITA) 20
23. CHAD HO (RSA) 19
24. CHARLES CULLOM (USA) 18
25. DAVID BROWNE (AUS) 18
26. LUCA FERRETTI (ITA) 18
27. SERGIY FESENKO (AZE) 18
28. BERTRAND VENTURI (FRA) 17
29. STEPHANE GOMEZ (FRA) 16
30. VALERIO CLERI (ITA) 16
31. ARSENIY LAVRENTYEV (POR) 14
32. GABRIEL VILLAGOIZ (ARG) 14
33. LUIS ESCOBAR (MEX) 14
34. SPYRIDON GIANNIOTIS (GRE) 14
35. MAZEN AZIZ (EGY) 12
36. SALEH MOHAMMED (SYR) 12
37. SEBASTIEN FRAYSSE (FRA) 12
38. ALEXANDER ZUEV (RUS) 10
39. DANIEL DELGADILLO (MEX) 10
40. NICOLA BOLZONELLO (ITA) 10
41. LOIC BRANDA (FRA) 9
42. XAVIER DESHARNAIS (CAN) 8
43. TOM VANGENEUGDEN (BEL) 7
44. DAVID DAVIES (GBR) 6
45. IVAN LOPEZ (MEX) 6
46. JAKUB FICHTL (CZE) 6
47. RICHARD WEINBERGER (CAN) 6
48. ROBIN DEN BOER (NED) 6
49. FLEMMING SORENSEN (DEN) 5
50. ANDREAS WASCHBURGER (GER) 4
51. ANDREW GEMMELL (USA) 4
52. ARTEM PODYAKOV (RUS) 4
53. CHAN TSZ TSUN (HKG) 4
54. DAMIEN BLAUM (ARG) 4
55. DANIEL VIEGAS (POR) 4
56. IGOR SHERVYVNSKIY (UKR) 4
57. IGOR SNITKO (UKR) 4
58. JOSIP SOLDO (CRO) 4
59. JULIEN CODEVELLE (FRA) 4
60. JULIEN SAUVAGE (FRA) 4
61. KOSTIANTYN UKRADYGA (UKR) 4
62. LEE YEUNG (HKG) 4
63. LING TIN YU (HKG) 4
64. LUIZ LIMA (BRA) 4
65. MARIN MILAN (CRO) 4
66. MICHAELS SUDAKOVS (LAT) 4
67. PHILIP RYAN (NZL) 4
68. TOMISLAV SOLDO (CRO 4
69. ZHEN KEXIN (CHN) 4
70. ADEL EL-BEHARY (EGY) 3
71. JOSEF KINDERWATER (USA) 3
72. KANE RADFORD (NZL) 3
73. VENTSISLAV AIDARSKI (BUL) 3
74. ADEL RAGAB (EGY) 2
75. AIMESON KING (CAN) 2
76. ALEXANDER MEYER (USA) 2
77. ANDRES OLVIK (EST) 2
78. ANDREW AZEVEDO (BRA) 2
79. ANGEL MOREIRA (VEN) 2
80. ANTONIN LE GOALLEC (FRA) 2
81. ARTHUR FRAYLER (USA) 2
82. AXEL REYMOND (FRA) 2
83. BENJAMIN LE ROUX (FRA) 2
84. BRICE MENNECIER (FRA) 2
85. CARLOS EDUARDO PAVÃO (BRA) 2
86. CHAN TSZ HO (HKG) 2
87. CHEUNG PAK KIU (HKG) 2
88. CLEMENT MURARO (FRA) 2
89. DANIEL COOMBS (GBR) 2
90. EMILIO-ANGEL FRANZEN (ARG) 2
91. FABIEN BARRALIS (FRA) 2
92. FÁBIO CARLOS LIMA (BRA) 2
93. FOUAD SHAIKH BAKRI (SYR) 2
94. FRANCISCO FREITAS (POR) 2
95. FRANCOIS SAGUEZ (FRA) 2
96. GARETH KEATING (GBR) 2
97. HUGO RIBEIRO (POR) 2
98. JEREMY FELTEN (FRA) 2
99. JEROME COMBANIERE (FRA) 2
100. JOB KIENHUIS (NED) 2
101. KILLIAN BELLAUD (FRA) 2
102. LAURENT BERNARD (FRA) 2
103. LEE HO YAT (HKG) 2
104. LEE MAN TIM (HKG) 2
105. LINECKER DENARDI (BRA) 2
106. MAJED AL HAMMADI (UAE) 2
107. MARCELO ROMANELLI SOARES (BRA) 2
108. MATHEUS EVANGELISTA (BRA) 2
109. MATHIEU ARNAL (FRA) 2
110. MAZEN EL-METWALY (EGY) 2
111. MICHEL POU (FRA) 2
112. MILLIAN DAGUET (FRA) 2
113. NICOLAS THIN (FRA) 2
114. NIKLAS LUPLAU (DEN) 2
115. OLIVIER VAHE (FRA) 2
116. PETRUS JOHANNES HARTOG (NED) 2
117. ROBERT BALE (GBR) 2
118. RODRIGO ELORZA (MEX) 2
119. SAMIR BAREL (BRA) 2
120. SAUL MORAIS (POR) 2
121. SIMONE RUFINO (ITA) 2
122. TAHA MRABET (FRA) 2
123. THIBAUT BLANCHI (FRA) 2
124. THIBAUT LE DALLOUR (FRA) 2
125. THOMAS ANGE (FRA) 2
126. THOMAS BERNAUD (FRA) 2
127. VASCO GASPAR (FRA) 2
128. VASILY BOYKOV (RUS) 2
129. VICTOR MIGEON (FRA) 2
130. VICTOR SIMÕES (BRA) 2
131. VINCENT DUCROT LECOQ (FRA) 2
132. VINCENT FRAYSSE (FRA) 2
133. VIVIEN VILLARD (FRA) 2
134. WILLIAM GRIMAULT QUERET (FRA) 2
135. WONG YAT FEI (HKG) 2
136. YIM PAK YU (HKG) 2
137. YUEN YAT HO MARCUS (HKG) 2
138. ZIHAN SUN (CHN) 2
139. ALEXANDRE LE ROUX (FRA) 0
140. AYMERIC FABRE (FRA) 0
141. DIOGO PINTO (POR) 0
142. ELIOT ANKRI (FRA) 0
143. FARZAD DADFAR IRI 0
144. GONCALO MENEZES (POR) 0
145. GWENDAL LE BRIS (FRA) 0
146. HAMED KHOSHKHATI (IRI) 0
147. JEREMY BRANDLI (FRA) 0
148. JULIEN AROT (FRA) 0
149. JULIEN BRANCHAREL (FRA) 0
150. KEVIN THOBIE (FRA) 0
151. LAU CHUN LEUNG JOHNNY (HKG) 0
152. MARTIN PEDERSEN (DEN) 0
153. MAURO SEBASTIANO NAPPA (ITA) 0
154. NICOLAS BABOIN (FRA) 0
155. OLIVIER KRAKUS (FRA) 0
156. PIERRE-ALEXAN GEOFFROY (FRA) 0
157. ROBERTO PENAILLILO (CHI) 0
158. SAM KEHOE (FRA) 0
159. SUN ZIHAN (CHN) 0
160. TOMI STEFANOVSKI (MKD) 0
161. VICTOR HUGO RIBEIRO COLONESE (BRA) 0
162. WASIM ZWIZER (SYR) 0

Photo courtesy of Shelley Taylor-Smith at the 10K race in Dubai with Thomas Lurz (gold), Vladimir Dyatchin (silver) and 17-year-old Thomas Allan (bronze).

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