FINA World Aquatics Championships

For the short-course, swimming-only, championships, which use a 25 m pool, see FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).

The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatic sports: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo. They are run by FINA, and in the pool swimming events are contested in a 50 m, or "long course", pool.

The event was first held in 1973 and is now held every two years. From 1978-1998, the World Championships were held every four years, in the even years between Summer Olympic years. From 2001 on, the Championships have been held every two years, in the odd years.

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History

Year Date Championship Location event # Athletes # Events
1973 August 31 – September 9 I FINA World Championships Belgrade, Yugoslavia 686 18 (m), 19 (w)
1975 July 19 – July 27 II FINA World Championships Cali, Colombia 682 18 (m), 19 (w)
1978 August 20 – August 28 III FINA World Championships West Berlin, West Germany 828 18 (m), 19 (w)
1982 July 29 – August 8 IV FINA World Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador 848 18 (m), 19 (w)
1986 August 13 – August 23 V FINA World Championships Madrid, Spain 1119 19 (m), 22 (w)
1991 January 3 – January 13 VI FINA World Championships Perth, Australia 1142 21 (m), 24 (w)
1994 September 1 – September 11 VII FINA World Championships Rome, Italy 1400 21 (m), 24 (w)
1998 January 8 – January 17 VIII FINA World Championships Perth, Australia (2) 1371 26 (m), 29 (w)
2001 July 16 – July 29 IX FINA World Championships Fukuoka, Japan 1498 29 (m), 32 (w)
2003 July 12 – July 27 X FINA World Championships Barcelona, Spain 2015 29 (m), 33 (w)
2005 July 16 – July 31 XI FINA World Championships Montreal, Canada 1784 29 (m), 33 (w)
2007 March 18 – April 1 XII FINA World Championships Melbourne, Australia 2158 29 (m), 36 (w)
2009 July 17 – August 2 XIII FINA World Championships Rome, Italy (2) 2556 29 (m), 36 (w)
2011 July 16 – July 31[1] XIV FINA World Championships Shanghai, China 2220 29 (m), 36 (w)
2013 July 19 – August 4 XV FINA World Championships Barcelona, Spain (2)[2]
2015 [3] XVI FINA World Championships Kazan, Russia
2017 [3] XVII FINA World Championships Guadalajara, Mexico

All-time medal since 1973

Updated after the 2011 World Aquatics Championships:

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 200 156 110 466
2  China 89 67 49 205
3  Australia 70 70 56 196
4  Russia 61 45 39 145
5  East Germany 51 44 27 122
6  Germany1 34 57 62 153
7  Italy 24 22 34 80
8  Hungary 24 20 22 66
9  Canada 19 32 33 84
10  Soviet Union 16 28 28 72
11  Netherlands 15 22 25 62
12  Great Britain 13 17 29 59
13  France 10 18 16 44
14  Ukraine 9 5 8 22
15  Spain 7 19 18 44
16  Sweden 7 13 13 33
17  Brazil 7 1 4 12
18  Japan 6 26 49 81
19  Poland 6 5 5 16
20  South Africa 5 1 11 17
21  Zimbabwe 4 5 0 9
22  Serbia2 4 3 2 9
23  Denmark 3 3 5 11
24  Greece 3 2 3 8
25  Finland 3 2 1 6
26  Romania 2 1 7 10
27  Belarus 2 1 0 3
28  Yugoslavia 2 0 2 4
29  South Korea 2 0 1 3
30  Switzerland 1 4 1 6
31  Mexico 1 2 5 8
32  Tunisia 1 2 3 6
33  Croatia 1 2 2 5
34  Bulgaria 1 1 4 6
35  Costa Rica 1 1 2 4
36  Norway 1 1 1 3
37  Belgium 1 0 2 3
38  Suriname 1 0 0 1
39  Austria 0 3 3 6
40  New Zealand 0 3 2 5
41  Slovakia 0 3 2 5
42  Czech Republic 0 3 0 3
43  Cuba 0 1 1 2
44  Iceland 0 1 1 2
45  Lithuania 0 0 2 2
46  Argentina 0 0 1 1
47  Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
48  Egypt 0 0 1 1
49  Malaysia 0 0 1 1
50  Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
51  Venezuela 0 0 1 1
1.^ Germany+West Germany
2.^ Serbia is considered to be a successor of the FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro team.

Disciplines

Except for synchronized swimming, which is female-only, there are male and female categories for each event.

Diving

Open water

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships
Distance Back Breast Fly Free I.M. Free
relay		 Medley
relay
50 m ● ● ● ●
100 m ● ● ● ●
200 m ● ● ● ● ●
400 m ● ● ● ●
800 m ● ●
1500 m ●

Synchronized swimming

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships

References

  1. ^ PR54 - Dubai (UAE) will be the Organising City (FINA Press Release #2009-54); published by FINA on 2009-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-20.
  2. ^ (Spanish) El Mundial 2013 ya tiene nombre... ¡BARCELONA! (trans: 2013 Worlds has a name: Barcelona!); posted by the Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN) on 2010-09-26; retrieved 2010-09-27.
  3. ^ a b [http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/15/swimming-world-hosts-idUSL3E7IF15120110715 UPDATE 1-Swimming-Celebrations as Kazan awarded 2015 world champs ] published by Reuters on 2011-07-15.

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