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World Aquatics Championships

"FINA World Swimming Championships" redirects here. For the short course swimming-only championships, which uses a 25-metre pool, see FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).

The World Aquatics Championships (known as the FINA World Championships until 2022) are the World Championships for six aquatic disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. The championships are staged by World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (Fédération internationale de natation), the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. The championships are World Aquatics' largest and main event traditionally held biennially every odd year, with all six of the aquatic disciplines contested every championships.

World Aquatics Championships
StatusActive
GenreGlobal Sporting Event
Date(s)Two Weeks (usually mid-year)
FrequencyUsually Biennial
Location(s)Various Host Cities
Years active50 years
Inaugurated1973 (1973)
Most recentDoha 2024
Previous eventFukuoka 2023
Next eventSingapore 2025
ActivitySwimming, Diving, Water Polo, Artistic Swimming, Open Water Swimming, High Diving
Organised byWorld Aquatics
Editions21 (including 2024)
Websiteworldaquatics.com
2024 World Aquatics Championships

The championships were first staged in 1973 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, with competitions held in swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and water polo.[1] In 1991 open water swimming was added to the championships as a fifth discipline.[2] In 2013 high diving was added to the championships as a sixth discipline.[3] In 2017 the synchronised swimming discipline was renamed to artistic swimming.[4]

Prior to the 9th World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka in 2001, the championships had been staged at various intervals of two to four years. From 2001 to 2019 the championships were held biennially in odd years. Due to interruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, travel restrictions, host venues withdrawing from hosting championships and World Aquatics' withdrawing the rights to host championships, the championships will be staged in every year from 2022 to 2025 until resuming to biennial from 2025 onwards.

The World Open Water Swimming Championships (also known as 'Open Water Worlds') is part of the World Aquatics Championships. Additional standalone editions of the Open Water Championships were also held in the even years from 2000 to 2010. The World Masters Championships (also known as 'Masters Worlds) is open to athletes 25 years and above (30+ years in water polo) in each aquatics discipline excluding high diving and has been held as part of the World Aquatics Championships since 2015. Prior to this, the Masters Championship was held separately, biennially in even years.

Athletes from all current 208 World Aquatics member federations are eligible to compete at the championships, along with athletes considered 'Neutral Independent Athletes' under the rules of World Aquatics and athletes from the 'World Aquatics Refugee Team'. The 2019 championships set the record for the most athletes participating (2,623).[5] At the recent 2024 championships participated athletes from record 199 nations: 197 member federations, 1 suspended member federation and Athlete Refugee Team.

Championships edit

Member federations referred to as winners, second, and third, in the table below, are the top three nation's listed on the medal tally based on the standard method of ranking (being total gold medals, followed by total silver medals, and then total bronze medals).

YearDatesEditionLocationNationsAthletesEventsEvents DetailsWinnerSecondThirdMost Medals
197331 August – 9 September1 Belgrade, Yugoslavia476863718 (M), 19 (W)  United States  East Germany  Italy  United States
197519–27 July2 Cali, Colombia396823718 (M), 19 (W)  United States  East Germany  Hungary  United States
197820–28 August3 West Berlin, West Germany498283718 (M), 19 (W)  United States*  Soviet Union  Canada  United States
198229 July – 8 August4 Guayaquil, Ecuador528483718 (M), 19 (W)  United States  East Germany  Soviet Union  United States
198613–23 August5 Madrid, Spain341,1194119 (M), 22 (W)  East Germany  United States  Canada  United States
19913–13 January6 Perth, Australia601,1424521 (M), 24 (W)  United States  China  Hungary  United States
19941–11 September7 Rome, Italy1021,4004521 (M), 24 (W)  China  United States  Russia  China
19988–17 January8 Perth, Australia1211,3715324 (M), 27 (W), 2 (X)  United States  Russia  Australia  United States
200116–29 July9 Fukuoka, Japan1341,4986129 (M), 32 (W)  Australia  China  United States  United States
200312–27 July10 Barcelona, Spain1572,0156229 (M), 33 (W)  United States  Russia  Australia  United States
200516–31 July11 Montreal, Canada1441,7846229 (M), 33 (W)  United States  Australia  China  United States
200718 March – 1 April12 Melbourne, Australia1672,1586529 (M), 36 (W)  United States  Russia  Australia  United States
200917 July – 2 August13 Rome, Italy1852,5566529 (M), 36 (W)  United States  China  Russia  United States
and  China
201116–31 July14 Shanghai, China1812,2206629 (M), 36 (W), 1 (X)  United States  China  Russia  China
201319 July – 4 August15 Barcelona, Spain1812,2936830 (M), 37 (W), 1 (X)  United States  China  Russia  United States
201524 July – 9 August16 Kazan, Russia1902,4007530 (M), 37 (W), 8 (X)  China  United States  Russia  China
201714–30 July17 Budapest, Hungary1822,3607530 (M), 37 (W), 8 (X)  United States  China  Russia  United States
201912–28 July18 Gwangju, South Korea1922,6237630 (M), 38 (W), 8 (X)  China  United States  Russia  United States
202218 June – 3 July19 Budapest, Hungary1832,0347429 (M), 37 (W), 8 (X)  United States  China  Italy  United States**
202314–30 July20 Fukuoka, Japan1952,3927531 (M), 33 (W), 11 (X)  China  Australia  United States  United States
20242–18 February21 Doha, Qatar1992,2387531 (M), 33 (W), 11 (X)  China*  United States  Australia  China
202511 July – 3 August22 Singapore[6]76
202723 Budapest, Hungary[6]
202924 Beijing, China[7]

* Record by number of gold medals –  United States (23 gold medals, 1978) and  China (23 gold medals, 2024)
** Record by number of total medals –  United States (49 medals in total, 2022)

All-time medal table edit

Updated after the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States302246190738
2  China20712496427
3  Australia11712790334
4  Russia1057362240
5 Italy516275188
6  East Germany514427122
7 Hungary433433110
8  Germany426473179
9  Great Britain363765138
10  France333734104
11  Canada305572157
12  Netherlands244234100
13 Sweden21211860
14  Japan194979147
15 Brazil17151951
16  Soviet Union16282872
17  Spain14423591
18  Ukraine13193062
19  South Africa1371737
20  West Germany871227
21  Poland6111229
22  Greece57921
23 Lithuania53311
24  Romania52815
25 Denmark49821
26  Zimbabwe4509
27  Tunisia43411
28  South Korea42511
29  Serbia4217
30  Croatia33410
31  Finland3227
32  Mexico2141935
33  New Zealand26816
34  Belarus2136
 Yugoslavia2136
36  Portugal2114
37  Ireland2002
38  Austria16613
39  Switzerland1629
40  North Korea1326
41  Hong Kong1214
 Norway1214
43  Malaysia1168
44  Bulgaria1146
45  Belgium1124
 Colombia1124
 Costa Rica1124
 Serbia and Montenegro1124
49  Kazakhstan1012
50  Suriname1001
51  Slovakia0325
52  Czech Republic0303
53  Cuba0112
 Czechoslovakia0112
 Iceland0112
 Jamaica0112
57  Ecuador0101
 Israel0101
Montenegro0101
60  Egypt0055
61  Argentina0022
    Neutral Independent Athletes [a]0022
 Singapore0022
64  Bosnia and Herzegovina0011
 Puerto Rico0011
 Trinidad and Tobago0011
 Venezuela0011
Totals (67 entries)1234124312313708

Multiple gold medalists edit

Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count per type.

RankAthleteCountryGenderDisciplineFromToGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Michael Phelps  United StatesMSwimming20012011266133
2Katie Ledecky  United StatesFSwimming20132023215–26
3Svetlana Romashina  RussiaFArtistic swimming2005201921––21
4Natalia Ishchenko  RussiaFArtistic swimming20052015192–21
5Ryan Lochte  United StatesMSwimming20052015185427
6Svetlana Kolesnichenko  RussiaFArtistic swimming2011201916––16
7Caeleb Dressel  United StatesMSwimming20172022152–17
8Sarah Sjöström  SwedenFSwimming20092024148325
9Alla Shishkina  RussiaFArtistic swimming2009201914––14
10Anastasia Davydova  RussiaFArtistic swimming20012011131–14

Disciplines, events & medalists edit

Except where specified below, there are male and female categories for each event.

Swimming (since 1973) edit

Main article: Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships
Main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
Main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
DistanceFreeBackBreastFlyI.M.Free relayMedley relayMixed free relayMixed medley relay
50m●●●●
100m●●●●
200m●●●●●
400m●●●●●●
800m●●
1500m●

Diving (since 1973) edit

Main article: World Diving Championships
Main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving

Men's and women's events:

  • 1 m springboard
  • 3 m springboard
  • 10 m platform
  • synchronized 3 m springboard
  • synchronized 10 m platform

Mixed events:

  • synchronized 3 m springboard
  • synchronized 10 m platform
  • 3 m springboard / 10 m platform team

Artistic swimming (since 1973) edit

Main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming

Except for Acrobatic routine, all events include technical and free routines, with medals awarded separately.

  • Solo, including men's solo since 2023
  • Duet, including mixed pair (male-female) since 2015
  • Team (since 2023 open event to men and women)
  • Acrobatic routine since 2023 (open event to men and women)

Water polo (since 1973) edit

Main article: Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
Main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
  • Men's tournament
  • Women's tournament

Open water swimming (since 1991) edit

Main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
  • 5 km
  • 10 km
  • Mixed Relay

High diving (since 2013) edit

Main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in high diving
  • 27m (men only)
  • 20m (women only)

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ At the 2024 World Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Belarus. They instead participated as "Neutral Independent Athletes (NIA)" and under the World Aquatics flag.

References edit

  1. ^ "Overview". World Aquatics. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Overview". World Aquatics. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Overview". World Aquatics. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Overview". World Aquatics. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  5. ^ "18th FINA World Championships: Entry List by Event" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  6. ^ a b "World Aquatics Championships 2025 awarded to Singapore". World Aquatics. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Beijing announced as World Aquatics Championships 2029 host". World Aquatics. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

External links edit

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