FINA World Aquatics Championships

The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming events are contested in a long course (50-metre) pool.

"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).

FINA World Aquatics Championships
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Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)mid-year
Frequencybiennial
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1973 (1973)
Most recent2019
Organised byFINA

The event was first held in 1973 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and is now held every two years. From 1978 to 1998, the World Championships were held every four years, in the even years between Summer Olympic years. From 2001 until 2019, the Championships have been held every two years, in the odd years.

Due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the scheduling of both the Olympic Games and the Championships between 2019 and 2025 became somewhat erratic, with World Championships not taking place in Japan in 2021 to accommodate the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, and then delayed again to 2023 because of pandemic-related issues in Japan. As a result, an extraordinary edition of the event was announced for 2022 in Budapest, Hungary, so as not to leave a four year gap between World Championships. As a result, World Championships will be held in four consecutive years for the first time - 2022 in Hungary, 2023 in Japan (the original 2021 event, delayed twice), 2024 in Qatar (moved to 2024 from the original 2023 event, then moved again to the start of 2024 to accommodate the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics), and 2025 in Russia.

Athletes from all 209 FINA members could take part in the competition. In 2019, records were set for the most countries participating, with 192 members, and the most athletes participating, with 2,623 athletes.[1]

Championships
Year Date Edition Location Athletes Events Events details Winner of the medal table Second of the medal table Third of the medal table
1973 31 August – 9 September 1 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 686 37 18 (m), 19 (f)  United States  East Germany  Italy
1975 19–27 July 2 Cali, Colombia 682 37 18 (m), 19 (f)  United States  East Germany  Hungary
1978 20–28 August 3 West Berlin, West Germany 828 37 18 (m), 19 (f)  United States*  Soviet Union  Canada
1982 29 July – 8 August 4 Guayaquil, Ecuador 848 37 18 (m), 19 (f)  United States  East Germany  Soviet Union
1986 13–23 August 5 Madrid, Spain 1119 41 19 (m), 22 (f)  East Germany  United States  Canada
1991 3–13 January 6 Perth, Australia 1142 45 21 (m), 24 (f)  United States  China  Hungary
1994 1–11 September 7 Rome, Italy 1400 45 21 (m), 24 (f)  China  United States  Russia
1998 8–17 January 8 Perth, Australia 1371 55 26 (m), 29 (f)  United States  Russia  Australia
2001 16–29 July 9 Fukuoka, Japan 1498 61 29 (m), 32 (f)  Australia  China  United States
2003 12–27 July 10 Barcelona, Spain 2015 62 29 (m), 33 (f)  United States  Russia  Australia
2005 16–31 July 11 Montreal, Canada 1784 62 29 (m), 33 (f)  United States  Australia  China
2007 18 March – 1 April 12 Melbourne, Australia 2158 65 29 (m), 36 (f)  United States  Russia  Australia
2009 17 July – 2 August 13 Rome, Italy 2556 65 29 (m), 36 (f)  United States  China  Russia
2011 16–31 July 14 Shanghai, China 2220 65 29 (m), 36 (f), 1 (x)  United States  China  Russia
2013 19 July – 4 August 15 Barcelona, Spain[2][3][4] 2293 68 30 (m), 37 (f), 1 (x)  United States  China  Russia
2015 24 July – 9 August 16 Kazan, Russia[5] 2400 75 30 (m), 37 (f), 8 (x)  China  United States  Russia
2017 14–30 July 17 Budapest, Hungary[6] 2360 75 30 (m), 37 (f), 8 (x)  United States**  China  Russia
2019 12–28 July[7] 18 Gwangju, South Korea 2623 76 30 (m), 38 (f), 8 (x)  China  United States  Russia
2022 18 June - 3 July[8] 19 Budapest, Hungary[9]
2023 14-30 July[10] 20 Fukuoka, Japan[11]
2024 January[12] 21 Doha, Qatar
2025 22 Chengdu, China[13]
2027 23 London, United Kingdom[13]

* Record by number of gold medals –  United States (23 gold medals, 1978)
** Record by number of total medals –  United States (46 medals in total, 2017)

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States268204150622
2 China14610674326
3 Russia1057362240
4 Australia899775261
5 East Germany514427122
6 Hungary38293097
7 Italy373858133
8 Germany355764156
9 Great Britain29234597
10 France26262779
11 Canada234554122
12 Netherlands17352981
13 Soviet Union16282872
14 Sweden15181750
15 Brazil15141544
16 Japan123969120
17 South Africa1261533
18 Ukraine10112546
19 Spain9352670
20 West Germany871227
21 Poland69823
22 Denmark48820
23 Greece45514
24 Zimbabwe4509
25 Serbia4217
26 Finland3227
27 Croatia2349
28 Tunisia2248
29 Romania21710
30 Belarus2136
Yugoslavia2136
32 South Korea2024
33 Mexico181322
34 Switzerland1517
35 Lithuania1225
36 Norway1214
37 Bulgaria1146
 Malaysia1146
39 Belgium1124
 Costa Rica1124
FR Yugoslavia /
Serbia and Montenegro		1124
 North Korea1124
43 Colombia1001
 Suriname1001
45 New Zealand05611
46 Austria0336
47 Slovakia0325
48 Czech Republic0303
49 Cuba0112
Czechoslovakia0112
 Iceland0112
 Jamaica0112
53 Ecuador0101
 Montenegro0101
55 Egypt0033
56 Argentina0022
 Singapore0022
58 Puerto Rico0011
 Trinidad and Tobago0011
 Venezuela0011
Totals (60 nations)1010101710073034

Multiple medalists

Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count per type.

Rank Athlete Country Gender Discipline From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Michael Phelps United StatesMSwimming20012011266133
2Svetlana Romashina RussiaFSynchronised swimming2005201921––21
3Natalia Ishchenko RussiaFSynchronised swimming20052015192–21
4Ryan Lochte United StatesMSwimming20052015185427
5Svetlana Kolesnichenko RussiaFSynchronised swimming2011201916––16
6Katie Ledecky United StatesFSwimming20132019153–18
7Alla Shishkina RussiaFSynchronised swimming2009201914––14
8Caeleb Dressel United StatesMSwimming20172019132–15
9Anastasia Davydova RussiaFSynchronised swimming20012011131–14
10Alexandra Patskevich RussiaFSynchronised swimming2009201713––13

Disciplines

Except as noted below, there are male and female categories for each event.

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships
DistanceFreeBackBreastFlyI.M.Free relayMedley relayMixed free relayMixed medley relay
50 m●●●●
100 m●●●●
200 m●●●●●
400 m●●●●●●
800 m●●
1500 m●

Diving
Main article: World Diving Championships

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 added at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships:

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

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

High diving included since the 15th FINA World Aquatics Championships in 2013 in Barcelona

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

Open water swimming was first held at the 1991 FINA World Championships.

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

Except for Free Combination and Highlight, all events include technical and free routines, with medals awarded separately.

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
  • Men's tournament
  • Women's tournament

See also

Notes and references
  1. "18th FINA World Championships: Entry List by Event" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. Originally awarded in July 2009 to Dubai, UAE. Dubai withdrew in March 2010.
  3. PR54 - Dubai (UAE) will be the Organising City Archived 27 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine (FINA Press Release #2009-54); published by FINA on 2009-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-20.
  4. Press Release 2013-51: Barcelona 2013: new record of participation with 181 nations in Barcelona (ESP) Archived 14 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Published by FINA on 2013-07-18; retrieved 2013-07-19.
  5. UPDATE 1-Swimming-Celebrations as Kazan awarded 2015 world champs published by Reuters on 2011-07-15.
  6. "Budapest (HUN) to host FINA World Championships in 2017" (Press release). FINA. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  7. FINA.org
  8. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  9. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  10. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  11. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  12. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  13. "PR 59 – Kazan 2025 and Budapest 2027, hosts of the FINA showcase". FINA. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

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