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The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for Aquatics sports: Swimming, Diving, Open Water Swimming, Synchronized Swimming and Water Polo. They are run by FINA, and in Swimming events are contested in a long course (50-meter) 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 Winner of the medal table
1973 August 31 – September 9 I FINA World Championships Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade, Yugoslavia 686 18 (m), 19 (w)  United States
1975 July 19 – 27 II FINA World Championships Colombia Cali, Colombia 682 18 (m), 19 (w)  United States
1978 August 20 – 28 III FINA World Championships West Germany West Berlin, West Germany 828 18 (m), 19 (w)  United States
1982 July 29 – August 8 IV FINA World Championships Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador 848 18 (m), 19 (w)  United States
1986 August 13 – 23 V FINA World Championships Spain Madrid, Spain 1119 19 (m), 22 (w)  East Germany
1991 January 3 – 13 VI FINA World Championships Australia Perth, Australia 1142 21 (m), 24 (w)  United States
1994 September 1 – 11 VII FINA World Championships Italy Rome, Italy 1400 21 (m), 24 (w)  China
1998 January 8 – 17 VIII FINA World Championships Australia Perth, Australia (2) 1371 26 (m), 29 (w)  United States
2001 July 16 – 29 IX FINA World Championships Japan Fukuoka, Japan 1498 29 (m), 32 (w)  Australia
2003 July 12 – 27 X FINA World Championships Spain Barcelona, Spain 2015 29 (m), 33 (w)  United States
2005 July 16 – 31 XI FINA World Championships Canada Montreal, Canada 1784 29 (m), 33 (w)  United States
2007 March 18 – April 1 XII FINA World Championships Australia Melbourne, Australia 2158 29 (m), 36 (w)  United States
2009 July 17 – August 2 XIII FINA World Championships Italy Rome, Italy (2) 2556 29 (m), 36 (w)  United States
2011 July 16 – 31[1] XIV FINA World Championships China Shanghai, China 2220 29 (m), 36 (w)  United States
2013 July 19 – August 4 XV FINA World Championships Spain Barcelona, Spain (2)[2]
2015 July 12 – 28 XVI FINA World Championships Russia Kazan, Russia[3]
2017 July 12 – 28 XVII FINA World Championships Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico[3]
2019 XVIII FINA World Championships Candidates:
China Guangzhou OR Hangzhou, China
South Korea Gwangju, South Korea[4][5]
Japan Tokyo, Japan
Hungary Budapest, Hungary

All-time medal since 1973 []

Updated after the 2011 World Aquatics Championships (Italics indicate abolished states):

 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  Yugoslavia 2 1 3 6
28  Belarus 2 1 0 3
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 []

  • 1 m Springboard
  • 3 m Springboard
  • Platform
  • Synchronized 3 m springboard
  • Synchronized platform

Open water []

  • 5 km
  • 10 km
  • 25 km

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 []

  • Solo
  • Duet
  • Team
  • Free combination

Water polo []

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

See also []

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 UPDATE 1-Swimming-Celebrations as Kazan awarded 2015 world champs published by Reuters on 2011-07-15.
  4. ^ http://www.aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=41487
  5. ^ http://www.gwangju2019.org/

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