For the short-course 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 2 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 has been held every two years, in the odd years.
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History
| Year and Date | Championship | Location event | # Athletes | # Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973: August 31 – September 9 | I FINA World Championships | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | 686 | 15 (m), 14 (w)[1] |
| 1975: July 19 – July 27 | II FINA World Championships | Cali, Colombia | 682 | 15 (m), 14 (w)[1] |
| 1978: August 20 – August 28 | III FINA World Championships | Berlin, West Germany | 828 | 15 (m), 14 (w)[1] |
| 1982: July 29 – August 8 | IV FINA World Championships | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 848 | 15 (m), 14 (w)[1] |
| 1986: August 13 – August 23 | V FINA World Championships | Madrid, Spain | 1,119 | 16 (m/w)[1] |
| 1991: January 3 – January 13 | VI FINA World Championships | Perth, Australia (1) | 1,142 | 16 (m/w)[1] |
| 1994: September 1 – September 11 | VII FINA World Championships | Rome, Italy (1) | 1,400 | 16 (m/w)[1] |
| 1998: January 8 – January 17 | VIII FINA World Championships | Perth, Australia (2) | 1,371 | 16 (m/w)[1] |
| 2001: July 16 – July 29 | IX FINA World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 1,498 | 20 (m/w)[1] |
| 2003: July 12 – July 27 | X FINA World Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 2,015 | 20 (m/w)[1] |
| 2005: July 16 – July 31 | XI FINA World Championships | Montreal, Canada | 1,784 | 20 (m/w)[1] |
| 2007: March 18 – April 1 | XII FINA World Championships | Melbourne, Australia | 2,158 | 29 (m), 36 (w) |
| 2009: July 17 – August 2 | XIII FINA World Championships | Rome, Italy (2) | ||
| 2011: July 16 – 31[2] | XIV FINA World Championships | Shanghai, China | ||
| 2013 | XV FINA World Championships | Dubai, UAE[2] |
All-time medal since 1973
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
182 | 151 | 101 | 434 |
| 2 |  Germany |
84 | 98 | 80 | 262 |
| 3 |  China |
74 | 54 | 41 | 169 |
| 4 |  Australia |
67 | 58 | 52 | 177 |
| 5 |  Russia |
53 | 39 | 35 | 127 |
| 6 |  Hungary |
23 | 17 | 18 | 58 |
| 7 |  Italy |
21 | 18 | 32 | 71 |
| 8 |  Canada |
19 | 28 | 30 | 77 |
| 9 |  Soviet Union |
16 | 28 | 28 | 72 |
| 10 |  Netherlands |
13 | 21 | 22 | 56 |
| 11 |  Great Britain |
10 | 14 | 29 | 53 |
| 12 |  Ukraine |
9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 13 |  France |
8 | 14 | 11 | 33 |
| 14 |  Japan |
6 | 22 | 47 | 75 |
| 15 |  Spain |
6 | 18 | 13 | 37 |
| 16 |  Sweden |
6 | 12 | 13 | 31 |
| 17 |  Poland |
6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 18 |  South Africa |
5 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 19 |  Zimbabwe |
4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 20 |  Brazil |
3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 |  Serbia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 |  Finland |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 23 |  Romania |
2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 24 |  Denmark |
1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 |  Mexico |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 26 |  Tunisia |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 27 |  Croatia |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 28 |  Costa Rica |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 |  Greece |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 30 |  Belarus |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 |  Belgium |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 32 |  Serbia and Montenegro |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 |  South Korea |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 |  Puerto Rico |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 |  Suriname |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 |  Switzerland |
0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 |  Austria |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 38 |  New Zealand |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 38 |  Slovakia |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 40 |  Czech Republic |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 41 |  Norway |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 42 |  Cuba |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 42 |  Iceland |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 42 |  Yugoslavia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 45 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 46 |  Lithuania |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 47 |  Argentina |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 |  Egypt |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 |  Malaysia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 |  Turkey |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 |  Venezuela |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k The number of events listed for the 1973-2005 Worlds appear to be either wrong, or only the number of swimming pool events. There should be more female events following the inclusion of the female-only synchronized swimming competition, but there is not. Also, there were most like 20 pool events per gender in 2003.
- ^ a b PR54 - Dubai (UAE) will be the Organising City (FINA Press Release #2009-54); published by FINA on 2009-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-20.
External links
- Swim Rankings results
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