FINA World Aquatics Championships

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

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.

History [edit]

Year	Date	Championship	Location event	# Athletes	# Events	Winner of the medal table
1973	August 31 – September 9	I FINA World Championships	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	686	18 (m), 19 (w)	United States
1975	July 19 – 27	II FINA World Championships	Cali, Colombia	682	18 (m), 19 (w)	United States
1978	August 20 – 28	III FINA World Championships	West Berlin, West Germany	828	18 (m), 19 (w)	United States
1982	July 29 – August 8	IV FINA World Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	848	18 (m), 19 (w)	United States
1986	August 13 – 23	V FINA World Championships	Madrid, Spain	1119	19 (m), 22 (w)	East Germany
1991	January 3 – 13	VI FINA World Championships	Perth, Australia	1142	21 (m), 24 (w)	United States
1994	September 1 – 11	VII FINA World Championships	Rome, Italy	1400	21 (m), 24 (w)	China
1998	January 8 – 17	VIII FINA World Championships	Perth, Australia (2)	1371	26 (m), 29 (w)	United States
2001	July 16 – 29	IX FINA World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	1498	29 (m), 32 (w)	Australia
2003	July 12 – 27	X FINA World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2015	29 (m), 33 (w)	United States
2005	July 16 – 31	XI FINA World Championships	Montreal, Canada	1784	29 (m), 33 (w)	United States
2007	March 18 – April 1	XII FINA World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	2158	29 (m), 36 (w)	United States
2009	July 17 – August 2	XIII FINA World Championships	Rome, Italy (2)	2556	29 (m), 36 (w)	United States
2011	July 16 – 31^[1]	XIV FINA World Championships	Shanghai, China	2220	29 (m), 36 (w)	United States
2013	July 19 – August 4	XV FINA World Championships	Barcelona, Spain (2)^[2]
2015	July 12 – 28	XVI FINA World Championships	Kazan, Russia^[3]
2017	July 12 – 28	XVII FINA World Championships	Guadalajara, Mexico^[3]
2019		XVIII FINA World Championships	Candidates: Guangzhou OR Hangzhou, China Gwangju, South Korea^[4]^[5] Tokyo, Japan Budapest, Hungary

All-time medal since 1973 [edit]

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