FINA World Aquatics Championships

For the short-course, swimming-only, 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 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

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

All-time medal since 1973

Updated after the 2011 World Aquatics Championships:

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	Germany	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	Serbia	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	Belarus	2	1	0	3
28	Yugoslavia	2	0	2	4
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.^{[citation needed]}

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

External links

• Swim Rankings results