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Revision as of 14:11, 29 July 2013

15th FINA World Championships
Host citySpain Barcelona, Spain
Date(s)20 July–4 August 2013
Venue(s)Palau Sant Jordi
Nations participating181
Athletes participating2293

The 15th FINA World Championships (Catalan: Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) are held from July 20 to August 4 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.[1][2] The 2013 World Championships features 6 aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, high diving, open water, and synchronised swimming.

The Championships were originally awarded to Dubai, UAE in July 2009; however, Dubai withdrew as host in March 2010.[3] FINA then re-bid the meet, and Barcelona was selected on September 26, 2010.

Venues

The venues that will host the events were previously used for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships:[4]

Schedule

This will be the first time the World Aquatic Championships will include high diving.[5][6]

The opening ceremonies took place on July 19, 2013. [7]

 1   Number of Finals
 ●   Other competitions
July–August 2013 20
Sat
21
Sun
22
Mon
23
Tue
24
Wed
25
Thu
26
Fri
27
Sat
28
Sun
29
Mon
30
Tue
31
Wed
1
Thu
2
Fri
3
Sat
4
Sun
Gold
medals
Diving 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 10
High diving 1 1 2
Open water swimming 2 1 1 1 2 7
Swimming 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 8 40
Synchronised swimming 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
Water polo 1 1 2
Total gold medals 4 2 4 3 1 3 2 4 5 4 6 5 5 6 6 8 68
Cumulative total 4 6 10 13 14 17 19 23 28 32 38 43 48 54 60 68

Medal table

  *   Host Nation

1  China 10 6 2 18
2  Russia 7 3 2 12
3  Germany 3 2 3 8
4  United States 3 2 2 7
5  Brazil 1 2 2 5
6  Italy 1 2 0 3
7  Greece 1 1 0 2
8  Tunisia 1 0 1 2
9  France 1 0 0 1
10  Spain 0 4 4 8
11  Canada 0 2 2 4
12  Ukraine 0 1 4 5
13  Australia 0 1 0 1
 Belgium 0 1 0 1
 Japan 0 1 0 1
16  Mexico 0 0 3 3
17  Malaysia 0 0 1 1
 Netherlands 0 0 1 1
 New Zealand 0 0 1 1
Total 28 28 28 84

Competition

Diving

High diving

Open water swimming

On the first day of competition on July 20, American Haley Anderson won the first gold of the competition in the women's 5 km, just beating Brazilian Poliana Okimoto 56:34.2 to 56:34.4. In the second event on day one, Tunisian Oussama Mellouli won the men's 5 km race with a time of 53:30.4.

Swimming

Synchronised swimming

Water polo

Participating nations

181 nations entered the competition.[8][9][10][11] Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA participated under the FINA flag as independent athletes.[12]

References

  1. ^ Template:Es icon 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.
  2. ^ Fina select Barcelona to host 2013 World Swimming Championships.html
  3. ^ FINA Press Release 2010–27: Update on 2010 & 2013 FINA World Championships in Dubai (UAE), published by FINA on 2010-05-15; retrieved 2010-06-22.
  4. ^ http://w3.bcn.es/V01/Serveis/Noticies/V01NoticiesLlistatNoticiesCtl/0,2138,1653_1800_3_1447199489,00.html?accio=detall&home=: Barcelona officially confirmed as host of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
  5. ^ Calendar
  6. ^ Venues
  7. ^ http://www.bcn2013.com/en/tickets
  8. ^ Swimming Teams
  9. ^ Diving Teams
  10. ^ Open Water Teams
  11. ^ Water Polo Teams
  12. ^ FINA independent athletes

External links

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