Spain at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Spain at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
Spain at the; 2019 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	ESP
National federation	Royal Spanish Swimming Federation
Website	rfen.es (in Spanish)
in Gwangju, South Korea
Medals; Ranked 16th	Gold 0 Silver 4 Bronze 1 Total 5
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Spain competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Ona Carbonell	Artistic swimming	Women's solo technical routine	July 13
Silver	Ona Carbonell	Artistic swimming	Women's solo free routine	July 15
Silver	Spain women's national water polo team Marta Bach Paula Crespí Anni Espar Clara Espar Laura Ester Judith Forca Maica García Godoy Irene González Paula Leitón Beatriz Ortiz María del Pilar Peña Elena Sánchez Roser Tarragó	Water polo	Women's tournament	26 July
Silver	Spain men's national water polo team Alberto Barroso Alejandro Bustos Sergi Cabanas Francisco Fernández Álvaro Granados Marc Larumbe Daniel López Eduardo Lorrio Blai Mallarach Alberto Munarriz Felipe Perrone Roger Tahull Miguel de Toro	Water polo	Men's tournament	27 July
Bronze	Leyre Abadía Ona Carbonell Abril Conesa Berta Ferreras Cecilia Jiménez María Juárez Meritxell Mas Elena Melián Paula Ramírez Blanca Toledano	Artistic swimming	Women's highlight routine	July 15

Artistic swimming

Spain's artistic swimming team consisted of 14 athletes (13 female and 1 male).^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ona Carbonell	Solo technical routine	91.8259	2 Q	92.5002
Ona Carbonell	Solo free routine	93.8333	2 Q	94.5667
Paula Ramírez Sara Saldaña	Duet technical routine	87.4027	7 Q	87.2960	7
Ona Carbonell Paula Ramírez	Duet free routine	91.6000	5 Q	91.7000	5
Berta Ferreras María Juárez Meritxell Mas Elena Melián Paula Ramírez Sara Saldaña Iris Tió Blanca Toledano Leyre Abadía (R) Ona Carbonell (R)	Team technical routine	89.4561	6 Q	90.2506	6
Ona Carbonell Abril Conesa Berta Ferreras Meritxell Mas Paula Ramírez Sara Saldaña Iris Tió Blanca Toledano María Juárez (R) Elena Melián (R)	Team free routine	91.3333	5 Q	91.4000	6
Leyre Abadía Ona Carbonell Abril Conesa Berta Ferreras Cecilia Jiménez María Juárez Meritxell Mas Elena Melián Paula Ramírez Blanca Toledano	Highlight routine	—		91.1333

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Emma García Pau Ribes Berta Ferreras (R)	Duet technical routine	83.7049	6 Q	84.4015	6
Emma García Pau Ribes Berta Ferreras (R)	Duet free routine	86.1333	5 Q	86.3667	5

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Diving

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicolás García	Men's 1 m springboard	327.50	19	—		Did not advance
Nicolás García	Men's 3 m springboard	348.35	36	Did not advance
Adrián Abadía	Men's 1 m springboard	322.25	24	—		Did not advance
Adrián Abadía	Men's 3 m springboard	360.35	32	Did not advance

High diving

Spain qualified one female high diver.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Points	Rank
Celia Fernández	Women's high diving	41.60	49.95	54.60	54.25	200.40	12

Open water swimming

Spain qualified three male and three female open water swimmers.^[3]^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alberto Martínez	Men's 10 km	1:48:02.2	8
Alberto Martínez	Men's 25 km	4:51:44.1	7
Guillem Pujol	Men's 5 km	53:35.8	10
Guillem Pujol	Men's 10 km	1:50:11.6	28
Raúl Santiago	Men's 5 km	53:52.8	34

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
María de Valdés Álvarez	Women's 5 km	58:12.0	14
Paula Ruiz	Women's 5 km	58:11.9	13
Paula Ruiz	Women's 10 km	1:55:31.2	24
María Vilas	Women's 10 km	1:57:34.4	33

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Guillem Pujol Paula Ruiz Raúl Santiago María Vilas	Team	55:31.5	12

Swimming

Men

Spain entered 9 swimmers.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hugo González	100 m backstroke	55.67	37	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:01.84	31	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:03.39	34	Did not advance
Juan Francisco Segura	50 m freestyle	22.64	40	Did not advance
Juan Francisco Segura	50 m backstroke	25.46	23	Did not advance
Joan Lluís Pons	200 m butterfly	1:58.44	23	Did not advance
Joan Lluís Pons	400 m individual medley	4:15.14	7 Q	—		4:13.30	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mireia Belmonte	400 m freestyle	4:10.82	15	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:28.22	7 Q	—		8:25.51	8
	1500 m freestyle	16:08.37	9 QR	—		16:02.10	8
	200 m butterfly	2:10.63	16 Q	2:12.72	16	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:14.93	21	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:42.16	13	—		Did not advance
Marina García	200 m breaststroke	2:27.46	19	Did not advance
Lidón Muñoz	50 m freestyle	24.96	13 Q	25.02	15	Did not advance
Lidón Muñoz	100 m freestyle	55.23	29	Did not advance
Jimena Pérez	800 m freestyle	8:32.38	11	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:19.61	13	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:47.51	18	—		Did not advance
Jessica Vall	50 m breaststroke	31.58	21	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.32	11 Q	1:07.46	14	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:26.04	13 Q	2:28.11	11	Did not advance
África Zamorano	100 m backstroke	1:01.66	31	Did not advance
África Zamorano	200 m backstroke	2:10.50	13 Q	2:10.54	13	Did not advance

Water polo

Men's tournament

Team roster^[6]

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	60	20	+40	6	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	57	19	+38	4	Playoffs
3	South Africa	3	0	1	2	16	54	−38	1	Playoffs
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	15	55	−40	1

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

15 July 2019 16:30	Report	South Africa	3–23	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–5, 1–4, 0–8
		Rodda 2	Goals	Mallarach 5

17 July 2019 11:10	Report	Hungary	13–11	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margenta (SLO), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–4, 3–0, 1–5
		Zalánki 3	Goals	Granados 3

19 July 2019 09:50	Report	New Zealand	3–23	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–5, 1–7, 1–3
		three players 1	Goals	Barosso 6

Playoffs

21 July 2019 17:00	Report	Spain	15–7	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 4–2, 6–1
		Munarriz 6	Goals	Adachi 2

Quarterfinals

23 July 2019 14:00	Report	Serbia	9–12	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–5, 4–3, 2–2
		Rašović 4	Goals	three players 2

Semifinals

25 July 2019 17:00	Report	Spain	6–5	Croatia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 2–0, 0–3
		Mallarach 2	Goals	Joković 3

Final

27 July 2019 18:30	Report	Spain	5–10	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 1–3, 1–2
		Perrone 2	Goals	Dolce 2

Women's tournament

Team roster^[7]

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	51	16	+35	6	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	1	37	25	+12	4	Playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	22	37	−15	2	Playoffs
4	Cuba	3	0	3	16	48	−32	0

Updated to match(es) played on 18 July 2019. Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

14 July 2019 17:50	Report	Greece	4–14	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–2, 0–3, 1–3
		four players 1	Goals	Tarragó 6

16 July 2019 11:10	Report	Spain	18–6	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 7–3, 3–1, 5–1
		three players 3	Goals	Mirshina, Yeremina 2

18 July 2019 08:30	Report	Cuba	6–19	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 1–6, 4–3, 1–3
		Bernal 3	Goals	two players 4

Quarterfinals

22 July 2019 17:00	Report	Spain	12–8	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–3, 2–1, 2–3
		A. Espar, García 4	Goals	van der Sloot 3

Semifinals

24 July 2019 18:30	Report	Spain	16–10	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–5, 4–1, 2–1
		Tarragó, Forca 4	Goals	Leimeter 4

Final

26 July 2019 18:30	Report	United States	11–6	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 4–0, 2–3
		Neushul 3	Goals	Tarragó 3

References

^ "Entry List by Nation (Artistic swimming)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
^ "18th FINA World Championships – High Diving Qualified Divers". FINA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ "Swimming Entry List" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
^ "Men's Water Polo Team Roster Spain" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ "Women's Water Polo Team Roster Spain" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[1] "Entry List by Nation (Artistic swimming)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[2] "18th FINA World Championships – High Diving Qualified Divers". FINA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[3] "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[4] "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[5] "Swimming Entry List" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[6] "Men's Water Polo Team Roster Spain" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[7] "Women's Water Polo Team Roster Spain" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

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