List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming

This is the complete list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming from 1973 to 2019.

Medalists

Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines.

Solo routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1973 Belgrade	Teresa Andersen (USA)	Jojo Carrier (CAN)	Junko Hasumi (JPN)
1975 Cali	Gail Buzonas (USA)	Sylvie Fortier (CAN)	Yasuko Unezaki (JPN)
1978 West Berlin	Helen Vanderburg (CAN)	Pam Tryon (USA)	Yasuko Unezaki (JPN)
1982 Guayaquil	Tracie Ruiz (USA)	Kelly Kryczka (CAN)	Miwako Motoyoshi (JPN)
1986 Madrid	Carolyn Waldo (CAN)	Sarah Josephson (USA)	Muriel Hermine (FRA)
1991 Perth	Sylvie Fréchette (CAN)	Kristen Babb-Sprague (USA)	Mikako Kotani (JPN)
1994 Rome	Becky Dyroen-Lancer (USA)	Fumiko Okuno (JPN)	Lisa Alexander (CAN)
1998 Perth	Olga Sedakova (RUS)	Virginie Dedieu (FRA)	Miya Tachibana (JPN)
2001 Fukuoka	Olga Brusnikina (RUS)	Virginie Dedieu (FRA)	Miya Tachibana (JPN)
2003 Barcelona	Virginie Dedieu (FRA)	Anastasia Ermakova (RUS)	Gemma Mengual (ESP)
2005 Montreal	Virginie Dedieu (FRA) (2)	Natalia Ischenko (RUS)	Gemma Mengual (ESP)

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	3	0	7
2	Canada	3	3	1	7
3	France	2	2	1	5
4	Russia	2	2	0	4
5	Japan	0	1	7	8
6	Spain	0	0	2	2
Total		11	11	11	33

Solo Free Routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007 Melbourne	Virginie Dedieu (FRA)	Natalia Ischenko (RUS)	Gemma Mengual (ESP)
2009 Rome	Natalia Ischenko (RUS)	Gemma Mengual (ESP)	Beatrice Adelizzi (ITA)
2011 Shanghai	Natalia Ischenko (RUS)	Andrea Fuentes (ESP)	Sun Wenyan (CHN)
2013 Barcelona	Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Huang Xuechen (CHN)	Ona Carbonell (ESP)
2015 Kazan	Natalia Ischenko (RUS) (3)	Huang Xuechen (CHN)	Ona Carbonell (ESP)
2017 Budapest	Svetlana Kolesnichenko (RUS)	Ona Carbonell (ESP)	Anna Voloshyna (UKR)
2019 Gwangju	Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Ona Carbonell (ESP)	Yukiko Inui (JPN)

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	6	1	0	7
2	France	1	0	0	1
3	Spain	0	4	3	7
4	China	0	2	1	3
5	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Total		7	7	7	21

Solo Technical Routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007 Melbourne	Natalia Ischenko (RUS)	Gemma Mengual (ESP)	Saho Harada (JPN)
2009 Rome	Natalia Ischenko (RUS)	Gemma Mengual (ESP)	Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon (CAN)
2011 Shanghai	Natalia Ischenko (RUS) (3)	Huang Xuechen (CHN)	Andrea Fuentes (ESP)
2013 Barcelona	Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Huang Xuechen (CHN)	Ona Carbonell (ESP)
2015 Kazan	Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Ona Carbonell (ESP)	Sun Wenyan (CHN)
2017 Budapest	Svetlana Kolesnichenko (RUS)	Ona Carbonell (ESP)	Anna Voloshyna (UKR)
2019 Gwangju	Svetlana Kolesnichenko (RUS)	Ona Carbonell (ESP)	Yukiko Inui (JPN)

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	7	0	0	7
2	Spain	0	5	2	7
3	China	0	2	1	3
4	Japan	0	0	2	2
5	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Total		7	7	7	21

Duet routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1973 Belgrade	Teresa Andersen (USA) Gail Johnson (USA)	Jojo Carrier (CAN) Madeleine Ramsay (CAN)	Masako Fujiwara (JPN) Yasuko Fujiwara (JPN)
1975 Cali	Robin Curren (USA) Amanda Norrish (USA)	Carol Stewart (CAN) Laura Wilkin (CAN)	Masako Fujiwara (JPN) Yasuko Fujiwara (JPN)
1978 West Berlin	Michelle Calkins (CAN) Helen Vanderburg (CAN)	Masako Fujiwara (JPN) Yasuko Fujiwara (JPN)	Michele Barone (USA) Pam Tryon (USA)
1982 Guayaquil	Sharon Hambrook (CAN) Kelly Kryczka (CAN)	Candy Costie (USA) Tracie Ruiz (USA)	Ikuko Abe (JPN) Masako Fujiwara (JPN)
1986 Madrid	Michelle Cameron (CAN) Carolyn Waldo (CAN)	Karen Josephson (USA) Sarah Josephson (USA)	Megumi Itō (JPN) Mikako Kotani (JPN)
1991 Perth	Karen Josephson (USA) Sarah Josephson (USA)	Mikako Kotani (JPN) Aki Takayama (JPN)	Lisa Alexander (CAN) Kathy Glen (CAN)
1994 Rome	Becky Dyroen-Lancer (USA) Jill Sudduth (USA)	Lisa Alexander (CAN) Erin Woodley (CAN)	None awarded
		Fumiko Okuno (JPN) Miya Tachibana (JPN)
1998 Perth	Olga Brusnikina (RUS) Olga Sedakova (RUS)	Miya Tachibana (JPN) Miho Takeda (JPN)	Virginie Dedieu (FRA) Myriam Lignot (FRA)
2001 Fukuoka	Miya Tachibana (JPN) Miho Takeda (JPN)	Anastasia Davydova (RUS) Anastasia Ermakova (RUS)	Claire Carver-Dias (CAN) Fanny Létourneau (CAN)
2003 Barcelona	Anastasia Davydova (RUS) Anastasia Ermakova (RUS)	Miya Tachibana (JPN) Miho Takeda (JPN)	Gemma Mengual (ESP) Paola Tirados (ESP)
2005 Montreal	Anastasia Davydova (RUS) (2) Anastasia Ermakova (RUS) (2)	Gemma Mengual (ESP) Paola Tirados (ESP)	Saho Harada (JPN) Emiko Suzuki (JPN)

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	2	1	7
2	Canada	3	3	2	8
3	Russia	3	1	0	4
4	Japan	1	5	5	11
5	Spain	0	1	1	2
6	France	0	0	1	1
Total		11	12	10	33

Duet Free Routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007 Melbourne	Anastasia Davydova (RUS) Anastasia Ermakova (RUS)	Gemma Mengual (ESP) Paola Tirados (ESP)	Ayako Matsumura (JPN) Emiko Suzuki (JPN)
2009 Rome	Natalia Ishchenko (RUS) Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Andrea Fuentes (ESP) Gemma Mengual (ESP)	Jiang Tingting (CHN) Jiang Wenwen (CHN)
2011 Shanghai	Natalia Ishchenko (RUS) Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Jiang Tingting (CHN) Jiang Wenwen (CHN)	Ona Carbonell (ESP) Andrea Fuentes (ESP)
2013 Barcelona	Svetlana Kolesnichenko (RUS) Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Jiang Tingting (CHN) Jiang Wenwen (CHN)	Ona Carbonell (ESP) Margalida Crespí (ESP)
2015 Kazan	Natalia Ishchenko (RUS) Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Huang Xuechen (CHN) Sun Wenyan (CHN)	Lolita Ananasova (UKR) Anna Voloshyna (UKR)
2017 Budapest	Svetlana Kolesnichenko (RUS) Alexandra Patskevich (RUS)	Jiang Tingting (CHN) Jiang Wenwen (CHN)	Anna Voloshyna (UKR) Yelyzaveta Yakhno (UKR)
2019 Gwangju	Svetlana Kolesnichenko (RUS) Svetlana Romashina (RUS) (5)	Huang Xuechen (CHN) Sun Wenyan (CHN)	Marta Fiedina (UKR) Anastasiya Savchuk (UKR)

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	7	0	0	7
2	China	0	5	1	6
3	Spain	0	2	2	4
4	Ukraine	0	0	3	3
5	Japan	0	0	1	1
Total		7	7	7	21

Duet Technical Routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007 Melbourne	Anastasia Davydova (RUS) Anastasia Ermakova (RUS)	Gemma Mengual (ESP) Paola Tirados (ESP)	Saho Harada (JPN) Emiko Suzuki (JPN)
2009 Rome	Anastasia Davydova (RUS) Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Andrea Fuentes (ESP) Gemma Mengual (ESP)	Jiang Tingting (CHN) Jiang Wenwen (CHN)
2011 Shanghai	Natalia Ishchenko (RUS) Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Huang Xuechen (CHN) Liu Ou (CHN)	Ona Carbonell (ESP) Andrea Fuentes (ESP)
2013 Barcelona	Svetlana Kolesnichenko (RUS) Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Jiang Tingting (CHN) Jiang Wenwen (CHN)	Ona Carbonell (ESP) Margalida Crespí (ESP)
2015 Kazan	Natalia Ishchenko (RUS) Svetlana Romashina (RUS)	Huang Xuechen (CHN) Sun Wenyan (CHN)	Yukiko Inui (JPN) Risako Mitsui (JPN)
2017 Budapest	Svetlana Kolesnichenko (RUS) Alexandra Patskevich (RUS)	Jiang Tingting (CHN) Jiang Wenwen (CHN)	Anna Voloshyna (UKR) Yelyzaveta Yakhno (UKR)
2019 Gwangju	Svetlana Kolesnichenko (RUS) Svetlana Romashina (RUS) (5)	Huang Xuechen (CHN) Sun Wenyan (CHN)	Marta Fiedina (UKR) Anastasiya Savchuk (UKR)

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	7	0	0	7
2	China	0	5	1	6
3	Spain	0	2	2	4
4	Japan	0	0	2	2
	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
Total		7	7	7	21

Team routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1973 Belgrade	United States	Canada	Japan
1975 Cali	United States	Canada	Japan
1978 West Berlin	United States	Japan	Canada
1982 Guayaquil	Canada	United States	Japan
1986 Madrid	Canada	United States	Japan
1991 Perth	United States	Canada	Japan
1994 Rome	United States	Canada	Japan
1998 Perth	Russia	Japan	United States
2001 Fukuoka	Russia	Japan	Canada
2003 Barcelona	Russia	Japan	United States
2005 Montreal	Russia	Japan	Spain

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	5	2	2	9
2	Russia	4	0	0	4
3	Canada	2	4	2	8
4	Japan	0	5	6	11
5	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

Team Free Routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007 Melbourne	Russia	Spain	Japan
2009 Rome	Russia	Spain	China
2011 Shanghai	Russia	China	Spain
2013 Barcelona	Russia	Spain	Ukraine
2015 Kazan	Russia	China	Japan
2017 Budapest	Russia	China	Ukraine
2019 Gwangju	Russia	China	Ukraine

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	7	0	0	7
2	China	0	4	1	5
3	Spain	0	3	1	4
4	Ukraine	0	0	3	3
5	Japan	0	0	2	2
Total		7	7	7	21

Team Technical Routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2007 Melbourne	Russia	Japan	Spain
2009 Rome	Russia	Spain	China
2011 Shanghai	Russia	China	Spain
2013 Barcelona	Russia	Spain	Ukraine
2015 Kazan	Russia	China	Japan
2017 Budapest	Russia	China	Japan
2019 Gwangju	Russia	China	Ukraine

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	7	0	0	7
2	China	0	4	1	5
3	Spain	0	2	2	4
4	Japan	0	1	2	3
5	Ukraine	0	0	2	2
Total		7	7	7	21

Free Routine Combination

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003 Barcelona	Japan	Spain	None awarded
		United States
2005 Montreal	Russia	Japan	Spain
2007 Melbourne	Russia	Japan	United States
2009 Rome	Spain	China	Canada
2011 Shanghai	Russia	China	Canada
2013 Barcelona	Russia	Spain	Ukraine
2015 Kazan	Russia	China	Japan
2017 Budapest	China	Ukraine	Japan
2019 Gwangju	Russia	China	Ukraine

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	6	0	0	6
2	China	1	4	0	5
3	Japan	1	2	2	5
4	Spain	1	2	1	4
5	Ukraine	0	1	2	3
6	United States	0	1	1	2
7	Canada	0	0	2	2
Total		9	10	8	27

Highlight Routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2019 Gwangju	Ukraine	Italy	Spain

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
2	Italy	0	1	0	1
3	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		1	1	1	3

Mixed

Duet Free Routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015 Kazan	Darina Valitova (RUS) Aleksandr Maltsev (RUS)	Kristina Lum (USA) Bill May (USA)	Mariangela Perrupato (ITA) Giorgio Minisini (ITA)
2017 Budapest	Mikhaela Kalancha (RUS) Aleksandr Maltsev (RUS)	Mariangela Perrupato (ITA) Giorgio Minisini (ITA)	Kanako Spendlove (USA) Bill May (USA)
2019 Gwangju	Mayya Gurbanberdieva (RUS) Aleksandr Maltsev (RUS) (3)	Manila Flamini (ITA) Giorgio Minisini (ITA)	Yumi Adachi (JPN) Atsushi Abe (JPN)

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	3	0	0	3
2	Italy	0	2	1	3
3	United States	0	1	1	2
4	Japan	0	0	1	1
Total		3	3	3	9

Duet Technical Routine

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2015 Kazan	Christina Jones (USA) Bill May (USA)	Darina Valitova (RUS) Aleksandr Maltsev (RUS)	Manila Flamini (ITA) Giorgio Minisini (ITA)
2017 Budapest	Manila Flamini (ITA) Giorgio Minisini (ITA)	Mikhaela Kalancha (RUS) Aleksandr Maltsev (RUS)	Kanako Spendlove (USA) Bill May (USA)
2019 Gwangju	Mayya Gurbanberdieva (RUS) Aleksandr Maltsev (RUS)	Manila Flamini (ITA) Giorgio Minisini (ITA)	Yumi Adachi (JPN) Atsushi Abe (JPN)

• Medals:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	1	2	0	3
2	Italy	1	1	1	3
3	United States	1	0	1	2
4	Japan	0	0	1	1
Total		3	3	3	9

All-time medal table 1973–2019

Updated after the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	60	6	0	66
2	United States	14	9	6	29
3	Canada	8	10	8	26
4	France	3	2	2	7
5	Japan	2	14	32	48
6	China	1	26	6	33
7	Spain	1	21	18	40
8	Italy	1	4	3	8
9	Ukraine	1	1	14	16
Totals (9 entries)		91	93	89	273

Multiple medalists

Boldface denotes active synchronised swimmers and highest medal count per type. The medals won as reserve were not included into these tables.

Ranked by their gold medals

Rank	Synchronised swimmer	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Svetlana Romashina	Russia	2005	2019	21	–	–	21
2	Natalia Ishchenko	Russia	2005	2015	19	2	–	21
3	Svetlana Kolesnichenko	Russia	2011	2019	16	–	–	16
4	Alla Shishkina	Russia	2009	2019	14	–	–	14
5	Anastasia Davydova	Russia	2001	2011	13	1	–	14
6	Alexandra Patskevich	Russia	2009	2017	13	–	–	13
7	Vlada Chigireva	Russia	2013	2019	11	–	–	11
	Maria Shurochkina	Russia	2013	2019	11	–	–	11
	Angelika Timanina	Russia	2009	2015	11	–	–	11
10	Elvira Khasyanova	Russia	2001	2011	10	–	–	10

Ranked by their total medals

Rank	Synchronised swimmer	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ona Carbonell	Spain	2007	2019	1	10	11	22
2	Svetlana Romashina	Russia	2005	2019	21	–	–	21
3	Natalia Ishchenko	Russia	2005	2015	19	2	–	21
4	Gemma Mengual	Spain	2003	2009	1	11	7	19
5	Huang Xuechen	China	2009	2019	–	16	2	18
6	Svetlana Kolesnichenko	Russia	2011	2019	16	–	–	16
7	Andrea Fuentes	Spain	2003	2011	1	7	8	16
8	Sun Wenyan	China	2009	2019	–	13	2	15
9	Alla Shishkina	Russia	2009	2019	14	–	–	14
10	Anastasia Davydova	Russia	2001	2011	13	1	–	14