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 and 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
2013: July 19 – August 4	XV FINA World Championships	Barcelona, Spain (2)

Note: The 2015 Worlds host will be selected during the 2011 Worlds. Bidding federations that attended a meeting for federations interested in hosting the 2015 World Aquatics Championships were Hungary (Budapest), Hong Kong (Hong Kong), South Korea (Seoul), Morocco (Marrakesh), and Russia (Kazan).

All-time medal since 1973

1	United States	182	151	101	434
2	Germany	84	98	80	262
3	China	74	54	41	169
4	Australia	68	60	52	180
5	Russia	53	39	35	127
6	Hungary	23	17	18	58
7	Italy	21	18	32	71
8	Canada	19	28	30	77
9	Soviet Union	16	28	28	72
10	Netherlands	13	21	22	56
11	Great Britain	10	14	29	53
12	Ukraine	9	5	7	21
13	France	8	14	11	33
14	Spain	7	18	13	38
15	Japan	6	22	47	75
16	Sweden	6	12	13	31
17	Poland	6	4	5	15
18	South Africa	5	1	8	14
19	Zimbabwe	4	5	0	9
20	Serbia1	4	2	2	8
21	Brazil	3	1	4	8
22	Finland	2	2	0	4
23	Romania	2	1	7	10
24	Yugoslavia	2	0	2	4
25	Denmark	1	2	5	8
26	Mexico	1	2	3	6
27	Tunisia	1	2	3	6
28	Croatia	1	2	1	4
29	Costa Rica	1	1	2	4
29	Greece	1	1	2	4
31	Belarus	1	1	0	2
32	Belgium	1	0	2	3
33	South Korea	1	0	1	2
34	Suriname	1	0	0	1
35	Switzerland	0	4	1	5
36	Austria	0	3	3	6
37	New Zealand	0	3	2	5
37	Slovakia	0	3	2	5
39	Czech Republic	0	3	0	3
40	Bulgaria	0	1	4	5
41	Norway	0	1	1	2
42	Cuba	0	1	1	2
43	Iceland	0	1	1	2
44	Lithuania	0	0	2	2
45	Argentina	0	0	1	1
45	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
45	Egypt	0	0	1	1
45	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
45	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
45	Venezuela	0	0	1	1

1.^ Serbia is considered to be a successor of the FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro team.

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