FINA World Aquatics Championships

The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by World Aquatics, and all swimming events are contested in a long course (50-metre) pool.

"FINA World Swimming Championships" redirects here. For the short course swimming-only championships, which uses a 25-metre pool, see FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).

World Aquatics Championships
StatusActive
GenreSporting event
Date(s)Mid-year
FrequencyBiennial
Location(s)Various
Inaugurated1973 (1973)
Most recentBudapest 2022
Previous eventGwangju 2019
Next eventFukuoka 2023
Organised byFINA

The event was first held in 1973 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and is now held every two years. From 1978 to 1998, the World Championships were held every four years, in the even years between Summer Olympic years. From 2001 until 2019, the Championships have been held every two years, in the odd years.

Due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the scheduling of both the Olympic Games and the Championships between 2019 and 2025 became somewhat erratic, with World Championships not taking place in Japan in 2021 to accommodate the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, and then delayed again to 2023 because of pandemic-related issues in Japan. As a result, an extraordinary edition of the event was announced for 2022 in Budapest, Hungary, so as not to leave a four year gap between World Championships. As a result, World Championships will be held in four consecutive years for the first time – 2022 in Budapest,Hungary, 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan (the original 2021 event hosts, delayed thrice), 2024 in Qatar (moved to 2024 from the original 2023 event, then moved again to January to accommodate the 2024 Summer Olympics), and 2025 in a place to be announced. This will also mean there will be six global championships in the space of four years (mid 2021 - to mid 2025). The circle resumes with Budapest hosting the event again in 2027.

Athletes from all 209 FINA members could take part in the competition. In 2019, records were set for the most countries participating, with 192 members, and the most athletes participating, with 2,623 athletes.[1]

Championships
Year Dates Edition Location Athletes Events Events Details Winner Second Third Most Medals
1973 31 August – 9 September 1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade, Yugoslavia 686 37 18 (M), 19 (W)  United States  East Germany  Italy  United States
1975 19–27 July 2 Colombia Cali, Colombia 682 37 18 (M), 19 (W)  United States  East Germany  Hungary  United States
1978 20–28 August 3 West Germany West Berlin, West Germany 828 37 18 (M), 19 (W)  United States*  Soviet Union  Canada  United States
1982 29 July – 8 August 4 Ecuador Guayaquil, Ecuador 848 37 18 (M), 19 (W)  United States  East Germany  Soviet Union  United States
1986 13–23 August 5 Spain Madrid, Spain 1119 41 19 (M), 22 (W)  East Germany  United States  Canada  United States
1991 3–13 January 6 Australia Perth, Australia 1142 45 21 (M), 24 (W)  United States  China  Hungary  United States
1994 1–11 September 7 Italy Rome, Italy 1400 45 21 (M), 24 (W)  China  United States  Russia  China
1998 8–17 January 8 Australia Perth, Australia 1371 53 24 (M), 27 (W), 2 (X)  United States  Russia  Australia  United States
2001 16–29 July 9 Japan Fukuoka, Japan 1498 61 29 (M), 32 (W)  Australia  China  United States  United States
2003 12–27 July 10 Spain Barcelona, Spain 2015 62 29 (M), 33 (W)  United States  Russia  Australia  United States
2005 16–31 July 11 Canada Montreal, Canada 1784 62 29 (M), 33 (W)  United States  Australia  China  United States
2007 18 March – 1 April 12 Australia Melbourne, Australia 2158 65 29 (M), 36 (W)  United States  Russia  Australia  United States
2009 17 July – 2 August 13 Italy Rome, Italy 2556 65 29 (M), 36 (W)  United States  China  Russia  United States
and  China
2011 16–31 July 14 China Shanghai, China 2220 66 29 (M), 36 (W), 1 (X)  United States  China  Russia  China
2013 19 July – 4 August 15 Spain Barcelona, Spain 2293 68 30 (M), 37 (W), 1 (X)  United States  China  Russia  United States
2015 24 July – 9 August 16 Russia Kazan, Russia 2400 75 30 (M), 37 (W), 8 (X)  China  United States  Russia  China
2017 14–30 July 17 Hungary Budapest, Hungary 2360 75 30 (M), 37 (W), 8 (X)  United States  China  Russia  United States
2019 12–28 July 18 South Korea Gwangju, South Korea 2623 76 30 (M), 38 (W), 8 (X)  China  United States  Russia  United States
2022 18 June – 3 July 19 Hungary Budapest, Hungary 2034 74 29 (M), 37 (W), 8 (X)  United States  China  Italy  United States**
2023 14–30 July[2] 20 Japan Fukuoka, Japan[3] 75 31 (M), 36 (W), 8 (X)
2024 2–18 February[4] 21 Qatar Doha, Qatar
2025 22 Singapore Kallang, Singapore[5]
2027 23 Hungary Budapest, Hungary[5]

* Record by number of gold medals –  United States (23 gold medals, 1978)
** Record by number of total medals –  United States (49 medals in total, 2022)

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States286218167671
2 China16410882354
3 Russia1057362240
4 Australia9510679280
5 East Germany514427122
6Italy Italy464564155
7Hungary Hungary403131102
8 Germany376267166
9 Great Britain302751108
10 France28332990
11 Canada265060136
12 Netherlands18363286
13Sweden Sweden17201754
14Brazil Brazil17151749
15 Soviet Union16282872
16 Japan144772133
17 Ukraine12172756
18 South Africa1261634
19 Spain10352772
20 West Germany871227
21 Poland610925
22Denmark Denmark48820
23 Greece45817
24 Zimbabwe4509
25 Serbia4217
26 Romania41712
27 Finland3227
28 Croatia2349
29 Tunisia2248
30Lithuania Lithuania2237
31 Belarus2136
 Yugoslavia2136
33 South Korea2125
34 Mexico181322
35 Switzerland1517
36 Norway1214
37 Malaysia1168
38 Bulgaria1146
39 Belgium1124
 Costa Rica1124
 FR Yugoslavia /
 Serbia and Montenegro		1124
 North Korea1124
43 Colombia1001
 Suriname1001
45 New Zealand05611
46 Austria0358
47 Slovakia0325
48 Czech Republic0303
49 Cuba0112
 Czechoslovakia0112
 Iceland0112
 Jamaica0112
53 Ecuador0101
Montenegro Montenegro0101
55 Egypt0033
56 Argentina0022
 Singapore0022
58 Puerto Rico0011
 Trinidad and Tobago0011
 Venezuela0011
Totals (60 entries)1084109210813257

Multiple gold medalists

Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count per type.

Rank Athlete Country Gender Discipline From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Michael Phelps United StatesMSwimming20012011266133
2Svetlana Romashina RussiaFArtistic swimming2005201921––21
3Katie Ledecky United StatesFSwimming20132022193–22
4Natalia Ishchenko RussiaFArtistic swimming20052015192–21
5Ryan Lochte United StatesMSwimming20052015185427
6Svetlana Kolesnichenko RussiaFArtistic swimming2011201916––16
7Caeleb Dressel United StatesMSwimming20172022152–17
8Alla Shishkina RussiaFArtistic swimming2009201914––14
9Anastasia Davydova RussiaFArtistic swimming20012011131–14
10Alexandra Patskevich RussiaFArtistic swimming2009201713––13

Disciplines

Except as noted below, there are male and female categories for each event.

Swimming
Main articles: Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships and World Swimming Championships
DistanceFreeBackBreastFlyI.M.Free relayMedley relayMixed free relayMixed medley relay
50 m●●●●
100 m●●●●
200 m●●●●●
400 m●●●●●●
800 m●●
1500 m●

Diving
Main article: World Diving Championships

Men's and women's events:

  • 1 m springboard
  • 3 m springboard
  • 10 m platform
  • synchronized 3 m springboard
  • synchronized 10 m platform

Mixed events added at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships:

  • synchronized 3 m springboard
  • synchronized 10 m platform
  • 3 m springboard / 10 m platform team

High diving
Main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in high diving
  • 27m (men only)
  • 20m (women only)

High diving included since the 15th FINA World Aquatics Championships in 2013 in Barcelona but was dropped at the 2022 championship due the lack of suitable venues.

Open water swimming
Main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
  • 5 km
  • 10 km
  • 25 km
  • Mixed Team

Open water swimming was first held at the 1991 FINA World Championships.

Synchronized swimming
Main article: List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming

Except for Free Combination and Highlight, all events include technical and free routines, with medals awarded separately.

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
  • Men's tournament
  • Women's tournament

See also

Notes and references
  1. "18th FINA World Championships: Entry List by Event" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  5. "World Aquatics Championships 2025 awarded to Singapore". World Aquatics. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

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