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For the short-course 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 2 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 has been held every two years, in the odd years.

[edit] History

Year and Date	Championship	Location event	# Athletes	# Events
1973: August 31 – September 9	I FINA World Championships	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	686	15 (m), 14 (w)^[1]
1975: July 19 – July 27	II FINA World Championships	Cali, Colombia	682	15 (m), 14 (w)^[1]
1978: August 20 – August 28	III FINA World Championships	Berlin, West Germany	828	15 (m), 14 (w)^[1]
1982: July 29 – August 8	IV FINA World Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	848	15 (m), 14 (w)^[1]
1986: August 13 – August 23	V FINA World Championships	Madrid, Spain	1,119	16 (m/w)^[1]
1991: January 3 – January 13	VI FINA World Championships	Perth, Australia (1)	1,142	16 (m/w)^[1]
1994: September 1 – September 11	VII FINA World Championships	Rome, Italy (1)	1,400	16 (m/w)^[1]
1998: January 8 – January 17	VIII FINA World Championships	Perth, Australia (2)	1,371	16 (m/w)^[1]
2001: July 16 – July 29	IX FINA World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	1,498	20 (m/w)^[1]
2003: July 12 – July 27	X FINA World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2,015	20 (m/w)^[1]
2005: July 16 – July 31	XI FINA World Championships	Montreal, Canada	1,784	20 (m/w)^[1]
2007: March 18 – April 1	XII FINA World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	2,158	29 (m), 36 (w)
2009: July 17 – August 2	XIII FINA World Championships	Rome, Italy (2)
2011: July 16 – 31^[2]	XIV FINA World Championships	Shanghai, China
2013	XV FINA World Championships	Dubai, UAE^[2]

[edit] All-time medal since 1973

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	182	151	101	434
2	Germany	84	98	80	262
3	China	74	54	41	169
4	Australia	67	58	52	177
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	Japan	6	22	47	75
15	Spain	6	18	13	37
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	Brazil	3	1	4	8
21	Serbia	3	1	0	4
22	Finland	2	2	0	4
23	Romania	2	1	7	10
24	Denmark	1	2	5	8
25	Mexico	1	2	3	6
26	Tunisia	1	2	2	5
27	Croatia	1	2	1	4
28	Costa Rica	1	1	2	4
28	Greece	1	1	2	4
30	Belarus	1	1	0	2
31	Belgium	1	0	2	3
32	Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	1	2
33	South Korea	1	0	1	2
34	Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1
35	Suriname	1	0	0	1
36	Switzerland	0	4	1	5
37	Austria	0	3	3	6
38	New Zealand	0	3	2	5
38	Slovakia	0	3	2	5
40	Czech Republic	0	3	0	3
41	Norway	0	1	2	3
42	Cuba	0	1	1	2
42	Iceland	0	1	1	2
42	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
45	Bulgaria	0	0	3	3
46	Lithuania	0	0	2	2
47	Argentina	0	0	1	1
47	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
47	Egypt	0	0	1	1
47	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
47	Turkey	0	0	1	1
47	Venezuela	0	0	1	1

[edit] Disciplines

Except for synchronized swimming, which is female-only, there are male and female categories for each event.

[edit] Diving

1 m Springboard
3 m Springboard
Platform
Synchronized 3 m springboard
Synchronized platform

[edit] Open water

5 km
10 km
25 km

[edit] 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				●

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Solo
Duet
Team
Free combination

[edit] Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament
Women's tournament

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k The number of events listed for the 1973-2005 Worlds appear to be either wrong, or only the number of swimming pool events. There should be more female events following the inclusion of the female-only synchronized swimming competition, but there is not. Also, there were most like 20 pool events per gender in 2003.
^ ^a ^b PR54 - Dubai (UAE) will be the Organising City (FINA Press Release #2009-54); published by FINA on 2009-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-20.

[edit] External links

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[eventno-0] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k The number of events listed for the 1973-2005 Worlds appear to be either wrong, or only the number of swimming pool events. There should be more female events following the inclusion of the female-only synchronized swimming competition, but there is not. Also, there were most like 20 pool events per gender in 2003.

[2013_announce-1] PR54 - Dubai (UAE) will be the Organising City (FINA Press Release #2009-54); published by FINA on 2009-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-20.

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