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16th FINA World Championships

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History

The FINA World
Championships
are the largest international aquatic sports event hosted by the International Swimming Federation (FINA).

It’s one of the most watched international sporting events. According to an independent report, the latest edition reached a total worldwide television audience of almost 4.5 billion viewers.

The FINA World Championships were first held in 1973 in Belgrade (Yugoslavia). From 1978-1998, the Championships were staged every four years, in the even years between Summer Olympic years. From 2001 on, the World Championships have been held every two years, in the odd years.

At present, the FINA World Championships programme includes the following aquatic sports:

  • swimming
  • diving
  • open water swimming
  • synchronised swimming
  • water polo
  • high diving

FINA World Championships 2015

In 2015, the FINA World Championships were held for the first time in Russia. The event was hosted by Kazan that had won the bid in July 2011 after beating Guadalajara (Mexico) and Hong Kong.

The FINA World Championships were held in Kazan on July 24-August 9, 2015. The event brought together 2,413 athletes (1,152 men and 1,261 women) and 1,495 officials representing up to 190 nations. A record number of medal events (75) were contested across six aquatic disciplines at the World Championships in Kazan.

FINA World Championships: facts and figures

Year Date Championships Host Number of
athletes
Number of
medal events
Medal count
winner
1973 August 31 –
September 9
1st FINA World
Championships
Belgrade, Yugoslavia 686 18 (m),19 (w) United States
1975 July 19 – 27 2nd FINA World
Championships
Cali, Colombia 682 18 (m),19 (w) United States
1978 August 20 – 28 3rd FINA World
Championships
West Berlin,
West Germany
828 18 (m),19 (w) United States
1982 July 29 –
August 8
4th FINA World
Championships
Guayaquil, Ecuador 848 18 (m),19 (w) United States
1986 August 13 – 23 5th FINA World
Championships
Madrid, Spain 1119 19 (m),22 (w) East Germany
1991 January 3 – 13 6th FINA World
Championships
Perth, Australia 1142 21 (m),24 (w) United States
1994 September 1 – 11 7th FINA World
Championships
Rome, Italy 1400 21 (m),24 (w) Сhina
1998 January 8 – 17 8th FINA World
Championships
Perth, Australia 1371 26 (m),29 (w) United States
2001 July 16 – 29 9th FINA World
Championships
Fukuoka, Japan 1498 29 (m),32 (w) Australia
2003 July 12 – 27 10th FINA World
Championships
Barcelona, Spain 2015 29 (m),33 (w) United States
2005 July 16 – 31 11th FINA World
Championships
Montreal, Canada 1784 29 (m),33 (w) United States
2007 March 18 –
April 1
12th FINA World
Championships
Melbourne, Australia 2158 29 (m),36 (w) United States
2009 July 17 –
August 2
13th FINA World
Championships
Rome, Italy 2556 29 (m),36 (w) United States
2011 July 16 – 31 14th FINA World
Championships
Shanghai, China 2220 29 (m),36 (w) United States
2013 July 19 –
August 4
15th FINA World
Championships
Barcelona, Spain 2293 29 (m),36 (w),1 (mixed) United States
2015 July 24 –
August 9
16th FINA World
Championships
Kazan, Russia 2413 30 (m),37 (w),8 (mixed) China
2017 17th FINA World
Championships
Budapest, Hungary
2019 18th FINA World
Championships
Gwangju, Republic of Korea