2013 World Aquatics Championships

15th FINA World Championships
15th FINA World Championships
Host city	Barcelona, Catalonia
Date(s)	20 July–4 August
Venue(s)	Palau Sant Jordi
Nations participating	181
Athletes participating	2293
Officially opened by	Juan Carlos I of Spain
	← Shanghai 2011 Kazan 2015 →

The 15th FINA World Championships (Catalan: Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.^[1]^[2] The 2013 World Championships featured 6 aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, high diving, open water, and synchronised swimming.

The Championships were originally awarded to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in July 2009; however, Dubai withdrew as host in May 2010.^[3] FINA then re-bid the meet, and Barcelona was selected on September 26, 2010.^[4]^[5]

Venues[]

The venues that hosted the events were previously used for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships:^[6]

Palau Sant Jordi (swimming, synchronized swimming)
Port Vell (open water swimming, high diving)
Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc (diving)
Piscines Bernat Picornell (water polo)

Schedule[]

This was the first time the World Aquatic Championships included high diving.^[7]^[8]

The opening ceremonies took place on July 19, 2013.^[9]

1	Number of finals
●	Other competitions

All dates are CEST (UTC+2)

July–August 2013	20 Sat	21 Sun	22 Mon	23 Tue	24 Wed	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat	28 Sun	29 Mon	30 Tue	31 Wed	1 Thu	2 Fri	3 Sat	4 Sun	Gold medals
Diving	1	1	2	2	●	1	1	1	1								10
High diving										●	1	1					2
Open water swimming	2		1	1		1		2									7
Swimming									4	4	5	4	5	5	5	8	40
Synchronised swimming	1	1	1	●	1	1	1	1									7
Water polo		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Total gold medals	4	2	4	3	1	3	2	4	5	4	6	5	5	6	6	8	68
Cumulative total	4	6	10	13	14	17	19	23	28	32	38	43	48	54	60	68

Medal table[]

* Host nation (Spain)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	15	10	9	34
2	China	14	8	4	26
3	Russia	9	6	4	19
4	France	4	1	4	9
5	Hungary	4	1	2	7
6	Australia	3	11	0	14
7	Germany	3	3	4	10
8	Brazil	3	2	5	10
9	South Africa	3	1	1	5
10	Spain*	1	6	5	12
11	Italy	1	3	1	5
12	Denmark	1	3	0	4
13	Japan	1	2	3	6
14	Greece	1	1	0	2
	Lithuania	1	1	0	2
	Sweden	1	1	0	2
17	Netherlands	1	0	3	4
18	Tunisia	1	0	1	2
19	Colombia	1	0	0	1
20	Canada	0	3	4	7
21	Poland	0	2	1	3
22	Ukraine	0	1	4	5
23	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
24	Belgium	0	1	0	1
24	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
26	Mexico	0	0	4	4
27	New Zealand	0	0	3	3
28	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 nations)		68	69	67	204

Competition[]

Diving[]

High diving[]

Open water swimming[]

On the first day of competition on July 20, American Haley Anderson won the first gold of the competition in the women's 5 km, just beating Brazilian Poliana Okimoto 56:34.2 to 56:34.4. In the second event on day one, Tunisian Oussama Mellouli won the men's 5 km race with a time of 53:30.4.

Swimming[]

World records[]

The following world records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Round	Time	Name	Nation
July 29, 2013	Women's 100 m breaststroke	Semifinals	1:04.35	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania
July 30, 2013	Women's 1500 metre freestyle	Final	15:36.53	Katie Ledecky	United States
August 1, 2013	Women's 200 m breaststroke	Semifinals	2:19.11	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark
August 3, 2013	Women's 50 m breaststroke	Heats	29.78	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia
	Women's 50 m breaststroke	Semifinals	29.48	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania
	Women's 800 metre freestyle	Final	8:13.86	Katie Ledecky	United States

Synchronised swimming[]

Water polo[]

Participating nations[]

181 nations entered the competition.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA, participated under the FINA flag as independent athletes.^[14]

Albania (4)
Algeria (2)
American Samoa (1)
Andorra (3)
Angola (4)
Antigua and Barbuda (3)
Argentina (10)
Armenia (5)
Aruba (5)
Australia (83)
Austria (7)
Azerbaijan (6)
Bahamas (4)
Bahrain (4)
Bangladesh (3)
Barbados (2)
Belarus (22)
Belgium (11)
Benin (3)
Bermuda (2)
Bolivia (5)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Botswana (3)
Brazil (53)
Brunei (4)
Bulgaria (7)
Burkina Faso (3)
Burundi (3)
Cambodia (3)
Canada (85)
Central African Republic (3)
Chile (4)
China (105)
Chinese Taipei (5)
Colombia (15)
Comoros (2)
Republic of the Congo (2)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (4)
Cook Islands (1)
Costa Rica (18)
Croatia (21)
Cuba (16)
Cyprus (3)
Czech Republic (21)
Denmark (4)
Djibouti (3)
Dominican Republic (6)
Egypt (25)
El Salvador (4)
Estonia (3)
Ethiopia (3)
Faroe Islands (4)
Federated States of Micronesia (3)
Fiji (4)
Ecuador (9)
Finland (13)
France (50)
The Gambia (1)
Georgia (4)
Germany (61)
Ghana (3)
Great Britain (72)
Greece (50)
Grenada (3)
Guam (3)
Guatemala (5)
Guinea (3)
Guyana (3)
Honduras (4)
Hong Kong (17)
Hungary (47)
Iceland (4)
India (5)
Indonesia (15)
Iran (2)
Iraq (2)
Ireland (4)
Israel (10)
Italy (103)
Ivory Coast (3)
Jamaica (3)
Japan (51)
Jordan (3)
Kazakhstan (47)
Kenya (3)
North Korea (15)
South Korea (29)
Kuwait (4)
Kyrgyzstan (4)
Laos (3)
Latvia (4)
Lebanon (3)
Lesotho (1)
Libya (2)
Liechtenstein (2)
Lithuania (11)
Luxembourg (5)
Macau (21)
Macedonia (3)
Madagascar (4)
Malaysia (15)
Maldives (3)
Mali (3)
Malta (2)
Marshall Islands (3)
Mauritius (3)
Mexico (47)
Moldova (3)
(1)
Mongolia (4)
Montenegro (13)
Morocco (4)
Mozambique (2)
Myanmar (3)
Namibia (3)
Nepal (4)
Netherlands (39)
Netherlands Antilles (3)
New Zealand (52)
Nicaragua (3)
Niger (6)
Nigeria (3)
Northern Mariana Islands (4)
Norway (8)
Pakistan (4)
Palau (3)
Palestine (4)
Panama (3)
Papua New Guinea (3)
Paraguay (4)
Peru (4)
Philippines (3)
Poland (20)
Portugal (9)
Puerto Rico (4)
Qatar (6)
Romania (19)
Russia (82)
Rwanda (4)
Saint Lucia (5)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3)
Samoa (3)
Senegal (3)
Serbia (24)
Seychelles (3)
Sierra Leone (2)
Singapore (20)
Slovakia (9)
Slovenia (14)
(1)
South Africa (58)
Spain (69) ( Host )
Sri Lanka (4)
Sudan (5)
Suriname (4)
Sweden (16)
Switzerland (16)
Syria (4)
Tahiti (2)
Tajikistan (3)
Tanzania (3)
Thailand (15)
Togo (3)
Tonga (3)
Trinidad and Tobago (3)
Tunisia (7)
Turkey (21)
Turkmenistan (4)
Uganda (3)
Ukraine (38)
United Arab Emirates (2)
United States (115)
Virgin Islands (2)
Uruguay (4)
Uzbekistan (21)
Venezuela (23)
Vietnam (3)
Yemen (2)
Zambia (3)
Zimbabwe (3)

Notes and references[]

^ (in Spanish) El Mundial 2013 ya tiene nombre... ¡BARCELONA! Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (trans: 2013 Worlds has a name: Barcelona!); posted by the Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN) on 2010-09-26; retrieved 2010-09-27.
^ Fina select Barcelona to host 2013 World Swimming Championships.html Archived October 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ FINA Press Release 2010–27: Update on 2010 & 2013 FINA World Championships in Dubai (UAE) Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, published by FINA on 2010-05-15; retrieved 2010-06-22.
^ (in Catalan) Barcelona organitzarà el Mundial de natació del 2013
^ (in Catalan) Barcelona, seu del mundial de natació del 2013
^ Barcelona officially confirmed as host of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Calendar^{[dead link]}
^ "Venues". Fina.org. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
^ "Buy your tickets". BCN2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-14. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
^ "Swimming Teams". Bcn2013.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
^ "Diving Teams". Bcn2013.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
^ "Open Water Teams". Bcn2013.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
^ "Water Polo Teams". Bcn2013.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
^ "FINA independent athletes". Bcn2013.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-08-08.

External links[]

Official event website

[Barcelona13-1] (in Spanish) El Mundial 2013 ya tiene nombre... ¡BARCELONA! Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (trans: 2013 Worlds has a name: Barcelona!); posted by the Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN) on 2010-09-26; retrieved 2010-09-27.

[2] Fina select Barcelona to host 2013 World Swimming Championships.html Archived October 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[PR2010-27-3] FINA Press Release 2010–27: Update on 2010 & 2013 FINA World Championships in Dubai (UAE) Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, published by FINA on 2010-05-15; retrieved 2010-06-22.

[4] (in Catalan) Barcelona organitzarà el Mundial de natació del 2013

[5] (in Catalan) Barcelona, seu del mundial de natació del 2013

[6] Barcelona officially confirmed as host of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] Calendar^{[dead link]}

[8] "Venues". Fina.org. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-08-08.

[9] "Buy your tickets". BCN2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-14. Retrieved 2013-08-08.

[10] "Swimming Teams". Bcn2013.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-08.

[11] "Diving Teams". Bcn2013.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-08.

[12] "Open Water Teams". Bcn2013.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-08.

[13] "Water Polo Teams". Bcn2013.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2013-08-08.

[14] "FINA independent athletes". Bcn2013.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-08-08.

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show v t Nations at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Central African Republic Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia The Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador FINA Independent Athletes Grenada Guatemala Guyana Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Bahrain Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Guam Marshall Islands New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Tonga

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Summer sports & indoor sports	Aquatics paralympic swimming Archery Athletics cross country paralympic Badminton Beach soccer Beach volleyball Boxing (amateur) Bowls Canoeing sprint slalom Cycling road track BMX mountain bike Fencing Floorball (women) Futsal women AMF women Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline Handball men women Judo Modern pentathlon Orienteering Rowing Squash men women men's team Table tennis Taekwondo Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu
Winter sports	Alpine skiing Bandy (men) Biathlon Bobsleigh / Skeleton Curling men women mixed doubles wheelchair Figure skating Ice hockey men Nordic skiing Speed skating allround sprint single distance short track
Cue & mind sports	Chess open women rapid blitz Darts BDO PDC Draughts men match men women Pool Nine-ball Snooker six-red
Motor sports	Endurance Formula One F1 Powerboat Motocross MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 Rally Sidecarcross Superbike Supersport Radio-controlled 1:10 off-road Touring car

2013 FINA World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Synchronised
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
High diving
20 m		women
27 m	men
Open water swimming
Single
5 km	men	women
10 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team
5 km	mixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Synchronised swimming
Solo
Technical		women
Free		women
Duet
Technical		women
Free		women
Team
Technical		women
Free		women
Combination		women
Water polo
Tournament	men	women
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