Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships

The aquatics discipline of swimming has been the core component of every edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships since its introduction in 1973. In 1991, open water swimming events were introduced to the program of the World Championships.
Championships
Year | Date | Edition | Location | Events (men/women/mixed) | Winner of the medal table | Second in the medal table | Third in the medal table | |
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Long course | Open water | |||||||
1973 | August 31 – September 9 | I | ![]() |
15 / 14 / 0 | 0 / 0 / 0 | ![]() |
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1975 | July 19 – 27 | II | ![]() |
15 / 14 / 0 | 0 / 0 / 0 | ![]() |
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1978 | August 20 – 28 | III | ![]() |
15 / 14 / 0 | 0 / 0 / 0 | ![]() |
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1982 | July 29 – August 8 | IV | ![]() |
15 / 14 / 0 | 0 / 0 / 0 | ![]() |
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1986 | August 13 – 23 | V | ![]() |
16 / 16 / 0 | 0 / 0 / 0 | ![]() |
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1991 | January 3 – 13 | VI | ![]() |
16 / 16 / 0 | 1 / 1 / 0 | ![]() |
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1994 | September 1 – 11 | VII | ![]() |
16 / 16 / 0 | 1 / 1 / 0 | ![]() |
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1998 | January 8 – 17 | VIII | ![]() |
16 / 16 / 0 | 2 / 2 / 2 | ![]() |
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2001 | July 16 – 29 | IX | ![]() |
20 / 20 / 0 | 3 / 3 / 0 | ![]() |
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2003 | July 12 – 27 | X | ![]() |
20 / 20 / 0 | 3 / 3 / 0 | ![]() |
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2005 | July 16 – 31 | XI | ![]() |
20 / 20 / 0 | 3 / 3 / 0 | ![]() |
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2007 | March 18 – April 1 | XII | ![]() |
20 / 20 / 0 | 3 / 3 / 0 | ![]() |
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2009 | July 17 – August 2 | XIII | ![]() |
20 / 20 / 0 | 3 / 3 / 0 | ![]() |
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2011 | July 16 – 31 | XIV | ![]() |
20 / 20 / 0 | 3 / 3 / 1 | ![]() |
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2013 | July 19 – August 4 | XV | ![]() |
20 / 20 / 0 | 3 / 3 / 1 | ![]() |
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2015 | July 24 – August 9 | XVI | ![]() |
20 / 20 / 2 | 3 / 3 / 1 | ![]() |
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Future championships
Year | Date | Edition | Location |
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2017 | June 30 – July 16 | XVII | ![]() |
2019 | TBA | XVIII | ![]() |
2021 | TBA | XIX | ![]() |
2023 | TBA | XX | ![]() |
Events
The number of events competed for at each edition of the championships has grown steadily through the years. In 1973, 29 events were swum: 15 events for men and 14 events for women. In 2015, the combined number of events for men and women including long course and open water events was 49, a drastic increase compared to the first edition. Historically, 50 different events were competed in 16 editions of the championships.
Long course
Long course events have been competed since the inaugural edition of the championships in 1973. The youngest male swimmer to participate in the World Swimming Championships was Ahnt Khaung Htut[6] from Myanmar, who was 12 years old in 2015. He took part at the 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke events. The youngest female swimmer to participate in the World Swimming Championships was 10-year-old Alzain Tareq[7] from Bahrain in 2015. She participated at the 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle events.
Men's events
Edition | 1973 | 1975 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |
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Freestyle | 50 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
100 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
400 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
800 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
1500 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Backstroke | 50 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
100 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Breaststroke | 50 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
100 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Butterfly | 50 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
100 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Individual medley |
200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
400 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Relays | 4×100 m freestyle | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
4×200 m freestyle | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
4×100 m medley | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Number of events | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Women's events
Edition | 1973 | 1975 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |
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Freestyle | 50 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
100 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
400 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
800 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
1500 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||
Backstroke | 50 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
100 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Breaststroke | 50 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
100 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Butterfly | 50 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
100 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Individual medley |
200 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
400 m | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Relays | 4×100 m freestyle | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
4×200 m freestyle | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
4×100 m medley | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Number of events | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Mixed events
Edition | 2015 | |
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Relays | 4×100 m freestyle | X |
4×100 m medley | X | |
Number of events | 2 |
Open water
Open water swimming events have been competed since the sixth edition of the championships in 1991. From 2000 to 2010, FINA organized in even years specific championships for open water swimming events, the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships.
Events
Edition | 1991 | 1994 | 1998 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |
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Men | 5 km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
10 km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
25 km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Women | 5 km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
10 km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
25 km | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Mixed | 5 km | X | X | X | X | |||||||
25 km | X | |||||||||||
Number of events | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Medalists
A select number of athletes have won medals at both long course and open water events, including Oussama Mellouli from Tunisia, Hayley Lewis from Australia and Sharon van Rouwendaal from the Netherlands. For a full list of medalists covering all editions of the championships see List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men) and List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women). For a complete list of medal winners in open water swimming see List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming.
World records
The World Championships have often been the occasion at which elite swimmers reach the peak of their season, and hence numerous world records are often broken.
Edition | Men | Women | Mixed | Total |
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1973 | 7 | 10 | Not held | 17 |
1975 | 1 | 4 | Not held | 5 |
1978 | 4 | 10 | Not held | 14 |
1982 | 4 | 3 | Not held | 7 |
1986 | – | 6 | Not held | 6 |
1991 | 7 | – | Not held | 7 |
1994 | 3 | 7 | Not held | 10 |
1998 | – | – | Not held | 0 |
2001 | 8 | – | Not held | 8 |
2003 | 12 | 2 | Not held | 14 |
2005 | 5 | 4 | Not held | 9 |
2007 | 7 | 8 | Not held | 15 |
2009 | 17 | 26 | Not held | 43 |
2011 | 2 | – | Not held | 2 |
2013 | – | 6 | Not held | 6 |
2015 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
Participation
Edition | Athletes | Nations |
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1973 | 686 | 47 |
1975 | 682 | 39 |
1978 | 828 | 49 |
1982 | 848 | 52 |
1986 | 1119 | 34 |
1991 | 1142 | 60 |
1994 | 1400 | 102 |
1998 | 1371 | 121 |
2001 | 1498 | 134 |
2003 | 2015 | 157 |
2005 | 1784 | 144 |
2007 | 2158 | 167 |
See also
- List of World Championships records in swimming
- Major achievements in swimming by nation
- Swimming at the Summer Olympics
References
- ↑ published by FINA on 2015-03-11.
- ↑ http://www.aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=41487
- ↑ http://www.gwangju2019.org/
- ↑ KOREA AND HUNGARY TO HOST 2019 AND 2021 WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS published by Swimming World Magazine on 2013-07-19.
- ↑ Fukuoka, Doha chosen as World Aquatics Championships hosts published by NBC Sports on 2016-01-31.
- ↑ Matt Roebuck (4 August 2015). "Myanmar centre-stage at World Championships". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ "10-Year-Old Alzain Tareq Enjoying World Championship Experience". Swimming World Magazine. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
External links
- FINA Official Championship Results History – Swimming (men)
- FINA Official Championship Results History – Swimming (women)