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15th FINA World Championships | |
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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 |
2013 FINA World Championships | ||
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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 |
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. 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. FINA then re-bid the meet, and Barcelona was selected on September 26, 2010.
The venues that hosted the events were previously used for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships:
This was the first time the World Aquatic Championships included high diving.
The opening ceremonies took place on July 19, 2013.
1 | Number of finals |
● | Other competitions |
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 |
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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 |
* Host nation (Spain)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
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 entries) | 68 | 69 | 67 | 204 |
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.
The following world records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Round | Time | Name | Nation |
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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 |
181 nations entered the competition. Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA, participated under the FINA flag as independent athletes.