2013 World Aquatics Championships

15th FINA World Championships
Host city Barcelona, Spain
Date(s) 20 July–4 August
Venue(s) Palau Sant Jordi
Nations participating 181
Athletes participating 2293
2013 FINA
World Championships
Barcelona, Spain
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
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Team team
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 free
Duet technical free
Team technical free
combination
Water polo

The 15th FINA World Championships (Catalan: Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from July 20 to August 4 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]

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
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

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States1510934
2 China148426
3 Russia96419
4 France4149
5 Hungary4127
6 Australia311014
7 Germany33410
8 Brazil32510
9 South Africa3115
10 Spain*16512
11 Italy1315
12 Denmark1304
13 Japan1236
14 Greece1102
 Lithuania1102
 Sweden1102
17 Netherlands1034
18 Tunisia1012
19 Colombia1001
20 Canada0347
21 Poland0213
22 Ukraine0145
23 Great Britain0112
24 Belgium0101
 Montenegro0101
26 Mexico0044
27 New Zealand0033
28 Croatia0011
 Finland0011
 Malaysia0011
 Trinidad and Tobago0011
Total 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]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ (Spanish) El Mundial 2013 ya tiene nombre... ¡BARCELONA! (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.
  3. ↑ FINA Press Release 2010–27: Update on 2010 & 2013 FINA World Championships in Dubai (UAE), published by FINA on 2010-05-15; retrieved 2010-06-22.
  4. ↑ (Catalan) Barcelona organitzarà el Mundial de natació del 2013
  5. ↑ (Catalan) Barcelona, seu del mundial de natació del 2013
  6. ↑ Barcelona officially confirmed as host of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
  7. ↑ Calendar
  8. ↑ "Venues". Fina.org. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  9. ↑ "Buy your tickets". BCN2013. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  10. ↑ "Swimming Teams". Bcn2013.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  11. ↑ "Diving Teams". Bcn2013.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  12. ↑ "Open Water Teams". Bcn2013.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  13. ↑ "Water Polo Teams". Bcn2013.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  14. ↑ "FINA independent athletes". Bcn2013.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.

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