FINA World Aquatics Championships


The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming events are contested in a long course pool.
The event was first held in 1973 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and is now held every two years. From 1978 to 1998, the World Championships were held every four years, in the even years between Summer Olympic years. Since 2001, the Championships have been held every two years, in the odd years.
Athletes from all 209 FINA members could take part in the competition. In 2019, records were set for the most countries participating, with 192 members, and the most athletes participating, with 2,623 athletes.

Championships

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.
Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count per type.
RankAthleteCountryGenderDisciplineFromToGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Michael PhelpsMSwimming20012011266133
2Svetlana RomashinaFSynchronised swimming2005201921––21
3Natalia IshchenkoFSynchronised swimming20052015192–21
4Ryan LochteMSwimming20052015185427
5Svetlana KolesnichenkoFSynchronised swimming2011201916––16
6Katie LedeckyFSwimming20132019153–18
7Alla ShishkinaFSynchronised swimming2009201914––14
8Caeleb DresselMSwimming20172019132–15
9Anastasia DavydovaFSynchronised swimming20012011131–14
10Alexandra PatskevichFSynchronised swimming2009201713––13

Disciplines

Except as noted below, there are male and female categories for each event.

Diving

Men's and women's events:
Mixed events added at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships:
High diving included since the 15th FINA World Aquatics Championships in 2013 in Barcelona

Open water swimming

Open water swimming was first held at the 1991 FINA World Championships.

Swimming

DistanceFreeBackBreastFlyI.M.Free relayMedley relayMixed free relayMixed medley relay
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100 m●●●●
200 m●●●●●
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800 m●●
1500 m●

Synchronized swimming

Except for Free Combination and Highlight, all events include technical and free routines, with medals awarded separately.