FINA World Aquatics Championships

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FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are held every two years. They are run by FINA, and use a 50 m pool for the indoor swimming events.

[edit] World Aquatics Championships

Year and Date	Championship	Location event	# Athletes	# Events
1973: August 31 – September 9	I FINA World Championships	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	686	15 (m), 14 (w)
1975: July 19 – July 27	II FINA World Championships	Cali, Colombia	682	15 (m), 14 (w)
1978: August 18 – August 23	III FINA World Championships	Berlin, West Germany	828	15 (m), 14 (w)
1982: July 29 – August 8	IV FINA World Championships	Guayaquil, Ecuador	848	15 (m), 14 (w)
1986: August 13 – August 23	V FINA World Championships	Madrid, Spain	1,119	16 (m/w)
1991: January 3 – January 13	VI FINA World Championships	Perth, Australia (1)	1,142	16 (m/w)
1994: September 1 – September 11	VII FINA World Championships	Rome, Italy (1)	1,400	16 (m/w)
1998: January 8 – January 17	VIII FINA World Championships	Perth, Australia (2)	1,371	16 (m/w)
2001: July 16 – July 29	IX FINA World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	1,498	20 (m/w)
2003: July 12 – July 27	X FINA World Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2,015	20 (m/w)
2005: July 16 – July 31	XI FINA World Championships	Montréal, Canada	1,784	20 (m/w)
2007: March 18 – April 1	XII FINA World Championships	Melbourne, Australia		20 (m/w)
2009: July 19 – August 19	XIII FINA World Championships	Rome, Italy (2)
2011	XIV FINA World Championships	Shanghai, China

[edit] Sports

There are Men's and Women's categories for sports.

• Diving
  • Springboard
    • 1 m
    • 3 m
  • Platform
    • 10 m
  • Synchronized
    • Springboard
    • Platform
• Swimming
  • Open water
    • 5 km
    • 10 km
    • 25 km
  • Pool - held in a 50 m swimming pool
    • breast stroke
    • butterfly stroke
    • backstroke
    • freestyle
    • individual medley
    • medley relay
    • 50 m
    • 100 m
    • 200 m
    • 400 m
    • 800 m
    • 1500 m
  • Synchronized Swimming
    • solo free and technical
    • duet free and technical
    • team free and technical
    • free combination

• Water Polo

[edit] External links

• Swim Rankings results

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