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, , (diving), (high diving), (open water), and (synchronised swimming).
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 |
← (Shanghai 2011) |
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.
Venues
The venues that hosted the events were previously used for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships:
- Palau Sant Jordi (swimming, synchronized swimming)
- (Port Vell) (open water swimming, high diving)
- (Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc) (diving)
- (Piscines Bernat Picornell) (water polo)
Schedule
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 |
- All dates are CEST ()
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 |
Medal table
* Host nation ((Spain))
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
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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) |
Synchronised swimming
Water polo
Participating nations
181 nations entered the competition.Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA, participated under the FINA flag as independent athletes.
- (Albania) (4)
- (Algeria) (2)
- (American Samoa) (1)
- (Andorra) (3)
- (Angola) (4)
- (Antigua and Barbuda) (3)
- (Argentina) (10)
- (Armenia) (5)
- (Aruba) (5)
- Australia (83)
- (Austria) (7)
- (Azerbaijan) (6)
- (Bahamas) (4)
- (Bahrain) (4)
- (Bangladesh) (3)
- (Barbados) (2)
- (Belarus) (22)
- (Belgium) (11)
- (Benin) (3)
- (Bermuda) (2)
- (Bolivia) (5)
- (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (2)
- (Botswana) (3)
- (Brazil) (53)
- (Brunei) (4)
- (Bulgaria) (7)
- (Burkina Faso) (3)
- (Burundi) (3)
- (Cambodia) (3)
- (Canada) (85)
- (Central African Republic) (3)
- (Chile) (4)
- (China) (105)
- (Chinese Taipei) (5)
- (Colombia) (15)
- (Comoros) (2)
- (Republic of the Congo) (2)
- (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (4)
- (Cook Islands) (1)
- (Costa Rica) (18)
- (Croatia) (21)
- (Cuba) (16)
- (Cyprus) (3)
- (Czech Republic) (21)
- Denmark (4)
- (Djibouti) (3)
- (Dominican Republic) (6)
- (Egypt) (25)
- (El Salvador) (4)
- (Estonia) (3)
- (Ethiopia) (3)
- (Faroe Islands) (4)
- (Federated States of Micronesia) (3)
- (Fiji) (4)
- (Ecuador) (9)
- (Finland) (13)
- (France) (50)
- (The Gambia) (1)
- (Georgia) (4)
- (Germany) (61)
- (Ghana) (3)
- (Great Britain) (72)
- (Greece) (50)
- (Grenada) (3)
- (Guam) (3)
- (Guatemala) (5)
- (Guinea) (3)
- (Guyana) (3)
- (Honduras) (4)
- (Hong Kong) (17)
- (Hungary) (47)
- (Iceland) (4)
- (India) (5)
- (Indonesia) (15)
- (Iran) (2)
- (Iraq) (2)
- (Ireland) (4)
- (Israel) (10)
- (Italy) (103)
- (Ivory Coast) (3)
- (Jamaica) (3)
- Japan (51)
- (Jordan) (3)
- (Kazakhstan) (47)
- (Kenya) (3)
- (North Korea) (15)
- (South Korea) (29)
- (Kuwait) (4)
- (Kyrgyzstan) (4)
- (Laos) (3)
- (Latvia) (4)
- (Lebanon) (3)
- (Lesotho) (1)
- (Libya) (2)
- (Liechtenstein) (2)
- (Lithuania) (11)
- (Luxembourg) (5)
- (Macau) (21)
- (Macedonia) (3)
- (Madagascar) (4)
- (Malaysia) (15)
- (Maldives) (3)
- (Mali) (3)
- (Malta) (2)
- (Marshall Islands) (3)
- (Mauritius) (3)
- (Mexico) (47)
- (Moldova) (3)
- (1)
- (Mongolia) (4)
- (Montenegro) (13)
- (Morocco) (4)
- (Mozambique) (2)
- (Myanmar) (3)
- (Namibia) (3)
- (Nepal) (4)
- (Netherlands) (39)
- (Netherlands Antilles) (3)
- (New Zealand) (52)
- (Nicaragua) (3)
- (Niger) (6)
- (Nigeria) (3)
- (Northern Mariana Islands) (4)
- (Norway) (8)
- (Pakistan) (4)
- (Palau) (3)
- (Palestine) (4)
- (Panama) (3)
- (Papua New Guinea) (3)
- (Paraguay) (4)
- (Peru) (4)
- (Philippines) (3)
- (Poland) (20)
- (Portugal) (9)
- (Puerto Rico) (4)
- (Qatar) (6)
- (Romania) (19)
- (Russia) (82)
- (Rwanda) (4)
- (Saint Lucia) (5)
- (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) (3)
- (Samoa) (3)
- (Senegal) (3)
- (Serbia) (24)
- (Seychelles) (3)
- (Sierra Leone) (2)
- (Singapore) (20)
- (Slovakia) (9)
- (Slovenia) (14)
- (1)
- (South Africa) (58)
- (Spain) (69) ( Host )
- (Sri Lanka) (4)
- (Sudan) (5)
- (Suriname) (4)
- (Sweden) (16)
- (Switzerland) (16)
- (Syria) (4)
- (Tahiti) (2)
- (Tajikistan) (3)
- (Tanzania) (3)
- (Thailand) (15)
- (Togo) (3)
- (Tonga) (3)
- (Trinidad and Tobago) (3)
- (Tunisia) (7)
- (Turkey) (21)
- (Turkmenistan) (4)
- (Uganda) (3)
- (Ukraine) (38)
- (United Arab Emirates) (2)
- (United States) (115)
- (Virgin Islands) (2)
- (Uruguay) (4)
- (Uzbekistan) (21)
- (Venezuela) (23)
- (Vietnam) (3)
- (Yemen) (2)
- (Zambia) (3)
- (Zimbabwe) (3)
Notes and references
- (in Spanish) El Mundial 2013 ya tiene nombre... ¡BARCELONA! July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (trans: 2013 Worlds has a name: Barcelona!); posted by the Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN) on 2010-09-26; retrieved 2010-09-27.
- Fina select Barcelona to host 2013 World Swimming Championships.html October 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- FINA Press Release 2010–27: Update on 2010 & 2013 FINA World Championships in Dubai (UAE) June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, published by FINA on 2010-05-15; retrieved 2010-06-22.
- (in Catalan) Barcelona organitzarà el Mundial de natació del 2013
- (in Catalan) Barcelona, seu del mundial de natació del 2013
- Barcelona officially confirmed as host of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships[]
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