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The aquatics discipline of
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has been the core component of every edition of the
FINA World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: Swimming (sport), swimming, Diving (sport), diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run b ...
since its introduction in 1973. In 1991,
open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. The beginning of the modern age of open water human swimming, swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when L ...
events were introduced to the program of the World Championships.


Championships


Future championships


Events

The number of events competed for at each edition of the championships has grown steadily through the years. In 1973, 29 events were swum: 15 for men and 14 for women, all in the pool. Since 2015, the combined number of events for men and women including pool and open water events has been 49, a drastic increase compared to the first edition. Historically, 50 different events have been held across the 17 editions of the championships.


Long course

Long course events have been competed since the inaugural edition of the championships in 1973. The youngest male swimmer to participate in the World Swimming Championships was Ahnt Khaung Htut from
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, who was 12 years old in
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. He took part at the 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke events. The youngest female swimmer to participate in the World Swimming Championships was 10-year-old Alzain Tareq from
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in
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. She participated at the 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle events.


Men's events


Women's events


Mixed events


Open water

Open water swimming events have been competed since the sixth edition of the championships in
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. From 2000 to 2010,
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organized in even years specific championships for open water swimming events, the
FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships The FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, or more commonly "Open Water Worlds", was a bi-annual FINA championship for open water swimming held in even years from 2000 to 2010, inclusive. Race distances were 5, 10, and 25 kilometers (also kno ...
.


Events


Medalists

A select number of athletes have won medals at both long course and open water events, including
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from
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Gregorio Paltrinieri Gregorio Paltrinieri (born 5 September 1994) is an Italian competitive swimmer. He is a former world record holder in the short course 1500 metre freestyle. He holds the European record in the long course 800 metre and 1500 metre freestyle eve ...
from Italy,
Florian Wellbrock Florian Wellbrock (born 19 August 1997) is a German swimmer. He is the world record holder in the short course 1500 metre freestyle. He won gold medals in the 10 kilometre open water swim and 1500 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Cham ...
from Germany, and
Sharon van Rouwendaal Sharon van Rouwendaal (born 9 September 1993) is a Dutch swimmer and the Olympic gold medalist in the 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She grew up in Soest, and later moved to France with her parents. In 2009 ...
from the
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. For a full list of medalists covering all editions of the championships see
List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2022. Medalists Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines. 50 metre freestyle *Medals: 100 metre ...
and
List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women) This is the complete list of women's World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming from 1973 to 2022. Medalists Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines. 50 metre freestyle *Medals: 100 me ...
. For a complete list of medal winners in
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see
List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming This is a list of the medalists of the open water swimming competitions at the World Aquatics Championships. Medalists at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, which have been held as separate events in the even years between 2000 and 2 ...
.


All-time medal table 1973–2022

Updated after the
2022 World Aquatics Championships The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022. In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FINA banned both the Russian an ...
.


Swimming

*Record by number of gold medals – (23 gold medals, 1978) *Record by number of total medals – (49 medals in total, 2022)


Open water swimming


Multiple medalists

Boldface denotes active swimmers and highest medal count among all swimmers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.


All events

* including one medal in the relay event in which this swimmer participated in the heats only
** including two medals in the relay events in which this swimmer participated in the heats only


Individual events


World records

The World Championships have often been the occasion at which elite swimmers reach the peak of their season, and hence numerous
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are often broken.


See also

*
List of World Championships records in swimming Below is a list of current championship (or "meet") records for the two World Championships in swimming: *the swimming events of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in a long course (50 meter) pool. *FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m ...
* Major achievements in swimming by nation *
Swimming at the Summer Olympics Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to women since 1912. At the Olympics, swimming has the second-highest number of medal-contested events (after athletics). Summary Long-course swimming Men's events ...


References


External links


FINA Official Championship Results History – Swimming (men)FINA Official Championship Results History – Swimming (women)
{{International swimming FINA World Aquatics Championships FINA World Swimming Championships
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 ...