Swimming world championships

1978 postage stamp

Swimming world championships have been held by the international swimming federation FINA since 1973 . At first there was no uniform cycle. Since 2001 the world championships have been held every two years in the odd years.

The focus of the world championships is on the swimming competitions in the 50-meter swimming pool. In addition, competitions in water jumping , water polo , synchronized swimming and long-distance swimming are held, so that the events resemble real "world games" of swimming. Due to the large number of participants, participating countries and competitions, swimming world championships are among the largest events in world sport after the Olympic Games , the soccer world championships and the athletics world championships .

Venues

No.	year	place	country
1	1973	Belgrade	Yugoslavia
2	1975	Cali	Colombia
3	1978	West Berlin	BR Germany
4th	1982	Guayaquil	Ecuador
5	1986	Madrid	Spain
6th	1991	Perth	Australia
7th	1994	Rome	Italy
8th	1998	Perth	Australia
9	2001	Fukuoka	Japan
10	2003	Barcelona	Spain
11	2005	Montreal	Canada
12	2007	Melbourne	Australia
13	2009	Rome	Italy
14th	2011	Shanghai	People's Republic of China
15th	2013	Barcelona	Spain
16	2015	Kazan	Russia
17th	2017	Budapest	Hungary
18th	2019	Gwangju	South Korea
19th	2021	Fukuoka	Japan
20th	2023	Doha	Qatar
21st	2025	Kazan	Russia
22nd	2027	Budapest	Hungary

Swimming medal table

As of May 29, 2020

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	United States	230	177	123	530
2.	Germany with German Democratic Republic	92	96	82	270
3.	Australia	82	87	63	232
4th	People's Republic of China	50	25th	42	117
5.	Hungary	33	21st	28	82
6th	Russia	32	46	37	115
7th	Italy	26th	26th	40	92
8th.	United Kingdom	24	19th	38	81
9.	France	22nd	24	25th	81
10.	Netherlands	15th	31	29	75
11.	Brazil	15th	14th	15th	44
12.	Sweden	14th	17th	16	47
13.	South Africa	12	6th	15th	33
14th	Soviet Union	11	20th	21st	52
15th	Japan	10	25th	35	70
16.	Canada	9	19th	34	62
17th	Poland	7th	9	8th	24
18th	Ukraine	7th	6th	6th	19th
19th	Spain	5	8th	7th	20th
20th	Denmark	4th	8th	8th	20th
21st	Greece	3	5	3	11
22nd	Zimbabwe	3	5	0	8th
23.	Finland	3	2	1	6th
24.	Tunisia	2	2	4th	8th
25th	Romania	2	1	7th	10
26th	Belarus	2	1	1	4th
27.	Serbia	2	1	0	3
28.	South Korea	2	0	1	3
29	Switzerland	1	5	1	7th
30th	Lithuania	1	2	2	5
31.	Norway	1	2	1	4th
32.	Bulgaria	1	1	4th	6th
33.	Costa Rica	1	1	2	4th
33.	Belgium	1	1	2	4th
35.	Suriname	1	0	0	1
36.	New Zealand	0	5	6th	11
37.	Austria	0	3	3	6th
38.	Slovakia	0	3	2	5
39.	Croatia	0	2	0	2
39.	Czech Republic	0	2	0	2
41.	Iceland	0	1	1	2
41.	Jamaica	0	1	1	2
41.	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	2
44.	Ecuador	0	1	0	2
45.	Egypt	0	0	3	3
46.	Argentina	0	0	2	2
46.	Singapore	0	0	2	1
48.	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
48.	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
48.	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1

Most successful swimmer

space	Surname	country	From	To				total
01	Ryan Lochte	United States	2004	2015	38	17th	10	65
02	Michael Phelps	United States	2001	2011	26th	6th	1	33
03	Grant Hackett	Australia	1997	2007	17th	6th	3	26th
04th	Jenny Thompson	United States	1991	2004	16	11	5	32
05	Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	2003	2007	15th	5	4th	24
06th	Aaron Peirsol	United States	2001	2009	15th	-	3	18th
07th	Le Jingyi	People's Republic of China	1993	1997	14th	-	2	16
08th	Ian Thorpe	Australia	1998	2003	13	2	1	16
09	Therese Alshammar	Sweden	1997	2011	12	8th	6th	26th
010	Matt Welsh	Australia	1998	2007	12	8th	3	23
011	Michael Klim	Australia	1995	2005	11	7th	7th	25th
012	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	2007	2015	11	4th	6th	21st
012	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	2009	2015	11	4th	6th	21st
014th	Missy Franklin	United States	2010	2015	11	3	3	17th
015th	César Cielo	Brazil	2009	2014	11	1	4th	16
016	Jana Klotschkowa	Ukraine	1998	2003	10	-	4th	14th
017th	Brendan Hansen	United States	2001	2007	10	2	1	13
018th	Inge Dekker	Netherlands	2006	2014	10	-	5	15th
019th	Lars Frölander	Sweden	1993	2008	9	8th	4th	21st
020th	Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	2007	2015	9	4th	3	16
021st	Chad le Clos	South Africa	2010	2015	9	2	-	11
022nd	Katie Ledecky	United States	2013	2015	9	-	-	9
023	Natalie Coughlin	United States	2001	2014	8th	12	6th	26th
024	Jessica Hardy	United States	2005	2013	8th	6th	4th	18th
025th	Jessica Schipper	Australia	2004	2009	8th	4th	1	13
026th	Neil Walker	United States	1998	2007	8th	4th	-	12
027	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	2004	2011	8th	3	6th	17th
028	Katie Hoff	United States	2004	2011	8th	3	1	12
029	Kornelia Ender	Germany	1973	1975	8th	2	-	10
029	Matthew Dunn	Australia	1995	1999	8th	2	-	10
031	Jason Lezak	United States	2002	2011	8th	1	2	11
032	Martina Moravcová	Slovakia	1995	2006	7th	8th	7th	22nd
033	Lindsay Benko	United States	1998	2004	7th	6th	1	14th
034	Leisel Jones	Australia	2001	2011	7th	5	4th	16
035	Ian Crocker	United States	2001	2007	7th	5	-	12
036	Thomas Lurz	Germany	2005	2013	7th	4th	2	13
036	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	2008	2014	7th	4th	2	13
038	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden	2009	2015	7th	4th	1	12
039	Florent Manaudou	France	2012	2015	7th	3	2	12
040	Sun Yang	People's Republic of China	2009	2015	7th	2	3	12
041	Brooke Hanson	Australia	2000	2006	7th	2	2	11
041	Zhao Jing	People's Republic of China	2009	2013	7th	2	2	11
043	Rebecca Soni	United States	2009	2011	7th	2	1	10
044	Kristin Otto	Germany	1982	1986	7th	2	-	9
044	Liu Limin	People's Republic of China	1993	1997	7th	2	-	9
046	Oleh Lissohor	Ukraine	2000	2008	7th	1	3	11
047	James Montgomery	United States	1973	1978	7th	1	1	9
048	Mark Foster	United Kingdom	1993	2008	6th	5	4th	15th
049	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2005	2009	6th	5	1	12
050	Alexander Popov	Russia	1994	2003	6th	4th	3	13
059	Michael Gross	Germany	1982	1991	5	5	3	13
078	Hannah Stockbauer	Germany	2001	2003	5	1	1	7th
081	Sandra Völker	Germany	1995	2003	4th	9	5	18th
084	Antje Buschschulte	Germany	1997	2005	4th	6th	4th	14th
095	Paul Biedermann	Germany	2009	2015	4th	2	5	11
098	Rosemarie Kother	Germany	1973	1975	4th	2	-	6th

Medal table diving

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	People's Republic of China	95	54	26th	175
2.	Russia (with Soviet Union )	16	27	24	67
3.	United States	16	18th	18th	52
4th	Canada	6th	14th	10	30th
5.	Australia	6th	7th	10	23
6th	United Kingdom	5	4th	7th	16
7th	Italy	3	5	11	19th
8th.	Germany (with German Democratic Republic )	2	12	20th	34
9.	Ukraine	2	4th	5	11
10.	Mexico	1	8th	13	22nd
11.	Malaysia	1	1	4th	6th
12.	North Korea	1	1	2	4th
13.	Sweden	1	1	1	3
14th	Colombia	1			1
14th	Netherlands	1			1
14th	Zimbabwe	1			1
14th	France	1			1
18th	Czech Republic (with Czechoslovakia )		2	1	3
19th	Cuba		1	1	2
20th	Japan			2	2
20th	Belarus			2	2
22nd	Finland			1	1
22nd	South Korea			1	1

Medal table synchronized swimming

As of: August 9, 2019 The first world championships in synchronized swimming took place in 1973, with the competitions solo, duet and group. In 2003 the program was expanded with the team combination, in 2007 three more competitions were added and the solo, duet and group competitions were now divided into free freestyle and technique freestyle. In 2015, the program was expanded to nine competitions, plus the mixed duet.

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Russia	59	6th	0	65
2.	United States	14th	9	5	28
3.	Canada	8th	9	9	26th
4th	France	3	2	2	7th
5.	Japan	2	13	33	48
6th	People's Republic of China	1	26th	6th	33
7th	Spain	1	20th	18th	39
8th.	Italy	1	4th	3	8th
9.	Ukraine	1	1	14th	16

Medal table water polo

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Italy	6th	3	3	12
2.	United States	6th	1	2	9
3.	Hungary	5	8th	2	15th
4th	Serbia with Yugoslavia	5	2	5	12
5.	Spain	3	6th	1	10
6th	Russia	2	1	8th	11
7th	Croatia	2	1	4th	7th
8th.	Netherlands	1	4th	0	5
9.	Australia	1	2	2	5
10.	Greece	1	0	2	3
11.	Canada	0	2	2	4th
12.	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
12.	People's Republic of China	0	1	0	1
14th	Germany	0	0	1	1

Medal table swimming total

As of July 29, 2017

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	United States	324	255	203	782
2.	People's Republic of China	156	124	96	376
3.	Australia	153	168	119	440
4th	Russia with the Soviet Union	122	102	114	338
5.	Germany with German Democratic Republic	108	129	121	358
6th	United Kingdom	41	57	72	170
7th	Hungary	41	33	36	110
8th.	Sweden	39	36	33	108
9.	Italy	34	48	56	138
10.	Netherlands	32	45	44	121
11.	Brazil	30th	15th	25th	70
12.	France	26th	28	29	83
13.	Canada	24	55	56	135
14th	Japan	23	42	68	133
15th	Ukraine	23	20th	31	74
16.	South Africa	23	18th	16	57
17th	Spain	17th	32	33	82
18th	Denmark	13	13	23	49
19th	Poland	9	14th	21st	44
20th	Finland	8th	7th	6th	21st
21st	Zimbabwe	8th	5	1	14th
22nd	Slovakia	7th	8th	7th	22nd
23.	Serbia	7th	4th	7th	18th
24.	Croatia	7th	4th	6th	17th
25th	Cuba	6th	2	3	11
26th	Costa Rica	5	1	2	8th
27.	Tunisia	4th	4th	7th	15th
28.	Greece	4th	4th	5	13
29	Lithuania	4th	4th	2	10
30th	Venezuela	4th	2	2	8th
31.	Belarus	4th	1	2	7th
32.	New Zealand	3	10	9	22nd
33.	Slovenia	3	6th	3	12
34.	Romania	2	4th	10	16
35.	South Korea	2	2	1	5
36.	Norway	2	1	3	6th
37.	Austria	1	8th	6th	15th
38.	Mexico	1	4th	9	14th
39.	Switzerland	1	4th	5	10
40.	Jamaica	1	4th	1	6th
41.	Argentina	1	2	4th	7th
42.	Bulgaria	1	1	4th	6th
43.	Belgium	1	1	3	5
44.	Kazakhstan	1	0	3	4th
45.	North Korea	1	0	1	2
46.	Suriname	1	0	0	1
46.	Colombia	1	0	0	1
48.	Czech Republic	0	5	2	7th
49.	Iceland	0	1	1	2
49.	Algeria	0	1	1	2
51.	Moldova	0	1	0	1
51.	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
51.	Portugal	0	1	0	1
54.	Malaysia	0	0	3	3
55.	Puerto Rico	0	0	2	2
55.	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
55.	Israel	0	0	2	2
55.	Egypt	0	0	1	1
55.	Singapore	0	0	1	1
55.	Turkey	0	0	1	1
55.	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
55.	Faroe Islands	0	0	1	1

See also

• Short course world championships
• Open water world championships

Web links

Commons : World Swimming Championships  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Swim rankings

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1. ↑ FINA decision: Swimming World Cup 2013 in Barcelona ( German ) rhein-zeitung.de. September 28, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Kazan (RUS) and Guadalajara (MEX), next organizers ( English ) FINA . July 15, 2011. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 15, 2011.  
3. ↑ Swimming World Championships 2017 now in Budapest wz.de, March 11, 2015
4. ↑ Swimming World Cup 2019 in South Korea - 2021 Budapest  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. stern.de, July 19, 2013  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Swimming World Championships 2021 and 2023 in Japan and Qatar ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. handelsblatt.com, January 31, 2016 
6. ↑ Budapest & Kazan again: Are FINA running out of World Cup hosts? In: swimsportnews.de. July 23, 2019, accessed September 27, 2019 .