World Masters Championships
The World Masters Championships are the world championships for Masters swimmers , i.e. swimmers who are over 25 years of age. The competitions are divided into age groups after five years (age group 25–29, age group 30–34, ...). The events are organized by the world swimming federation FINA . They take place every two years. Since 2015, the Masters World Championships have been held at the same location after the FINA World Championships.
Competitions
There are competitions in swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and open water swimming.
Championships
- 1986 - Tokyo ( Japan )
- 1988 - Brisbane ( Australia )
- 1990 - Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil )
- 1992 - Indianapolis ( USA )
- 1994 - Montreal ( Canada )
- 1996 - Sheffield ( Great Britain )
- 1998 - Casablanca ( Morocco )
- 2000 - Munich ( Germany )
- 2002 - Christchurch ( New Zealand )
- 2004 - Riccione ( Italy )
- 2006 - San Francisco (USA)
- 2008 - Perth (Australia)
- 2010 - Gothenburg and Borås ( Sweden )
- 2012 - Riccione (Italy)
- 2014 - Montreal (Canada)
- 2015 - Kazan ( Russia )
- 2017 - Budapest ( Hungary )
- 2019 - Gwangju ( South Korea )
- 2021 - Fukuoka (Japan)
statistics
- Masters World Championships in Riccione (Italy) (June 3–7, 2012): approx. 9700 participants, over 30,000 starts.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ swim & more , Association magazine of the German Swimming Association eV, issue 7/2012, PDF file on dsv.de ( Memento from September 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )