| 18th FINA World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Date | 12–28 July 2019[1] |
| Venues | Nambu University Chosun University Yeosu Expo Ocean Park Yeomju Gymnasium |
| Nations | 192 |
| Athletes | 2,623 |
| Opened by | Moon Jae-in |
| Closed by | Julio Maglione |
| Website | gwangju2019 |
| 2019 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Highlight | women | |
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 3 m | mixed | |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 10 m | mixed | |
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Relay | ||
| 4 × 1.25 km | mixed | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
| Rosters | men | women |
The2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18thFINA World Aquatics Championships, held inGwangju,South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.[2]
The host was announced on 19 July 2013 on the biennial General Congress ofFINA inBarcelona, the host-city of the2013 World Aquatics Championships.[3]Budapest was awarded the2021 Championships in the same vote, though in 2015 it was announced that they will host the2017 Championships due toGuadalajara's withdrawal.Fukuoka was subsequently awarded the 2021 event.
The awarding was controversial within Korea as the South Korean government claimed that the mayor of Gwangju had forged the signature of endorsement.[4] As a result, the Korean government initially refused to fund the event, but eventually agreed upon passage of a law that requiredNational Assembly approval for future bids for major sporting events.
The mascots for the event were a pair ofotters, chosen due to their natural habitat being in the mountains near Gwangju, as well as their symbolizing "swimmers' passion for challenge", according to the organizing committee. The slogan of the Championships, meanwhile, was "Dive Into Peace".[5]
Most of the competitions were held at the Main Aquatics Centre, built for the2015 Summer Universiade, also hosted in Gwangju.[6] The Aquatics Centre hosted the swimming and diving competitions, and there were two adjacent outdoor temporary venues for synchronised swimming and water polo.[7]
A total of 76 medal events were held across six disciplines.[8]Beach water polo was introduced as a demonstration, non-medal event.
| ● | Opening ceremony | ● | Other competitions | ● | Finals | ● | Closing ceremony | M | Men's matches | W | Women's matches |
| July | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | ● | ● | - | |||||||||||||||
| Swimming | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 42 | |||||||||
| Open water swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Artistic swimming | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||
| Diving | ● | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||
| High diving | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Water polo | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | 2 | |||
| Beach water polo | ● | W | M | W | M | W | M | 2 | ||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 76 |
| Cumulative Total | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 50 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 76 |
China topped the medal table, although theUnited States won the highest number of medals in total.[9] Host nation South Korea earned one bronze medal, fromKim Su-ji in theWomen's 1 m springboard.
* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 30 | |
| 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 36 | |
| 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 30 | |
| 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 17 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (26 entries) | 76 | 77 | 77 | 230 | |
Out of 209 FINA members, 191 nations took part in the Championships, as well as a Refugee Team ofindependent FINA athletes. 194 teams initially entered,[10][11] setting a new record number of participating nations. However,Lesotho and theUnited Arab Emirates subsequently withdrew their athletes and did not appear on the start list.[12][13]
In the United States,NBCUniversal holds rights to the event.[14][15]