| 15thFINA World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Barcelona,Catalonia |
| Date | 20 July–4 August 2013 |
| Venue | Palau Sant Jordi |
| Nations | 181 |
| Athletes | 2293 |
| Opened by | Juan Carlos I of Spain |
| Closed by | Julio Maglione |
| 2013 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | ||
| 5 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 |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
The15thFINA World Championships (Catalan:Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013,Spanish:Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August inBarcelona,Catalonia,Spain.[1][2] The 2013 World Championships featured 6 aquatics disciplines:swimming,water polo,diving,high diving,open water, andsynchronised swimming.
The Championships were originally awarded toDubai,United Arab Emirates, in July 2009; however, Dubai withdrew as host in May 2010.[3] FINA then re-bid the meet, and Barcelona was selected on September 26, 2010.[4][5]
The venues that hosted the events were previously used for the2003 World Aquatics Championships:[6]
This was the first time the World Aquatic Championships included high diving.[7][8]
The opening ceremonies took place on July 19, 2013.[9]
| 1 | Number of finals |
| ● | Other competitions |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 40 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 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 |
* Host nation (Spain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 34 | |
| 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 26 | |
| 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 14 | |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (31 entries) | 68 | 69 | 67 | 204 | |
On the first day of competition on July 20, AmericanHaley Anderson won the first gold of the competition in thewomen's 5 km, just beating BrazilianPoliana Okimoto 56:34.2 to 56:34.4. In the second event on day one, TunisianOussama Mellouli won themen's 5 km race with a time of 53:30.4.
The followingworld records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Round | Time | Name | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2013 | Women's 100 m breaststroke | Semifinals | 1:04.35 | Rūta Meilutytė | |
| July 30, 2013 | Women's 1500 metre freestyle | Final | 15:36.53 | Katie Ledecky | |
| August 1, 2013 | Women's 200 m breaststroke | Semifinals | 2:19.11 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | |
| August 3, 2013 | Women's 50 m breaststroke | Heats | 29.78 | Yuliya Yefimova | |
| Women's 50 m breaststroke | Semifinals | 29.48 | Rūta Meilutytė | ||
| Women's 800 metre freestyle | Final | 8:13.86 | Katie Ledecky |
181 nations entered the competition.[10][11][12][13]Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA, participated under the FINA flag as independent athletes.[14]