World Aquatics Championships

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1973—2024
Editions 21
Competitors 18216
Countries 216

From 2000 to 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships have been held in years without World Aquatics Championships.

Editions

Year Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1973 Beograd YUG 31 August – 9 September 1973 37 722 45
1975 Cali COL 19 – 27 July 1975 37 674 38
1978 West-Berlin GER 20 – 28 August 1978 37 785 48
1982 Guayaquil ECU 29 July – 8 August 1982 37 825 52
1986 Madrid ESP 13 – 23 August 1986 41 1106 62
1991 Perth AUS 3 – 13 January 1991 54 1096 59
1994 Roma ITA 1 – 11 September 1994 46 1345 99
1998 Perth AUS 8 – 18 January 1998 53 1346 118
2001 Fukuoka JPN 16 – 29 July 2001 61 1413 134
2003 Barcelona ESP 12 – 27 July 2003 62 1946 157
2005 Montréal CAN 16 – 31 July 2005 65 1767 144
2007 Melbourne AUS 18 March – 1 April 2007 65 2103 167
2009 Roma ITA 17 July – 2 August 2009 65 2438 173
2011 Shanghai CHN 16 – 31 July 2011 66 2103 178
2013 Barcelona ESP 19 July – 4 August 2013 68 2129 177
2015 Kazan RUS 24 July – 9 August 2015 75 2364 184
2017 Budapest HUN 14 – 30 July 2017 75 2256 178
2019 Gwangju KOR 12 – 28 July 2019 76 2413 192
2022 Budapest HUN 17 June – 3 July 2022 74 2029 180
2023 Fukuoka JPN 14 – 30 July 2023 75 2319 192
2024 Doha QAT 2 – 18 February 2024 75 2234 201

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 304 248 190 742
2 China CHN 206 124 97 427
3 Australia AUS 119 128 91 338
4 Russia RUS 106 74 62 242
5 Germany GER 51 72 85 208
6 Italy ITA 51 62 77 190
7 East Germany GDR 51 44 27 122
8 Hungary HUN 43 34 35 112
9 Great Britain GBR 36 37 65 138
10 France FRA 33 37 34 104
11 Canada CAN 30 55 72 157
12 Netherlands NED 24 42 34 100
13 Sweden SWE 21 21 18 60
14 Japan JPN 20 49 79 148
15 Brazil BRA 17 15 19 51
16 Soviet Union URS 16 28 28 72
17 Spain ESP 14 43 34 91
18 Ukraine UKR 13 19 30 62
19 South Africa RSA 13 7 17 37
20 Poland POL 6 11 12 29
21 Greece GRE 5 7 9 21
22 Lithuania LTU 5 3 3 11
23 Romania ROU 5 2 8 15
24 Denmark DEN 4 9 8 21
25 Zimbabwe ZIM 4 5 0 9
26 Tunisia TUN 4 3 4 11
27 South Korea KOR 4 2 5 11
28 Serbia SRB 4 2 1 7
29 Croatia CRO 3 3 4 10
30 Finland FIN 3 2 2 7
31 Mexico MEX 2 13 19 34
32 New Zealand NZL 2 6 8 16
33 Belarus BLR 2 1 3 6
= Yugoslavia YUG 2 1 3 6
35 Portugal POR 2 1 1 4
36 Ireland IRL 2 0 0 2
37 Austria AUT 1 6 6 13
38 Switzerland SUI 1 6 2 9
39 North Korea PRK 1 3 2 6
40 Hong Kong HKG 1 2 1 4
= Norway NOR 1 2 1 4
42 Malaysia MAS 1 1 6 8
43 Bulgaria BUL 1 1 4 6
44 Belgium BEL 1 1 2 4
= Colombia COL 1 1 2 4
= Costa Rica CRC 1 1 2 4
= Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1 1 2 4
48 Kazakhstan KAZ 1 0 1 2
49 Suriname SUR 1 0 0 1
50 Slovakia SVK 0 3 2 5
51 Czech Republic CZE 0 3 0 3
52 Cuba CUB 0 1 1 2
= Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 1 2
= Iceland ISL 0 1 1 2
= Jamaica JAM 0 1 1 2
56 Ecuador ECU 0 1 0 1
= Israel ISR 0 1 0 1
= Montenegro MNE 0 1 0 1
59 Egypt EGY 0 0 5 5
60 Argentina ARG 0 0 2 2
= Neutral Participant NEU 0 0 2 2
= Singapore SGP 0 0 2 2
63 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 0 0 1 1
= Puerto Rico PUR 0 0 1 1
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 0 1 1
= Venezuela VEN 0 0 1 1