World Aquatics Championships

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

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1973 World Aquatics Championships	Beograd	YUG	31 August – 9 September 1973	37	723	45
1975 World Aquatics Championships	Cali	COL	19 – 27 July 1975	37	674	38
1978 World Aquatics Championships	West-Berlin	GER	20 – 28 August 1978	37	784	48
1982 World Aquatics Championships	Guayaquil	ECU	29 July – 8 August 1982	37	825	52
1986 World Aquatics Championships	Madrid	ESP	13 – 23 August 1986	41	1106	62
1991 World Aquatics Championships	Perth	AUS	3 – 13 January 1991	54	1094	59
1994 World Aquatics Championships	Roma	ITA	1 – 11 September 1994	46	1345	99
1998 World Aquatics Championships	Perth	AUS	8 – 18 January 1998	53	1346	118
2001 World Aquatics Championships	Fukuoka	JPN	16 – 29 July 2001	61	1412	134
2003 World Aquatics Championships	Barcelona	ESP	12 – 27 July 2003	62	1947	157
2005 World Aquatics Championships	Montréal	CAN	16 – 31 July 2005	65	1767	144
2007 World Aquatics Championships	Melbourne	AUS	18 March – 1 April 2007	65	2103	167
2009 World Aquatics Championships	Roma	ITA	17 July – 2 August 2009	65	2436	173
2011 World Aquatics Championships	Shanghai	CHN	16 – 31 July 2011	66	2103	178
2013 World Aquatics Championships	Barcelona	ESP	19 July – 4 August 2013	68	2128	177
2015 World Aquatics Championships	Kazan	RUS	24 July – 9 August 2015	75	2364	184
2017 World Aquatics Championships	Budapest	HUN	14 – 30 July 2017	75	2256	178
2019 World Aquatics Championships	Gwangju	KOR	12 – 28 July 2019	76	2414	192
2022 World Aquatics Championships	Budapest	HUN	17 June – 3 July 2022	74	2029	180
2023 World Aquatics Championships	Fukuoka	JPN	14 – 30 July 2023	75	2320	192
2024 World Aquatics Championships	Doha	QAT	2 – 18 February 2024	75	2235	200
2025 World Aquatics Championships	Singapore	SGP	11 July – 3 August 2025	77	2416	201

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	United States	USA	314	259	201	774
2	China	CHN	221	136	107	464
3	Australia	AUS	132	135	99	366
4	Russia	RUS	106	74	62	242
5	Germany	GER	57	75	86	218
6	Italy	ITA	53	73	83	209
7	East Germany	GDR	51	44	27	122
8	Hungary	HUN	44	37	38	119
9	Great Britain	GBR	37	39	67	143
10	France	FRA	37	38	39	114
11	Canada	CAN	34	56	76	166
12	Netherlands	NED	25	42	36	103
13	Japan	JPN	21	53	82	156
14	Sweden	SWE	21	21	18	60
15	Spain	ESP	18	46	39	103
16	Brazil	BRA	17	15	19	51
17	Soviet Union	URS	16	28	28	72
18	South Africa	RSA	14	9	18	41
19	Ukraine	UKR	13	20	30	63
20	Romania	ROU	7	2	9	18
21	Poland	POL	6	12	12	30
22	Neutral Participant	NEU	6	9	8	23
23	Greece	GRE	6	7	10	23
24	Tunisia	TUN	6	3	4	13
25	Lithuania	LTU	6	3	3	12
26	Denmark	DEN	4	9	8	21
27	Zimbabwe	ZIM	4	5	0	9
28	South Korea	KOR	4	2	6	12
29	Serbia	SRB	4	2	1	7
30	Mexico	MEX	3	17	22	42
31	Croatia	CRO	3	3	4	10
32	Finland	FIN	3	2	2	7
33	New Zealand	NZL	2	6	8	16
34	Austria	AUT	2	6	6	14
35	Belarus	BLR	2	1	3	6
=	Yugoslavia	YUG	2	1	3	6
37	Portugal	POR	2	1	1	4
38	Ireland	IRL	2	0	0	2
39	Switzerland	SUI	1	8	2	11
40	North Korea	PRK	1	4	3	8
41	Belgium	BEL	1	2	3	6
42	Hong Kong	HKG	1	2	1	4
=	Norway	NOR	1	2	1	4
44	Malaysia	MAS	1	1	6	8
45	Bulgaria	BUL	1	1	4	6
46	Colombia	COL	1	1	2	4
=	Costa Rica	CRC	1	1	2	4
=	Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	1	1	2	4
49	Kazakhstan	KAZ	1	0	1	2
50	Suriname	SUR	1	0	0	1
51	Slovakia	SVK	0	3	2	5
52	Czech Republic	CZE	0	3	0	3
53	Cuba	CUB	0	1	1	2
=	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	1	1	2
=	Iceland	ISL	0	1	1	2
=	Jamaica	JAM	0	1	1	2
57	Ecuador	ECU	0	1	0	1
=	Israel	ISR	0	1	0	1
=	Montenegro	MNE	0	1	0	1
60	Egypt	EGY	0	0	5	5
61	Argentina	ARG	0	0	2	2
=	Singapore	SGP	0	0	2	2
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	0	1	1
=	Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0	0	1	1
=	Monaco	MON	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