World Aquatics Championships
Between 2000 and 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 |
826 |
52 |
1986 |
Madrid |
ESP |
13 – 23 August 1986 |
41 |
1106 |
62 |
1991 |
Perth |
AUS |
3 – 13 January 1991 |
54 |
1097 |
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 |
2104 |
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 |
191 |
Medal table
Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
1 |
United States |
USA |
295 |
242 |
182 |
719 |
2 |
China |
CHN |
182 |
116 |
95 |
393 |
3 |
Australia |
AUS |
112 |
115 |
86 |
313 |
4 |
Russia |
RUS |
106 |
75 |
62 |
243 |
5 |
East Germany |
GDR |
51 |
44 |
27 |
122 |
6 |
Germany |
GER |
50 |
70 |
82 |
202 |
7 |
Italy |
ITA |
48 |
52 |
71 |
171 |
8 |
Hungary |
HUN |
42 |
33 |
33 |
108 |
9 |
France |
FRA |
32 |
33 |
33 |
98 |
10 |
Great Britain |
GBR |
32 |
32 |
56 |
120 |
11 |
Canada |
CAN |
27 |
53 |
66 |
146 |
12 |
Japan |
JPN |
19 |
48 |
77 |
144 |
13 |
Netherlands |
NED |
19 |
38 |
34 |
91 |
14 |
Sweden |
SWE |
19 |
20 |
17 |
56 |
15 |
Brazil |
BRA |
17 |
15 |
18 |
50 |
16 |
Soviet Union |
URS |
16 |
28 |
28 |
72 |
17 |
Spain |
ESP |
13 |
38 |
30 |
81 |
18 |
South Africa |
RSA |
13 |
7 |
16 |
36 |
19 |
Ukraine |
UKR |
12 |
18 |
28 |
58 |
20 |
Poland |
POL |
6 |
11 |
9 |
26 |
21 |
Romania |
ROU |
5 |
2 |
7 |
14 |
22 |
Denmark |
DEN |
4 |
8 |
8 |
20 |
23 |
Greece |
GRE |
4 |
6 |
8 |
18 |
24 |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
4 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
25 |
Tunisia |
TUN |
4 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
26 |
Lithuania |
LTU |
4 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
27 |
Serbia |
SRB |
4 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
28 |
Finland |
FIN |
3 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
29 |
Croatia |
CRO |
2 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
30 |
Belarus |
BLR |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
= |
South Korea |
KOR |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
= |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
33 |
Mexico |
MEX |
1 |
12 |
15 |
28 |
34 |
Austria |
AUT |
1 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
35 |
Switzerland |
SUI |
1 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
36 |
Norway |
NOR |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
37 |
Malaysia |
MAS |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
1 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
39 |
Belgium |
BEL |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
= |
Costa Rica |
CRC |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
= |
North Korea |
PRK |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
= |
Serbia and Montenegro |
SCG |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
43 |
Colombia |
COL |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
44 |
Suriname |
SUR |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
45 |
New Zealand |
NZL |
0 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
46 |
Slovakia |
SVK |
0 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
47 |
Czech Republic |
CZE |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
48 |
Cuba |
CUB |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
= |
Czechoslovakia |
TCH |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
= |
Iceland |
ISL |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
= |
Jamaica |
JAM |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
52 |
Ecuador |
ECU |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Hong Kong |
HKG |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Montenegro |
MNE |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
= |
Portugal |
POR |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
56 |
Egypt |
EGY |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
57 |
Argentina |
ARG |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
= |
Singapore |
SGP |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
59 |
Kazakhstan |
KAZ |
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 |