World Aquatics Championships

Sport Multiple sports
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1973—2023
Editions 20
Competitors 17679
Countries 215

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 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 2030 180
2023 Fukuoka JPN 14 – 30 July 2023 75 2319 192

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 295 242 182 719
2 China CHN 183 116 95 394
3 Australia AUS 112 116 86 314
4 Russia RUS 106 74 62 242
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 28 52 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