World Swimming Championships (25 m)

Sport Swimming
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1993—2022
Editions 16
Competitors 5676
Countries 200

The 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions

Year Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1993 Palma de Mallorca ESP 2 – 5 December 1993 32 293 46
1995 Rio de Janeiro BRA 30 November – 3 December 1995 32 335 56
1997 Göteborg SWE 17 – 20 April 1997 32 495 67
1999 Hong Kong HKG 1 – 4 April 1999 40 499 61
2000 Athina GRE 16 – 19 March 2000 40 476 72
2002 Moskva RUS 3 – 7 April 2002 40 582 95
2004 Indianapolis USA 7 – 11 October 2004 40 488 95
2006 Shanghai CHN 5 – 9 April 2006 40 576 121
2008 Manchester GBR 9 – 13 April 2008 40 603 115
2010 Dubai UAE 15 – 19 December 2010 40 787 153
2012 İstanbul TUR 12 – 16 December 2012 40 864 159
2014 Doha QAT 3 – 7 December 2014 46 959 168
2016 Windsor CAN 6 – 11 December 2016 46 864 153
2018 Hangzhou CHN 11 – 16 December 2018 46 944 176
2021 Abu Dhabi UAE 16 – 21 December 2021 46 134 28
2022 Melbourne AUS 13 – 18 December 2022 48 131 24

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 144 125 104 373
2 Australia AUS 92 97 77 266
3 China CHN 46 43 42 131
4 Sweden SWE 32 26 24 82
5 Russia RUS 29 28 43 100
6 Netherlands NED 24 28 28 80
7 Brazil BRA 24 9 23 56
8 South Africa RSA 23 18 9 50
9 Great Britain GBR 22 42 44 108
10 Japan JPN 21 16 23 60
11 Hungary HUN 21 11 11 43
12 Germany GER 20 27 27 74
13 Italy ITA 16 36 30 82
14 Canada CAN 16 27 25 68
15 Ukraine UKR 15 12 14 41
16 Denmark DEN 10 5 16 31
17 Spain ESP 9 4 8 21
18 France FRA 8 12 9 29
19 Slovakia SVK 7 5 5 17
20 Lithuania LTU 6 5 3 14
21 Cuba CUB 6 1 2 9
22 Finland FIN 5 5 4 14
23 South Korea KOR 5 2 0 7
24 Croatia CRO 5 1 3 9
25 Poland POL 4 7 17 28
26 Neutral Participant NEU 4 7 4 15
27 Jamaica JAM 4 4 2 10
28 Venezuela VEN 4 2 1 7
29 Zimbabwe ZIM 4 0 1 5
30 Costa Rica CRC 4 0 0 4
31 New Zealand NZL 3 7 5 15
32 Slovenia SLO 3 7 3 13
33 Belarus BLR 3 2 3 8
34 Hong Kong HKG 3 1 1 5
35 Austria AUT 2 6 3 11
36 Tunisia TUN 2 3 3 8
37 Israel ISR 2 0 2 4
38 Norway NOR 1 3 4 8
39 Argentina ARG 1 2 2 5
40 Kazakhstan KAZ 1 0 3 4
41 Cayman Islands CAY 1 0 0 1
42 Romania ROU 0 4 4 8
43 Switzerland SUI 0 2 6 8
44 Czech Republic CZE 0 2 1 3
45 Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 1 3 4
46 Ireland IRL 0 1 2 3
47 Algeria ALG 0 1 1 2
48 Portugal POR 0 1 0 1
= Republic of Moldova MDA 0 1 0 1
50 Belgium BEL 0 0 2 2
51 Bahamas BAH 0 0 1 1
= Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 0 0 1 1
= Faroe Islands FAR 0 0 1 1
= Puerto Rico PUR 0 0 1 1
= Serbia SRB 0 0 1 1
= Turkey TUR 0 0 1 1