2003 World Aquatics Championships

Host City Barcelona
Country ESP
Held 12 – 27 July 2003
Competitors 1947
Countries 157

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Solo Women 13 – 17 July 2003 Medal 31 31
Duet Women 13 – 18 July 2003 Medal 68 34
Team Women 14 – 19 July 2003 Medal 183 21
Team Free Routine Combination Women 16 July 2003 Medal 117 12
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
1 m Springboard Men 17 July 2003 Medal 35 24
3 m Springboard Men 15 July 2003 Medal 45 27
10 m Platform Men 19 July 2003 Medal 37 20
3 m Springboard, Synchronized Men 13 July 2003 Medal 40 20
10 m Platform, Synchronized Men 21 July 2003 Medal 32 16
1 m Springboard Women 14 July 2003 Medal 34 24
3 m Springboard Women 18 July 2003 Medal 43 27
10 m Platform Women 16 July 2003 Medal 38 25
3 m Springboard, Synchronized Women 21 July 2003 Medal 32 16
10 m Platform, Synchronized Women 13 July 2003 Medal 32 16
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
5 km Men 13 July 2003 Medal 34 21
10 km Men 16 July 2003 Medal 32 21
25 km Men 19 July 2003 Medal 25 15
5 km Women 13 July 2003 Medal 32 20
10 km Women 16 July 2003 Medal 29 19
25 km Women 19 July 2003 Medal 23 16
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
50 m Freestyle Men 25 – 26 July 2003 Medal 165 110
100 m Freestyle Men 23 – 24 July 2003 Medal 161 107
200 m Freestyle Men 21 – 22 July 2003 Medal 96 72
400 m Freestyle Men 20 July 2003 Medal 60 44
800 m Freestyle Men 24 – 25 July 2003 Medal 27 19
1,500 m Freestyle Men 26 – 27 July 2003 Medal 37 28
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Men 20 July 2003 Medal 122 29
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men 23 July 2003 Medal 75 16
50 m Backstroke Men 26 – 27 July 2003 Medal 89 72
100 m Backstroke Men 21 – 22 July 2003 Medal 85 64
200 m Backstroke Men 24 – 25 July 2003 Medal 59 49
50 m Breaststroke Men 22 – 23 July 2003 Medal 98 72
100 m Breaststroke Men 20 – 21 July 2003 Medal 95 69
200 m Breaststroke Men 23 – 24 July 2003 Medal 65 50
50 m Butterfly Men 20 – 21 July 2003 Medal 119 93
100 m Butterfly Men 25 – 26 July 2003 Medal 111 80
200 m Butterfly Men 22 – 23 July 2003 Medal 62 48
200 m Individual Medley Men 24 – 25 July 2003 Medal 79 58
400 m Individual Medley Men 27 July 2003 Medal 52 37
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men 27 July 2003 Medal 108 25
50 m Freestyle Women 26 – 27 July 2003 Medal 100 73
100 m Freestyle Women 24 – 25 July 2003 Medal 87 66
200 m Freestyle Women 22 – 23 July 2003 Medal 63 49
400 m Freestyle Women 20 July 2003 Medal 41 32
800 m Freestyle Women 25 – 26 July 2003 Medal 35 25
1,500 m Freestyle Women 21 – 22 July 2003 Medal 23 16
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women 20 July 2003 Medal 77 17
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Women 24 July 2003 Medal 81 18
50 m Backstroke Women 23 – 24 July 2003 Medal 64 51
100 m Backstroke Women 21 – 22 July 2003 Medal 60 50
200 m Backstroke Women 25 – 26 July 2003 Medal 37 28
50 m Breaststroke Women 26 – 27 July 2003 Medal 59 49
100 m Breaststroke Women 21 – 22 July 2003 Medal 65 51
200 m Breaststroke Women 24 – 25 July 2003 Medal 44 36
50 m Butterfly Women 25 – 26 July 2003 Medal 56 45
100 m Butterfly Women 20 – 21 July 2003 Medal 53 44
200 m Butterfly Women 23 – 24 July 2003 Medal 39 30
200 m Individual Medley Women 20 – 21 July 2003 Medal 54 43
400 m Individual Medley Women 27 July 2003 Medal 36 29
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women 26 July 2003 Medal 80 18
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men 14 – 26 July 2003 Medal 205 16
Water Polo Women 13 – 25 July 2003 Medal 207 16

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 12 13 6 31
2 Russia RUS 10 5 6 21
3 Australia AUS 8 12 6 26
4 China CHN 7 4 8 19
5 Germany GER 5 6 5 16
6 Japan JPN 3 3 3 9
7 Netherlands NED 3 2 2 7
8 Great Britain GBR 2 3 3 8
9 Ukraine UKR 2 3 2 7
10 Italy ITA 2 2 1 5
11 Canada CAN 2 0 1 3
12 Hungary HUN 1 4 1 6
13 Spain ESP 1 2 3 6
14 Poland POL 1 1 0 2
15 France FRA 1 0 2 3
16 Finland FIN 1 0 1 2
17 Belarus BLR 1 0 0 1
18 Czech Republic CZE 0 2 0 2
19 Slovakia SVK 0 1 1 2
20 Croatia CRO 0 1 0 1
= Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
22 Romania ROU 0 0 2 2
23 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
= Mexico MEX 0 0 1 1
= Serbia and Montenegro SCG 0 0 1 1
= South Africa RSA 0 0 1 1
= Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1
= Tunisia TUN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Solo, Women Virginie Dedieu FRA Anastasiya Yermakova RUS Gemma Mengual ESP
Duet, Women Anastasiya Davydova / Anastasiya Yermakova RUS Miya Tachibana / Miho Takeda JPN Gemma Mengual / Paola Tirados ESP
Team, Women Russia RUS Japan JPN United States USA
Team Free Routine Combination, Women Japan JPN United States
Spain 		USA
ESP
1 m Springboard, Men Xu Xiang CHN Wang Kenan CHN Joona Puhakka FIN
3 m Springboard, Men Aleksandr Dobroskok RUS Peng Bo CHN Dmitry Sautin RUS
10 m Platform, Men Alexandre Despatie CAN Mathew Helm AUS Tian Liang CHN
3 m Springboard, Synchronized, Men Aleksandr Dobroskok / Dmitry Sautin RUS Wang Tianling / Wang Feng CHN Andreas Wels / Tobias Schellenberg GER
10 m Platform, Synchronized, Men Mathew Helm / Robert Newbery AUS Roman Volodkov / Anton Zakharov UKR Tian Liang / Hu Jia CHN
1 m Springboard, Women Irina Lashko AUS Conny Schmalfuß GER Blythe Hartley CAN
3 m Springboard, Women Guo Jingjing CHN Yuliya Pakhalina RUS Wu Minxia CHN
10 m Platform, Women Émilie Heymans CAN Lao Lishi CHN Li Na CHN
3 m Springboard, Synchronized, Women Wu Minxia / Guo Jingjing CHN Yuliya Pakhalina / Vera Ilyina RUS Paola Espinosa / Laura Sánchez MEX
10 m Platform, Synchronized, Women Lao Lishi / Li Ting CHN Loudy Tourky / Lynda Dackiw AUS Yevgeniya Olshevskaya / Svetlana Timoshinina RUS
5 km, Men Yevgeny Koshkarov RUS Christian Hein GER Vladimir Dyatchin RUS
10 km, Men Vladimir Dyatchin RUS Christian Hein GER David Meca ESP
25 km, Men Yury Kudinov RUS David Meca ESP Petar Stoychev BUL
5 km, Women Viola Valli ITA Jana Pechanová CZE Britta Kamrau GER
10 km, Women Viola Valli ITA Angela Maurer GER Edith van Dijk NED
25 km, Women Edith van Dijk NED Britta Kamrau GER Angela Maurer GER
50 m Freestyle, Men Aleksandr Popov RUS Mark Foster GBR Pieter van den Hoogenband NED
100 m Freestyle, Men Aleksandr Popov RUS Pieter van den Hoogenband NED Ian Thorpe AUS
200 m Freestyle, Men Ian Thorpe AUS Pieter van den Hoogenband NED Grant Hackett AUS
400 m Freestyle, Men Ian Thorpe AUS Grant Hackett AUS Dragoș Coman ROU
800 m Freestyle, Men Grant Hackett AUS Larsen Jensen USA Ihor Chervynskyi UKR
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Grant Hackett AUS Ihor Chervynskyi UKR Erik Vendt USA
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men Russia RUS United States USA France FRA
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Australia AUS United States USA Germany GER
50 m Backstroke, Men Thomas Rupprath GER Matt Welsh AUS Gerhard Zandberg RSA
100 m Backstroke, Men Aaron Peirsol USA Matt Welsh
Arkady Vyatchanin 		AUS
RUS
200 m Backstroke, Men Aaron Peirsol USA Gordan Kožulj CRO Simon Dufour FRA
50 m Breaststroke, Men James Gibson GBR Oleh Lisohor UKR Mihály Flaskay HUN
100 m Breaststroke, Men Kosuke Kitajima JPN Brendan Hansen USA James Gibson GBR
200 m Breaststroke, Men Kosuke Kitajima JPN Ian Edmond GBR Brendan Hansen USA
50 m Butterfly, Men Matt Welsh AUS Ian Crocker USA Yevgeny Korotyshkin RUS
100 m Butterfly, Men Ian Crocker USA Michael Phelps USA Andriy Serdinov UKR
200 m Butterfly, Men Michael Phelps USA Takashi Yamamoto JPN Tom Malchow USA
200 m Individual Medley, Men Michael Phelps USA Ian Thorpe AUS Massi Rosolino ITA
400 m Individual Medley, Men Michael Phelps USA László Cseh, Jr. HUN Oussama Mellouli TUN
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men United States USA Russia RUS Japan JPN
50 m Freestyle, Women Inge de Bruijn NED Alice Mills AUS Libby Lenton-Trickett AUS
100 m Freestyle, Women Hanna-Maria Seppälä FIN Jodie Henry AUS Jenny Thompson USA
200 m Freestyle, Women Alena Popchanka BLR Martina Moravcová SVK Yang Yu CHN
400 m Freestyle, Women Hannah Stockbauer GER Éva Risztov HUN Diana Munz USA
800 m Freestyle, Women Hannah Stockbauer GER Diana Munz USA Rebecca Cooke GBR
1,500 m Freestyle, Women Hannah Stockbauer GER Hayley Peirsol USA Jana Henke GER
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA Germany GER Australia AUS
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA Australia AUS China CHN
50 m Backstroke, Women Nina Zhivanevskaya ESP Ilona Hlaváčková CZE Noriko Inada JPN
100 m Backstroke, Women Antje Buschschulte GER Louise Ørnstedt
Katy Sexton 		DEN
GBR
200 m Backstroke, Women Katy Sexton GBR Margaret Hoelzer USA Stanislava Komarova RUS
50 m Breaststroke, Women Luo Xuejuan CHN Brooke Hanson AUS Zoë Baker GBR
100 m Breaststroke, Women Luo Xuejuan CHN Amanda Beard USA Leisel Jones AUS
200 m Breaststroke, Women Amanda Beard USA Leisel Jones AUS Qi Hui CHN
50 m Butterfly, Women Inge de Bruijn NED Jenny Thompson USA Anna-Karin Kammerling SWE
100 m Butterfly, Women Jenny Thompson USA Otylia Jędrzejczak POL Martina Moravcová SVK
200 m Butterfly, Women Otylia Jędrzejczak POL Éva Risztov HUN Yuko Nakanishi JPN
200 m Individual Medley, Women Yana Klochkova UKR Alice Mills AUS Zhou Yafei CHN
400 m Individual Medley, Women Yana Klochkova UKR Éva Risztov HUN Beatrice Căşlaru ROU
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women China CHN United States USA Australia AUS
Water Polo, Men Hungary HUN Italy ITA Serbia and Montenegro SCG
Water Polo, Women United States USA Italy ITA Russia RUS