# 2005 World Aquatics Championships

The 2005 World Aquatics Championships (French: Championnats du monde de natation 2005) or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. They took place in Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island.

## Competition
### Medal standings

* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 17 | 15 | 7 | 39 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 13 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN)* | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 18 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 24 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 62 | 63 | 62 | 187 |
    ordered by gold medals

### Diving
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Alexandre Despatie (CAN) | Xu Xiang (CHN) | Wang Feng (CHN) |
| 3 m springboard | Alexandre Despatie (CAN) | Troy Dumais (USA) | He Chong (CHN) |
| 10 m platform | Hu Jia (CHN) | José Guerra (CUB) | Gleb Galperin (RUS) |
| 3 m springboard synchro | He Chong (CHN) Wang Feng (CHN) | Tobias Schellenberg (GER) Andreas Wels (GER) | Justin Dumais (USA) Troy Dumais (USA) |
| 10 m platform synchro | Dmitry Dobroskok (RUS) Gleb Galperin (RUS) | Yang Jinghui (CHN) Hu Jia (CHN) | Peter Waterfield (GBR) Leon Taylor (GBR) |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Blythe Hartley (CAN) | Wu Minxia (CHN) | Heike Fischer (GER) |
| 3 m springboard | Guo Jingjing (CHN) | Wu Minxia (CHN) | Tania Cagnotto (ITA) |
| 10 m platform | Laura Ann Wilkinson (USA) | Loudy Tourky (AUS) | Jia Tong (CHN) |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Li Ting (CHN) Guo Jingjing (CHN) | Ditte Kotzian (GER) Conny Schmalfuss (GER) | Olena Fedorova (UKR) Kristina Ishchenko (UKR) |
| 10 m platform synchro | Jia Tong (CHN) Yuan Peilin (CHN) | Chantelle Newbery (AUS) Loudy Tourky (AUS) | Meaghan Benfeito (CAN) Roseline Filion (CAN) |

### Open water swimming
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5 km | Thomas Lurz (GER) | Chip Peterson (USA) | Simone Ercoli (ITA) |
| 10 km | Chip Peterson (USA) | Thomas Lurz (GER) | Petar Stoychev (BUL) |
| 25 km | David Meca (ESP) | Brendan Capell (AUS) | Petar Stoychev (BUL) |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5 km | Larisa Ilchenko (RUS) | Margy Keefe (USA) | Edith van Dijk (NED) |
| 10 km | Edith van Dijk (NED) | Federica Vitale (ITA) | Britta Kamrau (GER) |
| 25 km | Edith van Dijk (NED) | Britta Kamrau (GER) | Laura la Piana (ITA) |

### Swimming
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | Duje Draganja (CRO) | Bartosz Kizierowski (POL) |
| 100 m freestyle | Filippo Magnini (ITA) | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | Ryk Neethling (RSA) |
| 200 m freestyle | Michael Phelps (USA) | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Ryk Neethling (RSA) |
| 400 m freestyle | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Yuri Prilukov (RUS) | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) |
| 800 m freestyle | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Larsen Jensen (USA) | Yuri Prilukov (RUS) |
| 1500 m freestyle | Grant Hackett (AUS) | Larsen Jensen (USA) | David Davies (GBR) |
| 50 m backstroke | Aristeidis Grigoriadis (GRE) | Matt Welsh (AUS) | Liam Tancock (GBR) |
| 100 m backstroke | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | Randall Bal (USA) | László Cseh (HUN) |
| 200 m backstroke | Aaron Peirsol (USA) | Markus Rogan (AUT) | Ryan Lochte (USA) |
| 50 m breaststroke | Mark Warnecke (GER) | Mark Gangloff (USA) | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Brendan Hansen (USA) | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | Hugues Duboscq (FRA) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Brendan Hansen (USA) | Mike Brown (CAN) | Genki Imamura (JPN) |
| 50 m butterfly | Roland Schoeman (RSA) | Ian Crocker (USA) | Sergiy Breus (UKR) |
| 100 m butterfly | Ian Crocker (USA) | Michael Phelps (USA) | Andriy Serdinov (UKR) |
| 200 m butterfly | Paweł Korzeniowski (POL) | Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) | Wu Peng (CHN) |
| 200 m individual medley | Michael Phelps (USA) | László Cseh (HUN) | Ryan Lochte (USA) |
| 400 m individual medley | László Cseh (HUN) | Luca Marin (ITA) | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Michael Phelps Neil Walker Nate Dusing Jason Lezak | Canada (CAN) Yannick Lupien Rick Say Mike Mintenko Brent Hayden | Australia (AUS) Michael Klim Andrew Mewing Leith Brodie Patrick Murphy |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Peter Vanderkaay Klete Keller | Canada (CAN) Brent Hayden Colin Russell Rick Say Andrew Hurd | Australia (AUS) Nicholas Sprenger Patrick Murphy Andrew Mewing Grant Hackett |
| 4×100 m medley relay | United States (USA) Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak | Russia (RUS) Arkady Vyatchanin Dmitry Komornikov Igor Marchenko Andrey Kapralov | Japan (JPN) Tomomi Morita Kosuke Kitajima Ryo Takayasu Daisuke Hosokawa |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Libby Lenton (AUS) | Marleen Veldhuis (NED) | Zhu Yingwen (CHN) |
| 100 m freestyle | Jodie Henry (AUS) | Malia Metella (FRA) | — |
| 100 m freestyle | Jodie Henry (AUS) | Natalie Coughlin (USA) | — |
| 200 m freestyle | Solenne Figuès (FRA) | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | Josefin Lillhage (SWE) |
| 200 m freestyle | Solenne Figuès (FRA) | Federica Pellegrini (ITA) | Yang Yu (CHN) |
| 400 m freestyle | Laure Manaudou (FRA) | Ai Shibata (JPN) | Caitlin McClatchey (GBR) |
| 800 m freestyle | Kate Ziegler (USA) | Brittany Reimer (CAN) | Ai Shibata (JPN) |
| 1500 m freestyle | Kate Ziegler (USA) | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | Brittany Reimer (CAN) |
| 50 m backstroke | Giaan Rooney (AUS) | Gao Chang (CHN) | Antje Buschschulte (GER) |
| 100 m backstroke | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | Antje Buschschulte (GER) | Natalie Coughlin (USA) |
| 200 m backstroke | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | Margaret Hoelzer (USA) | Reiko Nakamura (JPN) |
| 50 m breaststroke | Jade Edmistone (AUS) | Jessica Hardy (USA) | Brooke Hanson (AUS) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Leisel Jones (AUS) | Jessica Hardy (USA) | Tara Kirk (USA) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Leisel Jones (AUS) | Anne Poleska (GER) | Mirna Jukić (AUT) |
| 50 m butterfly | Danni Miatke (AUS) | Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE) | Therese Alshammar (SWE) |
| 100 m butterfly | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | Libby Lenton (AUS) | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) |
| 200 m butterfly | Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL) | Jessicah Schipper (AUS) | Yuko Nakanishi (JPN) |
| 200 m individual medley | Katie Hoff (USA) | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | Lara Carroll (AUS) |
| 400 m individual medley | Katie Hoff (USA) | Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) | Kaitlin Sandeno (USA) |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Australia (AUS) Jodie Henry Alice Mills Shayne Reese Libby Lenton | Germany (GER) Petra Dallmann Antje Buschschulte Annika Liebs Daniela Gotz | United States (USA) Natalie Coughlin Kara Lynn Joyce Lacey Nymeyer Amanda Weir |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Natalie Coughlin Katie Hoff Whitney Myers Kaitlin Sandeno | Australia (AUS) Libby Lenton Shayne Reese Bronte Barratt Linda Mackenzie | China (CHN) Yingwen Zhu Jiaying Pang Yafei Zhou Yang Yu |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Australia (AUS) Sophie Edington Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Libby Lenton | United States (USA) Natalie Coughlin Jessica Hardy Rachel Komisarz Amanda Weir | Germany (GER) Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Annika Mehlhorn Daniela Gotz |

### Synchronised swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Solo routine | Virginie Dedieu (FRA) | Natalia Ischenko (RUS) | Gemma Mengual (ESP) |
| Duet routine | Anastasia Davydova (RUS) Anastasia Ermakova (RUS) | Gemma Mengual (ESP) Paola Tirados (ESP) | Saho Harada (JPN) Emiko Suzuki (JPN) |
| Team routine | Russia (RUS) Maria Gromova Natalia Ischenko Elvira Khasyanova Olga Kuzhela Olga Larkina Elena Ovchinnikova Svetlana Romashina Anna Shorina | Japan (JPN) Saho Harada Naoko Kawashima Kanako Kitao Hiromi Kobayashi Erika Komura Takako Konishi Ayako Matsumura Emiko Suzuki Masako Tachibana | Spain (ESP) Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Tina Fuentes Thais Henríquez Gemma Mengual Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados Christina Violan |
| Combination routine | Russia (RUS) Anastasia Davydova Anastasia Ermakova Maria Gromova Natalia Ischenko Elvira Khasyanova Olga Kuzhela Olga Larkina Elena Ovchinnikova Svetlana Romashina Anna Shorina | Japan (JPN) Saho Harada Naoko Kawashima Kanako Kitao Hiromi Kobayashi Erika Komura Takako Konishi Ayako Matsumura Emiko Suzuki Masako Tachibana | Spain (ESP) Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Tina Fuentes Thais Henríquez Gemma Mengual Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados Christina Violan |

### Water polo
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | Serbia and Montenegro Denis Šefik Petar Trbojević Nikola Janović Vanja Udovičić Dejan Savić Danilo Ikodinović Slobodan Nikić Vladimir Gojković Boris Zloković Aleksandar Šapić Vladimir Vujasinović Predrag Jokić Zdravko Radić | Hungary Zoltán Szécsi Dániel Varga Norbert Madaras Ádám Steinmetz Tamás Kásás Attila Vári Gergely Kiss Csaba Kiss Rajmund Fodor Márton Szívós István Gergely Tamás Molnár Péter Biros | Greece Georgios Reppas Anastasios Schizas Dimitrios Mazis Emmanouil Mylonakis Theodoros Chatzitheodorou Argyris Theodoropoulos Christos Afroudakis Georgios Ntoskas Georgios Afroudakis Stefanos-Petros Santa Antonios Vlontakis Manthos Voulgarakis Nikolaos Deligiannis |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | Hungary Patricia Horvath Eszter Tomaskovics Khrisctina Serfozo Dora Kisteleki Mercedes Stieber Andrea Toth Rita Dravucz Krisztina Zantleitner Orsolya Takacs Aniko Pelle Agnes Valkay Fruzsina Bravik Timea Benko | United States Emily Feher Heather Petri Ericka Lorenz Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Natalie Golda Kristina Kunkel Erika Figge Jaime Hipp Kelly Rulon Moriah van Norman Drue Wawrzynski Thalia Munro | Canada Rachel Riddell Krystina Alogbo Whynter Lamarre Susan Gardiner Tara Campbell Marie Luc Arpin Cora Campbell Dominique Perreault Ann Dow Jana Salat Valérie Dionne Christine Robinson Johanne Bégin |

## Bidding for and organizing the event

Montreal became the first city in North America to hold the FINA World Aquatics Championships.
The venue for the games was itself controversial. The games were awarded initially to Montreal, and then taken away again in February 2005 when the city was unable to raise sufficient funding, with other cities indicating their willingness to take the games on. However following promises of funding from various levels of government, Montreal re-bid for the games and they were re-awarded to the city.
On July 16, before the start of the 2005 event, FINA selected the host city for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships — Rome, Italy.