# 2013 World Aquatics Championships

The 15th FINA World Championships (Catalan: Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The 2013 World Championships featured 6 aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, high diving, open water, and synchronised swimming.
The Championships were originally awarded to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in July 2009; however, Dubai withdrew as host in May 2010. FINA then re-bid the meet, and Barcelona was selected on September 26, 2010.

## Venues

The venues that hosted the events were previously used for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships:
* Palau Sant Jordi (swimming, synchronized swimming)
* Port Vell (open water swimming, high diving)
* Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc (diving)
* Piscines Bernat Picornell (water polo)

## Schedule

This was the first time the World Aquatic Championships included high diving.
The opening ceremonies took place on July 19, 2013.
| 1 | Number of finals |
| ● | Other competitions |
    All dates are CEST (UTC+2)
| July–August 2013 | 20 Sat | 21 Sun | 22 Mon | 23 Tue | 24 Wed | 25 Thu | 26 Fri | 27 Sat | 28 Sun | 29 Mon | 30 Tue | 31 Wed | 1 Thu | 2 Fri | 3 Sat | 4 Sun | Gold medals |
| Diving | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 10 |
| High diving | | | | | | | | | | ● | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
| Open water swimming | 2 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Swimming | | | | | | | | | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 40 |
| Synchronised swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Water polo | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Total gold medals | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 68 |
| Cumulative total | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 68 | |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Spain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 15 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
| 2 | China | 14 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 3 | Russia | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | France | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Hungary | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Australia | 3 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Spain* | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Denmark | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Greece | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Canada | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 23 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 27 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (31 entries) | Totals (31 entries) | 68 | 69 | 67 | 204 |

## Competition
### Open water swimming

On the first day of competition on July 20, American Haley Anderson won the first gold of the competition in the women's 5 km, just beating Brazilian Poliana Okimoto 56:34.2 to 56:34.4. In the second event on day one, Tunisian Oussama Mellouli won the men's 5 km race with a time of 53:30.4.

### Swimming
#### World records

The following world records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Round | Time | Name | Nation |
| July 29, 2013 | Women's 100 m breaststroke | Semifinals | 1:04.35 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania |
| July 30, 2013 | Women's 1500 metre freestyle | Final | 15:36.53 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
| August 1, 2013 | Women's 200 m breaststroke | Semifinals | 2:19.11 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | Denmark |
| August 3, 2013 | Women's 50 m breaststroke | Heats | 29.78 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia |
| August 3, 2013 | Women's 50 m breaststroke | Semifinals | 29.48 | Rūta Meilutytė | Lithuania |
| August 3, 2013 | Women's 800 metre freestyle | Final | 8:13.86 | Katie Ledecky | United States |

### Water polo
## Participating nations

181 nations entered the competition. Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA, participated under the FINA flag as independent athletes.
* Albania (4)
* Algeria (2)
* American Samoa (1)
* Andorra (3)
* Angola (4)
* Antigua and Barbuda (3)
* Argentina (10)
* Armenia (5)
* Aruba (5)
* Australia (83)
* Austria (7)
* Azerbaijan (6)
* Bahamas (4)
* Bahrain (4)
* Bangladesh (3)
* Barbados (2)
* Belarus (22)
* Belgium (11)
* Benin (3)
* Bermuda (2)
* Bolivia (5)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Botswana (3)
* Brazil (53)
* Brunei (4)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Burkina Faso (3)
* Burundi (3)
* Cambodia (3)
* Canada (85)
* Central African Republic (3)
* Chile (4)
* China (105)
* Chinese Taipei (5)
* Colombia (15)
* Comoros (2)
* Republic of the Congo (2)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (4)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Costa Rica (18)
* Croatia (21)
* Cuba (16)
* Cyprus (3)
* Czech Republic (21)
* Denmark (4)
* Djibouti (3)
* Dominican Republic (6)
* Egypt (25)
* El Salvador (4)
* Estonia (3)
* Ethiopia (3)
* Faroe Islands (4)
* Federated States of Micronesia (3)
* Fiji (4)
* Ecuador (9)
* Finland (13)
* France (50)
* The Gambia (1)
* Georgia (4)
* Germany (61)
* Ghana (3)
* Great Britain (72)
* Greece (50)
* Grenada (3)
* Guam (3)
* Guatemala (5)
* Guinea (3)
* Guyana (3)
* Honduras (4)
* Hong Kong (17)
* Hungary (47)
* Iceland (4)
* India (5)
* Indonesia (15)
* Iran (2)
* Iraq (2)
* Ireland (4)
* Israel (10)
* Italy (103)
* Ivory Coast (3)
* Jamaica (3)
* Japan (51)
* Jordan (3)
* Kazakhstan (47)
* Kenya (3)
* North Korea (15)
* South Korea (29)
* Kuwait (4)
* Kyrgyzstan (4)
* Laos (3)
* Latvia (4)
* Lebanon (3)
* Lesotho (1)
* Libya (2)
* Liechtenstein (2)
* Lithuania (11)
* Luxembourg (5)
* Macau (21)
* Macedonia (3)
* Madagascar (4)
* Malaysia (15)
* Maldives (3)
* Mali (3)
* Malta (2)
* Marshall Islands (3)
* Mauritius (3)
* Mexico (47)
* Moldova (3)
* Monaco (1)
* Mongolia (4)
* Montenegro (13)
* Morocco (4)
* Mozambique (2)
* Myanmar (3)
* Namibia (3)
* Nepal (4)
* Netherlands (39)
* Netherlands Antilles (3)
* New Zealand (52)
* Nicaragua (3)
* Niger (6)
* Nigeria (3)
* Northern Mariana Islands (4)
* Norway (8)
* Pakistan (4)
* Palau (3)
* Palestine (4)
* Panama (3)
* Papua New Guinea (3)
* Paraguay (4)
* Peru (4)
* Philippines (3)
* Poland (20)
* Portugal (9)
* Puerto Rico (4)
* Qatar (6)
* Romania (19)
* Russia (82)
* Rwanda (4)
* Saint Lucia (5)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3)
* Samoa (3)
* Senegal (3)
* Serbia (24)
* Seychelles (3)
* Sierra Leone (2)
* Singapore (20)
* Slovakia (9)
* Slovenia (14)
* Somalia (1)
* South Africa (58)
* Spain (69) ( Host )
* Sri Lanka (4)
* Sudan (5)
* Suriname (4)
* Sweden (16)
* Switzerland (16)
* Syria (4)
* Tahiti (2)
* Tajikistan (3)
* Tanzania (3)
* Thailand (15)
* Togo (3)
* Tonga (3)
* Trinidad and Tobago (3)
* Tunisia (7)
* Turkey (21)
* Turkmenistan (4)
* Uganda (3)
* Ukraine (38)
* United Arab Emirates (2)
* United States (115)
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* Venezuela (23)
* Vietnam (3)
* Yemen (2)
* Zambia (3)
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