# Spain at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Spain competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Fernando Díaz del Río | Artistic swimming | Men's solo technical routine | July 17 |
| Gold | Cristina Arambula Paula Ramírez Blanca Toledano Iris TióMeritxell Mas Sara Saldaña Alisa Ozhogina Marina García Polo | Artistic swimming | Team technical routine | July 18 |
| Gold | Dennis González | Artistic swimming | Men's solo free routine | July 19 |
| Silver | Dennis González Emma García | Artistic swimming | Mixed duet technical routine | July 16 |
| Silver | Spain women's national water polo team Laura Ester Cristina Nogué Anni Espar Beatriz Ortiz Nona Pérez Paula Crespí Elena RuizPili Peña Judith Forca Paula Camus Maica García Godoy Paula Leitón Martina Terré | Water polo | Women's tournament | July 28 |
| Bronze | Iris Tió | Artistic swimming | Women's solo technical routine | July 15 |
| Bronze | Alisa Ozhogina Iris Tió | Artistic swimming | Women's duet technical routine | July 16 |
| Bronze | Dennis González Mireia Hernández | Artistic swimming | Mixed duet free routine | July 22 |
| Bronze | Spain men's national water polo team Unai Aguirre lberto Munárriz Álvaro Granados Bernat Sanahuja Miguel del Toro Marc Larumbe Martin FameraSergi Cabanas Roger Tahull Felipe Perrone Blai Mallarach Alejandro Bustos Eduardo Lorrio | Water polo | Men's tournament | July 29 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Artistic swimming | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Water polo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Artistic swimming | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Diving | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| High diving | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Open water swimming | 2* | 3* | 5* |
| Swimming | 10* | 12* | 22* |
| Water polo | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| Total | 33 | 42 | 75 |
* Carlos Garach, Ángela Martínez and Paula Otero was compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming.

## Artistic swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Fernando Díaz del Río | Solo technical routine | 220.4034 | 1 Q | 224.5550 | |
| Dennis González | Solo free routine | 169.8521 | 4 Q | 193.0334 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Iris Tió | Solo technical routine | 204.6666 | 7 Q | 254.2100 | |
| Iris Tió | Solo free routine | 174.0208 | 7 Q | 178.9146 | 8 |
| Alisa Ozhogina Iris Tió | Duet technical routine | 228.7059 | 9 Q | 257.8368 | |
| Alisa Ozhogina Iris Tió | Duet free routine | 223.1792 | 5 Q | 175.7437 | 11 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Emma García Dennis González | Duet technical routine | 244.1433 | 1 Q | 248.0499 | |
| Dennis González Mireia Hernández | Duet free routine | 198.9042 | 2 Q | 183.4207 | |
| Cristina Arambula Marina García Polo Meritxell Mas Alisa Ozhogina Paula Ramírez Sara Saldaña Iris Tió Blanca Toledano | Team technical routine | 246.7484 | 6 Q | 281.6893 | |
| Cristina Arambula Berta Ferreras Marina García Polo Meritxell Mas Alisa Ozhogina Paula Ramírez Sara Saldaña Iris Tió | Team free routine | 294.9313 | 2 Q | 249.6521 | 4 |

## Diving

Spain entered 7 divers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Adrián Abadía | 1 m springboard | 311.15 | 29 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alberto Arévalo | 1 m springboard | 279.00 | 44 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alberto Arévalo | 3 m springboard | 294.25 | 51 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carlos Camacho | 10 m platform | 389.75 | 14 Q | 399.10 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nicolás García | 3 m springboard | 359.05 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adrián Abadía Nicolás García | 3 m synchro springboard | 370.62 | 6 Q | — | — | 383.61 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Valeria Antolino | 10 m platform | 292.30 | 13 Q | 292.50 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ana Carvajal | 10 m platform | 300.55 | 9 Q | 313.50 | 10 Q | 311.70 | 8 |
| Rocío Velázquez | 1 m springboard | 189.40 | 40 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rocío Velázquez | 3 m springboard | 230.65 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Valeria Antolino Ana Carvajal | 10 m synchro platform | 259.83 | 9 Q | — | — | 280.38 | 7 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Carlos Camacho Rocío Velázquez | 3 m synchro springboard | 245.88 | 12 |
| Carlos Camacho Valeria Antolino | 10 m synchro platform | 249.72 | 13 |
| Rocío Velázquez Alberto Arévalo Carlos Camacho Valeria Antolino | Team event | 400.00 | 6 |

## High diving

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Carlos Gimeno | Men's high diving | 396.00 | 6 |
| Carlota González | Women's high diving | 203.00 | 17 |

## Open water swimming

Spain entered 5 open water swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Carlos Garach | Men's 5 km | 56:14.7 | 12 |
| Guillem Pujol | Men's 5 km | 57:48.4 | 33 |
| Guillem Pujol | Men's 10 km | 1:54:03.1 | 19 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ángela Martínez | Women's 5 km | 59:50.3 | 12 |
| Ángela Martínez | Women's 10 km | 2:03:16.5 | 11 |
| Candela Sánchez | Women's 5 km | 1:01:25.3 | 22 |
| Candela Sánchez | Women's 10 km | 2:03:18.2 | 14 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Carlos Garach Ángela Martínez Paula Otero Guillem Pujol | Team relay | 1:13:41.8 | 8 |

## Swimming

Spain entered 22 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Carles Coll | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:13.09 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carles Coll | 200 metre individual medley | 2:01.22 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sergio de Celis | 50 metre freestyle | 22.51 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Domínguez | 100 metre freestyle | 49.11 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Luis Domínguez | 200 metre freestyle | 1:49.28 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carlos Garach | 800 metre freestyle | 7:59.52 | 25 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carlos Garach | 1500 metre freestyle | 15:08.02 | 19 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arbidel González | 200 metre butterfly | 1:54.99 NR | 2 Q | 1:55.61 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hugo González | 50 metre backstroke | 25.42 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hugo González | 100 metre backstroke | 53.70 | 9 Q | 53.38 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hugo González | 200 metre backstroke | 1:57.99 | 10 Q | 1:57.28 | 8 Q | 1:56.33 | 7 |
| Hugo González | 200 metre individual medley | 1:58.47 | 10 Q | 1:56.58 | 4 Q | 1:57.37 | 7 |
| Mario Mollà | 50 metre butterfly | 23.34 | 14 | 23.16 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mario Mollà | 100 metre butterfly | 52.05 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carlos Quijada | 400 metre freestyle | 3:49.60 | 20 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adrian Santos | 50 metre backstroke | 25.15 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sergio de Celis Luis Domínguez Mario Mollà César Castro | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:13.77 | 6 Q | — | — | 3:14.64 | 8 |
| Cesar Castro Luis Dominguez Sergio de Celis Carlos Quijada | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:10.85 NR | 13 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hugo González Carles Coll Mario Mollà César Castro | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:35.13 | 14 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ainhoa Campabadal | 200 metre freestyle | 2:02.78 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Emma Carrasco | 200 metre individual medley | 2:15.11 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Emma Carrasco | 400 metre individual medley | 4:50.83 | 28 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paula Juste | 100 metre butterfly | 59.94 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ángela Martínez | 800 metre freestyle | 8:39.60 | 23 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ángela Martínez | 1500 metre freestyle | 16:24.38 | 15 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jimena Pérez | 800 metre freestyle | 8:37.40 | 21 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paula Otero | 400 metre freestyle | 4:14.63 | 28 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paula Otero | 1500 metre freestyle | 16:38.73 | 23 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jessica Vall | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:08.64 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jessica Vall | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:26.88 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alba Vázquez | 400 metre individual medley | 4:42.11 | 15 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carmen Weiler | 100 metre freestyle | 55.46 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carmen Weiler | 50 metre backstroke | 28.59 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carmen Weiler | 100 metre backstroke | 1:00.87 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| África Zamorano | 200 metre backstroke | 2:09.99 | 8 Q | 2:10.76 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carmen Weiler Ainhoa Campabadal África Zamorano Paula Juste | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:42.53 | 16 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carla Carron Ainhoa Campabadal Alba Herrero Paula Juste | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:03.62 | 14 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carmen Weiler (1:01.46) Jessica Vall (1:08.32) Paula Juste (1:00.27) Ainhoa Campabadal | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:05.85 | 20 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sergio de Celis Carles Coll Carmen Weiler Ainhoa Campabadal | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:29.06 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Water polo
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Spain | Men's tournament | Serbia W 16–14 | Montenegro W 11–7 | South Africa W 27–6 | 1 Q | — | France W 7–6 | Hungary L 11–12 | Serbia W 9–6 | |
| Spain | Women's tournament | Netherlands L 6–7 | Israel W 22–5 | Kazakhstan W 24–5 | 2 QP | France W 16–9 | Hungary W 12–9 | Australia W 12–10 | Netherlands L 16–17 | |

### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Spanish roster.
Head coach: David Martín
* 1 Unai Aguirre GK
* 2 Alberto Munárriz FP
* 3 Álvaro Granados FP
* 4 Bernat Sanahuja FP
* 5 Miguel del Toro FP
* 6 Marc Larumbe FP
* 7 Martin Famera FP
* 8 Sergi Cabanas FP
* 9 Roger Tahull FP
* 10 Felipe Perrone FP
* 11 Blai Mallarach FP
* 12 Alejandro Bustos FP
* 13 Eduardo Lorrio GK
* Alberto Barroso FP
* Fran Valera FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 92 | −71 | 0 | |
| 17 July 2023 20:30 | Report | Serbia | 14–16 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |||
| 17 July 2023 20:30 | Report | Rašović 6 | Goals | Granados 5 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| 19 July 2023 13:30 | Report | Spain | 11–7 | Montenegro | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA) |||
| 19 July 2023 13:30 | Report | Perrone 5 | Goals | Đurđić 2 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA) |
| 21 July 2023 10:30 | Report | South Africa | 6–27 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |||
| 21 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Badenhorst 2 | Goals | Valera 5 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE) |

#### Quarterfinals

| 25 July 2023 19:30 | Report | Spain | 7–6 | France | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |||
| 25 July 2023 19:30 | Report | Tahull 2 | Goals | Bouet, Crousillat 2 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |

#### Semifinals

| 27 July 2023 18:30 | Report | Hungary | 12–11 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 27 July 2023 18:30 | Report | Manhercz 3 | Goals | three players 2 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |

#### Third place game

| 29 July 2023 13:00 | Report | Serbia | 6–9 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |||
| 29 July 2023 13:00 | Report | Rašović 3 | Goals | Granados 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Spanish roster.
Head coach: Miki Oca
* 1 Laura Ester GK
* 2 Cristina Nogué FP
* 3 Anni Espar FP
* 4 Beatriz Ortiz FP
* 5 Nona Pérez FP
* 6 Paula Crespí FP
* 7 Elena Ruiz FP
* 8 Pili Peña FP
* 9 Judith Forca FP
* 10 Paula Camus FP
* 11 Maica García Godoy FP
* 12 Paula Leitón FP
* 13 Martina Terré GK
* Ariadna Ruiz FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 16 | +45 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 71 | −58 | 0 | |
| 16 July 2023 12:00 | Report | Netherlands | 7–6 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO) |||
| 16 July 2023 12:00 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | E. Ruiz 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
| 18 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Spain | 22–5 | Israel | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA), David Couper (NZL) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA), David Couper (NZL) |||
| 18 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Camus, A. Ruiz 4 | Goals | five players 1 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA), David Couper (NZL) |
| 20 July 2023 17:30 | Report | Spain | 24–5 | Kazakhstan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |||
| 20 July 2023 17:30 | Report | Peña 4 | Goals | Novikova, Tsoy 2 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |

#### Playoffs

| 22 July 2023 15:30 | Report | France | 9–16 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |||
| 22 July 2023 15:30 | Report | Bouloukbachi, Dhalluin 2 | Goals | Forca 5 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |

#### Quarterfinals

| 24 July 2023 19:30 | Report | Hungary | 9–12 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO) |||
| 24 July 2023 19:30 | Report | Garda 4 | Goals | Forca 5 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO) |

#### Semifinals

| 26 July 2023 18:30 | Report | Australia | 10–12 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Jennifer McCall (USA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Jennifer McCall (USA) |||
| 26 July 2023 18:30 | Report | Kearns 3 | Goals | E. Ruiz 4 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Jennifer McCall (USA) |

#### Final

| 28 July 2023 18:00 | Report | Netherlands | 17–16 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |||
| 28 July 2023 18:00 | Report | Van de Kraats, Sleeking 3 | Goals | Forca 5 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Alessia Ferrari (ITA) |