# 2016 in aquatic sports

This article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2016.

## 2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–Aquatics)

* February 19–24: 2016 FINA Diving World Cup in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
** China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* March 2–6: Aquece Rio Synchronized Swimming 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
** Duet winners: Spain (Gemma Mengual, Ona Carbonell, Paula Klamburg)
** Team winners: Ukraine
* April 15–20: Aquece Rio Swimming 2016 (Maria Lenk Trophy) in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium (Olympic Test Event)
** For results, click here.
* June 11 & 12: 2016 Marathon Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Setúbal
** Men's winner: ZU Lijun
** Women's winner: Xin Xin
* August 6–13: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium
** The United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* August 7–19: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
** Men's 3m Springboard: Cao Yuan; Jack Laugher; Patrick Hausding
** Women's 3m Springboard: Shi Tingmao; He Zi; Tania Cagnotto
** Men's 10m Platform: Chen Aisen; Germán Sánchez; David Boudia
** Women's 10m Platform: Ren Qian; Si Yajie; Meaghan Benfeito
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard:
*** Great Britain (Chris Mears & Jack Laugher)
*** United States (Sam Dorman & Michael Hixon)
*** China (Cao Yuan & Qin Kai)
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform:
*** China (Chen Aisen & Lin Yue)
*** United States (David Boudia & Steele Johnson)
*** Great Britain (Tom Daley & Daniel Goodfellow)
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard:
*** China (Shi Tingmao & Wu Minxia)
*** Italy (Tania Cagnotto & Francesca Dallapé)
*** Australia (Maddison Keeney & Anabelle Smith)
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform:
*** China (Chen Ruolin & Liu Huixia)
*** Malaysia (Cheong Jun Hoong & Pandelela Rinong)
*** Canada (Meaghan Benfeito & Roseline Filion)
* August 15: Women's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana
** Sharon van Rouwendaal; Rachele Bruni; Poliana Okimoto
* August 15–20: Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
** Duet:
** Russia (Natalia Ishchenko & Svetlana Romashina)
** China (Huang Xuechen & Sun Wenyan)
** Japan (Yukiko Inui & Risako Mitsui)
** Team: Russia (RUS); China (CHN); Japan (JPN)
* August 16: Men's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana
** Ferry Weertman; Spyridon Gianniotis; Marc-Antoine Olivier

## 2016 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup & World Events

* February 6 & 7: World Cup and Event #1 in Carmen de Patagones-Viedma, Río Negro
** Men's winner: Alex Meyer
** Women's winner: Rachele Bruni
* February 26 & 27: World Cup and Event #2 in Abu Dhabi
** Men's winner: Marc Antoine Olivier
** Women's winner: Aurélie Muller
* June 18: World Cup and Event #3 in Balatonfüred
** Men's winner: Simone Ruffini
** Women's winner: Rachele Bruni
* July 28: World Cup and Event #4 in Lac Saint-Jean
** Men's winner: Philippe Guertin
** Women's winner: Stephanie Horner
* August 13: World Cup and Event #5 in Lake Mégantic
** Men's winner: Andreas Waschburger
** Women's winner: Arianna Bridi
* October 9: World Cup and Event #6 in Chun'an County-Hangzhou
** Men's winner: Simone Ruffini
** Women's winner: Xin Xin
* October 15: World Cup and Event #7 (final) in Hong Kong
** Men's winner: Simone Ruffini
** Women's winner: Rachele Bruni

## 2016 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix

* July 30: Grand Prix #1 in Lac Saint-Jean
** Men's winner: Alex Meyer
** Women's winner: Olga Kozydub
* August 20: Grand Prix #2 in Lake Ohrid
** Men's winner: Tomi Stefanovski
** Women's winner: Olga Kozydub
* September 4: Grand Prix #3 (final) in Capri, Campania-Naples
** Men's winner: Evgenij Pop Acev
** Women's winner: Pilar Geijo

## Diving
### 2016 FINA Diving World Series

* March 11–13: DWS #1 in Beijing
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: Shi Tingmao
** Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen
** Women's 10m Platform winner: Si Yajie
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai)
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Liu Huixia, Si Yajie)
** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
* March 17–19: DWS #2 in Dubai
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: Shi Tingmao
** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
** Women's 10m Platform winner: Liu Huixia
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai)
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Liu Huixia, Si Yajie)
** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
* April 15–17: DWS #3 in Windsor, Ontario
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: He Zi
** Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen
** Women's 10m Platform winner: Ren Qian
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Qin Kai, Cao Yuan)
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia)
** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Canada (Jennifer Abel, François Imbeau-Dulac)
** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
* April 22–24: DWS #4 (final) in Kazan
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: He Zi
** Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen
** Women's 10m Platform winner: Ren Qian
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Russia (Ilya Zakharov, Evgeny Kuznetsov)
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia)
** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)

### 2016 FINA Diving Grand Prix

* January 15–17: DGP #1 in Madrid
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Constantin Blaha
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: XU Zhihuan
** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
** Women's 10m Platform winner: XIA Bingqing
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Zhao Dong / Li Jiawei
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: JIE Lianjun / Yang Hao
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
* January 29–31: DGP #2 in Rostock
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Patrick Hausding
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: HE Xiaojie
** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Jian
** Women's 10m Platform winner: DING Yaying
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Philippe Gagné / François Imbeau-Dulac
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: CHEN Jiayu / HE Xiaojie
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / TAI Xiaohu
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: DING Yaying / SUO Miya
* March 31 – April 3: DGP #3 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Matthieu Rosset
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: WU Chunting
** Men's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Junjie
** Women's 10m Platform winner: Samantha Bromberg
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: PENG Jianfeng / SUN Zhiyi
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: HUANG Bowen / XU Zewei
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: SUO Miya / LI Jinming
** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: HUANG Bowen / WU Chunting
* April 7–10: DGP #4 in Gatineau
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Matthieu Rosset
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: WU Chunting
** Men's 10m Platform winner: Vincent Riendeau
** Women's 10m Platform winner: Roseline Filion
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Philippe Gagné / François Imbeau-Dulac
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / HUANG Bowen
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Meaghan Benfeito / Roseline Filion
** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / HUANG Bowen
** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: SUO Miya / LIAN Junjie
* July 15–17: DGP #5 in Bolzano
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Guillaume Dutoit
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: Tania Cagnotto
** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
** Women's 10m Platform winner: Minami Itahashi
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Patrick Hausding / Stephan Feck
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Tania Cagnotto / Francesca Dallapé
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / Yang Hao
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Nana Sasaki / Matsuri Arai
** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Sebastián Villa / Diana Pineda
** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Zachary Cooper / Tarrin Gilliland
* October 21–23: DGP #6 in Kuching
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: Xie Siyi
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: Ng Yan Yee
** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
** Women's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Jie
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yang Hao / XU Zewei
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
* October 27–30: DGP #7 in Gold Coast, Queensland
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: PENG Jianfeng
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: Georgia Sheehan
** Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Jian
** Women's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Jie
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen
** Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
** Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yang Hao / XU Zewei (default)
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
* November 4–6: DGP #8 (final) in Singapore
** Men's 3m Springboard winner: CHEN Linhai
** Women's 3m Springboard winner: Hazuki Miyamoto
** Men's 10m Platform winner: Nishida Reo
** Women's 10m Platform winner: Nana Sasaki
** Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: CHEN Linhai / LI Linwei
** Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Matsuri Arai / Nana Sasaki
** Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Hazuki Miyamoto / Nishida Reo
** Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yevhen Naumenko / Valeriia Liulko (default)

### 2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

* June 4: #1 in Fort Worth, Texas
** Winners: Jonathan Paredes (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
* June 18: #2 in Copenhagen
** Winner: Gary Hunt
* July 9: #3 in São Miguel Island
** Winners: Gary Hunt (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
* July 23: #4 in La Rochelle
** Winner: Gary Hunt (m)
* August 28: #5 in Polignano a Mare
** Winners: Artem Silchenko (m) / Lysanne Richard (f)
* September 11: #6 in Pembrokeshire
** Winners: Michal Navrátil (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
* September 24: #7 in Mostar
** Winners: Michal Navrátil (m) / Lysanne Richard (f)
* October 16: #8 in Shirahama, Wakayama
** Winners: Sergio Guzman (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
* October 28: #9 in Dubai
** Winners: Andy Jones (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)

### Other diving events

* February 27–29: 2016 FINA High Diving World Cup in Abu Dhabi
** Men's (27 metres) winner: Gary Hunt
** Women's (20 metres) winner: Lysanne Richard
* June 28 – July 3: 2016 European Junior Diving Championships in Rijeka
** Boys' Platform winner: Matthew Dixon
** Boys' Synchro winners: Lou Massenberg / Patrick Kreisel
** Boys' 1 m winner: Francesco Porco
** Boys' 3 m winner: Patrick Kreisel
** Girls' Platform winner: Christina Wassen
** Girls' Synchro winners: Madeline Coquoz / Michelle Heimberg
** Girls' 1 m winner: Kaja Skrzek
** Girls' 3 m winner: Kaja Skrzek
* November 28 – December 4: 2016 FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Kazan
** China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

## Swimming

* July 6–10: 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships in Hódmezővásárhely
** Russia won the gold medal tally. Russia and Italy won 22 overall medals each.
* December 6–11: 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario
** The United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

### 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup

* August 26 & 27: SWC #1 in Paris-Chartres
** Hungary won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally.
* August 30 & 31: SWC #2 in Berlin
** Hungary won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally.
* September 3 & 4: SWC #3 in Moscow
** Russia and Hungary won 8 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
* September 30 & October 1: SWC #4 in Beijing
** China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* October 4 & 5: SWC #5 in Dubai
** Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* October 8 & 9: SWC #6 in Doha
** Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* October 21 & 22: SWC #7 in Singapore
** Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* October 25 & 26: SWC #8 in Tokyo
** Hungary won the gold medal tally. Japan won the overall medal tally.
* October 29 & 30: SWC #9 (final) in Hong Kong
** Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

### Synchronised swimming

* June 22–26: 2016 European Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships in Rijeka
** Solo winner: Veronika Kalinina
** Duet winners: Russia (Daria Kulagina, Veronika Kalinina)
** Figures winner: Varvara Subbotina
** Team winners: Russia
** Combination winners: Russia
* July 9–13: 2016 FINA World Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships in Kazan
** Solo winner: Varvara Subbotina
** Duet winners: Russia (Veronika Kalinina, Daria Kulagina, Varvara Subbotina)
** Team winners: Russia
** Combination winners: Russia

## LEN aquatic events

* May 9–22: 2016 European Aquatics Championships in London
** Great Britain, Hungary, and Russia won ten gold medals each. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.
* July 10–14: 2016 European Open Water Swimming Championships in Hoorn
** Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* September 9–11: 2016 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Piombino
** Italy, Hungary, and France won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.

## Canoeing

* February 12 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar

### 2016 Summer Olympics (ICF)

* May 18 & 19: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Continental Olympic Qualifier in Duisburg
** Spain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* August 7–11: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Whitewater Stadium (Whitewater slalom)
** Men's C1: Denis Gargaud Chanut; Matej Beňuš; Takuya Haneda
** Men's C2:
** Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár & Peter Škantár)
** Great Britain (David Florence & Richard Hounslow)
** France (Gauthier Klauss & Matthieu Péché)
** Men's K1: Joe Clarke; Peter Kauzer; Jiří Prskavec
** Women's K1: Maialen Chourraut; Luuka Jones; Jessica Fox
* August 15–20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Canoe sprint)
** Men
** Men's C1 200m: Yuriy Cheban; Valentin Demyanenko; Isaquias Queiroz
** Men's C1 1,000m: Sebastian Brendel; Isaquias Queiroz; Serghei Tarnovschi
** Men's C2 1,000m:
** Germany (Sebastian Brendel & Jan Vandrey)
** Brazil (Erlon Silva & Isaquias Queiroz)
** Ukraine (Dmytro Ianchuk & Taras Mishchuk)
** Men's K1 200m: Liam Heath; Maxime Beaumont; Saúl Craviotto; Ronald Rauhe
** Men's K1 1,000m: Marcus Walz; Josef Dostál; Roman Anoshkin
** Men's K2 200m:
** Spain (Saúl Craviotto & Cristian Toro)
** Great Britain (Liam Heath & Jon Schofield
** Lithuania (Aurimas Lankas & Edvinas Ramanauskas
** Men's K2 1,000m:
** Germany (Max Rendschmidt & Marcus Gross)
** Serbia (Marko Tomićević & Milenko Zorić)
** Australia (Ken Wallace & Lachlan Tame)
** Men's K4 1,000m: Germany (GER); Slovakia (SVK); Czech Republic (CZE)
** Women
** Women's K1 200m: Lisa Carrington; Marta Walczykiewicz; Inna Osypenko-Radomska
** Women's K1 500m: Danuta Kozák; Emma Jørgensen; Lisa Carrington
** Women's K2 500m:
** Hungary (Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák)
** Germany (Franziska Weber & Tina Dietze)
** Poland (Karolina Naja & Beata Mikołajczyk)
** Women's K4 500m: Hungary (HUN); Germany (GER); Belarus (BLR)

### Canoe sprint (flatwater)

* February 12 – July 31: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Sprint

#### Continental and world canoe sprint championships

* February 12–14: 2016 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in Adelaide
** Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* April 1–4: 2016 African Canoe Sprint Championships in Durban
** South Africa won the gold medal tally. Tunisia won the overall medal tally.
* May 19–22: 2016 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships in Gainesville, Georgia
** Senior: Canada won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
** Junior: Brazil won the gold medal tally. Argentina and Canada won 10 overall medals each.
* June 7–9: 2016 World University Canoe Sprint Championships in Montemor-o-Velho
** Poland won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* June 24–26: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Moscow
** Hungary and Russia won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally.
* July 28–31: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Minsk
** Junior: Hungary, Belarus, and Russia won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally.
** U23: Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

#### 2016 Canoe Sprint World Cup

* May 20–22: CSF World Cup #1 in Duisburg
** Belarus, Germany, and Ukraine won 3 gold medals each. Belarus won the overall medal tally.
* May 27–29: CSF World Cup #2 in Račice (Litoměřice District)
** Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* June 3–5: CSF World Cup #3 (final) in Montemor-o-Velho
** Poland won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

### Whitewater slalom (canoe)

* February 19 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Slalom

#### Continental and world whitewater slalom championships

* February 19–21: 2016 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in Penrith
** Men's C1 winner: Matej Beňuš
** Men's C2 winners: Germany (Franz Anton, Jan Benzien)
** Men's K1 winner: Vavřinec Hradilek
** Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox
** Women's K1 winner: Jana Dukátová
* April 23 & 24: 2016 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in Toyama
** Men's C1 winner: SHU Jianming
** Men's C2 winners: Japan (Shota Sasaki, Tsubasa Sasaki)
** Men's K1 winner: TAN Ya
** Women's C1 winner: Chen Wei-han
** Women's K1 winner: LI Lu
** Men's C1 team winners: China (WANG Sheng, SHU Jianming, CHEN Fangjia)
** Men's C2 team winners: Uzbekistan
** Men's K1 team winners: Japan (Kazuya Adachi, Tsubasa Sasaki, Taku Yoshida)
** Women's C1 team winners: Kazakhstan (Xeniya Kondratenko, Kamilla Safina, Yekaterina Smirnova)
** Women's K1 team winners: Japan (Yuriko Takeshita, Haruka Okazaki, Ren Mishima)
* May 13–15: 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš
** Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský
** Women's C1 winner: Nuria Vilarrubla
** Men's C2 winners: Slovakia (Tomáš Kučera, Ján Bátik)
** Men's K1 winner: Jiří Prskavec
** Women's K1 winner: Melanie Pfeifer
** Men's C1 team winners: Slovakia
** Women's C1 team winners: Great Britain
** Men's C2 team winners: Slovakia
** Men's K1 team winners: Czech Republic
** Women's K1 team winners: Great Britain
* July 12–17: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Kraków
* Junior
** Men's Junior C1 winner: Marko Mirgorodsky
** Men's Junior C2 winners: Czech Republic (Albert Kaspar, Vojtech Mruzek)
** Men's Junior K1 winner: Ruslan Pestov
** Men's Junior Team C1 winners: Germany (Gregor Kreul, Lennard Tuchscherer)
** Men's Junior Team C2 winners: Czech Republic
** Men's Junior Team K1 winners: France (Thomas Durand, Paul Cornut-Chauvinc)
** Women's Junior C1 winner: Tereza Fišerová
** Women's Junior K1 winner: Klaudia Zwolinska
** Women's Junior Team C1 winners: Russia (Alsu Minazova, Anastasia Kozyreva)
** Women's Junior Team K1 winners: Czech Republic (Tereza Fišerová, Karolina Galuskova, Katerina Duskova)
* U23
** Men's U23 C1 winner: Florian Breuer
** Men's U23 C2 winners: Poland (Filip Brzezinski, Andrzej Brzezinski)
** Men's U23 K1 winner: Jakub Grigar
** Men's U23 Team C1 winners: France (Cedric Joly, Thibault Blaise)
** Men's U23 Team C2 winners: Russia
** Men's U23 Team K1 winners: Germany (Stefan Hengst, Leo Bolg)
** Women's U23 C1 winner: Jessica Fox
** Women's U23 K1 winner: Jessica Fox
** Women's U23 Team C1 winners: Great Britain (Kimberley Woods, Jasmine Royle)
** Women's U23 Team K1 winners: Germany (Lisa Fritsche, Caroline Trompeter, Selina Jones)

#### 2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup

* June 3–5: CS World Cup #1 in Ivrea
** Men's C1 winner: Michal Jáně
** Men's C2 winners: France (Nicola Scianimanico, Hugo Cailhol)
** Men's K1 winner: Giovanni De Gennaro
** Men's K1 Cross winner: Vavřinec Hradilek
** Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox
** Women's K1 winner: Ricarda Funk
** Women's K1 Cross winner: Ajda Novak
* June 10–12: CS World Cup #2 in La Seu d'Urgell
** Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský
** Men's C2 winners: France (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet)
** Men's K1 winner: Vít Přindiš
** Men's K1 Cross winner: Vít Přindiš
** Women's C1 winner: Núria Vilarrubla
** Women's K1 winner: Maialen Chourraut
** Women's K1 Cross winner: Martina Wegman
* June 16–19: CS World Cup #3 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
** Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský
** Men's C2 winners: France (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet)
** Men's K1 winner: Samuel Hernanz
** Men's K1 Cross winner: Vít Přindiš
** Women's C1 winner: Mallory Franklin
** Women's K1 winner: Marie-Zélia Lafont
** Women's K1 Cross winner: Caroline Loir
* September 2–4: CS World Cup #4 in Prague
** Men's C1 winner: Matej Beňuš
** Men's C2 winners: Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár)
** Men's K1 winner: Jiří Prskavec
** Men's K1 Cross winner: Hannes Aigner
** Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox
** Women's K1 winner: Ricarda Funk
** Women's K1 Cross winner: Veronika Vojtová
* September 7–11: CS World Cup #5 (final) in Tacen-Ljubljana
** Men's C1 winner: Benjamin Savšek
** Men's C2 winners: Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár)
** Men's K1 winner: Peter Kauzer
** Men's K1 Cross winner: Boris Neveu
** Women's C1 winner: Kimberley Woods
** Women's K1 winner: Jessica Fox
** Women's K1 Cross winner: Amalie Hilgertova

### Other canoeing events

* May 17–19: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Duisburg
** Australia won the gold medal tally. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.
* June 1–5: 2016 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships in Banja Luka
** Men's C1 sprint winner: Ondrej Rolenc
** Men's C1 sprint team winners: Czech Republic (Ondrej Rolenc, Antonin Hales, Vladimir Slanina)
** Men's C2 sprint winners: France (Quentin Dazeur, Stephane Santamaria)
** Men's C2 sprint team winners: France (T. Debray & L. Lapointe, Q. Dazeur & S. Santamaria, A. Leduc & L. Zouggari)
** Men's K1 sprint winner: Maxime Richard
** Men's K1 sprint team winners: Slovenia (Nejc Znidarcic, Anze Urankar, Vid Debeljak)
** Women's C1 sprint winner: Martina Satkova
** Women's C2 sprint winners: Slovakia (Barobora Kortisova, Katarina Kopunova)
** Women's K1 sprint winner: Hannah Brown
** Women's K1 sprint team winners: France (Claire Bren, Manon Hostens, Phenicia Dupras)
* August 29 – September 4: 2016 ICF Canoe Polo World Championships in Syracuse, Sicily
** Men: Italy defeated France, 6–5 in overtime, to win their first ICF Canoe Polo World Championships title.
*** Spain took the bronze medal.
** Women: New Zealand defeated Germany, 3–2, to win their first ICF Women's Canoe Polo World Championships title.
*** France took the bronze medal.
** Men U21: Great Britain defeated Germany, 5–4 in overtime, to win their first ICF Men's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title.
*** Italy took the bronze medal.
** Women's U21: Germany defeated Poland, 2–1 in overtime, to win their third consecutive ICF Women's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title.
*** New Zealand took the bronze medal.
* September 8–11: 2016 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships in Moscow
** Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* September 16–18: 2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel
** Men's C1 26.2 km: Márton Kover
** Men's C2 26.2 km: Hungary (Márton Kover, Ádám Docze)
** Men's K1 29.8 km: Hank McGregor
** Men's K2 29.8 km: South Africa (Hank McGregor, Jasper Mocke)
** Men's U23 C1 22.6 km: Bence Balázs Dori
** Men's U23 K1 26.2 km: Ádám Petro
** Women's C1 19 km: Zsanett Lakatos
** Women's K1 26.2 km: Renáta Csay
** Women's K2 26.2 km: Hungary (Renáta Csay, Alexandra Bara)
** Women's U23 K1 22.6 km: Vanda Kiszli

## Rowing

* January 16 – November 13: 2016 FISA Events Calendar

### 2016 Summer Olympics (FISA)

* August 6–13: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
** Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

### International rowing championships

* January 16: 2016 European Rowing Indoor Championships in Győr
** Poland won the gold medal tally. Poland, Austria, and Hungary won 6 overall medals each.
* February 28: 2016 FISA Indoor Rowing World Championships in Boston
** Men's Lightweight winner: Steffen Bonde
** Men's Heavyweight winner: James Letten
** Women's Lightweight winner: Robyn Hart-Winks
** Women's Heavyweight winner: Michelle Lazorchak
* March 22–24: 2016 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Valparaíso
** M1x winner: Juan Carlos Cabrera Perez
** W1x winner: Michelle Parson
** LM2x winners: Xavier Vela Magi / Willian Giaretton
** LW2x winners: Vanessa Cozzi / Fernanda Leal Ferreira
* March 25–27: 2016 South American Rowing Championship in Curauma
** Argentina won the gold medal tally. Argentina and Brazil won 11 overall medals each.
* April 21–23: 2016 Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Gavirate
** ASW1X winner: WANG Lili
** ASM1X winner: Huang Cheng
** TAMix2X winners: China (LIU Shuang, FEI Tianming)
** LTAMix4+ winners: Australia
* April 23–25: 2016 FISA Asian and Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Chungju (at Tangeum Lake)
** M1x winner: KIM Dong-yong
** W1x winner: Kim Ye-ji
** LM2x winners: China (SUN Man, WANG Chunxin)
** LW2x winners: Japan (Ayami Oishi, Chiaki Tomita)
* May 6–8: 2016 European Rowing Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel (at Lake Beetzsee)
** Great Britain won the gold medal tally. Germany won the overall medal tally.
* May 22–25: 2016 FISA European and Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne (at Lake Rotsee)
** Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Russia won 2 gold medals each. New Zealand won the overall medal tally.
* July 9 & 10: 2016 European Rowing Junior Championships in Trakai (at Lake Galvė)
** Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* August 21–28: 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam (at the Willem-Alexander Baan)
** Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* August 21–28: World Rowing Junior Championships 2016 in Rotterdam
** Italy won the gold medal tally. Germany won the overall medal tally.
* August 21–28: 2016 World Rowing U23 Championships in Rotterdam
** The Netherlands won the gold medal tally. Germany won the overall medal tally.
* September 2–4: 2016 World University Rowing Championships in Poznań
** The Czech Republic and Germany won 4 gold medals each. Poland won the overall medal tally.
* September 9–11: 2016 World Rowing Masters Regatta in Copenhagen (at Lake Bagsværd)
** For results, click here. Archived October 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
* October 21–23: 2016 World Rowing Coastal Championships in Monaco
** CM4x+ winner: Team Dukla Praha
** CW2x winner: Team Circolo Canottieri Saturnia
** CM1x winner: Team Real Club Mediterraneo
** CW4x+ winner: Team Club Nautique de Nice
** CM2x winner: Team Real Círculo de Labradores
** CW1x winner: Team Killorglin Rowing Club

### 2016 World Rowing Cup

* April 15–17: WRC #1 in Varese (at Lake Varese)
** The Netherlands won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* May 27–29: WRC #2 in Lucerne (at Lake Rotsee)
** New Zealand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* June 17–19: WRC #3 (final) in Poznań (at Lake Malta)
** New Zealand won the gold medal tally. New Zealand and Great Britain won 11 overall medals each.

## Sailing
### 2016 Summer Olympics (ISAF)

* August 8–18: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Marina da Glória
** Men
** Men's RS:X: Dorian van Rijsselberghe; Nick Dempsey; Pierre Le Coq
** Men's Laser: Tom Burton; Tonči Stipanović; Sam Meech
** Men's Finn: Giles Scott; Vasilij Žbogar; Caleb Paine
** Men's 470:
** Croatia (Šime Fantela & Igor Marenić)
** Australia (Mathew Belcher & William Ryan)
** Greece (Panagiotis Mantis & Pavlos Kagialis)
** Men's 49er:
** New Zealand (Peter Burling & Blair Tuke)
** Australia (Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen)
** Germany (Erik Heil & Thomas Plössel)
** Women
** Women's RS:X: Charline Picon; Chen Peina; Stefania Elfutina
** Women's Laser Radial: Marit Bouwmeester; Annalise Murphy; Anne-Marie Rindom
** Women's 470:
** Great Britain (Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark)
** New Zealand (Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie)
** France (Camille Lecointre & Hélène Defrance)
** Women's 49erFX:
** Brazil (Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze)
** New Zealand (Alex Maloney & Molly Meech)
** Denmark (Jena Hansen & Katja Salskov-Iversen)
** Mixed Narca 17:
** Argentina (Santiago Lange & Cecilia Carranza Saroli)
** Australia (Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin)
** Austria (Thomas Zajac & Tanja Frank)

### World sailing championships

* June 14–18: 2016 ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championships in / Nouméa
** Winners: Australia (Will Dargaville, Sarah Parker, Josh Dawson, James Farquharson)
* September 21–25: 2016 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
** Winner: Anna Kjellberg
* September 25–30: 2016 FISU World University Sailing Championship in Perth
** Open and Women's winners: Australia
* December 14–20: 2016 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in Auckland
** Note: Was scheduled to be held in Oman. However, it withdrew, due to the alleged national discriminatory practices against Israel.
** Australia and Great Britain won 2 gold medals each. Australia, the United States, Israel, Italy, and France won 3 overall medals each.
** Nations Trophy winner: Italy

### 2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup

* December 7–13, 2015: SWC #1 in Melbourne (#1 and at Port Phillip)
** Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* January 23–29: SWC #2 in Miami (at Biscayne Bay)
** The Netherlands, Great Britain, and Spain won 2 gold medals each. The Netherlands won the overall medal tally.
* April 25 – May 1: SWC #3 in Hyères (at Rade de Hyères)
** Australia and Poland won 2 gold medals each. Australia won the overall medal tally.
* June 6–12: SWC #4 in Weymouth and Portland, Dorset (at both Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay)
** Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* September 19–25: SWC #5 in Qingdao (at Fushan Bay)
** China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
* December 4–11: SWC #6 (final) in Melbourne #2
** Note: Abu Dhabi withdrew from hosting this event from October 24–28, due to the allocation of the World Sailing Annual Conference to Europe.
** Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

## Water polo

* September 4, 2015 – December 11, 2016: FINA General Events Calendar

### 2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–WP)

* August 6–20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
** Men: Serbia (SRB); Croatia (CRO); Italy (ITA)
** Women: United States (USA); Italy (ITA); Russia (RUS)

### World water polo championships

* August 26 – September 3: 2016 FINA Men's Youth Water Polo World Championships in Podgorica
** Croatia defeated Montenegro, 16–13, in the final. Hungary took the bronze medal.
* December 12–18: 2016 FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships in Auckland
** Russia defeated Spain, 9–7, to win their first FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships title.
** Italy took the bronze medal.

### FINA Water Polo World League

* October 20, 2015 – June 26, 2016: 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
** October 20, 2015 – May 10, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches
*** Greece, Serbia, and Italy all qualified to compete in the Superfinal.
** May 10–15: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (men) in Yokohama
*** The United States, Australia, Brazil, and Japan all qualified to compete in the Superfinal.
** June 21–26: 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League Superfinal in Huizhou
*** Serbia defeated the United States, 10–6, to win their fourth consecutive and eighth overall FINA Men's Water Polo World League title.
*** Greece took the bronze medal.
* October 27, 2015 – June 12, 2016: 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
** October 27, 2015 – May 3, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches
*** Italy, Spain, and Russia all qualified to be in the Superfinal.
** February 16–21: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (women) in Lewisville, Texas
*** The United States, Australia, Canada, and Brazil all qualified to be in the Superfinal.
** June 7–12: 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League Superfinal in Shanghai
*** The United States defeated Spain, 13–9, to win their third consecutive and tenth overall FINA Women's Water Polo World League title.
*** Australia took the bronze medal.

### LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation)

* September 4, 2015 – June 4, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Champions League (final six in Budapest)
** Jug Dubrovnik defeated Olympiacos, 6–4, to win their fourth LEN Champions League title. Szolnoki VSK took third place.
* September 30, 2015 – April 30, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup
** AN Brescia defeated Sintez Kazan, 23–10 on aggregate, to win their first LEN Euro Cup title.
* December 4, 2015 – April 23, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Women's Champions' Cup
** April 15 & 16: 2015–16 Women's LEN Trophy Final Four in Mataró
*** CN Mataró defeated NC Vouliagmeni, 6–5, to win their first Women's LEN Trophy title. Szentesi VK took the bronze medal.
** April 23 & 24: 2015–16 Women's LEN Euro League Final Four in Sabadell
*** CN Sabadell defeated UVSE Budapest, 11–8, to win their fourth LEN Euro League Women title. Kinef Kirishi took the bronze medal.
* January 10–23: 2016 European Water Polo Championships for Men and Women in Belgrade
** Men: Serbia defeated Montenegro, 10–8, to win their third consecutive and four overall European Water Polo Championships title. Hungary took third place.
** Women: Hungary defeated the Netherlands, 9–7, to win their third Women's European Water Polo Championships title. Italy took third place.
* September 10–18: 2016 Women's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in The Hague
** The Netherlands defeated Spain, 9–7, in the final. Greece took third place.
* September 11–18: 2016 Men's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in Alphen aan den Rijn
** Serbia defeated Italy, 12–9, in the final. Spain took third place.