# 2018 Finswimming World Championships

The 20th Finswimming World Championships were held in Belgrade, Serbia at the Sports Center Milan Gale Muškatirović and at Ada Ciganlija Lake from 16 to 20 July 2018.

## Medal overview
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m surface | Loukas Karetzopoulos (GRE) | 15.54 | Aleksey Kazantsev (RUS) | 15.77 | Pavel Kabanov (RUS) | 15.85 |
| 100 m surface | Aliaksandr Biazmen (BLR) | 35.03 | Dmitrii Zhurman (RUS) | 35.34 | Malte Striegler (GER) | 35.54 |
| 200 m surface | Dmitrii Zhurman (RUS) | 1:21.22 | Aliaksandr Biazmen (BLR) | 1:21.24 | Juan Ocampo (COL) | 1:21.26 |
| 400 m surface | Ádám Bukor (HUN) | 2:58.22 | Stefano Figini (ITA) | 3:00.45 | Oleksii Zakharov (UKR) | 3:00.70 |
| 800 m surface | Oleksii Zakharov (UKR) | 6:19.39 | Ádám Bukor (HUN) | 6:20.72 | Lưu Nguyễn Đức Tâm (VIE) | 6:29.12 |
| 1500 m surface | Oleksandr Odynokov (UKR) | 12:20.64 | Ádám Bukor (HUN) | 12:22.76 | Alexey Shafigulin (RUS) | 12:23.35 |
| 50 m bi-fins | Christos Bonias (GRE) | 18.85 | Aleksey Fedkin (RUS) | 19.05 | Danylo Kolodiazhnyi (UKR) | 19.33 |
| 100 m bi-fins | Danylo Kolodiazhnyi (UKR) | 41.79 | Aleksey Fedkin (RUS) | 41.93 | Dzmitry Gavrilov (BLR) | 42.15 |
| 200 m bi-fins | Yevgen Stepanchuk (UKR) | 1:35.74 | Dmitriy Kurako (RUS) | 1:36.07 | Lev Shtraikh (RUS) | 1:36.12 |
| 400 m bi-fins | Dmitriy Kurako (RUS) | 3:29.36 WR | Vladimir Sidorov (RUS) | 3:29.58 | Maxence Pazdur (FRA) | 3:34.91 |
| 50 m apnea | Vladimir Zhuravlev (RUS) | 14.24 | Pavel Kabanov (RUS) | 14.31 | Lee Kwan-ho (KOR) | 14.35 |
| 100 m immersion | Lee Kwan-ho (KOR) | 32.16 | Kim Tae-kyun (KOR) | 32.17 | Tong Zhenbo (CHN) | 32.35 |
| 400 m immersion | Tong Zhenbo (CHN) | 2:44.02 | Denis Grubnik (UKR) | 2:48.37 | Riccardo Campana (ITA) | 2:49.09 |
| 4×100 m surface relay | Russia Pavel Kabanov (36.67) Viacheslav Noskov (35.05) Vladimir Zhuravlev (34.81) Dmitrii Zhurman (34.44) Aleksey Kazantsev Nikolay Reznikov | 2:20.97 | South Korea Lee Dong-jin (35.88) Jang Seong-hyeok (36.28) Kwon Nam-ho (35.02) You Gyeong-heon (34.73) | 2:21.91 | Italy Stefano Figini (36.13) Tommaso Crisci (35.71) Stefano Konjedic (36.20) Cesare Fumarola (35.05) Kevin Zanardi | 2:23.09 |
| 4×200 m surface relay | Russia Viacheslav Noskov (1:22.21) Alexey Shafigulin (1:22.42) Nikolay Reznikov (1:23.03) Dmitrii Zhurman (1:20.35) Evgeny Smirnov Denis Arshanov | 5:28.01 | Germany Max Poschart (1:23.75) Jan Malkowski (1:22.87) Sidney Zeuner (1:22.28) Malte Striegler (1:22.03) Luis Buttner | 5:30.93 | Hungary Dénes Kanyó (1:24.71) Kornél Gruber (1:24.13) Alex Mozsár (1:22.31) Ádám Bukor (1:20.23) Dávid Dimák Matthew Hamlin | 5:31.38 |
| 6 km open water | Oleksii Zakharov (UKR) | 56:53:18 | Marios Armoutsis (GRE) | 56:55.95 | Davide De Ceglie (ITA) | 57:07.47 |
$^a$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m surface | Paula Aguirre (COL) | 17.52 | Grace Fernández (COL) | 17.84 | Kim Ga-in (KOR) | 18.00 |
| 100 m surface | Ekaterina Mikhailushkina (RUS) | 38.28 ER | Paula Aguirre (COL) | 38.87 | Grace Fernández (COL) | 38.95 |
| 200 m surface | Ekaterina Mikhailushkina (RUS) | 1:27.39 | Anastasia Antoniak (UKR) | 1:29.91 | Alina Nalbandian (RUS) | 1:30.72 |
| 400 m surface | Sun Yiting (CHN) | 3:12.10 WR | Elena Lopatina (RUS) | 3:12.86 ER | Ekaterina Mikhailushkina (RUS) | 3:13.14 |
| 800 m surface | Sun Yiting (CHN) | 6:50.55 | Yevheniia Olieinikova (UKR) | 6:58.26 | Chen Sijia (CHN) | 6:58.78 |
| 1500 m surface | Terhi Ikonen (FIN) | 13:20.96 | Yevheniia Olieinikova (UKR) | 13:27.62 | Elena Poschart (GER) | 13:39.56 |
| 50 m bi-fins | Petra Senánszky (HUN) | 21.13 | Choi Min-ji (KOR) | 21.89 | Valeriia Bodnia (RUS) Im Min-ji (KOR) | 21.93 |
| 100 m bi-fins | Petra Senánszky (HUN) | 46.33 | Maria Patlasova (RUS) | 47.04 | Vitalina Simonova (RUS) | 47.12 |
| 200 m bi-fins | Maria Patlasova (RUS) | 1:43.39 | Vitalina Simonova (RUS) | 1:43.90 | Krisztina Varga (HUN) | 1:44.55 |
| 400 m bi-fins | Maria Patlasova (RUS) | 3:44.92 WR | Krisztina Varga (HUN) | 3:45.92 | Zuzana Hrašková (SVK) | 3:48.91 |
| 50 m apnea | Shu Chengjing (CHN) | 15.90 | Yoon Mi-ri (KOR) | 16.12 | Lin Yaki (CHN) | 16.13 |
| 100 m immersion | Xin Peiyao (CHN) Lin Yaqi (CHN) | 35.86 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Lidia Stadnik (RUS) | 36.58 |
| 400 m immersion | Sun Yiting (CHN) | 2:59.24 | Chen Sijia (CHN) | 3:00.33 | Shin Jin-hee (KOR) | 3:03.76 |
| 4×100 m surface relay | Russia Ekaterina Mikhailushkina (38.27) ER Valeria Baranovskaya (38.92) Elena Lopatina (39.13) Alina Nalbandian (38.43) Lidia Stadnik | 2:34.75 | China Shu Chengjing (39.16) Liu Simin (39.03) Xin Peiyao (39.07) Xu Yichuan (38.27) | 2:35.53 | Colombia Grace Fernández (39.54) Mercedes Ruiz (40.88) Viviana Retamozo (39.89) Paula Aguirre (39.85) | 2:40.16 |
| 4×200 m surface relay | Russia Valeria Baranovskaya (1:27.11) Elena Lopatina (1:29.75) Alina Nalbandian (1:30.73) Ekaterina Mikhailushkina (1:29.26) Alena Parshina | 5:56.85 | China Liu Yushan (1:32.54) Xu Yichuan (1:29.79) Chen Sijia (1:34.19) Sun Yiting (1:31.52) | 6:08.04 | Ukraine Yelyzaveta Vakareva (1:31.34) Kristina Musienko (1:34.90) Yana Trofymets (1:34.24) Anastasia Antoniak (1:29.75) Yevheniia Olieinikova | 6:10.23 |
| 6 km open water | Evgenia Kozyreva (RUS) | 59:00:46 | Anastasia Mulkova (RUS) | 59:03.08 | Anastasia Politou (GRE) | 59:15.06 |
$^b$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Mixed events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4×50 m surface relay | South Korea Lee Dong-jin (15.44) Kim Ga-in (17.28) Kwon Nam-ho (14.93) Kim Min-jeong (17.05) | 1:04.70 | Italy Erica Barbon (17.70) Tommaso Crisci (14.84) Silvia Baroncini (18.13) Cesare Fumarola (14.87) | 1:05.54 | Russia Aleksey Kazantsev (15.73) Lidia Stadnik (17.71) Ekaterina Mikhailushkina (17.01) Pavel Kabanov (15.10) Elizaveta Borisova | 1:05.55 |
| 4×100 m bi-fins relay | Russia Lev Shtraikh (42.80) Aleksey Fedkin (41.58) Maria Patlasova (46.76) Vitalina Simonova (46.90) Vladimir Sidorov Valeriia Bodina | 2:58.04 WR | Ukraine Iryna Pikiner (48.04) Artur Artamonov (42.10) Margarita Smirnova (48.69) Danylo Kolodiazhnyi (41.79) Anastasiia Maliavina Yelyzaveta Mazur Oleg Kuznetsov Yevgen Stepanchuk | 3:00.62 | Hungary Bence Stadler (44.85) Matthew Hamlin (45.69) Krisztina Varga (46.97) Petra Senánszky (46.10) | 3:03.61 |
| 4×2 km open water relay | Ukraine Oleksandr Odynokov (18:24.41) Kristina Musienko (20:16.19) Ievheniia Olieinikova (18:25.24) Oleksii Zakharov (17:32.40) | 1:14:38.24 | Russia Alexey Shafigulin (18:22.91) Anastasia Mulkova (19:02.14) Evgenia Kozyreva (19:28.58) Iakov Stryukov (18:09.68) | 1:15:03.31 | Italy Mara Zaghet (19:15.95) Riccardo Campana (18:07.52) Serena Monduzzi (19:39.72) Davide De Ceglie (18:08.59) | 1:15:11.78 |
$^c$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 13 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Greece (GRE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 36 | 34 | 36 | 106 |