World Aquatics Masters Championships
| World Masters Swimming Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Sporting event |
| Date(s) | Mid-year |
| Begins | 1986 |
| Frequency | Biennial |
| Participants | 85 Federations [1] |
| Organised by | World Aquatics |
| Website | https://www.worldaquatics.com/ |
The World Aquatics Masters Championships (also referred to as Masters Worlds) are international Aquatics championships for competitors aged 25 years or older as per World Aquatics rules (formerly known as FINA rules). The championships are usually held biennially, with competition in all five World Aquatics disciplines: swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming, and artistic swimming.[2] Starting in 2015, the competition was held jointly with the World Aquatics Championships.[3]
Editions
| Number | Year | Location | Dates | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-FINA World Masters Championships | ||||
| - | 1978 | Toronto, Canada | ||
| - | 1984 | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||
| FINA World Masters Championships | ||||
| 1 | 1986 | Tokyo, Japan | 12–16 July | |
| 2 | 1988 | Brisbane, Australia | 10–15 October | |
| 3 | 1990 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6–13 August | |
| 4 | 1992 | Indianapolis, USA | 25 June–5 July | |
| 5 | 1994 | Montreal, Canada | 4–10 July | |
| 6 | 1996 | Sheffield, Great Britain | 23 June–3 July | |
| 7 | 1998 | Casablanca, Morocco | 19–30 June | |
| 8 | 2000 | Munich, Germany | 29 July–4 August | |
| 9 | 2002 | Christchurch, New Zealand | 21 March–3 April | |
| 10 | 2004 | Riccione, Italy | 1–13 June | |
| 11 | 2006 | Stanford, USA | 4–17 August | |
| 12 | 2008 | Perth, Australia | 18–25 April | |
| 13 | 2010 | Gothenburg-Borås, Sweden | 27 July–7 August | |
| 14 | 2012 | Riccione, Italy | 3–17 June | |
| 15 | 2014 | Montreal, Canada | 27 July–10 August | |
| Jointly with the World Aquatics Championships | ||||
| 16 | 2015 | Kazan, Russia | 5–16 August | |
| 17 | 2017 | Budapest, Hungary | 7–20 August | |
| 18 | 2019 | Gwangju, South Korea | 5–18 August | |
| 19 | 2023 | Fukuoka, Japan | 2–11 August | |
| 20 | 2024 | Doha, Qatar | 23 February–3 March | |
| 21 | 2025 | Singapore | 26 July–22 August | |
| 22 | 2027 | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| 23 | 2029 | Beijing, China | ||
Results
2019
Swimming
Source:[4]
* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 45 | 42 | 39 | 126 |
| 2 | United States | 40 | 24 | 35 | 99 |
| 3 | Japan | 33 | 30 | 26 | 89 |
| 4 | Brazil | 23 | 17 | 25 | 65 |
| 5 | Thailand | 21 | 6 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Australia | 18 | 9 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | South Africa | 14 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Russia | 12 | 9 | 10 | 31 |
| 9 | Hungary | 11 | 7 | 11 | 29 |
| 10 | Germany | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Denmark | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Israel | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Romania | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 14 | Italy | 4 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 16 | China | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 17 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 18 | South Korea* | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 |
| 19 | France | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 22 | Spain | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 24 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (30 entries) | 258 | 215 | 206 | 679 | |
See also
References
- ^ https://www.swimming.org/masters/masters-world-championships-2024-roll-of-honour/#:~:text=It%20was%20a%20successful%20trip,available%20to%20view%20and%20download.
- ^ Masters Worlds subpage of the FINA website; retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ "2015 World Masters Championships Date Set for Kazan, Russia". SwimSwam. 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Swimrankings - FINA: XVIII World Masters Championships, Gwangju (KOR), 12 - 18 Aug 2019".
External links
- Website for the results of the FINA World Masters Championships are reported in the FINA dedicated web page (PDF)
- FINA XIV World Masters Champs 2012 in Riccione (ITA) (PDF)