2022 World Aquatics Championships

19th FINA World Championships

19th FINA World Championships

Host city| Budapest, Hungary
Date(s)| 17 June – 3 July 2022
Venue(s)| Duna Aréna, Lake Lupa, Alfréd Hajós Swimming Complex, Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Sopron Lőver Pool
Officially opened by| Katalin Novák
Officially closed by| Husain Al-Musallam

<- Gwangju 2019

Fukuoka 2023 ->

2022 FINA
World Championships

Artistic swimming
Solo
Technical| | women
Free| | women
Duet
Technical| | women
Technical| mixed
Free| | women
Free| mixed
Team
Technical| | women
Free| | women
Combination| | women
Highlight| | women
Diving
Individual
1 m| men| women
3 m| men| women
10 m| men| women
3 m & 10 m| mixed team
Synchronised
3 m| men| women
3 m| mixed
10 m| men| women
10 m| mixed
Open water swimming
Single
5 km| men| women
10 km| men| women
25 km| men| women
Relay
4 × 1.5 km| mixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m| men| women
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
400 m| men| women
800 m| men| women
1500 m| men| women
Backstroke
50 m| men| women
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Breaststroke
50 m| men| women
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Butterfly
50 m| men| women
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Individual medley
200 m| men| women
400 m| men| women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m| men| women
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4 × 200 m| men| women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m| men| women
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Water polo
Tournament| men| women
Rosters| men| women

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The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022.[1] These championships included five disciplines, with high diving not staged for this edition of the championships.

## Host selection

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In 2013, FINA announced Gwangju, South Korea, and Budapest, Hungary, as the respective hosts of the 2019 and 2021 FINA World Aquatics Championships. In early 2015 Guadalajara, Mexico, withdrew from hosting the 2017 Championships due to a due to financial problems fueled by the global drop in oil prices.[2] FINA Bureau members held a vote by email for a replacement host city, with the majority voting in favour of bringing forward Budapest as host city for 2017, and re-running the bidding process for the 2021 edition for the Championships.[3] The 2021 championships were eventually awarded to Fukuoka, Japan, and were scheduled to be held between 16 July and August 1, 2021. To avoid a clash with the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics the event was rescheduled to be held between 13 and 29 May 2022. However, in January 2022, it was announced that the event in Fukuoka would be postponed a second time to 14–30 July 2023 due to the health impacts of the Omicron variant and the pandemic measures in Japan.[4] A week later, on 7 February 2022, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and FINA President Husain Al-Musallam announced an agreement for Budapest to hold an extraordinary edition of the FINA World Championships from 18 June to 3 July 2022 with the press release stating: "Budapest is set to hold a FINA World Championships from 18 June – 3 July 2022, a move that ensures athletes have a global aquatics championship to target in the summer of 2022. The agreement was reached after approval from the FINA Bureau today."[5] The 2022 championships in Budapest were to become the 19th edition, with the Fukuoka event postponed to 2023 to become the 20th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships.

## Venues

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* Duna Aréna (swimming, diving and water polo finals)
* Lake Lupa (open water swimming)
* Tamás Széchy Swimming Complex (artistic swimming)
* Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium (water polo)
* Debrecen Swimming Complex (water polo)
* Szeged Tiszavirág Pool (water polo)
* Sopron Lőver Pool (water polo)

## Schedule

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A total of 74 medal events were held across five disciplines, one less than the 2019 Championships. In view of the training and recovery challenges of a busy 2022 aquatics calendar, FINA decided to reverse the schedule and present the event on a smaller scale than previous years with only the compulsory events, choosing to drop the high diving and beach water polo events. In addition, there was a reversal in the schedule, with swimming and artistic swimming (traditionally held in the last week) reallocated to the first week, and diving and open water swimming to the second.[6][7]

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Swimming |  | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 42
Open water swimming |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 2 |  | 2 | 2 |  |  |  | 7
Artistic swimming | ●  | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10
Diving |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13
Water polo |  |  |  | W  | M  | W  | M  | W  | M  | W  | M  | W  | M  | W  | M  | W | M | 2
Total  | 0  | 6  | 5  | 7  | 6  | 6  | 6  | 7  | 9  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 5  | 4  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 74
Cumulative Total  | 0  | 6  | 11  | 18  | 24  | 30  | 36  | 43  | 52  | 54  | 57  | 59  | 64  | 68  | 69  | 71  | 74  | 74

## Participating nations

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Out of 209 FINA members, 185 nations take part in the Championships, as well as the FINA Refugee Team.[8] In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FINA banned both the Russian and Belarusian nationals from entering the championships.[9]

* Afghanistan (1)
* Albania (2)
* Algeria (2)
* Andorra (2)
* Angola (5)
* Antigua and Barbuda (4)
* Argentina (24)
* Armenia (4)
* Athlete Refugee Team (6)
* Aruba (5)
* Australia (88)
* Austria (16)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Bahamas (4)
* Bahrain (4)
* Bangladesh (2)
* Barbados (3)
* Belgium (5)
* Benin (2)
* Bermuda (2)
* Bhutan (2)
* Bolivia (5)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Botswana (2)
* Brazil (71)
* Brunei (3)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Burkina Faso (2)
* Burundi (2)
* Cambodia (2)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (76)
* Cape Verde (2)
* Cayman Islands (2)
* Chile (5)
* China (51)
* Chinese Taipei (13)
* Colombia (31)
* Comoros (2)
* Cook Islands (3)
* Costa Rica (14)
* Croatia (18)
* Cuba (14)
* Curaçao (3)
* Cyprus (4)
* Czech Republic (8)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)
* Denmark (5)
* Djibouti (2)
* Dominican Republic (4)
* Ecuador (7)
* Egypt (24)
* El Salvador (2)
* Equatorial Guinea (3)
* Estonia (7)
* Eswatini (2)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Faroe Islands (2)
* Federated States of Micronesia (3)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (5)
* France (55)
* Gabon (1)
* Georgia (18)
* Germany (45)
* Ghana (3)
* Great Britain (45)
* Greece (59)
* Grenada (2)
* Guam (4)
* Guatemala (4)
* Guinea (1)
* Guyana (2)
* Haiti (2)
* Honduras (2)
* Hong Kong (13)
* Hungary (75)
* Iceland (2)
* India (9)
* Indonesia (6)
* Iran (2)
* Iraq (2)
* Ireland (4)
* Israel (26)
* Italy (84)
* Jamaica (3)
* Japan (58)
* Jordan (2)
* Kazakhstan (49)
* Kosovo (2)
* Kuwait (7)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Laos (2)
* Latvia (5)
* Lebanon (4)
* Lesotho (1)
* Libya (1)
* Lithuania (8)
* Luxembourg (4)
* Madagascar (2)
* Malawi (3)
* Malaysia (13)
* Maldives (4)
* Mali (1)
* Malta (2)
* Marshall Islands (2)
* Mauritius (3)
* Mexico (36)
* Moldova (3)
* Monaco (2)
* Mongolia (4)
* Montenegro (15)
* Morocco (4)
* Mozambique (2)
* Nepal (2)
* Netherlands (36)
* New Zealand (42)
* Nicaragua (2)
* Niger (2)
* Nigeria (2)
* North Macedonia (3)
* Northern Mariana Islands (4)
* Norway (5)
* Oman (1)
* Pakistan (4)
* Palau (3)
* Palestine (4)
* Panama (4)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Paraguay (5)
* Peru (7)
* Philippines (3)
* Poland (16)
* Portugal (14)
* Puerto Rico (11)
* Qatar (2)
* Romania (4)
* Rwanda (2)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
* Saint Lucia (2)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
* Samoa (2)
* San Marino (5)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* Senegal (3)
* Serbia (18)
* Seychelles (6)
* Singapore (27)
* Sint Maarten (2)
* Slovakia (20)
* Slovenia (6)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (47)
* South Korea (32)
* Spain (50)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sudan (4)
* Suriname (2)
* Suspended Member Federation (2)
* Sweden (18)
* Switzerland (23)
* Syria (2)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Tanzania (2)
* Thailand (39)
* Tonga (2)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkey (14)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
* Uganda (5)
* Ukraine (32)
* United Arab Emirates (2)
* United States (101)
* Uruguay (8)
* Uzbekistan (7)
* Venezuela (5)
* Vietnam (9)
* Virgin Islands (2)
* Yemen (2)
* Zambia (2)
* Zimbabwe (4)

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Hungary)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 18| 14| 17| 49
2|  China| 18| 2| 8| 28
3|  Italy| 9| 7| 6| 22
4|  Australia| 6| 9| 4| 19
5|  Canada| 3| 5| 6| 14
6|  Japan| 2| 8| 3| 13
7|  France| 2| 7| 2| 11
8|  Ukraine| 2| 6| 2| 10
9|  Germany| 2| 5| 3| 10
10|  Hungary*| 2| 2| 1| 5
11|  Sweden| 2| 2| 0| 4
12|  Brazil| 2| 1| 2| 5
13|  Romania| 2| 0| 0| 2
14|  Great Britain| 1| 4| 6| 11
15|  Netherlands| 1| 1| 3| 5
16|  Lithuania| 1| 0| 1| 2
Spain| 1| 0| 1| 2
18|  Poland| 0| 1| 1| 2
19|  South Korea| 0| 1| 0| 1
20|  Greece| 0| 0| 3| 3
21|  Austria| 0| 0| 2| 2
Malaysia| 0| 0| 2| 2
23|  South Africa| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (23 entries)| 74| 75| 74| 223

## References

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1. ^ "FINA confirms Budapest will host World Championships in 2022". 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
2. ^ "Budapest will host 2017 FINA World Championships". euronews. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
3. ^ "Budapest will host 2017 FINA World Championships". euronews. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
4. ^ "FINA postpones Fukuoka-hosted 2022 World Championships because of COVID-19". 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
5. ^ "Budapest awarded extraordinary FINA World Championships, event to take place in June 2022". World Aquatics. 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
6. ^ "FINA announces the competition schedule for the FINA World Championships Budapest 2022". 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
7. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Fina.org. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
8. ^ "185 FINA MEMBER FEDERATIONS SEND POOL SWIMMERS TO 2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". swimswam.com. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
9. ^ "PRESS RELEASE | FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting" (Press release). FINA. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

## External links

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* Official website

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World Aquatics Championships

Editions|

* Belgrade 1973
* Cali 1975
* West Berlin 1978
* Guayaquil 1982
* Madrid 1986
* Perth 1991
* Rome 1994
* Perth 1998
* Fukuoka 2001
* Barcelona 2003
* Montreal 2005
* Melbourne 2007
* Rome 2009
* Shanghai 2011
* Barcelona 2013
* Kazan 2015
* Budapest 2017
* Gwangju 2019
* Budapest 2022
* Fukuoka 2023
* Doha 2024
* Singapore 2025
* Budapest 2027
* Beijing 2029

Disciplines|

| Diving|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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High diving|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Open water swimming|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Separate events: 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010

Swimming|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Synchronised swimming|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Water polo|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Medalists|

* Diving
* High diving
* Open water swimming
* Swimming
* men
* women
* Synchronised swimming
* Water polo

See also
FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)

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World championships in 2022

Summer sports &
indoor sports|

* American football (women)
* Aquatics
* artistic swimming
* diving
* open water swimming
* swimming
* water polo
* Armwrestling
* Association football (men)
* Athletics
* ~~half marathon~~
* indoor
* outdoor
* mountain and trail running
* Badminton
* individual
* team
* Basketball
* women
* 3x3
* Basque pelota
* Beach handball
* men
* women
* Beach volleyball
* Bowling (9-pin)
* Bowls
* indoor WBT
* indoor WB/IIBC
* Boxing (women)
* Canoeing
* marathon
* slalom
* sprint
* Cricket
* men (T20)
* women
* Cycling
* road
* track
* mountain bike
* marathon
* BMX
* cyclo-cross
* urban
* gravel
* esports
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Field hockey (women)
* Finswimming
* Floorball (men)
* Futsal (AMF wommen)
* Gymnastics
* artistic
* rhythmic
* trampoline
* acrobatic
* aerobic
* aesthetic
* parkour
* Indoor hockey
* ~~men~~
* ~~women~~
* Judo
* Lacrosse (women)
* Modern pentathlon
* Orienteering
* Racquetball
* Real tennis
* men
* women
* Rowing
* Rugby league
* men
* women
* wheelchair
* PDRL
* Rugby sevens
* men
* women
* Rugby union
* women
* wheelchair
* Sitting volleyball
* Men
* Women
* Shooting
* rifle / pistol
* running target
* shotgun
* Softball (men)
* Squash
* men
* women
* Women's team
* Surfing
* shortboard
* SUP/paddleboard
* Swimming (25m)
* Table tennis
* Volleyball
* men
* women
* Taekwondo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Winter sports|

* Bandy
* ~~men~~
* women
* Curling
* men
* women
* mixed doubles
* mixed
* Figure skating
* Ice climbing
* Ice hockey
* men
* women
* Luge
* Ski flying
* Ski orienteering
* Short track speed skating
* inline
* Sled dog racing
* on-snow
* Speed skating
* allround
* sprint
* Winter triathlon

Cue & mind sports|

* Bridge
* teams
* Carom billiards
* individual
* team
* Chess
* Fischer Random
* Darts
* PDC
* WDF
* Draughts
* men
* Pool
* nine-ball
* ten-ball
* Snooker
* open
* women

Motor sports|

* Electric touring car
* Endurance auto racing
* Endurance moto racing
* Formula E
* Formula One
* Motocross
* men
* women
* team
* MotoGP
* Moto2
* Moto3
* MotoE
* Powerboat
* Rally
* Rallycross
* Rally raid
* FIA Bajas
* FIM Bajas
* Sidecarcross
* Speedway
* individual
* team
* Superbike
* Supersport
* Supersport 300
* Supercross
* Touring car

Parasports|

* Sitting volleyball
* men
* women

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Nations at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Lesotho
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* South Africa
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Curaçao
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Sint Maarten
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Europe|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Guam
* Marshall Islands
* Federated States of Micronesia
* New Zealand
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga

Others|

* FINA Independent Athletes
* Suspended Member Federation

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