2022 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series | |
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Date | 19 March – 22 May 2022 |
Competitors | 247 from 40 nations |
The 2022 FINA Artistic Swimming World Series began on 19 March 2022 with a virtual event jointly hosted by the United States and Canada and ended on 22 May 2022 with an onsite super final event in Athens, Greece. [1] The series consisted of four legs across three continents and featured solo, duet, and team artistic swimming events in female, male, and mixed categories. [2] It was the final edition to use the name FINA Artistic Swimming World Series preceding a change of competition name on 9 December 2022 to FINA Artistic Swimming World Cup for the 2023 edition. [3]
Mixed gender team events featured up to two men per team. [2] In December 2022, following the conclusion of World Series, the International Olympic Committee announced it would be allowing men to compete in artistic swimming for the first time only in mixed gender teams events at the 2024 Olympic Games, using the same format for team composition, up to two men, as the World Series. [4]
From 21 April through the end of the World Series, athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus were banned from participating due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [5]
Originally the World Series was scheduled to include five legs across three continents, including a first ever joint hosting of a FINA Artistic Swimming World Series leg and a FINA Diving World Series leg in Kazan, Russia for the third leg in May 2022. [6] [7] [8] However, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started on 24 February 2022, FINA canceled the leg of the World Series scheduled to take place in Kazan out of concern for the safety and well-being of participating athletes. [9] [10] To ensure the safety of participants, FINA required athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus to compete under neutral labels (no country name, flag, anthem, etc.) during competition. [11] [12] The designation "Independent FINA Athlete" (IFA) was the neutral term for competitors from the two countries. [13] After initially allowing athletes and officials from both countries to participate as neutrals, FINA reversed its decision and banned the athletes and officials altogether effective 21 April 2022 through the end of competition. [5] The updated schedule included the four non-canceled legs. [1]
Leg | Dates | Host | Venue | # athletes | # countries | Notes |
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1 | 19–20 March [a] | United States - Canada | Various | 80 | 15 | Virtual event |
2 | 1–3 April | Paris, France | Piscine Georges Vallerey [14] | 124 | 26 | |
3 | 8–10 April | Kazan, Russia | Palace of Water Sports | – | – | Cancelled [9] [10] |
4 | 7–8 May [b] | Australia | Various | 126 | 24 | Virtual event |
5 | 20–22 May | Athens, Greece | Olympic Athletic Center of Athens [15] | 137 | 23 | Super Final |
Each National Swimming Federation was permitted multiple entrants in individual and duet events, however, medals were awarded to the top three competitors in each event, with only the highest scoring competitor from each National Swimming Federation eligible for a final ranking and medal. [2]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
2 | Spain (ESP) | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
3 | Austria (AUT) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
4 | Independent FINA Athletes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
5 | France (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
7 | Israel (ISR) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
8 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
9 | Colombia (COL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Puerto Rico (PRI) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
11 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
12 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
13 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
14 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 47 | 45 | 40 | 132 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [18] | Varvara Subbotina Independent FINA Athlete | 91.5848 | Itsuki Hirota Japan | 82.5916 | Audrey Lamothe Canada | 82.0037 |
Paris [19] | Oriane Jaillardon France | 83.5476 | Audrey Lamothe Canada | 83.3653 | Polina Prikazchikova Israel | 80.4161 |
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [20] | Vasiliki Alexandri Austria | 84.1776 | Audrey Lamothe Canada | 83.0599 | Itsuki Hirota Japan | 82.7571 |
Athens [21] | Vasiliki Alexandri Austria | 86.9450 | Anita Alvarez United States | 84.6848 | Marlene Bojer Germany | 80.0743 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [13] [22] | Eve Planeix France | 87.4667 | Yuka Kawase Japan | 84.2667 | Emma Grosvenor Switzerland | 77.9667 |
Paris [23] | Iris Tió Spain | 86.7333 | Federica Sala Italy | 85.8000 | Laelys Alavez France | 83.9000 |
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [24] | Audrey Lamothe Canada | 84.6000 | Itsuki Hirota Japan | 83.9000 | Polina Prikazchikova Israel | 83.0667 |
Athens [25] | Vasiliki Alexandri Austria | 89.4333 | Iris Tió Spain | 88.2000 | Anita Alvarez United States | 87.1000 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [18] | Independent FINA Athletes Varvara Subbotina Svetlana Kolesnichenko | 93.1321 | France Anastasia Bayandina Daria Bayandina | 88.3151 | Japan Siri Kawaguchi Uta Kobayashi | 80.2902 |
Paris [26] | France Oriane Jaillardon Romane Lunel | 83.7000 | Greece Eleni Fragkaki Krystalenia Gialama | 82.7753 | Israel Shelly Bobritsky Ariel Nassee | 82.4852 |
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [20] | Austria Anna-Maria Alexandri Eirini-Marina Alexandri | 87.8449 | Israel Shelly Bobritsky Ariel Nassee | 82.6422 | Japan Airi Kawaguchi Uta Kobayashi | 81.7360 |
Athens [27] | Austria Anna-Maria Alexandri Eirini-Marina Alexandri | 90.4430 | Netherlands Bregje de Brouwer Marloes Steenbeek | 84.8617 | United States Megumi Field Daniella Ramirez | 84.3622 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [13] | United States Megumi Field Natalia Vega | 84.9000 | South Korea Yoonseo Hur Lee Ri-young | 84.2000 | Independent FINA Athletes Marharyta Kiryliuk Valeryia Valasach | 83.7333 |
Paris [28] | United States Megumi Field Natalia Vega | 85.7667 | Israel Shelly Bobritsky Nikol Nahshonov | 83.8000 | France Lalie Chassaigne Sasha Comte | 83.2333 |
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [29] | United States Megumi Field Natalia Vega | 84.8000 | Israel Shelly Bobritsky Nikol Nahshonov | 84.2667 | South Korea Yoonseo Hur Lee Ri-young | 82.7333 |
Athens [30] | Austria Anna-Maria Alexandri Eirini-Marina Alexandri | 91.6000 | Netherlands Bregje de Brouwer Marloes Steenbeek | 86.6667 | Israel Eden Blecher Shelly Bobritsky | 85.8000 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [18] | France | 87.7137 | Canada | 83.2592 | Independent FINA Athletes | 81.9504 |
Paris [31] | United States | 86.0680 | Canada | 84.7341 | Israel | 82.5568 |
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [20] | United States | 84.8199 | Canada | 83.5067 | Israel | 81.5018 |
Athens [32] | United States | 86.1525 | Israel | 83.4367 | Kazakhstan | 79.2041 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [13] | Canada | 84.7000 | Independent FINA Athletes | 83.2333 | none awarded | |
Paris [33] | Spain | 90.7000 | Canada | 85.7667 | Israel | 84.4667 |
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [29] | Canada | 84.8000 | Israel | 83.9333 | Kazakhstan | 79.6000 |
Athens [34] | Israel | 85.1333 | Kazakhstan | 81.5333 | Slovakia | 75.7333 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [18] | Aleksandr Maltsev Independent FINA Athlete | 90.4231 | Fernando Díaz del Río Spain | 76.4571 | Javier Ruisanchez Puerto Rico | 53.7147 |
Paris [35] | Fernando Díaz del Río Spain | 76.2795 | Javier Ruisanchez Puerto Rico | 60.8774 | none awarded | |
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [20] | Fernando Díaz del Río Spain | 74.2865 | Eduard Kim Kazakhstan | 69.8678 | Javier Ruisanchez Puerto Rico | 57.9860 |
Athens [36] | Fernando Díaz del Río Spain | 77.9618 | Kenneth Gaudet United States | 74.8963 | Eduard Kim Kazakhstan | 74.8478 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [13] | Javier Ruisanchez Puerto Rico | 60.2000 | none awarded | none awarded | ||
Paris [37] | Gustavo Sánchez Colombia | 80.8667 | Nicolò Ogliari Italy | 79.0667 | Javier Ruisanchez Puerto Rico | 65.6333 |
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [24] | Gustavo Sánchez Colombia | 77.4667 | Javier Ruisanchez Puerto Rico | 62.5333 | none awarded | |
Athens [38] | Fernando Díaz del Río Spain | 80.3333 | Nicolò Ogliari Italy | 76.5000 | Kenneth Gaudet United States | 76.4667 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [18] | Independent FINA Athletes Mayya Gurbanberdieva Aleksandr Maltsev | 90.5697 | Spain Emma García Pau Ribes | 82.7569 | Puerto Rico Nicolle Torrens Javier Ruisanchez | 64.1346 |
Paris [39] | Spain Emma García Pau Ribes | 84.3804 | United States Ivy Davis Kenneth Gaudet | 79.0104 | Colombia Gustavo Sánchez Jennifer Cerquera | 77.7850 |
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [20] | Japan Yotaro Sato Tomoka Sato | 83.5156 | Spain Emma García Pau Ribes | 82.8584 | Kazakhstan Eduard Kim Zhaklin Yakimova | 78.8609 |
Athens [40] | Spain Emma García Pau Ribes | 83.3138 | United States Claudia Coletti Kenneth Gaudet | 78.3346 | Kazakhstan Eduard Kim Zhaklin Yakimova | 78.2740 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [13] | Independent FINA Athletes Aleksandr Maltsev Olesia Platonova | 91.9000 | Japan Tomoka Sato Yotaro Sato | 82.7000 | Puerto Rico Nicolle Torrens Javier Ruisanchez | 63.2333 |
Paris [41] | Spain Emma García Pau Ribes | 85.5667 | United States Claudia Coletti Kenneth Gaudet | 83.0333 | Italy Nicolò Ogliari Federica Sala | 82.3667 |
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [29] | Japan Tomoka Sato Yotaro Sato | 83.2667 | United States Claudia Coletti Kenneth Gaudet | 82.1000 | Spain Judith Calvo Requena Fernando Díaz del Río | 81.7333 |
Athens [42] | Spain Emma García Pau Ribes | 84.0000 | Italy Nicolò Ogliari Federica Sala | 82.5667 | United States Claudia Coletti Kenneth Gaudet | 80.9333 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [13] | United States | 84.6333 | Canada | 82.9667 | none awarded | |
Paris [43] (all female) [a] | United States | 87.8333 | Canada | 85.5333 | Chile | 81.4333 |
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [20] | United States | 87.8000 | Canada | 85.4000 | Kazakhstan | 80.4000 |
Athens [44] | United States | 86.8333 | Greece | 85.0000 | Israel | 84.5667 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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United States Canada [13] | none awarded | none awarded | none awarded | |||
Paris [45] (all female) [a] | Israel | 84.0667 | none awarded | none awarded | ||
Kazan | Cancelled [9] [10] | |||||
Australia [29] | Israel | 84.0667 | Kazakhstan | 79.4667 | none awarded | |
Athens [46] | Greece | 85.9333 | Israel | 85.1667 | Kazakhstan | 80.8000 |
Athletes from the following 40 countries competed in the World Series. [47] [48] [49] [50]
On 18 March 2022, the German Swimming Federation withdrew its athletes from the World Series. [13] The German Swimming Federation rejoined the World Series in April on the fourth leg. [51]
On 23 March 2022, the Russian Swimming Federation pulled all athletes from FINA events for the rest of the duration of the 2022 year, including the World Series. [52] A little under one month later, on 21 April 2022, FINA banned all athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus from the World Series. [5]
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