2022 World Aquatics Championships

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19th FINA World Championships
Fina World Championships Budapest 2022 logo.svg
Host cityBudapest, 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

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.

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Host selection

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

Schedule

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]

●Opening ceremony●Other competitions●Finals●Closing ceremonyMMen's matchesWWomen's matches
June/July1718192021222324252627282930123Total
Ceremonies●●-
Swimming 5455556742
Open water swimming 12227
Artistic swimming ●1121111210
Diving 1123211213
Water polo WMWMWMWMWMWMWM2
Total0657666792325412374
Cumulative Total0611182430364352545759646869717474

Participating nations

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]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Hungary)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 18141749
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 182828
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 97622
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 69419
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 35614
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 28313
7Flag of France.svg  France 27211
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 26210
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 25310
10Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary*2215
11Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2204
12Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2125
13Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2002
14Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14611
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1135
16Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1012
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1012
18Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0112
19Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0101
20Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0033
21Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0022
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0022
23Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0011
Totals (23 entries)747574223

References

  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.
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