Argentina at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Argentina at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	ARG
National federation	Confederación Argentina de Deportes Acuáticos
Website	www.cadda.org.ar
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	25 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 28th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Argentina competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Federico Grabich	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	6 August

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Argentina fielded a full team of four swimmers to compete in the open water marathon. ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Guillermo Bertola	Men's 10 km	1:51:33.6	31
	Men's 25 km	did not finish
Gabriel Villagoiz	Men's 10 km	1:53:00.6	40
	Men's 25 km	did not finish
Julia Arino	Women's 5 km	did not start
	Women's 10 km	2:00:31.2	32
	Women's 25 km	did not finish
Cecilia Biagioli	Women's 10 km	1:58:55.7	17
Guillermo Bertola Cecilia Biagioli Gabriel Villagoiz	Mixed team	57:27.8	13

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Argentine swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard): ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Santiago Grassi	50 m butterfly	24.03	26	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	52.36	18	did not advance
Federico Grabich	100 m freestyle	48.48	4 Q	48.20	3 Q	48.12
	200 m freestyle	1:47.73	16 Q	1:47.43 NR	12	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	25.60	27	did not advance
Martín Naidich	400 m freestyle	3:52.43	38	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:57.72	21	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:14.38	18	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Virginia Bardach	200 m butterfly	2:13.76	27	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:17.24	31	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:51.59	28	—		did not advance
Andrea Berrino	100 m backstroke	1:02.37	38	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:14.96	28	did not advance
Julia Sebastián	50 m breaststroke	32.13	35	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:09.71	35	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:29.28	=26	did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Argentina qualified two synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Etel Sánchez	Solo technical routine	78.2419	16	did not advance
	Solo free routine	79.7000	15	did not advance
Etel Sánchez Sofía Sánchez	Duet technical routine	79.8065	18	did not advance
	Duet free routine	79.9667	17	did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

• Diego Malnero
• Ramiro Veich
• Tomás Galimberti
• Andrés Monutti
• Emanuel López
• Tomás Bulgheroni
• Juan Pablo Montané
• Esteban Corsi
• Iván Carabantes
• Julián Daszczyk
• Franco Demarchi
• Germán Yañez
• Franco Testa

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	52	13	+39	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	34	24	+10	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	17	37	−20	2
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	17	46	−29	0

Source: SportResult.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

27 July 2015 13:30	Report	South Africa	10–6	Argentina	Kazan Attendance: 913 Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 1–2, 1–1, 2–1
		E. Le Roux, P. Le Roux 3	Goals	Yañez 3

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29 July 2015 10:50	Report	Kazakhstan	15–7	Argentina	Kazan Attendance: 1,016 Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 3–3, 5–1, 2–1
		Axenov, Pekovich 4	Goals	Yañez 3

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31 July 2015 10:50	Report	Hungary	21–4	Argentina	Kazan Attendance: 1,065 Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 3–1, 6–1, 6–0
		Dén. Varga 5	Goals	López 2

13th–16th place semifinals

2 August 2015 12:10	Report	Argentina	6–14	Japan	Kazan Attendance: 218 Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–2, 2–4, 2–4
		Carabantes, Demarchi 3	Goals	Takei 4

15th place game

4 August 2015 09:30	Report	China	16–9	Argentina	Kazan Attendance: 753 Referees: Joseph Peila (USA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 3–4, 4–2, 3–1
		Dong Tao 4	Goals	Yañez 5

References

1. "La nadadora rosarina Arino, ante una nueva experiencia" [Rosario swimmer Arino assures a new experience] (in Russian). El Hincha. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
2. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
3. Grace, Jeff (19 March 2015). "Grabich and Berrino Break Argentine Records in Mar de Plata". SwimSwam. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
4. "Nadando hasta Rusia" [Swimmers fly to Russia] (in Spanish). El Depornauta. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

External links

• Confederación Argentina de Deportes Acuáticos (in Spanish)