Canada at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Canada at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	CAN
National federation	Aquatic Federation of Canada
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in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	76 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 0 Silver 4 Bronze 4 Total 8
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Canada competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Jennifer Abel Pamela Ware	Diving	Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard	July 25
Silver	Vincent Riendeau Meaghan Benfeito	Diving	Mixed 10 m synchronized platform	July 25
Silver	Meaghan Benfeito Roseline Filion	Diving	Women's 10 m synchronized platform	July 27
Silver	François Imbeau-Dulac Jennifer Abel	Diving	Mixed 3 m synchronized springboard	August 2
Bronze	Ryan Cochrane	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	August 2
Bronze	Santo Condorelli Yuri Kisil Karl Krug* Sandrine Mainville Victoria Poon * Chantal van Landeghem	Swimming	Mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay	August 8
Bronze	Ryan Cochrane	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 9
Bronze	Emily Overholt	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	August 9

Medals by sport

Sport				Total
Diving	0	4	0	4
High diving	0	0	0	0
Swimming	0	0	4	4
Open water swimming	0	0	0	0
Synchronized swimming	0	0	0	0
Water polo	0	0	0	0
Total	0	4	4	8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Canada qualified a full team of 8 divers. ^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Philippe Gagné	3 m springboard	421.45	16 Q	381.00	18	Did not advance
François Imbeau-Dulac		377.20	32	Did not advance
Maxim Bouchard	10 m platform	407.40	20	Did not advance
Vincent Riendeau		435.45	16 Q	396.10	16	Did not advance
Philippe Gagné François Imbeau-Dulac	3 m synchronized springboard	373.59	12 Q	—		408.66	5
Philippe Gagné Vincent Riendeau	10 m synchronized platform	372.78	14	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jennifer Abel	3 m springboard	348.70	3 Q	353.90	3 Q	331.50	6
Pamela Ware		317.30	5 Q	318.65	6 Q	332.40	5
Meaghan Benfeito	10 m platform	312.75	15 Q	320.75	12 Q	343.80	7
Roseline Filion		318.60	13 Q	318.05	13	Did not advance
Jennifer Abel Pamela Ware	3 m synchronized springboard	302.01	2 Q	—		319.47
Meaghan Benfeito Roseline Filion	10 m synchronized platform	313.26	2 Q	—		339.99

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
François Imbeau-Dulac Jennifer Abel	3 m synchronized springboard	317.01
Vincent Riendeau Meaghan Benfeito	10 m synchronized platform	309.66

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Canada qualified one high diver to compete at the World Championships. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Lysanne Richard	Women's high diving	216.35	5

Open water swimming

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

Canada has fielded a team of four swimmers to compete in the open water marathon. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eric Hedlin	Men's 10 km	1:56:52.3	56
Richard Weinberger		1:50:19.9	8
Jade Dusablon	Women's 5 km	1:00:52.7	22
	Women's 10 km	2:00:35.0	34
Samantha Harding	Women's 5 km	1:00:50.3	19
	Women's 10 km	1:59:47.1	27

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Canadian swimmers earned 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): ^{[4] [5]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jeremy Bagshaw	200 m freestyle	1:48.29	24	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:50.54	23	—		Did not advance
Ryan Cochrane	400 m freestyle	3:45.86	3 Q	—		3:44.59
	800 m freestyle	7:50.28	10	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	14:55.96	6 Q	—		14:51.08
Santo Condorelli	100 m freestyle	48.77	11 Q	48.49	8 Q	48.19	4
	50 m butterfly	23.67	15 Q	23.30	9	Did not advance
Richard Funk	50 m breaststroke	27.71	20	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:00.26	14 Q	1:00.43	15	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:13.33	27	Did not advance
Yuri Kisil	100 m freestyle	49.56	29	Did not advance
Karl Krug	50 m freestyle	22.88	33	Did not advance
Russell Wood	50 m backstroke	25.79	31	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	54.90	29	Did not advance
Santo Condorelli Yuri Kisil Karl Krug Evan van Moerkerke	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:15.00	6 Q	—		3:15.94	8
Russell Wood Richard Funk Santo Condorelli Yuri Kisil	4×100 m medley relay	3:35.72	13	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dominique Bouchard	50 m backstroke	28.66	19	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:00.61	15 Q	1:00.31	11	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:08.66	3 Q	2:08.16	4 Q	2:08.51	6
Hilary Caldwell	100 m backstroke	1:00.69	18 Q	1:00.39	12	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:10.92	15	2:08.99	6 Q	2:08.66	7
Audrey Lacroix	200 m butterfly	2:08.79	11 Q	2:08.86	12	Did not advance
Martha McCabe	200 m breaststroke	2:26.51	21	Did not advance
Rachel Nicol	50 m breaststroke	30.86	11 Q	31.04	10	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.52	14 Q	1:07.24	11	Did not advance
Emily Overholt	200 m freestyle	1:59.61	21	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:14.45	22	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:35.86	3 Q	—		4:32.52
Sydney Pickrem	200 m individual medley	2:10.94	4 Q	2:10.08	5 Q	2:10.32	6
	400 m individual medley	4:40.60	14	—		Did not advance
Katerine Savard	200 m freestyle	2:00.30	26	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.96	5 Q	57.52	4 Q	57.69	5
Kierra Smith	100 m breaststroke	1:07.88	21	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:24.12	11 Q	2:22.82	5 Q	2:23.61	8
Noemie Thomas	50 m butterfly	26.46	14 Q	26.37	15	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.35	12 Q	58.05	8 Q	57.94	7
Chantal van Landeghem	50 m freestyle	24.94	12 Q	24.52	8 Q	24.39 NR	5
	100 m freestyle	54.54	13 Q	53.93	9	Did not advance
Michelle Williams	50 m freestyle	25.13	14 Q	24.84	12	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.08	20	Did not advance
Sandrine Mainville Michelle Williams Chantal van Landeghem Katerine Savard Victoria Poon*	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:37.64	5 Q	—		3:36.44	5
Katerine Savard Alyson Ackman Emily Overholt Kennedy Goss	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:57.31	11	—		Did not advance
Dominique Bouchard Rachel Nicol Noemie Thomas Sandrine Mainville	4×100 m medley relay	3:59.02	6 Q	—		3:57.96	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Santo Condorelli Yuri Kisil Chantal van Landeghem Sandrine Mainville Karl Krug* Victoria Poon*	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:27.75	7 Q	3:23.59
Russell Wood Richard Funk Katerine Savard Sandrine Mainville Rachel Nicol* Noemie Thomas* Karl Krug*	4×100 m medley relay	3:49.60	8 Q	3:46.23	7

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Thirteen Canadian synchronized swimmers (one male and twelve female) have been selected to compete in the following events at the World Championships.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacqueline Simoneau	Solo technical routine	88.0766	6 Q	89.0237	6
	Solo free routine	89.8000	6 Q	90.2333	6
Jacqueline Simoneau Karine Thomas	Duet technical routine	87.6537	6 Q	89.4176	6
	Duet free routine	89.6000	7 Q	89.3667	7
Gabriella Brisson Annabelle Frappier Claudia Holzner Rebecca Maule* Marie-Lou Marin Samantha Nealon Lisa Sanders Jacqueline Simoneau Karine Thomas	Team technical routine	88.9029	6 Q	88.8885	6
	Team free routine	89.8000	7 Q	90.0000	7
Gabrielle Boisvert* Gabriella Brisson Annabelle Frappier Claudia Holzner Rebecca Maule Marie-Lou Marin Samantha Nealon Lisa Sanders Elizabeth Savard Jacqueline Simoneau Karine Thomas	Free routine combination	89.4000	6 Q	90.3667	6

* Reserves

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
René Prévost Stéphanie Leclair	Duet free routine	82.3333	8 Q	82.5333	8

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

Canada qualified a men's team. ^[6]

Team roster

• Robin Randall
• Con Kudaba
• Oliver Vikalo
• Nicolas Constantin-Bicari
• Justin Boyd
• David Lapins
• Alec Taschereau
• Kevin Graham
• Matt Halajian
• John Conway
• George Torakis
• Jerry McElroy
• Dusan Aleksic

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	39	17	+22	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	25	20	+5	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Brazil	3	0	1	2	24	29	−5	1
4	China	3	0	1	2	12	34	−22	1

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 09:30	Report	Croatia	12–7	Canada	Kazan Attendance: 507 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 6–2, 1–0, 1–3
		four players 2	Goals	Conway 3

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29 July 2015 20:10	Report	China	2–8	Canada	Kazan Attendance: 240 Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–3, 1–1, 1–1
		Tan Feihu 2	Goals	McElroy 3

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31 July 2015 20:10	Report	Brazil	6–10	Canada	Kazan Attendance: 230 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–3, 2–3, 1–1
		Silva 2	Goals	Boyd, McElroy 2

Playoffs

2 August 2015 13:30	Report	Canada	2–8	Italy	Kazan Attendance: 269 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 1–2, 0–3
		Kudaba, Torakis 1	Goals	Giorgetti, Gitto 2

9th–12th place semifinals

4 August 2015 12:10	Report	Canada	9–7	Kazakhstan	Kazan Attendance: 421 Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–0, 2–3, 1–2
		Conway 4	Goals	Axenov 3

Ninth place game

6 August 2015 12:10	Report	Canada	7–7	Brazil	Kazan Attendance: 308 Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 2–3, 2–1   PSO:5–3
		Conway, Kubada 2	Goals	Delgado 3

Women's tournament

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

Canada's qualified a women's team. ^{[7] [8]}

Team roster

• Jessica Gaudreault
• Krystina Alogbo
• Katrina Monton
• Emma Wright
• Monika Eggens
• Kelly McKee
• Joëlle Békhazi
• Shae Fournier
• Carmen Eggens
• Christine Robinson
• Stephanie Valin
• Dominique Perreault
• Nicola Colterjohn

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	49	15	+34	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	38	22	+16	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	25	35	−10	2
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	12	52	−40	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.

26 July 2015 09:30	Report	Canada	15–6	New Zealand	Kazan Attendance: 865 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 2–3, 4–2, 4–0
		M. Eggens, Fournier 3	Goals	Myles 2

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28 July 2015 21:30	Report	Canada	17–4	Kazakhstan	Kazan Attendance: 240 Referees: György Kun (HUN), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 2–1, 3–2, 8–0
		M. Eggens 5	Goals	Mirshina 2

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30 July 2015 13:30	Report	Canada	6–12	Spain	Kazan Attendance: 321 Referees: György Kun (HUN), Mark Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–4, 2–2, 1–1
		M. Eggens 2	Goals	Pareja 3

Playoffs

1 August 2015 13:30	Report	Canada	5–8	Greece	Kazan Attendance: 2,055 Referees: German Moller (ARG), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 0–2, 1–2
		Valin 2	Goals	Charalampidi 3

9th–12th place semifinals

3 August 2015 12:10	Report	Canada	7–10	Hungary	Kazan Attendance: 274 Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Cory Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 3–2, 1–4
		Wright 2	Goals	Keszthelyi 4

Eleventh place game

5 August 2015 10:50	Report	Canada	20–4	Kazakhstan	Kazan Attendance: 235 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Cory Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 5–1, 5–2, 6–0
		M. Eggens 5	Goals	Mirshina 2

References

1. Canada's Diving Team: CANADIAN DIVING TEAM HAS SIGHTS SET ON MULTIPLE PODIUM FINISHES AT THE KAZAN AND LONDON LEGS OF THE 2015 FINA/NVC DIVING WORLD SERIES ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Canada's High Diving Team Archived 2013-07-21 at archive.today
3. "Weinberger, Hedlin to Lead Canada at Pan-Am and World Champs Open Water". Swim BC. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
4. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
5. "BCN 2015 Canada's Swimming Team". Kazan 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
6. "Canada's Men's Water Polo Team". Archived from the original on 2013-07-21. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
7. "Canada's Women's Water Polo Team". Archived from the original on 2013-07-21. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
8. "PR 8 - Draw for the Kazan 2015 Water Polo Tournaments". Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2015-05-04.

External links

• Official website