Canada at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Canada at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
Canada at the; 2019 World Aquatics Championships
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National federation	Aquatic Federation of Canada
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in Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors	67 in 6 sports
Medals; Ranked 10th	Gold2Silver2Bronze7Total11
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Last updated November 28, 2025

Canada competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Maggie MacNeil	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly	22 July
Gold	Kylie Masse	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	23 July
Silver	Jennifer Abel Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu	Diving	Women's synchronized 3 m springboard	15 July
Silver	François Imbeau-Dulac Jennifer Abel	Diving	Mixed synchronized 3 m springboard	20 July
Bronze	Eric Hedlin	Open water swimming	Men's 5 km	13 July
Bronze	Kayla Sanchez Taylor Ruck Penny Oleksiak Maggie MacNeil Rebecca Smith*	Swimming	Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay	21 July
Bronze	Sydney Pickrem	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	22 July
Bronze	Kayla Sanchez Taylor Ruck Emily Overholt Penny Oleksiak Rebecca Smith* Emma O'Croinin*	Swimming	Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay	25 July
Bronze	Sydney Pickrem	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	26 July
Bronze	Kylie Masse	Swimming	Women's 200 metre backstroke	27 July
Bronze	Kylie Masse Sydney Pickrem Maggie MacNeil Penny Oleksiak Kierra Smith* Rebecca Smith* Taylor Ruck*	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	28 July

Artistic swimming

Canada's artistic swimming team consisted of 12 athletes (12 female).^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacqueline Simoneau	Solo technical routine	89.1527	5 Q	89.2932	5
Jacqueline Simoneau	Solo free routine	90.4333	5 Q	90.7000	5
Claudia Holzner Halle Pratt Jacqueline Simoneau	Duet technical routine	87.7412	6 Q	88.8659	6
Claudia Holzner Halle Pratt Jacqueline Simoneau	Duet free routine	89.6000	7 Q	89.7667	7
Emily Armstrong Andree-Anne Cote Camille Fiola-Dion Rebecca Harrower Claudia Holzner Audrey Joly Halle Pratt Jacqueline Simoneau Catherine Barrett (R) Sion Ormond (R)	Team technical routine	88.4953	7 Q	89.4990	7
Emily Armstrong Andree-Anne Cote Camille Fiola-Dion Rebecca Harrower Claudia Holzner Audrey Joly Halle Pratt Jacqueline Simoneau Catherine Barrett (R) Kenzie Priddell (R)	Team free routine	90.2000	7 Q	90.1000	7
Emily Armstrong Catherine Barrett Andree-Anne Cote Camille Fiola-Dion Rebecca Harrower Claudia Holzner Audrey Joly Sion Ormond Halle Pratt Jacqueline Simoneau Kenzie Priddell (R) Cassandra Winkelaar (R)	Highlight routine	—		89.9333	4

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Diving

Canada has entered 10 divers.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Philippe Gagné	3 m springboard	370.40	29	Did not advance
Francois Imbeau-Dulac	3 m springboard	409.30	13 Q	395.20	16	Did not advance
Bryden Hattie	10 m platform	379.30	20	Did not advance
Vincent Riendeau	10 m platform	408.20	10 Q	421.00	11 Q	440.70	11
Philippe Gagné François Imbeau-Dulac	Synchronized 3 m springboard	182.94	25	—		Did not advance
Vincent Riendeau Nathan Zsombor-Murray	Synchronized 10 m platform	397.38	4 Q	—		368.19	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jennifer Abel	3 m springboard	318.75	4 Q	339.90	4 Q	333.35	4
Pamela Ware	3 m springboard	307.95	5 Q	308.00	6 Q	290.20	7
Meaghan Benfeito	10 m platform	344.60	2 Q	340.60	4 Q	347.80	6
Caeli McKay	10 m platform	315.85	8 Q	356.70	3 Q	331.40	7
Jennifer Abel Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu	Synchronized 3 m springboard	292.08	2 Q	—		311.10
Meaghan Benfeito Caeli McKay	Synchronized 10 m platform	298.11	2 Q	—		304.05	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
François Imbeau-Dulac Jennifer Abel	Synchronized 3 m springboard	304.08

High diving

Canada qualified two female high divers.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Aimee Harrison	Women's high diving	206.00	11

Open water swimming

Canada qualified four male and two female open water swimmers.^[4]^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Raben Dommann	Men's 5 km	53:40.5	16
Fan Hau-Li	Men's 10 km	1:48:21.1	17
Eric Hedlin	Men's 5 km	53:32.4
Jon McKay	Men's 10 km	1:49:43.7	24

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chantel Jeffrey	Women's 5 km	58:18.1	28
Chantel Jeffrey	Women's 10 km	2:02:19.9	45
Kate Sanderson	Women's 5 km	58:17.7	24
Kate Sanderson	Women's 10 km	2:00:23.9	35

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Fan Hau-Li Chantel Jeffrey Jon McKay Kate Sanderson	Team	56:20.3	13

Swimming

Canada has entered 25 swimmers.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Josiah Binnema	100 m butterfly	52.93	24	Did not advance
Tristan Cote	400 m individual medley	4:17.22	15	—	Did not advance
Mackenzie Darragh	200 m butterfly	1:57.13	15 Q	1:57.89	7	Did not advance
Richard Funk	50 m breaststroke	27.78	28	Did not advance
Richard Funk	100 m breaststroke	1:00.73	27	Did not advance
Yuri Kisil	50 m freestyle	22.38	25	Did not advance
Yuri Kisil	100 m freestyle	48.79	17	Did not advance
Gabe Mastromatteo	200 m breaststroke	2:15.61	39	Did not advance
Alexander Pratt	200 m freestyle	1:49.56	35	Did not advance
Cole Pratt	200 m backstroke	2:00.45	26	Did not advance
Cole Pratt	200 m individual medley	2:04.26	36	Did not advance
Markus Thormeyer	100 m freestyle	49.05	22	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	53.77	10 Q	53.59	6	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:58.16	17 Q	1:56.96	5 Q	1:58.50	8
Markus Thormeyer Yuri Kisil William Pisani Carson Olafson	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:15.06	13	—		Did not advance
Markus Thormeyer Alexander Pratt Jeremy Bagshaw Carson Olafson	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:14.01	17	—		Did not advance
Markus Thormeyer Richard Funk Joshua Liendo Yuri Kisil	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.79	10	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maggie MacNeil	50 m butterfly	26.14	11 Q	26.28	14	Did not advance
Maggie MacNeil	100 m butterfly	57.10	3 Q	56.52	2 Q	55.83
Kylie Masse	100 m backstroke	58.91	1 Q	58.50	1 Q	58.60
Kylie Masse	200 m backstroke	2:09.18	5 Q	2:06.57	2 Q	2:06.62
Emma O'Croinin	400 m freestyle	4:09.68	12	—	Did not advance
Emma O'Croinin	1500 m freestyle	16:30.46	17	—	Did not advance
Penny Oleksiak	50 m butterfly	25.73	4 Q	25.93	6 Q	25.69	6
	100 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:57.25	6 Q	1:56.41	3 Q	1:56.59	6
Emily Overholt	400 m individual medley	4:37.90	4 Q	—	4:37.42	5
Mackenzie Padington	400 m freestyle	4:16.06	24	—	Did not advance
Mackenzie Padington	800 m freestyle	8:39.58	18	—	Did not advance
Sydney Pickrem	200 m breaststroke	2:24.53	1 Q	2:23.11	3 Q	2:22.90
	200 m individual medley	2:10.34	4 Q	2:08.83	1 Q	2:08.70
	400 m individual medley	4:38.59	7 Q	—	4:36.72	4
Taylor Ruck	100 m freestyle	53.69	10 Q	53.04	3 Q	53.03	5
	200 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:10.67	14 Q	2:08.42	4 Q	2:07.50	5
Kayla Sanchez	50 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
Kierra Smith	100 m breaststroke	1:08.05	18	Did not advance
Rebecca Smith	100 m butterfly	58.20	14 Q	57.59	6	Did not advance
Kelsey Wog	200 m breaststroke	2:25.01	5 Q	2:24.17	7 Q	2:25.14	6
Kayla Sanchez Taylor Ruck Penny Oleksiak Maggie MacNeil Rebecca Smith*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:34.73	2 Q	—		3:31.78 NR
Kayla Sanchez Taylor Ruck Emily Overholt Penny Oleksiak Rebecca Smith* Emma O'Croinin*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:55.10	6 Q	—		7:44.35 NR
Kylie Masse Sydney Pickrem Maggie MacNeil Penny Oleksiak Kierra Smith* Rebecca Smith* Taylor Ruck*	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:58.63	4 Q	—		3:53.58

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Markus Thormeyer Yuri Kisil Taylor Ruck Penny Oleksiak Kayla Sanchez* Maggie MacNeil*	4 × 100 m mixed freestyle relay	3:24.09	3 Q	3:22.54	4
Kylie Masse Richard Funk Margaret MacNeil Yuri Kisil	4 × 100 m mixed medley relay	3:44.03	5 Q	3:43.06	5

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

Water polo

Women's tournament

Team roster^[7]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	65	23	+42	6	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	1	91	31	+60	4	Playoffs
3	Canada	3	1	2	46	35	+11	2	Playoffs
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	3	3	116	−113	0

Source: Sportresult
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.
(H) Hosts

14 July 2019 11:10	Report	Canada	10–18	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–5, 4–5, 3–6
		Christmas 3	Goals	Prokofyeva 3

16 July 2019 09:50	Report	Canada	14–15	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–5, 3–5, 5–2
		E. Wright, Fournier 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 7

18 July 2019 19:10	Report	Canada	22–2	South Korea	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters:5–0, 6–0, 6–0, 5–2
		Christmas, E. Wright 3	Goals	Kyung, Lee J. 1

Playoffs

20 July 2019 14:00	Report	Netherlands	5–4	Canada	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 4–2, 0–1, 1–1
		Megens 2	Goals	E. Wright 2

9th–12th place semifinals

22 July 2019 11:00	Report	Canada	17–16 (PSO)	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–4, 1–1, 2–1 PSO:7–6
		Christmas 3	Goals	Zhang 4

Ninth place game

24 July 2019 11:00	Report	Canada	24–7	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters:7–3, 5–1, 4–1, 8–2
		Békhazi 5	Goals	Roga, Mirshina 2

References

↑ "Entry List by Nation (Artistic swimming)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
↑ "Diving Entry List by NAT (Diving)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
↑ "18th FINA World Championships – High Diving Qualified Divers". FINA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
↑ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
↑ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
↑ "Swimming Entry List" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
↑ "Women's Water Polo Team Roster Canada" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

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[1] "Entry List by Nation (Artistic swimming)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

[2] "Diving Entry List by NAT (Diving)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

[3] "18th FINA World Championships – High Diving Qualified Divers". FINA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

[4] "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[5] "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[6] "Swimming Entry List" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

[7] "Women's Water Polo Team Roster Canada" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

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