Canada at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Canada at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	CAN
National federation	Aquatic Federation of Canada
Website	aquaticscanadaaquatiques.com
in Fukuoka, Japan 14 July 2023 (2023-07-14) – 30 July 2023 (2023-07-30)
Competitors	84 (31 men and 53 women) in 6 sports
Medals	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 5 Total 10
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Canada is scheduled to compete at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July 2023.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Summer McIntosh	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	27 July 2023
	Summer McIntosh	Swimming	Women's 400 m medley	30 July 2023
	Maggie MacNeil	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	24 July 2023
	Molly Carlson	High diving	Women's high diving	26 July 2023
	Josh Liendo	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	29 July 2023
	Caeli McKay	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	19 July 2023
	Pamela Ware	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	21 July 2023
	Jessica Macaulay	High diving	Women's high diving	26 July 2023
	Summer McIntosh	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	26 July 2023
	Kylie Masse Sophie Angus Maggie Mac Neil Summer McIntosh Ingrid Wilm Mary-Sophie Harvey	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley	30 July 2023

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	12	12
Diving	2	5	7
High diving	1	3	4
Open water swimming	2	1	3*
Swimming	13	14	27
Water polo	13	13	26
Total	31	48	79

• One male and one female athlete will compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming. They have been included within the swimming numbers.

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Audrey Lamothe	Solo technical routine	214.9417	6 Q	216.4351	6
	Solo free routine	167.3625	8 Q	207.4480	4
Scarlett Finn Kenzie Priddell	Duet technical routine	192.0200	18	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Olena Verbinska Florence Tremblay Laurianne Imbeau Raphaelle Plante Jonnie Newman Claire Scheffel Kiara Quieti Kenzie Priddell	Team acrobatic routine	203.6600	6 Q	205.4900	6
Jonnie Newman Scarlett Finn Raphaelle Plante Florence Tremblay Kenzie Priddell Sydney Carroll Laurianne Imbeau Olena Verbinska	Team technical routine	190.7666	14	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Canada's diving team consisted of eight athletes (three men and five women). ^[1] Rylan Wiens was originally set to compete, however he later withdrew after suffering a back injury ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bryden Hattie	1 m springboard	311.30	28	—		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	326.30	43	Did not advance
Nathan Zsombor-Murray	10 m platform	391.55	13 Q	422.55	9 Q	468.00	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mia Vallée	1 m springboard	232.15	15	—		Did not advance
Pamela Ware		237.35	12 Q	—		284.40	4
Mia Vallée	3 m springboard	274.80	21	Did not advance
Pamela Ware		304.95	3 Q	332.40	4 Q	332.00
Elaena Dick	10 m platform	283.90	18 Q	271.50	17	Did not advance
Caeli McKay		322.15	5 Q	324.05	5 Q	340.25
Mia Vallée Pamela Ware	3 m synchronized springboard	275.73	7 Q	—		284.22	5
Caeli McKay Kate Miller	10 m synchronized platform	292.50	4 Q	—		279.93	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Bryden Hattie Pamela Ware	3 m synchronized springboard	DNS
Nathan Zsombor-Murray Kate Miller	10 m synchronized platform	290.43	5

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Canada's high diving team consisted of four athletes (one man and three women). ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Michael Foisy	Men's high diving	236.50	19
Molly Carlson	Women's high diving	322.80
Simone Leathead		312.40	4
Jessica Macaulay		320.95

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Canada's open water swimming team consisted of six athletes (three men and three women). ^{[4] [5] [6]} Eric Brown and Emma Finlin also qualified for events in the indoor pool competition.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Benjamin Cote	Men's 5 km	57:24.1	29
Eric Hedlin		56:54.0	26
Eric Brown	Men's 10 km	1:55:31.2	32
Eric Hedlin		1:54:25.4	31

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bailey O'Regan	Women's 5 km	1:02:27.0	33
Emma Finlin	Women's 10 km	2:07:09.5	30
Bailey O'Regan		2:10:08.1	38

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Emma Finlin Eric Hedlin Bailey O'Regan Eric Brown	Team relay	1:14:11.8	10

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Canada's swimming team consisted of 28 swimmers (14 men and 14 women). ^[7] Penny Oleksiak was originally named in the team, however withdrew due to injury. ^[8] Sydney Pickrem and Mabel Zavaros withdrew from the event due to personal circumstances and injury respectively. ^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Acevedo	100 metre freestyle	48.67	24	Did not advance
	50 metre backstroke	25.18	19	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	54.58	26	Did not advance
Eric Brown	400 m freestyle	3:50.68	23	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	8:01.41	28	—		Did not advance
James Dergousoff	50 metre breaststroke	27.53	21	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke	1:01.19	28	Did not advance
Collyn Gagne	400 metre individual medley	4:16.08	13	—		Did not advance
Patrick Hussey	200 metre freestyle	DNS
Ilya Kharun	50 metre butterfly	23.27	9 Q	23.27	14	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	51.33	7 Q	51.22	9	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	1:55.93	13 Q	1:54.28 NR	3 Q	1:53.82 NR	4
Finlay Knox	200 metre individual medley	1:58.64	12 Q	1:58.23	13	Did not advance
Joshua Liendo	50 metre freestyle	21.97	13 Q	21.88	8 Q	Withdraw
	100 metre freestyle	48.03	7 Q	48.22	14	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	23.36	15 Q	23.33	15	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	50.98	3 Q	50.75	3 Q	50.34 NR
Hugh McNeill	200 metre backstroke	1:57.73	7 Q	1:58.86	15	Did not advance
Brayden Taivassalo	200 metre breaststroke	2:13.81	30	Did not advance
Lorne Wigginton	400 metre individual medley	4:13.75	9	—		Did not advance
Joshua Liendo Ruslan Gaziev Finlay Knox Javier Acevedo Édouard Fullum-Huot	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.49	4 Q	—		3:12.05	5
Ruslan Gaziev Patrick Hussey Finlay Knox Javier Acevedo	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:10.67	12	—		Did not advance
Javier Acevedo James Dergousoff Joshua Liendo Ruslan Gaziev	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:32.11	6 Q	—		3:32.61	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emma Finlin	800 metre freestyle	8:36.47	18	—		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	16:15.77	12	—		Did not advance
Sophie Angus	50 metre breaststroke	31.01	22	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke	1:07.34	22	Did not advance
Mary-Sophie Harvey	200 metre freestyle	1:58.50	19	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:09.65	3 Q	2:11.47	11	Did not advance
Hanna Henderson	50 metre freestyle	25.71	36	Did not advance
Ella Jansen	400 metre freestyle	4:12.77	22	—		Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:43.35	17	—		Did not advance
Maggie Mac Neil	50 metre butterfly	26.33	19	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	57.56	5 Q	56.78	3 Q	56.45
Kylie Masse	50 metre backstroke	27.48	2 Q	27.49	4 Q	27.28	4
	100 metre backstroke	59.14	4 Q	59.06	4 Q	59.09	4
	200 metre backstroke	2:09.31	6 Q	2:08.51	5 Q	2:07.52	5
Summer McIntosh	200 metre freestyle	1:55.88	2 Q	1:54.67	2 Q	1:53.65 WJ, NR
	400 metre freestyle	4:01.72	3 Q	—		3:59.94	4
	200 metre butterfly	2:07.91	3 Q	2:06.85	3 Q	2:04.06 AM , WJ
	400 metre individual medley	4:36.57	2 Q	—		4:27.11 CR
Katerine Savard	50 metre butterfly	26.23	15 Q	25.98	12	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	58.56	16 Q	58.18	13	Did not advance
Ingrid Wilm	50 metre backstroke	27.75	6 Q	27.71	7 Q	27.41	6
	100 metre backstroke	59.96	9 Q	59.35	6 Q	59.31	5
	200 metre backstroke	2:12.67	19	Did not advance
Kelsey Wog	200 metre breaststroke	2:25.60	10 Q	2:24.16	8 Q	2:25.21	8
Summer McIntosh Maggie Mac Neil Mary-Sophie Harvey Taylor Ruck Katerine Savard	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:36.39	7 Q	—		3:36.62	7
Mary-Sophie Harvey Summer McIntosh Emma O'Croinin Brooklyn Douthwright Ella Jansen Katerine Savard	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:54.73	6 Q	—		7:49.98	5
Kylie Masse Sophie Angus Maggie Mac Neil Summer McIntosh Ingrid Wilm Mary-Sophie Harvey	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:55.93	1 Q	—		3:54.12

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joshua Liendo Ruslan Gaziev Maggie Mac Neil Mary-Sophie Harvey Javier Acevedo Taylor Ruck	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:24.63	5 Q	3:23.82	4
Kylie Masse James Dergousoff Margaret MacNeil Ruslan Gaziev Ingrid Wilm	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.32	6 Q	3:43.72	6

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Canada	Men's tournament	China W 13–10	Italy L 6–24	France L 11–15	3 QP	United States L 10–13	—	Croatia L 5–13	Japan L 11–23	12
Canada	Women's tournament	Hungary L 10–11	New Zealand W 13–11	Japan W 17–12	2 QP	South Africa W 21–6	Netherlands L 10–17	United States L 4–16	Greece W 14–12	7

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Canadian roster. ^[10]

Head coach: Patrick Oaten

• 1 Milan Radenovic GK
• 2 Gaelan Patterson FP
• 3 Bogdan Djerkovic FP
• 4 Nicolas Constantin-Bicari FP
• 5 Matt Halajian FP
• 6 Jérémie Blanchard FP
• 7 Nikos Gerakoudis FP
• 8 Jeremie Cote FP
• 9 Aleksa Gardijan FP
• 10 Aria Soleimanipak FP
• 11 David Lapins FP
• 12 Léo Hachem FP
• 13 Brody McKnight GK

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	0	55	17	+38	9	Quarterfinals
2	France	3	2	0	0	1	38	32	+6	6	Playoffs
3	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	30	49	−19	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	23	48	−25	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.

17 July 2023 12:00	Report	Canada	13–10	China	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 3–6, 4–4, 2–0
		Constantin-Bicari, Gardijan 3	Goals	Peng 4

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19 July 2023 09:00	Report	Italy	24–6	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters:6–0, 4–2, 8–4, 6–0
		three players 4	Goals	Constantin-Bicari 3

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21 July 2023 20:30	Report	France	15–11	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 5–3, 3–2, 2–2
		three players 3	Goals	three players 3

Playoffs

23 July 2023 14:00	Report	United States	13–10	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 3–4, 2–1, 5–4
		Daube 7	Goals	Constantin-Bicari 4

9–12th place semifinals

25 July 2023 12:00	Report	Canada	5–13	Croatia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 1–5, 1–2
		five players 1	Goals	Butić, Lazić 3

Eleventh place game

27 July 2023 09:00	Report	Canada	11–23	Japan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–6, 2–8, 3–3
		Djerkovic 3	Goals	Inaba 5

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Canadian roster. ^[11]

Head coach: David Paradelo

• 1 Jessica Gaudreault GK
• 2 Marilia Mimides FP
• 3 Axelle Crevier FP
• 4 Emma Wright FP
• 5 Daphné Guèvremont FP
• 6 Blaire McDowell FP
• 7 Verica Bakoc FP
• 8 Elyse Lemay-Lavoie FP
• 9 Hayley McKelvey FP
• 10 Serena Browne FP
• 11 Kindred Paul FP
• 12 Shae La Roche FP
• 13 Rachael Jaffe GK
• Floranne Carroll FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	0	60	36	+24	9	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	40	34	+6	6	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	0	2	33	52	−19	3
4	Japan (H)	3	0	0	0	3	49	60	−11	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) Host

16 July 2023 20:30	Report	Hungary	11–10	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–2, 1–2, 3–3
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	four players 2

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18 July 2023 16:00	Report	Canada	13–11	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:7–4, 1–3, 3–0, 2–4
		La Roche 3	Goals	Howarth 4

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20 July 2023 19:00	Report	Canada	17–12	Japan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 3–3, 5–4, 4–4
		Lemay-Lavoie 5	Goals	Arima, Kawaguchi 4

Playoffs

22 July 2023 18:30	Report	South Africa	6–21	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–4, 1–4, 3–7
		Thornton-Dibb 2	Goals	Wright 4

Quarterfinals

24 July 2023 16:30	Report	Netherlands	17–10	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 5–3, 3–4, 3–1
		three players 3	Goals	McKelvey 4

5–8th place semifinals

26 July 2023 14:00	Report	United States	16–4	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 2–1, 6–1, 3–1
		Flynn 5	Goals	Browne 2

Seventh place game

28 July 2023 11:30	Report	Canada	14–12	Greece	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 1–4, 4–1, 1–4  PSO:4–2
		Wright 3	Goals	Xenaki 3

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