China at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

China at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	CHN
National federation	Chinese Swimming Association
Website	swimming.org.cn
in Doha, Qatar
Competitors	80 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 23 Silver 8 Bronze 2 Total 33
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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China competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 18 February.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Huang Jianjie Zhang Jiaqi	Diving	Mixed synchronized 10 metre platform	3 February 2024
	Chang Hao Feng Yu Wang Ciyue Wang Liuyi Wang Qianyi Xiang Binxuan Xiao Yanning Zhang Yayi	Artistic swimming	Team acrobatic routine	4 February 2024
	Long Daoyi Wang Zongyuan	Diving	Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard	4 February 2024
	Yang Shuncheng	Artistic swimming	Men's solo technical routine	5 February 2024
	Quan Hongchan	Diving	Women's 10 metre platform	5 February 2024
	Wang Liuyi Wang Qianyi	Artistic swimming	Women's duet technical routine	5 February 2024
	Chang Hao Feng Yu Wang Ciyue Wang Liuyi Wang Qianyi Xiang Binxuan Xiao Yanning Zhang Yayi	Artistic swimming	Team technical routine	6 February 2024
	Chen Yuxi Quan Hongchan	Diving	Women's synchronized 10 metre platform	6 February 2024
	Chang Yani Chen Yiwen	Diving	Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard	7 February 2024
	Wang Zongyuan	Diving	Men's 3 metre springboard	7 February 2024
	Wang Liuyi Wang Qianyi	Artistic swimming	Women's duet free routine	8 February 2024
	Lian Junjie Yang Hao	Diving	Men's synchronized 10 metre platform	8 February 2024
	Chang Hao Cheng Wentao Feng Yu Li Xiuchen Wang Ciyue Wang Binxuan Xiang Binxuan Xiao Yanning Zhang Yayi	Artistic swimming	Team free routine	9 February 2024
	Chang Yani	Diving	Women's 3 metre springboard	9 February 2024
	Cheng Wentao Shi Haoyu	Artistic swimming	Mixed duet free routine	10 February 2024
	Yang Hao	Diving	Men's 10 metre platform	10 February 2024
	Pan Zhanle Ji Xinjie Zhang Zhanshuo Wang Haoyu	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	11 February 2024
	Tang Qianting	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	13 February 2024
	Pan Zhanle	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle	15 February 2024
	Ai Yanhan Gong Zhenqi Li Bingjie Yang Peiqi Ma Yonghui	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	15 February 2024
	Dong Zhihao	Swimming	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	16 February 2024
	Ji Xinjie Wang Haoyu Pan Zhanle Zhang Zhanshuo	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	16 February 2024
	Pan Zhanle Wang Haoyu Li Bingjie Yu Yiting Ji Xinjie Ai Yanhan	Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	17 February 2024
	Cheng Wentao Shi Haoyu	Artistic swimming	Mixed duet technical routine	4 February 2024
	Chen Yuxi	Diving	Women's 10 metre platform	5 February 2024
	Xie Siyi	Diving	Men's 3 metre springboard	7 February 2024
	Chen Yiwen	Diving	Women's 3 metre springboard	9 February 2024
	Cao Yuan	Diving	Men's 10 metre platform	10 February 2024
	Li Bingjie	Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle	11 February 2024
	Li Bingjie	Swimming	Women's 1500 metre freestyle	13 February 2024
	Tang Qianting	Swimming	Women's 50 metre breaststroke	18 February 2024
	Xu Huiyan	Artistic swimming	Women's solo technical routine	3 February 2024
	Yu Yiting	Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual medley	12 February 2024

Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships. ^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	2	11	13
Diving	8	5	13
Open water swimming	2	2*	4*
Swimming	8	13*	21*
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	35	45*	80*

• Mao Yihan competed in both open water swimming and pool swimming.

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yang Shuncheng	Solo technical routine	242.4367	1 Q	246.4766
	Solo free routine	213.9999	1 Q	176.3647	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Xu Huiyan	Solo technical routine	258.2067	4 Q	262.3700
	Solo free routine	230.8104	4 Q	244.2251	4
Wang Liuyi Wang Qianyi	Duet technical routine	269.8883	1 Q	266.0484
	Duet free routine	250.8438	1 Q	250.7729

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cheng Wentao Shi Haoyu	Duet technical routine	250.5150	1 Q	223.3166
	Duet free routine	215.2042	1 Q	224.1437
Chang Hao Feng Yu Wang Ciyue Wang Liuyi Wang Qianyi Xiang Binxuan Xiao Yanning Zhang Yayi	Team technical routine	304.1272	1 Q	299.8712
	Team acrobatic routine	247.0233	1 Q	244.1767
Chang Hao Cheng Wentao Feng Yu Li Xiuchen Wang Ciyue Wang Binxuan Xiang Binxuan Xiao Yanning Zhang Yayi	Team free routine	338.4981	1 Q	339.7604

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cao Yuan	10 m platform	503.80	1 Q	492.75	1 Q	553.20
Wang Zongyuan	3 m springboard	474.30	2 Q	469.95	2 Q	538.70
Xie Siyi	3 m springboard	493.05	1 Q	518.00	1 Q	516.10
Yang Hao	10 m platform	497.70	2 Q	468.15	3 Q	564.05
Zheng Jiuyuan	1 m springboard	378.60	4	—		334.35	11
Long Daoyi Wang Zongyuan	3 m synchro springboard	—				442.41
Lian Junjie Yang Hao	10 m synchro platform	—				470.76

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chang Yani	3 m springboard	290.90	4 Q	332.25	2 Q	354.75
Chen Yuxi	10 m platform	435.20	1 Q	421.85	1 Q	427.80
Chen Yiwen	3 m springboard	297.75	2 Q	354.75	1 Q	336.60
Quan Hongchan	10 m platform	399.30	2 Q	405.30	2 Q	436.25
Chang Yani Chen Yiwen	3 m synchro springboard	—				323.43
Chen Yuxi Quan Hongchan	10 m synchro platform	—				362.22

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Huang Jianjie Zhang Jiaqi	10 m synchro platform'	353.82

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Liu Peixin	Men's 5 km	55:16.8	43
	Men's 10 km	1:59:41.7	63
Zhang Jinhou	Men's 5 km	55:11.5	40
	Men's 10 km	1:54:06.0	51

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mao Yihan	Women's 5 km	58:57.5	19
	Women's 10 km	2:06:07.6	40
Xin Xin	Women's 5 km	58:07.2	18
	Women's 10 km	2:04:21.1	37

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Liu Peixin Mao Yihan Xin Xin Zhang Jinhou	Team relay	1:07:17.2	11

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

China entered 21 swimmers. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dong Zhihao	100 metre breaststroke	59.97	13 Q	1:00.45	16	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:11.13	7 Q	2:09.16	2 Q	2:07.94
Fei Liwei	400 metre freestyle	3:47.06	13	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	7:51.18	16
	1500 metre freestyle	14:54.36	7 Q			14:50.51	7
Ji Xinjie	200 metre freestyle	1:47.13	12 Q	1:46.92	12	Did not advance
Pan Zhanle	50 metre freestyle	Did not start		Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	47.82	1 Q	47.73	1 Q	47.53
	200 metre freestyle	1:51.03	38	Did not advance
Wang Haoyu	100 metre freestyle	48.61	9 Q	48.11	6 Q	48.06	7
Wang Xizhe	100 metre butterfly	53.10	24	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	1:59.32	23
Xu Yifan	50 metre backstroke	26.37	33	Did not advance
Zhang Zhanshuo	400 metre freestyle	3:46.46	10	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	7:55.86	23
	1500 metre freestyle	15:20.69	21
	200 metre individual medley	1:59.87	7 Q	1:58.98	8 Q	1:59.17	8
	400 metre individual medley	4:19.86	12	—		Did not advance
Pan Zhanle Ji Xinjie Zhang Zhanshuo Wang Haoyu	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.07	4 Q	—		3:11.08
	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:06.93	1 Q			7:01.84 NR
Xu Yifan Dong Zhihao Wang Xizhe Ji Xinjie	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:36.68	12			Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ai Yanhan	100 metre freestyle	55.19	15 WD	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	1:58.06	5 Q	1:57.33	10 Q	1:57.53	8
Chen Xin	100 metre backstroke	1:02.49	23	Did not advance
Chen Jie	50 metre backstroke	28.67	18	Did not advance
Gong Zhenqi	100 metre butterfly	59.87	20	Did not advance
Li Bingjie	200 metre freestyle	1:57.16	1 Q	1:57.13	7 WD	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:04.65	1 Q	—		4:01.62
	1500 metre freestyle	16:13.61	3 Q			15:56.62
Lyu Yue	50 metre freestyle	25.10	15 Q	25.04	15	Did not advance
Ma Yonghui	800 metre freestyle	8:37.66	12	—		Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:09.50	3 Q	2:08.73	5 Q	2:08.77	5
Mao Yihan	400 metre individual medley	4:46.88	12	—		Did not advance
Sun Mingxia	200 metre backstroke	2:11.79	10 Q	2:12.07	14	Did not advance
Tang Qianting	50 metre breaststroke	29.93	2 Q	29.80 AS	2 Q	29.51 AS
	100 metre breaststroke	1:06.16	1 Q	1:05.36	1 Q	1:05.27 NR
Yang Peiqi	400 metre freestyle	4:06.82	7 Q	—		4:05.73	6
	800 metre freestyle	8:36.75	10			Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	16:14.85	6 Q			16:13.08	6
Yang Chang	50 metre breaststroke	31.02	13 Q	30.86	11	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke	1:06.80	5 Q	1:06.27	3 Q	1:06.75	7
Yu Yiting	50 metre butterfly	26.06	10 Q	25.81	4 WD	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:11.53	4 Q	2:08.83	3 Q	2:09.01
Ai Yanhan Ma Yonghui Gong Zhenqi Lyu Yue	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:41.75	7	—		3:41.11	7
Ai Yanhan Gong Zhenqi Li Bingjie Yang Peiqi Ma Yonghui	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:54.38	1 Q			7:47.26
Sun Mingxia Tang Qianting Yu Yiting Ai Yanhan Yang Chang	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.22	5 Q			3:59.16	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pan Zhanle Wang Haoyu Li Bingjie Yu Yiting Ji Xinjie Ai Yanhan	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:24.47 AS	1 Q	—		3:21.18 AS
Chen Jie Dong Zhihao Yu Yiting Ji Xinjie	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:48.16	11			Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 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
China	Men's tournament	Greece L 6–24	France L 9–16	Brazil W 10-8	3 QP	Croatia L 4–22	—	Romania L 7–9	Australia L 7–17	12
China	Women's tournament	Spain L 5–18	France W 11–10	Greece L 9–22	3 QP	Netherlands L 14–16	—	Great Britain W 16–10	New Zealand L 15-16	10

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Chinese roster. ^[3]

Head coach: Ivan Asič

• 1 Wu Honghui GK
• 2 Zhu Beile FP
• 3 Chu Chenghao FP
• 4 Peng Jiahao FP
• 5 Zhang Jinpeng FP
• 6 Xie Zekai FP
• 7 Chen Zhongxian FP
• 8 Chen Rui FP
• 9 Chen Yimin FP
• 10 Liu Yu FP
• 11 Zhang Chufeng FP
• 12 Shen Dingsong FP
• 13 Liang Zhiwei GK
• 14 Zhao Yuehao FP
• 15 He Xingmeng FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	0	60	22	+38	9	Quarterfinals
2	France	3	2	0	0	1	44	33	+11	6	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	0	0	2	25	48	−23	3
4	Brazil	3	0	0	0	3	23	49	−26	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
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.

5 February 2024 10:30	Report [ dead link ‍]	China	6–24	Greece	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–6, 3–7, 2–7
		Xie 2	Goals	Genidounias 5

7 February 2024 09:00	Report [ dead link ‍]	France	16–9	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Andreia Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 2–1, 7–3
		Vernoux 6	Goals	Chen Z. 3

9 February 2024 20:30	Report	Brazil	8–10	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–1, 1–3, 2–4
		Freitas 3	Goals	Chen Z. 3

Playoffs

11 February 2024 12:00	Report	Croatia	22–4	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 5–1, 6–1, 6–0
		Kharkov 4	Goals	four players 1

9–12th place semifinals

13 February 2024 12:00	Report	China	7–9	Romania	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: György Kun (HUN), Andreia Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–2, 1–4, 2–2
		Chen Z., Zhang C. 3	Goals	Georgescu 3

Eleventh place game

15 February 2024 09:00	Report	China	7–17	Australia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Andreia Stanojević (SRB), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2–8, 0–4, 1–4, 4–1
		Chen Z. 3	Goals	Maksimović, Mercep 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Chinese roster. ^[4]

Head coach: Juan Jané

• 1 Zhang Jiaqi GK
• 2 Yan Siya FP
• 3 Yan Jing FP
• 4 Xiong Dunhan FP
• 5 Zhong Qiyun FP
• 6 Wang Shiyun FP
• 7 Lu Yiwen FP
• 8 Wang Huan FP
• 9 Deng Zewen FP
• 10 Nong Sanfeng FP
• 11 Li Ziqi FP
• 12 Zhang Jing FP
• 13 Dong Wenxin GK
• 14 Wang Xuan FP
• 15 Xie Liyi FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	48	20	+28	9	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	0	1	41	31	+10	6	Playoffs
3	China	3	0	1	0	2	20	46	−26	2
4	France	3	0	0	1	2	19	31	−12	1	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
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.

4 February 2024 10:30	Report	China	5–18	Spain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Ashley Kaeshler (AUS), Andreia Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–5, 1–4, 0–6
		Lu 2	Goals	Crespí 4

6 February 2024 09:00	Report	France	10–11	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Helen Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 3–3, 1–0   PSO: 4–5
		Battu, Bouloukbakchi 2	Goals	Zhang J. 5

8 February 2024 20:30	Report [ dead link ‍]	Greece	22–9	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lucas Letshabo (RSA)
		Score by quarters:7–2, 4–2, 6–1, 5–4
		Ninou, Plevritou 4	Goals	Deng 3

Playoffs

10 February 2024 12:00	Report	Netherlands	16–14	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Lucas Letshabo (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–2, 5–4, 3–3
		three players 3	Goals	Lu 5

9–12th place semifinals

12 February 2024 12:00	Report	China	15–10	Great Britain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 5–3, 2–1, 4–4
		three players 3	Goals	Turner 4

Ninth place game

14 February 2024 10:30	Report [ dead link ‍]	China	15–16	New Zealand	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–5, 3–4, 5–3
		Lu 5	Goals	Houghton 5

References

1. "Competition athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 30 August 2024.
2. "Entries Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
3. "21st World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster CHN" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
4. "21st World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster CHN" (PDF). Omega Timing. 5 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.