China at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

China at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	CHN
National federation	Chinese Swimming Association
Website	swimming.org.cn
in Singapore
Competitors	96 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 15 Silver 12 Bronze 10 Total 37
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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China competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from 11 July to 3 August 2025.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Xu Huiyan	Artistic swimming	Women's solo technical	19 July
Gold	Chang Hao Cheng Wentao Dai Shiyi Feng Yu Li Xiuchen Lin Yanhan Xiang Binxuan Xu Huiyan	Artistic swimming	Team free	20 July
Gold	Chang Hao Cheng Wentao Dai Shiyi Feng Yu Li Xiuchen Lin Yanjun Xiang Binxuan Xu Huiyan	Artistic swimming	Team technical	22 July
Gold	Chang Hao Cheng Wentao Feng Yu Lin Yanhan Lin Yanjun Xiang Binxuan Xu Huiyan Zhang Yayi	Artistic swimming	Team acrobatic	25 July
Gold	Cao Yuan Chen Yiwen Chen Yuxi Cheng Zilong	Diving	Team	26 July
Gold	Xie Peiling Zhu Yongxin	Diving	Mixed 10 m synchronized platform	27 July
Gold	Zheng Jiuyuan	Diving	Men's 1 m springboard	27 July
Gold	Wang Zongyuan Zheng Jiuyuan	Diving	Men's 3 m synchronized springboard	28 July
Gold	Chen Yuxi Zhang Minjie	Diving	Women's 10 m synchronized platform	28 July
Gold	Qin Haiyang	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	28 July
Gold	Chen Jia Chen Yiwen	Diving	Women's 3 m synchronized springboard	29 July
Gold	Cheng Zilong Zhu Zifeng	Diving	Men's 10 m synchronized platform	29 July
Gold	Chen Yuxi	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	31 July
Gold	Qin Haiyang	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	1 August
Gold	Chen Yiwen	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	2 August
Silver	Guo Muye	Artistic swimming	Men's solo free	21 July
Silver	Lin Yanhan Lin Yanjun	Artistic swimming	Women's duet technical	21 July
Silver	Xu Huiyan	Artistic swimming	Women's solo free	22 July
Silver	Li Yajie	Diving	Women's 1 m springboard	26 July
Silver	Li Bingjie	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	27 July
Silver	Li Bingjie	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	30 July
Silver	Qin Haiyang Wu Qingfeng Xu Jiayu Zhang Yufei Cheng Yujie a Dong Zhihao a Yu Yiting a	Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay	30 July
Silver	Cao Yuan	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	1 August
Silver	Ji Xinjie Pan Zhanle Wang Shun Zhang Zhanshuo Fei Liwei a	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	1 August
Silver	Chen Jia	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	2 August
Silver	Tang Qianting	Swimming	Women's 50 m breaststroke	3 August
Silver	Wu Qingfeng	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle	3 August
Bronze	Yan Siyu	Diving	Men's 1 m springboard	27 July
Bronze	Tang Qianting	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke	29 July
Bronze	Cheng Zilong Li Yajie	Diving	Mixed 3 m synchronized springboard	30 July
Bronze	Qin Haiyang	Swimming	Men's 50 m breaststroke	30 July
Bronze	Xie Peiling	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	31 July
Bronze	Wan Letian	Swimming	Women's 50 m backstroke	31 July
Bronze	Li Bingjie Liu Yaxin Yang Peiqi Yu Yiting Wu Qingfeng [a] Yu Zidi [a]	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	31 July
Bronze	Wang Zongyuan	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	1 August
Bronze	Cheng Yujie	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle	3 August
Bronze	Cheng Yujie Peng Xuwei Tang Qianting Zhang Yufei Wan Letian [a] Wu Qingfeng [a] Yang Chang [a] Yu Yiting [a]	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	3 August

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Artistic swimming	4	3	0	7
Diving	9	3	4	16
Swimming	2	6	6	14
Total	15	12	10	37

Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships. ^{[1] [2]}

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	1	12	13
Diving	8	6	14
Open water swimming	2	4*	6*
Swimming	16	18*	34*
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	42	55*	96*

• Liu Yaxin competed in both open water swimming and pool swimming.

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Guo Muye	Solo technical	235.0725	4
Guo Muye	Solo free	220.1926

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Xu Huiyan	Solo technical	265.8984	1 Q	272.9917
Xu Huiyan	Solo free	238.7737	1 Q	241.0025
Lin Yanhan Lin Yanjun	Duet technical	301.0933	2 Q	301.4057
Lin Yanhan Lin Yanjun	Duet free	251.8706	6 Q	274.3090	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Guo Muye Guo Sitong	Duet technical	—		216.5234	6
Guo Muye Liu Jinhan	Duet free	—		256.8216	7
Chang Hao Cheng Wentao Feng Yu Lin Yanhan Lin Yanjun Xiang Binxuan Xu Huiyan Zhang Yayi	Team acrobatic	225.7993	1 Q	229.0186
Chang Hao Cheng Wentao Dai Shiyi Feng Yu Li Xiuchen Lin Yanjun Xiang Binxuan Xu Huiyan	Team technical	306.2460	1 Q	307.8001
Chang Hao Cheng Wentao Dai Shiyi Feng Yu Li Xiuchen Lin Yanhan Xiang Binxuan Xu Huiyan	Team free	338.2167	1 Q	348.4779

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yan Siyu	1 m springboard	372.25	4 Q	—		405.50
Zheng Jiuyuan		428.00	1 Q	—		443.70
Cao Yuan	3 m springboard	447.15	3 Q	512.15	2 Q	522.70
Wang Zongyuan		478.60	1 Q	547.30	1 Q	515.55
Zhao Renjie	10 m platform	489.25	1 Q	491.35	2 Q	499.95	5
Zhu Zifeng		461.70	4 Q	502.55	1 Q	506.10	4
Wang Zongyuan Zheng Jiuyuan	3 m synchronized springboard	445.83	1 Q	—		467.31
Cheng Zilong Zhu Zifeng	10 m synchronized platform	423.33	1 Q	—		429.63

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chen Jia	1 m springboard	288.85	2 Q	—		254.80	9
Li Yajie		283.80	3 Q	—		290.25
Chen Jia	3 m springboard	342.95	1 Q	347.40	2 Q	356.40
Chen Yiwen		323.30	2 Q	358.05	1 Q	389.70
Chen Yuxi	10 m platform	396.50	1 Q	394.65	1 Q	430.50
Xie Peiling		337.50	2 Q	317.50	4 Q	358.20
Chen Jia Chen Yiwen	3 m synchronized springboard	310.68	1 Q	—		325.20
Chen Yuxi Zhang Minjie	10 m synchronized platform	331.08	1 Q	—		349.26

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Cheng Zilong Li Yajie	3 m synchronized springboard	305.70
Xie Peiling Zhu Yongxin	10 m synchronized platform	323.04
Cao Yuan Chen Yiwen Chen Yuxi Cheng Zilong	Team	466.25

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lan Tianchen	3 km knockout sprints	17:47.90	18	Did not advance
Zhang Jinhou		18:13.80	22	Did not advance
Lan Tianchen	5 km	—				1:01:01.80	26
Zhang Jinhou		—				1:00:56.00	24
Lan Tianchen	10 km	—				2:10:11.30	37
Zhang Jinhou		—				2:11:06.90	38

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cheng Hanyu	3 km knockout sprints	19:14.30	19	Did not advance
Tian Muran		18:38.90	11	Did not advance
Cheng Hanyu	5 km	—				1:06:34.30	32
Tian Muran		—				1:04:10.90	15
Liu Yaxin	10 km	—				2:17:26.40	22
Wang Kexin		—				2:20:28.30	28

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Lan Tianchen Tian Muran Wang Kexin Zhang Jinhou	Team	1:13:33.20	9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pan Zhanle	100 m freestyle	47.86	6 Q	47.81	10	Did not advance
Wang Haoyu		48.83	27	Did not advance
Pan Zhanle	200 m freestyle	1:47.46	22	Did not advance
Zhang Zhanshuo		1:46.17	9 Q	1:45.84	11	Did not advance
Fei Liwei	400 m freestyle	3:49.68	25	—		Did not advance
Zhang Zhanshuo		3:45.04	5 Q	—		3:44.82	5
Fei Liwei	800 m freestyle	7:51.01	11	—		Did not advance
Zhang Zhanshuo		7:53.74	15	—		Did not advance
Fei Liwei	1500 m freestyle	15:05.24	12	—		Did not advance
Wang Gukailai	50 m backstroke	25.04	24	Did not advance
Xu Jiayu		25.08	26	Did not advance
Wang Shun	100 m backstroke	54.31	27	Did not advance
Xu Jiayu		53.73	14 Q	53.14	11	Did not advance
Yu Jingming	200 m backstroke	2:02.29	34	Did not advance
Qin Haiyang	50 m breaststroke	26.98	11 Q	26.52	1 Q	26.67
Sun Jiajun		27.55	32	Did not advance
Dong Zhihao	100 m breaststroke	59.46	7 Q	59.43	10	Did not advance
Qin Haiyang		59.13	5 Q	58.24	1 Q	58.23
Dong Zhihao	200 m breaststroke	2:11.15	15 Q	2:11.77	15	Did not advance
Qin Haiyang		2:09.96	4 Q	2:09.32	8 Q	2:07.41
Lin Yuchen	50 m butterfly	24.19	44	Did not advance
Chen Juner	100 m butterfly	51.95	25	Did not advance
Xu Fang		51.90	23	Did not advance
Chen Juner	200 m butterfly	1:54.54	4 Q	1:54.02	3 Q	1:55.25	7
Xu Fang		1:56.99	19	Did not advance
Wang Shun	200 m medley	1:58.43	11 Q	1:57.48	7 Q	1:57.92	7
Wang Shun	400 m medley	DNS		—		Did not advance
Zhang Zhanshuo		4:15.86	13	—		Did not advance
Chen Juner Liu Wudi Pan Zhanle Wang Haoyu	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.26	4 Q	—		3:11.15	5
Ji Xinjie Pan Zhanle Wang Shun Zhang Zhanshuo Fei Liwei a	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:06.15	6 Q	—		7:00.91 AS
Pan Zhanle Qin Haiyang Wang Shun Xu Fang	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:32.69	9	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cheng Yujie	50 m freestyle	24.47	5 Q	24.36	5	24.28
Wu Qingfeng		24.53	6 Q	24.36	5 Q	24.26
Cheng Yujie	100 m freestyle	53.90	8 Q	53.34	5 Q	53.34	7
Wu Qingfeng		54.15	14 Q	54.32	15	Did not advance
Li Bingjie	200 m freestyle	1:57.57	11 Q	1:55.98	7 Q	1:54.52
Liu Yaxin		1:57.33	6 Q	1:56.37	9	Did not advance
Li Bingjie	400 m freestyle	4:03.11	3 Q	—		3:58.21 AS
Yang Peiqi		4:03.36	5 Q	—		4:06.47	7
Li Bingjie	800 m freestyle	8:23.23	7 Q	—		8:15.59	5
Yang Peiqi		8:27.89	9	—		Did not advance
Li Bingjie	1500 m freestyle	16:02.31	5 Q	—		15:49.54	4
Yang Peiqi		16:08.19	8 Q	—		16:04.93	8
Lu Xingchen	50 m backstroke	28.10	19	Did not advance
Wan Letian		27.59	3 Q	27.44	4 Q	27.30
Peng Xuwei	100 m backstroke	59.34	4 Q	59.19	6 Q	59.10	5
Wan Letian		59.35	5 Q	59.56	9	Did not advance
Liu Yaxin	200 m backstroke	2:09.67	8 Q	2:09.04	7 Q	2:09.71	6
Peng Xuwei		2:08.59	4 Q	2:07.76	1 Q	2:07.22	4
Tang Qianting	50 m breaststroke	30.15	3 Q	30.04	2 Q	30.03
Yang Chang		30.54	9 Q	30.91	16	Did not advance
Tang Qianting	100 m breaststroke	1:06.45	7 Q	1:05.87	3 Q	1:05.64
Yang Chang		1:06.83	10 Q	1:06.84	14	Did not advance
Lyu Qinyao	200 m breaststroke	2:24.93	5 Q	2:24.33	10	Did not advance
Wang Yichun	50 m butterfly	25.97	16 Q	25.68	12	Did not advance
Wu Qingfeng		26.18	20	Did not advance
Yu Yiting	100 m butterfly	56.83	5 Q	57.11	8 Q	57.36	8
Zhang Yufei		57.11	7 Q	56.84	6 Q	56.47	4
Ma Yonghui	200 m butterfly	2:08.96	6 Q	2:08.59	11	Did not advance
Yu Zidi		2:08.95	5 Q	2:07.95	8 Q	2:06.43	4
Yu Yiting	200 m medley	2:10.33	5 Q	2:10.63	9	Did not advance
Yu Zidi		2:11.90	15 Q	2:10.22	7 Q	2:09.21	4
Chang Mohan	400 m medley	4:43.12	12	—		Did not advance
Yu Zidi		4:36.49	3 Q	—		4:33.76	4
Cheng Yujie Liu Yaxin Wu Qingfeng Yu Yiting Yang Wenwen [a]	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.63	4 Q	—		3:34.17	4
Li Bingjie Liu Yaxin Yang Peiqi Yu Yiting Wu Qingfeng [a] Yu Zidi [a]	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:54.06	3 Q	—		7:42.99
Cheng Yujie Peng Xuwei Tang Qianting Zhang Yufei Wan Letian [a] Wu Qingfeng [a] Yang Chang [a] Yu Yiting [a]	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:56.70	4 Q	—		3:54.77

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chen Juner Wang Haoyu Yang Wenwen Yu Yiting	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:25.12	10	Did not advance
Qin Haiyang Wu Qingfeng Xu Jiayu Zhang Yufei Cheng Yujie a Dong Zhihao a Yu Yiting a	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:42.81	3 Q	3:39.99

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Cl	Final / BM / Pl
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
China	Men's tournament	Croatia L 6–25	Greece L 5–26	Montenegro L 8–13	4	Did not advance		Classification 13–16   Singapore W 21–8	Classification 13–14   Australia L 9–16	14
China	Women's tournament	United States L 7–15	Argentina W 29–9	Netherlands L 7–13	3 QP	Italy L 11–13	Did not advance	Classification 9–12   France W 18–6	Classification 9–10   New Zealand W 10–6	9

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Chinese roster. ^{[3] [4]}

Head coach: Ivan Asič

• 1 Wu Honghui GK
• 2 Liu Yu FP
• 3 Li Deming FP
• 4 Peng Jiahao FP
• 5 Cai Yuhao FP
• 6 Xie Zekai FP
• 7 Chen Zhongxian FP
• 8 Chen Rui FP
• 9 Chen Yimin FP
• 10 Zhu Jiashao FP
• 11 Wen Zijun FP
• 12 Shen Dingsong FP
• 13 Wu Yongxiang GK
• 14 Wang Beiyi FP
• 15 Liu Zhilong FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	0	48	26	+22	9	Quarterfinals
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	0	1	34	30	+4	6	Playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	0	0	2	44	25	+19	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	19	64	−45	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
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.

12 July 2025 12:10	Report	China	6–25	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 0–5, 4–7, 1–6
		Xie 2	Goals	Bukić 6

14 July 2025 12:10	Report	Greece	26–5	China	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 10–0, 6–3, 8–2
		Nikolaidis 5	Goals	five players 1

16 July 2025 12:10	Report	China	8–13	Montenegro	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dasch Barber (RSA), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 3–3, 3–5
		Chen Z. 3	Goals	four players 2

13–16th place semifinals

18 July 2025 10:35	Report	Singapore	8–21	China	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Evan Andrews (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 3–6, 1–5, 3–4
		Lok 2	Goals	Chen Z. 6

Thirteenth place game

20 July 2025 10:35	Report	Australia	16–9	China	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dasch Barber (RSA), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 3–1, 5–3, 3–3
		Power 5	Goals	Chen Z. 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Chinese roster. ^{[5] [6]}

Head coach: Miki Oca

• 1 Du Xinyue GK
• 2 Zhang Yumian FP
• 3 Yan Jing FP
• 4 Zhou Shang FP
• 5 Zou Yuhe FP
• 6 Wang Shiyun FP
• 7 Shao Yixin FP
• 8 Wang Huan FP
• 9 Yan Siya FP
• 10 Nong Sanfeng FP
• 11 Zhang Qishuo FP
• 12 Wang Xuan FP
• 13 Shen Yineng GK
• 14 Ma Li FP
• 15 Zhang Jingwen FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	52	19	+33	9	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	0	1	47	24	+23	6	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	0	0	2	43	37	+6	3
4	Argentina	3	0	0	0	3	18	80	−62	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
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.

11 July 2025 12:10	Report	United States	15–7	China	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 4–3, 6–1, 2–2
		Ausmus, Lineback 3	Goals	Wang H. 2

13 July 2025 09:00	Report	China	29–9	Argentina	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Marcella Braga (BRA), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters:9–4, 6–1, 6–1, 8–3
		three players 4	Goals	three players 2

15 July 2025 16:00	Report	China	7–13	Netherlands	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Yasser Mehalhel (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–4, 2–4
		Yan S. 3	Goals	Van der Sloot 4

Playoffs

17 July 2025 16:00	Report	Italy	13–11	China	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 4–5, 5–4, 2–2
		Bettini, Bianconi 3	Goals	Wang S., Yan S. 2

9–12th place semifinals

19 July 2025 12:10	Report	China	18–6	France	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Fiona Haigh (AUS), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–0, 7–2, 5–2
		Yan S. 4	Goals	Vernoux 3

Ninth place game

21 July 2025 10:35	Report	China	10–6	New Zealand	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Aurély Blanchard (FRA), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 2–1, 0–1, 4–2
		four players 2	Goals	McDowall 5

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