Costa Rica at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Costa Rica at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Costa Rica
FINA code	CRC
National federation	Federación Costarricense de Natación
Website	www.fecona.co.cr
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	16 in 3 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Costa Rica competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Open water swimming

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

Two swimmers from Costa Rica qualified to compete in the open water marathon. ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cristofer Lanuza	Men's 5 km	1:02:49.1	44
	Men's 10 km	2:12:23.3	65
Angélica Astorga	Women's 5 km	1:09:19.7	36
	Women's 10 km	2:20:39.4	49

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Costa Rican swimmers have achieved 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): ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Esteban Araya	200 m individual medley	2:08.89	41	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:40.23	41	—		did not advance
Mario Montoya	100 m freestyle	52.06	71	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:52.92	60	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marie Laura Meza	100 m butterfly	1:01.59	41	did not advance
Helena Moreno	400 m freestyle	4:26.87	40	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	9:09.27	36	—		did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marie Laura Meza Esteban Araya Helena Moreno Mario Montoya	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:46.16	19	did not advance
Mario Montoya Esteban Araya Marie Laura Meza Helena Moreno	4×100 m medley relay	4:10.75	17	did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Costa Rica fielded a full team of ten synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fiorella Calvo Natalia Jenkins	Duet technical routine	68.2496	35	did not advance
	Duet free routine	68.5667	34	did not advance
Johanna Akerman Bianca Benavides Carolina Bolanos* Fiorella Calvo Mariela Jenkins Natalia Jenkins Valeria Lizano Violeta Mitinian Elda Moreira Karina Sanchéz*	Team technical routine	67.3454	23	did not advance
	Team free routine	71.8000	19	did not advance

References

1. Tayver, Fanny (16 July 2015). "Angélica Astorga quedó contenta con su actuación en aguas abiertas de Toronto" [Angélica Astorga was pleased with her performance in open water at Toronto] (in Spanish). San José, Costa Rica: La Nación . Retrieved 31 July 2015.
2. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
3. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Entry List by NAT". FINA. pp. 78–132. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
4. Sanabria, Francisco (30 July 2015). "Ticos listos para el Mundial de Natación en Rusia" [Swimmers are ready for the World Championships in Kazan] (in Spanish). Prensa Libre . Retrieved 31 July 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Kazan 2015 (Synchronized Swimming) – Entry List by NAT". FINA. pp. 1–10. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

External links

• FECONA web site