Finswimming at the 2009 World Games | |
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Venue | Kaohsiung Swimming Pool |
Dates | 23–24 July 2009 |
Competitors | 79 from 14 nations |
The finswimming events at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung was played between 23 and 24 July. [1] 79 athletes from 14 nations participated in this discipline. The competition took place in Kaohsiung Swimming Pool.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
2 | Russia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
3 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
5 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
6 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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50 m apnoea | Igor Soroka Ukraine | Evgeny Skorzhenko Russia | Lee Kwan-ho South Korea |
100 m surface | Miao Jingwei China | Dmytro Sydorenko Ukraine | Andrea Nava Italy |
200 m surface | Stefano Figini Italy | Andrea Nava Italy | You Gyeong-heon South Korea |
400 m surface | Stefano Figini Italy | Sven Lützkendorf Germany | Dénes Kanyó Hungary |
4 × 100 m surface relay | Ukraine Viktor Panov Dmytro Shekera Igor Soroka Dmytro Sydorenko | Italy Stefano Figini Cesare Fumarola Gianluca Mancini Andrea Nava | Russia Andrey Burakov Pavel Kulakov Nikolay Reznikov Evgeny Skorzhenko |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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50 m apnoea | Zhu Baozhen China | Xu Huanshan China | Yana Kasimova Russia |
100 m surface | Zhu Baozhen China | Liang Yaoyue China | Camille Heitz France |
Choi Sae-rom South Korea | |||
200 m surface | Vasilisa Kravchuk Russia | Valeriya Baranovskaya Russia | Olga Shlyakhovska Ukraine |
400 m surface | Vasilisa Kravchuk Russia | Liu Jiao China | Olga Shlyakhovska Ukraine |
4 × 100 m surface relay | China Li Jing Liang Yaoyue Xu Yichuan Zhu Baozhen | South Korea Choi Sae-rom Jang Ye-sol Jeon Ah-ram Kim Hyeon-jin | Russia Valeriya Baranovskaya Medeya Dzhavakhishvili Yana Kasimova Vasilisa Kravchuk |
Finswimming is an underwater sport consisting of four techniques involving swimming with the use of fins either on the water's surface using a snorkel with either monofins or bifins or underwater with monofin either by holding one's breath or using open circuit scuba diving equipment. Events exist over distances similar to swimming competitions for both swimming pool and open water venues. Competition at world and continental level is organised by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques. The sport's first world championship was held in 1976. It also has been featured at the World Games as a trend sport since 1981 and was demonstrated at the 2015 European Games in June 2015.
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The women's 4 x 100 m surface relay event in finswimming at the 2009 World Games took place on 23 July 2009 at the Kaohsiung Swimming Pool in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.