| Finswimming at the 2009 World Games | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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