Serbia at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Serbia at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Serbia
FINA code	SRB
National federation	Plivački Savez Srbije
Website	www.serbia-swim.org.rs
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	27 in 3 sports
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1973–1991)   Serbia and Montenegro (1998–2005)

Serbia competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Serbia men's national water polo team Milan Aleksić Miloš Ćuk Filip Filipović Živko Gocić Nikola Jakšić Dušan Mandić Branislav Mitrović Stefan Mitrović Slobodan Nikić Duško Pijetlović Gojko Pijetlović Andrija Prlainović Petar Jović	Water polo	Men's tournament	August 8

Open water swimming

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

Serbia has nominated one swimmer to compete in the open water marathon. ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tamás Farkas	Men's 5 km	55:38.6	30
	Men's 10 km	1:58:22.1	57

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Serbian 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] [1]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vuk Čelić	800 m freestyle	8:05.68	29	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:33.71	33	—		did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:05.54	33	did not advance
Ivan Lenđer	50 m butterfly	23.87	=21	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	53.04	31	did not advance
Petar Petrović	100 m backstroke	57.44	45	did not advance
Čaba Silađi	50 m breaststroke	27.19	6 Q	27.19	7 Q	27.45	8
	100 m breaststroke	1:00.35	16 Q	1:00.62	16	did not advance
Velimir Stjepanović	100 m freestyle	50.07	41	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:47.10	11 Q	1:46.85	10	did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:49.49	19	—		did not advance
Boris Stojanović	50 m freestyle	22.81	31	did not advance
Ivan Lenđer Uroš Nikolić Andrej Barna Boris Stojanović	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:21.21	21	—		did not advance
Stefan Šorak Velimir Stjepanović Uroš Nikolić Vuk Čelić	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:20.29	18	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jovana Bogdanović	200 m breaststroke	2:35.88	40	did not advance
Anja Crevar	200 m individual medley	2:21.51	35	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:50.04	26	—		did not advance
Miroslava Najdanovski	50 m freestyle	26.89	56	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	57.34	47	did not advance
Katarina Simonović	200 m freestyle	2:03.21	44	did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:20.94	35	—		did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrej Barna Uroš Nikolić Miroslava Najdanovski Anja Crevar	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:38.66	16	did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

• Gojko Pijetlović
• Dušan Mandić
• Živko Gocić
• Petar Jović
• Miloš Ćuk
• Duško Pijetlović
• Slobodan Nikić
• Milan Aleksić
• Nikola Jakšić
• Filip Filipović
• Andrija Prlainović
• Stefan Mitrović
• Branislav Mitrović

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	40	26	+14	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	24	19	+5	3	Advanced to playoffs
3	Montenegro	3	1	1	1	29	26	+3	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	23	45	−22	0

Source: SportResult.com
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.

27 July 2015 20:10	Report	Serbia	11–8	Montenegro	Kazan Attendance: 2,279 Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 4–2, 3–4, 2–1
		Filipović 3	Goals	three players 2

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29 July 2015 17:30	Report	Serbia	19–9	Japan	Kazan Attendance: 1,016 Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Stephane Roy (CAN)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 6–2, 5–3, 6–3
		Nikić 6	Goals	Okawa, Takei 3

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31 July 2015 12:10	Report	Serbia	10–9	Australia	Kazan Attendance: 890 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Georgios Stacridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–2, 1–4, 4–1
		three players 2	Goals	Younger 3

Quarterfinals

4 August 2015 21:30	Report	Serbia	12–7	United States	Kazan Attendance: 455 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 3–3, 2–1, 3–1
		Pijetlović 4	Goals	Bonanni 2

Semifinals

6 August 2015 22:00	Report	Italy	6–10	Serbia	Kazan Attendance: 1,859 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–4, 2–1, 2–1
		Fondelli 2	Goals	S. Mitrovic 3

Final

8 August 2015 22:00	Report	Croatia	4–11	Serbia	Kazan Attendance: 2,575 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–3, 2–2, 0–4
		Sukno 2	Goals	Prlainović 3

References

1. Race, Loretta (17 July 2015). "Serbian 2015 World Championships Roster Set". SwimSwam.com. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
2. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

External links

• Plivački Savez Srbije (in Serbian)