Spain at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Spain at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	ESP
National federation	Real Federación Española de Natación
Website	www.rfen.es
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	48 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Spain competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Ona Carbonell	Synchronized swimming	Solo technical routine	July 25
Bronze	Ona Carbonell	Synchronized swimming	Solo free routine	July 29
Bronze	Jessica Vall	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	August 7

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Spanish divers qualified for the individual spots and the synchronized teams at the World Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Héctor García	1 m springboard	294.55	29	—		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	274.10	56	Did not advance
Nicolás García	1 m springboard	310.00	25	—		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	328.55	43	Did not advance
Héctor García Nicolás García	3 m synchronized springboard	360.03	17	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rocío Velásquez	1 m springboard	204.00	30	—		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	226.80	39	Did not advance

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Spain has qualified one high diver at the World Championships. ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Carlos Gimeno	Men's high diving	391.65	13

Open water swimming

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

Spain sent a full team of five swimmers to compete in the open water marathon. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Antonio Arroyo	Men's 5 km	55:24.6	10
	Men's 10 km	1:54:00.2	47
Héctor Ruiz	Men's 5 km	Did not start
	Men's 10 km	1:58:22.2	58
Margarita Domínguez	Women's 25 km	5:19:39.4	6
Erika Villaécija García	Women's 5 km	59:15.0	10
	Women's 10 km	1:59:33.8	21
María Vilas	Women's 5 km	1:00:53.6	24
	Women's 10 km	1:59:38.2	24
Antonio Arroyo Héctor Ruiz Erika Villaécija García	Mixed team	57:16.0	12

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Spanish 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): ^[3] Swimmers must qualify at the 2015 Spanish Open Spring Championships (for pool events) to confirm their places for the Worlds.

The Spanish team consists of 14 swimmers (seven men and seven women). ^{[4] [5]} Two-time Olympic silver medalist Mireia Belmonte García was set to compete for the Worlds, but later withdrew from the team because of shoulder injury. ^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miguel Durán	200 m freestyle	1:49.05	32	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:50.07	=21	—		Did not advance
Rafael Muñoz	50 m butterfly	23.36	3 Q	23.44	=12	Did not advance
Miguel Ortíz-Cañavete	50 m freestyle	22.66	=25	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	25.29	=16 Q	25.19	14	Did not advance
Juan Miguel Rando	100 m backstroke	54.81	=26	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	25.54	25	Did not advance
Marc Sánchez	800 m freestyle	7:51.19	12	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:12.79	16	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:21.26	24	—		Did not advance
Miguel Durán Víctor Martín Albert Puig Marc Sánchez	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:11.39	9	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Melania Costa	200 m freestyle	1:59.00	18	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:07.58	8 Q	—		4:06.50	6
	800 m freestyle	8:34.89	13	—		Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	DNS		Did not advance
Duane da Rocha	100 m backstroke	1:01.63	31	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:11.53	16 Q	2:12.90	15	Did not advance
Marina García	100 m breaststroke	1:07.97	22	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.32	13 Q	2:25.52	16	Did not advance
Beatriz Gómez Cortés	800 m freestyle	8:41.72	22	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:44.51	20	—		Did not advance
Judit Ignacio Sorribes	100 m butterfly	59.87	33	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:09.93	18	Did not advance
Jessica Vall Montero	100 m breaststroke	1:07.13	10 Q	1:08.02	16	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:23.97	7 Q	2:22.90	7 Q	2:22.76
Melania Costa Duane da Rocha Judit Ignacio Sorribes Jessica Vall Montero	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:03.91	16	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Spain fielded a full squad of thirteen synchronized swimmers (one male and twelve female) to compete in each of the following events.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ona Carbonell	Solo technical routine	91.4408	2 Q	93.1284
	Solo free routine	94.5000	3 Q	94.9000
Clara Camacho Ona Carbonell	Duet technical routine	89.3526	5 Q	90.0157	5
Ona Carbonell Paula Klamburg	Duet free routine	91.7000	5 Q	92.2333	5
Amber Bakker* Clara Basiana Alba María Cabello* Clara Camacho Cecilia Jiménez Paula Klamburg Sara Levy Meritxell Mas Paula Ramiréz Cristina Salvador	Team technical routine	91.3755	5 Q	90.8720	5
Clara Basiana Alba María Cabello Clara Camacho Cecilia Jiménez Paula Klamburg Sara Levy Meritxell Mas Paula Ramiréz* Cristina Salvador Itziar Sánchez*	Team free routine	91.9000	5 Q	92.4667	5
Amber Bakker* Clara Basiana Alba María Cabello Clara Camacho Cecilia Jiménez Paula Klamburg Sara Levy Meritxell Mas Paula Ramiréz* Cristina Salvador Itziar Sánchez	Free routine combination	91.9000	5 Q	92.3667	5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Pau Ribes Gemma Mengual	Duet free routine	86.9000	5 Q	86.8000	5

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Women's tournament

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

Team roster

• Laura Ester
• Marta Bach
• Anni Espar
• Paula Leitón
• Matilde Ortiz
• Jennifer Pareja
• Clara Espar
• Pilar Peña
• Judith Forca
• Roser Tarragó
• Maica García
• Laura López
• Patricia Herrera

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	49	15	+34	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	38	22	+16	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	25	35	−10	2
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	12	52	−40	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.

26 July 2015 10:50	Report	Kazakhstan	7–14	Spain	Kazan Attendance: 993 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–5, 1–1, 4–4
		Mirshina 3	Goals	Pareja 5

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28 July 2015 20:10	Report	Spain	23–2	New Zealand	Kazan Attendance: 300 Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 7–1, 5–1, 8–0
		Tarragó 6	Goals	D. Lewis, Lopes Da Silva 1

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30 July 2015 13:30	Report	Canada	6–12	Spain	Kazan Attendance: 321 Referees: György Kun (HUN), Mark Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–4, 2–2, 1–1
		M. Eggens 2	Goals	Pareja 3

Quarterfinals

3 August 2015 17:30	Report	Spain	5–8	United States	Kazan Attendance: 1,460 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–3, 2–1, 1–2
		Espar 2	Goals	Fattal, Neushul 2

5th–8th place semifinals

5 August 2015 15:30	Report	Spain	9–10	China	Kazan Attendance: 297 Referees: Joseph Peila (USA), Joseph Peila (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–4, 2–2
		Forca 3	Goals	Song Donglun, Zhao Zihan 4

Seventh place game

7 August 2015 14:00	Report	Spain	15–10	Russia	Kazan Attendance: 1,336 Referees: Radoslaw Korzyna (POL), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 3–4, 4–1, 3–2
		Tarragó 4	Goals	Ivanova 3

References

1. "World Championships Kazan 2015 – High Diving Info" (PDF). FINA. 7 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
2. Race, Loretta (27 June 2015). "Mireia Belmonte, Hector Ruiz Headline Spanish Roster for 2015 FINA Open Water Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
3. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
4. Grace, Jeff (21 April 2015). "Spain to Send 14 Athletes to Kazan". SwimSwam. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
5. "Mireia encabeza a los 14 españoles que competirán en Kazán" [Mireia leads the fourteen Spaniards who will compete in Kazan] (in Spanish). Marca.com. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
6. "Mireia Belmonte Out Of World Championships". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 27 July 2015.

External links

• Real Federación Española de Natación (in Spanish)