Spain at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Spain at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	ESP
National federation	Royal Spanish Swimming Federation
Website	rfen.es (in Spanish)
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	75 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 9
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Spain competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July. ^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Fernando Díaz del Río	Artistic swimming	Men's solo technical routine	July 17
Gold	Cristina Arambula Paula Ramírez Blanca Toledano Iris Tió Meritxell Mas Sara Saldaña Alisa Ozhogina Marina García Polo	Artistic swimming	Team technical routine	July 18
Gold	Dennis González	Artistic swimming	Men's solo free routine	July 19
Silver	Dennis González Emma García	Artistic swimming	Mixed duet technical routine	July 16
Silver	Spain women's national water polo team Laura Ester Cristina Nogué Anni Espar Beatriz Ortiz Nona Pérez Paula Crespí Elena Ruiz Pili Peña Judith Forca Paula Camus Maica García Godoy Paula Leitón Martina Terré	Water polo	Women's tournament	July 28
Bronze	Iris Tió	Artistic swimming	Women's solo technical routine	July 15
Bronze	Alisa Ozhogina Iris Tió	Artistic swimming	Women's duet technical routine	July 16
Bronze	Dennis González Mireia Hernández	Artistic swimming	Mixed duet free routine	July 22
Bronze	Spain men's national water polo team Unai Aguirre lberto Munárriz Álvaro Granados Bernat Sanahuja Miguel del Toro Marc Larumbe Martin Famera Sergi Cabanas Roger Tahull Felipe Perrone Blai Mallarach Alejandro Bustos Eduardo Lorrio	Water polo	Men's tournament	July 29

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Artistic swimming	3	1	3	7
Water polo	0	1	1	2

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	2	11	13
Diving	4	3	7
High diving	1	1	2
Open water swimming	2*	3*	5*
Swimming	10*	12*	22*
Water polo	15	14	29
Total	33	42	75

• Carlos Garach, Ángela Martínez and Paula Otero was compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming.

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fernando Díaz del Río	Solo technical routine	220.4034	1 Q	224.5550
Dennis González	Solo free routine	169.8521	4 Q	193.0334

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Iris Tió	Solo technical routine	204.6666	7 Q	254.2100
	Solo free routine	174.0208	7 Q	178.9146	8
Alisa Ozhogina Iris Tió	Duet technical routine	228.7059	9 Q	257.8368
	Duet free routine	223.1792	5 Q	175.7437	11

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Emma García Dennis González	Duet technical routine	244.1433	1 Q	248.0499
Dennis González Mireia Hernández	Duet free routine	198.9042	2 Q	183.4207
Cristina Arambula Marina García Polo Meritxell Mas Alisa Ozhogina Paula Ramírez Sara Saldaña Iris Tió Blanca Toledano	Team technical routine	246.7484	6 Q	281.6893
Cristina Arambula Berta Ferreras Marina García Polo Meritxell Mas Alisa Ozhogina Paula Ramírez Sara Saldaña Iris Tió	Team free routine	294.9313	2 Q	249.6521	4

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Spain entered 7 divers. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Adrián Abadía	1 m springboard	311.15	29	—N/a		Did not advance
Alberto Arévalo	1 m springboard	279.00	44	—N/a		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	294.25	51	Did not advance
Carlos Camacho	10 m platform	389.75	14 Q	399.10	13	Did not advance
Nicolás García	3 m springboard	359.05	31	Did not advance
Adrián Abadía Nicolás García	3 m synchro springboard	370.62	6 Q	—N/a		383.61	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Valeria Antolino	10 m platform	292.30	13 Q	292.50	14	Did not advance
Ana Carvajal	10 m platform	300.55	9 Q	313.50	10 Q	311.70	8
Rocío Velázquez	1 m springboard	189.40	40	—N/a		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	230.65	35	Did not advance
Valeria Antolino Ana Carvajal	10 m synchro platform	259.83	9 Q	—N/a		280.38	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Carlos Camacho Rocío Velázquez	3 m synchro springboard	245.88	12
Carlos Camacho Valeria Antolino	10 m synchro platform	249.72	13
Rocío Velázquez Alberto Arévalo Carlos Camacho Valeria Antolino	Team event	400.00	6

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Carlos Gimeno	Men's high diving	396.00	6
Carlota González	Women's high diving	203.00	17

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Spain entered 5 open water swimmers. ^{[3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carlos Garach	Men's 5 km	56:14.7	12
Guillem Pujol	Men's 5 km	57:48.4	33
	Men's 10 km	1:54:03.1	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ángela Martínez	Women's 5 km	59:50.3	12
	Women's 10 km	2:03:16.5	11
Candela Sánchez	Women's 5 km	1:01:25.3	22
	Women's 10 km	2:03:18.2	14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carlos Garach Ángela Martínez Paula Otero Guillem Pujol	Team relay	1:13:41.8	8

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Spain entered 22 swimmers. ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carles Coll	200 metre breaststroke	2:13.09	28	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:01.22	23	Did not advance
Sergio de Celis	50 metre freestyle	22.51	39	Did not advance
Luis Domínguez	100 metre freestyle	49.11	35	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	1:49.28	34	Did not advance
Carlos Garach	800 metre freestyle	7:59.52	25	—N/a		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	15:08.02	19	—N/a		Did not advance
Arbidel González	200 metre butterfly	1:54.99 NR	2 Q	1:55.61	12	Did not advance
Hugo González	50 metre backstroke	25.42	26	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	53.70	9 Q	53.38	11	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	1:57.99	10 Q	1:57.28	8 Q	1:56.33	7
	200 metre individual medley	1:58.47	10 Q	1:56.58	4 Q	1:57.37	7
Mario Mollà	50 metre butterfly	23.34	14	23.16	10	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	52.05	22	Did not advance
Carlos Quijada	400 metre freestyle	3:49.60	20	—N/a		Did not advance
Adrian Santos	50 metre backstroke	25.15	18	Did not advance
Sergio de Celis Luis Domínguez Mario Mollà César Castro	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.77	6 Q	—N/a		3:14.64	8
Cesar Castro Luis Dominguez Sergio de Celis Carlos Quijada	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:10.85 NR	13	—N/a		Did not advance
Hugo González Carles Coll Mario Mollà César Castro	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:35.13	14	—N/a		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ainhoa Campabadal	200 metre freestyle	2:02.78	43	Did not advance
Emma Carrasco	200 metre individual medley	2:15.11	22	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:50.83	28	—N/a		Did not advance
Paula Juste	100 metre butterfly	59.94	27	Did not advance
Ángela Martínez	800 metre freestyle	8:39.60	23	—N/a		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	16:24.38	15	—N/a		Did not advance
Jimena Pérez	800 metre freestyle	8:37.40	21	—N/a		Did not advance
Paula Otero	400 metre freestyle	4:14.63	28	—N/a		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	16:38.73	23	—N/a		Did not advance
Jessica Vall	100 metre breaststroke	1:08.64	28	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:26.88	18	Did not advance
Alba Vázquez	400 metre individual medley	4:42.11	15	—N/a		Did not advance
Carmen Weiler	100 metre freestyle	55.46	25	Did not advance
	50 metre backstroke	28.59	24	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	1:00.87	21	Did not advance
África Zamorano	200 metre backstroke	2:09.99	8 Q	2:10.76	11	Did not advance
Carmen Weiler Ainhoa Campabadal África Zamorano Paula Juste	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:42.53	16	—N/a		Did not advance
Carla Carron Ainhoa Campabadal Alba Herrero Paula Juste	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:03.62	14	—N/a		Did not advance
Carmen Weiler (1:01.46) Jessica Vall (1:08.32) Paula Juste (1:00.27) Ainhoa Campabadal	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:05.85	20	—N/a		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sergio de Celis Carles Coll Carmen Weiler Ainhoa Campabadal	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:29.06	17	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Spain	Men's tournament	Serbia W 16–14	Montenegro W 11–7	South Africa W 27–6	1 Q	—N/a	France W 7–6	Hungary L 11–12	Serbia W 9–6
Spain	Women's tournament	Netherlands L 6–7	Israel W 22–5	Kazakhstan W 24–5	2 QP	France W 16–9	Hungary W 12–9	Australia W 12–10	Netherlands L 16–17

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Spanish roster. ^[6]

Head coach: David Martín

• 1 Unai Aguirre GK
• 2 Alberto Munárriz FP
• 3 Álvaro Granados FP
• 4 Bernat Sanahuja FP
• 5 Miguel del Toro FP
• 6 Marc Larumbe FP
• 7 Martin Famera FP
• 8 Sergi Cabanas FP
• 9 Roger Tahull FP
• 10 Felipe Perrone FP
• 11 Blai Mallarach FP
• 12 Alejandro Bustos FP
• 13 Eduardo Lorrio GK
• Alberto Barroso FP
• Fran Valera FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	54	27	+27	9	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	1	1	0	1	57	34	+23	5	Playoffs
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	1	1	55	34	+21	4
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	21	92	−71	0

Source: Sportresult
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.

17 July 2023 20:30	Report	Serbia	14–16	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 5–5, 4–3
		Rašović 6	Goals	Granados 5

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19 July 2023 13:30	Report	Spain	11–7	Montenegro	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 4–2, 2–1
		Perrone 5	Goals	Đurđić 2

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21 July 2023 10:30	Report	South Africa	6–27	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–8, 2–7, 2–8, 0–4
		Badenhorst 2	Goals	Valera 5

Quarterfinals

25 July 2023 19:30	Report	Spain	7–6	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 2–1, 3–1
		Tahull 2	Goals	Bouet, Crousillat 2

Semifinals

27 July 2023 18:30	Report	Hungary	12–11	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 3–2, 5–3
		Manhercz 3	Goals	three players 2

Third place game

29 July 2023 13:00	Report	Serbia	6–9	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 0–2, 1–1
		Rašović 3	Goals	Granados 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Spanish roster. ^[7]

Head coach: Miki Oca

• 1 Laura Ester GK
• 2 Cristina Nogué FP
• 3 Anni Espar FP
• 4 Beatriz Ortiz FP
• 5 Nona Pérez FP
• 6 Paula Crespí FP
• 7 Elena Ruiz FP
• 8 Pili Peña FP
• 9 Judith Forca FP
• 10 Paula Camus FP
• 11 Maica García Godoy FP
• 12 Paula Leitón FP
• 13 Martina Terré GK
• Ariadna Ruiz FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	0	61	16	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	52	17	+35	6	Playoffs
3	Israel	3	1	0	0	2	30	52	−22	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	13	71	−58	0

Source: Sportresult
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.

16 July 2023 12:00	Report	Netherlands	7–6	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 3–2, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	E. Ruiz 3

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18 July 2023 10:30	Report	Spain	22–5	Israel	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 5–1, 5–0, 7–2
		Camus, A. Ruiz 4	Goals	five players 1

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20 July 2023 17:30	Report	Spain	24–5	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 8–1, 5–0, 6–1
		Peña 4	Goals	Novikova, Tsoy 2

Playoffs

22 July 2023 15:30	Report	France	9–16	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–4, 2–5, 2–4
		Bouloukbachi, Dhalluin 2	Goals	Forca 5

Quarterfinals

24 July 2023 19:30	Report	Hungary	9–12	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 3–4, 2–2
		Garda 4	Goals	Forca 5

Semifinals

26 July 2023 18:30	Report	Australia	10–12	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Jennifer McCall (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–3, 2–2, 2–2
		Kearns 3	Goals	E. Ruiz 4

Final

28 July 2023 18:00	Report	Netherlands	17–16 (PSO)	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 2–3, 3–1, 3–5  PSO:5–4
		Van de Kraats, Sleeking 3	Goals	Forca 5

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