World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA, is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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.
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.
Women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.
The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on 9 September.
The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
