2022 World Aquatics Championships

19th FINA World Championships
19th FINA World Championships
Host cityBudapest, Hungary
Date(s)17 June – 3 July
Venue(s)Duna Aréna, Lake Lupa, Alfréd Hajós Swimming Complex, Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Sopron Lőver Pool
Officially opened byKatalin Novák
← Gwangju 2019
Fukuoka 2023 →
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The 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships, were held in Budapest, Hungary, from 17 June to 3 July 2022.[1] These championships included five disciplines, with high diving not staged for this edition of the championships.

Host selection

In 2013, FINA announced Gwangju, South Korea, and Budapest, Hungary, as the respective hosts of the 2019 and 2021 FINA World Aquatics Championships. In early 2015 Guadalajara, Mexico, withdrew from hosting the 2017 Championships due to a due to financial problems fueled by the global drop in oil prices.[2] FINA Bureau members held a vote by email for a replacement host city, with the majority voting in favour of bringing forward Budapest as host city for 2017, and re-running the bidding process for the 2021 edition for the Championships.[3] The 2021 championships were eventually awarded to Fukuoka, Japan, and were scheduled to be held between 16 July and August 1, 2021. To avoid a clash with the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics the event was rescheduled to be held between 13 and 29 May 2022. However, in January 2022, it was announced that the event in Fukuoka would be postponed a second time to 14–30 July 2023 due to the health impacts of the Omicron variant and the pandemic measures in Japan.[4] A week later, on 7 February 2022, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and FINA President Husain Al-Musallam announced an agreement for Budapest to hold an extraordinary edition of the FINA World Championships from 18 June to 3 July 2022 with the press release stating: "Budapest is set to hold a FINA World Championships from 18 June – 3 July 2022, a move that ensures athletes have a global aquatics championship to target in the summer of 2022. The agreement was reached after approval from the FINA Bureau today."[5] The 2022 championships in Budapest were to become the 19th edition, with the Fukuoka event postponed to 2023 to become the 20th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships.

Venues

Schedule

A total of 74 medal events were held across five disciplines, one less than the 2019 Championships. In view of the training and recovery challenges of a busy 2022 aquatics calendar, FINA decided to reverse the schedule and present the event on a smaller scale than previous years with only the compulsory events, choosing to drop the high diving and beach water polo events. In addition, there was a reversal in the schedule, with swimming and artistic swimming (traditionally held in the last week) reallocated to the first week, and diving and open water swimming to the second.[6][7]

● Opening ceremony ● Other competitions ● Finals ● Closing ceremony M Men's matches W Women's matches
June/July 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 Total
Ceremonies ● ● -
Swimming 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 7 42
Open water swimming 1 2 2 2 7
Artistic swimming ● 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 10
Diving 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 13
Water polo W M W M W M W M W M W M W M 2
Total 0 6 5 7 6 6 6 7 9 2 3 2 5 4 1 2 3 74
Cumulative Total 0 6 11 18 24 30 36 43 52 54 57 59 64 68 69 71 74 74

Participating nations

Out of 209 FINA members, 185 nations take part in the Championships, as well as the FINA Refugee Team.[8] In March 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FINA banned both the Russian and Belarusian nationals from entering the championships.[9]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Hungary)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States18141749
2 China182828
3 Italy97622
4 Australia69419
5 Canada35614
6 Japan28313
7 France27211
8 Ukraine26210
9 Germany25310
10 Hungary*2215
11 Sweden2204
12 Brazil2125
13 Romania2002
14 Great Britain14611
15 Netherlands1135
16 Lithuania1012
 Spain1012
18 Poland0112
19 South Korea0101
20 Greece0033
21 Austria0022
 Malaysia0022
23 South Africa0011
Totals (23 entries)747574223

References

  1. ^ "FINA confirms Budapest will host World Championships in 2022". 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Budapest will host 2017 FINA World Championships". euronews. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  3. ^ "Budapest will host 2017 FINA World Championships". euronews. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  4. ^ "FINA postpones Fukuoka-hosted 2022 World Championships because of COVID-19". 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Budapest awarded extraordinary FINA World Championships, event to take place in June 2022". World Aquatics. 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  6. ^ "FINA announces the competition schedule for the FINA World Championships Budapest 2022". 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Fina.org. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  8. ^ "185 FINA MEMBER FEDERATIONS SEND POOL SWIMMERS TO 2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". swimswam.com. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  9. ^ "PRESS RELEASE | FINA Bureau meets, makes further decisions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and event hosting" (Press release). FINA. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.

External links

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See also
FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
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