The 2023 World Aquatics Championships take place in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July. Five open water events will kick off the swimming competition at Fukuoka 2023 with eight competition days in the Marine Messe pool to follow. The swimming heats start at 10:30 a.m. local time and the finals continue the action from 8:00 p.m. The full schedule, including the timings of the heats, quarter-finals and semi-finals, can be found here.
2023 World Aquatics Championships Results
Swimming – Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay
- Gold: United States – 3:52.08
- Silver: Australia – 3:53.37
- Bronze: Canada – 3:54.12
Swimming – Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay
- Gold: United States – 3:27.20 (Championship Record)
- Silver: People’s Republic of China – 3:29.00
- Bronze: Australia – 3:29.62
Swimming – Women’s 400m Individual Medley
- Gold: Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 4:27.11 (Championship Record)
- Silver: Katie Grimes (USA) – 4:31.41
- Bronze: Jenna Forrester (AUS) – 4:32.30
Swimming – Women’s 50m Freestyle
- Gold: Sarah Sjoestroem (SWE) – 23.62
- Silver: Shayna Jack (AUS) – 24.10
- Bronze: Yufei Zhang (CHN) – 24.15
Swimming – Men’s 1,500m Freestyle
- Gold: Ahmed Hafnaoui (TUN) – 14:31.54 (Championship Record)
- Silver: Bobby Finke (USA) – 14:31.59
- Bronze: Samuel Short (AUS) – 14:37.28
Swimming – Women’s 50m Breaststroke
- Gold: Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) – 29.16 – WORLD RECORD
- Silver: Lilly King (USA) – 29.94
- Bronze: Benedetta Pilato (ITA) – 30.04
Swimming – Men’s 50m Backstroke
- Gold: Hunter Armstrong (USA) – 24.05
- Silver: Justin Ress (USA) – 24.24
- Bronze: Xu Jiayu (CHN) – 24.50
Swimming – Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Gold: Australia (AUS) – 3:18.83 – World Record
- Silver: United States of America (USA) – 3:20.82
- Bronze: Great Britain (GBR) – 3:21.68
Swimming – Women’s 800m Freestyle
- Gold: Katie Ledecky (USA) – 8:08.87
- Silver: Li Bingjie (CHN) – 8:13.31
- Bronze: Ariarne Titmus (AUS) – 8:13.59
Swimming – Women’s 200m Backstroke
- Gold: Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 2:03.85
- Silver: Regan Smith (USA) – 2:04.94
- Bronze: Peng Xuwei (CHN) – 2:06.74
Swimming – Men’s 100m Butterfly
- Gold: Maxime Grousset (FRA) – 50.14
- Silver: Josh Liendo (CAN) – 50.34
- Bronze: Dare Rose (USA) – 50.46
Swimming – Men’s 50m Freestyle
- Gold: Cameron McEvoy (AUS) – 21.06
- Silver: Jack Alexy (USA) – 21.57
- Bronze: Benjamin Proud (GBR) – 21.58
Swimming – Women’s 50m Butterfly
- Gold: Sarah Sjoestroem (SWE) – 24.77
- Silver: Zhang Yufei (CHN) – 25.05
- Bronze: Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 25.46
Water Polo – Men
- Gold: Hungary (HUN)
- Silver: Greece (GRE)
- Bronze: Spain (ESP)
Swimming – Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
- Gold: Great Britain – 6:59.08
- Silver: USA – 7:00.02
- Bronze: Australia – 7:02.13
Swimming – Men’s 200m Breaststroke
- Gold: Qin Haiyang (China) – 2:05.48 (WR)
- Silver: Zac Stubblety-Cook (Japan) – 2:06.40
- Bronze: Matt Fallon (USA) – 2:07.74
Swimming – Men’s 200m Backstroke
- Gold: Hubert Kos (Hungary) – 1:54.14
- Silver: Ryan Murphy (USA) – 1:54.83
- Bronze: Roman Mityukov (Switzerland) – 1:55.34
Swimming – Women’s 200m Breaststroke
- Gold: Tatjiana Schoenmaker (South Africa) – 2:20.80
- Silver: Kate Douglass (USA) – 2:21.23
- Bronze: Tes Schouten (Netherlands) – 2:21.63
Swimming – Women’s 100m Freestyle
- Gold: Mollie O’Calllaghan (Australia) – 52.16
- Silver: Siobhan Bernadette Haughey (Hong Kong) – 52.49
- Bronze: Marrit Steenbergen (Netherlands) – 52.71
Water Polo – Women
- Gold: Netherlands
- Silver: Spain
- Bronze: Italy
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay:
Gold: Australia – 7:37.50 (World Record)
Silver: USA – 7:41.38
Bronze: China – 7:44.40
Men’s 200m Individual Medley:
Gold: Leon Marchand (France) – 1:54.82
Silver: Duncan Scott (Great Britain) – 1:55.95
Bronze: Tom Dean (Great Britain) – 1:56.07
Women’s 50m Backstroke:
Gold: Kaylee McKeown (Australia) – 27.08
Silver: Regan Smith (USA) – 27.11
Bronze: Lauren Cox (Great Britain) – 27.20
Men’s 100m Freestyle:
Gold: Kyle Chalmers (Australia) – 47.15
Silver: Jack Alexy (USA) – 47.31
Bronze: Maxime Grousset (France) – 47.42
Women’s 200m Butterfly:
Gold: Summer McIntosh (Canada) – 2:04.06
Silver: Elizabeth Dekkers (Australia) – 2:05.46
Bronze: Regan Smith (USA) – 2:06.58
High Diving: Men’s 27m:
Gold: Constantin Popovici (Romania) – 472.80
Silver: Catalin-Petru (Romania) – 438.45
Bronze: Gary Hunt (France) – 426.30
Swimming – Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
- Gold: China – 3:38.57
- Silver: Australia – 3:39.03
- Bronze: USA – 3:30
Swimming – Men’s 50m Breaststroke
- Gold: Qin Haiyang (China) – 26.29
- Silver: Nic Fink (USA) – 26.59
- Bronze: Sun Jiajun (China) – 26.79
Swimming – Men’s 200m Butterfly
- Gold: Leon Marchand (France) – 1:52.43
- Silver: Krzysztof Chimielewski (Poland) – 1:53.62
- Bronze: Tomoru Honda (Japan) – 1:53.66
Swimming – Women’s 200m Freestyle
- Gold: Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia) – 1:52.85
- Silver: Ariarne Titmus (Australia) – 1:53.01
- Bronze: Summer McIntosh (Canada) – 1:53.65
Swimming – Men’s 800m Freestyle
- Gold: Ahmed Hafnaoui (Tunisia) – 7:37.00
- Silver: Samuel Short (Australia) – 7:37.76
- Bronze: Bobby Finke (USA) – 7:38.67
High Diving – Women’s 20m
- Gold: Rhiannan Iffland (Australia) – 357.40
- Silver: Molly Carlson (Canada) – 322.80
- Bronze: Jessica Macaulay (Canada) – 320.95
Swimming – Women’s 100m Breaststroke
- Gold: Rūta Meilutytė (Lithuania) – 1:04.62
- Silver: Tatjana Schoenmaker (South Africa) – 1:05.84
- Bronze: Lydia Jacoby (USA) – 1:05.94
Swimming – Men’s 100m Backstroke
- Gold: Ryan Murphy (USA) – 52.55
- Silver: Thomas Ceccon (Italy) – 52.27
- Bronze: Hunter Armstrong (USA) – 52.58
Swimming – Women’s 100m Backstroke
- Gold: Kaylee McKeown (Australia) – 57.53 (Championship record)
- Silver: Regan Smith (USA) – 57.78
- Bronze: Katharine Berkoff (USA) – 58.25
Swimming – Women’s 1,500m Freestyle
- Gold: Katie Ledecky (USA) – 15:26.27
- Silver: Simona Quadarella (Italy) – 15:43.31
- Bronze: Li Bingjie (People’s Republic of China) – 15:45.71
Swimming – Men’s 200m Freestyle
- Gold: Matt Richards (Great Britain) – 1:44.30
- Silver: Tom Dean (Great Britain) – 1:44.32
- Bronze: Hwang Sunwoo (Republic of Korea) – 1:44.42
Swimming – Women’s 200m Individual Medley
- Gold: Kate Douglass (USA) – 2:07.17
- Silver: Alex Walsh (USA) – 2:07.97
- Bronze: Yu Yiting (China) – 2:08.74
Swimming – Men’s 50m Butterfly
- Gold: Thomas Ceccon (Italy) – 22.68
- Silver: Diogo Matos Ribeiro (Portugal) – 22.80
- Bronze: Maxime Grousset (France) – 22.82
Swimming – Women’s 100m Butterfly
- Gold: Zhang Yufei (China) – 56.12
- Silver: Margaret Mac Neil (Canada) – 56.45
- Bronze: Torri Huske (USA) – 56.61
Swimming – Men’s 100m Breaststroke
- Gold: Qin Haiyang (China) – 57.69 (Asian record)
- Silver: Nicolo Martinenghi (Italy) – 58.72
- Silver: Arno Kamminga (Netherlands) – 58.72
- Silver: Nic Fink (USA) – 58.72
Swimming – Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Gold: Australia – 3:10.16
- Silver: Italy – 3:10.49
- Bronze: USA – 3:10.81
Swimming – Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Gold: Australia – 3:27.96 (World record)
- Silver: USA – 3:31.93
- Bronze: People’s Republic of China – 3:32.40 (Asian record)
Swimming – Men’s 400m Individual Medley
- Gold: Léon Marchand (France) – 4:02.50 (World record)
- Silver: Carson Foster (USA) – 4:06.56
- Bronze: Seto Daiya (Japan) – 4:09.41
Swimming – Women’s 400m Freestyle
- Gold: Ariarne Titmus (Australia) – 3:55.38 (World record)
- Silver: Katie Ledecky (USA) – 3:58.73
- Bronze: Erika Fairweather (New Zealand) – 3:59.59
Swimming – Men’s 400m Freestyle
- Gold: Sam Short (Australia) – 3:40.68
- Silver: Ahmed Hafnaoui (Tunisia) – 3:40.70 (African record)
- Bronze: Lukas Martens (Germany) – 3:42.20
Diving – Men’s 10m Platform
- Gold: Cassiel Rousseau (Australia) – 520.85
- Silver: Lian Junjie (China) – 512.35
- Bronze: Yang Hao (China) – 504.00
Diving – Mixed Synchronised 3m Springboard
- Gold: Zhu Zifeng/Lin Shan (China) – 326.10
- Silver: Maddison Keeney/Domonic Bedggood (Australia) – 307.38
- Bronze: Chiara Pellacani/Matteo Santoro (Italy) – 294.12
Artistic Swimming – Mixed Duet Free
- Gold: Cheng Wentao/Shi Haoyu (China) – 225.1020
- Silver: Itzamary Gonzalez Cuellar/Diego Villalobos Carrilo (Mexico) – 192.5500
- Bronze: Dennis Gonzalez Boneu/Mireia Hernandez Luna (Spain) – 183.4207
Artistic Swimming – Team Free
- Gold: People’s Republic of China – 329.1687
- Silver: Japan – 317.8085
- Bronze: Ukraine – 256.2415
Diving – Women’s 3m Springboard
- Gold: Chen Yiwen (China) – 359.50
- Silver: Chang Yani (China) – 341.50
- Bronze: Pamela Ware (Canada) – 332.00
Artistic Swimming – Women Duet Free
- Gold: Anna-Maria Alexandri/Eirini-Marina Alexandri (Austria) – 255.4583
- Silver: Wang Liuyi/Wang Qianyi (China) – 255.2480
- Bronze: Higa Moe/Yasunaga Mashiro (Japan) – 249.5167
Diving – Men’s 3m Springboard
- Gold: Wang Zongyuan (China) – 538.10
- Silver: Osmar Olvera Ibarra (Mexico) – 507.50
- Bronze: Long Daoyi (China) – 499.75
Open Water – Mixed 4x1500m
- Gold: Italy – 1:10:31.20
- Silver: Hungary – 1:10:35.30
- Bronze: Austria – 1:11:26.70
Artistic Swimming – Women’s Solo Free
- Gold: Inui Yukiko (Japan) – 254.6062
- Silver: Vasiliki Alexandri (Austria) – 229.3251
- Bronze: Kate Shortman (Great Britain) – 219.9542
Diving – Women’s 10m Platform
- Gold: Chen Yuxi (China) – 457.85
- Silver: Quan Hongchan (China) – 445.60
- Bronze: Caeli McKay (Canada) – 340.25
Artistic Swimming – Men’s Solo Free
- Gold: Dennis Gonzalez Boneu (Spain) – 193.0334
- Silver: Gustavo Sanchez (Colombia) – 189.9625
- Bronze: Kenneth Gaudet (USA) – 179.5562
Artistic Swimming – Team Technical
- Gold: Spain – 281.6893
- Silver: Italy – 274.5155
- Bronze: USA – 273.7396
Diving – Mixed 3m & 10m Team
- Gold: Bai Yuming/Zhang Minjie/Zheng Jiuyuan/Si Yaji (China) – 489.65
- Silver: Gabriela Agundez Garcia/Jahir Ocampo Marroquin/Randal Willars Valdez/Aranza Vazquez Montano (Mexico) – 455.35
- Bronze: Christian Wassen/Moritz Wesemann/Lena Hentschel/Timo Barthel (Germany) – 432.15
Marathon Swimming – Men’s 5km
- Gold: Florian Wellbrock (Germany) – 53:58.00
- Silver: Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italy) – 54:02.50
- Bronze: Domenico Acerenza (Italy) – 54:04.20
Marathon Swimming – Women’s 5km
- Gold: Leonie Beck (Germany) – 59:31.70
- Silver: Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherlands) – 59:32.70
- Bronze: Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil) – 59:35.60
Artistic Swimming – Acrobatic
- Gold: People’s Republic of China – 238.0033
- Silver: USA – 232.4033
- Bronze: Japan – 220.5867
Diving – Men’s 10m Synchronized
- Gold: Lian Junjie/Yang Hao (China) – 477.75
- Silver: Oleksii Sereda/Kirill Boliukh (Ukraine) – 439.32
- Bronze: Kevin Berlin Reyes/Randal Willars Valdez (Mexico) – 434.16
Diving – Women’s 3m Synchronized
- Gold: Chang Yani/Chen Yiwen (China) – 341.94
- Silver: Scarlett Mew Jensen/Yasmin Harper (Great Britain) – 296.58
- Bronze: Chiara Pellacani/Elena Bertocchi (Italy) – 285.99
Artistic Swimming – Men’s Solo Technical
- Gold: Fernando Diaz del Rio Soto (Spain) – 224.5550
- Silver: Kenneth Gaudet (USA) – 216.8000
- Bronze: Eduard Kim (Kazakhstan) – 216.0000
Artistic Swimming – Women’s Duet Technical
- Gold: Higa Moe/Yasunaga Mashiro (Japan) – 273.9500
- Silver: Linda Cerruti/Lucrezia Ruggiero (Italy) – 263.0334
- Bronze: Alisa Ozhogina Ozhogin/Iris Tio Casas (Spain) – 257.8368
Diving – Women’s 10m Synchronized
- Gold: Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan (China) – 369.84
- Silver: Andrea Spendolini-Siriex/Lois Toulson (Great Britain) – 311.75
- Bronze: Delaney Schnell/Jessica Parratto (USA) – 294.42
Artistic Swimming – Mixed Duet Technical
- Gold: Sato Tomoka/Sato Yotaro (Japan) – 255.5066
- Silver: Emma Garcia/Dennis Gonzalez Boneu (Spain) – 248.0499
- Bronze: Cheng Wentao/Shi Haoyu (China) – 247.3033
Diving – Men’s 1m Springboard
- Gold: Peng Jianfeng (China) – 440.45
- Silver: Osmar Olvera Ibarra (Mexico) – 428.85
- Bronze: Zheng Jiuyuan (China) – 418.30
Marathon Swimming – Men’s 10km
- Gold: Florian Wellbrock (Germany) – 1:50:40.30
- Silver: Kristof Rasovszky (Hungary) – 1:50:59.00
- Bronze: Oliver Klemet (Germany) – 1:51:00.80
Artistic Swimming – Women Solo Technical
- Gold: Inui Yukiko (Japan) – 276.5717
- Silver: Vasiliki Alexandri (Austria) – 264.4200
- Bronze: Iris Tio Casas (Spain) – 254.2100
Diving – Men 3m Synchronized
- Gold: Wang Zongyuan/Long Daoyi (China) – 456.33
- Silver: Jack Laugher/Anthony Harding (Great Britain) – 424.62
- Bronze: Jules Bouyer/Alexis Jandard (France) – 389.10
Diving – Women 1m Springboard
- Gold: Lin Shan (China) – 318.60
- Silver: Li Yajie (China) – 306.35
- Bronze: Aranza Vazquez Montano (Mexico) – 285.05
Diving – Mixed 10m Synchronized
- Gold: Wang Feilong/Zhang Jiaqi (China) – 339.54
- Silver: Jose Balleza Isaias/Viviana del Angel Peniche (Mexico) – 313.44
- Bronze: Ito Hiroki/Itahashi Minami (Japan) – 305.34
Marathon Swimming – Women’s 10km
- Gold: Leonie Beck (Germany) – 2:02:34.00
- Silver: Chelsea Gubecka (Australia) – 2:02:38.10
- Bronze: Katie Grimes (USA) – 2:02:42.30
2023 World Aquatics Championships – Complete swimming schedule
The swimming events will be held at the Marine Messe Fukuoka, while the open water swimming events will be held at the Maizuru Bay.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Saturday, 15 July | Women’s 10km open water |
| Sunday, 16 July | Men’s 10km open water |
| Tuesday, 18 July | Women’s 5km open water |
| Tuesday, 18 July | Men’s 5km open water |
| Thursday, 20 July | Team relay 6km open water |
| Sunday, 23 July | Men’s 400m freestyle |
| Sunday, 23 July | Women’s 400m freestyle |
| Sunday, 23 July | Men’s 400m individual medley |
| Sunday, 23 July | Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay |
| Sunday, 23 July | Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay |
| Monday, 24 July | Men’s 100m breaststroke |
| Monday, 24 July | Women’s 100m butterfly |
| Monday, 24 July | Men’s 50m butterfly |
| Monday, 24 July | Women’s 200m individual medley |
| Tuesday, 25 July | Men’s 200m freestyle |
| Tuesday, 25 July | Women’s 1500m freestyle |
| Tuesday, 25 July | Women’s 100m backstroke |
| Tuesday, 25 July | Men’s 100m backstroke |
| Tuesday, 25 July | Women’s 100m breaststroke |
| Wednesday, 26 July | Men’s 800m freestyle |
| Wednesday, 26 July | Women’s 200m freestyle |
| Wednesday, 26 July | Men’s 200m butterfly |
| Wednesday, 26 July | Men’s 50m breaststroke |
| Wednesday, 26 July | Mixed 4x100m medley relay |
| Thursday, 27 July | Women’s 200m butterfly |
| Thursday, 27 July | Men’s 100m freestyle |
| Thursday, 27 July | Women’s 50m backstroke |
| Thursday, 27 July | Men’s 200m individual medley |
| Thursday, 27 July | Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay |
| Friday, 28 July | Women’s 100m freestyle |
| Friday, 28 July | Women’s 200m breaststroke |
| Friday, 28 July | Men’s 200m backstroke |
| Friday, 28 July | Men’s 200m breaststroke |
| Friday, 28 July | Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay |
| Saturday, 29 July | Women’s 50m butterfly |
| Saturday, 29 July | Men’s 50m freestyle |
| Saturday, 29 July | Men’s 100m butterfly |
| Saturday, 29 July | Women’s 200m backstroke |
| Saturday, 29 July | Women’s 800m freestyle |
| Saturday, 29 July | Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay |
| Sunday, 30 July | Men’s 50m backstroke |
| Sunday, 30 July | Women’s 50m breaststroke |
| Sunday, 30 July | Men’s 1500m freestyle |
| Sunday, 30 July | Women’s 50m freestyle |
| Sunday, 30 July | Women’s 400m individual medley |
| Sunday, 30 July | Men’s 4x100m medley relay |
| Sunday, 30 July | Women’s 4x100m medley relay |
World Aquatics Championships 2023: Medal Table
China is currently leading the medal table with 15 gold medals. Australia is in second place with 5 gold medals, followed by the United States with 4 gold medals. The swimming events have concluded, and the remaining events are diving, artistic swimming, and water polo. It will be interesting to see how the medal table changes as the competition progresses.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People’s Republic of China | 15 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Germany | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Italy | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | United States | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | Mexico | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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