2023 WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- July 23 to 30, 2023
- Fukuoka, Japan
- Marine Messe Fukuoka
- LCM (50m)
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- Day 5 Prelims Live Recap | Day 5 Finals Live Recap
- Day 6 Prelims Live Recap | Day 6 Finals Live Recap
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- Day 8 Prelims Live Recap| Day 8 Finals Live Recap
The Aussies won the pool portion of the 2023 World Championships, but China actually came out as the overall champion when considering all aquatic sports contested the past two weeks in Fukuoka, Japan.
China earned 12 gold medals in diving, five in swimming, and three in artistic diving for a total of 20, outpacing Australia (15) and the United States (seven).
Scroll down below for the final medal table across all sports as well as a review of awards and Olympic quotas earned at Worlds this year.
Final Medal Table, All Sports
Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
China | 20 | 8 | 12 | 40 |
Australia | 15 | 9 | 6 | 30 |
United States | 7 | 22 | 15 | 44 |
Japan | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
France | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Germany | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Spain | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
Italy | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
Canada | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Lithuania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Austria | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Mexico | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Final Medal Table, Swimming
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia | 13 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
2 | United States | 7 | 20 | 11 | 38 |
3 | China | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
4 | France | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
5 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
6 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
7 | Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Lithuania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Italy | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
11 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
14 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
18 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Final Medal Table, Open Water Swimming
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Germany | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Final Medal Table, Artistic Swimming
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
3 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | United States | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Final Medal Table, Diving
1 | China | 12 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
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2 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Mexico | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
4 | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
8 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Final Medal Table, High Diving
1 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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2 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Final Medal Table, Water Polo
1 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Awards
Swimming
Swimmers of the Meet – Leon Marchand (FRA) and Kaylee McKeown (AUS)
Water Polo
Men
MVP: Gergo Zalanki (HUN)
Best goalkeeper: Emmanouil Zerdevas (GRE)
All-star team:
- Emmanouil Zerdevas (GRE)
- Hannes Daube (USA)
- Krisztian Manhercz (HUN)
- Alexandros Papanastasiou (GRE)
- Felipe Perrone (ESP)
- Strahinja Rasovic (SER)
- Gergo Zalanki (HUN)
Women
MVP: Elena Ruiz (ESP)
Best goalkeeper: Laura Aarts (NED)
All-star team:
- Laura Aarts (NED)
- Yumi Arima (JPN)
- Roberta Bianconi (ITA)
- Judith Forca (ESP)
- Elena Ruiz (ESP)
- Simone van de Kraats (NED)
- Alice Williams (AUS)
Olympic Quotas
Diving
The top 12 finalists in each individual event and top three synchronized teams at Worlds obtained quota places for their national Olympic committees at Paris 2024.
Men’s 3m Springboard
- Wang Zongyuan (CHN)
- Osmar Olvera Ibarra (MEX)
- Long Daoyi (CHN)
- Andrew Capobianco (USA)
- Rodrigo Diego Lopez (MEX)
- Daniel Goodfellow (GBR)
- Moritz Wesemann (GER)
- Lars Rudiger (GER)
- Tyler Downs (USA)
- Daniel Restrepo Garcia (COL)
- Lorenzo Marsaglia (ITA)
- Giovanni Tocci (ITA)
Men’s 10m Platform
- Cassiel Rousseau (AUS)
- Lian Junjie (CHN)
- Yang Hao (CHN)
- Noah Williams (GBR)
- Kyle Kothari (GBR)
- Oleksii Sereda (UKR)
- Nathan Zsombor-Murray (CAN)
- Randal Willars Valdez (MEX)
- Isaac Souza Filho (BRA)
- Bertrand Rhodict Anak Lises (MAS)
- Yoengtaek Kim (KOR)
- Rikuto Tamai (JPN)
Men’s 3m Synchronized
- Wang Zongyuan and Long Daoyi (CHN)
- Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding (GBR)
- Jules Bouyer and Alexis Jandard (FRA)
Men’s 10m Synchronized
- Lian Junjie and Yang Hao (CHN)
- Oleksii Sereda and Kirill Boliukh (UKR)
- Kevin Berlin Reyes and Randal Willars Valdez (MEX)
Women’s 3m Springboard
- Chen Yiwen (CHN)
- Chang Yani (CHN)
- Pamela Ware (CAN)
- Maddison Kenney (AUS)
- Chiara Pellacani (ITA)
- Hailey Hernandez (USA)
- Sayaka Mikami (JPN)
- Emilia Nilsson Garip (SWE)
- Scarlett Mew Jensen (GBR)
- Julia Vincent (RSA)
- Sarah Bacon (USA)
- Elena Bertocchi (ITA)
Women’s 10m Platform
- Chen Yuxi (CHN)
- Quan Hongchan (CHN)
- Caeli McKay (CAN)
- Gabriela Agundez Garcia (MEX)
- Lois Toulson (GBR)
- Delaney Schnell (USA)
- Alejandra Orozco Loza (MEX)
- Ana Carvajal (ESP)
- Christina Wassen (GER)
- Elena Wassen (GER)
- Matsuri Arai (JPN)
- Ingrid Oliveira (BRA)
Women’s 3m Synchronized
- Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen (CHN)
- Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper (GBR)
- Chiara Pellacani and Elena Bertocchi (ITA)
Women’s 10m Synchronized
- Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan (CHN)
- Andrea Spendolini Sirieix and Lois Toulson (GBR)
- Delaney Schnell and Jessica Parratto (USA)
Open Water
Men
Already qualified: Florian Wellbrock (GER), Kristof Rasovszky (HUN), Oliver Klemet (GER)
Women
Already qualified: Leonie Beck (GER), Chelsea Gubecka (AUS), Katie Grimes (USA)
The top 13 swimmers vying for qualification at next February’s World Championships will also earn Olympic berths as well as one representative from each World Aquatics continent (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania) and the host nation (France).
Water Polo
Men’s
Already qualified: Hungary, Greece, France (by virtue of being the host country)
Qualifying spots remaining: One at the Asian Games, one at the Pan American Games, one at the European Championships, four at-large berths at the 2024 World Championships next February in Doha, and one slot each for an African and Oceanian country at Worlds.
Women’s
Already qualified: Netherlands, Spain, France (by virtue of being the host country)
Qualifying spots remaining: One at the Asian Games, one at the Pan American Games, one at the European Championships, two at-large berths at the 2024 World Championships next February in Doha, and one slot each for an African and Oceanian country at Worlds.
I felt the 50 free was a clear upset. In the 100 & 200 Popovici failing to even take a medal I dare say no one saw happening beforehand too.
Is this John Miranda, SMU swimmer in the 1980s?
U.S No 1…..seriously, wait for the olympics..all that really matters is gold.
Along with 2nd in the swimming Australia also came 4th in the diving and 3rd I’m the High Diving.
I believe Aust won most gold in swimming so that makes them first, silver = a good effort.
Two musings
1) I really wish the mixed 4×100 free relay would be included in Paris.l it’s pretty much a medal gone begging for those who have freestyle sprint depths
2) looks like the Doha world champs won’t be as competitive relay wise since the top superpowers have already qualified for Paris so no point sending your full armada halfway around the world when the Paris Olympics are only a few months later
My personal awards:
Team of the meet: Australia
Female swimmer of the meet: MOC
Male swimmer of the meet: Qin Haiyang
Best individual swim (F): MOC in 200m Free
Best individual swim (M): Marchand in 400 IM
Race of the Meet (F): 200 free
Race of the Meet (M): 1500 free
Best relay swim (F): Australia in 4×100 free
Best relay swim (M): USA in 4×100 medley
Best come back story (F): Ruta Meilutyte
Best come back (M): Cameron McEvoy
Breakthrough (F): Elizabeth Dekkers
Breakthrough (M): JAlexy
Addition
Biggest upset: Hubert Kos in 200 back
China getting 12/13 diving gold medals is insane are they only nation that invest heavily into it?
Pretty much and they got a very large population to draw talent from.
How about India with a large population too?
It is not about the population, but the hard work and the long hour of training. The chinese understand their physical anatomy and take advantage of showing their gracious movement.
They get 12/13 Golds because they have divers who can do this.
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China has been dominating diving for eons.
…Other countries need to start training their children at 5/6 years of age. Then make sure when they are not eating, drinking, showering, nature call, then pretty much all they are allowed to do is dive. That is what China does.
Missed Olympic quotas in swimming relays
Men’s 4×1 free AUS ITA USA
men’s 4×2 free GBR USA AUS
men’s 4×1 medley USA CHN AUS
Women’s 4×1 free AUS USA CHN
Women’s 4×2 free AUS USA CHN
women’s 4×1 medley USA AUS CAN
Mixed medley CHN AUS USA
Remaining quotas will be from combined times from heats and finals of both 2023 and 2024 worlds
AUS medals in every relay for the first time in a decade? More?
Don’t you mean “Made” Olympic quotas rather than “Missed”?
The article is missing the relay quotas.
US men also qualified for the 3 m synchro diving even though they were fourth (since hosts France who finished in third had already qualified)