The 2005 World Aquatics Championships (French: Championnats du monde de natation 2005) or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. They took place in Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island.

Competition

Medal standings

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	17	15	7	39
2	Australia (AUS)	13	8	4	25
3	China (CHN)	5	5	7	17
4	Russia (RUS)	5	3	2	10
5	Canada (CAN)*	3	4	3	10
6	France (FRA)	3	1	1	5
7	Germany (GER)	2	7	4	13
8	Hungary (HUN)	2	2	1	5
9	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	2	2	0	4
10	South Africa (RSA)	2	1	2	5
11	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	1	4
12	Poland (POL)	2	0	2	4
13	Italy (ITA)	1	3	3	7
14	Spain (ESP)	1	1	3	5
15	Greece (GRE)	1	0	1	2
16	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	1	0	0	1
17	Japan (JPN)	0	5	7	12
18	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	3
19	Austria (AUT)	0	1	1	2
20	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	0	1
	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
23	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	4	4
24	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	3	3
25	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	2	2
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (26 entries)		62	63	62	187

ordered by gold medals

Diving

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Alexandre Despatie (CAN)	Xu Xiang (CHN)	Wang Feng (CHN)
3 m springboard	Alexandre Despatie (CAN)	Troy Dumais (USA)	He Chong (CHN)
10 m platform	Hu Jia (CHN)	José Guerra (CUB)	Gleb Galperin (RUS)
3 m springboard synchro	He Chong (CHN)  Wang Feng (CHN)	Tobias Schellenberg (GER)  Andreas Wels (GER)	Justin Dumais (USA)  Troy Dumais (USA)
10 m platform synchro	Dmitry Dobroskok (RUS)  Gleb Galperin (RUS)	Yang Jinghui (CHN)  Hu Jia (CHN)	Peter Waterfield (GBR)  Leon Taylor (GBR)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1 m springboard	Blythe Hartley (CAN)	Wu Minxia (CHN)	Heike Fischer (GER)
3 m springboard	Guo Jingjing (CHN)	Wu Minxia (CHN)	Tania Cagnotto (ITA)
10 m platform	Laura Ann Wilkinson (USA)	Loudy Tourky (AUS)	Jia Tong (CHN)
3 m springboard synchro	Li Ting (CHN)  Guo Jingjing (CHN)	Ditte Kotzian (GER)  Conny Schmalfuss (GER)	Olena Fedorova (UKR)  Kristina Ishchenko (UKR)
10 m platform synchro	Jia Tong (CHN)  Yuan Peilin (CHN)	Chantelle Newbery (AUS)  Loudy Tourky (AUS)	Meaghan Benfeito (CAN)  Roseline Filion (CAN)

Open water swimming

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Chip Peterson (USA)	Simone Ercoli (ITA)
10 km	Chip Peterson (USA)	Thomas Lurz (GER)	Petar Stoychev (BUL)
25 km	David Meca (ESP)	Brendan Capell (AUS)	Petar Stoychev (BUL)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km	Larisa Ilchenko (RUS)	Margy Keefe (USA)	Edith van Dijk (NED)
10 km	Edith van Dijk (NED)	Federica Vitale (ITA)	Britta Kamrau (GER)
25 km	Edith van Dijk (NED)	Britta Kamrau (GER)	Laura la Piana (ITA)

Swimming

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Roland Schoeman (RSA)	Duje Draganja (CRO)	Bartosz Kizierowski (POL)
100 m freestyle	Filippo Magnini (ITA)	Roland Schoeman (RSA)	Ryk Neethling (RSA)
200 m freestyle	Michael Phelps (USA)	Grant Hackett (AUS)	Ryk Neethling (RSA)
400 m freestyle	Grant Hackett (AUS)	Yuri Prilukov (RUS)	Oussama Mellouli (TUN)
800 m freestyle	Grant Hackett (AUS)	Larsen Jensen (USA)	Yuri Prilukov (RUS)
1500 m freestyle	Grant Hackett (AUS)	Larsen Jensen (USA)	David Davies (GBR)
50 m backstroke	Aristeidis Grigoriadis (GRE)	Matt Welsh (AUS)	Liam Tancock (GBR)
100 m backstroke	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	Randall Bal (USA)	László Cseh (HUN)
200 m backstroke	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	Markus Rogan (AUT)	Ryan Lochte (USA)
50 m breaststroke	Mark Warnecke (GER)	Mark Gangloff (USA)	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
100 m breaststroke	Brendan Hansen (USA)	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	Hugues Duboscq (FRA)
200 m breaststroke	Brendan Hansen (USA)	Mike Brown (CAN)	Genki Imamura (JPN)
50 m butterfly	Roland Schoeman (RSA)	Ian Crocker (USA)	Sergiy Breus (UKR)
100 m butterfly	Ian Crocker (USA)	Michael Phelps (USA)	Andriy Serdinov (UKR)
200 m butterfly	Paweł Korzeniowski (POL)	Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)	Wu Peng (CHN)
200 m individual medley	Michael Phelps (USA)	László Cseh (HUN)	Ryan Lochte (USA)
400 m individual medley	László Cseh (HUN)	Luca Marin (ITA)	Oussama Mellouli (TUN)
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Michael Phelps Neil Walker Nate Dusing Jason Lezak	Canada (CAN) Yannick Lupien Rick Say Mike Mintenko Brent Hayden	Australia (AUS) Michael Klim Andrew Mewing Leith Brodie Patrick Murphy
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Peter Vanderkaay Klete Keller	Canada (CAN) Brent Hayden Colin Russell Rick Say Andrew Hurd	Australia (AUS) Nicholas Sprenger Patrick Murphy Andrew Mewing Grant Hackett
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak	Russia (RUS) Arkady Vyatchanin Dmitry Komornikov Igor Marchenko Andrey Kapralov	Japan (JPN) Tomomi Morita Kosuke Kitajima Ryo Takayasu Daisuke Hosokawa

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Libby Lenton (AUS)	Marleen Veldhuis (NED)	Zhu Yingwen (CHN)
100 m freestyle	Jodie Henry (AUS)	Malia Metella (FRA)	—
		Natalie Coughlin (USA)
200 m freestyle	Solenne Figuès (FRA)	Federica Pellegrini (ITA)	Josefin Lillhage (SWE)
			Yang Yu (CHN)
400 m freestyle	Laure Manaudou (FRA)	Ai Shibata (JPN)	Caitlin McClatchey (GBR)
800 m freestyle	Kate Ziegler (USA)	Brittany Reimer (CAN)	Ai Shibata (JPN)
1500 m freestyle	Kate Ziegler (USA)	Flavia Rigamonti (SUI)	Brittany Reimer (CAN)
50 m backstroke	Giaan Rooney (AUS)	Gao Chang (CHN)	Antje Buschschulte (GER)
100 m backstroke	Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	Natalie Coughlin (USA)
200 m backstroke	Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)	Margaret Hoelzer (USA)	Reiko Nakamura (JPN)
50 m breaststroke	Jade Edmistone (AUS)	Jessica Hardy (USA)	Brooke Hanson (AUS)
100 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones (AUS)	Jessica Hardy (USA)	Tara Kirk (USA)
200 m breaststroke	Leisel Jones (AUS)	Anne Poleska (GER)	Mirna Jukić (AUT)
50 m butterfly	Danni Miatke (AUS)	Anna-Karin Kammerling (SWE)	Therese Alshammar (SWE)
100 m butterfly	Jessicah Schipper (AUS)	Libby Lenton (AUS)	Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL)
200 m butterfly	Otylia Jędrzejczak (POL)	Jessicah Schipper (AUS)	Yuko Nakanishi (JPN)
200 m individual medley	Katie Hoff (USA)	Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)	Lara Carroll (AUS)
400 m individual medley	Katie Hoff (USA)	Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)	Kaitlin Sandeno (USA)
4×100 m freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Jodie Henry Alice Mills Shayne Reese Libby Lenton	Germany (GER) Petra Dallmann Antje Buschschulte Annika Liebs Daniela Gotz	United States (USA) Natalie Coughlin Kara Lynn Joyce Lacey Nymeyer Amanda Weir
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Natalie Coughlin Katie Hoff Whitney Myers Kaitlin Sandeno	Australia (AUS) Libby Lenton Shayne Reese Bronte Barratt Linda Mackenzie	China (CHN) Yingwen Zhu Jiaying Pang Yafei Zhou Yang Yu
4×100 m medley relay	Australia (AUS) Sophie Edington Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Libby Lenton	United States (USA) Natalie Coughlin Jessica Hardy Rachel Komisarz Amanda Weir	Germany (GER) Antje Buschschulte Sarah Poewe Annika Mehlhorn Daniela Gotz

Synchronised swimming

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Solo routine	Virginie Dedieu (FRA)	Natalia Ischenko (RUS)	Gemma Mengual (ESP)
Duet routine	Anastasia Davydova (RUS)  Anastasia Ermakova (RUS)	Gemma Mengual (ESP)  Paola Tirados (ESP)	Saho Harada (JPN)  Emiko Suzuki (JPN)
Team routine	Russia (RUS) Maria Gromova Natalia Ischenko Elvira Khasyanova Olga Kuzhela Olga Larkina Elena Ovchinnikova Svetlana Romashina Anna Shorina	Japan (JPN) Saho Harada Naoko Kawashima Kanako Kitao Hiromi Kobayashi Erika Komura Takako Konishi Ayako Matsumura Emiko Suzuki Masako Tachibana	Spain (ESP) Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Tina Fuentes Thais Henríquez Gemma Mengual Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados Christina Violan
Combination routine	Russia (RUS) Anastasia Davydova Anastasia Ermakova Maria Gromova Natalia Ischenko Elvira Khasyanova Olga Kuzhela Olga Larkina Elena Ovchinnikova Svetlana Romashina Anna Shorina	Japan (JPN) Saho Harada Naoko Kawashima Kanako Kitao Hiromi Kobayashi Erika Komura Takako Konishi Ayako Matsumura Emiko Suzuki Masako Tachibana	Spain (ESP) Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Tina Fuentes Thais Henríquez Gemma Mengual Gisela Morón Irina Rodríguez Paola Tirados Christina Violan

Water polo

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Serbia and Montenegro Denis Šefik Petar Trbojević Nikola Janović Vanja Udovičić Dejan Savić Danilo Ikodinović Slobodan Nikić Vladimir Gojković Boris Zloković Aleksandar Šapić Vladimir Vujasinović Predrag Jokić Zdravko Radić	Hungary Zoltán Szécsi Dániel Varga Norbert Madaras Ádám Steinmetz Tamás Kásás Attila Vári Gergely Kiss Csaba Kiss Rajmund Fodor Márton Szívós István Gergely Tamás Molnár Péter Biros	Greece Georgios Reppas Anastasios Schizas Dimitrios Mazis Emmanouil Mylonakis Theodoros Chatzitheodorou Argyris Theodoropoulos Christos Afroudakis Georgios Ntoskas Georgios Afroudakis Stefanos-Petros Santa Antonios Vlontakis Manthos Voulgarakis Nikolaos Deligiannis

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Hungary Patricia Horvath Eszter Tomaskovics Khrisctina Serfozo Dora Kisteleki Mercedes Stieber Andrea Toth Rita Dravucz Krisztina Zantleitner Orsolya Takacs Aniko Pelle Agnes Valkay Fruzsina Bravik Timea Benko	United States Emily Feher Heather Petri Ericka Lorenz Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Natalie Golda Kristina Kunkel Erika Figge Jaime Hipp Kelly Rulon Moriah van Norman Drue Wawrzynski Thalia Munro	Canada Rachel Riddell Krystina Alogbo Whynter Lamarre Susan Gardiner Tara Campbell Marie Luc Arpin Cora Campbell Dominique Perreault Ann Dow Jana Salat Valérie Dionne Christine Robinson Johanne Bégin

Bidding for and organizing the event

Montreal became the first city in North America to hold the FINA World Aquatics Championships.

The venue for the games was itself controversial. The games were awarded initially to Montreal, and then taken away again in February 2005 when the city was unable to raise sufficient funding, with other cities indicating their willingness to take the games on. However following promises of funding from various levels of government, Montreal re-bid for the games and they were re-awarded to the city.

On July 16, before the start of the 2005 event, FINA selected the host city for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships — Rome, Italy.