15th FINA World Championships
Host city	Barcelona, Catalonia
Date(s)	20 July–4 August
Venue(s)	Palau Sant Jordi
Nations participating	181
Athletes participating	2293
Officially opened by	Juan Carlos I of Spain
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The 15th FINA World Championships (Catalan: Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.^[1][2] The 2013 World Championships featured 6 aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, high diving, open water, and synchronised swimming.

The Championships were originally awarded to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in July 2009; however, Dubai withdrew as host in May 2010.^[3] FINA then re-bid the meet, and Barcelona was selected on September 26, 2010.^[4][5]

Venues

The venues that hosted the events were previously used for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships:^[6]

• Palau Sant Jordi (swimming, synchronized swimming)
• Port Vell (open water swimming, high diving)
• Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc (diving)
• Piscines Bernat Picornell (water polo)

Schedule

This was the first time the World Aquatic Championships included high diving.^[7][8]

The opening ceremonies took place on July 19, 2013.^[9]

All dates are CEST (UTC+2)

July–August 2013	20 Sat	21 Sun	22 Mon	23 Tue	24 Wed	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat	28 Sun	29 Mon	30 Tue	31 Wed	1 Thu	2 Fri	3 Sat	4 Sun	Gold medals
Diving	1	1	2	2	●	1	1	1	1								10
High diving										●	1	1					2
Open water swimming	2		1	1		1		2									7
Swimming									4	4	5	4	5	5	5	8	40
Synchronised swimming	1	1	1	●	1	1	1	1									7
Water polo		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Total gold medals	4	2	4	3	1	3	2	4	5	4	6	5	5	6	6	8	68
Cumulative total	4	6	10	13	14	17	19	23	28	32	38	43	48	54	60	68

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Spain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	15	10	9	34
2	China	14	8	4	26
3	Russia	9	6	4	19
4	France	4	1	4	9
5	Hungary	4	1	2	7
6	Australia	3	11	0	14
7	Germany	3	3	4	10
8	Brazil	3	2	5	10
9	South Africa	3	1	1	5
10	Spain*	1	6	5	12
11	Italy	1	3	1	5
12	Denmark	1	3	0	4
13	Japan	1	2	3	6
14	Greece	1	1	0	2
	Lithuania	1	1	0	2
	Sweden	1	1	0	2
17	Netherlands	1	0	3	4
18	Tunisia	1	0	1	2
19	Colombia	1	0	0	1
20	Canada	0	3	4	7
21	Poland	0	2	1	3
22	Ukraine	0	1	4	5
23	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
24	Belgium	0	1	0	1
	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
26	Mexico	0	0	4	4
27	New Zealand	0	0	3	3
28	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		68	69	67	204

Competition

Diving

High diving

Open water swimming

On the first day of competition on July 20, American Haley Anderson won the first gold of the competition in the women's 5 km, just beating Brazilian Poliana Okimoto 56:34.2 to 56:34.4. In the second event on day one, Tunisian Oussama Mellouli won the men's 5 km race with a time of 53:30.4.

Swimming

World records

The following world records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Round	Time	Name	Nation
July 29, 2013	Women's 100 m breaststroke	Semifinals	1:04.35	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania
July 30, 2013	Women's 1500 metre freestyle	Final	15:36.53	Katie Ledecky	United States
August 1, 2013	Women's 200 m breaststroke	Semifinals	2:19.11	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Denmark
August 3, 2013	Women's 50 m breaststroke	Heats	29.78	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia
	Women's 50 m breaststroke	Semifinals	29.48	Rūta Meilutytė	Lithuania
	Women's 800 metre freestyle	Final	8:13.86	Katie Ledecky	United States

Synchronised swimming

Water polo

Participating nations

181 nations entered the competition.^{[10][11][12][13]} Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA, participated under the FINA flag as independent athletes.^[14]