This article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2016.

2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–Aquatics)

• February 19–24: 2016 FINA Diving World Cup in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)^[1]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.^[2]
• March 2–6: Aquece Rio Synchronized Swimming 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)^[3][4]
  • Duet winners:  Spain (Gemma Mengual, Ona Carbonell, Paula Klamburg)
  • Team winners:  Ukraine
• April 15–20: Aquece Rio Swimming 2016 (Maria Lenk Trophy) in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium (Olympic Test Event)^[5]
  • For results, click here.
• June 11 & 12: 2016 Marathon Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Setúbal^[6]
  • Men's winner: ZU Lijun
  • Women's winner: Xin Xin
• August 6–13: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium
  • The  United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• August 7–19: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
  • Men's 3m Springboard: Cao Yuan; Jack Laugher; Patrick Hausding
  • Women's 3m Springboard: Shi Tingmao; He Zi; Tania Cagnotto
  • Men's 10m Platform: Chen Aisen; Germán Sánchez; David Boudia
  • Women's 10m Platform: Ren Qian; Si Yajie; Meaghan Benfeito
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard:
    •  Great Britain (Chris Mears & Jack Laugher)
    •  United States (Sam Dorman & Michael Hixon)
    •  China (Cao Yuan & Qin Kai)
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform:
    •  China (Chen Aisen & Lin Yue)
    •  United States (David Boudia & Steele Johnson)
    •  Great Britain (Tom Daley & Daniel Goodfellow)
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard:
    •  China (Shi Tingmao & Wu Minxia)
    •  Italy (Tania Cagnotto & Francesca Dallapé)
    •  Australia (Maddison Keeney & Anabelle Smith)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform:
    •  China (Chen Ruolin & Liu Huixia)
    •  Malaysia (Cheong Jun Hoong & Pandelela Rinong)
    •  Canada (Meaghan Benfeito & Roseline Filion)
• August 15: Women's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana
  • Sharon van Rouwendaal; Rachele Bruni; Poliana Okimoto
• August 15–20: Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
  • Duet:
  •  Russia (Natalia Ishchenko & Svetlana Romashina)
  •  China (Huang Xuechen & Sun Wenyan)
  •  Japan (Yukiko Inui & Risako Mitsui)
  • Team:  Russia (RUS);  China (CHN);  Japan (JPN)
• August 16: Men's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana
  • Ferry Weertman; Spyridon Gianniotis; Marc-Antoine Olivier

2016 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup & World Events

• February 6 & 7: World Cup and Event #1 in Carmen de Patagones-Viedma, Río Negro^[7]
  • Men's winner: Alex Meyer
  • Women's winner: Rachele Bruni
• February 26 & 27: World Cup and Event #2 in Abu Dhabi^[8]
  • Men's winner: Marc Antoine Olivier
  • Women's winner: Aurélie Muller
• June 18: World Cup and Event #3 in Balatonfüred^[9]
  • Men's winner: Simone Ruffini
  • Women's winner: Rachele Bruni
• July 28: World Cup and Event #4 in Lac Saint-Jean^[10]
  • Men's winner: Philippe Guertin
  • Women's winner: Stephanie Horner
• August 13: World Cup and Event #5 in Lake Mégantic^[11]
  • Men's winner: Andreas Waschburger
  • Women's winner: Arianna Bridi
• October 9: World Cup and Event #6 in Chun'an County-Hangzhou^[12]
  • Men's winner: Simone Ruffini
  • Women's winner: Xin Xin
• October 15: World Cup and Event #7 (final) in  Hong Kong^[13]
  • Men's winner: Simone Ruffini
  • Women's winner: Rachele Bruni

2016 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix

• July 30: Grand Prix #1 in Lac Saint-Jean^[14]
  • Men's winner: Alex Meyer
  • Women's winner: Olga Kozydub
• August 20: Grand Prix #2 in Lake Ohrid^[15]
  • Men's winner: Tomi Stefanovski
  • Women's winner: Olga Kozydub
• September 4: Grand Prix #3 (final) in Capri, Campania-Naples^[16]
  • Men's winner: Evgenij Pop Acev
  • Women's winner: Pilar Geijo

Diving

2016 FINA Diving World Series

• March 11–13: DWS #1 in Beijing^[17][18]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Shi Tingmao
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Si Yajie
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  China (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai)
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  China (He Zi, Wang Han)
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Liu Huixia, Si Yajie)
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
• March 17–19: DWS #2 in Dubai^[19][20]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Shi Tingmao
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Liu Huixia
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  China (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai)
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  China (He Zi, Wang Han)
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Liu Huixia, Si Yajie)
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
• April 15–17: DWS #3 in Windsor, Ontario^[21][22]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: He Zi
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Ren Qian
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  China (Qin Kai, Cao Yuan)
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  China (He Zi, Wang Han)
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia)
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  Canada (Jennifer Abel, François Imbeau-Dulac)
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
• April 22–24: DWS #4 (final) in Kazan^[23][24]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: He Zi
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Ren Qian
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  Russia (Ilya Zakharov, Evgeny Kuznetsov)
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  China (He Zi, Wang Han)
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia)
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners:  China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners:  China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)

2016 FINA Diving Grand Prix

• January 15–17: DGP #1 in Madrid^[25]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Constantin Blaha
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: XU Zhihuan
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: XIA Bingqing
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Zhao Dong / Li Jiawei
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: JIE Lianjun / Yang Hao
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
• January 29–31: DGP #2 in Rostock^[26]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Patrick Hausding
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: HE Xiaojie
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Jian
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: DING Yaying
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Philippe Gagné / François Imbeau-Dulac
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: CHEN Jiayu / HE Xiaojie
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / TAI Xiaohu
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: DING Yaying / SUO Miya
• March 31 – April 3: DGP #3 in San Juan, Puerto Rico^[27]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Matthieu Rosset
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: WU Chunting
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Junjie
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Samantha Bromberg
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: PENG Jianfeng / SUN Zhiyi
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: HUANG Bowen / XU Zewei
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: SUO Miya / LI Jinming
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: HUANG Bowen / WU Chunting
• April 7–10: DGP #4 in Gatineau^[28]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Matthieu Rosset
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: WU Chunting
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Vincent Riendeau
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Roseline Filion
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Philippe Gagné / François Imbeau-Dulac
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / HUANG Bowen
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Meaghan Benfeito / Roseline Filion
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / HUANG Bowen
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: SUO Miya / LIAN Junjie
• July 15–17: DGP #5 in Bolzano^[29]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Guillaume Dutoit
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Tania Cagnotto
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Minami Itahashi
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Patrick Hausding / Stephan Feck
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Tania Cagnotto / Francesca Dallapé
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / Yang Hao
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Nana Sasaki / Matsuri Arai
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Sebastián Villa / Diana Pineda
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Zachary Cooper / Tarrin Gilliland
• October 21–23: DGP #6 in Kuching^[30]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Xie Siyi
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Ng Yan Yee
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Jie
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yang Hao / XU Zewei
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
• October 27–30: DGP #7 in Gold Coast, Queensland^[31]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: PENG Jianfeng
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Georgia Sheehan
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Jian
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Jie
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yang Hao / XU Zewei (default)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
• November 4–6: DGP #8 (final) in  Singapore^[32]
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: CHEN Linhai
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Hazuki Miyamoto
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Nishida Reo
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Nana Sasaki
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: CHEN Linhai / LI Linwei
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Matsuri Arai / Nana Sasaki
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Hazuki Miyamoto / Nishida Reo
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yevhen Naumenko / Valeriia Liulko (default)

2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

• June 4: #1 in Fort Worth, Texas
  • Winners: Jonathan Paredes (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
• June 18: #2 in Copenhagen
  • Winner: Gary Hunt
• July 9: #3 in São Miguel Island
  • Winners: Gary Hunt (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
• July 23: #4 in La Rochelle
  • Winner: Gary Hunt (m)
• August 28: #5 in Polignano a Mare
  • Winners: Artem Silchenko (m) / Lysanne Richard (f)
• September 11: #6 in Pembrokeshire
  • Winners: Michal Navrátil (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
• September 24: #7 in Mostar
  • Winners: Michal Navrátil (m) / Lysanne Richard (f)
• October 16: #8 in Shirahama, Wakayama
  • Winners: Sergio Guzman (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
• October 28: #9 in Dubai
  • Winners: Andy Jones (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)

Other diving events

• February 27–29: 2016 FINA High Diving World Cup in Abu Dhabi^[33]
  • Men's (27 metres) winner: Gary Hunt
  • Women's (20 metres) winner: Lysanne Richard
• June 28 – July 3: 2016 European Junior Diving Championships in Rijeka^[34]
  • Boys' Platform winner: Matthew Dixon
  • Boys' Synchro winners: Lou Massenberg / Patrick Kreisel
  • Boys' 1 m winner: Francesco Porco
  • Boys' 3 m winner: Patrick Kreisel
  • Girls' Platform winner: Christina Wassen
  • Girls' Synchro winners: Madeline Coquoz / Michelle Heimberg
  • Girls' 1 m winner: Kaja Skrzek
  • Girls' 3 m winner: Kaja Skrzek
• November 28 – December 4: 2016 FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Kazan^[35]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.^[36]

Swimming

• July 6–10: 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships in Hódmezővásárhely^[37]
  •  Russia won the gold medal tally. Russia and  Italy won 22 overall medals each.
• December 6–11: 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario^[38]
  • The  United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2016 FINA Swimming World Cup

• August 26 & 27: SWC #1 in Paris-Chartres^[39]
  •  Hungary won the gold medal tally.  Australia won the overall medal tally.
• August 30 & 31: SWC #2 in Berlin^[40]
  •  Hungary won the gold medal tally.  Australia won the overall medal tally.
• September 3 & 4: SWC #3 in Moscow^[41]
  •  Russia and  Hungary won 8 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
• September 30 & October 1: SWC #4 in Beijing^[42]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• October 4 & 5: SWC #5 in Dubai^[43]
  •  Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• October 8 & 9: SWC #6 in Doha^[44]
  •  Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• October 21 & 22: SWC #7 in  Singapore^[45]
  •  Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• October 25 & 26: SWC #8 in Tokyo^[46]
  •  Hungary won the gold medal tally.  Japan won the overall medal tally.
• October 29 & 30: SWC #9 (final) in  Hong Kong^[47]
  •  Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Synchronised swimming

• June 22–26: 2016 European Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships in Rijeka^[48]
  • Solo winner: Veronika Kalinina
  • Duet winners:  Russia (Daria Kulagina, Veronika Kalinina)
  • Figures winner: Varvara Subbotina
  • Team winners:  Russia
  • Combination winners:  Russia
• July 9–13: 2016 FINA World Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships in Kazan^[49]
  • Solo winner: Varvara Subbotina
  • Duet winners:  Russia (Veronika Kalinina, Daria Kulagina, Varvara Subbotina)
  • Team winners:  Russia
  • Combination winners:  Russia

LEN aquatic events

• May 9–22: 2016 European Aquatics Championships in London^[50]
  •  Great Britain,  Hungary, and  Russia won ten gold medals each. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.
• July 10–14: 2016 European Open Water Swimming Championships in Hoorn^[51]
  •  Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• September 9–11: 2016 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Piombino^[52]
  •  Italy,  Hungary, and  France won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.^[53]

Canoeing

• February 12 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar^[54]

2016 Summer Olympics (ICF)

• May 18 & 19: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Continental Olympic Qualifier in Duisburg^[55]
  •  Spain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• August 7–11: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Whitewater Stadium (Whitewater slalom)
  • Men's C1: Denis Gargaud Chanut; Matej Beňuš; Takuya Haneda
  • Men's C2:
  •  Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár & Peter Škantár)
  •  Great Britain (David Florence & Richard Hounslow)
  •  France (Gauthier Klauss & Matthieu Péché)
  • Men's K1: Joe Clarke; Peter Kauzer; Jiří Prskavec
  • Women's K1: Maialen Chourraut; Luuka Jones; Jessica Fox
• August 15–20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Canoe sprint)
  • Men
  • Men's C1 200m: Yuriy Cheban; Valentin Demyanenko; Isaquias Queiroz
  • Men's C1 1,000m: Sebastian Brendel; Isaquias Queiroz; Serghei Tarnovschi
  • Men's C2 1,000m:
  •  Germany (Sebastian Brendel & Jan Vandrey)
  •  Brazil (Erlon Silva & Isaquias Queiroz)
  •  Ukraine (Dmytro Ianchuk & Taras Mishchuk)
  • Men's K1 200m: Liam Heath; Maxime Beaumont; Saúl Craviotto; Ronald Rauhe
  • Men's K1 1,000m: Marcus Walz; Josef Dostál; Roman Anoshkin
  • Men's K2 200m:
  •  Spain (Saúl Craviotto & Cristian Toro)
  •  Great Britain (Liam Heath & Jon Schofield
  •  Lithuania (Aurimas Lankas & Edvinas Ramanauskas
  • Men's K2 1,000m:
  •  Germany (Max Rendschmidt & Marcus Gross)
  •  Serbia (Marko Tomićević & Milenko Zorić)
  •  Australia (Ken Wallace & Lachlan Tame)
  • Men's K4 1,000m:  Germany (GER);  Slovakia (SVK);  Czech Republic (CZE)
  • Women
  • Women's K1 200m: Lisa Carrington; Marta Walczykiewicz; Inna Osypenko-Radomska
  • Women's K1 500m: Danuta Kozák; Emma Jørgensen; Lisa Carrington
  • Women's K2 500m:
  •  Hungary (Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák)
  •  Germany (Franziska Weber & Tina Dietze)
  •  Poland (Karolina Naja & Beata Mikołajczyk)
  • Women's K4 500m:  Hungary (HUN);  Germany (GER);  Belarus (BLR)

Canoe sprint (flatwater)

• February 12 – July 31: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Sprint^[54]

Continental and world canoe sprint championships

• February 12–14: 2016 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in Adelaide
  •  Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• April 1–4: 2016 African Canoe Sprint Championships in Durban
  •  South Africa won the gold medal tally.  Tunisia won the overall medal tally.^[56]
• May 19–22: 2016 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships in Gainesville, Georgia^[57]
  • Senior:  Canada won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • Junior:  Brazil won the gold medal tally.  Argentina and  Canada won 10 overall medals each.
• June 7–9: 2016 World University Canoe Sprint Championships in Montemor-o-Velho
  •  Poland won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• June 24–26: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Moscow^[58]
  •  Hungary and  Russia won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally.
• July 28–31: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Minsk^[59]
  • Junior:  Hungary,  Belarus, and  Russia won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally.
  • U23:  Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2016 Canoe Sprint World Cup

• May 20–22: CSF World Cup #1 in Duisburg^[60][61]
  •  Belarus,  Germany, and  Ukraine won 3 gold medals each. Belarus won the overall medal tally.
• May 27–29: CSF World Cup #2 in Račice (Litoměřice District)^[62]
  •  Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• June 3–5: CSF World Cup #3 (final) in Montemor-o-Velho^[63]
  •  Poland won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Whitewater slalom (canoe)

• February 19 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Slalom^[54]

Continental and world whitewater slalom championships

• February 19–21: 2016 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in Penrith^[64]
  • Men's C1 winner: Matej Beňuš
  • Men's C2 winners:  Germany (Franz Anton, Jan Benzien)
  • Men's K1 winner: Vavřinec Hradilek
  • Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's K1 winner: Jana Dukátová
• April 23 & 24: 2016 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in Toyama^[65]
  • Men's C1 winner: SHU Jianming
  • Men's C2 winners:  Japan (Shota Sasaki, Tsubasa Sasaki)
  • Men's K1 winner: TAN Ya
  • Women's C1 winner: Chen Wei-han
  • Women's K1 winner: LI Lu
  • Men's C1 team winners:  China (WANG Sheng, SHU Jianming, CHEN Fangjia)
  • Men's C2 team winners:  Uzbekistan
  • Men's K1 team winners:  Japan (Kazuya Adachi, Tsubasa Sasaki, Taku Yoshida)
  • Women's C1 team winners:  Kazakhstan (Xeniya Kondratenko, Kamilla Safina, Yekaterina Smirnova)
  • Women's K1 team winners:  Japan (Yuriko Takeshita, Haruka Okazaki, Ren Mishima)
• May 13–15: 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš^[66]
  • Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský
  • Women's C1 winner: Nuria Vilarrubla
  • Men's C2 winners:  Slovakia (Tomáš Kučera, Ján Bátik)
  • Men's K1 winner: Jiří Prskavec
  • Women's K1 winner: Melanie Pfeifer
  • Men's C1 team winners:  Slovakia
  • Women's C1 team winners:  Great Britain
  • Men's C2 team winners:  Slovakia
  • Men's K1 team winners:  Czech Republic
  • Women's K1 team winners:  Great Britain
• July 12–17: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Kraków^[67]
• Junior
  • Men's Junior C1 winner: Marko Mirgorodsky
  • Men's Junior C2 winners:  Czech Republic (Albert Kaspar, Vojtech Mruzek)
  • Men's Junior K1 winner: Ruslan Pestov
  • Men's Junior Team C1 winners:  Germany (Gregor Kreul, Lennard Tuchscherer)
  • Men's Junior Team C2 winners:  Czech Republic
  • Men's Junior Team K1 winners:  France (Thomas Durand, Paul Cornut-Chauvinc)
  • Women's Junior C1 winner: Tereza Fišerová
  • Women's Junior K1 winner: Klaudia Zwolinska
  • Women's Junior Team C1 winners:  Russia (Alsu Minazova, Anastasia Kozyreva)
  • Women's Junior Team K1 winners:  Czech Republic (Tereza Fišerová, Karolina Galuskova, Katerina Duskova)
• U23
  • Men's U23 C1 winner: Florian Breuer
  • Men's U23 C2 winners:  Poland (Filip Brzezinski, Andrzej Brzezinski)
  • Men's U23 K1 winner: Jakub Grigar
  • Men's U23 Team C1 winners:  France (Cedric Joly, Thibault Blaise)
  • Men's U23 Team C2 winners:  Russia
  • Men's U23 Team K1 winners:  Germany (Stefan Hengst, Leo Bolg)
  • Women's U23 C1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's U23 K1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's U23 Team C1 winners:  Great Britain (Kimberley Woods, Jasmine Royle)
  • Women's U23 Team K1 winners:  Germany (Lisa Fritsche, Caroline Trompeter, Selina Jones)

2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup

• June 3–5: CS World Cup #1 in Ivrea^[68]
  • Men's C1 winner: Michal Jáně
  • Men's C2 winners:  France (Nicola Scianimanico, Hugo Cailhol)
  • Men's K1 winner: Giovanni De Gennaro
  • Men's K1 Cross winner: Vavřinec Hradilek
  • Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's K1 winner: Ricarda Funk
  • Women's K1 Cross winner: Ajda Novak
• June 10–12: CS World Cup #2 in La Seu d'Urgell^[69]
  • Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský
  • Men's C2 winners:  France (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet)
  • Men's K1 winner: Vít Přindiš
  • Men's K1 Cross winner: Vít Přindiš
  • Women's C1 winner: Núria Vilarrubla
  • Women's K1 winner: Maialen Chourraut
  • Women's K1 Cross winner: Martina Wegman
• June 16–19: CS World Cup #3 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques^[70]
  • Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský
  • Men's C2 winners:  France (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet)
  • Men's K1 winner: Samuel Hernanz
  • Men's K1 Cross winner: Vít Přindiš
  • Women's C1 winner: Mallory Franklin
  • Women's K1 winner: Marie-Zélia Lafont
  • Women's K1 Cross winner: Caroline Loir
• September 2–4: CS World Cup #4 in Prague^[71]
  • Men's C1 winner: Matej Beňuš
  • Men's C2 winners:  Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár)
  • Men's K1 winner: Jiří Prskavec
  • Men's K1 Cross winner: Hannes Aigner
  • Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's K1 winner: Ricarda Funk
  • Women's K1 Cross winner: Veronika Vojtová
• September 7–11: CS World Cup #5 (final) in Tacen-Ljubljana^[72]
  • Men's C1 winner: Benjamin Savšek
  • Men's C2 winners:  Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár)
  • Men's K1 winner: Peter Kauzer
  • Men's K1 Cross winner: Boris Neveu
  • Women's C1 winner: Kimberley Woods
  • Women's K1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's K1 Cross winner: Amalie Hilgertova

Other canoeing events

• May 17–19: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Duisburg^[55]
  •  Australia won the gold medal tally.  Great Britain won the overall medal tally.
• June 1–5: 2016 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships in Banja Luka^[73]
  • Men's C1 sprint winner: Ondrej Rolenc
  • Men's C1 sprint team winners:  Czech Republic (Ondrej Rolenc, Antonin Hales, Vladimir Slanina)
  • Men's C2 sprint winners:  France (Quentin Dazeur, Stephane Santamaria)
  • Men's C2 sprint team winners:  France (T. Debray & L. Lapointe, Q. Dazeur & S. Santamaria, A. Leduc & L. Zouggari)
  • Men's K1 sprint winner: Maxime Richard
  • Men's K1 sprint team winners:  Slovenia (Nejc Znidarcic, Anze Urankar, Vid Debeljak)
  • Women's C1 sprint winner: Martina Satkova
  • Women's C2 sprint winners:  Slovakia (Barobora Kortisova, Katarina Kopunova)
  • Women's K1 sprint winner: Hannah Brown
  • Women's K1 sprint team winners:  France (Claire Bren, Manon Hostens, Phenicia Dupras)
• August 29 – September 4: 2016 ICF Canoe Polo World Championships in Syracuse, Sicily^[74][75]
  • Men:  Italy defeated  France, 6–5 in overtime, to win their first ICF Canoe Polo World Championships title.
    •  Spain took the bronze medal.
  • Women:  New Zealand defeated  Germany, 3–2, to win their first ICF Women's Canoe Polo World Championships title.
    •  France took the bronze medal.
  • Men U21:  Great Britain defeated  Germany, 5–4 in overtime, to win their first ICF Men's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title.
    •  Italy took the bronze medal.
  • Women's U21:  Germany defeated  Poland, 2–1 in overtime, to win their third consecutive ICF Women's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title.
    •  New Zealand took the bronze medal.
• September 8–11: 2016 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships in Moscow^[76]
  •  Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.^[77]
• September 16–18: 2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel^[78]
  • Men's C1 26.2 km: Márton Kover
  • Men's C2 26.2 km:  Hungary (Márton Kover, Ádám Docze)
  • Men's K1 29.8 km: Hank McGregor
  • Men's K2 29.8 km:  South Africa (Hank McGregor, Jasper Mocke)
  • Men's U23 C1 22.6 km: Bence Balázs Dori
  • Men's U23 K1 26.2 km: Ádám Petro
  • Women's C1 19 km: Zsanett Lakatos
  • Women's K1 26.2 km: Renáta Csay
  • Women's K2 26.2 km:  Hungary (Renáta Csay, Alexandra Bara)
  • Women's U23 K1 22.6 km: Vanda Kiszli

Rowing

• January 16 – November 13: 2016 FISA Events Calendar^[79]

2016 Summer Olympics (FISA)

• August 6–13: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
  •  Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

International rowing championships

• January 16: 2016 European Rowing Indoor Championships in Győr^[80]
  •  Poland won the gold medal tally. Poland,  Austria, and  Hungary won 6 overall medals each.
• February 28: 2016 FISA Indoor Rowing World Championships in Boston
  • Men's Lightweight winner: Steffen Bonde
  • Men's Heavyweight winner: James Letten
  • Women's Lightweight winner: Robyn Hart-Winks
  • Women's Heavyweight winner: Michelle Lazorchak
• March 22–24: 2016 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Valparaíso^[81][82]
  • M1x winner: Juan Carlos Cabrera Perez
  • W1x winner: Michelle Parson
  • LM2x winners: Xavier Vela Magi / Willian Giaretton
  • LW2x winners: Vanessa Cozzi / Fernanda Leal Ferreira
• March 25–27: 2016 South American Rowing Championship in Curauma^[83][84]
  •  Argentina won the gold medal tally. Argentina and  Brazil won 11 overall medals each.
• April 21–23: 2016 Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Gavirate^[85][86]
  • ASW1X winner: WANG Lili
  • ASM1X winner: Huang Cheng
  • TAMix2X winners:  China (LIU Shuang, FEI Tianming)
  • LTAMix4+ winners:  Australia
• April 23–25: 2016 FISA Asian and Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Chungju (at Tangeum Lake)^[87][88]
  • M1x winner: KIM Dong-yong
  • W1x winner: Kim Ye-ji
  • LM2x winners:  China (SUN Man, WANG Chunxin)
  • LW2x winners:  Japan (Ayami Oishi, Chiaki Tomita)
• May 6–8: 2016 European Rowing Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel (at Lake Beetzsee)^[89]
  •  Great Britain won the gold medal tally.  Germany won the overall medal tally.
• May 22–25: 2016 FISA European and Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne (at Lake Rotsee)^[90]
  •  Belgium, the  Czech Republic, and  Russia won 2 gold medals each.  New Zealand won the overall medal tally.
• July 9 & 10: 2016 European Rowing Junior Championships in Trakai (at Lake Galvė)^[91]
  •  Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• August 21–28: 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam (at the Willem-Alexander Baan)^[92]
  •  Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• August 21–28: World Rowing Junior Championships 2016 in Rotterdam^[93]
  •  Italy won the gold medal tally.  Germany won the overall medal tally.
• August 21–28: 2016 World Rowing U23 Championships in Rotterdam^[94]
  • The  Netherlands won the gold medal tally.  Germany won the overall medal tally.
• September 2–4: 2016 World University Rowing Championships in Poznań^[95]
  • The  Czech Republic and  Germany won 4 gold medals each.  Poland won the overall medal tally.
• September 9–11: 2016 World Rowing Masters Regatta in Copenhagen (at Lake Bagsværd)^[96]
  • For results, click here. Archived October 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
• October 21–23: 2016 World Rowing Coastal Championships in  Monaco^[97]
  • CM4x+ winner: Team Dukla Praha
  • CW2x winner: Team Circolo Canottieri Saturnia
  • CM1x winner: Team Real Club Mediterraneo
  • CW4x+ winner: Team Club Nautique de Nice
  • CM2x winner: Team Real Círculo de Labradores
  • CW1x winner: Team Killorglin Rowing Club

2016 World Rowing Cup

• April 15–17: WRC #1 in Varese (at Lake Varese)^[98]
  • The  Netherlands won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• May 27–29: WRC #2 in Lucerne (at Lake Rotsee)^[99]
  •  New Zealand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• June 17–19: WRC #3 (final) in Poznań (at Lake Malta)^[100]
  •  New Zealand won the gold medal tally. New Zealand and  Great Britain won 11 overall medals each.

Sailing

2016 Summer Olympics (ISAF)

• August 8–18: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Marina da Glória
  • Men
  • Men's RS:X: Dorian van Rijsselberghe; Nick Dempsey; Pierre Le Coq
  • Men's Laser: Tom Burton; Tonči Stipanović; Sam Meech
  • Men's Finn: Giles Scott; Vasilij Žbogar; Caleb Paine
  • Men's 470:
  •  Croatia (Šime Fantela & Igor Marenić)
  •  Australia (Mathew Belcher & William Ryan)
  •  Greece (Panagiotis Mantis & Pavlos Kagialis)
  • Men's 49er:
  •  New Zealand (Peter Burling & Blair Tuke)
  •  Australia (Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen)
  •  Germany (Erik Heil & Thomas Plössel)
  • Women
  • Women's RS:X: Charline Picon; Chen Peina; Stefania Elfutina
  • Women's Laser Radial: Marit Bouwmeester; Annalise Murphy; Anne-Marie Rindom
  • Women's 470:
  •  Great Britain (Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark)
  •  New Zealand (Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie)
  •  France (Camille Lecointre & Hélène Defrance)
  • Women's 49erFX:
  •  Brazil (Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze)
  •  New Zealand (Alex Maloney & Molly Meech)
  •  Denmark (Jena Hansen & Katja Salskov-Iversen)
  • Mixed Narca 17:
  •  Argentina (Santiago Lange & Cecilia Carranza Saroli)
  •  Australia (Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin)
  •  Austria (Thomas Zajac & Tanja Frank)

World sailing championships

• June 14–18: 2016 ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championships in / Nouméa^[101]
  • Winners:  Australia (Will Dargaville, Sarah Parker, Josh Dawson, James Farquharson)^[102]
• September 21–25: 2016 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Sheboygan, Wisconsin^[103]
  • Winner: Anna Kjellberg^[104]
• September 25–30: 2016 FISU World University Sailing Championship in Perth^[105]
  • Open and Women's winners:  Australia^[106]
• December 14–20: 2016 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in Auckland^[107][108]
  • Note: Was scheduled to be held in Oman. However, it withdrew, due to the alleged national discriminatory practices against Israel.^[109]
  •  Australia and  Great Britain won 2 gold medals each. Australia, the  United States,  Israel,  Italy, and  France won 3 overall medals each.
  • Nations Trophy winner:  Italy

2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup

• December 7–13, 2015: SWC #1 in Melbourne (#1 and at Port Phillip)^[110]
  •  Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• January 23–29: SWC #2 in Miami (at Biscayne Bay)^[111]
  • The  Netherlands,  Great Britain, and  Spain won 2 gold medals each. The Netherlands won the overall medal tally.
• April 25 – May 1: SWC #3 in Hyères (at Rade de Hyères)^[112]
  •  Australia and  Poland won 2 gold medals each. Australia won the overall medal tally.
• June 6–12: SWC #4 in Weymouth and Portland, Dorset (at both Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay)^[113]
  •  Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• September 19–25: SWC #5 in Qingdao (at Fushan Bay)^[114]
  •  China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• December 4–11: SWC #6 (final) in Melbourne #2^[115][116]
  • Note: Abu Dhabi withdrew from hosting this event from October 24–28, due to the allocation of the World Sailing Annual Conference to Europe.^[117]
  •  Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Water polo

• September 4, 2015 – December 11, 2016: FINA General Events Calendar^[118]

2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–WP)

• August 6–20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
  • Men:  Serbia (SRB);  Croatia (CRO);  Italy (ITA)
  • Women:  United States (USA);  Italy (ITA);  Russia (RUS)

World water polo championships

• August 26 – September 3: 2016 FINA Men's Youth Water Polo World Championships in Podgorica^[119]
  •  Croatia defeated  Montenegro, 16–13, in the final.  Hungary took the bronze medal.
• December 12–18: 2016 FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships in Auckland^[120]
  •  Russia defeated  Spain, 9–7, to win their first FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships title.
  •  Italy took the bronze medal.

FINA Water Polo World League

• October 20, 2015 – June 26, 2016: 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
  • October 20, 2015 – May 10, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches
    •  Greece,  Serbia, and  Italy all qualified to compete in the Superfinal.
  • May 10–15: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (men) in Yokohama
    • The  United States,  Australia,  Brazil, and  Japan all qualified to compete in the Superfinal.
  • June 21–26: 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League Superfinal in Huizhou^[121]
    •  Serbia defeated the  United States, 10–6, to win their fourth consecutive and eighth overall FINA Men's Water Polo World League title.
    •  Greece took the bronze medal.
• October 27, 2015 – June 12, 2016: 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
  • October 27, 2015 – May 3, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches
    •  Italy,  Spain, and  Russia all qualified to be in the Superfinal.
  • February 16–21: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (women) in Lewisville, Texas
    • The  United States,  Australia,  Canada, and  Brazil all qualified to be in the Superfinal.
  • June 7–12: 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League Superfinal in Shanghai^[122]
    • The  United States defeated  Spain, 13–9, to win their third consecutive and tenth overall FINA Women's Water Polo World League title.
    •  Australia took the bronze medal.

LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation)

• September 4, 2015 – June 4, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Champions League (final six in Budapest)
  • Jug Dubrovnik defeated Olympiacos, 6–4, to win their fourth LEN Champions League title. Szolnoki VSK took third place.
• September 30, 2015 – April 30, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup
  • AN Brescia defeated Sintez Kazan, 23–10 on aggregate, to win their first LEN Euro Cup title.
• December 4, 2015 – April 23, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Women's Champions' Cup
  • April 15 & 16: 2015–16 Women's LEN Trophy Final Four in Mataró^[123]
    • CN Mataró defeated NC Vouliagmeni, 6–5, to win their first Women's LEN Trophy title. Szentesi VK took the bronze medal.
  • April 23 & 24: 2015–16 Women's LEN Euro League Final Four in Sabadell^[124]
    • CN Sabadell defeated UVSE Budapest, 11–8, to win their fourth LEN Euro League Women title. Kinef Kirishi took the bronze medal.
• January 10–23: 2016 European Water Polo Championships for Men and Women in Belgrade
  • Men:  Serbia defeated  Montenegro, 10–8, to win their third consecutive and four overall European Water Polo Championships title.  Hungary took third place.
  • Women:  Hungary defeated the  Netherlands, 9–7, to win their third Women's European Water Polo Championships title.  Italy took third place.
• September 10–18: 2016 Women's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in The Hague^[125]
  • The  Netherlands defeated  Spain, 9–7, in the final.  Greece took third place.
• September 11–18: 2016 Men's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in Alphen aan den Rijn^[125]
  •  Serbia defeated  Italy, 12–9, in the final.  Spain took third place.^[126]