Argentina at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Argentina
FINA codeARG
National federationConfederación Argentina de Deportes Acuáticos
Websitewww.cadda.org.ar
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors25 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Argentina competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Federico Grabich Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle 6 August

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Argentina fielded a full team of four swimmers to compete in the open water marathon.[1]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Guillermo Bertola Men's 10 km 1:51:33.6 31
Men's 25 km did not finish
Gabriel Villagoiz Men's 10 km 1:53:00.6 40
Men's 25 km did not finish
Julia Arino Women's 5 km did not start
Women's 10 km 2:00:31.2 32
Women's 25 km did not finish
Cecilia Biagioli Women's 10 km 1:58:55.7 17
Guillermo Bertola
Cecilia Biagioli
Gabriel Villagoiz 		Mixed team 57:27.8 13

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Argentine swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[2][3][4]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Santiago Grassi 50 m butterfly 24.03 26 did not advance
100 m butterfly 52.36 18 did not advance
Federico Grabich 100 m freestyle 48.48 4 Q 48.20 3 Q 48.12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m freestyle 1:47.73 16 Q 1:47.43 NR 12 did not advance
50 m backstroke 25.60 27 did not advance
Martín Naidich 400 m freestyle 3:52.43 38 — did not advance
800 m freestyle 7:57.72 21 — did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:14.38 18 — did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Virginia Bardach 200 m butterfly 2:13.76 27 did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:17.24 31 did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:51.59 28 — did not advance
Andrea Berrino 100 m backstroke 1:02.37 38 did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:14.96 28 did not advance
Julia Sebastián 50 m breaststroke 32.13 35 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:09.71 35 did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:29.28 =26 did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Argentina qualified two synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events.

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Etel Sánchez Solo technical routine 78.2419 16 did not advance
Solo free routine 79.7000 15 did not advance
Etel Sánchez
Sofía Sánchez 		Duet technical routine 79.8065 18 did not advance
Duet free routine 79.9667 17 did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 52 13 +39 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 34 24 +10 4 Advanced to playoffs
3  South Africa 3 1 0 2 17 37 −20 2
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 17 46 −29 0
Source: SportResult.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
27 July 2015
13:30 		Report South Africa  10–6  Argentina Kazan
Attendance: 913
Referees:
Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–2, 1–1, 2–1
E. Le Roux, P. Le Roux 3 Goals Yañez 3
29 July 2015
10:50 		Report Kazakhstan  15–7  Argentina Kazan
Attendance: 1,016
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–3, 5–1, 2–1
Axenov, Pekovich 4 Goals Yañez 3
31 July 2015
10:50 		Report Hungary  21–4  Argentina Kazan
Attendance: 1,065
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Peter de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–1, 6–1, 6–0
Dén. Varga 5 Goals López 2
13th–16th place semifinals
2 August 2015
12:10 		Report Argentina  6–14  Japan Kazan
Attendance: 218
Referees:
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–2, 2–4, 2–4
Carabantes, Demarchi 3 Goals Takei 4
15th place game
4 August 2015
09:30 		Report China  16–9  Argentina Kazan
Attendance: 753
Referees:
Joseph Peila (USA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–4, 4–2, 3–1
Dong Tao 4 Goals Yañez 5

References

  1. ^ "La nadadora rosarina Arino, ante una nueva experiencia" [Rosario swimmer Arino assures a new experience] (in Russian). El Hincha. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  3. ^ Grace, Jeff (19 March 2015). "Grabich and Berrino Break Argentine Records in Mar de Plata". SwimSwam. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Nadando hasta Rusia" [Swimmers fly to Russia] (in Spanish). El Depornauta. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

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