China at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA codeCHN
National federationChinese Swimming Association
Websiteswimmingsport.org.cn
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors90 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
15
Silver
10
Bronze
10
Total
35
World Aquatics Championships appearances

The People's Republic of China competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Tai Xiaohu
Si Yajie		 Diving Mixed 10 m synchronized platform July 25
 Gold Shi Tingmao
Wu Minxia		 Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard July 25
 Gold Chen Aisen
Lin Yue		 Diving Men's 10 m synchronized platform July 26
 Gold Xie Siyi Diving Men's 1 m springboard July 27
 Gold Chen Ruolin
Liu Huixia		 Diving Women's 10 m synchronized platform July 27
 Gold Cao Yuan
Qin Kai		 Diving Men's 3 m synchronized springboard July 28
 Gold He Chao Diving Men's 3 m springboard July 31
 Gold Shi Tingmao Diving Women's 3 m springboard August 1
 Gold Wang Han
Yang Hao		 Diving Mixed 3 m synchronized springboard August 2
 Gold Sun Yang Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle August 2
 Gold Qiu Bo Diving Men's 10 m platform August 2
 Gold Sun Yang Swimming Men's 800 m freestyle August 5
 Gold Ning Zetao Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 6
 Gold Fu Yuanhui Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke August 6
 Gold Chen Xinyi*
Fu Yuanhui
Lu Ying
Qiu Yuhan*
Shen Duo
Shi Jinglin		 Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay August 9
 Silver Huang Xuechen
Sun Wenyan		 Synchronized swimming Duet technical routine July 26
 Silver Shi Tingmao Diving Women's 1 m springboard July 27
 Silver Gu Xiao
Guo Li
Huang Xuechen
Li Xiaolu
Liang Xinping
Sun Wenyan
Tang Mengni
Xiao Yanning*
Yin Chengxin*
Zeng Zhen		 Synchronized swimming Team technical routine July 27
 Silver Huang Xuechen Synchronized swimming Solo free routine July 29
 Silver Huang Xuechen
Sun Wenyan		 Synchronized swimming Duet free routine July 30
 Silver Ren Qian Diving Women's 10 m platform July 30
 Silver Gu Xiao
Guo Li
Li Xiaolu
Liang Xinping
Sun Wenyan
Tang Mengni
Yin Chengxin
Zeng Zhen		 Synchronized swimming Team free routine July 31
 Silver He Zi Diving Women's 3 m springboard August 1
 Silver Gu Xiao
Guo Li
Li Xiaolu
Liang Xinping
Sun Wenyan
Tang Mengni
Xiao Yanning
Yin Chengxin
Zeng Zhen		 Synchronized swimming Free routine combination August 1
 Silver Sun Yang Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle August 4
 Bronze Sun Wenyan Synchronized swimming Solo technical routine July 25
 Bronze He Zi Diving Women's 1 m springboard July 27
 Bronze Xie Siyi
Chen Ruolin		 Diving Mixed team July 29
 Bronze Lu Ying Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly August 3
 Bronze Wang Shun Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley August 6
 Bronze Zhang Yufei Swimming Women's 200 m butterfly August 6
 Bronze Liu Xiang Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke August 6
 Bronze Guo Junjun
Qiu Yuhan
Shao Yiwen*
Shen Duo
Zhang Yufei
Zhang Yuhan*		 Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay August 6
 Bronze Shi Jinglin Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke August 7
 Bronze Lu Ying Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly August 8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Chinese divers are eligible for two spots in each individual event (1 m, 3 m, and 10 m) and one team spot for each synchronized event (3 m, 10 m, and team).

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
He Chao 1 m springboard 394.95 5 Q — 415.50 7
Xie Siyi 404.40 2 Q — 485.50 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cao Yuan 3 m springboard 517.40 1 Q 540.80 1 Q 523.95 4
He Chao 515.30 2 Q 527.95 2 Q 555.05 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Qiu Bo 10 m platform 513.00 3 Q 577.00 1 Q 587.00 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yang Jian 501.00 4 Q 539.75 2 Q 451.20 10
Cao Yuan
Qin Kai 		3 m synchronized springboard 434.43 2 Q — 471.45 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chen Aisen
Lin Yue 		10 m synchronized platform 470.13 1 Q — 495.72 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
He Zi 1 m springboard 285.40 3 Q — 300.30 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shi Tingmao 307.35 1 Q — 309.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
He Zi 3 m springboard 376.00 1 Q 371.40 2 Q 377.45 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shi Tingmao 368.40 2 Q 381.90 1 Q 383.55 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ren Qian 10 m platform 411.40 1 Q 423.15 1 Q 388.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Si Yajie 377.75 2 Q 395.75 2 Q 384.40 4
Shi Tingmao
Wu Minxia 		3 m synchronised springboard 312.90 1 Q — 351.30 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chen Ruolin
Liu Huixia 		10 m synchronised platform 330.24 1 Q — 359.52 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Wang Han
Yang Hao 		3 m synchronized springboard 339.90 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tai Xiaohu
Si Yajie 		10 m synchronized platform 350.88 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Xie Siyi
Chen Ruolin 		Team 425.40 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Open water swimming

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

China has fielded a team of thirteen swimmers to compete in the open water marathon. Among the official roster featured 2012 Olympian Fang Yanqiao.

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Lang Yuanpeng 5 km 59:42.8 37
Qiao Zhongyi 10 km 1:53:38.5 45
Yang Jintong 5 km 56:07.6 35
Ye Qianpeng 25 km 5:19:01.5 22
Zhang Zibin Did not finish
Zu Lijun 10 km 1:50:46.0 17
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Cao Shiyue 25 km 6:02:49.7 17
Fang Yanqiao 5 km 1:00:51.7 20
Niu Xiaoxiao 1:03:50.4 26
Shi Yu 10 km 1:59:28.6 15
Yan Siyu 1:59:39.9 26
Yang Dandan 25 km 5:42:19.5 16
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Qiao Zhongyi
Yan Siyu
Zu Lijun 		Team 57:53.9 14

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Chinese swimmers have 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):[1] Swimmers must qualify at the 2015 Chinese Swimming Championships (for pool events) to confirm their places for the Worlds.

The Chinese team consists of 51 swimmers (25 men and 26 women). Nineteen of these swimmers have competed at the previous World Championships in Barcelona including undisputed superstars and Olympic champions Sun Yang in the long-distance freestyle and Ye Shiwen in the individual medley.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hao Yun 200 m butterfly 1:59.04 25 Did not advance
Huang Chaosheng 400 m individual medley 4:19.11 19 — Did not advance
Li Guangyuan 100 m backstroke 54.34 20 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:58.02 12 Q 1:57.12 8 Q 1:56.79 8
Li Xiang 100 m breaststroke 1:00.96 27 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:11.30 17 Did not advance
Li Yunqi 400 m freestyle 3:51.30 26 — Did not advance
Li Zhuhao 100 m butterfly 51.54 3 Q 51.33 4 Q 51.66 8
Mao Feilian 200 m breaststroke 2:09.56 3 Q 2:09.54 7 Q 2:10.02 8
Ning Zetao 50 m freestyle 22.43 14 Q 22.18 15 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 48.11 1 Q 48.13 2 Q 47.84 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shi Weijia 50 m breaststroke 27.65 19 Did not advance
Shi Yang 50 m butterfly 23.43 7 Q 23.44 =12 Did not advance
Sun Yang 200 m freestyle 1:46.00 1 Q 1:46.17 5 Q 1:45.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400 m freestyle 3:44.99 1 Q — 3:42.58 1st place, gold medalist(s)
800 m freestyle 7:47.87 6 Q — 7:39.96 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1500 m freestyle 14:55.11 3 Q — DNS
Wang Kecheng 800 m freestyle 7:56.05 19 — Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:16.69 19 — Did not advance
Wang Pudong 200 m butterfly 1:58.20 20 Did not advance
Wang Shun 200 m individual medley 1:58.33 3 Q 1:57.07 2 Q 1:56.81 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Xu Jiayu 50 m backstroke 25.71 29 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 53.29 3 Q 53.15 7 Q 52.89 4
200 m backstroke 1:56.90 5 Q 1:55.13 3 Q 1:55.20 6
Xu Qiheng 200 m freestyle 1:49.32 35 Did not advance
Yang Zhixian 200 m individual medley 2:00.80 18 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:15.47 8 Q — 4:16.74 8
Yu Hexin 50 m freestyle 22.51 =20 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 49.50 28 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 23.87 =21 Did not advance
Ning Zetao
Yu Hexin
Lin Yongqing
Xu Qiheng 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:15.47 8 Q — 3:15.41 7
Xu Qiheng
He Tianqi
Shang Keyuan
Zhang Jie 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:16.67 14 — Did not advance
Hu Yixuan
Li Xiang
Li Zhuhao
Ning Zetao
Xu Jiayu
Yu Hexin
Zhang Qibin 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:35.21 11 — Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cao Yue 400 m freestyle 4:09.60 13 — Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:43.24 25 — Did not advance
Chen Jie 100 m backstroke 1:00.58 14 Q 1:00.42 14 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:11.75 18 Did not advance
Chen Xinyi 100 m butterfly 58.34 11 Q 57.63 6 Q 57.85 6
Fu Yuanhui 50 m backstroke 27.66 1 Q 27.18 1 Q 27.11 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m backstroke 1:00.55 =12 Q 59.33 4 Q 59.02 4
Guo Junjun 200 m freestyle 1:58.27 =11 Q 1:57.79 12 Did not advance
He Yun 100 m breaststroke 1:09.17 30 Did not advance
Liu Xiang 50 m freestyle 24.82 9 Q 24.78 11 Did not advance
50 m backstroke 27.79 4 Q 27.67 4 Q 27.58 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Liu Yaxin 200 m backstroke 2:12.30 22 Did not advance
Lu Ying 50 m butterfly 25.69 4 Q 25.79 4 Q 25.37 AS 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100 m butterfly 57.84 4 Q 57.36 3 Q 57.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shao Yiwen 400 m freestyle 4:08.93 11 — Did not advance
Shen Duo 100 m freestyle 53.93 6 Q 53.91 7 Q 54.76 8
200 m freestyle 1:56.75 4 Q 1:56.44 3 Q 1:56.27 6
Shi Jinglin 50 m breaststroke 31.57 24 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:06.45 2 Q 1:06.28 4 Q 1:06.55 5
200 m breaststroke 2:24.09 10 Q 2:23.06 =8 Q 2:22.76 =3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Suo Ran 50 m breaststroke 31.12 14 Q 31.03 9 Q 30.74 6
Wang Guoyue 1500 m freestyle 16:28.18 14 — Did not advance
Ye Shiwen 200 m individual medley 2:11.23 5 Q 2:11.39 8 Q 2:14.01 8
400 m individual medley 4:42.96 15 — Did not advance
Zhang Xinyu 200 m breaststroke 2:28.57 23 Did not advance
Zhang Yufei 200 m butterfly 2:06.92 1 Q 2:07.08 4 Q 2:06.51 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Zhang Yuhan 800 m freestyle 8:35.17 14 — Did not advance
Zhou Min 200 m individual medley 2:15.08 =22 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:50.36 — Did not advance
Zhou Yilin 200 m butterfly 2:08.76 10 Q 2:07.69 8 Q 2:10.20 8
Zhu Menghui 50 m freestyle 25.19 17 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 54.41 12 Q 54.77 16 Did not advance
Zhu Menghui
Tang Yuting
Fang Yi
Shen Duo 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:37.64 =5 Q — 3:37.64 7
Qiu Yuhan
Guo Junjun
Zhang Yufei
Shen Duo
Shao Yiwen*
Zhang Yuhan* 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:54.31 5 Q — 7:49.10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Chen Xinyi*
Fu Yuanhui
Lu Ying
Shen Duo
Shi Jinglin
Qiu Yuhan* 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:57.04 1 Q — 3:54.41 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Yu Hexin
Lin Yongqing
Qiu Yuhan
Tang Yuting 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:27.71 6 Q 3:26.94 7
Xu Jiayu
Li Xiang
Lu Ying
Zhu Menghui
Chen Xinyi* 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:47.48 6 Q 3:44.65 4

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

China has fielded a full squad of synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events at the World Championships.

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sun Wenyan Solo technical routine 91.3262 3 Q 91.5479 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Huang Xuechen Solo free routine 95.2000 2 Q 94.9000 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Huang Xuechen
Sun Wenyan 		Duet technical routine 92.2791 2 Q 93.3279 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Duet free routine 95.4667 2 Q 95.9000 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gu Xiao
Guo Li
Huang Xuechen
Li Xiaolu
Liang Xinping
Sun Wenyan
Tang Mengni
Xiao Yanning*
Yin Chengxin*
Zeng Zhen 		Team technical routine 92.1032 2 Q 94.4605 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gu Xiao
Guo Li
Huang Xuechen*
Li Xiaolu
Liang Xinping
Sun Wenyan
Tang Mengni
Xiao Yanning*
Yin Chengxin
Zeng Zhen 		Team free routine 95.5000 2 Q 96.1333 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gu Xiao
Guo Li
Huang Xuechen*
Li Mo*
Li Xiaolu
Liang Xinping
Sun Wenyan
Tang Mengni
Xiao Yanning
Yin Chengxin
Zeng Zhen 		Free routine combination 94.9333 2 Q 96.2000 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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  Croatia 3 3 0 0 39 17 +22 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 25 20 +5 4 Advanced to playoffs
3  Brazil 3 0 1 2 24 29 −5 1
4  China 3 0 1 2 12 34 −22 1
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
10:50 		Report Brazil  9–9  China Kazan
Attendance: 700
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–1, 3–4, 1–0
Perrone 4 Goals Dong Tao, Zhang Chufeng 3
29 July 2015
20:10 		Report China  2–8  Canada Kazan
Attendance: 240
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–3, 1–1, 1–1
Tan Feihu 2 Goals McElroy 3
31 July 2015
17:30 		Report Croatia  17–1  China Kazan
Attendance: 874
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–0, 7–0, 1–0
three players 3 Goals Zhang Chufeng 1
13th–16th place semifinals
2 August 2015
10:50 		Report China  10–10  Russia Kazan
Attendance: 2,263
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–4, 2–1, 3–3  PSO: 1–4
Tan Feihu 4 Goals four players 2
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 Yanez 5

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 2 1 0 38 25 +13 5 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  China 3 2 1 0 31 21 +10 5 Advanced to playoffs
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 37 25 +12 2
4  France 3 0 0 3 12 47 −35 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.
26 July 2015
21:30 		Report Hungary  8–9  China Kazan
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–1, 2–1, 1–3
Antal 2 Goals Zhao Zihan 4
28 July 2015
17:30 		Report France  4–13  China Kazan
Attendance: 1,700
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Peter de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–0, 1–6, 1–5
Guillet 2 Goals Niu Guannan 6
30 July 2015
18:50 		Report Russia  9–9  China Kazan
Attendance: 2,653
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Joseph Peila (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 3–2, 2–3
Karimova, Prokofyeva 3 Goals Niu Guannan 4
Playoffs
1 August 2015
20:10 		Report Brazil  8–10  China Kazan
Attendance: 350
Referees:
Stephane Roy (CAN), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 4–3, 2–2
Chiappini 5 Goals three players 2
Quarterfinals
3 August 2015
20:10 		Report Australia  7–7  China Kazan
Attendance: 370
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–1, 4–2, 1–1  PSO: 5–3
seven players 1 Goals Song Donglun, Zhao Zihan 2
5th–8th place semifinals
5 August 2015
15:30 		Report Spain  9–10  China Kazan
Attendance: 297
Referees:
Joseph Peila (USA), Joseph Peila (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–4, 2–2
Forca 3 Goals Song Donglun, Zhao Zihan 4
Fifth place game
7 August 2015
15:30 		Report China  9–9  Greece Kazan
Attendance: 940
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 2–1, 2–3  PSO: 4–3
Niu Guannan 5 Goals Asimaki 4

References

  1. ^ "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Sun Yang, Ye Shiwen Headline China's 51-Swimmer Roster For World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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