Global Information2023 World Aquatics Championships information
| 20th World Aquatics Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Host city | Fukuoka, Japan |
| Date(s) | 14–30 July 2023 |
| Venue(s) | 3 |
| Nations participating | 195 |
| Athletes participating | 2,392 |
| Officially opened by | Fumihito |
← Budapest 2022 Doha 2024 → | |
| 2023 World Aquatics Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic swimming | |||
| Solo | |||
| Technical | men | women | |
| Free | men | women | |
| Duet | |||
| Technical | women | mixed | |
| Free | women | mixed | |
| Team | |||
| Technical | mixed | ||
| Free | mixed | ||
| Acrobatic | mixed | ||
| Diving | |||
| Individual | |||
| 1 m | men | women | |
| 3 m | men | women | |
| 10 m | men | women | |
| Synchronised | |||
| 3 m | men | women | mixed |
| 10 m | men | women | mixed |
| Individual & Synchronised | |||
| Team | mixed | ||
| High diving | |||
| 20 m | women | ||
| 27 m | men | ||
| Open water swimming | |||
| Individual | |||
| 5 km | men | women | |
| 10 km | men | women | |
| Relay | |||
| 4×1.5 km | mixed | ||
| Swimming | |||
| Freestyle | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| 800 m | men | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women | |
| Backstroke | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Breaststroke | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Butterfly | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Individual medley | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| Freestyle relay | |||
| 4×100 m | men | women | mixed |
| 4×200 m | men | women | |
| Medley relay | |||
| 4×100 m | men | women | mixed |
| Water polo | |||
| Tournament | men | women | |
| Rosters | men | women | |
The 2023 World Aquatics Championships, the 20th edition of the World Aquatics Championships, were held in Fukuoka, Japan, from 14 to 30 July 2023. Originally scheduled to be held in 2021 as the 19th championships, the championships were postponed until May 2022 in response to the rescheduling of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The event was pushed back a second time to 2023 due to ongoing travel restrictions and safety measures in place in Japan.[2] In its place, Budapest hosted the 19th Championships from 18 June to 3 July 2022, while the originally scheduled 2023 championships in Doha, Qatar, were moved to 2024.
It was the second time Fukuoka hosted the event having previously held the 9th World Aquatics Championships in 2001, with South Africa's Roland Schoeman (swimming) and Brazil-Spain's Felipe Perrone (water polo) the only two athletes to compete in both the 2001 and 2023 championships. [3]
The championships included 2,392 athletes competing from 192 member federations. While originally listed as 195 nations competing, due to the status of their member federation with World Aquatics, athletes from both the Philippines and Kenya were required to compete under the banner 'Suspended Member Federation', while two athletes of Syria competed under the banner 'World Aquatics Refugee Team'. World Aquatics ban on athletes from Russia and Belarus remained in effect for these championships.[4]
These championships were the first edition of the championships to be held under the new World Aquatics branding following the renaming of the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) in December 2022.[5]
- ^ "New dates set for world swim championships: May 13-19, 2022". AP NEWS. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "FINA postpones Fukuoka-hosted 2022 World Championships because of COVID-19". 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (31 January 2016). "Fukuoka, Doha chosen as World Aquatics Championships hosts". NBC Sports. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "PRESS RELEASE | World Aquatics Bureau meets, discusses the status of athletes from Russia and Belarus". World Aquatics. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "FINA becomes World Aquatics as new brand launched". World Aquatics. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2023.[permanent dead link]