The 15th FINA World Championships (, ) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. El Mundial 2013 ya tiene nombre... ¡BARCELONA! (trans: 2013 Worlds has a name: Barcelona!); posted by the Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN) on 2010-09-26; retrieved 2010-09-27.Fina select Barcelona to host 2013 World Swimming Championships.html 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.FINA Press Release 2010–27: Update on 2010 & 2013 FINA World Championships in Dubai (UAE) , published by FINA on 2010-05-15; retrieved 2010-06-22. FINA then re-bid the meet, and Barcelona was selected on September 26, 2010. Barcelona organitzarà el Mundial de natació del 2013 Barcelona, seu del mundial de natació del 2013
Venues The venues that hosted the events were previously used for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships:Barcelona officially confirmed as host of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships 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.Calendar
The opening ceremonies took place on July 19, 2013.
1 Number of finals ● Other competitions
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Medal table
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 July 30, 2013 Women's 1500 metre freestyle Final 15:36.53 Katie Ledecky August 1, 2013 Women's 200 m breaststroke Semifinals 2:19.11 Rikke Møller Pedersen August 3, 2013 Women's 50 m breaststroke Heats 29.78 Yuliya Yefimova Women's 50 m breaststroke Semifinals 29.48 Rūta Meilutytė Women's 800 metre freestyle Final 8:13.86 Katie Ledecky
Synchronised swimming
Water polo
Participating nations 181 nations entered the competition. Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA, participated under the FINA flag as independent athletes.
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