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FINA Swimming World Championships
The 19th FINA World Championships took place from 18 June - 03 July 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. They were organised by the Swiss-based Fédération Internationale de Natation ("International Swimming Federation" - FINA) and have been held on a biannual basis since 2001.
The 2022 World Aquatics Championships were the first edition of the 21st century not to feature a temporary pool for any discipline. The venues of the 19th FINA World Championships are: Danube Arena, Lake Lupa, Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Debrecen Swimming Pool, Szeged Swimming Pool, and Sopron.
Athletes from all over the world competed in six aquatic disciplines:
- swimming,
- diving,
- water polo,
- open water swimming,
- artistic swimming (formally synchronized swimming) and
- high diving.
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A member of team Ukraine performs in the women's Artistic Swimming Team Free final of the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships at Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 24 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT
Tomasz Polewka of Poland competes in a preliminary heat of men's 50m backstroke of the 19th FINA World Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 24 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tibor Illyes HUNGARY OUT
This multiple exposure image shows Anisley Garcia Navarro of Cuba in the preliminary round of the women’s 10m platform diving at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 26 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Picture made available 23 June 2022 of Anita Alvarez (C) of the US being helped out of the pool by her coach (L) and an unidentified man after she fainted at the end of her performance during women's free final of artistic swimming of 19th FINA World Championships in Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 22 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT
Summer McIntosh of Canada reacts after winning the women's 200m butterfly final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 22 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tibor Illyes HUNGARY OUT
Dutch Nyls Korstanje waits for the start of the semifinal of men's 100m butterfly of the 19th FINA World Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 23 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Nicole Frank of Uruguay competes in the Women's 200m Individual Medley heats at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, 21 July 2019. EPA-EFE/PATRICK B. KRAEMER
Rino Buric of Croatia (F) in action against Taiyo Watanabe of Japan during the men's water polo Group B third round match of Croatia vs Japan at the 19th FINA World Championships in Debrecen, northeastern Hungary, 25 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Czegledi HUNGARY OUT
Members of the silver medal winner Japanese team perform during the final of the free combination of the artistic swimming at the 19th FINA World Championships in Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 20 June 2022. EPA-EFE/ZSOLT SZIGETVARY HUNGARY OUT
The team of Italy perform during the women team highlight preliminaries of the artistic swimming events at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 23 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT
Carlos Garach Benito of Spain competes in a heat of men's 1,500m freestyle of the 19th FINA World Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 24 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tibor Illyes HUNGARY OUT
Alisa Ozhogina Ozhogin and Iris Tio Casas of Spain compete in the women's duet free preliminaries of artistic swimming during the 19th FINA World Championships at Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 21 June 2022. The 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships runs through 03 July and takes place across four Hungarian cities. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT
Laura Strugnell of South Africa performs during the Women's solo technical preliminary round of Artistic Swimming during the 19th FINA World Championships at the Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 17 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT
Maxwell Irving (L) of the USA and Ross Stuart Stone (R) of South Africa in action during the men's Water Polo round of 16 match between South Africa and the USA at the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 27 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tibor Illyes HUNGARY OUT
Yuan Cao and Zongyuan Wang of China compete in the final of the Men’s 3m synchronized diving at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 26 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy starts in the men’s 50m breastroke final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 21 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira of Spain competes in the men's 200m backstroke final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 22 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tibor Illyes HUNGARY OUT
Nathan Zsombor-Murray and Rylan Wiens of Canada compete in the men's Synchronized 10m Platform Diving preliminaries of the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships at Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 28 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Yuxi Chen of China competes in the preliminary round of the women’s 10m platform diving at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 26 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Yukiko Inui of Japan performs in the women's solo technical final of Artistic Swimming during the 19th FINA World Championships at the Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 18 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT
Luca Damonte, Gianmarco Nicosia and Luca Marziali of Italy celebrate winning the Men's water polo semi final match Italy vs Greece at the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 01 July 2022. EPA-EFE/Tibor Illyes HUNGARY OUT
Leonard Cecilia (L) of Argentina and Gabriella MacDonald of New Zealand in action during the women's water polo match played for 9th to 12th place at the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Szeged, Hungary, 28 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Czegledi HUNGARY OUT
The team of Kazakhstan perform during the women team highlight preliminaries of the artistic swimming events at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 23 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT
Chase Kalisz of the United States competes in the men’s 200m medley heats at the 19th FINA World Championships in Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 21 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Members of team China perform in the women's Artistic Swimming Team Free final of the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships at Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 24 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT
A multiple exposure picture of Hao Yang and Junjie Lian of China competing in the men's Synchronized 10m Platform Diving preliminaries of the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships at Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 28 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Hanna Rosvall (L) of Sweden and Medi Eira Harris of Great Britain compete in a preliminary heat of women's 100m backstroke of the 19th FINA World Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 19 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tibor Illyes HUNGARY OUT
The team of Canada perform in women's team technical preliminaries of artistic swimming of the 19th FINA World Championships in Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 19 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT
Members of the Team New Zealand jump into the water during the women's water polo match played for 9th to 12th place at the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Szeged, Hungary, 28 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Czegledi HUNGARY OUT
Yona Knight-Wisdom of Jamaica competes in the men's 3m Springboard Diving semi final of the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships at Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 27 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Tom Dean of Britain competes in the men's 200m Freestyle semi final of the Swimming events at the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 19 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Ludmila Ianni of Argentina in action during the Women's Water Polo Round of 16 match Hungary vs Argentina at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 26 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Szilard Koszticsak HUNGARY OUT
Lorenzo Marsaglia and Giovanni Tocci of Italy compete in the preliminary round of the men’s 3m synchronized diving at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 26 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Team of Australia perform in women's team technical preliminaries of artistic swimming of 19th FINA World Championships in Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 19 June 2022. EPA-EFE/ZSOLT SZIGETVARY HUNGARY OUT
Zachary Cooper of the United States competes in the men's diving 10m platform preliminary round of the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 02 July 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Head coach Adam Krikorian (C) of the US jumps into the pool after team won 9-7 to capture the gold in women's water polo final match US vs. Hungary at 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 02 July 2022. EPA-EFE/Tibor Illyes HUNGARY OUT
David Popovici of Romania on his way to win the final of men's 200m freestyle of the 19th FINA World Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 20 June 2022. The 19th edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships runs through 03 July and takes place in four Hungarian cities. EPA-EFE/TAMAS KOVACS HUNGARY OUT
Yuan Cao of China competes in the men's diving 3m springboard final of the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 28 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Sergio de Celis Montalban of Spain competes in the men’s 100m freestyle heats at the 19th FINA World Championships in Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 21 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Sarah Jodoin di Maria of Italy competes in the semi final of the Women’s 10m platform diving at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, 26 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Andrea Spendolini Sirieix of Britain competes in the mixed team diving final of the 19th FINA World Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 29 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Daiya Seto of Japan competes in a preliminary heat of the Men's 400m medley at the 19th FINA World Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 18 June 2022. EPA-EFE/TAMAS KOVACS HUNGARY OUT
Xuwei Peng of China competes in a preliminary heat of women's 200m backstroke of the 19th FINA World Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 23 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Shixin Li of Australia competes during the Men's diving 1m springboard final of the 19th FINA World Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 30 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Jennifer Cerquera Hatiusca and Gustavo Sanchez of Colombia perform during mixed duet free preliminaries of artistic swimming of 19th FINA World Championships in Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 24 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT
Junjie Lian and Hao Yang of China compete during the men's diving synchronized 10m platform final of the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 28 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs HUNGARY OUT
Sofia Evangelia Malkogeorgou and Evangelia Platanioti of Greece compete in the women’s duet free preliminaries of the artistic swimming at the 19th FINA World Championships in Hajos Alfred National Sports Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, 21 June 2022. EPA-EFE/Zsolt Szigetvary HUNGARY OUT