2017 World Aquatics Championships

The 17th FINA World Championships (Hungarian: 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.[1][2]

17th FINA World Championships
Host cityBudapest, Hungary
Date(s)14–30 July 2017
Venue(s)Danube Arena,
Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium,
Lake Balaton
Nations participating182
Athletes participating2,360
Officially opened byJános Áder
Officially closed byJulio Maglione
Websitehttp://www.fina-budapest2017.com/en/home

Host selection

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On 15 July 2011, at the biennial General Congress of FINA in Shanghai, the host city of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Guadalajara, Mexico was announced as the winning bid. Kazan, Russia was awarded the 2015 Championships in the same vote, whereas the rival bid from Hong Kong, China was left unrewarded. Guangzhou (China) and Montreal (Canada) had withdrawn their bids shortly before the vote.

In February 2015, Mexico withdrew from hosting the world championships, saying they could not afford the $100 million price tag for hosting the multi-sport aquatic event.[3] FINA Bureau members held a vote by email for a replacement host city, with the majority voting in favour of bringing forward Budapest as host city for 2017 (originally announced as the 2021 host city), and re-running the bidding process for the 2021 edition for the Championships.[4] On 11 March 2015, it was announced that Budapest would host the 2017 Championships.[5]

Symbols

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The logo of 2017 World Aquatics Championships was inspired by water and Hungarian folk art. The White water roses Lali (male) and Lili (female) in swimming costumes were selected as mascots of the championships.[6] Slogan of the championships was Water, Wonder, Welcome.

The Hungarian National Bank issued a commemorative version of the 50 Ft circulation coin on the occasion of the 17th FINA World Championships to be held in Hungary.[7] and Hungarian Post produced 200,000 stamps and the commemorative booklet with envelope and stamp of first day mail cancellation.[8]

Venues

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The two main competition venues are located in Budapest: Danube Arena, a brand-new indoor swimming pool complex for swimming and diving on the eastern bank of the Danube just north of Margaret Island, and the existing Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, on Margaret Island itself, for water polo. Open water swimming events are held at Lake Balaton.[9] High diving and synchronised swimming are held at temporary venues in Budapest.

Schedule

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A total of 75 Medal events are held across six disciplines.

All dates are CEST (UTC+2)
Opening ceremony Other competitions Finals Closing ceremony M Men's matches W Women's matches
July 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Total
Ceremonies 75
Swimming 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 8 42
Open water swimming 1 1 1 1 1 2 7
Synchronized swimming 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 9
Diving 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 13
High diving 1 1 2
Water polo W M W M W M W M W M W M W M 2

Medal table

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  *   Host nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States21121346
2  China1212630
3  Russia116825
4  France6129
5  Great Britain53311
6  Italy43916
7  Australia35412
8  Sweden3104
9  Hungary*2529
10  Brazil2428
11  Spain1506
12  Netherlands1416
13  Canada1157
14  Malaysia1012
  South Africa1012
16  Croatia1001
17  Japan0459
18  Ukraine0279
19  Germany0213
20  Mexico0202
21  North Korea0112
22  Czech Republic0101
  Ecuador0101
  Poland0101
25  Belarus0022
26  Denmark0011
  Egypt0011
  Serbia0011
  Singapore0011
Totals (29 entries)757677228

Participating nations

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Media coverage

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In the United States, NBCUniversal holds rights to the event.[10][11] Events shall be televised on NBC, NBCSN, and the Olympic Channel.[12] In the UK, the championships have been shown on the BBC Red Button and BBC Two.

References

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  1. ^ FINA Announces Dates for 2017 World Championships; Masters Worlds to Follow published by SwimSwam on 17 June 2014.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Kazan (RUS) and Guadalajara (MEX), next organisers ); posted by the Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) on 15 July 2011; retrieved 2011-08-01.
  3. ^ «México renuncia al Mundial de Natación 2017 por falta de dinero». El Mundo, 18 February 2015.
  4. ^ «Gwangju, Budapest win right to host worlds» Reuters, 31 July 2017
  5. ^ Budapest (HUN) to host FINA World Championships in 2017 Archived 27 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Gifts: available in the webshop and at the venues of the World Championships". fina-budapest2017.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ^ "50 forint circulation coin in the honour of the 17th FINA World Championships". mnb.hu. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  8. ^ "World Aquatics Championship in Budapest-Balatonfüred, 2017". posta.hu. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  9. ^ Budapest's New Pool To Host FINA Words in 2017 Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine posted by swimvortex.com; retrieved 23 July 2013.
  10. ^ "FINA partners with Universal Sports: new media rights agreement in the USA until 2021". FINA. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  11. ^ "NBCUniversal acquires Universal Sports programming from World Championship Sports Network". NBC Sports Group. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Olympic Sports Schedule". NBC Sports Group. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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