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 | |
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Host city | Budapest, Hungary |
Date(s) | 14–30 July 2017 |
Venue(s) | Danube Arena, Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Lake Balaton |
Nations participating | 182 |
Athletes participating | 2,360 |
Officially opened by | János Áder |
Officially closed by | Julio Maglione |
Website | http://www.fina-budapest2017.com/en/home |
Host selection
editOn 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 Guangzhou (China) and Montreal (Canada) had withdrawn their bids shortly before the vote.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
editThe 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
editThe 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
editA total of 75 Medal events are held across six disciplines.
● | 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 |
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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
edit* Host nation
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 21 | 12 | 13 | 46 |
2 | China | 12 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
3 | Russia | 11 | 6 | 8 | 25 |
4 | France | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
5 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
6 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
7 | Australia | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
8 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
9 | Hungary* | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
10 | Brazil | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
11 | Spain | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
12 | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
13 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
14 | Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
16 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Japan | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
18 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
19 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
20 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
21 | North Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
22 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
26 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Singapore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (29 entries) | 75 | 76 | 77 | 228 |
Participating nations
edit- Afghanistan (2)
- Albania (4)
- Algeria (4)
- American Samoa (1)
- Andorra (2)
- Angola (5)
- Antigua and Barbuda (4)
- Argentina (13)
- Armenia (7)
- Aruba (5)
- Australia (83)
- Austria (9)
- Azerbaijan (3)
- Bahamas (2)
- Bahrain (2)
- Bangladesh (3)
- Barbados (4)
- Belarus (28)
- Belgium (4)
- Benin (3)
- Bolivia (6)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
- Botswana (3)
- Brazil (61)
- British Virgin Islands (1)
- Brunei (2)
- Bulgaria (8)
- Burkina Faso (3)
- Burundi (3)
- Cambodia (3)
- Canada (83)
- Cayman Islands (1)
- Central African Republic (1)
- Chile (8)
- China (93)
- Chinese Taipei (9)
- Colombia (21)
- Comoros (3)
- Cook Islands (2)
- Costa Rica (16)
- Ivory Coast (4)
- Croatia (29)
- Cuba (13)
- Curaçao (3)
- Cyprus (4)
- Czech Republic (21)
- Denmark (15)
- Djibouti (2)
- Dominican Republic (5)
- Ecuador (8)
- Egypt (35)
- El Salvador (4)
- Estonia (8)
- Faroe Islands (4)
- Fiji (3)
- Finland (11)
- Independent FINA Athletes (2)
- France (59)
- The Gambia (2)
- Georgia (6)
- Germany (51)
- Ghana (4)
- Great Britain (51)
- Greece (54)
- Grenada (3)
- Guam (4)
- Guatemala (6)
- Guinea (3)
- Guyana (3)
- Haiti (3)
- Honduras (4)
- Hong Kong (13)
- Hungary (81) (Host)
- Iceland (3)
- India (6)
- Indonesia (9)
- Iran (1)
- Iraq (3)
- Ireland (7)
- Israel (32)
- Italy (89)
- Jamaica (3)
- Japan (77)
- Jordan (6)
- Kazakhstan (46)
- Kenya (4)
- North Korea (17)
- South Korea (26)
- Kosovo (4)
- Kyrgyzstan (4)
- Laos (3)
- Latvia (7)
- Lebanon (4)
- Libya (2)
- Liechtenstein (4)
- Lithuania (11)
- Luxembourg (7)
- Macau (20)
- Macedonia (2)
- Madagascar (4)
- Malawi (3)
- Malaysia (11)
- Maldives (4)
- Mali (3)
- Malta (3)
- Marshall Islands (3)
- Mauritius (3)
- Mexico (46)
- Federated States of Micronesia (3)
- Moldova (4)
- Monaco (2)
- Mongolia (4)
- Montenegro (16)
- Morocco (3)
- Mozambique (4)
- Namibia (5)
- Nepal (4)
- Netherlands (39)
- New Zealand (30)
- Nicaragua (3)
- Niger (3)
- Nigeria (3)
- Northern Mariana Islands (4)
- Norway (3)
- Oman (1)
- Pakistan (2)
- Palau (3)
- Palestine (3)
- Panama (6)
- Papua New Guinea (2)
- Paraguay (6)
- Peru (3)
- Philippines (7)
- Poland (27)
- Portugal (12)
- Puerto Rico (4)
- Qatar (2)
- Romania (6)
- Russia (91)
- Rwanda (2)
- Saint Lucia (3)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
- Samoa (3)
- Senegal (6)
- Serbia (28)
- Seychelles (4)
- Sierra Leone (3)
- Singapore (14)
- Slovakia (21)
- Slovenia (7)
- South Africa (60)
- Spain (51)
- Sri Lanka (3)
- Suriname (3)
- Suspended Member Federation (2)
- Swaziland (3)
- Sweden (11)
- Switzerland (23)
- Syria (4)
- Tajikistan (4)
- Tanzania (3)
- Thailand (4)
- East Timor (1)
- Togo (2)
- Tonga (3)
- Trinidad and Tobago (2)
- Tunisia (3)
- Turkey (6)
- Turkmenistan (1)
- Uganda (3)
- Ukraine (39)
- United Arab Emirates (1)
- United States (116)
- Uruguay (4)
- Uzbekistan (17)
- Venezuela (15)
- Vietnam (6)
- Virgin Islands (2)
- Yemen (3)
- Zambia (3)
- Zimbabwe (4)
Media coverage
editIn 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
edit- ^ FINA Announces Dates for 2017 World Championships; Masters Worlds to Follow published by SwimSwam on 17 June 2014.
- ^ [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.
- ^ «México renuncia al Mundial de Natación 2017 por falta de dinero». El Mundo, 18 February 2015.
- ^ «Gwangju, Budapest win right to host worlds» Reuters, 31 July 2017
- ^ Budapest (HUN) to host FINA World Championships in 2017 Archived 27 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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.
- ^ "50 forint circulation coin in the honour of the 17th FINA World Championships". mnb.hu. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ "World Aquatics Championship in Budapest-Balatonfüred, 2017". posta.hu. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "FINA partners with Universal Sports: new media rights agreement in the USA until 2021". FINA. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "NBCUniversal acquires Universal Sports programming from World Championship Sports Network". NBC Sports Group. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Olympic Sports Schedule". NBC Sports Group. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.