Finswimming at the World Games
Finswimming has featured as a trend sport at the World Games since the inaugural 1981 World Games[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] held in Santa Clara, California.
Organisation of World Games competition
Participation is reserved for the best swimmers and the best relay teams. Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS), the international federation responsible for finswimming, selects participants on the basis of the CMAS World Ranking which is a listing of the best performing senior and junior men and women from the most recent Finswimming World Championships and the rounds of the annual World Cup. The eight best qualifying swimmers in the CMAS World Ranking are obligated to compete while other swimmers will be invited to participate. The final selection of swimmers is the responsibility of the CMAS Finswimming Commission with agreement from the CMAS Board of Directors. Each invited national federation may field no more than two swimmers per race and one relay team. A place in the relay is available for the World Games host if it chooses to field a team.[14]
As of November 2013, the program consists of qualifying and final races held over two days for the following techniques and distances for senior men and women:
- Apnoea swimming (AP) - 50m,
- Surface swimming (SF) - 100m, 200m, 400m and the 4 × 100 m relay.[14]
Medalists
50m surface
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1997 Lahti | Aleksandr Nechitaylo (RUS) | Andrea Mangherini (ITA) | Sergey Achapov (RUS) |
100m surface
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Jürgen Kolenda (FRG) | Sandro Sola (ITA) | Giuseppe Galantucci (ITA) |
1985 London | Jürgen Kolenda (FRG) | Fabio Bettazzoni (ITA) | Christian Molenaar (FRG) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Sergey Achapov (URS) | Konstantin Kudriyayev (URS) | Robert Giors (HUN) |
1993 The Hague | Luca Tonelli (ITA) | David Landi (ITA) | Sami Somi (FIN) |
1997 Lahti | Aleksandr Nechitaylo (RUS) | Sergey Achapov (RUS) | Li Yong (CHN) |
2001 Akita | Yevgeniy Skorzhenko (RUS) | Sergey Achapov (RUS) | Huang Jiandong (CHN) |
2005 Duisburg | Andrey Burakov (RUS) | Yuan Haifeng (CHN) | Aleksandr Panyutin (RUS) |
2009 Kaohsiung | Miao Jingwei (CHN) | Dmitro Sydorenko (UKR) | Andrea Nava (ITA) |
2013 Cali | Cesare Fumarola (ITA) | Pavel Kabanov (RUS) | Alexandre Noir (FRA) |
2017 Wrocław | Dmitry Zhurman (RUS) | Max Poschart (GER) | Pavel Kabanov (RUS) |
200m surface
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Jürgen Kolenda (FRG) | Valter Olander (SWE) | Sandro Sola (ITA) |
1985 London | Jürgen Kolenda (FRG) | Giuseppe Galantucci (ITA) | Fabio Bettazzoni (ITA) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Sergey Achapov (URS) | Konstantin Kudriyayev (URS) | Christian Molenaar (FRG) |
1993 The Hague | Luca Tonelli (ITA) | Stephan Part (AUT) | Sven Gallasch (GER) |
1997 Lahti | Aleksandr Nechitaylo (RUS) | Sergey Achapov (RUS) | Luca Tonelli (ITA) |
2001 Akita | Sergey Achapov (RUS) | Andreas Utzmeir (GER) | Ilya Somov (RUS) |
2005 Duisburg | Pavel Kabanov (RUS) | Nikolay Reznikov (RUS) | Viktor Panev (UKR) |
2009 Kaohsiung | Stefano Figini (ITA) | Andrea Nava (ITA) | You Gyeong-Heon (KOR) |
2013 Cali | Max Lauschus (GER) | Stefano Figini (ITA) | Dmitry Kokorev (RUS) |
2017 Wrocław | Dmitry Zhurman (RUS) | Max Poschart (GER) | Dmitry Kokorev (RUS) |
400m surface
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Giuseppe Galantucci (ITA)[15] | Valter Olander (SWE) | Paolo Vandini (ITA) |
1985 London | Jürgen Kolenda (FRG) | Valter Olander (SWE) | Carsten Bertram (FRG) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Konstantin Kudriyayev (URS) | Sergey Achapov (URS) | Frederico Ruggeri (ITA) |
1993 The Hague | Edwin Kanters (NED) | Martin Bočinský (CZE) | Anders Thomsen (DEN) |
1997 Lahti | Norbert Savanya (HUN) | Hu Hailong (CHN) | Sergey Dokuchayev (RUS) |
2001 Akita | Sven Gallasch (GER) | Gergely Juhos (HUN) | Ilya Somov (RUS) |
2005 Duisburg | Nikolay Reznikov (RUS) | Ioannis Tsourounakis (GRE) | Lorenzo Minisola (ITA) |
2009 Kaohsiung | Stefano Figini (ITA) | Sven Lutzkendorf (GER) | Denes Kanyo (HUN) |
2013 Cali | Max Lauschus (GER) | Evgeny Smirnov (RUS) | Stefano Figini (ITA) |
2017 Wrocław | Dénes Kanyó (HUN) | Max Lauschus (GER) | Davide De Ceglie (ITA) |
800m surface
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1985 London | Paolo Vandini (ITA) | Valter Olander (SWE) | Sylvain Florio (FRA) |
1500m surface
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Paolo Vandini (ITA) | Giuseppe Galantucci (ITA) | Valter Olander (SWE) |
1985 London | Paolo Vandini (ITA) | Valter Olander (SWE) | István Kubina (HUN) |
4x100m relay
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1985 London | West Germany (FRG) | Italy (ITA) | France (FRA) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Soviet Union (URS) | West Germany (FRG) | China (CHN) |
1993 The Hague | Italy (ITA) | Finland (FIN) | Denmark (DEN) |
1997 Lahti | Russia (RUS) Sergey Achapov Sergey Dokuchayev Maksim Maksimov Aleksandr Nechitaylo |
China (CHN) Hu Hailong Li Yong Liu Quirong Zhao Ji |
Italy (ITA) Luca Guarnaschelli Rubes Levada Andrea Mangherini Luca Tonelli |
2001 Akita | Russia (RUS) Ilya Somov Yevgeniy Skorzhenko Maksim Maksimov Sergey Achapov |
China (CHN) Zhao Ji Hu Hailong Huang Jiandong Li Yong |
Germany (GER) Frank Wille Sven Kaiser Sven Gallasch Andreas Utzmeir |
2005 Duisburg | Russia (RUS) Andrey Burakov Yevgeniy Skorzhenko Aleksandr Panyutin Pavel Kabanov |
Ukraine (UKR) Dmitro Sydorenko Viktor Panev Dmitriy Artemchuk Igor Soroka |
Italy (ITA) Riccardo Galli Lorenzo Minisola Cesare Fumarola Andrea Nava |
2009 Kaohsiung | Ukraine (UKR) Viktor Panev Dmitriy Shekera Igor Soroka Dmitro Sydorenko |
Italy (ITA) Stefano Figini Cesare Fumarola Gianluca Mancini Andrea Nava |
Russia (RUS) Andrey Burakov Pavel Kulakov Nikolay Reznikov Yevgeniy Skorzhenko |
2013 Cali | Russia (RUS) Pavel Kabanov Aleksey Kazantsev Andrey Barabash Dmitry Kokorev |
Colombia (COL) Juan David Duque Jimenez Mauricio Fernandez Castillo Juan Fernando Ocampo Lozada Leonidas Juan Pablo Romero Rivera |
Ukraine (UKR) Denys Grubnik Oleksandr Konkov Evgen Stepanchuk Dmitro Sydorenko |
2017 Wrocław | Russia (RUS) Pavel Kabanov Aleksey Kazantsev Dmitry Kokorev Dmitry Zhurman |
Italy (ITA) Kevin Zanardi Andrea Nava Stefano Figini Cesare Fumarola |
Germany (GER) Max Lauschus Max Poschart Florian Kritzler Malte Striegler |
4x200m relay
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1985 London | West Germany (FRG) | France (FRA) | Sweden (SWE) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Soviet Union (URS) | West Germany (FRG) | Hungary (HUN) |
1993 The Hague | Denmark (DEN) | Finland (FIN) | Czech Republic (CZE) |
1997 Lahti | Russia (RUS) Sergey Achapov Sergey Dokuchayev Maksim Maksimov Aleksandr Nechitaylo |
Hungary (HUN) Peter Balazs Gergely Juhos Nenes Kayo Norbert Savanya |
Italy (ITA) Luca Guarnaschelli Rubes Levada Rubes Levada Luca Tonelli |
50m apnoea
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Jürgen Kolenda (FRG) | Sandro Sola (ITA) | Dario Broglia (ITA) |
1985 London | Jürgen Kolenda (FRG) | Christian Molenaar (FRG) | Fabio Bettazzoni (ITA) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Oleg Ananyev (URS) | Gennadiy Syssoyev (URS) | Dierk Kraft (FRG) |
1993 The Hague | David Landi (ITA) | Ari Palve (FIN) | Sami Somi (FIN) |
1997 Lahti | Li Yong (CHN) | Liu Quirong (CHN) | Sergey Dokuchayev (RUS) |
2001 Akita | Yevgeniy Skorzhenko (RUS) | Li Yong (CHN) | Zhao Ji (CHN) |
2005 Duisburg | Yevgeniy Skorzhenko (RUS) | Nikolai Tover (EST) | Igor Soroka (UKR) |
2009 Kaohsiung | Igor Soroka (UKR) | Yevgeniy Skorzhenko (RUS) | Lee Kwan-Ho (KOR) |
2013 Cali | Kim Tae-Kyun (KOR) | Pavel Kabanov (RUS) | Mauricio Fernandez Castillo (COL) |
2017 Wrocław | Pavel Kabanov (RUS) | Mauricio Fernandez Castillo (COL) | Lee Dong-jin (KOR) |
100m immersion
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Jürgen Kolenda (FRG) | Dario Broglia (ITA) | Thierry Lasbleye (FRA) |
1985 London | Jürgen Kolenda (FRG) | Fabio Bettazzoni (ITA) | Gyula Gurisatti (HUN) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Jun Liang (TPE) | Oleg Ananyev (URS) | Gennadiy Syssoyev (FRG) |
1993 The Hague | Ari Palve (FIN) | Sami Somi (FIN) | Sven Gallasch (GER) |
1997 Lahti | Li Yong (CHN) | Liu Quirong (CHN) | Sergey Dokuchayev (RUS) |
400m immersion
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1985 London | Frank Clemens (FRG) | Sylvain Florio (ITA) | Gyula Gurisatti (HUN) |
50m bi-fins
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2017 Wrocław | Andrey Arbuzov (RUS) | Jacub Jarolim (CZE) | Dmitry Gavrilov (BLR) |
100m bi-fins
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2017 Wrocław | Dmitry Gavrilov (BLR) | Gergő Kosina (HUN) | Jacub Jarolim (CZE) |
50m surface
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1997 Lahti | Li Shaozhen (CHN) | Svetlana Gancha (RUS) | Wu Xiaohui (CHN) |
100m surface
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Anne Menguy (FRA) | Cristina Covoni (ITA) | Anne-Marie Rouchon (ITA) |
1985 London | Anne-Marie Rouchon (ITA) | Barbara Nanni (ITA) | Eva Fabo (HUN) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Larissa Butenko (URS) | Xie Fang (CHN) | Tatyana Melnikova (URS) |
1993 The Hague | Lorena Baldi (ITA) | Kristiina Nurk (EST) | Beata Bömisch (HUN) |
1997 Lahti | Wu Xiaohui (CHN) | Li Shaozhen (CHN) | Svetlana Gancha (RUS) |
2001 Akita | Liu Qi (CHN) | Tatyana Komarova (RUS) | Zhu Baozhen (CHN) |
2005 Duisburg | Zhu Baozhen (CHN) | Vasilisa Kravchuk (RUS) | Liu Qi (CHN) |
2009 Kaohsiung | Zhu Baozhen (CHN) | Liang Yaoyue (CHN) | Camille Heitz (FRA)
Choi Sae-Rom (KOR) |
2013 Cali | Lilla Székely (HUN) | Margaryta Artiushenko (UKR) | Grace Fernandez Castillo (COL) |
2017 Wrocław | Ekaterina Mikhaylushkina (RUS) | Shu Chengjing (CHN) | Anna Ber (RUS) |
200m surface
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Anne-Marie Rouchon (FRA) | Anne Menguy (FRA) | Marion Collot (FRA) |
1985 London | Eva Fabo (HUN) | Monica Crovetti (ITA) | Barbara Nanni (ITA) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Tatyana Melnikova (URS) | Yelena Sadovik (URS) | Eva Fabo (HUN) |
1993 The Hague | Kristiina Nurk (EST) | Marika Themeli (SWE) | Zsuzsa Csik (HUN) |
1997 Lahti | Wu Xiaohui (CHN) | Wang Yan (CHN) | Natalya Musychenko (RUS) |
2001 Akita | Anastasiya Glukhikh (RUS) | Lidiya Goryacheva (RUS) | Suzanne Jentzsch (GER) |
2005 Duisburg | Vasilisa Kravchuk (RUS) | Valentina Artemeva (RUS) | Liu Qi (CHN) |
2009 Kaohsiung | Vasilisa Kravchuk (RUS) | Valeriya Baranovskaya (RUS) | Olga Shlyakhovska (UKR) |
2013 Cali | Valeriya Baranovskaya (RUS) | Vasilisa Kravchuk (RUS) | Yana Trofymez (UKR) |
2017 Wrocław | Valeriya Baranovskaya (RUS) | Ekaterina Mikhaylushkina (RUS) | Anastasiia Antoniak (UKR) |
400m surface
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Anne-Marie Rouchon (FRA) | Monica Crovetti (ITA) | Marina Beck (FRG) |
1985 London | Eva Fabo (HUN) | Edit Ginczinger (HUN) | Monica Crovetti (ITA) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Tatyana Melnikova (URS) | Eva Fabo (HUN) | Yelena Sadovik (URS) |
1993 The Hague | Myriam Villette (FRA) | Kristiina Nurk (EST) | Marika Themeli (SWE) |
1997 Lahti | Wang Yan (CHN) | Beata Bozso (HUN) | Oksana Koroleva (RUS) |
2001 Akita | Yelena Gracheva (RUS) | Anastasiya Glukhikh (RUS) | Bettina Müller (GER) |
2005 Duisburg | Chen Xiaoping (CHN) | Yekaterina Politko (RUS) | Carolin Stut (GER) |
2009 Kaohsiung | Vasilisa Kravchuk (RUS) | Liu Jiao (CHN) | Olga Shlyakhovska (UKR) |
2013 Cali | Vasilisa Kravchuk (RUS) | Yana Trofymez (UKR) | Kim Bo-Kyung (KOR) |
2017 Wrocław | Sun Yiting (CHN) | Kim Bo-kyung (KOR) | Anastasiia Antoniak (UKR) |
800m surface
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Anne-Marie Rouchon (FRA) | Marion Collot (FRA) | Monica Crovetti (ITA) |
1985 London | Monica Crovetti (ITA) | Eva Fabo (HUN) | Edit Ginczinger (HUN) |
4x100m relay
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1989 Karlsruhe | Soviet Union (URS) | China (CHN) | Hungary (HUN) |
1993 The Hague | Estonia (EST) | Hungary (HUN) | France (FRA) |
1997 Lahti | China (CHN) Li Shaozhen Wang Yan Wu Xiaohui Zhu Xia |
Russia (RUS) Svetlana Gancha Oksana Koroleva Natalya Musychenko Yuliya Chirikova |
Hungary (HUN) Beata Bozso Judi Revesz Beata Bömisch Villo Varga |
2001 Akita | Russia (RUS) Tatyana Komarova Lidiya Goryacheva Irina Yegoruchkina Anastasiya Kochneva |
China (CHN) Zhu Baozhen Li Qingping Wu Xiaohui Liu Qi |
Germany (GER) Suzanne Jentzsch Tina Hirschfeldt Bettina Müller Christine Müller |
2005 Duisburg | Russia (RUS) Valentina Artemeva Svetlana Dedyukh Anastasiya Glukhikh Vasilisa Kravchuk |
China (CHN) Zhu Baozhen Zhong Jiexia Chen Xiaoping Liu Qi |
South Korea (KOR) Bae So-Hyun Hong Hye-Sun Jeon Ah-Ram Kim Hyeon-Jin |
2009 Kaohsiung | China (CHN) Li Jing Liang Yaoyue Xu Huanshan Zhu Baozhen |
South Korea (KOR) Choi Sae-Rom Jang Ye-Sol Jeon Ah-Ram Kim Hyeon-Jin |
Russia (RUS) Valeriya Baranovskaya Medeya Dzhavakhishvili Yana Kasimova Vasilisa Kravchuk |
2013 Cali | Russia (RUS) Valeriya Baranovskaya Vera Ilyushina Elena Kononova Vasilisa Kravchuk |
Ukraine (UKR) Anastasiia Antoniak Margaryta Artiushenko Olga Shlyakhovska Yana Trofymez |
China (CHN) Li Jing Liang Yaoyue Liu Jiao Xu Yichuan |
2017 Wrocław | Russia (RUS) Valeriya Baranovskaya Anna Ber Aleksandra Skurlatova Ekaterina Mikhaylushkina |
Colombia (COL) Grace Fernandez Castillo Viviana Retamozo Olaya Kelly Ximena Perez Rubio Paula Alejandra Aguirre Joya |
South Korea (KOR) Jang Ye-sol Kim Eun-kyounge Kim Ga-in Kim Bo-kyung |
4x200m relay
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1989 Karlsruhe | Soviet Union (URS) | China (CHN) | Hungary (HUN) |
1993 The Hague | Hungary (HUN) | Italy (ITA) | France (FRA) |
1997 Lahti | China (CHN) Li Shaozhen Wang Yan Wu Xiaohui Zhu Xia |
Russia (RUS) Yuliya Chirikova Svetlana Gancha Oksana Koroleva Natalya Musychenko |
Hungary (HUN) Beata Bozso Judi Revesz Beata Bömisch Villo Varga |
50m apnoea
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Cristina Covoni (ITA) | Monica Crovetti (ITA) | Anne Menguy (FRA) |
1985 London | Anne Gourmoux (FRA) | Katalin Toth (HUN) | Emanuela Imperatori (ITA) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Larissa Butenko (URS) | Zheng Shiyu (CHN) | Svetlana Frolova (URS) |
1993 The Hague | Zuzana Mandiková (CZE) | Lorena Baldi (ITA) | Beata Bömisch (HUN) |
1997 Lahti | Li Shaozhen (CHN) | Zhu Xia (CHN) | Yuliya Chirikova (RUS) |
2001 Akita | Anastasiya Kochneva (RUS) | Tatyana Komarova (RUS) | Zhu Baozhen (CHN) |
2005 Duisburg | Anastasiya Glukhikh (RUS) | Zhu Baozhen (CHN) | Galija Sattarova (EST) |
2009 Kaohsiung | Zhu Baozhen (CHN) | Xu Huanshan (CHN) | Yana Kasimova (RUS) |
2013 Cali | Camille Heitz (FRA) | Xu Huanshan (CHN) | Margaryta Artiushenko (UKR) |
2017 Wrocław | Jang Ye-sol (KOR) | Kim Ga-in (KOR) | Kateryna Dyelova (UKR) |
100m immersion
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1981 Santa Clara | Cristina Covoni (ITA) | Anne Menguy (FRA) | Marina Beck (FRG) |
1985 London | Ildiko Magyar (HUN) | Katalin Tóth (HUN) | Emanuela Imperatori (ITA) |
1989 Karlsruhe | Xie Fang (CHN) | Zheng Shiyu (CHN) | Svetlana Frolova (URS) |
1993 The Hague | Myriam Villette (FRA) | Astrid Bernard (EST) | Céline Carel (FRA) |
1997 Lahti | Li Shaozhen (CHN) | Svetlana Gancha (RUS) | Wu Xiaohui (CHN) |
400m immersion
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1985 London | Katalin Toth (HUN) | Ildiko Magyar (HUN) | Pascale Schaederle (FRA) |
50m bi-fins
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2017 Wrocław | Petra Senánszky (HUN) | Choi Min-ji (KOR) | Krisztina Varga (HUN) |
100m bi-fins
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2017 Wrocław | Petra Senánszky (HUN) | Krisztina Varga (HUN) | Iryna Pikiner (UKR) |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Russia (RUS) | 31 | 18 | 17 | 66 |
2 | China (CHN) | 19 | 22 | 10 | 51 |
3 | Italy (ITA) | 15 | 19 | 20 | 54 |
4 | West Germany (FRG) | 12 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
5 | Soviet Union (URS) | 12 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
6 | Hungary (HUN) | 9 | 12 | 17 | 38 |
7 | France (FRA) | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
8 | Estonia (EST) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
10 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
11 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
12 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
14 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
15 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
19 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
20 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (21 nations) | 117 | 117 | 118 | 352 |
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