2013 World Aquatics Championships
The 15th FINA [World Aquatics Championships|FINA World Championships] were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The 2013 World Championships featured 6 aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, diving at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships|high diving], swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships|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 then re-bid the meet, and Barcelona was selected on September 26, 2010.
Venues
The venues that hosted the events were previously used for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships:Schedule
This was the first time the World Aquatic Championships included high diving.The opening ceremonies took place on July 19, 2013.
| 1 | Number of finals |
| ● | Other competitions |
| July–August 2013 | 20 Sat | 21 Sun | 22 Mon | 23 Tue | 24 Wed | 25 Thu | 26 Fri | 27 Sat | 28 Sun | 29 Mon | 30 Tue | 31 Wed | 1 Thu | 2 Fri | 3 Sat | 4 Sun | Gold medals |
| Diving | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| High diving | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Open water swimming | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Swimming | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 40 | ||||||||
| Synchronised swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Water polo | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total gold medals | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 68 |
| Cumulative total | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 68 |
Competition
Open water swimming
On the first day of competition on July 20, American Haley Anderson won the first gold of the competition in the Open water swimming at the 2013 [World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km|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 in swimming|world records] were established during the competition:| Date | Event | Round | Time | Name | Nation |
| July 29, 2013 | Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's [100 metre breaststroke|Women's 100 m breaststroke] | Semifinals | 1:04.35 | Rūta Meilutytė |  Lithuania|at the 2013 World Aquatics ChampionshipsParticipating nations181 nations entered the competition. Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA, participated under the FINA flag as independent athletes. |