Finswimming at the World Games

Summary

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.

Organization of World Games competition edit

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:

Medalists edit

Men edit

50m surface edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1997 Lahti   Aleksandr Nechitaylo (RUS)   Andrea Mangherini (ITA)   Sergey Achapov (RUS)

100m surface edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 London   Paolo Vandini (ITA)   Valter Olander (SWE)   Sylvain Florio (FRA)

1500m surface edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 London   Frank Clemens (FRG)   Sylvain Florio (ITA)   Gyula Gurisatti (HUN)

50m bi-fins edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2017 Wrocław   Andrey Arbuzov (RUS)   Jacub Jarolim (CZE)   Dmitry Gavrilov (BLR)

100m bi-fins edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2017 Wrocław   Dmitry Gavrilov (BLR)   Gergő Kosina (HUN)   Jacub Jarolim (CZE)

Women edit

50m surface edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1997 Lahti   Li Shaozhen (CHN)   Svetlana Gancha (RUS)   Wu Xiaohui (CHN)

100m surface edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1981 Santa Clara   Anne Menguy (FRA)   Cristina Covoni (ITA)   Anne-Marie Rouchon (FRA)
1985 London   Anne-Marie Rouchon (FRA)   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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 London   Katalin Toth (HUN)   Ildiko Magyar (HUN)   Pascale Schaederle (FRA)

50m bi-fins edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2017 Wrocław   Petra Senánszky (HUN)   Choi Min-ji (KOR)   Krisztina Varga (HUN)

100m bi-fins edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
2017 Wrocław   Petra Senánszky (HUN)   Krisztina Varga (HUN)   Iryna Pikiner (UKR)

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)31181766
2  China (CHN)19221051
3  Italy (ITA)15192054
4  West Germany (FRG)125724
5  Soviet Union (URS)125421
6  Hungary (HUN)9121738
7  France (FRA)751022
8  Estonia (EST)2417
9  Ukraine (UKR)22812
10  Germany (GER)15814
11  South Korea (KOR)14611
12  Finland (FIN)1427
13  Czech Republic (CZE)1225
14  Denmark (DEN)1023
15  Belarus (BLR)1012
16  Chinese Taipei (TPE)1001
  Netherlands (NED)1001
18  Sweden (SWE)0639
19  Colombia (COL)0202
20  Austria (AUT)0101
  Greece (GRE)0101
Totals (21 entries)117117118352

References edit

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  15. ^ The gold medalist in the 1981 men's 400m surface event, Italy's Giuseppe Galantucci, swam with bi-fins and recorded 3:28.01, while the other medalists used the generally faster monofins.

External links edit

  • World Games at Sports123 by Internet Archive
  • CMAS Finswimming Championships Archive Archived 2021-03-03 at the Wayback Machine