Finswimming at the World Games
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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.
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
Men
50m surface
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Lahti |
100m surface
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London | |||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti | |||
| 2001 Akita | |||
| 2005 Duisburg | |||
| 2009 Kaohsiung | |||
| 2013 Cali | |||
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham | |||
| 2025 Chengdu |
200m surface
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London | |||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti | |||
| 2001 Akita | |||
| 2005 Duisburg | |||
| 2009 Kaohsiung | |||
| 2013 Cali | |||
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham | |||
| 2025 Chengdu |
400m surface
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London | |||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti | |||
| 2001 Akita | |||
| 2005 Duisburg | |||
| 2009 Kaohsiung | |||
| 2013 Cali | |||
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham | |||
| 2025 Chengdu |
800m surface
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 London |
1500m surface
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London |
4x50m relay
4x100m relay
4x200m relay
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 London | |||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti | Sergey Achapov Sergey Dokuchayev Maksim Maksimov Aleksandr Nechitaylo |
Peter Balazs Gergely Juhos Nenes Kayo Norbert Savanya |
Luca Guarnaschelli Rubes Levada Rubes Levada Luca Tonelli |
50m apnoea
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London | |||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti | |||
| 2001 Akita | |||
| 2005 Duisburg | |||
| 2009 Kaohsiung | |||
| 2013 Cali | |||
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham | |||
| 2025 Chengdu |
100m immersion
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London | |||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti |
400m immersion
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 London |
50m bi-fins
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham | |||
| 2025 Chengdu | |||
100m bi-fins
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham | |||
| 2025 Chengdu |
Women
50m surface
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Lahti |
100m surface
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London | |||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti | |||
| 2001 Akita | |||
| 2005 Duisburg | |||
| 2009 Kaohsiung |
| ||
| 2013 Cali | |||
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham |
200m surface
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London | |||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti | |||
| 2001 Akita | |||
| 2005 Duisburg | |||
| 2009 Kaohsiung | |||
| 2013 Cali | |||
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham |
400m surface
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London | |||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti | |||
| 2001 Akita | |||
| 2005 Duisburg | |||
| 2009 Kaohsiung | |||
| 2013 Cali | |||
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham |
800m surface
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London |
4x50m relay
4x100m relay
4x200m relay
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti | Li Shaozhen Wang Yan Wu Xiaohui Zhu Xia |
Yuliya Chirikova Svetlana Gancha Oksana Koroleva Natalya Musychenko |
Beata Bozso Judi Revesz Beata Bömisch Villo Varga |
50m apnoea
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London | |||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti | |||
| 2001 Akita | |||
| 2005 Duisburg | |||
| 2009 Kaohsiung | |||
| 2013 Cali | |||
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham |
100m immersion
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Santa Clara | |||
| 1985 London | |||
| 1989 Karlsruhe | |||
| 1993 The Hague | |||
| 1997 Lahti |
400m immersion
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 London |
50m bi-fins
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham |
100m bi-fins
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Wrocław | |||
| 2022 Birmingham |