World Aquatics and the organising
committee of the World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023 confirmed the
event’s competition schedule, which will see 75 medal events take place across
six aquatics disciplines. The largest city on Japan’s Kyushu Island, Fukuoka
will host swimming, artistic swimming, open water swimming, diving, high
diving, and water polo from 14-30 July 2023.
LAUSANNE - Fukuoka returns as the
focal point of elite aquatics athletes and championship events, with the city
set to host its second World Aquatics Championships this July after having
successfully holding the event in 2001.
Following consultation with athletes,
teams, broadcasters and other key stakeholders, World Aquatics and the local
event organisers have locked in the dates and times for 20th edition of World
Aquatics Championships where some 2,000 athletes from nearly 200 countries are
expected to take part.
Fukuoka 2023 will start with artistic
swimming and diving on the day of the Opening Ceremonies, 14 July, at the
Fukuoka Prefectural Pool and Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, respectively.
Open water swimming competitions
start on 15 July at Seaside Momochi Beach Park while the preliminary rounds of
the Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Tournament will get underway on 16 July at
Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall B as these four events open the 17-day event.
Swimming returns to its customary
spot of anchoring the second half of the World Aquatics Championships, starting
on Day 10 (23 July), and running through to the end of the event that awards
the final medals in the Men’s and Women’s 4x100m Medley Relays. Taking place at
the Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, this pool was the setting for all-time great
performances in the pool.
In 2001, there were many outstanding
swims, including the launching of Michael Phelps’s amazing career, as he won
his first international medal, taking gold in the men’s 200m butterfly.
Among the other standout swims
included Australia’s Ian Thorpe winning six golds (200m, 400m, 800m freestyle
along with three relays), and USA’s Natalie Coughlin, who won her first-ever
global title in the 100m backstroke. The California native would go on to win
19 more long course golds as well as stand on the top step of the Olympic
podium 12 times.
High Diving makes its return to the
World Aquatics Championships at Seaside Momochi Beach Park, with the
competition running from 25-27 July.
The second half of the World Aquatics
Championships will also see the water polo move into the knockout stage of the
tournament on 22 July. The women’s bronze and gold medal games are set to take
place on 28 July with the men’s tournament concluding one day later.
World Aquatics President Husain
Al-Musallam expressed his excitement for the competitions at the upcoming World
Aquatics Championships, and his satisfaction at the certainty that announcing
the competition schedules brings for athletes and countries.
“It’s with immense pleasure that we
are able to confirm the competition schedule for the World Aquatics
Championships Fukuoka 2023. We have been eagerly awaiting our return to
competing in front of the aquatic fans from Fukuoka, Japan, and the rest of the
world. This competition schedule is an important step in preparing the showcase
for aquatics athletes to shine,” the World Aquatics President said. “The
flexibility and resolve that Fukuoka has shown to host these championships,
following the global pandemic, has been extremely impressive and has been of
great benefit to our sports and our athletes. We are once again looking forward
with eager anticipation to seeing aquatics sport take centre stage again in
Fukuoka.”
Direct Link to the Competition
Schedule for the World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023
Competition Schedule | Diving,
Artistic Swimming & Open Water Swimming
Competition Schedule | Swimming &
High Diving
Competition Schedule | Men's &
Women's Water Polo Tournament Preliminary Rounds
Competition Schedule | Men's &
Women's Water Polo Tournament - Knockout Rounds
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