| 14th FINA World Championships | |
| Hostcity: | Shanghai, China |
| Dates: | 16–31 July 2011 |
| Venues: | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center |
| Nations: | 181 |
| Athletes: | 2220 |
| Opened: | Yu Zhengsheng |
| Previous: | Rome 2009 |
| Next: | Barcelona 2013 |
The 14th FINA World Championships were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronized swimming. At this championships, synchronized swimmer Natalia Ishchenko, of Russia, was the most decorated competitor winning all six gold medals of her events, at solo, duet and team routines. These championships served as qualifying stages for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
FINA announced Shanghai as the host on 24 March 2007, over other finalist Doha, Qatar.[1]
| 1 | Number of finals | |
| ● | Other competitions |
| July 2011 | 16 Sat | 17 Sun | 18 Mon | 19 Tue | 20 Wed | 21 Thu | 22 Fri | 23 Sat | 24 Sun | 25 Mon | 26 Tue | 27 Wed | 28 Thu | 29 Fri | 30 Sat | 31 Sun | Gold medals | |||||||||||||||
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| Diving< | -- 16 --> | 1< | -- 17 --> | 1< | -- 18 --> | 2< | -- 19 --> | 2< | -- 20 --> | ●< | -- 21 --> | 1< | -- 22 --> | 1< | -- 23 --> | 1< | -- 24 --> | 1< | -- 25 --> | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Open water swimming< | -- 16 --> | 1< | -- 20 --> | 1< | -- 21 --> | 1< | -- 22 --> | 2< | -- 23 --> | 2< | -- 24 --> | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Swimming< | -- 16 --> | 4< | -- 25 --> | 4< | -- 26 --> | 5< | -- 27 --> | 4< | -- 28 --> | 5< | -- 29 --> | 5< | -- 30 --> | 6< | -- 31 --> | 7 | 40 | |||||||||||||||
| Synchronised swimming< | -- 16 --> | 1< | -- 18 --> | 1< | -- 19 --> | 1< | -- 20 --> | 1< | -- 21 --> | 1< | -- 22 --> | 1< | -- 23 --> | 1< | -- 24 --> | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Water polo< | -- 16 --> | ●< | -- 18 --> | ●< | -- 19 --> | ●< | -- 20 --> | ●< | -- 21 --> | ●< | -- 22 --> | ●< | -- 23 --> | ●< | -- 24 --> | ●< | -- 25 --> | ●< | -- 26 --> | ●< | -- 27 --> | ●< | -- 28 --> | ●< | -- 29 --> | 1< | -- 30 --> | 1< | -- 31 --> | 2 | ||
| Total gold medals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 66 | |||||||||||||||
| Cumulative total | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 37 | 41 | 46 | 52 | 59 | 66 |