2016 Finswimming World Championships Explained

Competition:	19th Finswimming World Championships
Size:	200 px
Dates:	24–28 July
Competitors:	432
Venue:	Swimming Pool Neas Ionias “Vasilis Polymeros”
Location:	Volos, Greece
Prev:	Yantai 2015
Next:	Belgrade 2018

The 19th Finswimming World Championships was held in Volos, Greece at the Swimming Pool Neas Ionias “Vasilis Polymeros” from 24 to 28 July 2016.^[1]

Medal overview

Men's events

50 m surface		15.00 WR		15.24		15.47
100 m surface		34.22		34.48		34.55
200 m surface		1:19.76		1:20.76		1:20.83
400 m surface		2:58.12		2:58.85		2:59.29
800 m surface		6:19.28		6:21.54		6:26.06
1500 m surface		12:15.53		12:25.84		12:36.27
50 m bi-fins		18.50		18.79		18.87
100 m bi-fins		41.44 WR		41.69		42.14
200 m bi-fins		1:33.31 WR		1:36.19		1:36.20
50 m apnea		13.85		14.00		14.02
100 m immersion		31.34 WR	Not awarded			31.46
400 m immersion		2:40.40 WR		2:40.42		2:46.09
4×100 m surface relay	Dmitrii Zhurman (35.01) Vladimir Zhuravlev (35.85) Pavel Kabanov (33.94) Dmitrii Kokorev (34.50) Aleksey Kazantsev Viacheslav Popov	2:19.30	Max Poschart (34.56) Florian Kritzler (36.47) Max Lauschus (34.52) Malte Striegler (33.92)	2:19.47	Cesare Fumarola (34.88) Stefano Figini (34.33) Kevin Zanardi (35.64) Andrea Nava (35.13) Giona Cristofari	2:19.98
4×200 m surface relay	Dmitrii Zhurman (1:19.18) Viacheslav Popov (1:22.73) Evgeny Smirnov (1:21.74) Dmitrii Kokorev (1:20.16)	5:23.81	Stefano Figini (1:21.77) Cesare Fumarola (1:22.80) Kevin Zanardi (1:20.61) Davide De Ceglie (1:19.93) Andrea Nava	5:25.11	Malte Striegler (1:23.00) Max Lauschus (1:20.82) Florian Kritzler (1:21.84) Max Poschart (1:20.52) Jens Peter Ostrowski Tim Willruth	5:26.18
6 km open water		27:47.33		28:12.36		28:32.52

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

50 m surface		16.94 WR		17.44		17.81
100 m surface		38.13		38.61		38.72
200 m surface		1:26.88		1:28.05		1:28.61
400 m surface		3:16.24		3:16.54		3:18.64
800 m surface		6:49.27		6:53.17		6:53.78
1500 m surface		13:15.05		13:17.83		13:20.39
50 m bi-fins		20.98 WR		21.51		21.52
100 m bi-fins		45.69 WR		46.88		47.53
200 m bi-fins		1:41.42 WR		1:45.16		1:46.21
50 m apnea		15.59		16.04		16.22
100 m immersion		35.44		35.96		36.04
400 m immersion		2:56.87 WR		2:57.01		3:00.76
4×100 m surface relay		2:34.54 WR	Shu Chenjing (39.26) Yuan Yaqi (40.75) Liu Simin (39.34) Xu Yichuan (37.12)	2:36.47		2:37.83
4×200 m surface relay		5:57.07	Shu Chenjing (1:30.10) Xin Peiyao (1:32.28) Sun Yiting (1:32.68) Xu Yichuan (1:27.85)	6:02.91	Svitlana Zhukova (1:32.90) Valentyna Rieznik (1:31.49) Kateryna Sokolovska (1:33.85) Anastasiia Antoniak (1:29.51)	6:07.75
6 km open water		56:43.80		58:49.77		59:02.92

Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed events

4×2 km open water relay

Alexey Shafigulin (17:42.15) Elena Kononova (20:32.53) Nadezhda Borisova (19:23.44) Dmitry Lobchenko (18:40.92)

1:16:19.04

Roman Blagodir (18:12.28) Tatyana Krasnogor (20:05.89) Ievgeniia Olieynikova (20:05.18) Oleksandr Odynokov (19:19.59)

1:17:42.94

Christos Christoforidis (17:34.84) Christos Damolis (19:39.15) Despoina Makria (20:23.79) Aikaterini Kalamaridi (20:44.71)

1:18:22.49

Notes and References

1. Web site: Competition schedule. volos2016.com. 13 July 2018.