Finswimming at the World Games explained

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

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

1997 Lahti

100m surface

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

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

1981 Santa Clara	^[15]
1985 London
1989 Karlsruhe
1993 The Hague
1997 Lahti
2001 Akita
2005 Duisburg
2009 Kaohsiung
2013 Cali
2017 Wrocław
2022 Birmingham

800m surface

1985 London

1500m surface

1981 Santa Clara
1985 London

4x50m relay

2022 Birmingham

Juan Rodríguez
Juan Duque
Mauricio Fernández
Juan Ocampo

Zhang Siqian
Shan Yongan
Wang Zhihao
Tong Zhenbo

Justus Mörstedt
Malte Striegler
Robert Golenia
Max Poschart

4x100m relay

1985 London
1989 Karlsruhe
1993 The Hague
1997 Lahti		Hu Hailong Li Yong Liu Quirong Zhao Ji	Luca Guarnaschelli Rubes Levada Andrea Mangherini Luca Tonelli
2001 Akita	Ilya Somov Yevgeniy Skorzhenko Maksim Maksimov Sergey Achapov	Zhao Ji Hu Hailong Huang Jiandong Li Yong	Frank Wille Sven Kaiser Sven Gallasch Andreas Utzmeir
2005 Duisburg	Andrey Burakov Yevgeniy Skorzhenko Aleksandr Panyutin Pavel Kabanov	Dmitro Sydorenko Viktor Panev Dmitriy Artemchuk Igor Soroka	Riccardo Galli Lorenzo Minisola Cesare Fumarola Andrea Nava
2009 Kaohsiung	Viktor Panev Dmitriy Shekera Igor Soroka Dmitro Sydorenko	Stefano Figini Cesare Fumarola Gianluca Mancini Andrea Nava	Andrey Burakov Pavel Kulakov Nikolay Reznikov Yevgeniy Skorzhenko
2013 Cali	Pavel Kabanov Aleksey Kazantsev Andrey Barabash Dmitry Kokorev	Juan David Duque Jimenez Mauricio Fernandez Castillo Juan Fernando Ocampo Lozada Leonidas Juan Pablo Romero Rivera	Denys Grubnik Oleksandr Konkov Evgen Stepanchuk Dmitro Sydorenko
2017 Wrocław	Pavel Kabanov Aleksey Kazantsev Dmitry Kokorev Dmitry Zhurman	Kevin Zanardi Andrea Nava Stefano Figini Cesare Fumarola	Max Lauschus Max Poschart Florian Kritzler Malte Striegler
2022 Birmingham	Robert Golenia Malte Striegler Justus Mörstedt Max Poschart	Juan Rodríguez Juan Duque Mauricio Fernández Juan Ocampo	Wang Zhihao Tong Zhenbo Zhang Siqian Shan Yongan

4x200m relay

1985 London
1989 Karlsruhe
1993 The Hague
1997 Lahti	Peter Balazs Gergely Juhos Nenes Kayo Norbert Savanya	Luca Guarnaschelli Rubes Levada Rubes Levada Luca Tonelli

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50m apnoea

1981 Santa Clara
1985 London
1989 Karlsruhe
1993 The Hague
1997 Lahti
2001 Akita
2005 Duisburg
2009 Kaohsiung
2013 Cali
2017 Wrocław
2022 Birmingham

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100m immersion

1981 Santa Clara
1985 London
1989 Karlsruhe
1993 The Hague
1997 Lahti

400m immersion

1985 London

50m bi-fins

2017 Wrocław
2022 Birmingham

100m bi-fins

2017 Wrocław
2022 Birmingham

Women

50m surface

1997 Lahti

100m surface

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

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

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

1981 Santa Clara
1985 London

4x50m relay

2022 Birmingham

Shu Chengjing
Hu Yaoyao
Chen Sijia
Xu Yichuan

Paula Alejandra Aguirre Joya
Diana Moreno
Viviana Retamozo Olaya
Grace Fernandez Castillo

Moon Ye-jin
Kim Min-jeong
Jang Ye-sol
Seo Ui-jin

4x100m relay

1989 Karlsruhe
1993 The Hague
1997 Lahti	Li Shaozhen Wang Yan Wu Xiaohui Zhu Xia	Svetlana Gancha Oksana Koroleva Natalya Musychenko Yuliya Chirikova	Beata Bozso Judi Revesz Beata Bömisch Villo Varga
2001 Akita	Tatyana Komarova Lidiya Goryacheva Irina Yegoruchkina Anastasiya Kochneva	Zhu Baozhen Li Qingping Wu Xiaohui Liu Qi	Suzanne Jentzsch Tina Hirschfeldt Bettina Müller Christine Müller
2005 Duisburg	Valentina Artemeva Svetlana Dedyukh Anastasiya Glukhikh Vasilisa Kravchuk	Zhu Baozhen Zhong Jiexia Chen Xiaoping Liu Qi	Bae So-Hyun Hong Hye-Sun Jeon Ah-Ram Kim Hyeon-Jin
2009 Kaohsiung	Li Jing Liang Yaoyue Xu Huanshan Zhu Baozhen	Choi Sae-Rom Jang Ye-Sol Jeon Ah-Ram Kim Hyeon-Jin	Valeriya Baranovskaya Medeya Dzhavakhishvili Yana Kasimova Vasilisa Kravchuk
2013 Cali	Valeriya Baranovskaya Vera Ilyushina Elena Kononova Vasilisa Kravchuk	Anastasiia Antoniak Margaryta Artiushenko Olga Shlyakhovska Yana Trofymez	Li Jing Liang Yaoyue Liu Jiao Xu Yichuan
2017 Wrocław	Valeriya Baranovskaya Anna Ber Aleksandra Skurlatova Ekaterina Mikhaylushkina	Grace Fernandez Castillo Viviana Retamozo Olaya Kelly Ximena Perez Rubio Paula Alejandra Aguirre Joya	Jang Ye-sol Kim Eun-kyounge Kim Ga-in Kim Bo-kyung
2022 Birmingham	Shu Chengjing Hu Yaoyao Chen Sijia Xu Yichuan	Sára Suba Petra Senánszky Csilla Károlyi Krisztina Varga	Grace Fernandez Castillo Viviana Retamozo Olaya Diana Moreno Paula Alejandra Aguirre Joya

4x200m relay

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

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50m apnoea

1981 Santa Clara
1985 London
1989 Karlsruhe
1993 The Hague
1997 Lahti
2001 Akita
2005 Duisburg
2009 Kaohsiung
2013 Cali
2017 Wrocław
2022 Birmingham

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100m immersion

1981 Santa Clara
1985 London
1989 Karlsruhe
1993 The Hague
1997 Lahti

400m immersion

1985 London

50m bi-fins

2017 Wrocław
2022 Birmingham

100m bi-fins

2017 Wrocław
2022 Birmingham

External links

Notes and References

News: Ana Maria Carrasco of Venezuela shattered her own world.... JOE . SARGIS. United Press International. July 25, 1981.
News: World Games I Results At Santa Clara Calif., July 24 (sic). United Press International. July 25, 1981.
News: World Games I at Santa Clara, Calif. July 26. United Press International. July 26, 1981.
News: Jim Cash of Manhattan, Kan., set two world records.... JOE . SARGIS. United Press International. July 26, 1981.
News: Jurgen Kolenda, a 20-year-old physics major from the University.... JOE . SARGIS. United Press International. July 27, 1981.
News: World Games I Results. United Press International. July 27, 1981.
News: Of course, these are only the first World Games.... JOE. SARGIS. United Press International. July 28, 1981.
Web site: Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results. 2015-10-25. International World Games Association.
Web site: Results of the World Games. 2015-10-25. International World Games Association.
News: World Games. 14E. San Jose Mercury-News. July 26, 1981. San Jose, California.
News: World Games. 7D. San Jose Mercury-News. July 28, 1981. San Jose, California.
News: 'World' opener attracts 3,000 . Dave. Payne. 6D. San Jose Mercury-News. July 25, 1981. San Jose, California.
News: German fin swimmer wins fourth gold medal . 3D. San Jose Mercury-News. July 28, 1981. San Jose, California.
Book: FINSWIMMING - CMAS RULES VERSION 2012/03 In force as from January 1st 2013 (BoD179 - 22/11/2012). 2012. Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques. Rome. 10.
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.