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{{short description|Aquatic sports competition}}
{{Infobox swimming meet
| name           = 10th FINA World Championships
| image          = 
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| hostcity       = [[Barcelona]]
| dates          = July 12–27, 2003
| venues         = 
| teams          = 
| nations        = 
| athletes       =
| events         = 
| opened         = [[Juan Carlos I]]
| footnotes      =
| previous       = [[2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]]
| next           = [[2005 World Aquatics Championships|2005 Montreal]]
}}

{{2003 World Aquatics Championships}}
{{main article|FINA World Aquatics Championships}}

The '''10th FINA World Aquatics Championships''' were held July 12–27, 2003 in [[Barcelona, Spain]]. The championships featured competition in all 5 of [[FINA]]'s disciplines: [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]], [[Diving (sport)|Diving]], [[Synchronised swimming]], [[Water Polo]], and [[Open Water Swimming]].

Competition was held in the facilities all around the city: [[Palau Sant Jordi]], [[Piscines Bernat Picornell]], [[Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc]], Club de Natació de Barcelona and [[Port Vell]].

==Schedule==
Competition dates were:
*Diving: July 13–19 and 21;
*Synchronized Swimming: July 13–19;
*Open Water: July 13 (5K), 16 (10K) and 19 (25K);
*Water Polo: 
*Swimming: July 20–27.

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = ESP
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_USA = 12 | silver_USA = 13 | bronze_USA = 6
 | gold_RUS = 10 | silver_RUS = 5 | bronze_RUS = 6
 | gold_AUS = 8 | silver_AUS = 12 | bronze_AUS = 6
 | gold_CHN = 7 | silver_CHN = 4 | bronze_CHN = 8
 | gold_GER = 5 | silver_GER = 6 | bronze_GER = 5
 | gold_JPN = 3 | silver_JPN = 3 | bronze_JPN = 3
 | gold_NED = 3 | silver_NED = 2 | bronze_NED = 2
 | gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 3 | bronze_GBR = 3
 | gold_UKR = 2 | silver_UKR = 3 | bronze_UKR = 2
 | gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 2 | bronze_ITA = 1
 | gold_CAN = 2 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1
 | gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 4 | bronze_HUN = 1
 | gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 2 | bronze_ESP = 3 | host_ESP = yes 
 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 0
 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 2
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 1
 | gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 0
 | gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 2 | bronze_CZE = 0
 | gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 1 | bronze_SVK = 1
 | gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 0
 | gold_CRO = 0 | silver_CRO = 1 | bronze_CRO = 0
 | gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 2
 | gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1
 | gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 1
 | gold_SCG = 0 | silver_SCG = 0 | bronze_SCG = 1
 | gold_RSA = 0 | silver_RSA = 0 | bronze_RSA = 1
 | gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_TUN = 0 | silver_TUN = 0 | bronze_TUN = 1
}}

==Results==

===Diving===
{{main article|Diving at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships}}

;Men
{| {{MedalistTable|labelwidth=150|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-valign="top"
| 1 m springboard
| {{flagathlete|[[Xiang Xu]]|CHN}}
|  {{flagathlete|[[Wang Kenan]]|CHN}} 
| {{flagathlete|[[Joona Puhakka]]|FIN}}
|-valign="top"
| 3 m springboard
| {{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Dobroskok]]|RUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Peng Bo]]|CHN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Dmitri Sautin]]|RUS}}
|-valign="top"
| 10 m platform
| {{flagathlete|[[Alexandre Despatie]]|CAN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Mathew Helm]]|AUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Tian Liang]]|CHN}}
|-valign="top"
| 3 m synchro springboard
| {{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Dobroskok]]|RUS}}<br> {{flagathlete|[[Dmitri Sautin]]|RUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Wang Tianling]]|CHN}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Wang Feng (diver)|Wang Feng]]|CHN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Andreas Wels]]|GER}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Tobias Schellenberg]]|GER}}
|-valign="top"
| 10 m synchro platform
| {{flagathlete|[[Mathew Helm]]|AUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Robert Newbery]]|AUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Roman Volodkov]]|UKR}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Anton Zakharov]]|UKR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Tian Liang]]|CHN}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Hu Jia (diver)|Hu Jia]]|CHN}}
|}

;Women
{| {{MedalistTable|labelwidth=150|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-valign="top"
| 1 m springboard
| {{flagathlete|[[Irina Lashko]]|AUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Conny Schmalfuss]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Blythe Hartley]]|CAN}}
|-valign="top"
| 3 m springboard
| {{flagathlete|[[Guo Jingjing]]|CHN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Yuliya Pakhalina]]|RUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Wu Minxia]]|CHN}}
|-valign="top"
| 10 m platform
| {{flagathlete|[[Émilie Heymans]]|CAN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Lao Lishi]]|CHN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Li Na (diver)|Li Na]]|CHN}}
|-valign="top"
| 3 m synchro springboard
| {{flagathlete|[[Guo Jingjing]]|CHN}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Wu Minxia]]|CHN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Vera Ilyina]]|RUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Yuliya Pakhalina]]|RUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Paola Espinosa]]|MEX}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Laura Sánchez (diver)|Laura Sánchez]]|MEX}}
|-valign="top"
| 10 m synchro platform
| {{flagathlete|[[Lao Lishi]]|CHN}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Li Ting (diver)|Li Ting]]|CHN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Loudy Tourky]]|AUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Lynda Dackiw]]|AUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Evgenya Olshevskaya]]|RUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Timoshinina]]|RUS}}
|}

===Open water swimming===
{{main article|Open water swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships}}

;Men
{| {{MedalistTable|labelwidth=150|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-valign="top"
| 5&nbsp;km
|{{flagathlete|[[Evgeni Kochkarov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Christian Hein]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Dyatchin]]|RUS}}
|-valign="top"
| 10&nbsp;km
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Dyatchin]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Christian Hein]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[David Meca]]|ESP}}
|-valign="top"
| 25&nbsp;km
|{{flagathlete|[[Yuri Kudinov]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[David Meca]]|ESP}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Petar Stoychev]]|BUL}}
|}

;Women
{| {{MedalistTable|labelwidth=150|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-valign="top"
| 5&nbsp;km
| {{flagathlete|[[Viola Valli]]|ITA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Jana Pechanová]]|CZE}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Britta Kamrau]]|GER}}
|-valign="top"
| 10&nbsp;km
| {{flagathlete|[[Viola Valli]]|ITA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Angela Maurer]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Edith van Dijk]]|NED}}
|-valign="top"
| 25&nbsp;km
| {{flagathlete|[[Edith van Dijk]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Britta Kamrau]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Angela Maurer]]|GER}}
|}

===Swimming===
{{main article|Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships}}

===Synchronised swimming===
{{main article|Synchronised swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships}}

{| {{MedalistTable|labelwidth=150|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-valign="top"
| Solo routine
| {{flagathlete|[[Virginie Dedieu]]|FRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Anastasia Ermakova]]|RUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Gemma Mengual]]|ESP}}
|-valign="top"
| Duet routine
| {{flagathlete|[[Anastasia Davydova]]|RUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Anastasia Ermakova]]|RUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Miya Tachibana]]|JPN}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Miho Takeda]]|JPN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Gemma Mengual]]|ESP}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Paola Tirados]]|ESP}}
|-valign="top"
| Team routine
| {{RUS}}
| {{JPN}}
| {{USA}}
|-valign="top"
| Combination routine
| {{JPN}}
| {{USA}}<br> {{ESP}}
|
|}

===Water polo===
;Men
{{main article|Water polo at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament}}

{| {{MedalistTable|labelwidth=150|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-valign="top"
|Team || {{wp|HUN}}<br><small>[[Tibor Benedek]]<br>[[Péter Biros]]<br>[[Rajmund Fodor]]<br>[[István Gergely]]<br>[[Tamás Kásás]]<br>[[Gergely Kiss]]<br>[[Norbert Madaras]]<br>[[Tamás Molnár]]<br>[[Barnabás Steinmetz]]<br>[[Zoltán Szécsi]]<br>[[Tamás Varga (water polo)|Tamás Varga]]<br>[[Zsolt Varga (water polo, born 1978)|Zsolt Varga]]<br>[[Attila Vári]]</small>
| {{wp|ITA}}<br><small>[[Alberto Angelini]]<br>[[Fabio Bencivenga]]<br>[[Fabrizio Buonocore]]<br>[[Alessandro Calcaterra]]<br>[[Roberto Calcaterra]]<br>[[Maurizio Felugo]]<br>[[Goran Fiorentini]]<br>[[Marco Gerini]]<br>[[Andrea Mangiante]]<br>[[Francesco Postiglione]]<br>[[Bogdan Rath]]<br>[[Carlo Silipo]]<br>[[Stefano Tempesti]]</small>
| {{wp|SCG}}<br><small>[[Aleksandar Ćirić]]<br>[[Vladimir Gojković]] <br>[[Danilo Ikodinović]]<br>[[Viktor Jelenić]]<br>[[Predrag Jokić]] <br>[[Nikola Kuljača]]<br>[[Slobodan Nikić]]<br>[[Aleksandar Šapić]] <br>[[Dejan Savić]]<br>[[Denis Šefik]]<br>[[Vanja Udovičić]]<br>[[Vladimir Vujasinović]]<br>[[Boris Zloković]]</small>
|}

;Women
{{main article|Water polo at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament}}

{| {{MedalistTable|labelwidth=150|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-valign="top"
|Team||{{wpw|USA}}<br><small>[[Nicolle Payne]]<br>[[Heather Petri]]<br>[[Ericka Lorenz]]<br>[[Brenda Villa]]<br>[[Ellen Estes]]<br>[[Natalie Golda]]<br>[[Margaret Dingeldein]]<br>[[Jacqueline Frank]]<br>[[Heather Moody]]<br>[[Robin Beauregard]]<br>[[Amber Stachowski]]<br>[[Gabrielle Domanic]]<br>[[Thalia Munro]]</small>
| {{wpw|ITA}}<br><small>[[Francesca Conti]]<br>[[Martina Miceli]]<br>[[Carmela Allucci]]<br>[[Silvia Bosurgi]]<br>[[Erika Lava]]<br>[[Manuela Zanchi]]<br>[[Tania di Mario]]<br>[[Cinzia Ragusa]]<br>[[Giusi Malato]]<br>[[Alexandra Araujo]]<br>[[Maddalena Musumeci]]<br>[[Melania Grego]]<br>[[Noémi Tóth]]</small>
| {{wpw|RUS}}<br><small>[[Valentina Voronisova]]<br>[[Natalya Shepelina]]<br>[[Yekaterina Salimova]]<br>[[Sofia Konoukh]]<br>[[Yelena Smurova]]<br>[[Galina Zlotnikova]]<br>[[Anastassia Zoubkova]]<br>[[Veronika Linkova]]<br>[[Tatiana Petrova]]<br>[[Olga Turova]]<br>[[Ekaterina Shishova]]<br>[[Svetlana Bogdanova (water polo)|Svetlana Bogdanova]]<br>[[Maria Yaina]]</small>
|}

==See also==
*[[List of world records in swimming]]
*[[List of World Championships records in swimming]]

==References==
* [http://www.fina.org/pdf/histoFina/HistoFINA_IV_a.pdf FINA Official Championship Results History – Swimming (men)] ([https://www.webcitation.org/5gYGemkC1?url=http://www.fina.org/pdf/histoFina/HistoFINA_IV_a.pdf Archived] 2009-05-05)
* [http://www.fina.org/pdf/histoFina/HistoFINA_IV_b.pdf FINA Official Championship Results History – Swimming (women)]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.swimnews.com/SpecialEvents/Barcelona2003/Polo/index.jsp Water Polo Results]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070922193314/http://www.swimrankings.net/index.php?page=meetDetail&meetId=2132600 Swim Rankings results]

==External links==
* [http://www.fina.org/ FINA official website]

* Official FINA results: [http://www.fina.org/competition-results/f16bc2e9-17c2-4d0f-9861-659b44bab300/46 Diving] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629162638/http://www.fina.org/competition-results/f16bc2e9-17c2-4d0f-9861-659b44bab300/46 |date=2020-06-29 }}; [http://www.fina.org/competition-results/f16bc2e9-17c2-4d0f-9861-659b44bab300/45 Swimming] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629140852/http://www.fina.org/competition-results/f16bc2e9-17c2-4d0f-9861-659b44bab300/45/ |date=2020-06-29 }}; [http://www.fina.org/competition-results/f16bc2e9-17c2-4d0f-9861-659b44bab300/49 Open water] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006154939/http://www.fina.org/competition-results/f16bc2e9-17c2-4d0f-9861-659b44bab300/49 |date=2018-10-06 }}; [http://www.fina.org/competition-results/f16bc2e9-17c2-4d0f-9861-659b44bab300/50 Synchronised swimming] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006175001/http://www.fina.org/competition-results/f16bc2e9-17c2-4d0f-9861-659b44bab300/50 |date=2018-10-06 }}; [http://www.fina.org/competition-results/f16bc2e9-17c2-4d0f-9861-659b44bab300/48 Water polo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627222556/http://www.fina.org/competition-results/f16bc2e9-17c2-4d0f-9861-659b44bab300/48 |date=2020-06-27 }}

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