Schedule, Dates, USA Roster, and More: Everything You Need to Know About the 2023 World Swimming Championships

The 2023 World Aquatic Championships are almost here. Starting on July 14th, the event is all set to commence in all its glory. Swimming enthusiasts around the world are getting excited. The host country Japan is all girded up to welcome athletes from various nations. The competition in Fukuoka promises to be a thrilling event. This year’s championship games hold special significance as they were initially scheduled to take place in May 2022 but had to be postponed due to the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Swimmers from around the world will gather in Fukuoka for the upcoming championships. Canada, Japan, Great Britain, and the USA have unveiled their rosters. In the previous World Aquatics Championships, a total of 185 nations participated, with 19 countries earning medals. The United States led the medal count, taking home seventeen gold, twelve silver, and sixteen bronze medals. This year, all the participating teams are preparing to give their best performance. The stage is set for an exhilarating talent showcase, and the competition schedule has been revealed.

2023 World Aquatic Championships: Dates and Venue

The 2023 World Swimming Championships is scheduled to start on the 14 of July and end on the 30 of July, 2023. The committee decided on a unique concept for this year’s World Aquatic Championship games. The concept, “Water Meets the Future,” represents the hope of all athletes to meet each other in the future. This was a sort of prayer sent forth during the pandemic. The concept also relates swimming community through the use of cutting-edge technologies and connecting people divided by space, language, and other circumstances.

Once the competition schedule was decided and publicly announced, the World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam spoke to a reporter from SwimSwam, saying, “It’s with immense pleasure that we are able to confirm the competition schedule for the World Aquatics Championships Fukuoka 2023.”

The Aquatic Championships will commence with the diving and artistic swimming events on July 14, followed by the swimming events a week later from July 23 onwards. Below is the breakdown of the dates for all the Aquatic events.

• Diving: July 14-22
• Artistic Swimming: July 14-22
• Open water swimming: July 15-20
• Water Polo: July 16-29
• Pool swimming: July 23-30
• High Diving: July 25-27

The venue for each event has also been revealed.

• Diving: Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A
• Artistic Swimming: Fukuoka Prefectural Pool
• Open water swimming: Seaside Momochi Beach Park
• Water Polo: Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall B
• Pool swimming: Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A
• High Diving: Seaside Momochi Beach Park

Now let us shift our attention to the pool swimming events that this year coincides with the TYR Pro Championships scheduled for July 26-29. The TYR Pro Championships is a national US swimming tournament that attracts top swimmers from around the country. The swimming events will start on July 23 until July 30. They will take place in the Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A. The preliminary sessions of the World Aquatic Championships in Fukuoka will start at 10:30 am local time, while the finals are scheduled for 8:00 pm. For Eastern viewers, the prelims will start at 9:30 pm the previous night, and the finals at 7:00 am the following morning.

Countries Participating in the 2023 World Aquatic Championships

There are a total of 209 World Aquatics members. Out of them, the major participating nations are as follows:

North America: Canada

South America: Brazil

Oceania: New Zealand, Australia

Asia: Japan, China

Europe: Spain, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Greece, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, France

Africa: South Africa

Schedule for the 2023 Swimming World Championships

Here is the schedule for every pool swimming event.

USA Swimmers Participating in the 2023 World Championships

The US Swimming team is bringing there A-game to this year’s world championships. Veterans such as Katie Ledecky, Kate Douglas, and Ryan Murphy are on the roster. A total of 53 USA swimmers are participating in the Worlds in 2023. There are 26 swimmers on the men’s side and 22 on the women’s in the pool events. Five other qualified athletes will represent the US in the open-water events. Given below are their names and the events they will be participating in.

Men 

1. Jack Alexy – 100 free, 50 free
2. Hunter Armstrong – 100 backstroke, 50 backstroke
3. Shaine Casas– 200 IM
4. Charlie Clark – 1500 free
5. Ross Dant – 800 free
6. Matt Fallon – 200 breaststroke
7. Nic Fink – 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke
8. Bobby Finke – 1500 free, 800 free
9. Carson Foster – 200 fly, 400 IM, 200 IM
10. Brennan Gravley – open water
11. Chris Guiliano – 100 free
12. Ryan Held – 4×100 free, 50 free
13. Thomas Heilman – 200 fly, 100 fly
14. Luke Hobson – 200 free
15. David Johnston – 400 free
16. Chase Kalisz– 400 IM
17. Drew Kibler – 4×200 free
18. Matt King – 4×100 free
19. Destin Lasco – 4×100 free, 200 backstroke
20. Josh Matheny – 200 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke
21. Henry McFadden – 4×200 free
22. Jake Mitchell – 4×200 free
23. Ryan Murphy – 200 backstroke, 100 backstroke
24. Baylor Nelson – 4×200 free
25. Justin Ress – 4×100 free, 50 back
26. Dare Rose – 100 fly, 50 fly
27. Kieran Smith – 200 free, 400 free
28. Joey Tepper – open water
29. Dylan Gravley – open water

Women

1. Katharine Berkoff – 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke
2. Jillian Cox – 800 free
3. Mariah Denigan – open water
4. Kate Douglass – 100 free, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM
5. Erin Gemmell– 4×200 free
6. Katie Grimes – 400 IM, 1500 free, open water
7. Torri Huske – 100 Fly, 4×100 free, 50 fly
8. Lydia Jacoby – 100 breaststroke, 50 breaststroke
9. Lilly King – 200 breast, 50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke
10. Katie Ledecky – 800 free, 400 free, 1500 free
11. Lindsay Looney – 200 fly
12. Maxine Parker – 4×100 free
13. Anna Peplowski – 4×200 free
14. Alex Shackell – 4×200 free
15. Bella Sims – 200 free, 400 free
16. Regan Smith – 200 fly, 200 back, 100 back, 50 back
17. Olivia Smoliga – 4×100 free
18. Leah Smith – 4×200 free
19. Rhyan White – 200 backstroke
20. Alex Walsh – 400 IM, 200 IM
21. Gretchen Walsh – 4×100 free, 50 fly, 100 fly, 50 free
22. Claire Weinstein – 200 free
23. Abbey Weitzeil – 100 free, 50 free

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This time the event takes aim to make the future of water sports through advanced technology and likewise create a future for the region by involving various people. Find out more about the host venue of the World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023! Stay tuned with us for further updates!

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