2013 FINA World Championships
| 15th FINA World Championships | |
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| Host city | Barcelona, Spain |
| Date(s) | 20 July–4 August |
| Venue(s) | Palau Sant Jordi |
| Nations participating | 181 |
| Athletes participating | 2293 |
The 15th FINA World Championships (Catalan: Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, Spanish: Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from July 20 to August 4 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The 2013 World Championships featured 6 aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, high diving, open water, and synchronised swimming.
The Championships were originally awarded to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in July 2009; however, Dubai withdrew as host in May 2010. FINA then re-bid the meet, and Barcelona was selected on September 26, 2010.
The venues that hosted the events were previously used for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships:
This was the first time the World Aquatic Championships included high diving.
The opening ceremonies took place on July 19, 2013.
* Host nation
On the first day of competition on July 20, American Haley Anderson won the first gold of the competition in the women's 5 km, just beating Brazilian Poliana Okimoto 56:34.2 to 56:34.4. In the second event on day one, Tunisian Oussama Mellouli won the men's 5 km race with a time of 53:30.4.
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