Canada at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July.

Canada at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	CAN
National federation	Aquatic Federation of Canada
Website	www.aquaticscanadaaquatiques.com
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	83 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 7
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Canada was scheduled to compete in all six disciplines and its team consisted of 84 athletes (31 men and 53 women). However, only 83 competed across five disciplines because high diver Lysanne Richard withdrew from competition.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kylie Masse	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	July 25
Silver	Jennifer Abel Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu	Diving	Women's 3 m synchronized springboard	July 17
Bronze	Jennifer Abel	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	July 21
Bronze	Jennifer Abel François Imbeau-Dulac	Diving	Mixed 3 m synchronized springboard	July 22
Bronze	Javier Acevedo* Richard Funk Yuri Kisil Kylie Masse Penny Oleksiak Rebecca Smith* Chantal van Landeghem*	Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay	July 26
Bronze	Javier Acevedo Yuri Kisil Markus Thormeyer* Sandrine Mainville* Penny Oleksiak Chantal van Landeghem	Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	July 29
Bronze	Sydney Pickrem	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	July 30

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline. Sport Men Women Total Diving 5 6 11 Open water swimming 3 3 6 Swimming 9 17 26 Synchronized swimming 1 13 14 Water polo 13 13 26 Total 31 53 84

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada has entered 11 divers (five male and six female).^[1][2] Canada will compete in all events except the men's 10 metres synchronized platform and the team event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Philippe Gagné	3 m springboard	410.25	16 Q	396.90	17	did not advance
François Imbeau-Dulac		385.30	28	did not advance
Ethan Pitman	10 m platform	386.50	21	did not advance
Vincent Riendeau		389.25	20	did not advance
Philippe Gagné François Imbeau-Dulac	3 m synchronized springboard	404.43	4 Q	—		390.06	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jennifer Abel	3 m springboard	335.00	3 Q	337.60	4 Q	351.55
Pamela Ware		317.25	5 Q	338.25	3 Q	335.10	6
Meaghan Benfeito	10 m platform	339.75	5 Q	355.15	4 Q	331.40	8
Olivia Chamandy		299.10	17 Q	320.55	10 Q	307.15	10
Jennifer Abel Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu	3 m synchronized springboard	306.60	2 Q	—		323.43
Meaghan Benfeito Caeli McKay	10 m synchronized platform	293.22	6 Q	—		315.78	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
François Imbeau-Dulac Jennifer Abel	3 m synchronized springboard	297.72
Nathan Zsombor-Murray Meaghan Benfeito	10 m synchronized platform	307.80	5

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada qualified one female high diver.^[3] Lysanne Richard had to withdraw from the competition after sustaining a neck injury.^[4]

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada's open water swimming team was named on April 9, 2017. The team consists of six athletes (three men and three women).^[5][6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Philippe Guertin	Men's 10 km	1:52:40.6	28
Eric Hedlin	Men's 5 km	54:56.9	14
Richard Weinberger	Men's 10 km	1:52:36.0	23
Jade Dusablon	Women's 10 km	2:07:16.8	32
Stephanie Horner		2:04:48.1	28
Breanne Siwicki	Women's 5 km	1:01:59.8	29
Eric Hedlin Richard Weinberger Stephanie Horner Breanne Siwicki	Mixed team	55:58.3	11

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada's swimming team was named on April 9, 2017, after the conclusion of the Canadian Swimming trials in Victoria, British Columbia. A total of 26 swimmers (17 women and 9 men) were named to the team.^[5][7] To qualify for the team, an athlete had to place in the top two of their event and also meet the a standard time set by FINA.^[8] Notable absentees to the team include, 2015 World Championship bronze medalist Emily Overholt, multiple time 2015 Pan American Games medalists Santo Condorelli and multiple World and Olympic medalist Ryan Cochrane (who retired after the 2016 Summer Olympics).^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Acevedo	50 m backstroke	25.16	15 Q	25.13	16	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	54.43	15 Q	54.11	14	did not advance
Jeremy Bagshaw	400 m freestyle	3:48.82	16	—		did not advance
Josiah Binnema	50 m butterfly	24.50	37	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	53.10	34	did not advance
Tristan Cote	400 m individual medley	4:19.87	17	—		did not advance
Richard Funk	50 m breaststroke	27.59	19	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	59.89	14 Q	59.92	15	did not advance
Yuri Kisil	50 m freestyle	22.43	25	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.56	=9 Q	48.50	10	did not advance
Oleksandr Loginov	50 m freestyle	22.88	=47	did not advance
Markus Thormeyer	200 m freestyle	1:50.23	44	did not advance
Javier Acevedo Yuri Kisil Carson Olafson Markus Thormeyer	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:14.88	8 Q	—		3:15.25	6
Jeremy Bagshaw Yuri Kisil Carson Olafson Markus Thormeyer	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:17.36	14	—		did not advance
Javier Acevedo Josiah Binnema Richard Funk Yuri Kisil	4×100 m medley relay	3:35.14	12	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olivia Anderson	800 m freestyle	8:43.93	20	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:34.50	14	—		did not advance
Hilary Caldwell	100 m backstroke	1:00.37	13 Q	1:00.29	12	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:08.32	6 Q	2:07.64	8 Q	2:07.15	6
Mary-Sophie Harvey	200 m freestyle	1:58.38	15 Q	1:58.15	14	did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:09.74	11	—		did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:46.88	19	—		did not advance
Sandrine Mainville	50 m freestyle	24.99	15 Q	24.67	11	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.22	12 Q	54.01	13	did not advance
Kylie Masse	50 m backstroke	28.10	13 Q	27.64	10	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	58.62	1 Q	58.18 AM	1 Q	58.10 WR
	200 m backstroke	2:08.30	5 Q	2:05.97 NR	2 Q	2:07.04	5
Ashley McGregor	200 m breaststroke	2:25.31	9 Q	2:25.75	14	did not advance
Rachel Nicol	50 m breaststroke	31.02	15 Q	30.49	8 Q	30.80	8
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.10	8 Q	1:07.03	10	did not advance
Penny Oleksiak	100 m freestyle	53.18	4 Q	53.05	6 Q	52.94	6
	50 m butterfly	25.87	10 Q	25.66	4 Q	25.62	5
	100 m butterfly	57.51	5 Q	57.07	5 Q	56.94	4
Mackenzie Padington	400 m freestyle	4:09.88	12	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:40.68	16	—		did not advance
Sydney Pickrem	200 m individual medley	2:10.14	2 Q	2:09.17 NR	3 Q	DSQ
	400 m individual medley	4:36.25	4 Q	—		4:32.88
Katerine Savard	200 m freestyle	1:58.16	14 Q	1:58.46	15	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	26.81	25	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.71	18	did not advance
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson	200 m individual medley	2:11.67	10 Q	2:11.61	11	did not advance
Kierra Smith	100 m breaststroke	1:07.43	=15 Q	1:06.62	=6 Q	1:06.90	6
	200 m breaststroke	2:24.57	6 Q	2:23.18	5 Q	2:22.23	5
Michelle Toro	50 m freestyle	24.64	6 Q	24.66	10	did not advance
Sandrine Mainville Penny Oleksiak Kayla Sanchez Rebecca Smith* Michelle Toro* Chantal van Landeghem	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:35.84	5 Q	—		3:33.88	4
Mary-Sophie Harvey Mackenzie Padington Katerine Savard Kayla Sanchez* Rebecca Smith	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:56.49	8 Q	—		7:55.57	8
Sandrine Mainville* Kylie Masse Penny Oleksiak Kierra Smith Rebecca Smith* Chantal van Landeghem	4×100 m medley relay	3:57.17	3 Q	—		3:54.86	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Acevedo Yuri Kisil Markus Thormeyer* Sandrine Mainville* Penny Oleksiak Chantal van Landeghem	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:25.07	3 Q	3:23.55 NR
Javier Acevedo* Richard Funk Yuri Kisil Kylie Masse Penny Oleksiak Rebecca Smith* Chantal van Landeghem*	4×100 m medley relay	3:44.46	3 Q	3:41.25 NR

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada's synchronized swimming team consisted of 14 athletes (1 male and 13 female).^[10][11][12]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacqueline Simoneau	Solo technical routine	89.2331	5 Q	89.5000	5
	Solo free routine	89.8333	5 Q	90.1333	6
Claudia Holzner Jacqueline Simoneau	Duet technical routine	87.7081	7 Q	87.6523	7
	Duet free routine	88.9667	7 Q	89.0000	7
Janelle Ball Gabrielle Boisvert (R) Gabriella Brisson Andree-Anne Cote Claudia Holzner Gwendolyn McGuire (R) Samantha Nealon Elizabeth Savard Jacqueline Simoneau Kali Wong	Team technical routine	86.4407	7 Q	86.2044	7
Janelle Ball (R) Gabrielle Boisvert Gabriella Brisson (R) Claudia Holzner Gwendolyn McGuire Marie-Lou Morin Elizabeth Savard Jacqueline Simoneau Laurence Vezina Kali Wong	Team free routine	88.2667	7 Q	88.8000	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Isabelle Rampling Rene Prevost	Duet technical routine	81.3330	6 Q	82.3413	6
	Duet free routine	83.0667	6 Q	83.5667	6

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada has qualified both a men's and women's teams.^[13] The roster of both teams (with each consisting of 13 athletes each) was announced on July 12, 2017.^[14]

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Canada's men's water polo team qualified for the World Championships with a silver medal performance at the 2017 UANA Cup in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago.^[15]

Team roster^[16]

• Milan Radenovic
• Gaelan Patterson
• Aria Soleimani
• Nicolas Constantin-Bicari
• Matthew Halajian
• Scott Robinson
• Jérémie Blanchard
• David Lapins
• Dusan Radojcic
• Reuel D'Souza
• George Torakis
• Devon Thumwood
• Robin Randall

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	3	2	1	0	35	18	+17	5	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	3	1	1	1	17	22	−5	3	Playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	17	28	−11	2[a]
4	Canada	3	0	2	1	23	24	−1	2[a]

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) better result against higher placed team.^[17]
Notes:

1. Kazakhstan 10–9 Canada

17 July 2017 17:05	Report	Montenegro	8–8	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 1–1, 2–4
		Petković 3	Goals	three players 2

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19 July 2017 18:30	Report	Canada	9–10	Kazakhstan	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Nader Ghafouri (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 3–2, 1–3
		Thumwood 4	Goals	Medvedev, Ukumanov 4

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21 July 2017 17:30	Report	Brazil	6–6	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 1–2, 1–0
		Coutinho 2	Goals	six players 1

13th–16th place semifinals

23 July 2017 10:30	Report	Canada	6–10	France	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–2, 1–2, 0–3
		Thumwood 2	Goals	Crousillat, Marzouki 3

15th place game

25 July 2017 09:30	Report	Canada	9–6	South Africa	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Michael Brooks (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–1, 2–1, 2–2
		Constantin-Bicari 5	Goals	Le Roux 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster^[18]

• Jessica Gaudreault
• Krystina Alogbo
• Axelle Crevier
• Emma Wright
• Monika Eggens
• Kyra Christmas
• Joëlle Békhazi
• Elyse Lemay-Lavoie
• Hayley McKelvey
• Christine Robinson
• Kelly McKee
• Shae Fournier
• Ymane Hage

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	43	16	+27	6	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	29	24	+5	4	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	0	2	27	28	−1	2
4	Brazil	3	0	0	3	14	45	−31	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

16 July 2017 09:30	Report	Italy	10–4	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 3–0, 4–2
		Bianconi 4	Goals	Eggens 2

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18 July 2017 18:50	Report	China	8–9	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–2, 0–5, 3–1
		Xiong, Zhang J. 2	Goals	four players 2

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20 July 2017 17:30	Report	Brazil	6–16	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 1–4, 1–4
		Ferreira 3	Goals	Christmas 5

Playoffs

22 July 2017 17:30	Report	Canada	16–3	New Zealand	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–1, 3–0, 4–1
		Békhazi 4	Goals	three players 1

Quarterfinals

24 July 2017 20:30	Report	Hungary	4–6	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 4–3, 0–1, 0–1
		four players 1	Goals	Eggens 5

Semifinals

26 July 2017 22:00	Report	Canada	10–12	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 2–2, 4–3
		Christmas, Fournier 3	Goals	Gual 5

Third place game

28 July 2017 15:00	Report	Russia	11–9	Canada	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 2–2, 2–2
		Ryzhkova 3	Goals	Eggens 4

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