China at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

People's Republic of China competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain on July 20 to August 4, 2013.

China at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	CHN
National federation	Chinese Swimming Association
Website	swimmingsport.org.cn
in Barcelona, Spain
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 14 Silver 8 Bronze 4 Total 26
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Shi Tingmao Wu Minxia	Diving	Women's 3 m synchronized springboard	20 July
Gold	Li Shixin	Diving	Men's 1 m springboard	23 July
Gold	Chen Ruolin Liu Huixia	Diving	Women's 10 m synchronized platform	22 July
Gold	He Chong Qin Kai	Diving	Men's 3 m synchronized springboard	23 July
Gold	He Zi	Diving	Women's 1 m springboard	23 July
Gold	Si Yajie	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	25 July
Gold	He Chong	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	26 July
Gold	He Zi	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	27 July
Gold	Qiu Bo	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	28 July
Gold	Sun Yang	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	28 July
Gold	Sun Yang	Swimming	Men's 800 m freestyle	31 July
Gold	Liu Zige	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	1 August
Gold	Zhao Jing	Swimming	Women's 50 m backstroke	1 August
Gold	Sun Yang	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	4 August
Silver	Huang Xuechen	Synchronized swimming	Solo technical routine	20 July
Silver	Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen	Synchronized swimming	Duet technical routine	21 July
Silver	Huang Xuechen	Synchronized swimming	Solo free routine	24 July
Silver	Chen Ruolin	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	25 July
Silver	Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen	Synchronized swimming	Duet free routine	25 July
Silver	Wang Han	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	27 July
Silver	Fu Yuanhui	Swimming	Women's 50 m backstroke	1 August
Silver	Lu Ying	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly	3 August
Bronze	Cao Yuan Zhang Yanquan	Diving	Men's 10 m synchronized platform	21 July
Bronze	Wang Han	Diving	Women's 1 m springboard	23 July
Bronze	Wu Peng	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	31 July
Bronze	Hao Yun Li Yunqi Lü Zhiwu* Sun Yang Wang Shun	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	2 August

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Chinese divers are eligible for two spots in each individual event (1 m, 3 m, and 10 m) and one team spot for each synchronized event (3 m and 10 m).^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Li Shixin	1 m springboard	405.00	1 Q	—		460.95
Sun Zhiyi		377.15	7 Q	—		425.05	4
He Chong	3 m springboard	421.85	6 Q	483.15	2 Q	544.95
Qin Kai		417.50	9 Q	493.65	1 Q	473.25	5
Qiu Bo	10 m platform	524.40	1 Q	457.55	6 Q	581.00
Lin Yue		456.00	6 Q	387.10	17	Did not advance
He Chong Qin Kai	3 m synchronized springboard	454.32	1 Q	—		448.86
Cao Yuan Zhang Yanquan	10 m synchronized platform	460.74	1 Q	—		445.56

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
He Zi	1 m springboard	287.70	1 Q	—		307.10
Wang Han		284.00	3 Q	—		297.75
He Zi	3 m springboard	341.50	1 Q	370.00	1 Q	383.40
Wang Han		321.00	2 Q	362.40	2 Q	356.25
Si Yajie	10 m platform	360.35	1 Q	341.85	3 Q	392.15
Chen Ruolin		350.60	3 Q	373.65	1 Q	388.70
Shi Tingmao Wu Minxia	3 m synchronized springboard	334.20	1 Q	—		338.40
Chen Ruolin Liu Huixia	10 m synchronized platform	340.92	1 Q	—		356.28

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

China has qualified the following swimmers in open water marathon.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Han Lidu	25 km	DNF
Lang Yuanpeng	5 km	54:02.4	35
Weng Jingwei	25 km	5:04:02.5	29
Xu Wenchao	5 km	54:01.0	31
Zhang Zibin	10 km	1:50:55.4	41
Zu Lijun		DSQ

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cao Shiyue	5 km	57:19.5	20
Fang Yanqiao	5 km	57:07.0	19
	10 km	1:58:23.2	7
Lei Shan	25 km	5:16:34.3	9
Shi Yu	10 km	1:58:43.8	26
Yang Dandan	25 km	5:19:13.7	11

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Han Lidu Weng Jingwei Cao Shiyue	Team	58:02.6	14

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Chinese swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):^[3][4] The official roster also featured Olympic champions Sun Yang, Ye Shiwen, and Jiao Liuyang.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chen Yin	200 m butterfly	1:56.48	5 Q	1:55.97	=4 Q	1:55.47	4
Cheng Feiyi	50 m backstroke	25.83	21	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	54.30	13 Q	54.20	14	Did not advance
Gu Biaorong	50 m breaststroke	27.38	7 Q	27.53	=10	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:01.08	25	Did not advance
Hao Yun	400 m freestyle	3:47.49	6 Q	—		3:48.88	8
	1500 m freestyle	15:24.63	24	—		Did not advance
Li Xiayan	50 m breaststroke	DSQ		Did not advance
Li Yunqi	200 m freestyle	1:48.18	14 Q	1:47.36	10	Did not advance
Liu Weijia	100 m butterfly	54.37	36	Did not advance
Lü Zhiwu	50 m freestyle	23.64	51	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.85	29	Did not advance
Mao Feilian	200 m breaststroke	2:11.81	17	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:59.68	15 Q	1:59.65	14	Did not advance
Shi Yi	400 m individual medley	4:25.42	29	—		Did not advance
Sun Xiaolei	50 m backstroke	25.01	=8 Q	24.95	=7 Q	24.76	5
Sun Yang	400 m freestyle	3:44.67	1 Q	—		3:41.59
	800 m freestyle	7:49.37	2 Q	—		7:41.36
	1500 m freestyle	14:54.65	1 Q	—		14:41.15
Wang Shun	200 m freestyle	1:48.19	15 Q	1:47.84	14	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:57.83	3 Q	1:57.80	5 Q	1:56.86	4
Wu Peng	50 m butterfly	23.43	10 Q	23.87	16	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:56.96	10 Q	1:55.42	2 Q	1:55.09
Xu Jiayu	100 m backstroke	53.63	3 Q	53.84	10	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:58.29	12 Q	1:56.42	6 Q	1:57.13	7
Chen Zuo Lü Zhiwu Lou Junyi Shi Tengfei	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:17.32	10	—		Did not advance
Hao Yun Li Yunqi Lü Zhiwu* Sun Yang Wang Shun	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:13.37	8 Q	—		7:04.74
Gu Biaorong Lü Zhiwu Xu Jiayu Wu Peng	4 × 100 m medley relay	3.35.95	10	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bai Anqi	200 m backstroke	2:12.14	16 Q	2:11.18	12	Did not advance
Chen Xinyi	400 m individual medley	4:39.54	10	—		Did not advance
Fu Yuanhui	50 m backstroke	27.55	1 Q	27.40	1 Q	27.39
	100 m backstroke	1:00.01	4 Q	59.82	5 Q	59.61	5
He Yuzhe	50 m breaststroke	31.46	14 Q	31.67	15	Did not advance
Jiao Liuyang	100 m butterfly	59.21	17	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:07.79	5 Q	2:07.70	7 Q	2:06.65	6
Liu Zige	200 m butterfly	2:07.63	4 Q	2:07.18	4 Q	2:04.59
Lu Ying	50 m butterfly	25.82	3 Q	26.12	=7 Q	25.42 AS
	100 m butterfly	58.93	12 Q	58.67	11	Did not advance
Qiu Yuhan	100 m freestyle	54.93	15 Q	55.61	16	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:58.38	14 Q	1:59.20	15	Did not advance
Shao Yiwen	400 m freestyle	4:09.16	12	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:29.71	12	—		Did not advance
Shen Duo	200 m freestyle	2:00.82	26	Did not advance
Shi Jinglin	100 m breaststroke	1:08.59	=20	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.73	7 Q	2:25.52	9	Did not advance
Sun Ye	100 m breaststroke	1:08.49	17	Did not advance
Suo Ran	50 m breaststroke	31.70	24	Did not advance
Tang Yi	50 m freestyle	25.72	26	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.21	=6 Q	54.09	8 Q	54.27	7
Xu Danlu	800 m freestyle	8:29.98	14	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:05.59	8 Q	—		16:00.44	5
Ye Shiwen	200 m individual medley	2:10.20	2 Q	2:09.12	2 Q	2:10.48	4
	400 m individual medley	4:34.93	=3 Q	—		4:38.51	7
Yin Fan	50 m freestyle	25.87	=30	Did not advance
Zhang Wenqing	400 m freestyle	4:14.66	20	—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:13.40	12 Q	2:11.34	10	Did not advance
Zhao Jing	50 m backstroke	27.81	2 Q	27.87	4 Q	27.29
Zhou Yanxin	100 m backstroke	1:00.99	13 Q	1:00.85	11	Did not advance
Chen Xinyi Pang Jiaying Qiu Yuhan Wang Haibing	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:39.29	9	—		Did not advance
Guo Junjun Qiu Yuhan Shao Yiwen Ye Shiwen Zhang Wenqing*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:52.50	1 Q	—		7:49.79	4
Fu Yuanhui Lu Ying Sun Ye Tang Yi	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.39	3 Q	—		3:57.30	4

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

China has qualified the following synchronized swimmers.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Huang Xuechen	Solo free routine	95.280	2 Q	95.720
	Solo technical routine	95.100	2 Q	95.500
Jiang Tingting Jiang Wenwen	Duet free routine	95.080	2 Q	95.350
	Duet technical routine	94.800	2 Q	94.900

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster^[7]

• Ge Weiqing
• Tan Feihu
• Liang Zhongxing
• Jiang Bin
• Guo Junliang
• Pan Ning
• Li Bin
• Wang Yang
• Xie Junmin
• Zhang Jian
• Zhang Chufeng
• Liang Nianxiang
• Wu Honghui

Group play

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	3	3	0	0	39	26	+13	6
Hungary	3	1	1	1	32	27	+5	3
Australia	3	1	1	1	25	26	−1	3
China	3	0	0	3	21	38	−17	0

22 July 2013 17:30	Report	Hungary	13–5	China	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Mellirar (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 3–2, 3–1
		Szivós 5	Goals	five players 1

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24 July 2013 12:10	Report	China	7–9	Australia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 455 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Abramović (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 1–2, 4–1
		Zhang Jian 2	Goals	Howden 3

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26 July 2013 09:30	Report	Serbia	16–9	China	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 350 Referees: Williams (NZL), Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–2, 5–3, 3–1
		Mitrović 4	Goals	three players 2

Round of 16

28 July 2013 20:10	Report	Italy	11–3	China	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Terepenka (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 3–0, 2–1
		Giorgetti 4	Goals	three players 1

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster^[8]

• Yang Jun
• Teng Fei
• Liu Ping
• Sun Yujun
• He Jin
• Sun Yating
• Song Donglun
• Xu Lu
• Mei Xiaohan
• Ma Huanhuan
• Zhang Cong
• Xia Qun
• Wang Ying

Group play

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	45	10	+35	6
China	3	2	0	1	35	21	+14	4
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	22	35	−13	2
South Africa	3	0	0	3	10	46	−36	0

21 July 2013 12:10	Report	China	17–2	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 150 Referees: Drury, Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–0, 5–0, 4–2
		Ma Huanhuan 5	Goals	L. Keet, M. Keet 1

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23 July 2013 10:50	Report	Australia	14–5	China	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 6–0, 4–0
		McGhie 3	Goals	Liu Ping 2

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25 July 2013 20:10	Report	China	13–5	New Zealand	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Cardenuto (BRA), Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–1, 5–3, 2–1
		Sun Yujun, Song Donglun 3	Goals	Myles 2

Round of 16

27 July 2013 12:10	Report	China	10–11	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bender (GER), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 3–2, 3–3
		Ma Huanhuan 4	Goals	Smit, Klaassen 3