2016 in aquatic sports

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This article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2016.

2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–Aquatics)

February 19 – 24: 2016 FINA Diving World Cup in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)

China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

March 2 – 6: Aquece Rio Synchronized Swimming 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)

Duet winners: Spain (Gemma Mengual, Ona Carbonell, Paula Klamburg)

Team winners: Ukraine

April 15 – 20: Aquece Rio Swimming 2016 (Maria Lenk Trophy) in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium (Olympic Test Event)

For results, click here.

June 11 & 12: 2016 Marathon Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Setúbal

Men's winner: ZU Lijun

Women's winner: Xin Xin

August 6 – 13: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium

The United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

August 7 – 19: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center

Men's 3m Springboard: 01 ! Cao Yuan; 02 ! Jack Laugher; 03 ! Patrick Hausding

Women's 3m Springboard: 01 ! Shi Tingmao; 02 ! He Zi; 03 ! Tania Cagnotto

Men's 10m Platform: 01 ! Chen Aisen; 02 ! Germán Sánchez; 03 ! David Boudia

Women's 10m Platform: 01 ! Ren Qian; 02 ! Si Yajie; 03 ! Meaghan Benfeito

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard:

01 ! Great Britain (Chris Mears & Jack Laugher)

02 ! United States (Sam Dorman & Michael Hixon)

03 ! China (Cao Yuan & Qin Kai)

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform:

01 ! China (Chen Aisen & Lin Yue)

02 ! United States (David Boudia & Steele Johnson)

03 ! Great Britain (Tom Daley & Daniel Goodfellow)

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard:

01 ! China (Shi Tingmao & Wu Minxia)

02 ! Italy (Tania Cagnotto & Francesca Dallapé)

03 ! Australia (Maddison Keeney & Anabelle Smith)

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform:

01 ! China (Chen Ruolin & Liu Huixia)

02 ! Malaysia (Cheong Jun Hoong & Pandelela Rinong)

03 ! Canada (Meaghan Benfeito & Roseline Filion)

August 15: Women's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana

01 ! Sharon van Rouwendaal; 02 ! Rachele Bruni; 03 ! Poliana Okimoto

August 15 – 20: Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center

Duet:

01 ! Russia (Natalia Ishchenko & Svetlana Romashina)

02 ! China (Huang Xuechen & Sun Wenyan)

03 ! Japan (Yukiko Inui & Risako Mitsui)

Team: 01 ! Russia (RUS); 02 ! China (CHN); 03 ! Japan (JPN)

August 16: Men's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana

01 ! Ferry Weertman; 02 ! Spyridon Gianniotis; 03 ! Marc-Antoine Olivier

2016 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup & World Events

February 6 & 7: World Cup and Event #1 in Carmen de Patagones-Viedma, Río Negro

Men's winner: Alex Meyer

Women's winner: Rachele Bruni

February 26 & 27: World Cup and Event #2 in Abu Dhabi

Men's winner: Marc Antoine Olivier

Women's winner: Aurélie Muller

June 18: World Cup and Event #3 in Balatonfüred

Men's winner: Simone Ruffini

Women's winner: Rachele Bruni

July 28: World Cup and Event #4 in Lac Saint-Jean

Men's winner: Philippe Guertin

Women's winner: Stephanie Horner

August 13: World Cup and Event #5 in Lake Mégantic

Men's winner: Andreas Waschburger

Women's winner: Arianna Bridi

October 9: World Cup and Event #6 in Chun'an County-Hangzhou

Men's winner: Simone Ruffini

Women's winner: Xin Xin

October 15: World Cup and Event #7 (final) in Hong Kong

Men's winner: Simone Ruffini

Women's winner: Rachele Bruni

2016 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix

July 30: Grand Prix #1 in Lac Saint-Jean

Men's winner: Alex Meyer

Women's winner: Olga Kozydub

August 20: Grand Prix #2 in Lake Ohrid

Men's winner: Tomi Stefanovski

Women's winner: Olga Kozydub

September 4: Grand Prix #3 (final) in Capri, Campania-Naples

Men's winner: Evgenij Pop Acev

Women's winner: Pilar Geijo

2016 FINA Diving World Series

March 11 – 13: DWS #1 in Beijing

Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan

Women's 3m Springboard winner: Shi Tingmao

Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen

Women's 10m Platform winner: Si Yajie

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai)

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Liu Huixia, Si Yajie)

Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)

Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (TAI Xiaohu, CHANG Yani)

March 17 – 19: DWS #2 in Dubai

Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan

Women's 3m Springboard winner: Shi Tingmao

Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao

Women's 10m Platform winner: Liu Huixia

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai)

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Liu Huixia, Si Yajie)

Mixed Sychronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)

Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (TAI Xiaohu, CHANG Yani)

April 15 – 17: DWS #3 in Windsor, Ontario

Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan

Women's 3m Springboard winner: He Zi

Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen

Women's 10m Platform winner: Ren Qian

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Qin Kai, Cao Yuan)

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia)

Mixed Sychronized 3m Springboard winners: Canada (Jennifer Abel, François Imbeau-Dulac)

Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (TAI Xiaohu, CHANG Yani)

April 22 – 24: DWS #4 (final) in Kazan

Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan

Women's 3m Springboard winner: He Zi

Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen

Women's 10m Platform winner: Ren Qian

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Russia (Ilya Zakharov, Evgeny Kuznetsov)

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia)

Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)

Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (TAI Xiaohu, CHANG Yani)

2016 FINA Diving Grand Prix

January 15 – 17: DGP #1 in Madrid

Men's 3m Springboard winner: Constantin Blaha

Women's 3m Springboard winner: XU Zhihuan

Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao

Women's 10m Platform winner: XIA Bingqing

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Zhao Dong / Li Jiawei

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: JIE Lianjun / Yang Hao

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie

January 29 – 31: DGP #2 in Rostock

Men's 3m Springboard winner: Patrick Hausding

Women's 3m Springboard winner: HE Xiaojie

Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Jian

Women's 10m Platform winner: DING Yaying

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Philippe Gagné / François Imbeau-Dulac

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: CHEN Jiayu / HE Xiaojie

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / TAI Xiaohu

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: DING Yaying / SUO Miya

March 31 – April 3: DGP #3 in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Men's 3m Springboard winner: Matthieu Rosset

Women's 3m Springboard winner: WU Chunting

Men's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Junjie

Women's 10m Platform winner: Samantha Bromberg

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: PENG Jianfeng / SUN Zhiyi

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: HUANG Bowen / XU Zewei

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: SUO Miya / LI Jinming

Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: HUANG Bowen / WU Chunting

April 7 – 10: DGP #4 in Gatineau

Men's 3m Springboard winner: Matthieu Rosset

Women's 3m Springboard winner: WU Chunting

Men's 10m Platform winner: Vincent Riendeau

Women's 10m Platform winner: Roseline Filion

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Philippe Gagné / François Imbeau-Dulac

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / HUANG Bowen

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Meaghan Benfeito / Roseline Filion

Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / HUANG Bowen

Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: SUO Miya / LIAN Junjie

July 15 – 17: DGP #5 in Bolzano

Men's 3m Springboard winner: Guillaume Dutoit

Women's 3m Springboard winner: Tania Cagnotto

Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao

Women's 10m Platform winner: Minami Itahashi

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Patrick Hausding / Stephan Feck

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Tania Cagnotto / Francesca Dallapé

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / Yang Hao

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Nana Sasaki / Matsuri Arai

Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Sebastián Villa / Diana Pineda

Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Zachary Cooper / Tarrin Gilliland

October 21 – 23: DGP #6 in Kuching

Men's 3m Springboard winner: Xie Siyi

Women's 3m Springboard winner: Ng Yan Yee

Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao

Women's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Jie

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yang Hao / XU Zewei

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie

October 27 – 30: DGP #7 in Gold Coast, Queensland

Men's 3m Springboard winner: PENG Jianfeng

Women's 3m Springboard winner: Georgia Sheehan

Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Jian

Women's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Jie

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen

Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han

Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yang Hao / XU Zewei (default)

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie

November 4 – 6: DGP #8 (final) in Singapore

Men's 3m Springboard winner: CHEN Linhai

Women's 3m Springboard winner: Hazuki Miyamoto

Men's 10m Platform winner: Nishida Reo

Women's 10m Platform winner: Nana Sasaki

Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: CHEN Linhai / LI Linwei

Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Matsuri Arai / Nana Sasaki

Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Hazuki Miyamoto / Nishida Reo

Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yevhen Naumenko / Valeriia Liulko (default)

2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

June 4: #1 in Fort Worth, Texas

Winners: Jonathan Paredes (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)

June 18: #2 in Copenhagen

Winner: Gary Hunt

July 9: #3 in São Miguel Island

Winners: Gary Hunt (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)

July 23: #4 in La Rochelle

Winner: Gary Hunt (m)

August 28: #5 in Polignano a Mare

Winners: Artem Silchenko (m) / Lysanne Richard (f)

September 11: #6 in Pembrokeshire

Winners: Michal Navrátil (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)

September 24: #7 in Mostar

Winners: Michal Navrátil (m) / Lysanne Richard (f)

October 16: #8 in Shirahama, Wakayama

Winners: Sergio Guzman (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)

October 28: #9 in Dubai

Winners: Andy Jones (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)

Other diving events

February 27 – 29: 2016 FINA High Diving World Cup in Abu Dhabi

Men's (27 metres) winner: Gary Hunt

Women's (20 metres) winner: Lysanne Richard

June 28 – July 3: 2016 European Junior Diving Championships in Rijeka

Boys' Platform winner: Matthew Dixon

Boys' Synchro winners: Lou Massenberg / Patrick Kreisel

Boys' 1 m winner: Francesco Porco

Boys' 3 m winner: Patrick Kreisel

Girls' Platform winner: Christina Wassen

Girls' Synchro winners: Madeline Coquoz / Michelle Heimberg

Girls' 1 m winner: Kaja Skrzek

Girls' 3 m winner: Kaja Skrzek

November 28 – December 4: 2016 FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Kazan

China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Swimming

July 6 – 10: 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships in Hódmezővásárhely

Russia won the gold medal tally. Russia and Italy won 22 overall medals each.

December 6 – 11: 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario

The United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2016 FINA Swimming World Cup

August 26 & 27: SWC #1 in Paris-Chartres

Hungary won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally.

August 30 & 31: SWC #2 in Berlin

Hungary won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally.

September 3 & 4: SWC #3 in Moscow

Russia and Hungary won 8 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.

September 30 & October 1: SWC #4 in Beijing

China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

October 4 & 5: SWC #5 in Dubai

Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

October 8 & 9: SWC #6 in Doha

Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

October 21 & 22: SWC #7 in Singapore

Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

October 25 & 26: SWC #8 in Tokyo

Hungary won the gold medal tally. Japan won the overall medal tally.

October 29 & 30: SWC #9 (final) in Hong Kong

Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Synchronised swimming

June 22 – 26: 2016 European Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships in Rijeka

Solo winner: Veronika Kalinina

Duet winners: Russia (Daria Kulagina, Veronika Kalinina)

Figures winner: Varvara Subbotina

Team winners: Russia

Combination winners: Russia

July 9 – 13: 2016 FINA World Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships in Kazan

Solo winner: Varvara Subbotina

Duet winners: Russia (Veronika Kalinina, Daria Kulagina, Varvara Subbotina)

Team winners: Russia

Combination winners: Russia

LEN aquatic events

May 9 – 22: 2016 European Aquatics Championships in London

Great Britain, Hungary, and Russia won ten gold medals each. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.

July 10 – 14: 2016 European Open Water Swimming Championships in Hoorn

Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

September 9 – 11: 2016 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Piombino

Italy, Hungary, and France won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.

Canoeing

February 12 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (ICF)

May 18 & 19: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Continental Olympic Qualifier in Duisburg

Spain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

August 7 – 11: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Whitewater Stadium (Whitewater slalom)

Men's C1: 01 ! Denis Gargaud Chanut; 02 ! Matej Beňuš; 03 ! Takuya Haneda

Men's C2:

01 ! Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár & Peter Škantár)

02 ! Great Britain (David Florence & Richard Hounslow)

03 ! France (Gauthier Klauss & Matthieu Péché)

Men's K1: 01 ! Joe Clarke; 02 ! Peter Kauzer; 03 ! Jiří Prskavec

Women's K1: 01 ! Maialen Chourraut; 02 ! Luuka Jones; 03 ! Jessica Fox

August 15 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Canoe sprint)

Men

Men's C1 200m: 01 ! Yuriy Cheban; 02 ! Valentin Demyanenko; 03 ! Isaquias Queiroz

Men's C1 1,000m: 01 ! Sebastian Brendel; 02 ! Isaquias Queiroz; 03 ! Serghei Tarnovschi

Men's C2 1,000m:

01 ! Germany (Sebastian Brendel & Jan Vandrey)

02 ! Brazil (Erlon Silva & Isaquias Queiroz)

03 ! Ukraine (Dmytro Ianchuk & Taras Mishchuk)

Men's K1 200m: 01 ! Liam Heath; 02 ! Maxime Beaumont; 03 ! Saúl Craviotto; 03 ! Ronald Rauhe

Men's K1 1,000m: 01 ! Marcus Walz; 02 ! Josef Dostál; 03 ! Roman Anoshkin

Men's K2 200m:

01 ! Spain (Saúl Craviotto & Cristian Toro)

02 ! Great Britain (Liam Heath & Jon Schofield

03 ! Lithuania (Aurimas Lankas & Edvinas Ramanauskas

Men's K2 1,000m:

01 ! Germany (Max Rendschmidt & Marcus Gross)

02 ! Serbia (Marko Tomićević & Milenko Zorić)

03 ! Australia (Ken Wallace & Lachlan Tame)

Men's K4 1,000m: 01 ! Germany (GER); 02 ! Slovakia (SVK); 03 ! Czech Republic (CZE)

Women

Women's K1 200m: 01 ! Lisa Carrington; 02 ! Marta Walczykiewicz; 03 ! Inna Osypenko-Radomska

Women's K1 500m: 01 ! Danuta Kozák; 02 ! Emma Jørgensen; 03 ! Lisa Carrington

Women's K2 500m:

01 ! Hungary (Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák)

02 ! Germany (Franziska Weber & Tina Dietze)

03 ! Poland (Karolina Naja & Beata Mikołajczyk)

Women's K4 500m: 01 ! Hungary (HUN); 02 ! Germany (GER); 03 ! Belarus (BLR)

Canoe sprint (flatwater)

February 12 – July 31: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Sprint

Continental and world canoe sprint championships

February 12 – 14: 2016 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in Adelaide

Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

April 1 – 4: 2016 African Canoe Sprint Championships in Durban

South Africa won the gold medal tally. Tunisia won the overall medal tally.

May 19 – 22: 2016 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships in Gainesville, Georgia

Senior: Canada won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Junior: Brazil won the gold medal tally. Argentina and Canada won 10 overall medals each.

June 7 – 9: 2016 World University Canoe Sprint Championships in Montemor-o-Velho

Poland won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

June 24 – 26: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Moscow

Hungary and Russia won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally.

July 28 – 31: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Minsk

Junior: Hungary, Belarus, and Russia won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally.

U23: Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2016 Canoe Sprint World Cup

May 20 – 22: CSF World Cup #1 in Duisburg

Belarus, Germany, and Ukraine won 3 gold medals each. Belarus won the overall medal tally.

May 27 – 29: CSF World Cup #2 in Račice (Litoměřice District)

Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

June 3 – 5: CSF World Cup #3 (final) in Montemor-o-Velho

Poland won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Whitewater slalom (canoe)

February 19 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Slalom

Continental and world whitewater slalom championships

February 19 – 21: 2016 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in Penrith

Men's C1 winner: Matej Beňuš

Men's C2 winners: Germany (Franz Anton, Jan Benzien)

Men's K1 winner: Vavřinec Hradilek

Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox

Women's K1 winner: Jana Dukátová

April 23 & 24: 2016 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in Toyama

Men's C1 winner: SHU Jianming

Men's C2 winners: Japan (Shota Sasaki, Tsubasa Sasaki)

Men's K1 winner: TAN Ya

Women's C1 winner: Chen Wei-han

Women's K1 winner: LI Lu

Men's C1 team winners: China (WANG Sheng, SHU Jianming, CHEN Fangjia)

Men's C2 team winners: Uzbekistan

Men's K1 team winners: Japan (Kazuya Adachi, Tsubasa Sasaki, Taku Yoshida)

Women's C1 team winners: Kazakhstan (Xeniya Kondratenko, Kamilla Safina, Yekaterina Smirnova)

Women's K1 team winners: Japan (Yuriko Takeshita, Haruka Okazaki, Ren Mishima)

May 13 – 15: 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš

Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský

Women's C1 winner: Nuria Vilarrubla

Men's C2 winners: Slovakia (Tomáš Kučera, Ján Bátik)

Men's K1 winner: Jiří Prskavec

Women's K1 winner: Melanie Pfeifer

Men's C1 team winners: Slovakia

Women's C1 team winners: Great Britain

Men's C2 team winners: Slovakia

Men's K1 team winners: Czech Republic

Women's K1 team winners: Great Britain

July 12 – 17: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Kraków

Junior

Men's Junior C1 winner: Marko Mirgorodsky

Men's Junior C2 winners: Czech Republic (Albert Kaspar, Vojtech Mruzek)

Men's Junior K1 winner: Ruslan Pestov

Men's Junior Team C1 winners: Germany (Gregor Kreul, Lennard Tuchscherer)

Men's Junior Team C2 winners: Czech Republic

Men's Junior Team K1 winners: France (Thomas Durand, Paul Cornut-Chauvinc)

Women's Junior C1 winner: Tereza Fišerová

Women's Junior K1 winner: Klaudia Zwolinska

Women's Junior Team C1 winners: Russia (Alsu Minazova, Anastasia Kozyreva)

Women's Junior Team K1 winners: Czech Republic (Tereza Fišerová, Karolina Galuskova, Katerina Duskova)

U23

Men's U23 C1 winner: Florian Breuer

Men's U23 C2 winners: Poland (Filip Brzezinski, Andrzej Brzezinski)

Men's U23 K1 winner: Jakub Grigar

Men's U23 Team C1 winners: France (Cedric Joly, Thibault Blaise)

Men's U23 Team C2 winners: Russia

Men's U23 Team K1 winners: Germany (Stefan Hengst, Leo Bolg)

Women's U23 C1 winner: Jessica Fox

Women's U23 K1 winner: Jessica Fox

Women's U23 Team C1 winners: Great Britain (Kimberley Woods, Jasmine Royle)

Women's U23 Team K1 winners: Germany (Lisa Fritsche, Caroline Trompeter, Selina Jones)

2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup

June 3 – 5: CS World Cup #1 in Ivrea

Men's C1 winner: Michal Jáně

Men's C2 winners: France (Nicola Scianimanico, Hugo Cailhol)

Men's K1 winner: Giovanni De Gennaro

Men's K1 Cross winner: Vavřinec Hradilek

Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox

Women's K1 winner: Ricarda Funk

Women's K1 Cross winner: Ajda Novak

June 10 – 12: CS World Cup #2 in La Seu d'Urgell

Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský

Men's C2 winners: France (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet)

Men's K1 winner: Vít Přindiš

Men's K1 Cross winner: Vít Přindiš

Women's C1 winner: Núria Vilarrubla

Women's K1 winner: Maialen Chourraut

Women's K1 Cross winner: Martina Wegman

June 16 – 19: CS World Cup #3 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský

Men's C2 winners: France (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet)

Men's K1 winner: Samuel Hernanz

Men's K1 Cross winner: Vít Přindiš

Women's C1 winner: Mallory Franklin

Women's K1 winner: Marie-Zélia Lafont

Women's K1 Cross winner: Caroline Loir

September 2 – 4: CS World Cup #4 in Prague

Men's C1 winner: Matej Beňuš

Men's C2 winners: Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár)

Men's K1 winner: Jiří Prskavec

Men's K1 Cross winner: Hannes Aigner

Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox

Women's K1 winner: Ricarda Funk

Women's K1 Cross winner: Veronika Vojtová

September 7 – 11: CS World Cup #5 (final) in Tacen-Ljubljana

Men's C1 winner: Benjamin Savšek

Men's C2 winners: Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár)

Men's K1 winner: Peter Kauzer

Men's K1 Cross winner: Boris Neveu

Women's C1 winner: Kimberley Woods

Women's K1 winner: Jessica Fox

Women's K1 Cross winner: Amalie Hilgertova

Other canoeing events

May 17 – 19: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Duisburg

Australia won the gold medal tally. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.

June 1 – 5: 2016 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships in Banja Luka

Men's C1 sprint winner: Ondrej Rolenc

Men's C1 sprint team winners: Czech Republic (Ondrej Rolenc, Antonin Hales, Vladimir Slanina)

Men's C2 sprint winners: France (Quentin Dazeur, Stephane Santamaria)

Men's C2 sprint team winners: France (T. Debray & L. Lapointe, Q. Dazeur & S. Santamaria, A. Leduc & L. Zouggari)

Men's K1 sprint winner: Maxime Richard

Men's K1 sprint team winners: Slovenia (Nejc Znidarcic, Anze Urankar, Vid Debeljak)

Women's C1 sprint winner: Martina Satkova

Women's C2 sprint winners: Slovakia (Barobora Kortisova, Katarina Kopunova)

Women's K1 sprint winner: Hannah Brown

Women's K1 sprint team winners: France (Claire Bren, Manon Hostens, Phenicia Dupras)

August 29 – September 4: 2016 ICF Canoe Polo World Championships in Syracuse, Sicily

Men: Italy defeated France, 6–5 in overtime, to win their first ICF Canoe Polo World Championships title.

Spain took the bronze medal.

Women: New Zealand defeated Germany, 3–2, to win their first ICF Women's Canoe Polo World Championships title.

France took the bronze medal.

Men U21: Great Britain defeated Germany, 5–4 in overtime, to win their first ICF Men's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title.

Italy took the bronze medal.

Women's U21: Germany defeated Poland, 2–1 in overtime, to win their third consecutive ICF Women's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title.

New Zealand took the bronze medal.

September 8 – 11: 2016 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships in Moscow

Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

September 16 – 18: 2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel

Men's C1 26.2 km: Márton Kover

Men's C2 26.2 km: Hungary (Márton Kover, Ádám Docze)

Men's K1 29.8 km: Hank McGregor

Men's K2 29.8 km: South Africa (Hank McGregor, Jasper Mocke)

Men's U23 C1 22.6 km: Bence Balázs Dori

Men's U23 K1 26.2 km: Ádám Petro

Women's C1 19 km: Zsanett Lakatos

Women's K1 26.2 km: Renáta Csay

Women's K2 26.2 km: Hungary (Renáta Csay, Alexandra Bara)

Women's U23 K1 22.6 km: Vanda Kiszli

Rowing

January 16 – November 13: 2016 FISA Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (FISA)

August 6 – 13: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon

Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

International rowing championships

January 16: 2016 European Rowing Indoor Championships in Győr

Poland won the gold medal tally. Poland, Austria, and Hungary won 6 overall medals each.

February 28: 2016 FISA Indoor Rowing World Championships in Boston

Men's Lightweight winner: Steffen Bonde

Men's Heavyweight winner: James Letten

Women's Lightweight winner: Robyn Hart-Winks

Women's Heavyweight winner: Michelle Lazorchak

March 22 – 24: 2016 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Valparaíso

M1x winner: Juan Carlos Cabrera Perez

W1x winner: Michelle Parson

LM2x winners: Xavier Vela Magi / Willian Giaretton

LW2x winners: Vanessa Cozzi / Fernanda Leal Ferreira

March 25 – 27: 2016 South American Rowing Championship in Curauma

Argentina won the gold medal tally. Argentina and Brazil won 11 overall medals each.

April 21 – 23: 2016 Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Gavirate

ASW1X winner: WANG Lili

ASM1X winner: Huang Cheng

TAMix2X winners: China (LIU Shuang, FEI Tianming)

LTAMix4+ winners: Australia

April 23 – 25: 2016 FISA Asian and Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Chungju (at Tangeum Lake)

M1x winner: KIM Dong-yong

W1x winner: Kim Ye-ji

LM2x winners: China (SUN Man, WANG Chunxin)

LW2x winners: Japan (Ayami Oishi, Chiaki Tomita)

May 6 – 8: 2016 European Rowing Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel (at Lake Beetzsee)

Great Britain won the gold medal tally. Germany won the overall medal tally.

May 22 – 25: 2016 FISA European and Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne (at Lake Rotsee)

Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Russia won 2 gold medals each. New Zealand won the overall medal tally.

July 9 & 10: 2016 European Rowing Junior Championships in Trakai (at Lake Galvė)

Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

August 21 – 28: 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam (at the Willem-Alexander Baan)

Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

August 21 – 28: World Rowing Junior Championships 2016 in Rotterdam

Italy won the gold medal tally. Germany won the overall medal tally.

August 21 – 28: 2016 World Rowing U23 Championships in Rotterdam

The Netherlands won the gold medal tally. Germany won the overall medal tally.

September 2 – 4: 2016 World University Rowing Championships in Poznań

The Czech Republic and Germany won 4 gold medals each. Poland won the overall medal tally.

September 9 – 11: 2016 World Rowing Masters Regatta in Copenhagen (at Lake Bagsværd)

For results, click here.

October 21 – 23: 2016 World Rowing Coastal Championships in Monaco

CM4x+ winner: Team Dukla Praha

CW2x winner: Team Circolo Canottieri Saturnia

CM1x winner: Team Real Club Mediterraneo

CW4x+ winner: Team Club Nautique de Nice

CM2x winner: Team Real Círculo de Labradores

CW1x winner: Team Killorglin Rowing Club

2016 World Rowing Cup

April 15 – 17: WRC #1 in Varese (at Lake Varese)

The Netherlands won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

May 27 – 29: WRC #2 in Lucerne (at Lake Rotsee)

New Zealand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

June 17 – 19: WRC #3 (final) in Poznań (at Lake Malta)

New Zealand won the gold medal tally. New Zealand and Great Britain won 11 overall medals each.

2016 Summer Olympics (ISAF)

August 8 – 18: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Marina da Glória

Men

Men's RS:X: 01 ! Dorian van Rijsselberghe; 02 ! Nick Dempsey; 03 ! Pierre Le Coq

Men's Laser: 01 ! Tom Burton; 02 ! Tonči Stipanović; 03 ! Sam Meech

Men's Finn: 01 ! Giles Scott; 02 ! Vasilij Žbogar; 03 ! Caleb Paine

Men's 470:

01 ! Croatia (Šime Fantela & Igor Marenić)

02 ! Australia (Mathew Belcher & William Ryan)

03 ! Greece (Panagiotis Mantis & Pavlos Kagialis)

Men's 49er:

01 ! New Zealand (Peter Burling & Blair Tuke)

02 ! Australia (Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen)

03 ! Germany (Erik Heil & Thomas Plössel)

Women

Women's RS:X: 01 ! Charline Picon; 02 ! Chen Peina; 03 ! Stefania Elfutina

Women's Laser Radial: 01 ! Marit Bouwmeester; 02 ! Annalise Murphy; 03 ! Anne-Marie Rindom

Women's 470:

01 ! Great Britain (Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark)

02 ! New Zealand (Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie)

03 ! France (Camille Lecointre & Hélène Defrance)

Women's 49erFX:

01 ! Brazil (Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze)

02 ! New Zealand (Alex Maloney & Molly Meech)

03 ! Denmark (Jena Hansen & Katja Salskov-Iversen)

Mixed Narca 17:

01 ! Argentina (Santiago Lange & Cecilia Carranza Saroli)

02 ! Australia (Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin)

03 ! Austria (Thomas Zajac & Tanja Frank)

World sailing championships

June 14 – 18: 2016 ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championships in / Nouméa

Winners: Australia (Will Dargaville, Sarah Parker, Josh Dawson, James Farquharson)

September 21 – 25: 2016 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Winner: Anna Kjellberg

September 25 – 30: 2016 FISU World University Sailing Championship in Perth

Open and Women's winners: Australia

December 14 – 20: 2016 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in Auckland

Note: Was scheduled to be held in Oman. However, it withdrew, due to the alleged national discriminatory practices against Israel.

Australia and Great Britain won 2 gold medals each. Australia, the United States, Israel, Italy, and France won 3 overall medals each.

Nations Trophy winner: Italy

2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup

December 7 – 13, 2015: SWC #1 in Melbourne (#1 and at Port Phillip)

Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

January 23 – 29: SWC #2 in Miami (at Biscayne Bay)

The Netherlands, Great Britain, and Spain won 2 gold medals each. The Netherlands won the overall medal tally.

April 25 – May 1: SWC #3 in Hyères (at Rade de Hyères)

Australia and Poland won 2 gold medals each. Australia won the overall medal tally.

June 6 – 12: SWC #4 in Weymouth and Portland, Dorset (at both Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay)

Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

September 19 – 25: SWC #5 in Qingdao (at Fushan Bay)

China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

December 4 – 11: SWC #6 (final) in Melbourne #2

Note: Abu Dhabi withdrew from hosting this event from October 24 – 28, due to the allocation of the World Sailing Annual Conference to Europe.

Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Water polo

September 4, 2015 – December 11, 2016: FINA General Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–WP)

August 6 – 20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center

Men: 01 ! Serbia (SRB); 02 ! Croatia (CRO); 03 ! Italy (ITA)

Women: 01 ! United States (USA); 02 ! Italy (ITA); 03 ! Russia (RUS)

World water polo championships

August 26 – September 3: 2016 FINA Men's Youth Water Polo World Championships in Podgorica

Croatia defeated Montenegro, 16–13, in the final. Hungary took the bronze medal.

December 12 – 18: 2016 FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships in Auckland

Russia defeated Spain, 9–7, to win their first FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships title.

Italy took the bronze medal.

FINA Water Polo World League

October 20, 2015 – June 26, 2016: 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

October 20, 2015 – May 10, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches

Greece, Serbia, and Italy all qualified to compete in the Superfinal.

May 10 – 15: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (men) in Yokohama

The United States, Australia, Brazil, and Japan all qualified to compete in the Superfinal.

June 21 – 26: 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League Superfinal in Huizhou

Serbia defeated the United States, 10–6, to win their fourth consecutive and eighth overall FINA Men's Water Polo World League title.

Greece took the bronze medal.

October 27, 2015 – June 12, 2016: 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

October 27, 2015 – May 3, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches

Italy, Spain, and Russia all qualified to be in the Superfinal.

February 16 – 21: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (women) in Lewisville, Texas

The United States, Australia, Canada, and Brazil all qualified to be in the Superfinal.

June 7 – 12: 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League Superfinal in Shanghai

The United States defeated Spain, 13–9, to win their third consecutive and tenth overall FINA Women's Water Polo World League title.

Australia took the bronze medal.

LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation)

September 4, 2015 – June 4, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Champions League (final six in Budapest)

Jug Dubrovnik defeated Olympiacos, 6–4, to win their fourth LEN Champions League title. Szolnoki VSK took third place.

September 30, 2015 – April 30, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup

AN Brescia defeated Sintez Kazan, 23–10 on aggregate, to win their first LEN Euro Cup title.

December 4, 2015 – April 23, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Women's Champions' Cup

April 15 & 16: 2015–16 Women's LEN Trophy Final Four in Mataró

CN Mataró defeated NC Vouliagmeni, 6–5, to win their first Women's LEN Trophy title. Szentesi VK took the bronze medal.

April 23 & 24: 2015–16 Women's LEN Euro League Final Four in Sabadell

CN Sabadell defeated UVSE Budapest, 11–8, to win their fourth LEN Euro League Women title. Kinef Kirishi took the bronze medal.

January 10 – 23: 2016 European Water Polo Championships for Men and Women in Belgrade

Men: Serbia defeated Montenegro, 10–8, to win their third consecutive and four overall European Water Polo Championships title. Hungary took third place.

Women: Hungary defeated the Netherlands, 9–7, to win their third Women's European Water Polo Championships title. Italy took third place.

September 10 – 18: 2016 Women's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in The Hague

The Netherlands defeated Spain, 9–7, in the final. Greece took third place.

September 11 – 18: 2016 Men's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in Alphen aan den Rijn

Serbia defeated Italy, 12–9, in the final. Spain took third place.

References

2016 in aquatic sports Wikipedia

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Contents

2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–Aquatics)

2016 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup & World Events

2016 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix

2016 FINA Diving World Series

2016 FINA Diving Grand Prix

2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

Other diving events

Swimming

2016 FINA Swimming World Cup

Synchronised swimming

LEN aquatic events

Canoeing

2016 Summer Olympics (ICF)

Canoe sprint (flatwater)

Continental and world canoe sprint championships

2016 Canoe Sprint World Cup

Whitewater slalom (canoe)

Continental and world whitewater slalom championships

2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup

Other canoeing events

Rowing

2016 Summer Olympics (FISA)

International rowing championships

2016 World Rowing Cup

2016 Summer Olympics (ISAF)

World sailing championships

2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup

Water polo

2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–WP)

World water polo championships

FINA Water Polo World League

LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation)

References