Home›Aquatic Sports›All Aquatic SportsBrowse ByAll Aquatic SportsReference and ClassificationVerifiedAthletes whose competitive careers are built in or on water, covering swimmers, water polo players and divers grouped with them under the same World Aquatics discipline family. Belongs here: any athlete whose sport is swimming, water polo or diving. Does not belong here: athletes who compete from a boat or other watercraft, grouped under Water and Boat Sports.FactsAll Aquatic SportsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Frequently Asked QuestionsFactsComparisonEra of OriginWell-attested1908 1Defining CharacteristicWell-attestedWorld Aquatics currently governs competition in six disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. 1All Aquatic SportsFilter Results55 entriesCompetitionAll1952 Summer Olympics (1)1956 Summer Olympics (1)1968 Summer Olympics (1)1972 Summer Olympics (2)1976 Summer Olympics (2)1980 Summer Olympics (2)1988 Summer Olympics (1)1992 Summer Olympics (1)1996 Summer Olympics (2)2000 Summer Olympics (1)2004 Summer Olympics (2)2008 Summer Olympics (2)2016 Summer Olympics (3)2020 Summer Olympics (3)2024 Summer Olympics (2)Asian Games (1)Olympic Games (1)Paralympic Games (1)SportAllArtistic Swimming (1)Diving (3)Surfing (1)Swimming (45)Water Polo (2)Active EraAll1890 (1)1913 (1)1917 (1)1923 (1)1926 (1)1927 (2)1930 (1)1937 (1)1946 (1)1949 (1)1950 (1)1952 (1)1956 (1)1958 (2)1960 (2)1963 (1)1964 (3)1966 (1)1967 (1)1968 (1)1971 (1)1972 (2)1973 (3)1974 (3)1978 (2)1981 (1)1982 (3)1983 (1)1984 (1)1985 (2)1986 (2)1988 (1)1991 (1)1993 (2)1994 (2)1997 (1)2002 (1)2004 (1)Competition CategoryAllIndividual (50)Para or Adaptive (1)Team (4)NationalityAllAustralia (1)Australia (2)China (2)Costa Rica (1)East Germany (4)France (2)Germany (8)Hungary (5)Italy (1)Japan (1)Netherlands (2)Romania (1)Russia (5)South Africa (1)Sweden (1)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (19)Zimbabwe (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 55Adam PeatyAquatic SportsAlexander PopovAquatic SportsAmy Van DykenAquatic SportsAnn CurtisAquatic SportsClaudia PollAquatic SportsDavid PopoviciAquatic SportsDawn FraserAquatic SportsDebbie MeyerAquatic SportsDenis PankratovAquatic SportsDezso GyarmatiAquatic SportsDiana NyadAquatic SportsDon SchollanderAquatic SportsDuke KahanamokuAquatic SportsÉva SzékelyAquatic SportsFederica PellegriniAquatic SportsFranziska van AlmsickAquatic SportsGloria CallenAquatic SportsGreg LouganisAquatic SportsHannah StockbauerAquatic SportsHelene MadisonAquatic SportsIan ThorpeAquatic SportsInge de BruijnAquatic SportsKaroly GuttlerAquatic SportsKatherine RawlsAquatic SportsKatie LedeckyAquatic SportsKelly SlaterAquatic SportsKirsty CoventryAquatic SportsKornelia EnderAquatic SportsKosuke HaginoAquatic SportsKristin OttoAquatic SportsKrisztina EgerszegiAquatic SportsLaure ManaudouAquatic SportsLeon MarchandAquatic SportsMaggie SteffensAquatic SportsMark SpitzAquatic SportsMichael GrossAquatic SportsMichael PhelpsAquatic SportsNatalia IshchenkoAquatic SportsPat McCormickAquatic SportsPenny HeynsAquatic SportsPetra SchneiderAquatic SportsPieter van den HoogenbandAquatic SportsRyan LochteAquatic SportsSarah SjostromAquatic SportsShane GouldAquatic SportsSun YangAquatic SportsTamas DarnyiAquatic SportsTony AzevedoAquatic SportsTrischa ZornAquatic SportsUlrike TauberAquatic SportsUte GewenigerAquatic SportsVladimir SalnikovAquatic SportsWu MinxiaAquatic SportsYana KlochkovaAquatic SportsYevgeny SadovyAquatic SportsSources1. Wikipedia: World Aquaticstier 2WikipediaWorld Aquatics, Founding and early years (1896-1945) sectionOn 19 July 1908, delegates from eight national federations, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary and Sweden, met for around four-and-a-half hours at the Manchester Hotel in London and agreed to form a "world-wide swimming association".World Aquatics, Name and disciplines sectionWorld Aquatics currently governs competition in six disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.Frequently Asked QuestionsWhy are rowers not classified under this Aquatic Sports category?Rowers compete from a boat rather than with their own body in the water, so they sit under Water and Boat Sports instead.This Aquatic Sports subcategory groups athletes whose competitive careers are built in or on water, covering swimmers, water polo players and divers under the same World Aquatics discipline family. Rowers and sailors compete from a boat rather than with their own body in the water, so they are grouped instead under Water and Boat Sports.