Canada at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
# Canada at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Canada competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from June 18 to July 3, 2022. Canadian athletes competed in all five disciplines held at the championships. Canada's team consisted of 76 athletes.

The Canadian team won 14 medals a record high for one edition of the event, including 11 in swimming, also a new record.

## Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Artistic swimming | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Diving | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Open water swimming | 4 | 1* | 5 |
| Swimming | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| Water polo | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| Total | 30 | 46 | 76 |

* 2 female athletes will compete in both open water swimming and in indoor swimming, they are included within the swimming numbers.

## Artistic swimming

Canada's 12 member artistic swimming team (all women) was named on June 14, 2022.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Audrey Lamothe | Solo technical routine | 83.1821 | 10 Q | 83.0909 | 10 |
| Audrey Lamothe | Solo free routine | 84.5333 | 9 Q | 85.4000 | 9 |
| Sydney Carroll Scarlett Finn Laurianne Imbeau Audrey Lamothe Kenzie Priddell Kiara Quieti Alicia Rehel* Claire Scheffel Raphaelle Plante | Team technical routine | 84.7752 | 7 Q | 84.4817 | 7 |
| Rosalie Boissonneault Scarlett Finn Laurianne Imbeau Audrey Lamothe Raphaelle Plante Kenzie Priddell Kiara Quieti Alicia Rehel | Team free routine | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| Rosalie Boissonneault Sydney Carroll Scarlett Finn Laurianne Imbeau Raphaelle Plante Kenzie Priddell Kiara Quieti Claire Scheffel Kiana Sweet Maude Turcotte | Highlight routine | 85.1000 | 7 Q | 85.2000 | 7 |

* Competed in preliminary only

## Diving

Canada's diving team consisted of six athletes (three men and three women).

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Bryden Hattie | 3 m springboard | 360.00 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rylan Wiens | 10 m platform | 415.15 | 7 Q | 419.25 | 9 Q | 416.20 | 9 |
| Nathan Zsombor-Murray | 10 m platform | 400.25 | 10 Q | 421.50 | 8 Q | 446.55 | 7 |
| Rylan Wiens Nathan Zsombor-Murray | Synchronized 10 m platform | 377.88 | 4 Q | — | — | 417.12 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Margo Erlam | 1 m springboard | 250.75 | 8 Q | — | — | 246.10 | 9 |
| Margo Erlam | 3 m springboard | 224.00 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mia Vallée | 1 m springboard | 249.60 | 9 Q | — | — | 276.60 | |
| Mia Vallée | 3 m springboard | 304.95 | 4 Q | 300.45 | 4 Q | 329.00 | |
| Caeli McKay | 10 m platform | 320.35 | 6 Q | 336.30 | 3 Q | 318.45 | 5 |
| Margo Erlam Mia Vallée | Synchronized 3 m springboard | 282.60 | 4 Q | — | — | 282.90 | 5 |

## Open water swimming

Canada entered seven open water swimmers (four men and three women). Katrina Bellio and Abby Dunford also competed in the pool competitions. Eric Hedlin was named to the team but did not compete in any event.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Alexander Axon | 5 km | 58:21.5 | 33 |
| Eric Brown | 10 km | 1:56:15.0 | 36 |
| Hau-Li Fan | 10 km | 1:54:29.6 | 17 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Abby Dunford | 5 km | 1:01:08.9 | 31 |
| Emma Finlin | 5 km | 1:01:01.3 | 28 |
| Katrina Bellio | 10 km | 2:09:13.2 | 34 |
| Abby Dunford | 10 km | 2:10:21.2 | 38 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Katrina Bellio Alexander Axon Emma Finlin Eric Brown | Team relay | 1:07:34.7 | 11 |

## Swimming

Canada's swimming team consisted of 27 swimmers (10 men and 17 women). The team was selected at the conclusion of the Canadian Swim Trials that were held in Victoria, British Columbia.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yuri Kisil | 50 m freestyle | 22.71 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joshua Liendo | 50 m freestyle | 21.72 | 2 Q | 21.73 | 3 Q | 21.61 NR | 5 |
| Ruslan Gaziev | 100 m freestyle | 48.49 | =14 Q | 49.00 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joshua Liendo | 100 m freestyle | 48.16 | 4 Q | 47.55 | 3 Q | 47.71 | |
| Ruslan Gaziev | 200 m freestyle | 1:48.10 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeremy Bagshaw | 400 m freestyle | 3:50.77 | 21 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Javier Acevedo | 50 m backstroke | 25.18 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Javier Acevedo | 100 m backstroke | 54.97 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Richie Stokes | 200 m backstroke | 1:59.86 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| James Dergousoff | 50 m breaststroke | DQ | DQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| James Dergousoff | 100 m breaststroke | DQ | DQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| James Dergousoff | 200 m breaststroke | 2:13.89 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Finlay Knox | 100 m butterfly | 53.05 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joshua Liendo | 100 m butterfly | 50.97 | 2 Q | 51.14 | 3 Q | 50.97 | |
| Patrick Hussey | 200 m butterfly | 2:00.24 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Finlay Knox | 200 m individual medley | 1:59.60 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Collyn Gagne | 400 m individual medley | 4:17.85 | 14 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Javier Acevedo Ruslan Gaziev Yuri Kisil Joshua Liendo | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:13.08 | 5 Q | — | — | 3:11.99 | 6 |
| Jeremey Bagshaw Ruslan Gaziev Finlay Knox Patrick Hussey | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:18.34 | 11 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Javier Acevedo James Dergousoff Ruslan Gaziev Joshua Liendo | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:35.62 | 11 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kayla Sanchez | 50 m freestyle | 25.15 | 13 Q | WD | WD | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Penny Oleksiak | 100 m freestyle | 53.70 | 2 Q | 53.18 | 4 Q | 52.98 | 4 |
| Kayla Sanchez | 100 m freestyle | 54.06 | 5 Q | 53.61 | 6 Q | 53.59 | 6 |
| Penny Oleksiak | 200 m freestyle | 1:57.22 | =3 | DQ | DQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Taylor Ruck | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.41 | 14 | 1:56.80 | 6 Q | 1:57.24 | =6 |
| Summer McIntosh | 400 m freestyle | 4:03.19 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:59.39 NR | |
| Katrina Bellio | 800 m freestyle | 8:45.67 | 17 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Katrina Bellio | 1500 m freestyle | 16:54.55 | 19 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abby Dunford | 1500 m freestyle | 16:46.01 | 17 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kylie Masse | 50 m backstroke | 27.26 | 1 Q | 27.22 | 1 Q | 27.31 | |
| Ingrid Wilm | 50 m backstroke | 27.55 | 3 Q | 27.39 | 4 Q | 27.43 | 4 |
| Kylie Masse | 100 m backstroke | 58.89 | 2 Q | 58.57 | 2 Q | 58.40 | |
| Taylor Ruck | 100 m backstroke | 1:01.14 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kylie Masse | 200 m backstroke | 2:09.37 | 6 Q | 2:09.23 | 6 Q | 2:08.00 | 5 |
| Taylor Ruck | 200 m backstroke | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rachel Nicol | 50 m breaststroke | 31.24 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sophie Angus | 100 m breaststroke | 1:08.76 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kelsey Wog | 200 m breaststroke | 2:24.37 | 1 Q | 2:23.82 | 5 Q | 2:23.86 | 4 |
| Katerine Savard | 50 m butterfly | 26.47 | =15 Q | 26.14 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Katerine Savard | 100 m butterfly | 58.22 | 10 Q | 57.98 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rebecca Smith | 100 m butterfly | 58.65 | 12 Q | 58.15 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Summer McIntosh | 200 m butterfly | 2:07.26 | 1 Q | 2:05.79 WJR, NR | 1 Q | 2:05.20 WJR, NR | |
| Mary-Sophie Harvey | 200 m individual medley | 2:10.38 | 4 Q | 2:10.22 Q | 4 | 2:12.77 | 8 |
| Sydney Pickrem | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.60 | 10 Q | 2:11.28 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tessa Cieplucha | 400 m individual medley | 4:44.53 | 11 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Summer McIntosh | 400 m individual medley | 4:36.15 | 1 Q | — | — | 4:32.04 WJR | |
| Maggie Mac Neil Penny Oleksiak Kayla Sanchez Taylor Ruck Katerine Savard* Rebecca Smith* | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:35.34 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:32.15 | |
| Summer McIntosh Penny Oleksiak Kayla Sanchez Taylor Ruck Katerine Savard* Rebecca Smith* Mary-Sophie Harvey* | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:53.59 | 4 Q | — | — | 7:44.76 | |
| Kylie Masse Rachel Nicol Maggie Mac Neil Penny Oleksiak Kayla Sanchez* Kelsey Wog* Ingrid Wilm* | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:58.38 | 4 Q | — | — | 3:55.01 | |

* Raced in heat only and received medals.

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Javier Acevedo Joshua Liendo Kayla Sanchez Penny Oleksiak Ruslan Gaziev* Taylor Ruck* Maggie Mac Neil* | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:25.30 | 2 Q | 3:20.61 | |
| Javier Acevedo Rachel Nicol Katerine Savard Yuri Kisil | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:35.34 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Water polo

Canada qualified both a men's and women's team. The men's team qualified for the first time since 2017. On June 24, the Canadian men's team withdrew from the tournament after multiple positive Covid-19 cases amongst the team.

### Summary

* FT – After full time.
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Canada men's | Men's tournament | Spain L 2–19 | Italy cancelled | South Africa cancelled | 4 | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | withdrew | 16 |
| Canada women's | Women's tournament | Italy D 7–7 | Colombia W 22–2 | Hungary L 7–11 | Netherlands L 7–10 | — | — | Classification 9–12 Kazakhstan W 19–11 | 9th place match New Zealand W 20–11 | 9 |

### Men's tournament

**Roster**

Canada's roster consisted of 13 athletes.

* Milan Radenovic
* Brody McKnight
* Nicolas Constantin Bicari
* Jeremie Blanchard
* Jeremie Cote
* Reuel D'Souza
* Bogdan Djerkovic
* Aleksa Gardijan
* Matthew Halajian
* Gaelan Patterson
* Maxime Schapowal
* Aria Soleimanipak
* Sean Spooner

Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14 | +28 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 3 | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 50 | −44 | 0 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

* ↑ On 24 June, the Canadian team withdrew from the tournament after multiple positive COVID-19 cases amongst the team.

| Annulled | Canada | – | Spain |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cancelled | Italy | – | Canada |
| Cancelled | Canada | – | South Africa |

* ↑ The final score of Canada–Spain was 2–19. The Canadian national team later withdrew, so the result of the match was canceled afterwards.
* ↑ The match, originally scheduled for 23 June 2022, was postponed due to health concerns.

### Women's tournament

**Roster**

Canada's roster consisted of 13 athletes.

* Amanada Amorosa
* Verica Bakoc
* Kyra Christmas
* Axelle Crevier
* Jessica Gaudreault
* Shae La Roche
* Rae Lekness
* Kelly McKee
* Hayley McKelvey
* Kindred Paul
* Gurpreet Sohi
* Clara Vulpisi
* Emma Wright

Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Hungary (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 21 | +34 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 88 | −77 | 0 | |
| 20 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Canada | 7–7 | Italy | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Andrew Carney (AUS) |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Andrew Carney (AUS) |||
| 20 June 2022 19:30 | Report | McKelvey, Wright 2 | Goals | Giustini 2 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Andrew Carney (AUS) |
| 22 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Colombia | 2–22 | Canada | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Anbar Anbar (KUW), Dion Willis (RSA) |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Anbar Anbar (KUW), Dion Willis (RSA) |||
| 22 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Ortega, Restrepo 1 | Goals | McKelvey 5 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Anbar Anbar (KUW), Dion Willis (RSA) |
| 24 June 2022 21:00 | Report | Hungary | 11–7 | Canada | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 24 June 2022 21:00 | Report | Keszthelyi 3 | Goals | McKelvey 3 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER) |

**Playoffs**

| 26 June 2022 14:00 | Report | Canada | 7–10 | Netherlands | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), David Gómez (ESP) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), David Gómez (ESP) |||
| 26 June 2022 14:00 | Report | seven players 1 | Goals | three players 2 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), David Gómez (ESP) |

**9–12th place semifinals**

| 28 June 2022 18:30 | Report | Canada | 19–11 | Kazakhstan | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |||
| 28 June 2022 18:30 | Report | three players 4 | Goals | Yeremina 3 | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |

**9th place match**

| 30 June 2022 18:30 | Report | New Zealand | 11–20 | Canada | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |||
| 30 June 2022 18:30 | Report | Houghton 6 | Goals | Lekness 4 | Szeged Tiszavirag Pool, Szeged Referees: Pascal Bouchez (FRA), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
