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The 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA Championships are held in Montréal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005. They are taking place in Parc Jean Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène, and are sanctioned by FINA.
Competition
Notable events
- Alexandre Despatie (Canada) broke the 800-point barrier scoring 813.60 points in the men's 3-metre platform event, winning gold, and the World Record.
- Chelsea Davis (USA), 17, smacks her face against the end of the springboard, in a dive gone awry, landing hard in the water. She leaves the blood-filled water concious but with blood pouring from her nose, after failing in an inward 2-1/2 somersault on the women's 3m springboard, during the morning preliminary round. She was found to have no major injuries, just requiring 3 stitches. [1]
- The Gazette (Montreal newspaper)
- Canadian Press
- Reuters
- The Telegraph (London newspaper)
- Alexandre Despatie (Canada) becomes the first diver to win gold in all three disciplines of diving (1m, 3m, 10m), two of them in 2005, one in 2003. He held all men's three titles simultaneously for a short time, as he did not compete in the 10m event in Montreal, due to injury suffered in training.
- Jessica Hardy (USA), 18, rookie, sets a World Record for the women's 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:06.20 in the semifinals.
- Roland Schoeman (South Africa) sets a World Record for the men's 50m butterfly with a time of 23.01 in the semifinals.
- The USA men's 400m freestyle relay team (Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Nate Dusing, Jason Lezak) set a Championships Record of 3:13.77, winning the gold medal.
- The Australia women's 400m freestyle relay team set a Championships Record of 3:37.31, winning the gold medal.
- Katie Hoff (USA) sets a Championships Record of 2:10.41 in women's 200m individual medley, winning the gold medal.
- Brendan Hansen (USA) sets a Championships Record of 59.37 in men's 100m breaststroke, winning the gold medal.
- Leisel Jones (Australia) sets a World Record of 2:21.72 in the women's 200m breaststroke, winning the gold medal.
Medal standings
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:USA2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 29 | |
| 2 |  Australia |
8 | 6 | 3 | 17 | |
| 3 |  People's Republic of China |
5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |
| 4 | Template:RUS2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 5 |  Canada |
3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | HOST COUNTRY |
| 6 |  France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 7 |  Germany |
2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | |
| 8 |  Netherlands |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Poland |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 |  Italy |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 11 |  Spain |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 12 |  South Africa |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 13 |  Hungary |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 14 |  Zimbabwe |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 15 |  Japan |
0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 16 |  Cuba |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Austria |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 |  Switzerland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 |  United Kingdom |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 |  Ukraine |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 22 |  Tunisia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 |  Sweden |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- ordered by gold medals
Diving
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Open Water Swimming
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
| Event: | Gold: | Points | Silver: | Points | Bronze: | Points |
| Solo | Virgine Dedieu  France |
49.834 | Natalia Ischenko File:Russia flag large.png Russian Federation |
49.250 | Gemma Mengual File:Spain flag large.png Spain |
49.167 |
| Duet | Anastasia Davydova Anastasia Ermakova File:Russia flag large.png Russian Federation |
99.667 | Gemma Mengual Paola Tirados File:Spain flag large.png Spain |
98.167 | Saho Harada Emiko Suzuki .png){kind=small} Japan |
98.000 |
| Team | Anastasia Davydova Anastasia Ermakova Maria Gromova Natalia Ischenko Elvira Khasyanova Olga Kuzhela Olga Larkina Elena Ovchinnikova Svetlana Romashina Anna Shorina File:Russia flag large.png Russian Federation |
99.333 | Saho Harada Naoko Kawashima Kanako Kitao Hiromi Kobayashi Erika Komura Takako Konishi Ayako Matsumura Emiko Suzuki Masako Tachibana Japan |
97.833 | Raquel Corral Andrea Fuentes Tina Fuentes Thais Henriquez Gemma Mengual Gisela Moron Irina Rodriguez Paola Tirados Christina Violan File:Spain flag large.png Spain |
97.167 |
Water Polo
Bidding for the event
Montréal became the first city in North America to hold the FINA World Aquatics Championships.
The venue for the games was itself controversial. The games were awarded initially to Montréal, and then taken away again in February 2005 when the city was unable to raise sufficient funding, with other cities indicating their willingness to take the games on. However following promises of funding from various levels of government, Montréal re-bid for the games and they were re-awarded to the city.
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