Canada at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada at the
2017 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA codeCAN
National federationAquatic Federation of Canada
Websitewww.aquaticscanadaaquatiques.com
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors83 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
5
Total
7
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Canada competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July.

Canada was scheduled to compete in all six disciplines and its team consisted of 84 athletes (31 men and 53 women). However, only 83 competed across five disciplines because high diver Lysanne Richard withdrew from competition.

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Kylie Masse Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke July 25
 Silver Jennifer Abel
Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu		 Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard July 17
 Bronze Jennifer Abel Diving Women's 3 m springboard July 21
 Bronze Jennifer Abel
François Imbeau-Dulac		 Diving Mixed 3 m synchronized springboard July 22
 Bronze Javier Acevedo*
Richard Funk
Yuri Kisil
Kylie Masse
Penny Oleksiak
Rebecca Smith*
Chantal van Landeghem*		 Swimming Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay July 26
 Bronze Javier Acevedo
Yuri Kisil
Markus Thormeyer*
Sandrine Mainville*
Penny Oleksiak
Chantal van Landeghem		 Swimming Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay July 29
 Bronze Sydney Pickrem Swimming Women's 400 m individual medley July 30

Competitors

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada has entered 11 divers (five male and six female).[1][2] Canada will compete in all events except the men's 10 metres synchronized platform and the team event.

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Philippe Gagné 3 m springboard 410.25 16 Q 396.90 17 did not advance
François Imbeau-Dulac 385.30 28 did not advance
Ethan Pitman 10 m platform 386.50 21 did not advance
Vincent Riendeau 389.25 20 did not advance
Philippe Gagné
François Imbeau-Dulac 		3 m synchronized springboard 404.43 4 Q — 390.06 9
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Jennifer Abel 3 m springboard 335.00 3 Q 337.60 4 Q 351.55 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pamela Ware 317.25 5 Q 338.25 3 Q 335.10 6
Meaghan Benfeito 10 m platform 339.75 5 Q 355.15 4 Q 331.40 8
Olivia Chamandy 299.10 17 Q 320.55 10 Q 307.15 10
Jennifer Abel
Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu 		3 m synchronized springboard 306.60 2 Q — 323.43 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Meaghan Benfeito
Caeli McKay 		10 m synchronized platform 293.22 6 Q — 315.78 4
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
François Imbeau-Dulac
Jennifer Abel 		3 m synchronized springboard 297.72 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nathan Zsombor-Murray
Meaghan Benfeito 		10 m synchronized platform 307.80 5

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada qualified one female high diver.[3] Lysanne Richard had to withdraw from the competition after sustaining a neck injury.[4]

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada's open water swimming team was named on April 9, 2017. The team consists of six athletes (three men and three women).[5][6]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Philippe Guertin Men's 10 km 1:52:40.6 28
Eric Hedlin Men's 5 km 54:56.9 14
Richard Weinberger Men's 10 km 1:52:36.0 23
Jade Dusablon Women's 10 km 2:07:16.8 32
Stephanie Horner 2:04:48.1 28
Breanne Siwicki Women's 5 km 1:01:59.8 29
Eric Hedlin
Richard Weinberger
Stephanie Horner
Breanne Siwicki 		Mixed team 55:58.3 11

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada's swimming team was named on April 9, 2017, after the conclusion of the Canadian Swimming trials in Victoria, British Columbia. A total of 26 swimmers (17 women and 9 men) were named to the team.[5][7] To qualify for the team, an athlete had to place in the top two of their event and also meet the a standard time set by FINA.[8] Notable absentees to the team include, 2015 World Championship bronze medalist Emily Overholt, multiple time 2015 Pan American Games medalists Santo Condorelli and multiple World and Olympic medalist Ryan Cochrane (who retired after the 2016 Summer Olympics).[9]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Javier Acevedo 50 m backstroke 25.16 15 Q 25.13 16 did not advance
100 m backstroke 54.43 15 Q 54.11 14 did not advance
Jeremy Bagshaw 400 m freestyle 3:48.82 16 — did not advance
Josiah Binnema 50 m butterfly 24.50 37 did not advance
100 m butterfly 53.10 34 did not advance
Tristan Cote 400 m individual medley 4:19.87 17 — did not advance
Richard Funk 50 m breaststroke 27.59 19 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 59.89 14 Q 59.92 15 did not advance
Yuri Kisil 50 m freestyle 22.43 25 did not advance
100 m freestyle 48.56 =9 Q 48.50 10 did not advance
Oleksandr Loginov 50 m freestyle 22.88 =47 did not advance
Markus Thormeyer 200 m freestyle 1:50.23 44 did not advance
Javier Acevedo
Yuri Kisil
Carson Olafson
Markus Thormeyer 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:14.88 8 Q — 3:15.25 6
Jeremy Bagshaw
Yuri Kisil
Carson Olafson
Markus Thormeyer 		4×200 m freestyle relay 7:17.36 14 — did not advance
Javier Acevedo
Josiah Binnema
Richard Funk
Yuri Kisil 		4×100 m medley relay 3:35.14 12 — did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Olivia Anderson 800 m freestyle 8:43.93 20 — did not advance
1500 m freestyle 16:34.50 14 — did not advance
Hilary Caldwell 100 m backstroke 1:00.37 13 Q 1:00.29 12 did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:08.32 6 Q 2:07.64 8 Q 2:07.15 6
Mary-Sophie Harvey 200 m freestyle 1:58.38 15 Q 1:58.15 14 did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:09.74 11 — did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:46.88 19 — did not advance
Sandrine Mainville 50 m freestyle 24.99 15 Q 24.67 11 did not advance
100 m freestyle 54.22 12 Q 54.01 13 did not advance
Kylie Masse 50 m backstroke 28.10 13 Q 27.64 10 did not advance
100 m backstroke 58.62 1 Q 58.18 AM 1 Q 58.10 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m backstroke 2:08.30 5 Q 2:05.97 NR 2 Q 2:07.04 5
Ashley McGregor 200 m breaststroke 2:25.31 9 Q 2:25.75 14 did not advance
Rachel Nicol 50 m breaststroke 31.02 15 Q 30.49 8 Q 30.80 8
100 m breaststroke 1:07.10 8 Q 1:07.03 10 did not advance
Penny Oleksiak 100 m freestyle 53.18 4 Q 53.05 6 Q 52.94 6
50 m butterfly 25.87 10 Q 25.66 4 Q 25.62 5
100 m butterfly 57.51 5 Q 57.07 5 Q 56.94 4
Mackenzie Padington 400 m freestyle 4:09.88 12 — did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:40.68 16 — did not advance
Sydney Pickrem 200 m individual medley 2:10.14 2 Q 2:09.17 NR 3 Q DSQ
400 m individual medley 4:36.25 4 Q — 4:32.88 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Katerine Savard 200 m freestyle 1:58.16 14 Q 1:58.46 15 did not advance
50 m butterfly 26.81 25 did not advance
100 m butterfly 58.71 18 did not advance
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson 200 m individual medley 2:11.67 10 Q 2:11.61 11 did not advance
Kierra Smith 100 m breaststroke 1:07.43 =15 Q 1:06.62 =6 Q 1:06.90 6
200 m breaststroke 2:24.57 6 Q 2:23.18 5 Q 2:22.23 5
Michelle Toro 50 m freestyle 24.64 6 Q 24.66 10 did not advance
Sandrine Mainville
Penny Oleksiak
Kayla Sanchez
Rebecca Smith*
Michelle Toro*
Chantal van Landeghem 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:35.84 5 Q — 3:33.88 4
Mary-Sophie Harvey
Mackenzie Padington
Katerine Savard
Kayla Sanchez*
Rebecca Smith 		4×200 m freestyle relay 7:56.49 8 Q — 7:55.57 8
Sandrine Mainville*
Kylie Masse
Penny Oleksiak
Kierra Smith
Rebecca Smith*
Chantal van Landeghem 		4×100 m medley relay 3:57.17 3 Q — 3:54.86 4
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Javier Acevedo
Yuri Kisil
Markus Thormeyer*
Sandrine Mainville*
Penny Oleksiak
Chantal van Landeghem 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:25.07 3 Q 3:23.55 NR 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Javier Acevedo*
Richard Funk
Yuri Kisil
Kylie Masse
Penny Oleksiak
Rebecca Smith*
Chantal van Landeghem* 		4×100 m medley relay 3:44.46 3 Q 3:41.25 NR 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada's synchronized swimming team consisted of 14 athletes (1 male and 13 female).[10][11][12]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jacqueline Simoneau Solo technical routine 89.2331 5 Q 89.5000 5
Solo free routine 89.8333 5 Q 90.1333 6
Claudia Holzner
Jacqueline Simoneau 		Duet technical routine 87.7081 7 Q 87.6523 7
Duet free routine 88.9667 7 Q 89.0000 7
Janelle Ball
Gabrielle Boisvert (R)
Gabriella Brisson
Andree-Anne Cote
Claudia Holzner
Gwendolyn McGuire (R)
Samantha Nealon
Elizabeth Savard
Jacqueline Simoneau
Kali Wong 		Team technical routine 86.4407 7 Q 86.2044 7
Janelle Ball (R)
Gabrielle Boisvert
Gabriella Brisson (R)
Claudia Holzner
Gwendolyn McGuire
Marie-Lou Morin
Elizabeth Savard
Jacqueline Simoneau
Laurence Vezina
Kali Wong 		Team free routine 88.2667 7 Q 88.8000 7
Mixed
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Isabelle Rampling
Rene Prevost 		Duet technical routine 81.3330 6 Q 82.3413 6
Duet free routine 83.0667 6 Q 83.5667 6

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Canada has qualified both a men's and women's teams.[13] The roster of both teams (with each consisting of 13 athletes each) was announced on July 12, 2017.[14]

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Canada's men's water polo team qualified for the World Championships with a silver medal performance at the 2017 UANA Cup in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago.[15]

Team roster[16]
  • Milan Radenovic
  • Gaelan Patterson
  • Aria Soleimani
  • Nicolas Constantin-Bicari
  • Matthew Halajian
  • Scott Robinson
  • Jérémie Blanchard
  • David Lapins
  • Dusan Radojcic
  • Reuel D'Souza
  • George Torakis
  • Devon Thumwood
  • Robin Randall
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Montenegro 3 2 1 0 35 18 +17 5 Quarterfinals
2  Brazil 3 1 1 1 17 22 −5 3 Playoffs
3  Kazakhstan 3 1 0 2 17 28 −11 2[a]
4  Canada 3 0 2 1 23 24 −1 2[a]
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) better result against higher placed team.[17]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Kazakhstan 10–9 Canada


17 July 2017
10:50 		Report Montenegro  8–8  Canada Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Francesc Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 1–1, 2–4
Petković 3 Goals three players 2
19 July 2017
18:50 		Report Canada  9–10  Kazakhstan Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Nader Ghafouri (IRI)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 3–2, 1–3
Thumwood 4 Goals Medvedev, Ukumanov 4
21 July 2017
17:30 		Report Brazil  6–6  Canada Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 1–2, 1–0
Coutinho 2 Goals six players 1
13th–16th place semifinals
23 July 2017
10:30 		Report Canada  6–10  France Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–2, 1–2, 0–3
Thumwood 2 Goals Crousillat, Marzouki 3
15th place game
25 July 2017
09:30 		Report Canada  9–6  South Africa Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Michael Brooks (NZL)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–1, 2–1, 2–2
Constantin-Bicari 5 Goals Le Roux 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Team roster[18]
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 43 16 +27 6 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 29 24 +5 4 Playoffs
3  China 3 1 0 2 27 28 −1 2
4  Brazil 3 0 0 3 14 45 −31 0
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
16 July 2017
09:30 		Report Italy  10–4  Canada Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 3–0, 4–2
Bianconi 4 Goals Eggens 2
18 July 2017
18:50 		Report China  8–9  Canada Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–2, 0–5, 3–1
Xiong, Zhang J. 2 Goals four players 2
20 July 2017
17:30 		Report Brazil  6–16  Canada Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Daniel Daners (URU), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 1–4, 1–4
Ferreira 3 Goals Christmas 5
Playoffs
22 July 2017
17:30 		Report Canada  16–3  New Zealand Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Natacha Florestano (BRA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–1, 3–0, 4–1
Békhazi 4 Goals three players 1
Quarterfinals
24 July 2017
20:30 		Report Hungary  4–6  Canada Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), Steven Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 4–3, 0–1, 0–1
four players 1 Goals Eggens 5
Semifinals
26 July 2017
22:00 		Report Canada  10–12  Spain Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 2–2, 4–3
Christmas, Fournier 3 Goals Gual 5
Third place game
28 July 2017
15:00 		Report Russia  11–9  Canada Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
Referees:
Péter Molnár (HUN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 2–2, 2–2
Ryzhkova 3 Goals Eggens 4

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