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10th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2003

The Place: Barcelona, Spain
The Date: 13 - 27 July 2003
Official Site: www.fina.org/bcn03.html

World Cup Medallists
Photographs by SWpix©

EVENTS SCHEDULE:

Swimming 20-27 July
Diving 13-20 July
Open Water 13,16 & 19 July
Synchro 13-19 July
Men's Water Polo 14,16,18,20,22,24,26 July
Women's Water Polo

15,17,19,21,23,27 July

EVENT DETAILS:

Barcelona has a large number of swimming teams and more than 150,000 citizens are members of the swimming teams that compete in national and international events.

Events take place at the following:
The Palau Sant Jordi (swimming and men's water polo),
The Piscinas Bernat Picornell (synchro)
The Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc (diving)
The Club de Natación de Barcelona (women's water polo and men's water polo preliminaries)
Barcelona beaches to the Old Port (open water)

The opening ceremony has four themes: water, fiesta, swimming and the city itself. It will pay homage to swimming, its clubs and to water, as a 'life-giving source'. During the ceremony samples of water from each participating nation will be mixed together.

MEDAL TALLY:

Katy Sexton 200m Backstroke GOLD
James Gibson 50m Breaststroke GOLD
Katy Sexton 100m Backstroke SILVER
Ian Edmond 200m Breaststroke SILVER
Mark Foster 50m Freestyle SILVER
James Gibson 100m Breaststroke BRONZE
Rebecca Cooke 800m Freestyle BRONZE
Zoe Baker 50m Breaststroke BRONZE
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