New Zealand at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

New Zealand at the
2023 World Aquatics Championships
New Zealand at the; 2023 World Aquatics Championships
	Flag of New Zealand
FINA code	NZL
National federation	Swimming New Zealand
Website	swimmingnz.org
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	49 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 26th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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New Zealand competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Erika Fairweather	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	July 23

Athletes by discipline

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	10	10
Diving	6	3	9
High diving	1	0	1
Swimming	8	7	15
Water polo	0	14	14
Total	15	34	49

Artistic swimming

New Zealand entered 10 artistic swimmers.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eva Morris Eden Worsley	Duet technical routine	157.3483	34	Did not advance
Eva Morris Eden Worsley	Duet free routine	127.0959	27	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ashley Armstrong Chloe Boyt Ariel Chen Avalee Donovan-Trewhella Isabelle Hitchen Eva Morris Karlina Steiner Eden Worsley	Team acrobatic routine	153.0934	17	Did not advance
Ashley Armstrong Chloe Boyt Evie Caple Ariel Chen Avalee Donovan-Trewhella Sascha Fox Eva Morris Eden Worsley	Team technical routine	162.9192	19	Did not advance
Ashley Armstrong Chloe Boyt Evie Caple Ariel Chen Sascha Fox Eva Morris Karlina Steiner Eden Worsley	Team free routine	150.0363	17	Did not advance

Diving

New Zealand entered 9 divers.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nathan Brown	10 m platform	351.15	24	Did not advance
Anton Down-Jenkins	3 m springboard	353.55	34	Did not advance
Luke Sipkes	10 m platform	315.35	37	Did not advance
Liam Stone	3 m springboard	381.25	20	Did not advance
Liam Stone Frazer Tavener	3 m synchronized springboard	325.32	20	—		Did not advance
Arno Lee Luke Sipkes	10 m synchronized platform	306.81	15	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mikali Dawson	10 m platform	228.75	32	Did not advance
Elizabeth Roussel	1 m springboard	235.65	13	—		Did not advance
Elizabeth Roussel	3 m springboard	277.10	17 Q	287.60	14	Did not advance
Maggie Squire	3 m springboard	Did not start
Elizabeth Roussel Maggie Squire	3 m synchronized springboard	230.40	16	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Maggie Squire Frazer Tavener	3 m synchronized springboard	241.50	13
Mikali Dawson Anton Down-Jenkins Elizabeth Roussel Luke Sipkes	Team event	270.90	13

High diving

New Zealand entered 1 male high diver.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Braden Rumpit	Men's high diving	269.20	17

Swimming

New Zealand entered 16 swimmers.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lewis Clareburt	100 metre butterfly	52.89	33	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	1:56.23	15 Q	1:56.44	13	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	1:58.08	5 Q	1:58.01	12	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:12.85	8 Q	—		4:11.29	6
Joshua Gilbert	50 metre breaststroke	27.59	23	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke	1:01.79	33	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:13.59	29	Did not advance
Cameron Gray	100 metre freestyle	48.43	19	Did not advance
Cameron Gray	50 metre butterfly	23.57	25	Did not advance
Luan Grobbelaar	400 metre individual medley	4:21.54	20	—		Did not advance
Andrew Jeffcoat	50 metre backstroke	24.95	11 Q	24.81	8 Q	24.66	7
	100 metre backstroke	53.82	13 Q	53.46	12	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	1:59.01	18	Did not advance
Michael Pickett	50 metre freestyle	22.41	35	Did not advance
Zac Reid	200 metre freestyle	1:51.66	41	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	3:55.55	32	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	8:06.94	30	—		Did not advance
Lewis Clareburt Joshua Gilbert Cameron Gray Andrew Jeffcoat	4 × 100 m medley relay	Disqualified		—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Caitlin Deans	1500 metre freestyle	16:24.56	16	—		Did not advance
Chelsey Edwards	100 metre freestyle	56.04	29	Did not advance
Erika Fairweather	200 metre freestyle	1:57.36	10 Q	1:56.87	11	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:03.07	5 Q	—		3:59.59
	800 metre freestyle	8:21.06	3 Q	—		8:28.21	8
Helena Gasson	100 metre backstroke	1:00.83	19	Did not advance
Helena Gasson	50 metre butterfly	26.29	17	Did not advance
Hazel Ouwehand	50 metre butterfly	26.57	24	Did not advance
Hazel Ouwehand	100 metre butterfly	59.81	26	Did not advance
Eve Thomas	400 metre freestyle	4:11.33	20	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	8:31.72	12	—		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	16:24.88	17	—		Did not advance
Monique Wieruszowski	50 metre breaststroke
Caitlin Deans Erika Fairweather Summer Osborne Eve Thomas	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:00.11	11	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cameron Gray Carter Swift Helena Gasson Chelsey Edwards	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:29.05	16	Did not advance
Helena Gasson Joshua Gilbert Vanessa Ouwehand Carter Swift	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:49.26	17	Did not advance

Water polo

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
New Zealand	Women's tournament	Japan W 17–16	Canada L 11–13	Hungary L 5–23	3 QP	Italy L 7–14	—	Israel L 12–15	South Africa W 25–6	11

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the New Zealand roster.^[4]

Head coach: Angela Winstanley-Smith

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	60	36	+24	9	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	1	40	34	+6	6	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	33	52	−19	3	Playoffs
4	Japan (H)	3	0	3	49	60	−11	0

Source: Sportresult^{[dead link‍]}
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.
(H) Host

16 July 2023 19:00	Report^{[dead link‍]}	New Zealand	17–16	Japan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–3, 4–5, 4–3
		Doyle 5	Goals	Ura 5

18 July 2023 16:00	Report^{[dead link‍]}	Canada	13–11	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 7–4, 1–3, 3–0, 2–4
		La Roche 3	Goals	Howarth 4

20 July 2023 12:00	Report^{[dead link‍]}	New Zealand	5–23	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Marta Cabanas (ESP),
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 0–3, 2–9, 0–5
		Doyle, Houghton 2	Goals	Szilágyi 5

Playoffs

22 July 2023 17:00	Report^{[dead link‍]}	Italy	14–7	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–2, 1–3, 3–1
		Bettini 3	Goals	Doyle 2

9–12th place semifinals

24 July 2023 12:00	Report^{[dead link‍]}	Israel	15–12	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–3, 5–2, 2–6
		Strugo 4	Goals	Houghton, Nicholson 3

Eleventh place game

26 July 2023 09:00	Report^{[dead link‍]}	New Zealand	25–6	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 7–0, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
		Houghton 7	Goals	Meecham, Versfeld 2

References

^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
^ Eggert, Gregory (12 June 2023). "Youngest to land an inward quint half twist, New Zealand's Braden Rumpit is headed to the World Aquatics Championships". World Aquatics. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ "Aquablack Teams Announced For 2023 World Champs". Swimming New Zealand. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster NZL" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.^{[dead link‍]}

[1] "20th World Aquatics World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

[2] Eggert, Gregory (12 June 2023). "Youngest to land an inward quint half twist, New Zealand's Braden Rumpit is headed to the World Aquatics Championships". World Aquatics. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[3] "Aquablack Teams Announced For 2023 World Champs". Swimming New Zealand. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[4] "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster NZL" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.^{[dead link‍]}

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Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Comoros Congo Djibouti Egypt Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Lesotho Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
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Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Monaco Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Marshall Islands Micronesia New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu
Others	World Aquatics Refugee Team Suspended Member Federation