The United States competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July. The United States ranked first among all countries in medals (44) and ranked third in gold medals (7).

• 2023 World Aquatics Championships: Best Team^[1][2]

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

• Katie Grimes competed in both open water swimming and indoor swimming.

Men

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Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kenneth Gaudet	Solo technical routine	214.4916	2 Q	216.8000
	Solo free routine	179.7834	1 Q	179.5562

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Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anita Alvarez Jaime Czarkowski Nicole Dzurko Keana Hunter Audrey Kwon Calista Liu Bill May Daniella Ramirez	Team acrobatic routine	233.9333	2 Q	232.4033
Anita Alvarez Jaime Czarkowski Megumi Field Audrey Kwon Jacklyn Luu Daniella Ramirez Ruby Remati Natalia Vega Figueroa	Team technical routine	248.7274	4 Q	273.7396
Anita Alvarez Jaime Czarkowski Megumi Field Audrey Kwon Calista Liu Jacklyn Luu Daniella Ramirez Natalia Vega Figueroa	Team free routine	251.9500	5 Q	218.6605	9

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On 24 May 2023, 18 athletes were named to the World Championships roster.^[3]

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Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nike Agunbiade	10 m platform	264.15	22	Did not advance
Sarah Bacon	3 m springboard	292.95	7 Q	320.10	5 Q	293.20	11
Hailey Hernandez	1 m springboard	239.40	10 Q	—		259.20	7
	3 m springboard	277.45	16 Q	291.75	12 Q	307.15	6
Joslyn Oakley	1 m springboard	231.95	16	—		Did not advance
Delaney Schnell	10 m platform	310.40	8 Q	336.55	4 Q	313.95	6
Sarah Bacon Kassidy Cook	3 m synchronized springboard	307.29	2 Q	—		285.39	4
Jessica Parratto Delaney Schnell	10 m synchronized platform	294.12	2 Q	—		294.42

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Mixed

Seven athletes were named to the World Championships roster.

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Women

On 23 June 2023, five athletes were named to the World Championships roster.^[4][5][6]

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Women

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Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mariah Denigan	Women's 5 km	1:01:18.3	18
	Women's 10 km	2:03:13.5	8
Katie Grimes	Women's 10 km	2:02:42.3

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On 1 July 2023, 48 athletes were named to the World Championships roster.^[7] The United States ranked first among all countries in swimming medals (38) and ranked second in swimming gold medals (7). Kate Douglass led the American athletes in medals, with two golds, three silvers, and one bronze.

Men

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Alexy	50 m freestyle	21.73	4 Q	21.60	2 Q	21.57
	100 m freestyle	47.68	2 Q	48.06	8 Q	47.31
Hunter Armstrong	50 m backstroke	24.49	3 Q	24.41	2 Q	24.05
	100 m backstroke	53.94	16 Q	53.21	8 Q	52.58
Shaine Casas	50 m butterfly	23.69	29	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:58.56	11 Q	1:57.23	8 Q	1:56.35	4
Charlie Clark	1500 m freestyle	14:57.16	11	—		Did not advance
Ross Dant	800 m freestyle	7:54.23	19	—		Did not advance
Matt Fallon	200 m breaststroke	2:09.32	3 Q	2:07.90	3 Q	2:07.74
Nic Fink	50 m breaststroke	26.91	6 Q	26.95	6 Q	26.59
	100 m breaststroke	59.38	5 Q	58.88	3 Q	58.72
Bobby Finke	800 m freestyle	7:43.87	5 Q	—		7:38.67 AM
	1500 m freestyle	14:43.06	1 Q	—		14:31.59 AM
Carson Foster	200 m butterfly	1:55.36	6 Q	1:53.85	1 Q	1:54.74	6
	200 m individual medley	1:58.24	7 Q	1:56.55	3 Q	1:56.43	5
	400 m individual medley	4:09.83	1 Q	—		4:06.56
Chris Guiliano	100 m freestyle	48.41	18	Did not advance
Thomas Heilman	100 m butterfly	51.77	16 S/off	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:55.59	8 Q	1:54.57	7 Q	1:53.82	4
Ryan Held	50 m freestyle	21.91	9 Q	21.91	9 S/off	21.72	5
Luke Hobson	200 m freestyle	1:45.69	1 Q	1:44.87	2 Q	1:45.09	5
David Johnston	400 m freestyle	3:48.68	17	—		Did not advance
Chase Kalisz	400 m individual medley	4:12.37	6 Q	—		4:10.23	4
Destin Lasco	200 m backstroke	1:57.84	8 Q	1:59.18	16	Did not advance
Josh Matheny	100 m breaststroke	59.40	6 Q	59.20	6 Q	59.45	7
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.90	6 Q	2:09.04	6 Q	2:10.41	8
Ryan Murphy	100 m backstroke	53.43	4 Q	52.56	3 Q	52.22
	200 m backstroke	1:57.37	4 Q	1:56.02	4 Q	1:54.83
Justin Ress	50 m backstroke	24.18	1 Q	24.35	1 Q	24.24
Dare Rose	50 m butterfly	23.27	9 Q	22.79	2 Q	23.01	6
	100 m butterfly	51.17	6 Q	50.53	1 Q	50.46
Kieran Smith	200 m freestyle	1:46.38	6 Q	1:45.96	7 Q	1:46.10	7
	400 m freestyle	3:45.77	9	—		Did not advance
Ryan Held Jack Alexy Chris Guiliano Matt King Destin Lasco Justin Ress	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:11.63	1 Q	—		3:10.81
Luke Hobson Carson Foster Jake Mitchell Kieran Smith Drew Kibler Baylor Nelson Henry McFadden	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:06.12	2 Q	—		7:00.02
Ryan Murphy Nic Fink Dare Rose Jack Alexy Hunter Armstrong Josh Matheny Thomas Heilman Matt King	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:30.51	1 Q	—		3:27.20 CR

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katharine Berkoff	50 m backstroke	27.56	3 Q	27.49	4 Q	27.38	5
	100 m backstroke	59.04	3 Q	58.60	3 Q	58.25
Jillian Cox	800 m freestyle	8:22.20	8 Q	—		8:19.73	6
Kate Douglass	100 m freestyle	54.41	11 Q	53.38	6 Q	52.81	4
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.50	9 Q	2:21.99	3 Q	2:21.23
	200 m individual medley	2:09.17	1 Q	2:10.38	6 Q	2:07.17
Katie Grimes	1500 m freestyle	16:01.47	7 Q	—		16:04.21	8
	400 m individual medley	4:38.39	5 Q	—		4:31.41
Torri Huske	50 m butterfly	25.98	9 Q	25.75	7 Q	25.64	5
	100 m butterfly	57.66	6 Q	56.76	2 Q	56.61
Lydia Jacoby	50 m breaststroke	30.44	11 Q	30.40	9	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:06.71	14 Q	1:06.29	7 Q	1:05.94
Lilly King	50 m breaststroke	30.05	3 Q	29.72	2 Q	29.94
	100 m breaststroke	1:05.93	4 Q	1:05.45	2 Q	1:06.02	4
	200 m breaststroke	2:23.68	4 Q	2:22.68	4 Q	2:22.25	4
Katie Ledecky	400 m freestyle	4:00.80	1 Q	—		3:58.73
	800 m freestyle	8:15.60	1 Q	—		8:08.87
	1500 m freestyle	15:41.22	1 Q	—		15:26.27
Lindsay Looney	200 m butterfly	2:09.27	9 Q	2:07.72	8 Q	2:07.90	8
Bella Sims	200 m freestyle	1:57.71	11 Q	1:55.45	4 Q	1:56.00	6
	400 m freestyle	4:04.25	7 Q	—		4:05.37	8
Regan Smith	50 m backstroke	27.31	1 Q	27.10	1 Q AM	27.11
	100 m backstroke	58.47	1 Q	58.33	1 Q	57.78
	200 m backstroke	2:07.24	1 Q	2:07.52	2 Q	2:04.94
	200 m butterfly	2:10.80	15 Q	2:06.83	2 Q	2:06.58
Alexandra Walsh	200 m individual medley	2:09.65	3 Q	2:08.27	1 Q	2:07.97
	400 m individual medley	4:39.42	7 Q	—		4:34.46	4
Gretchen Walsh	50 m freestyle	24.83	13 Q	24.71	11	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	25.78	6 Q	25.48	3 Q	25.46
	100 m butterfly	57.74	8 Q	57.14	6 Q	57.58	8
Claire Weinstein	200 m freestyle	1:57.93	12 Q	1:57.03	12	Did not advance
Abbey Weitzeil	50 m freestyle	24.29	3 Q	24.27	4 Q	24.32	4
	100 m freestyle	53.25	2 Q	53.36	5 Q	53.34	6
Rhyan White	200 m backstroke	2:09.68	7 Q	2:09.13	7 Q	2:08.43	6
Gretchen Walsh Abbey Weitzeil Olivia Smoliga Kate Douglass Torri Huske Maxine Parker	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:33.34	2 Q	—		3:31.93
Erin Gemmell Katie Ledecky Bella Sims Alex Shackell Leah Smith Anna Peplowski	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:46.36	1 Q	—		7:41.38
Regan Smith Lilly King Gretchen Walsh Kate Douglass Katharine Berkoff Lydia Jacoby Torri Huske Abbey Weitzeil	4 x 100 m medley relay	3:56.31	2 Q	—		3:52.08

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Alexy Matt King Abbey Weitzeil Kate Douglass Chris Guiliano Olivia Smoliga Bella Sims	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:23.85	2 Q	3:20.82
Ryan Murphy Nic Fink Torri Huske Kate Douglass Katharine Berkoff Josh Matheny Dare Rose Abbey Weitzeil	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:40.47	1 Q	3:40.19

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Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States	Men's tournament	Kazakhstan W 18–5	Australia W 16–8	Greece L 14–15	2 QP	Canada W 13–10	Hungary L 12–13	France L 16–18	Montenegro W 17–15	7
United States	Women's tournament	China W 15–6	Australia W 9–5	France W 16–5	1 Q	—	Italy L 7–8	Canada W 16–4	Hungary W 15–13	5

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Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the American roster.^[8]

Head coach: Dejan Udovičić

• 1 Adrian Weinberg GK
• 2 Johnny Hooper FP
• 3 Tommy Gruwell FP
• 4 Tyler Abramson FP
• 5 Hannes Daube FP
• 6 Luca Cupido FP
• 7 Ben Hallock FP
• 8 Dylan Woodhead FP
• 9 Alex Bowen FP
• 10 Chase Dodd FP
• 11 Ryder Dodd FP
• 12 Max Irving FP
• 13 Drew Holland GK
• Marko Vavic FP
• Quinn Woodhead FP

Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	0	46	25	+21	9	Quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	0	0	1	48	28	+20	6	Playoffs
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	39	35	+4	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	13	58	−45	0

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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.

17 July 2023 09:00	Report	Kazakhstan	5–18	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 4–4, 0–4, 0–5
		Markovich 3	Goals	Abramson 5

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19 July 2023 20:30	Report	United States	16–8	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–2, 4–1, 6–1
		Daube 5	Goals	Pavillard, Power 3

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21 July 2023 13:30	Report	United States	14–15	Greece	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 6–1, 2–4, 3–7
		Irving 6	Goals	Genidounias, Papanastasiou 4

Playoffs

23 July 2023 14:00	Report	United States	13–10	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 2–1, 5–4
		Daube 7	Goals	Constantin-Bicari 4

Quarterfinals

25 July 2023 18:00	Report	Hungary	13–12	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–1, 3–2, 3–5
		Zalánki 6	Goals	Bowen 4

5–8th place semifinals

27 July 2023 15:30	Report	United States	16–18	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 5–4, 2–5  PSO: 3–5
		Bowen 5	Goals	Crousillat, Vernoux 3

Seventh place game

29 July 2023 11:30	Report	Montenegro	15–17	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–4, 3–3, 2–2  PSO: 3–5
		three players 2	Goals	Hallock 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the American roster.^[9]

Head coach: Adam Krikorian

• 1 Ashleigh Johnson GK
• 2 Maddie Musselman FP
• 3 Tara Prentice FF
• 4 Rachel Fattal FP
• 5 Jenna Flynn FP
• 6 Maggie Steffens FP
• 7 Jewel Roemer FP
• 8 Ryann Neushul FP
• 9 Emily Ausmus FP
• 10 Kaleigh Gilchrist FP
• 11 Bayley Weber FP
• 12 Jordan Raney FP
• 13 Amanda Longan GK
• Jovana Sekulic FP
• Ellen Woodhead FP

Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	40	16	+24	9	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	0	0	1	26	24	+2	6	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	0	0	2	25	37	−12	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	24	38	−14	0

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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 2023 09:00	Report	United States	15–6	China	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 6–2, 3–1, 5–3
		Musselman 4	Goals	Zhang Jin. 3

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18 July 2023 17:30	Report	Australia	5–9	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–0, 1–3, 1–1
		Williams 3	Goals	three players 2

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20 July 2023 16:00	Report	France	5–16	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–2, 0–4, 3–5
		Bouloukbachi 2	Goals	Prentice 4

Quarterfinals

24 July 2023 15:00	Report	United States	7–8	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2
		Steffens 4	Goals	Giustini 3

5–8th place semifinals

26 July 2023 14:00	Report	United States	16–4	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–1, 6–1, 3–1
		Flynn 5	Goals	Browne 2

Fifth place game

28 July 2023 16:30	Report	United States	15–13	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 5–4, 1–2  PSO: 4–2
		Raney 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 4