The World Aquatics Masters Championships (also referred to as Masters Worlds) are international Aquatics championships for competitors aged 25 years or older as per World Aquatics rules (formerly known as FINA rules). The championships are usually held biennially, with competition in all five World Aquatics disciplines: swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming, and artistic swimming.^[1] Starting in 2015, the competition was held jointly with the FINA World Aquatics Championships.^[2]

Number	Year	Location	Dates	Results
Non-FINA World Masters Championships
-	1978	Toronto, Canada
-	1984	Christchurch, New Zealand
FINA World Masters Championships
1	1986	Tokyo, Japan	12–16 July
2	1988	Brisbane, Australia	10–15 October
3	1990	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6–13 August
4	1992	Indianapolis, USA	25 June–5 July
5	1994	Montreal, Canada	4–10 July
6	1996	Sheffield, Great Britain	23 June–3 July
7	1998	Casablanca, Morocco	19–30 June
8	2000	Munich, Germany	29 July–4 August
9	2002	Christchurch, New Zealand	21 March–3 April
10	2004	Riccione, Italy	1–13 June
11	2006	Stanford, USA	4–17 August
12	2008	Perth, Australia	18–25 April
13	2010	Gothenburg - Borås, Sweden	27 July–7 August
14	2012	Riccione, Italy	3–17 June
15	2014	Montreal, Canada	27 July–10 August
Jointly with the FINA World Aquatics Championships
16	2015	Kazan, Russia	5–16 August
17	2017	Budapest, Hungary	7–20 August
18	2019	Gwangju, South Korea	5–18 August
19	2023	Kyushu, Japan	2–11 August
20	2024	Doha, Qatar	23 February–3 March
21	2025	Kallang,Singapore	26 July–22 August
22	2027	Budapest, Hungary
23	2029	Beijing, China

Source:^[3]

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	45	42	39	126
2	United States	40	24	35	99
3	Japan	33	30	26	89
4	Brazil	23	17	25	65
5	Thailand	21	6	4	31
6	Australia	18	9	3	30
7	South Africa	14	8	5	27
8	Russia	12	9	10	31
9	Hungary	11	7	11	29
10	Germany	6	4	0	10
11	Denmark	6	3	1	10
12	Israel	6	0	1	7
13	Romania	5	4	2	11
14	Italy	4	14	0	18
15	Netherlands	4	8	3	15
16	China	4	5	4	13
17	Canada	2	2	7	11
18	South Korea*	1	7	12	20
19	France	1	3	3	7
20	Sweden	1	2	2	5
21	Ukraine	1	1	5	7
22	Spain	0	4	1	5
23	Mexico	0	2	4	6
24	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
28	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		258	215	206	679

• World Aquatics Championships
• Masters Swimming
• European Masters Swimming Championships

• Website for the results of the FINA World Masters Championships are reported in the FINA dedicated web page (PDF)
• FINA XIV World Masters Champs 2012 in Riccione (ITA) (PDF)