| Fédération Internationale de Natation | |
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 Logo of FINA prior to 2008 |
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| Motto | Water is Our World |
| Formation | 1908 |
| Headquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Membership | 202 national federations |
| President | Dr. Julio César Maglione |
| Website | www.fina.org |
Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) is the International Federation (IF) recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)[1] for administering international competition in the aquatic sports (its name translated from French is "International Swimming Federation"). It is one of several IFs which administers a given sport/discipline for the IOC and/or international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
FINA currently oversees competition in five aquatic sports: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming.
On July 24, 2009, Dr. Julio Maglione of Uruguay was elected FINA President.[2]
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FINA was founded on July 19, 1908 in the Manchester Hotel in London, UK at the end of the 1908 Summer Olympics by the Belgian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish Swimming Federations.[3]
Number of national federations by year:
At the January 2010 FINA Bureau meeting, Tonga became the 202nd National Federation of FINA.[4] Members are grouped by continent, and there are 5 continental associations of which they can choose to be a member:
Note: The number following each continental name is the number of FINA members which fall into the given geographical area. It is not necessarily the number of members in the continental association.
The FINA membership meets roughly every 2 years in regularly schedule Congress; typically coinciding with the World Championships. Congresses are held to determine the direction the body would like to take. There are two types of normal or "ordinary" Congress: General and Technical; and these are normally alternated. "Extraordinary" Congress are also called-up from time to time, and deal with a specific topic or area of concern (e.g. an Extraordinary Congress will be held with the 2009 World Championships to review the Masters swimming rules; there will also be a General Congress at the 2009 Worlds[5]).
Between Congress meetings of the entire membership, a smaller 22-member representative board, called the FINA Bureau, meets to act in a timely manner on items which cannot wait until the entire body can meet. The Bureau then elects the FINA Executive Officers.[6]
Various committees and commission also help with the oversight of individual disciplines (e.g. the Technical Open Water Swimming Committee helps with open water), or topic-related issues (e.g. the FINA Doping Panel).[7]
| FINA Presidents | ||
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| Name | Country | Term |
| George Hearn |  Great Britain |
1908–1924 |
| Erik Bergvall |  Sweden |
1924–1928 |
| Émile-Georges Drigny |  France |
1928–1932 |
| Walther Binner |  Germany |
1932–1936 |
| Harold Fern | Great Britain |
1936–1948 (*) |
| Rene de Raeve |  Belgium |
1948–1952 |
| M.L. Negri |  Argentina |
1952–1956 |
| Jan de Vries |  Netherlands |
1956–1960 |
| Max Ritter | Germany |
1960–1964 |
| William Berge Phillips |  Australia |
1964–1968 |
| Javier Ostos Mora[8] |  Mexico |
1968–1972 |
| Dr. Harold Henning |  United States |
1972–1976 |
| Javier Ostos Mora[8] (2nd term) | Mexico |
1976–1980 |
| Ante Lambasa |  Yugoslavia |
1980–1984 |
| Robert Helmick | United States |
1984–1988 |
| Mustapha Larfaoui |  Algeria |
1988–2009 |
| Dr. Julio Maglione |  Uruguay |
2009–present (term is through 2013) |
Presidential terms are 4-years long, beginning and concluding with the year following the Olympics (i.e. 2009-2013 is the next term).
FINA organizes one (1) championships involving all 5 disciplines it oversees (the "World Championships"), as well championships and circuits in each of the disciplines.[9]
The biggest FINA event is the biennial World Championships, currently held every odd year. It features competitions in all five aquatic disciplines. Prior to 2000, the event was held every 4 years, in the even year between (Summer) Olympic Games.
In addition to the championships events listed above, FINA also organizes the following annual events, and sub-championships:
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| Motto | Water is Our World |
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| Formation | 1908 |
| Headquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Membership | 201 member countries |
| President | Mustapha Larfaoui |
| Website | www.fina.org |
Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) is the International Federation (IF) recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)[1] for administering international competition in the aquatic sports (its name translated from French is "International Swimming Federation"). It is one of several IFs which administers a given sport/discipline for the IOC and/or international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
FINA currently oversees competition in five aquatic sports: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming.
The current President of FINA is Mustapha Larfaoui of Algeria.
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FINA was founded on July 19, 1908 in the Manchester Hotel in London, UK at the end of the 1908 Summer Olympics by the Belgian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish Swimming Federations.[2]
Number of national federations by year:
As of the March 14, 2009, there are 201 FINA Member Federations, with Djibouti and Chad being the most recently approved members.[3] Members are grouped by continent, and there are 5 continental associations of which they can choose to be a member:
Note: The number following each continental name is the number of FINA members which fall into the given geographical area. It is not necessarily the number of members in the continental association.
The FINA membership meets roughly every 2 years in regularly schedule Congress; typically coinciding with the World Championships. Congresses are held to determine the direction the body would like to take. There are two types of normal or "ordinary" Congress: General and Technical; and these are normally alternated. "Extraordinary" Congress are also called-up from time to time, and deal with a specific topic or area of concern (e.g. an Extraordinary Congress will be held with the 2009 World Championships to review the Masters swimming rules; there will also be a General Congress at the 2009 Worlds[4]).
Between Congress meetings of the entire membership, a smaller 22-member representative board, called the FINA Bureau, meets to act in a timely manner on items which cannot wait until the entire body can meet. The Bureau then elects the FINA Executive Officers.[5]
Various committees and commission also help with the oversight of individual disciplines (e.g. the Technical Open Water Swimming Committee helps with open water), or topic-related issues (e.g. the FINA Doping Panel).[6]
| FINA Presidents | ||
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| Name | Country | Term |
| George Hearn | United Kingdom | 1908–1924 |
| Erik Bergvall | Sweden | 1924–1928 |
| Émile-Georges Drigny | France | 1928–1932 |
| Walther Binner | Germany | 1932–1936 |
| Harold Fern | United Kingdom | 1936–1948 (*) |
| Rene de Raeve | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 1948–1952 |
| M.L. Negri | Argentina | 1952–1956 |
| Jan de Vries | Netherlands | 1956–1960 |
| Max Ritter | Germany | 1960–1964 |
| William Berge Phillips | Australia | 1964–1968 |
| Javier Ostos Mora[7] | Mexico | 1968–1972 |
| Dr. Harold Henning | United States | 1972–1976 |
| Javier Ostos Mora[7] (2nd term) | Mexico | 1976–1980 |
| Ante Lambasa | Yugoslavia | 1980–1984 |
| Robert Helmick | United States | 1984–1988 |
| Mustapha Larfaoui | Algeria | 1988–present |
FINA currently organizes several events in all the disciplines it oversees.
The biggest FINA event is the now biennial World Championships, currently held every odd year. It features events in all five aquatic disciplines, and was most recently held in Melbourne, Australia, in March 2007. Prior to 2000, the event was held every 4 years, in the even year between Olympic (Summer) Games.
The World Swimming Championship (25 m), (aka "Short Course Worlds"), is a swimming-only meet, swum in 25-meter long pool. It is held bi-annually, in even-numbered years, and was most recently held in a temporary pool built in the MEN Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom in April 2008.
Other championship events sponsored by FINA include:
FINA also sponsors several annual series of events, typically one in each discipline. These include:
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