New Zealand at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

New Zealand competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

New Zealand at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of New Zealand
FINA code	NZL
National federation	Swimming New Zealand
Website	swimmingnz.org.nz
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	35 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Lauren Boyle	Swimming	Women's 1500 m freestyle	August 4
Silver	Lauren Boyle	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	August 8

Diving

New Zealand divers qualified for the individual spots and the synchronized teams at the World Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Liam Stone	1 m springboard	310.25	24	N/A		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	413.10	21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elizabeth Cui	1 m springboard	227.05	24	N/A		Did not advance
	3 m springboard	233.70	36	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Liam Stone Elizabeth Cui	3 m synchronized springboard	277.86	11

Open water swimming

New Zealand has qualified two swimmers to compete in the open water marathon.[1]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kane Radford	Men's 10 km	1:51:29.4	30
Charlotte Webby	Women's 10 km	2:12:41.7	45

Swimming

New Zealand swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[1][2][3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bradlee Ashby	100 m butterfly	54.57	47	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:04.31	33	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:02.96	25	Did not advance
Nathan Capp	800 m freestyle	7:57.61	20	N/A		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:23.00	28	N/A		Did not advance
Corey Main	100 m backstroke	54.51	22	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:58.22	14 Q	1:59.60	16	Did not advance
Glenn Snyders	50 m breaststroke	27.23	7 Q	27.17	6 Q	27.36	7
	100 m breaststroke	1:00.44	18	Did not advance
Matthew Stanley	200 m freestyle	1:48.67	28	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:56.71	47	N/A		Did not advance
Bradlee Ashby Corey Main Glenn Snyders Matthew Stanley	4×100 m medley relay	3:38.69	16	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lauren Boyle	400 m freestyle	4:05.53	4 Q	N/A		4:04.38	5
	800 m freestyle	8:23.66	4 Q	N/A		8:17.65 OC
	1500 m freestyle	16:02.84	5 Q	N/A		15:40.14 OC
Bobbie Gichard	50 m backstroke	29.15	29	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:01.26	26	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:13.45	25	Did not advance
Emma Robinson	400 m freestyle	4:16.43	28	N/A		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:44.86	27	N/A		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

New Zealand fielded a full squad of ten synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Caitlin Anderson Kirstin Anderson Aleisha Braven Leticia Hart Victoria Hohaia Amy Rose Lowans Eva Grace Morris Jazzlee Thomas Anastasia Wilkes Sarsha Younger	Team technical routine	69.4142	21	Did not advance
Caitlin Anderson Kirstin Anderson Aleisha Braven Leticia Hart Victoria Hohaia Amy Rose Lowans Eva Grace Morris Jazzlee Thomas Anastasia Wilkes Sarsha Younger	Team free routine	72.5667	17	Did not advance

Water polo

Women's tournament

Team roster

• Brooke Millar
• Nicole Lewis
• Sarah Pattison
• Danielle Lewis
• Simone Lewis
• Sarah Landry
• Miranda Chase
• Caitlin Lopes Da Silva
• Emma Stoneman
• Liana Dance
• Kirsten Hudson
• Jasmine Myles
• Katherine Curnow

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	49	15	+34	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	38	22	+16	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	25	35	−10	2
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	12	52	−40	0

Source: SportResult.com
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.

26 July 2015 09:30	Report	Canada	15–6	New Zealand	Kazan Attendance: 865 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–3, 4–2, 4–0
		M. Eggens, Fournier 3	Goals	Myles 2

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28 July 2015 20:10	Report	Spain	23–2	New Zealand	Kazan Attendance: 300 Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 7–1, 5–1, 8–0
		Tarragó 6	Goals	D. Lewis, Lopes Da Silva 1

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30 July 2015 17:30	Report	Kazakhstan	14–4	New Zealand	Kazan Attendance: 985 Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–0, 4–1, 3–3
		Akilbayeva 6	Goals	D. Lewis 3

13th–16th place semifinals

1 August 2015 10:50	Report	New Zealand	11–3	South Africa	Kazan Attendance: 1,357 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–0, 4–3, 3–0
		Myles 3	Goals	three players 1

13th place game

3 August 2015 10:50	Report	New Zealand	7–6	France	Kazan Attendance: 400 Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Stephane Roy (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 1–2, 2–0
		Myles 2	Goals	Millot, Tardy 2

References

1. Anderson, Ian (19 April 2015). "Large New Zealand team named for 2015 swimming world champs in Russia". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
2. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
3. "Ten New Zealand swimmers now qualified for World Championships in Russia". Stuff.co.nz. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

External links

• Swimming New Zealand