2016 in aquatic sports

This article lists the in the water and on the water forms of aquatic sports for 2016.

2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–Aquatics)

• February 19–24: 2016 FINA Diving World Cup in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
  • China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• March 2–6: Aquece Rio Synchronized Swimming 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event)
  • Duet winners: Spain (Gemma Mengual, Ona Carbonell, Paula Klamburg)
  • Team winners: Ukraine
• April 15–20: Aquece Rio Swimming 2016 (Maria Lenk Trophy) in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium (Olympic Test Event)
  • For results, click here.
• June 11 & 12: 2016 Marathon Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Setúbal
  • Men's winner: ZU Lijun
  • Women's winner: Xin Xin
• August 6–13: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium
  • The File:Flag of the United States.svg United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• August 7–19: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
  • Men's 3m Springboard: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Cao Yuan; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jack Laugher; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Patrick Hausding
  • Women's 3m Springboard: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Shi Tingmao; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) He Zi; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tania Cagnotto
  • Men's 10m Platform: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Chen Aisen; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Germán Sánchez; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) David Boudia
  • Women's 10m Platform: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ren Qian; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Si Yajie; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Meaghan Benfeito
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard:
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Great Britain (Chris Mears & Jack Laugher)
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States (Sam Dorman & Michael Hixon)
    • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) China (Cao Yuan & Qin Kai)
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform:
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) China (Chen Aisen & Lin Yue)
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States (David Boudia & Steele Johnson)
    • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Great Britain (Tom Daley & Daniel Goodfellow)
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard:
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) China (Shi Tingmao & Wu Minxia)
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Italy (Tania Cagnotto & Francesca Dallapé)
    • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Australia (Maddison Keeney & Anabelle Smith)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform:
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) China (Chen Ruolin & Liu Huixia)
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Malaysia (Cheong Jun Hoong & Pandelela Rinong)
    • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Canada (Meaghan Benfeito & Roseline Filion)
• August 15: Women's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Sharon van Rouwendaal; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rachele Bruni; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Poliana Okimoto
• August 15–20: Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
  • Duet:
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Russia (Natalia Ishchenko & Svetlana Romashina)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) China (Huang Xuechen & Sun Wenyan)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Japan (Yukiko Inui & Risako Mitsui)
  • Team: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (RUS); 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN); 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (JPN)
• August 16: Men's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ferry Weertman; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spyridon Gianniotis; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marc-Antoine Olivier

2016 FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup & World Events

• February 6 & 7: World Cup and Event #1 in Carmen de Patagones-Viedma, Río Negro
  • Men's winner: Alex Meyer
  • Women's winner: Rachele Bruni
• February 26 & 27: World Cup and Event #2 in Abu Dhabi
  • Men's winner: Marc Antoine Olivier
  • Women's winner: Aurélie Muller
• June 18: World Cup and Event #3 in Balatonfüred
  • Men's winner: Simone Ruffini
  • Women's winner: Rachele Bruni
• July 28: World Cup and Event #4 in Lac Saint-Jean
  • Men's winner: Philippe Guertin
  • Women's winner: Stephanie Horner
• August 13: World Cup and Event #5 in Lake Mégantic
  • Men's winner: Andreas Waschburger
  • Women's winner: Arianna Bridi
• October 9: World Cup and Event #6 in Chun'an County-Hangzhou
  • Men's winner: Simone Ruffini
  • Women's winner: Xin Xin
• October 15: World Cup and Event #7 (final) in Hong Kong
  • Men's winner: Simone Ruffini
  • Women's winner: Rachele Bruni

2016 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix

• July 30: Grand Prix #1 in Lac Saint-Jean
  • Men's winner: Alex Meyer
  • Women's winner: Olga Kozydub
• August 20: Grand Prix #2 in Lake Ohrid
  • Men's winner: Tomi Stefanovski
  • Women's winner: Olga Kozydub
• September 4: Grand Prix #3 (final) in Capri, Campania-Naples
  • Men's winner: Evgenij Pop Acev
  • Women's winner: Pilar Geijo

Diving

2016 FINA Diving World Series

• March 11–13: DWS #1 in Beijing
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Shi Tingmao
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Si Yajie
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai)
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Liu Huixia, Si Yajie)
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
• March 17–19: DWS #2 in Dubai
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Shi Tingmao
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Liu Huixia
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Cao Yuan, Qin Kai)
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Liu Huixia, Si Yajie)
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
• April 15–17: DWS #3 in Windsor, Ontario
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: He Zi
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Ren Qian
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Qin Kai, Cao Yuan)
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia)
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Canada (Jennifer Abel, François Imbeau-Dulac)
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)
• April 22–24: DWS #4 (final) in Kazan
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Cao Yuan
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: He Zi
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Chen Aisen
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Ren Qian
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Russia (Ilya Zakharov, Evgeny Kuznetsov)
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (He Zi, Wang Han)
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Lin Yue, Chen Aisen)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Chen Ruolin, Liu Huixia)
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: China (Wang Han, Yang Hao)
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: China (Tai Xiaohu, Chang Yani)

2016 FINA Diving Grand Prix

• January 15–17: DGP #1 in Madrid
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Constantin Blaha
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: XU Zhihuan
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: XIA Bingqing
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Zhao Dong / Li Jiawei
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: JIE Lianjun / Yang Hao
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
• January 29–31: DGP #2 in Rostock
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Patrick Hausding
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: HE Xiaojie
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Jian
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: DING Yaying
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Philippe Gagné / François Imbeau-Dulac
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: CHEN Jiayu / HE Xiaojie
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / TAI Xiaohu
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: DING Yaying / SUO Miya
• March 31 – April 3: DGP #3 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Matthieu Rosset
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: WU Chunting
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Junjie
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Samantha Bromberg
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: PENG Jianfeng / SUN Zhiyi
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: HUANG Bowen / XU Zewei
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: SUO Miya / LI Jinming
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: HUANG Bowen / WU Chunting
• April 7–10: DGP #4 in Gatineau
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Matthieu Rosset
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: WU Chunting
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Vincent Riendeau
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Roseline Filion
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Philippe Gagné / François Imbeau-Dulac
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / XU Zhihuan
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / HUANG Bowen
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Meaghan Benfeito / Roseline Filion
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: WU Chunting / HUANG Bowen
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: SUO Miya / LIAN Junjie
• July 15–17: DGP #5 in Bolzano
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Guillaume Dutoit
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Tania Cagnotto
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Minami Itahashi
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Patrick Hausding / Stephan Feck
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Tania Cagnotto / Francesca Dallapé
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XU Zewei / Yang Hao
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Nana Sasaki / Matsuri Arai
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Sebastián Villa / Diana Pineda
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Zachary Cooper / Tarrin Gilliland
• October 21–23: DGP #6 in Kuching
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: Xie Siyi
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Ng Yan Yee
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Hao
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Jie
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yang Hao / XU Zewei
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
• October 27–30: DGP #7 in Gold Coast, Queensland
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: PENG Jianfeng
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Georgia Sheehan
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Yang Jian
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: LIAN Jie
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Xie Siyi / HUANG Bowen
  • Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: XU Zhihuan / Wang Han
  • Men's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yang Hao / XU Zewei (default)
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: XIA Bingqing / XIA Yujie
• November 4–6: DGP #8 (final) in Singapore
  • Men's 3m Springboard winner: CHEN Linhai
  • Women's 3m Springboard winner: Hazuki Miyamoto
  • Men's 10m Platform winner: Nishida Reo
  • Women's 10m Platform winner: Nana Sasaki
  • Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: CHEN Linhai / LI Linwei
  • Women's Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Matsuri Arai / Nana Sasaki
  • Mixed Synchronized 3m Springboard winners: Hazuki Miyamoto / Nishida Reo
  • Mixed Synchronized 10m Platform winners: Yevhen Naumenko / Valeriia Liulko (default)

2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

• June 4: #1 in Fort Worth, Texas
  • Winners: Jonathan Paredes (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
• June 18: #2 in Copenhagen
  • Winner: Gary Hunt
• July 9: #3 in São Miguel Island
  • Winners: Gary Hunt (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
• July 23: #4 in La Rochelle
  • Winner: Gary Hunt (m)
• August 28: #5 in Polignano a Mare
  • Winners: Artem Silchenko (m) / Lysanne Richard (f)
• September 11: #6 in Pembrokeshire
  • Winners: Michal Navrátil (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
• September 24: #7 in Mostar
  • Winners: Michal Navrátil (m) / Lysanne Richard (f)
• October 16: #8 in Shirahama, Wakayama
  • Winners: Sergio Guzman (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)
• October 28: #9 in Dubai
  • Winners: Andy Jones (m) / Rhiannan Iffland (f)

Other diving events

• February 27–29: 2016 FINA High Diving World Cup in Abu Dhabi
  • Men's (27 metres) winner: Gary Hunt
  • Women's (20 metres) winner: Lysanne Richard
• June 28 – July 3: 2016 European Junior Diving Championships in Rijeka
  • Boys' Platform winner: Matthew Dixon
  • Boys' Synchro winners: Lou Massenberg / Patrick Kreisel
  • Boys' 1 m winner: Francesco Porco
  • Boys' 3 m winner: Patrick Kreisel
  • Girls' Platform winner: Christina Wassen
  • Girls' Synchro winners: Madeline Coquoz / Michelle Heimberg
  • Girls' 1 m winner: Kaja Skrzek
  • Girls' 3 m winner: Kaja Skrzek
• November 28 – December 4: 2016 FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Kazan
  • China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Swimming

• July 6–10: 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships in Hódmezővásárhely
  • Russia won the gold medal tally. Russia and Italy won 22 overall medals each.
• December 6–11: 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario
  • The United States won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2016 FINA Swimming World Cup

• August 26 & 27: SWC #1 in Paris-Chartres
  • Hungary won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally.
• August 30 & 31: SWC #2 in Berlin
  • Hungary won the gold medal tally. Australia won the overall medal tally.
• September 3 & 4: SWC #3 in Moscow
  • Russia and Hungary won 8 gold medals each. Russia won the overall medal tally.
• September 30 & October 1: SWC #4 in Beijing
  • China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• October 4 & 5: SWC #5 in Dubai
  • Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• October 8 & 9: SWC #6 in Doha
  • Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• October 21 & 22: SWC #7 in Singapore
  • Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• October 25 & 26: SWC #8 in Tokyo
  • Hungary won the gold medal tally. Japan won the overall medal tally.
• October 29 & 30: SWC #9 (final) in Hong Kong
  • Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Synchronised swimming

• June 22–26: 2016 European Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships in Rijeka
  • Solo winner: Veronika Kalinina
  • Duet winners: Russia (Daria Kulagina, Veronika Kalinina)
  • Figures winner: Varvara Subbotina
  • Team winners: Russia
  • Combination winners: Russia
• July 9–13: 2016 FINA World Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships in Kazan
  • Solo winner: Varvara Subbotina
  • Duet winners: Russia (Veronika Kalinina, Daria Kulagina, Varvara Subbotina)
  • Team winners: Russia
  • Combination winners: Russia

LEN aquatic events

• May 9–22: 2016 European Aquatics Championships in London
  • Great Britain, Hungary, and Russia won ten gold medals each. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.
• July 10–14: 2016 European Open Water Swimming Championships in Hoorn
  • Italy won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• September 9–11: 2016 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Piombino
  • Italy, Hungary, and France won 2 gold medals each. Italy won the overall medal tally.

Canoeing

• February 12 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (ICF)

• May 18 & 19: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Continental Olympic Qualifier in Duisburg
  • Spain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• August 7–11: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Whitewater Stadium (Whitewater slalom)
  • Men's C1: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Denis Gargaud Chanut; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matej Beňuš; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Takuya Haneda
  • Men's C2:
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár & Peter Škantár)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Great Britain (David Florence & Richard Hounslow)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) France (Gauthier Klauss & Matthieu Péché)
  • Men's K1: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Joe Clarke; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Kauzer; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jiří Prskavec
  • Women's K1: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Maialen Chourraut; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Luuka Jones; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jessica Fox
• August 15–20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Canoe sprint)
  • Men
  • Men's C1 200m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Yuriy Cheban; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valentin Demyanenko; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Isaquias Queiroz
  • Men's C1 1,000m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Sebastian Brendel; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Isaquias Queiroz; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Serghei Tarnovschi
  • Men's C2 1,000m:
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Germany (Sebastian Brendel & Jan Vandrey)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brazil (Erlon Silva & Isaquias Queiroz)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ukraine (Dmytro Ianchuk & Taras Mishchuk)
  • Men's K1 200m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Liam Heath; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maxime Beaumont; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Saúl Craviotto; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ronald Rauhe
  • Men's K1 1,000m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcus Walz; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josef Dostál; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roman Anoshkin
  • Men's K2 200m:
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Spain (Saúl Craviotto & Cristian Toro)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Great Britain (Liam Heath & Jon Schofield
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lithuania (Aurimas Lankas & Edvinas Ramanauskas
  • Men's K2 1,000m:
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Germany (Max Rendschmidt & Marcus Gross)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Serbia (Marko Tomićević & Milenko Zorić)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Australia (Ken Wallace & Lachlan Tame)
  • Men's K4 1,000m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER); 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia (SVK); 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (CZE)
  • Women
  • Women's K1 200m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lisa Carrington; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marta Walczykiewicz; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Inna Osypenko-Radomska
  • Women's K1 500m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Danuta Kozák; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Emma Jørgensen; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lisa Carrington
  • Women's K2 500m:
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Hungary (Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Germany (Franziska Weber & Tina Dietze)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Poland (Karolina Naja & Beata Mikołajczyk)
  • Women's K4 500m: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (HUN); 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER); 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus (BLR)

Canoe sprint (flatwater)

• February 12 – July 31: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Sprint

Continental and world canoe sprint championships

• February 12–14: 2016 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships in Adelaide
  • Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• April 1–4: 2016 African Canoe Sprint Championships in Durban
  • South Africa won the gold medal tally. Tunisia won the overall medal tally.
• May 19–22: 2016 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships in Gainesville, Georgia
  • Senior: Canada won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
  • Junior: Brazil won the gold medal tally. Argentina and Canada won 10 overall medals each.
• June 7–9: 2016 World University Canoe Sprint Championships in Montemor-o-Velho
  • Poland won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• June 24–26: 2016 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Moscow
  • Hungary and Russia won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally.
• July 28–31: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Minsk
  • Junior: Hungary, Belarus, and Russia won 5 gold medals each. Hungary won the overall medal tally.
  • U23: Hungary won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

2016 Canoe Sprint World Cup

• May 20–22: CSF World Cup #1 in Duisburg
  • Belarus, Germany, and Ukraine won 3 gold medals each. Belarus won the overall medal tally.
• May 27–29: CSF World Cup #2 in Račice (Litoměřice District)
  • Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• June 3–5: CSF World Cup #3 (final) in Montemor-o-Velho
  • Poland won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Whitewater slalom (canoe)

• February 19 – September 11: 2016 ICF Events Calendar for Canoe Slalom

Continental and world whitewater slalom championships

• February 19–21: 2016 Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships in Penrith
  • Men's C1 winner: Matej Beňuš
  • Men's C2 winners: Germany (Franz Anton, Jan Benzien)
  • Men's K1 winner: Vavřinec Hradilek
  • Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's K1 winner: Jana Dukátová
• April 23 & 24: 2016 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in Toyama
  • Men's C1 winner: SHU Jianming
  • Men's C2 winners: Japan (Shota Sasaki, Tsubasa Sasaki)
  • Men's K1 winner: TAN Ya
  • Women's C1 winner: Chen Wei-han
  • Women's K1 winner: LI Lu
  • Men's C1 team winners: China (WANG Sheng, SHU Jianming, CHEN Fangjia)
  • Men's C2 team winners: Uzbekistan
  • Men's K1 team winners: Japan (Kazuya Adachi, Tsubasa Sasaki, Taku Yoshida)
  • Women's C1 team winners: Kazakhstan (Xeniya Kondratenko, Kamilla Safina, Yekaterina Smirnova)
  • Women's K1 team winners: Japan (Yuriko Takeshita, Haruka Okazaki, Ren Mishima)
• May 13–15: 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš
  • Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský
  • Women's C1 winner: Nuria Vilarrubla
  • Men's C2 winners: Slovakia (Tomáš Kučera, Ján Bátik)
  • Men's K1 winner: Jiří Prskavec
  • Women's K1 winner: Melanie Pfeifer
  • Men's C1 team winners: Slovakia
  • Women's C1 team winners: Great Britain
  • Men's C2 team winners: Slovakia
  • Men's K1 team winners: Czech Republic
  • Women's K1 team winners: Great Britain
• July 12–17: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Slalom World Championships in Kraków
• Junior
  • Men's Junior C1 winner: Marko Mirgorodsky
  • Men's Junior C2 winners: Czech Republic (Albert Kaspar, Vojtech Mruzek)
  • Men's Junior K1 winner: Ruslan Pestov
  • Men's Junior Team C1 winners: Germany (Gregor Kreul, Lennard Tuchscherer)
  • Men's Junior Team C2 winners: Czech Republic
  • Men's Junior Team K1 winners: France (Thomas Durand, Paul Cornut-Chauvinc)
  • Women's Junior C1 winner: Tereza Fišerová
  • Women's Junior K1 winner: Klaudia Zwolinska
  • Women's Junior Team C1 winners: Russia (Alsu Minazova, Anastasia Kozyreva)
  • Women's Junior Team K1 winners: Czech Republic (Tereza Fišerová, Karolina Galuskova, Katerina Duskova)
• U23
  • Men's U23 C1 winner: Florian Breuer
  • Men's U23 C2 winners: Poland (Filip Brzezinski, Andrzej Brzezinski)
  • Men's U23 K1 winner: Jakub Grigar
  • Men's U23 Team C1 winners: France (Cedric Joly, Thibault Blaise)
  • Men's U23 Team C2 winners: Russia
  • Men's U23 Team K1 winners: Germany (Stefan Hengst, Leo Bolg)
  • Women's U23 C1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's U23 K1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's U23 Team C1 winners: Great Britain (Kimberley Woods, Jasmine Royle)
  • Women's U23 Team K1 winners: Germany (Lisa Fritsche, Caroline Trompeter, Selina Jones)

2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup

• June 3–5: CS World Cup #1 in Ivrea
  • Men's C1 winner: Michal Jáně
  • Men's C2 winners: France (Nicola Scianimanico, Hugo Cailhol)
  • Men's K1 winner: Giovanni De Gennaro
  • Men's K1 Cross winner: Vavřinec Hradilek
  • Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's K1 winner: Ricarda Funk
  • Women's K1 Cross winner: Ajda Novak
• June 10–12: CS World Cup #2 in La Seu d'Urgell
  • Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský
  • Men's C2 winners: France (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet)
  • Men's K1 winner: Vít Přindiš
  • Men's K1 Cross winner: Vít Přindiš
  • Women's C1 winner: Núria Vilarrubla
  • Women's K1 winner: Maialen Chourraut
  • Women's K1 Cross winner: Martina Wegman
• June 16–19: CS World Cup #3 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  • Men's C1 winner: Alexander Slafkovský
  • Men's C2 winners: France (Pierre-Antoine Tillard, Edern Le Ruyet)
  • Men's K1 winner: Samuel Hernanz
  • Men's K1 Cross winner: Vít Přindiš
  • Women's C1 winner: Mallory Franklin
  • Women's K1 winner: Marie-Zélia Lafont
  • Women's K1 Cross winner: Caroline Loir
• September 2–4: CS World Cup #4 in Prague
  • Men's C1 winner: Matej Beňuš
  • Men's C2 winners: Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár)
  • Men's K1 winner: Jiří Prskavec
  • Men's K1 Cross winner: Hannes Aigner
  • Women's C1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's K1 winner: Ricarda Funk
  • Women's K1 Cross winner: Veronika Vojtová
• September 7–11: CS World Cup #5 (final) in Tacen-Ljubljana
  • Men's C1 winner: Benjamin Savšek
  • Men's C2 winners: Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár, Peter Škantár)
  • Men's K1 winner: Peter Kauzer
  • Men's K1 Cross winner: Boris Neveu
  • Women's C1 winner: Kimberley Woods
  • Women's K1 winner: Jessica Fox
  • Women's K1 Cross winner: Amalie Hilgertova

Other canoeing events

• May 17–19: 2016 ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Duisburg
  • Australia won the gold medal tally. Great Britain won the overall medal tally.
• June 1–5: 2016 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships in Banja Luka
  • Men's C1 sprint winner: Ondrej Rolenc
  • Men's C1 sprint team winners: Czech Republic (Ondrej Rolenc, Antonin Hales, Vladimir Slanina)
  • Men's C2 sprint winners: France (Quentin Dazeur, Stephane Santamaria)
  • Men's C2 sprint team winners: France (T. Debray & L. Lapointe, Q. Dazeur & S. Santamaria, A. Leduc & L. Zouggari)
  • Men's K1 sprint winner: Maxime Richard
  • Men's K1 sprint team winners: Slovenia (Nejc Znidarcic, Anze Urankar, Vid Debeljak)
  • Women's C1 sprint winner: Martina Satkova
  • Women's C2 sprint winners: Slovakia (Barobora Kortisova, Katarina Kopunova)
  • Women's K1 sprint winner: Hannah Brown
  • Women's K1 sprint team winners: France (Claire Bren, Manon Hostens, Phenicia Dupras)
• August 29 – September 4: 2016 ICF Canoe Polo World Championships in Syracuse, Sicily
  • Men: Italy defeated France, 6–5 in overtime, to win their first ICF Canoe Polo World Championships title.
    • Spain took the bronze medal.
  • Women: New Zealand defeated Germany, 3–2, to win their first ICF Women's Canoe Polo World Championships title.
    • France took the bronze medal.
  • Men U21: Great Britain defeated Germany, 5–4 in overtime, to win their first ICF Men's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title.
    • Italy took the bronze medal.
  • Women's U21: Germany defeated Poland, 2–1 in overtime, to win their third consecutive ICF Women's U21 Canoe Polo World Championships title.
    • New Zealand took the bronze medal.
• September 8–11: 2016 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships in Moscow
  • Russia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• September 16–18: 2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel
  • Men's C1 26.2 km: Márton Kover
  • Men's C2 26.2 km: Hungary (Márton Kover, Ádám Docze)
  • Men's K1 29.8 km: Hank McGregor
  • Men's K2 29.8 km: South Africa (Hank McGregor, Jasper Mocke)
  • Men's U23 C1 22.6 km: Bence Balázs Dori
  • Men's U23 K1 26.2 km: Ádám Petro
  • Women's C1 19 km: Zsanett Lakatos
  • Women's K1 26.2 km: Renáta Csay
  • Women's K2 26.2 km: Hungary (Renáta Csay, Alexandra Bara)
  • Women's U23 K1 22.6 km: Vanda Kiszli

Rowing

• January 16 – November 13: 2016 FISA Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (FISA)

• August 6–13: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
  • File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

International rowing championships

• January 16: 2016 European Rowing Indoor Championships in Győr
  • Poland won the gold medal tally. Poland, Austria, and Hungary won 6 overall medals each.
• February 28: 2016 FISA Indoor Rowing World Championships in Boston
  • Men's Lightweight winner: Steffen Bonde
  • Men's Heavyweight winner: James Letten
  • Women's Lightweight winner: Robyn Hart-Winks
  • Women's Heavyweight winner: Michelle Lazorchak
• March 22–24: 2016 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Valparaíso
  • M1x winner: Juan Carlos Cabrera Perez
  • W1x winner: Michelle Parson
  • LM2x winners: Xavier Vela Magi / Willian Giaretton
  • LW2x winners: Vanessa Cozzi / Fernanda Leal Ferreira
• March 25–27: 2016 South American Rowing Championship in Curauma
  • Argentina won the gold medal tally. Argentina and Brazil won 11 overall medals each.
• April 21–23: 2016 Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Gavirate
  • ASW1X winner: WANG Lili
  • ASM1X winner: Huang Cheng
  • TAMix2X winners: China (LIU Shuang, FEI Tianming)
  • LTAMix4+ winners: Australia
• April 23–25: 2016 FISA Asian and Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Chungju (at Tangeum Lake)
  • M1x winner: KIM Dong-yong
  • W1x winner: Kim Ye-ji
  • LM2x winners: China (SUN Man, WANG Chunxin)
  • LW2x winners: Japan (Ayami Oishi, Chiaki Tomita)
• May 6–8: 2016 European Rowing Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel (at Lake Beetzsee)
  • Great Britain won the gold medal tally. Germany won the overall medal tally.
• May 22–25: 2016 FISA European and Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne (at Lake Rotsee)
  • Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Russia won 2 gold medals each. New Zealand won the overall medal tally.
• July 9 & 10: 2016 European Rowing Junior Championships in Trakai (at Lake Galvė)
  • Germany won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• August 21–28: 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam (at the Willem-Alexander Baan)
  • Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• August 21–28: World Rowing Junior Championships 2016 in Rotterdam
  • Italy won the gold medal tally. Germany won the overall medal tally.
• August 21–28: 2016 World Rowing U23 Championships in Rotterdam
  • The Netherlands won the gold medal tally. Germany won the overall medal tally.
• September 2–4: 2016 World University Rowing Championships in Poznań
  • The Czech Republic and Germany won 4 gold medals each. Poland won the overall medal tally.
• September 9–11: 2016 World Rowing Masters Regatta in Copenhagen (at Lake Bagsværd)
  • For results, click here. Archived October 28, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
• October 21–23: 2016 World Rowing Coastal Championships in Monaco
  • CM4x+ winner: Team Dukla Praha
  • CW2x winner: Team Circolo Canottieri Saturnia
  • CM1x winner: Team Real Club Mediterraneo
  • CW4x+ winner: Team Club Nautique de Nice
  • CM2x winner: Team Real Círculo de Labradores
  • CW1x winner: Team Killorglin Rowing Club

2016 World Rowing Cup

• April 15–17: WRC #1 in Varese (at Lake Varese)
  • The Netherlands won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• May 27–29: WRC #2 in Lucerne (at Lake Rotsee)
  • New Zealand won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• June 17–19: WRC #3 (final) in Poznań (at Lake Malta)
  • New Zealand won the gold medal tally. New Zealand and Great Britain won 11 overall medals each.

Sailing

2016 Summer Olympics (ISAF)

• August 8–18: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Marina da Glória
  • Men
  • Men's RS:X: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Dorian van Rijsselberghe; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nick Dempsey; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pierre Le Coq
  • Men's Laser: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Burton; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tonči Stipanović; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sam Meech
  • Men's Finn: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Giles Scott; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vasilij Žbogar; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Caleb Paine
  • Men's 470:
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Croatia (Šime Fantela & Igor Marenić)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Australia (Mathew Belcher & William Ryan)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Greece (Panagiotis Mantis & Pavlos Kagialis)
  • Men's 49er:
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) New Zealand (Peter Burling & Blair Tuke)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Australia (Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Germany (Erik Heil & Thomas Plössel)
  • Women
  • Women's RS:X: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Charline Picon; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chen Peina; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stefania Elfutina
  • Women's Laser Radial: 1st place, gold medalist(s) Marit Bouwmeester; 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annalise Murphy; 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anne-Marie Rindom
  • Women's 470:
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Great Britain (Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) New Zealand (Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) France (Camille Lecointre & Hélène Defrance)
  • Women's 49erFX:
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Brazil (Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) New Zealand (Alex Maloney & Molly Meech)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Denmark (Jena Hansen & Katja Salskov-Iversen)
  • Mixed Narca 17:
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Argentina (Santiago Lange & Cecilia Carranza Saroli)
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Australia (Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin)
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Austria (Thomas Zajac & Tanja Frank)

World sailing championships

• June 14–18: 2016 ISAF Youth Match Racing World Championships in / Nouméa
  • Winners: Australia (Will Dargaville, Sarah Parker, Josh Dawson, James Farquharson)
• September 21–25: 2016 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  • Winner: Anna Kjellberg
• September 25–30: 2016 FISU World University Sailing Championship in Perth
  • Open and Women's winners: Australia
• December 14–20: 2016 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in Auckland
  • Note: Was scheduled to be held in Oman. However, it withdrew, due to the alleged national discriminatory practices against Israel.
  • Australia and Great Britain won 2 gold medals each. Australia, the United States, Israel, Italy, and France won 3 overall medals each.
  • Nations Trophy winner: Italy

2016 ISAF Sailing World Cup

• December 7–13, 2015: SWC #1 in Melbourne (#1 and at Port Phillip)
  • Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• January 23–29: SWC #2 in Miami (at Biscayne Bay)
  • The Netherlands, Great Britain, and Spain won 2 gold medals each. The Netherlands won the overall medal tally.
• April 25 – May 1: SWC #3 in Hyères (at Rade de Hyères)
  • Australia and Poland won 2 gold medals each. Australia won the overall medal tally.
• June 6–12: SWC #4 in Weymouth and Portland, Dorset (at both Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay)
  • Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• September 19–25: SWC #5 in Qingdao (at Fushan Bay)
  • China won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
• December 4–11: SWC #6 (final) in Melbourne #2
  • Note: Abu Dhabi withdrew from hosting this event from October 24–28, due to the allocation of the World Sailing Annual Conference to Europe.
  • Australia won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Water polo

• September 4, 2015 – December 11, 2016: FINA General Events Calendar

2016 Summer Olympics (FINA–WP)

• August 6–20: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
  • Men: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia (SRB); 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Civil ensign of Croatia.svg Croatia (CRO); 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)
  • Women: 1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA); 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA); 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (RUS)

World water polo championships

• August 26 – September 3: 2016 FINA Men's Youth Water Polo World Championships in Podgorica
  • Croatia defeated Montenegro, 16–13, in the final. Hungary took the bronze medal.
• December 12–18: 2016 FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships in Auckland
  • Russia defeated Spain, 9–7, to win their first FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships title.
  • Italy took the bronze medal.

FINA Water Polo World League

• October 20, 2015 – June 26, 2016: 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
  • October 20, 2015 – May 10, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches
    • Greece, Serbia, and Italy all qualified to compete in the Superfinal.
  • May 10–15: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (men) in Yokohama
    • The United States, Australia, Brazil, and Japan all qualified to compete in the Superfinal.
  • June 21–26: 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League Superfinal in Huizhou
    • Serbia defeated the United States, 10–6, to win their fourth consecutive and eighth overall FINA Men's Water Polo World League title.
    • Greece took the bronze medal.
• October 27, 2015 – June 12, 2016: 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
  • October 27, 2015 – May 3, 2016: 2015–16 European six-round preliminary water polo matches
    • Italy, Spain, and Russia all qualified to be in the Superfinal.
  • February 16–21: 2016 Intercontinental water polo tournament (women) in Lewisville, Texas
    • The United States, Australia, Canada, and Brazil all qualified to be in the Superfinal.
  • June 7–12: 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League Superfinal in Shanghai
    • The United States defeated Spain, 13–9, to win their third consecutive and tenth overall FINA Women's Water Polo World League title.
    • Australia took the bronze medal.

LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation)

• September 4, 2015 – June 4, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Champions League (final six in Budapest)
  • Jug Dubrovnik defeated Olympiacos, 6–4, to win their fourth LEN Champions League title. Szolnoki VSK took third place.
• September 30, 2015 – April 30, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Euro Cup
  • AN Brescia defeated Sintez Kazan, 23–10 on aggregate, to win their first LEN Euro Cup title.
• December 4, 2015 – April 23, 2016: 2015–16 LEN Women's Champions' Cup
  • April 15 & 16: 2015–16 Women's LEN Trophy Final Four in Mataró
    • CN Mataró defeated NC Vouliagmeni, 6–5, to win their first Women's LEN Trophy title. Szentesi VK took the bronze medal.
  • April 23 & 24: 2015–16 Women's LEN Euro League Final Four in Sabadell
    • CN Sabadell defeated UVSE Budapest, 11–8, to win their fourth LEN Euro League Women title. Kinef Kirishi took the bronze medal.
• January 10–23: 2016 European Water Polo Championships for Men and Women in Belgrade
  • Men: Serbia defeated Montenegro, 10–8, to win their third consecutive and four overall European Water Polo Championships title. Hungary took third place.
  • Women: Hungary defeated the Netherlands, 9–7, to win their third Women's European Water Polo Championships title. Italy took third place.
• September 10–18: 2016 Women's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in The Hague
  • The Netherlands defeated Spain, 9–7, in the final. Greece took third place.
• September 11–18: 2016 Men's European Under 19 Water Polo Championships in Alphen aan den Rijn
  • Serbia defeated Italy, 12–9, in the final. Spain took third place.