Costa Rica at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

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

Costa Rica at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
FINA codeCRC
National federationFederación Costarricense de Natación
Websitewww.fecona.co.cr
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors16 in 3 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Open water swimming
Main article: Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

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

Athlete Event Time Rank
Cristofer Lanuza Men's 5 km 1:02:49.1 44
Men's 10 km 2:12:23.3 65
Angélica Astorga Women's 5 km 1:09:19.7 36
Women's 10 km 2:20:39.4 49

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Costa Rican 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):[2][3][4]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Esteban Araya 200 m individual medley 2:08.89 41 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:40.23 41 N/A Did not advance
Mario Montoya 100 m freestyle 52.06 71 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:52.92 60 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marie Laura Meza 100 m butterfly 1:01.59 41 Did not advance
Helena Moreno 400 m freestyle 4:26.87 40 N/A Did not advance
800 m freestyle 9:09.27 36 N/A Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Marie Laura Meza
Esteban Araya
Helena Moreno
Mario Montoya		 4×100 m freestyle relay 3:46.16 19 Did not advance
Mario Montoya
Esteban Araya
Marie Laura Meza
Helena Moreno		 4×100 m medley relay 4:10.75 17 Did not advance

Synchronized swimming
Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Costa Rica fielded a full team of ten synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events.[5]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Fiorella Calvo
Natalia Jenkins		 Duet technical routine 68.2496 35 Did not advance
Duet free routine 68.5667 34 Did not advance
Johanna Akerman
Bianca Benavides
Carolina Bolanos*
Fiorella Calvo
Mariela Jenkins
Natalia Jenkins
Valeria Lizano
Violeta Mitinian
Elda Moreira
Karina Sanchéz*		 Team technical routine 67.3454 23 Did not advance
Team free routine 71.8000 19 Did not advance

References
  1. Tayver, Fanny (16 July 2015). "Angélica Astorga quedó contenta con su actuación en aguas abiertas de Toronto" [Angélica Astorga was pleased with her performance in open water at Toronto] (in Spanish). San José, Costa Rica: La Nación. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  2. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  3. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Entry List by NAT". FINA. pp. 78–132. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. Sanabria, Francisco (30 July 2015). "Ticos listos para el Mundial de Natación en Rusia" [Swimmers are ready for the World Championships in Kazan] (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  5. "Kazan 2015 (Synchronized Swimming) – Entry List by NAT". FINA. pp. 1–10. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
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