Kosovo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Kosovo competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. This will be Kosovo's first participation at the World Championships since gaining membership by FINA in February 2015.[1][2]

Kosovo at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
FINA codeKOS
National federationKosovo Swimming Federation
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors4 in 1 sport
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
World Aquatics Championships appearances
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1973–1991)
 Serbia and Montenegro (1998–2005)
 Serbia (2007–2013)

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Kosovar 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):[3][4]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Meriton Veliu 100 m freestyle 1:00.41 109 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 28.67 65 Did not advance
Lum Zhaveli 50 m freestyle 24.91 74 Did not advance
50 m breaststroke 30.95 59 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Flaka Pruthi 50 m freestyle 30.16 89 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:14.29 63 Did not advance
Rita Zeqiri 50 m backstroke 33.65 46 Did not advance

References
  1. "Kosovo is the 208th FINA member". FINA. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  2. Keith, Braden (17 February 2015). "FINA Announces Kosovo as 208th Member Federation". SwimSwam. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Entry List by NAT". FINA. pp. 78–132. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
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