Overview of the events of 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 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: Cao Yuan; Jack Laugher; Patrick Hausding
- Women's 3m Springboard: Shi Tingmao; He Zi; Tania Cagnotto
- Men's 10m Platform: Chen Aisen; Germán Sánchez; David Boudia
- Women's 10m Platform: Ren Qian; Si Yajie; Meaghan Benfeito
- Men's Synchronized 3m Springboard:
- Great Britain (Chris Mears & Jack Laugher)
- United States (Sam Dorman & Michael Hixon)
- China (Cao Yuan & Qin Kai)
- Men's Synchronized 10m Platform:
- China (Chen Aisen & Lin Yue)
- United States (David Boudia & Steele Johnson)
- Great Britain (Tom Daley & Daniel Goodfellow)
- Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard:
- China (Shi Tingmao & Wu Minxia)
- Italy (Tania Cagnotto & Francesca Dallapé)
- Australia (Maddison Keeney & Anabelle Smith)
- Women's Synchronized 10m Platform:
- August 15: Women's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana
- August 15–20: Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center
- Duet:
- Russia (Natalia Ishchenko & Svetlana Romashina)
- China (Huang Xuechen & Sun Wenyan)
- Japan (Yukiko Inui & Risako Mitsui)
- Team: Russia (RUS); China (CHN); Japan (JPN)
- August 16: Men's 10km marathon swimming in Rio de Janeiro at Fort Copacabana
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
- 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
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
- September 4: Grand Prix #3 (final) in Capri, Campania-Naples
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
- 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
- August 30 & 31: SWC #2 in Berlin
- September 3 & 4: SWC #3 in Moscow
- 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
- 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
- July 9–13: 2016 FINA World Junior Synchronized Swimming Championships in Kazan
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
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: Denis Gargaud Chanut; Matej Beňuš; Takuya Haneda
- Men's C2:
- Slovakia (Ladislav Škantár & Peter Škantár)
- Great Britain (David Florence & Richard Hounslow)
- France (Gauthier Klauss & Matthieu Péché)
- Men's K1: Joe Clarke; Peter Kauzer; Jiří Prskavec
- Women's K1: Maialen Chourraut; Luuka Jones; 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: Yuriy Cheban; Valentin Demyanenko; Isaquias Queiroz
- Men's C1 1,000m: Sebastian Brendel; Isaquias Queiroz; Serghei Tarnovschi
- Men's C2 1,000m:
- Germany (Sebastian Brendel & Jan Vandrey)
- Brazil (Erlon Silva & Isaquias Queiroz)
- Ukraine (Dmytro Ianchuk & Taras Mishchuk)
- Men's K1 200m: Liam Heath; Maxime Beaumont; Saúl Craviotto; Ronald Rauhe
- Men's K1 1,000m: Marcus Walz; Josef Dostál; Roman Anoshkin
- Men's K2 200m:
- Spain (Saúl Craviotto & Cristian Toro)
- Great Britain (Liam Heath & Jon Schofield
- Lithuania (Aurimas Lankas & Edvinas Ramanauskas
- Men's K2 1,000m:
- Germany (Max Rendschmidt & Marcus Gross)
- Serbia (Marko Tomićević & Milenko Zorić)
- Australia (Ken Wallace & Lachlan Tame)
- Men's K4 1,000m: Germany (GER); Slovakia (SVK); Czech Republic (CZE)
- Women
- Women's K1 200m: Lisa Carrington; Marta Walczykiewicz; Inna Osypenko-Radomska
- Women's K1 500m: Danuta Kozák; Emma Jørgensen; Lisa Carrington
- Women's K2 500m:
- Hungary (Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák)
- Germany (Franziska Weber & Tina Dietze)
- Poland (Karolina Naja & Beata Mikołajczyk)
- Women's K4 500m: Hungary (HUN); Germany (GER); 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
- 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
- July 28–31: 2016 ICF Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships in Minsk
2016 Canoe Sprint World Cup
- May 20–22: CSF World Cup #1 in Duisburg
- 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.
- Men: Italy defeated France, 6–5 in overtime, to win their first ICF Canoe Polo World Championships title.
- 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
- Great Britain won both the gold and overall medal tallies.
International rowing championships
- January 16: 2016 European Rowing Indoor Championships in Győr
- February 28: 2016 FISA Indoor Rowing World Championships in Boston
- March 22–24: 2016 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Valparaíso
- March 25–27: 2016 South American Rowing Championship in Curauma
- 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)
- 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
- 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
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: Dorian van Rijsselberghe; Nick Dempsey; Pierre Le Coq
- Men's Laser: Tom Burton; Tonči Stipanović; Sam Meech
- Men's Finn: Giles Scott; Vasilij Žbogar; Caleb Paine
- Men's 470:
- Croatia (Šime Fantela & Igor Marenić)
- Australia (Mathew Belcher & William Ryan)
- Greece (Panagiotis Mantis & Pavlos Kagialis)
- Men's 49er:
- New Zealand (Peter Burling & Blair Tuke)
- Australia (Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen)
- Germany (Erik Heil & Thomas Plössel)
- Women
- Women's RS:X: Charline Picon; Chen Peina; Stefania Elfutina
- Women's Laser Radial: Marit Bouwmeester; Annalise Murphy; Anne-Marie Rindom
- Women's 470:
- Great Britain (Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark)
- New Zealand (Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie)
- France (Camille Lecointre & Hélène Defrance)
- Women's 49erFX:
- Brazil (Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze)
- New Zealand (Alex Maloney & Molly Meech)
- Denmark (Jena Hansen & Katja Salskov-Iversen)
- Mixed Narca 17:
- Argentina (Santiago Lange & Cecilia Carranza Saroli)
- Australia (Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin)
- 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)
- 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
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
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
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
- 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
- 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.
- April 15 & 16: 2015–16 Women's LEN Trophy Final Four in Mataró
- 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
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