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Fédération International de Natation Amateur

International Amateur Swimming Federation - FINA

image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 12 February 2011

Overview
Flag at the London 2012 Olympics
Former Flag
World Aquatics Championships - Rome 2009
World Aquatics Championships - Shanghai 2011

See also:

Overview

FINA was founded in 1908, and now has 171 countries affiliated with it. The flag is 1:2; a light blue-white-light blue tribar. In the upper light blue tribar a white world map in two parts near hoist. The flag was introduced in 1908.

Flag at the London 2012 Olympics

The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics (Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 [loc12]) provides recommendations for flag designs. Each international federation and international paralympics federation was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the official version of each flag, they are certainly what the international federation and international paralympics federation believed the flag to be.
For FINA: PMS 3015 blue, 1235 yellow. The vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise.
Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012

Former Flag

Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 14 March 2010
Quoted by: Rob Raeside, 5 March 2004.

Sources:
    Text: Flags and Logos of International Sports Federations, Associations, and Organizations
    Picture: International Olympic Committee
    Mason Kaye, 5 March 2004.
    Quoted by: Rob Raeside, 5 March 2004.

The flag shown here was also depicted and detailed in the "Flag Manual" by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, 2008. It is depicted 2 x 3 (horizontal) and 3 x 2 (vertical).
Colors (PMS): Process Blue
Remarks: FINA changed emblem in 2008. Probably there exists a new flag.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 14 March, 2010

New flag used since 2008.
Source: www.fina.org
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 12 February 2011

World Aquatics Championships - Rome 2009

image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 23 July 2011

During the opening ceremony the flag of the competions was also flown joinly with the flag of FINA and that of Italy.
The flag of the competition was white charged with the official logo.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 23 July 2011

World Aquatics Championships - Shanghai 2011

On 16 July 2011 were inaugurated the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China PR, at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The flags parade was in alphabetical order after the country's codes. The only exceptions were Italy which marched first, and China which marched last as host. Ghana and Kuwait marched under the FINA flag Netherlands Antilles (AHO) still exits, at least to FINA. It marched under its flag in second placed behind Italy and before Albania. Oceania and Europe only missed one of its members each, Samoa (SAM) and Gibraltar (GIB) respectively. I counted 181 contries and "regions" as called by FINA, perhaps it is a new record. In Rome 2009, GIB, TCN, IVB, took part. But I don't know the exact number of countries.
The full list is as follows:
1 ITA
2 AHO
3 ALB
4 ALG
5 AND
6 ANG
7 ANT
8 ARG
9 ARM
10 ARU
11 ASA
12 AUS
13 AUT
14 AZE
15 BAH
16 BAN
17 BAR
18 BDI
19 BEL
20 BEN
21 BER
22 BIH
23 BLR
24 BOL
25 BOT
26 BRA
27 BRN
28 BRU
29 BUL
30 BUR
31 CAF
32 CAM
33 CAN
34 CAY
35 CGO
36 CHI
37 CIV
38 CMR
39 COD
40 COK
41 COL
42 COM
43 CRC
44 CRO
45 CUB
46 CYP
47 CZE
48 DEN
49 DJI
50 DOM
51 ECU
52 EGY
53 ESA
54 ESP
55 EST
56 ETH
57 FAR
58 FIJ
59 FIN
60 FRA
61 FSM
62 GAM
63 GBR
64 GEO
65 GER
66 GHA
67 GRE
68 GRN
69 GUA
70 GUI
71 GUM
72 GUY
73 HKG
74 HON
75 HUN
76 INA
77 IND
78 IRI
79 IRL
80 IRQ
81 ISL
82 ISR
83 ISV
84 JAM
85 JOR
86 JPN
87 KAZ
88 KEN
89 KGZ
90 KOR
91 KUW
92 LAO
93 LAT
94 LBA
95 LCA
96 LES
97 LIB
98 LIE
99 LTU
100 LUX
101 MAC
102 MAD
103 MAR
104 MAS
105 MDA
106 MDV
107 MEX
108 MGL
109 MHL
110 MKD
111 MLI
112 MLT
113 MNE
114 MON
115 MOZ
116 MRI
117 MTN
118 NAM
119 NCA
120 NED
121 NEP
122 NGR
123 NIG
124 NMA
125 NOR
126 NZL
127 OMA
128 PAK
129 PAN
130 PAR
131 PER
132 PHI
133 PLE
134 PLW
135 PNG
136 POL
137 POR
138 PRK
139 PUR
140 QAT
141 ROU
142 RSA
143 RUS
144 RWA
145 SEN
146 SEY
147 SIN
148 SLO
149 SMR
150 SRB
151 SRI
152 SUD
153 SUI
154 SUR
155 SVK
156 SWE
157 SWZ
158 SYR
159 TAH
160 TAN
161 TGA
162 THA
163 TJK
164 TKM
165 TOG
166 TPE
167 TRI
168 TUN
169 TUR
170 UAE
171 UGA
172 UKR
173 URU
174 USA
175 UZB
176 VEN
177 VIE
178 VIN
179 ZAM
180 ZIM
181 CHN

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_World_Aquatics_Championships
Opening ceremony part 3/5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYAnnhMqIJo
Opening ceremony part 4/5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ9ODwe7Cmw
Codes: http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=18&Itemid=638
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 20 July 2011

According to this page at Roma 2009, 200 nations were involved. But in reality, as mentioned here, there were 179 participating countries. Excelsior.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 20 July 2011