Finswimming has featured as a trend sport at the World Games since the inaugural 1981 World Games[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] held in Santa Clara, California.
Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS), the international federation responsible for finswimming, selects participants on the basis of the CMAS World Ranking which is a listing of the best performing senior and junior men and women from the most recent Finswimming World Championships and the rounds of the annual World Cup.
Each invited national federation may field no more than two swimmers per race and one relay team.
A place in the relay is available for the World Games host if it chooses to field a team.
[14] As of November 2013, the program consists of qualifying and final races held over two days for the following techniques and distances for senior men and women: Choi Sae-Rom (KOR)