Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

The Swimming portion of the 13th FINA World Aquatics Championships was held at the Foro Italico sports complex in Rome, Italy from Sunday 26 July – Sunday 2 August 2009. It featured 40 long course (50m) events (20 for males, 20 for females; 17 individual events and 3 relays for each gender).

Competition schedule

The evening session schedule for the 2009 Worlds was:[1]

Date Sunday
July 26, 2009		 Monday
July 27, 2009		 Tuesday
July 28, 2009		 Wednesday
July 29, 2009
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s		 Women's 100 fly [sf]
Men's 400 free
Women's 200 IM [sf]
Men's 50 fly [sf]
Women's 400 free
Men's 100 breast [sf]
Women's 4×100 freestyle
Men's 4×100 freestyle		 Men's 100 breast
Women's 100 fly
Men's 100 back [sf]
Women's 100 breast [sf]
Men's 50 fly
Women's 100 back [sf]
Men's 200 free [sf]
Women's 200 IM		 Men's 200 free
Women's 100 back
Men's 50 breast [sf]
Women's 1500 free
Men's 100 back
Women's 200 free [sf]
Men's 200 fly [sf]
Women's 100 breast		 Men's 100 free [sf]
Women's 50 back [sf]
Men's 200 fly
Women's 200 free
Men's 50 breast
Women's 200 fly [sf]
Men's 200 IM [sf]
Men's 800 free
Date Thursday
July 30, 2009		 Friday
July 31, 2009		 Saturday
August 1, 2009		 Sunday
August 2, 2009
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Men's 200 IM
Women's 200 breast [sf]
Men's 100 free
Women's 200 fly
Men's 200 breast [sf]
Women's 50 back
Men's 200 back [sf]
Women's 4×200 freestyle		 Women's 100 free
Men's 200 back
Women's 50 fly [sf]
Men's 50 free [sf]
 Women's 200 breast
Men's 100 fly [sf]
Women's 200 back [sf]
 Men's 200 breast
Men's 4×200 freestyle		 Women's 50 fly
Men's 50 free
Women's 200 back
Women's 50 breast [sf]
Men's 100 fly
Women's 50 free [sf]
Men's 50 back [sf]
Women's 800 free
Women's 4×100 medley		 Men's 50 back
Women's 50 breast
Men's 400 IM
Women's 50 free
Men's 1500 free
Women's 400 IM
Men's 4×100 medley

Note: prelims/semifinals/finals were swum in events 200 m and shorter; prelims/finals in events 400 m or longer. For prelims/semifinals/finals events, prelims and semis were held on the same day, with finals being the evening of the following day. For the 400 m events and the 800 m relays, prelims and finals were held the same day. For the individual 800 m and 1500 m races, prelims were in the morning of one day, with finals in the evening of the next day. Preliminary sessions began at 9:00 a.m.; finals at 6:00 p.m.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)106622
2 Germany (GER)4419
3 China (CHN)42410
4 Australia (AUS)34916
5 Italy (ITA)*3014
6 Great Britain (GBR)2327
7 Hungary (HUN)2136
8 Brazil (BRA)2103
 Serbia (SRB)2103
10 Russia (RUS)1517
11 Japan (JPN)1214
12 Tunisia (TUN)1203
13 Denmark (DEN)1102
 Sweden (SWE)1102
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)1102
16 South Africa (RSA)1023
17 Netherlands (NED)1012
18 France (FRA)0336
19 Canada (CAN)0213
20 Poland (POL)0101
21 Spain (ESP)0033
22 Austria (AUT)0011
 Lithuania (LTU)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
 Romania (ROU)0011
Totals (25 nations)404042122

Medal winners

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
 César Cielo Filho
 Brazil		21.08
CR		 Frédérick Bousquet
 France		21.21
 Amaury Leveaux
 France		21.25
100 m freestyle
 César Cielo Filho
 Brazil		46.91
WR		 Alain Bernard
 France		47.12
 Frédérick Bousquet
 France		47.25
200 m freestyle
 Paul Biedermann
 Germany		1:42.00
WR		 Michael Phelps
 United States		1:43.22
 Danila Izotov
 Russia		1:43.90
400 m freestyle
 Paul Biedermann
 Germany		3:40.07
WR		 Oussama Mellouli
 Tunisia		3:41.11
 Zhang Lin
 China		3:41.35
800 m freestyle
 Zhang Lin
 China		7:32.12
WR		 Oussama Mellouli
 Tunisia		7:35.27
 Ryan Cochrane
 Canada		7:41.92
1500 m freestyle
 Oussama Mellouli
 Tunisia		14:37.28
 Ryan Cochrane
 Canada		14:41.38
 Sun Yang
 China		14:46.84
50 m backstroke
 Liam Tancock
 Great Britain		24.04
WR		 Junya Koga
 Japan		24.24
 Gerhard Zandberg
 South Africa		24.34
100 m backstroke
 Junya Koga
 Japan		52.26
CR		 Helge Meeuw
 Germany		52.54
 Aschwin Wildeboer
 Spain		52.64
200 m backstroke
 Aaron Peirsol
 United States		1:51.92
WR		 Ryosuke Irie
 Japan		1:52.51
 Ryan Lochte
 United States		1:53.82
50 m breaststroke
 Cameron van der Burgh
 South Africa		26.67
WR		 Felipe França Silva
 Brazil		26.76
 Mark Gangloff
 United States		26.86
100 m breaststroke
 Brenton Rickard
 Australia		58.58
WR		 Hugues Duboscq
 France		58.64
 Cameron van der Burgh
 South Africa		58.95
200 m breaststroke
 Dániel Gyurta
 Hungary		2:07.64 Eric Shanteau
 United States		2:07.65
 Giedrius Titenis
 Lithuania
Christian Sprenger
 Australia		2:07.80
50 m butterfly
 Milorad Čavić
 Serbia		22.67
CR		 Matt Targett
 Australia		22.73
 Rafael Muñoz
 Spain		22.88
100 m butterfly
 Michael Phelps
 United States		49.82
WR		 Milorad Čavić
 Serbia		49.95
 Rafael Muñoz
 Spain		50.41
200 m butterfly
 Michael Phelps
 United States		1:51.51
WR		 Paweł Korzeniowski
 Poland		1:53.23
 Takeshi Matsuda
 Japan		1:53.32
200 m individual medley
 Ryan Lochte
 United States		1:54.10
WR		 László Cseh
 Hungary		1:55.24
 Eric Shanteau
 United States		1:55.36
400 m individual medley
 Ryan Lochte
 United States		4:07.01
 Tyler Clary
 United States		4:07.31
 László Cseh
 Hungary		4:07.37
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
  United States
Michael Phelps (47.78)
Ryan Lochte (47.03)
Matt Grevers (47.61)
Nathan Adrian (46.79)		3:09.21
CR		  Russia
Evgeniy Lagunov (47.90)
Andrey Grechin (47.00)
Danila Izotov (47.23)
Alexander Sukhorukov (47.39)		3:09.52
  France
Fabien Gilot (47.73)
Alain Bernard (46.46)
Grégory Mallet (48.28)
Frédérick Bousquet (47.42)		3:09.89
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
  United States
Michael Phelps (1:44.49)
Ricky Berens (1:44.13)
David Walters (1:45.47)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)		6:58.55
WR		  Russia
Nikita Lobintsev (1:45.10)
Mikhail Polischuk (1:45.42)
Danila Izotov (1:44.48)
Alexander Sukhorukov (1:44.15)		6:59.15
  Australia
Kenrick Monk (1:46.00)
Robert Hurley (1:46.47)
Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.82)
Patrick Murphy (1:44.36)		7:01.65
4 × 100 m medley relay
  United States
Aaron Peirsol (52.19)CR
Eric Shanteau (58.57)
Michael Phelps (49.72)
David Walters (46.60)		3:27.28
WR		  Germany
Helge Meeuw (52.27)
Hendrik Feldwehr (58.51)
Benjamin Starke (50.91)
Paul Biedermann (46.89)		3:28.58
  Australia
Ashley Delaney (53.10)
Brenton Rickard (57.80)
Andrew Lauterstein (50.58)
Matt Targett (47.16)		3:28.64

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
 Britta Steffen
 Germany		23.73
WR		 Therese Alshammar
 Sweden		23.88
 Cate Campbell
 Australia
Marleen Veldhuis
 Netherlands		23.99
100 m freestyle
 Britta Steffen
 Germany		52.07
WR		 Francesca Halsall
 Great Britain		52.87
 Lisbeth Trickett
 Australia		52.93
200 m freestyle
 Federica Pellegrini
 Italy		1:52.98
WR		 Allison Schmitt
 United States		1:54.96
 Dana Vollmer
 United States		1:55.64
400 m freestyle
 Federica Pellegrini
 Italy		3:59.15
WR		 Joanne Jackson
 Great Britain		4:00.60
 Rebecca Adlington
 Great Britain		4:00.79
800 m freestyle
 Lotte Friis
 Denmark		8:15.92
CR		 Joanne Jackson
 Great Britain		8:16.66
 Alessia Filippi
 Italy		8:17.21
1500 m freestyle
 Alessia Filippi
 Italy		15:44.93
CR		 Lotte Friis
 Denmark		15:46.30
 Camelia Potec
 Romania		15:55.63
50 m backstroke
 Zhao Jing
 China		27.06
WR		 Daniela Samulski
 Germany		27.23
 Gao Chang
 China		27.28
100 m backstroke
 Gemma Spofforth
 Great Britain		58.12
WR		 Anastasia Zueva
 Russia		58.18
 Emily Seebohm
 Australia		58.88
200 m backstroke
 Kirsty Coventry
 Zimbabwe		2:04.81
WR		 Anastasia Zueva
 Russia		2:04.94
 Elizabeth Beisel
 United States		2:06.39
50 m breaststroke
 Yuliya Efimova
 Russia		30.09
WR		 Rebecca Soni
 United States		30.11
 Sarah Katsoulis
 Australia		30.16
100 m breaststroke
 Rebecca Soni
 United States		1:04.93
 Yuliya Efimova
 Russia		1:05.41
 Kasey Carlson
 United States		1:05.75
200 m breaststroke
 Nadja Higl
 Serbia		2:21.62
Annamay Pierse
 Canada		2:21.84
Mirna Jukić
 Austria		2:21.97
50 m butterfly
 Marieke Guehrer
 Australia		25.48
 Zhou Yafei
 China		25.57
 Ingvild Snildal
 Norway		25.58
100 m butterfly
 Sarah Sjöström
 Sweden		56.06
WR		 Jessicah Schipper
 Australia		56.23
 Jiao Liuyang
 China		56.86
200 m butterfly
 Jessicah Schipper
 Australia		2:03.41
WR		 Liu Zige
 China		2:03.90
 Katinka Hosszú
 Hungary		2:04.28
200 m individual medley
 Ariana Kukors
 United States		2:06.15
WR		 Stephanie Rice
 Australia		2:07.03
 Katinka Hosszú
 Hungary		2:07.46
400 m individual medley
 Katinka Hosszú
 Hungary		4:30.31
CR		 Kirsty Coventry
 Zimbabwe		4:32.12
 Stephanie Rice
 Australia		4:32.29
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
  Netherlands
Inge Dekker (53.61)
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30)
Frederike Heemskerk (53.03)
Marleen Veldhuis (52.78)		3:31.72
WR		  Germany
Britta Steffen (52.22) WR
Daniela Samulski (53.49)
Petra Dallmann (53.75)
Daniela Schreiber (52.37)		3:31.83
  Australia
Lisbeth Trickett (52.62)
Marieke Guehrer (53.60)
Shayne Reese (53.25)
Felicity Galvez (53.54)		3:33.01
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
  China
Yang Yu (1:55.47)
Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79)
Liu Jing (1:56.09)
Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)		7:42.08
WR		  United States
Dana Vollmer (1:55.29)
Lacey Nymeyer (1:57.88)
Ariana Kukors (1:55.18)
Allison Schmitt (1:54.21)		7:42.56  Great Britain
Joanne Jackson (1:55.98)
Jazmin Carlin (1:56.78)
Caitlin McClatchey (1:56.42)
Rebecca Adlington (1:56.33)		7:45.51
4 × 100 m medley relay
  China
Zhao Jing (58.98)
Chen Huijia (1:04.12)
Jiao Liuyang (56.28)
Li Zhesi (52.81)		3:52.19
WR		  Australia
Emily Seebohm (59.40)
Sarah Katsoulis (1:04.65)
Jessicah Schipper (56.19)
Lisbeth Trickett (52.34)		3:52.58  Germany
Daniela Samulski (59.85)
Sarah Poewe (1:06.81)
Annika Mehlhorn (57.14)
Britta Steffen (51.99)		3:55.79

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Records

The following world and championship records were broken during the competition.

World records

DateEventTimeNameNation
July 26Women's 100 metre butterfly semifinal56.44Sarah Sjöström Sweden
July 26Men's 400 metre freestyle final3:40.07Paul Biedermann Germany
July 26Women's 200 metre individual medley semifinal2:07.03Ariana Kukors United States
July 26Women's 400 metre freestyle final3:59.15Federica Pellegrini Italy
July 26Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final3:31.72Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Frederike Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands
July 26Women's 100 metre freestyle (relay final lead-off)52.22Britta Steffen Germany
July 27Men's 100 metre breaststroke final58.58Brenton Rickard Australia
July 27Women's 100 metre butterfly final56.06Sarah Sjöström Sweden
July 27Women's 200 metre individual medley final2:06.15Ariana Kukors United States
July 27Women's 100 metre backstroke semifinal58.48Anastasia Zuyeva Russia
July 27Women's 100 metre breaststroke semifinals1:04.84Rebecca Soni United States
July 28Men's 200 metre freestyle final1:42.00Paul Biedermann Germany
July 28Women's 100 metre backstroke final58.12Gemma Spofforth Great Britain
July 28Men's 50 metre breaststroke semifinal26.74Cameron van der Burgh South Africa
July 28Women's 200 metre freestyle semifinal1:53.67Federica Pellegrini Italy
July 29200 metre butterfly heats2:04.14Mary DeScenza United States
July 29Women's 50 metre backstroke semifinal27.39Daniela Samulski Germany
July 29Women's 50 metre backstroke semifinal27.38Anastasia Zuyeva Russia
July 29Men's 200 metre butterfly final1:51.51Michael Phelps United States
July 29Women's 200 metre freestyle final1:52.98Federica Pellegrini Italy
July 29Men's 50 metre breaststroke final26.67Cameron van der Burgh South Africa
July 29Men's 800 metre freestyle final7:32.12Zhang Lin China
July 30Men's 200 metre individual medley final1:54.10Ryan Lochte United States
July 30Women's 200 metre breaststroke semifinal2:20.12Annamay Pierse Canada
July 30Men's 100 metre freestyle final46.91César Cielo Brazil
July 30Women's 200 metre butterfly final2:03.41Jessicah Schipper Australia
July 30Men's 200 metre breaststroke semifinals2:07.31Christian Sprenger Australia
July 30Women's 50 metre backstroke final27.06Zhao Jing China
July 30Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final7:42.08Yang Yu, Zhu Qianwei, Liu Jing, Pang Jiaying China
July 31Women's 100 metre freestyle final52.07Britta Steffen Germany
July 31Men's 200 metre backstroke final1:51.92Aaron Peirsol United States
July 31Women's 50 metre butterfly semifinal25.28Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands
July 31Women's 50 metre butterfly semifinal25.07Therese Alshammar Sweden
July 31Men's 100 metre butterfly semifinal50.01Milorad Čavić Serbia
July 31Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final6:58.55Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte United States
August 1Women's 200 metre backstroke final2:04.81Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe
August 1Men's 100 metre butterfly final49.82Michael Phelps United States
August 1Men's 50 metre backstroke semifinal24.08Liam Tancock Great Britain
August 1Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay final3:52.19Zhao Jing, Chen Huijia, Jiao Liuyang, Li Zhesi China
August 2Men's 50 metre backstroke final24.04Liam Tancock Great Britain
August 2Women's 50 metre breaststroke final30.09Yuliya Yefimova Russia
August 2Women's 50 metre freestyle final23.73Britta Steffen Germany
August 2Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay final3:27.28Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau, Michael Phelps, David Walters United States

Championship records

DateEventTimeNameNation
July 26Women's 100 metre butterfly heats56.76Sarah Sjöström Sweden
July 26Women's 200 metre individual medley heats2:08.53Ariana Kukors United States
July 26Men's 50 metre butterfly heats22.90Roland Schoeman South Africa
July 26Men's 50 metre butterfly heats22.90Rafael Munoz Spain
July 26Women's 400 metre freestyle heats4:01.96Federica Pellegrini Italy
July 26Men's 100 metre breaststroke heats58.98Brenton Rickard Australia
July 26Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay heats3:34.74Britta Steffen, Daniela Samulski, Petra Dallmann, Daniela Schreiber Germany
July 26Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle (relay heats lead-off)47.39César Cielo Brazil
July 26Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay heats3:11.26César Cielo, Nicolas Oliveira, Guiherme Santos, Fernando Silva Brazil
July 26Men's 50 metre butterfly semifinals22.68Rafael Munoz Spain
July 26Men's 100 metre breaststroke semifinals58.96Eric Shanteau United States
July 26Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle (relay final lead-off)47.09César Cielo Brazil
July 26Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final3:09.21Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers, Nathan Adrian United States
July 27Women's 100 metre backstroke heats58.78Gemma Spofforth Great Britain
July 27Women's 100 metre breaststroke heats1:05.66Rebecca Soni United States
July 27Men's 100 metre backstroke heats52.93Aschwin Wildeboer Spain
July 27Men's 100 metre backstroke semifinal52.39Junya Koga Japan
July 27Men's 50 metre butterfly final22.67Milorad Čavić Serbia
July 27Men's 200 metre freestyle semifinal1:43.65Paul Biedermann Germany
July 28Men's 50 metre breaststroke heats26.92Cameron van der Burgh South Africa
July 28Women's 1500 metre freestyle final15:44.93Alessia Filippi Italy
July 28Men's 100 metre backstroke semifinals52.26Junya Koga Japan
July 29Women's 50 metre backstroke heats27.65Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus
July 30Women's 200 metre breaststroke heats2:21.68Annamay Pierse Canada
July 30Men's 200 metre breaststroke heats2:08.55Eric Shanteau United States
July 30Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay heats7:49.04Caitlin McClatchey, Jazmin Carlin, Hannah Miley, Rebecca Adlington Great Britain
July 30Women's 200 metre breaststroke semifinals2:20.93Rebecca Soni United States
July 30Men's 200 metre backstroke semifinals1:54.06Aaron Peirsol United States
July 31Men's 50 metre freestyle heats21.37César Cielo Brazil
July 31Women's 50 metre butterfly heats25.44Therese Alshammar Sweden
July 31Women's 200 metre backstroke heats2:06.72Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe
July 31Women's 50 metre butterfly semifinals25.28Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands
July 31Men's 50 metre freestyle semifinals21.29Duje Draganja Croatia
July 31Men's 50 metre freestyle semifinals21.21Frédérick Bousquet France
July 31Women's 200 metre backstroke semifinals2:05.86Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe
August 1Women's 50 metre freestyle heats24.24Cate Campbell Australia
August 1Women's 50 metre breaststroke heats30.34Kasey Carlson United States
August 1Women's 50 metre breaststroke heats30.24Yuliya Yefimova Russia
August 1Men's 50 metre backstroke heats24.49Guilherme Guido Brazil
August 1Men's 50 metre freestyle final21.08César Cielo Brazil
August 1Women's 50 metre freestyle semifinals24.08Cate Campbell Australia
August 1Women's 800 metre freestyle final8:15.92Lotte Friis Denmark
August 2Women's 400 metre individual medley final4:30.31Katinka Hosszú Hungary
August 2Men's 4 × 100 metre medley (relay final lead-off)52.19Aaron Peirsol United States

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rome 2009 Competition Programme Swimming". Tournament Organizers. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-07-01.

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