Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

The swimming events of the 15th FINA World Aquatics Championships were held July 28 – August 4, 2013, in Barcelona, Spain.[1] The competition was held in a long course pool inside the Palau Sant Jordi. It featured 40 LCM events, split evenly between males and females. Swimming was one of the five aquatic disciplines at the championships.[2]

The United States won the overall medal count, led by Missy Franklin who claimed a record-setting six gold medals. China's Sun Yang won three gold medals en route to "male swimmer of the meet". Katie Ledecky, from the United States, was named "female swimmer of the meet" after setting two world records and winning four gold medals. Four other women's world records were broken during the competition, all four in the women's breaststroke events.

Qualifying criteria

If a nation entered one competitor in an event then they only have to meet the B standard, but if they enter two competitors then in an event then they both have to meet the A standard. Each member nation can enter one relay team in each event. Qualifying standards must have been met between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2013.

The time standards for the 2013 FINA World Championships
Men Event Women
A standard
(2 entries)
B standard
(1 entry)
A standard
(2 entries)
B standard
(1 entry)
22.3323.1150 freestyle25.3426.29
48.9350.64100 freestyle54.8656.78
1:48.421:52.21200 freestyle1:58.742:02.90
3:49.553:57.58400 freestyle4:09.814:18.55
7:59.068:15.83800 freestyle8:34.338:52.33
15:14.3815:46.381500 freestyle16:26.3617:00.88
25.4326.3250 backstroke28.8429.85
54.4356.34100 backstroke1:01.391:03.54
1:58.482:02.63200 backstroke2:11.092:15.68
28.0028.9850 breaststroke32.0033.12
1:00.861:02.99100 breaststroke1:08.631:11.03
2:12.782:17.43200 breaststroke2:27.882:33.06
23.9624.8050 butterfly26.8327.77
52.5754.41100 butterfly58.891:00.95
1:57.032:01.13200 butterfly2:09.382:13.91
1:59.992:04.19200 individual medley2:14.972:19.69
4:18.994:28.05400 individual medley4:44.534:54.49

Competition format:

  • events 200 meters and under: preliminaries-semifinals-finals (top 16 finishers from prelims advanced to semifinals; top-8 in the semifinals advanced to the final).
  • events 400 meters and longer: prelims/final (top 8 finishers from prelims advanced to the final).

Schedule

[3]

Recap

During the World Aquatic Championships, five world records were set (one twice), all by women. Katie Ledecky of the United States broke the world record in the 800-metre freestyle and the 1500-metre freestyle events en route to two gold medals. She also won the 400-metre freestyle to go 3-for-3 in her events.[4] She added a fourth gold, swimming a leg of the 4x200-metre freestyle relay that the United States won.[5] Her performance earned her "female swimmer of the meet," beating out fellow American Missy Franklin based on a formula that does not consider relay events. Franklin became the first woman ever to win six golds in a single World Championships. Kristin Otto of East Germany has achieved this at the 1988 Olympic Games. She won the 100-metre and 200-metre backstroke events and the 200-metre freestyle.[6] She finished fourth in the 100-metre freestyle in personal best-time.[5] She was also a part of all three women's relay events, which the United States swept.[6] The previous record of five golds in a single World Championships was held by America's Tracy Caulkins and Australia's Libby Trickett. Among men, Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz of America, Ian Thorpe of Australia all won at least six golds in a single World Championships or Olympics.[5] Franklin also moved into a tie with Trickett for most all-time gold medals with nine.[6]

Rūta Meilutytė of Lithuania broke both the 50-metre and 100-metre breaststroke records in the semi-final of each event. Denmark's Rikke Møller Pedersen set the 200-metre breatstroke record in that event's semi-finals.[4] However, it was Russia's Yuliya Yefimova who won the gold medal in both the 50-metre and 200-metre events, while Meilutytė took gold in the 100-metre.[7]

On the men's side, Sun Yang claimed three golds by winning the 400-metre, 800-metre, and 1500-metre freestyle events to earn "male swimmer of the meet."[4] He also swam China to bronze in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay despite starting his anchor leg two seconds behind third place. Ryan Lochte from the United States won two gold to bring his overall World Champions haul to 15. In the 4x100-metre medley relay, the United States appeared to finish first by a wide margin but was disqualified because a swimmer left the platform too early. As a result, France moved up to first. Camille Lacourt won France's first ever 50-metre backstroke title.[7] César Cielo became the first three-time World Champion of the 50-metre free, winning a final that featured three Olympic gold medalists.[8]

Medal summary

The United States won the overall medal count with 29 medals (24% of total available) and 13 golds (32%). China won the second most golds (5), but just 9 medals overall (down from 14 in the last World Championships). Australia won 13 medals (3 gold) for second place on the total medal count. Russia won 8 medals, the most for the nation since 1998. Germany, Great Britain, and Italy, all historically strong swimming nations, won just four medals among them.[9]

Medal table

  *   Host nation

  *   Host nation (Spain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States138829
2 China5229
3 France4149
4 Australia310013
5 Hungary3115
 South Africa3115
7 Russia2338
8 Brazil2035
9 Denmark1304
10 Japan1236
11 Lithuania1102
 Sweden1102
13 Netherlands1034
14 Spain*0314
15 Poland0213
16 Canada0123
17 Italy0112
18 Germany0101
19 New Zealand0033
20 Finland0011
 Great Britain0011
 Trinidad and Tobago0011
Totals (22 nations)404139120

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle[10]
César Cielo
 Brazil
21.32 Vladimir Morozov
 Russia
21.47
NR
George Bovell
 Trinidad and Tobago
21.51
100 m freestyle[11]
James Magnussen
 Australia
47.71 Jimmy Feigen
 United States
47.82 Nathan Adrian
 United States
47.84
200 m freestyle[12]
Yannick Agnel
 France
1:44.20 Conor Dwyer
 United States
1:45.32 Danila Izotov
 Russia
1:45.59
400 m freestyle[13]
Sun Yang
 China
3:41.59 Kosuke Hagino
 Japan
3:44.82
NR
Connor Jaeger
 United States
3:44.85
800 m freestyle[14]
Sun Yang
 China
7:41.36 Michael McBroom
 United States
7:43.60
NR
Ryan Cochrane
 Canada
7:43.70
1500 m freestyle[15]
Sun Yang
 China
14:41.15 Ryan Cochrane
 Canada
14:42.48 Gregorio Paltrinieri
 Italy
14:45.37
NR
50 m backstroke[16]
Camille Lacourt
 France
24.42 Matt Grevers
 United States
Jérémy Stravius
 France
24.54   Not awarded
100 m backstroke[17]
Matt Grevers
 United States
52.93 David Plummer
 United States
53.12 Jérémy Stravius
 France
53.21
200 m backstroke[18]
Ryan Lochte
 United States
1:53.79 Radosław Kawęcki
 Poland
1:54.24
ER
Tyler Clary
 United States
1:54.64
50 m breaststroke[19]
Cameron van der Burgh
 South Africa
26.77 Christian Sprenger
 Australia
26.78
OC
Giulio Zorzi
 South Africa
27.04
100 m breaststroke[20]
Christian Sprenger
 Australia
58.79 Cameron van der Burgh
 South Africa
58.97 Felipe Lima
 Brazil
59.65
200 m breaststroke[21]
Dániel Gyurta
 Hungary
2:07.23
CR, ER
Marco Koch
 Germany
2:08.54 Matti Mattsson
 Finland
2:08.95
NR
50 m butterfly[22]
César Cielo
 Brazil
23.01 Eugene Godsoe
 United States
23.05 Frédérick Bousquet
 France
23.11
100 m butterfly[23]
Chad le Clos
 South Africa
51.06
NR
László Cseh
 Hungary
51.45
NR
Konrad Czerniak
 Poland
51.46
200 m butterfly[24]
Chad le Clos
 South Africa
1:54.32 Paweł Korzeniowski
 Poland
1:55.01 Wu Peng
 China
1:55.09
200 m individual medley[25]
Ryan Lochte
 United States
1:54.98 Kosuke Hagino
 Japan
1:56.29 Thiago Pereira
 Brazil
1:56.30
400 m individual medley[26]
Daiya Seto
 Japan
4:08.69 Chase Kalisz
 United States
4:09.22 Thiago Pereira
 Brazil
4:09.48
4×100 m freestyle relay[27]
 France
Yannick Agnel (48.76)
Florent Manaudou (47.93)
Fabien Gilot (46.90)
Jérémy Stravius (47.59)
3:11.18  United States
Nathan Adrian (47.95)
Ryan Lochte (47.80)
Anthony Ervin (47.44)
Jimmy Feigen (48.23)
3:11.42  Russia
Andrey Grechin (48.09)
Nikita Lobintsev (47.91)
Vladimir Morozov (47.40)
Danila Izotov (48.04)
3:11.44
4×200 m freestyle relay[28]
 United States
Conor Dwyer (1:45.76)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.98)
Charlie Houchin (1:45.59)
Ricky Berens (1:45.39)
7:01.72  Russia
Danila Izotov (1:45.14)
Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.23)
Artem Lobuzov (1:46.16)
Alexander Sukhorukov (1:46.39)
7:03.92  China
Wang Shun (1:47.41)
Hao Yun (1:47.25)
Li Yunqi (1:46.92)
Sun Yang (1:43.16)
7:04.74
NR
4×100 m medley relay[29]
 France
Camille Lacourt (53.23)
Giacomo Perez d'Ortona (59.26)
Jérémy Stravius (51.33)
Fabien Gilot (47.39)
3:31.51  Australia
Ashley Delaney (53.55)
Christian Sprenger (58.47)
Tommaso D'Orsogna (52.34)
James Magnussen (47.28)
3:31.64  Japan
Ryosuke Irie (53.48)
Kosuke Kitajima (59.29)
Takuro Fujii (51.67)
Shinri Shioura (47.82)
3:32.26

AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle[30]
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
 Netherlands
24.05 Cate Campbell
 Australia
24.14 Francesca Halsall
 Great Britain
24.30
100 m freestyle[31]
Cate Campbell
 Australia
52.34 Sarah Sjöström
 Sweden
52.89 Ranomi Kromowidjojo
 Netherlands
53.42
200 m freestyle[32]
Missy Franklin
 United States
1:54.81 Federica Pellegrini
 Italy
1:55.14 Camille Muffat
 France
1:55.72
400 m freestyle[33]
Katie Ledecky
 United States
3:59.82
AM
Melanie Costa
 Spain
4:02.47
NR
Lauren Boyle
 New Zealand
4:03.89
800 m freestyle[34]
Katie Ledecky
 United States
8:13.86
WR
Lotte Friis
 Denmark
8:16.32 Lauren Boyle
 New Zealand
8:18.58
OC
1500 m freestyle[35]
Katie Ledecky
 United States
15:36.53
WR
Lotte Friis
 Denmark
15:38.88
ER
Lauren Boyle
 New Zealand
15:44.71
OC
50 m backstroke[36]
Zhao Jing
 China
27.29 Fu Yuanhui
 China
27.39 Aya Terakawa
 Japan
27.53
100 m backstroke[37]
Missy Franklin
 United States
58.42 Emily Seebohm
 Australia
59.06 Aya Terakawa
 Japan
59.23
200 m backstroke[38]
Missy Franklin
 United States
2:04.76
CR
Belinda Hocking
 Australia
2:06.66 Hilary Caldwell
 Canada
2:06.80
NR
50 m breaststroke[39]
Yuliya Yefimova
 Russia
29.52
NR
Rūta Meilutytė
 Lithuania
29.59 Jessica Hardy
 United States
29.80
100 m breaststroke[40]
Rūta Meilutytė
 Lithuania
1:04.42 Yuliya Yefimova
 Russia
1:05.02
NR
Jessica Hardy
 United States
1:05.52
200 m breaststroke[41]
Yuliya Yefimova
 Russia
2:19.41
NR
Rikke Møller Pedersen
 Denmark
2:20.08 Micah Lawrence
 United States
2:22.37
50 m butterfly[42]
Jeanette Ottesen
 Denmark
25.24 Lu Ying
 China
25.42
AS
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
 Netherlands
25.53
100 m butterfly[43]
Sarah Sjöström
 Sweden
56.53 Alicia Coutts
 Australia
56.97 Dana Vollmer
 United States
57.24
200 m butterfly[44]
Liu Zige
 China
2:04.59 Mireia Belmonte
 Spain
2:04.78 Katinka Hosszú
 Hungary
2:05.59
200 m individual medley[45]
Katinka Hosszú
 Hungary
2:07.92 Alicia Coutts
 Australia
2:09.39 Mireia Belmonte
 Spain
2:09.45
NR
400 m individual medley[46]
Katinka Hosszú
 Hungary
4:30.41 Mireia Belmonte
 Spain
4:31.21 Elizabeth Beisel
 United States
4:31.69
4×100 m freestyle relay[47]
 United States
Missy Franklin (53.51)
Natalie Coughlin (52.98)
Shannon Vreeland (53.22)
Megan Romano (52.60)
3:32.31
AM
 Australia
Cate Campbell (52.33) OC
Bronte Campbell (53.47)
Emma McKeon (53.19)
Alicia Coutts (53.44)
3:32.43
OC
 Netherlands
Elise Bouwens (55.68)
Femke Heemskerk (52.86)
Inge Dekker (54.58)
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.65)
3:35.77
4×200 m freestyle relay[48]
 United States
Katie Ledecky (1:56.32)
Shannon Vreeland (1:56.97)
Karlee Bispo (1:57.58)
Missy Franklin (1:54.27)
7:45.14  Australia
Bronte Barratt (1:57.04)
Kylie Palmer (1:56.29)
Brittany Elmslie (1:56.42)
Alicia Coutts (1:57.33)
7:47.08  France
Camille Muffat (1:56.45)
Charlotte Bonnet (1:56.81)
Mylène Lazare (1:59.15)
Coralie Balmy (1:56.02)
7:48.43
4×100 m medley relay[49]
 United States
Missy Franklin (58.39)
Jessica Hardy (1:05.10)
Dana Vollmer (56.31)
Megan Romano (53.43)
3:53.23  Australia
Emily Seebohm (59.40)
Sally Foster (1:06.84)
Alicia Coutts (56.89)
Cate Campbell (52.09)
3:55.22  Russia
Dariya Ustinova (1:00.58)
Yuliya Yefimova (1:04.82)
Svetlana Chimrova (57.64)
Veronika Popova (53.43)
3:56.47

AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record

Records

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

World records

DateEventTimeNameNation
July 29Women's 100 m breaststroke semifinals1:04.35Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania
July 30Women's 1500 m freestyle final15:36.53Katie Ledecky United States
August 1Women's 200 m breaststroke semifinals2:19.11Rikke Møller Pedersen Denmark
August 3Women's 50 m breaststroke heats29.78Yuliya Yefimova Russia
August 3Women's 50 m breaststroke semifinals29.48Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania
August 3Women's 800 m freestyle final8:13.86Katie Ledecky United States

Championship records

DateEventEstablished forTimeNameNation
July 29Women's 100 m breaststroke heats(same)1:04.52Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania
July 29Women's 100 m breaststroke semifinalsWomen's 50 m breaststroke29.97 †Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania
August 2Men's 200 m breaststroke finals(same)2:07.23Dániel Gyurta Hungary
August 3Women's 200 m backstroke finals(same)2:04.76Missy Franklin United States

Legend: † – en route to final mark

References

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  10. Men's 50 metre freestyle Results
  11. Men's 100 metre freestyle Results
  12. Men's 200 metre freestyle Results
  13. Men's 400 metre freestyle Results
  14. Men's 800 metre freestyle Results
  15. Men's 1500 metre freestyle Results
  16. Men's 50 metre backstroke Results
  17. Men's 100 metre backstroke Results
  18. Men's 200 metre backstroke Results
  19. Men's 50 metre breaststroke Results
  20. Men's 100 metre breaststroke Results
  21. Men's 200 metre breaststroke Results
  22. Men's 50 metre butterfly Results
  23. Men's 100 metre butterfly Results
  24. Men's 200 metre butterfly Results
  25. Men's 200 metre individual medley Results
  26. Men's 400 metre individual medley Results
  27. Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Results
  28. Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Results
  29. Men's 4 × 200 metre medley relay Results
  30. Women's 50 metre freestyle Results
  31. Women's 100 metre freestyle Results
  32. Women's 200 metre freestyle Results
  33. Women's 400 metre freestyle Results
  34. Women's 800 metre freestyle Results
  35. Women's 1500 metre freestyle Results
  36. Women's 50 metre backstroke Results
  37. Women's 100 metre backstroke Results
  38. Women's 200 metre backstroke Results
  39. Women's 50 metre breaststroke Results
  40. Women's 100 metre breaststroke Results
  41. Women's 200 metre breaststroke Results
  42. Women's 50 metre butterfly Results
  43. Women's 100 metre butterfly Results
  44. Women's 200 metre butterfly Results
  45. Women's 200 metre individual medley Results
  46. 400 metre individual medley Results
  47. Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Results
  48. Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Results
  49. Women's 4 × 200 metre medley relay Results
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