Australia at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the
2009 World Aquatics Championships
Australia at the; 2009 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	AUS
National federation	Swimming Australia
Website	swimming.org.au
in Rome, Italy
Competitors	82
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 4 Silver 5 Bronze 10 Total 19
World Aquatics Championships appearances
	1973; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2019;

Australia competed at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy from 17 July to 2 August 2009.

Diving[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthew Mitcham	1 m springboard	369.05	9 Q	N/A		440.20
	3 m springboard	434.35	11 Q	467.15	5 Q	431.30	9
	10 m platform	491.50	4 Q	499.00	2 Q	529.50	4
Grant Nel	1 m springboard	327.65	19	N/A		Did not advance
Grant Nel	3 m springboard	332.70	37	Did not advance
Matthew Mitcham Grant Nel	3 m synchronized springboard	367.17	14	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Briony Cole	3 m springboard	266.40	14 Q	317.30	6 Q	311.50	9
Alex Croak	1 m springboard	234.15	18	N/A		Did not advance
Alex Croak	10 m platform	323.85	5 Q	353.80	4 Q	351.85	7
Sharleen Stratton	1 m springboard	263.40	8 Q	N/A	284.15	5
Sharleen Stratton	3 m springboard	291.70	8 Q	314.35	7 Q	327.75	6
Melissa Wu	10 m platform	359.80	2 Q	364.45	2 Q	329.75	11
Briony Cole Sharleen Stratton	3 m synchronized springboard	301.74	6 Q	N/A		309.18	5
Briony Cole Melissa Wu	10 m synchronized platform	308.52	5 Q	N/A		320.58	5

Open water swimming[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	5 km	56:52.4	13
	25 km	5:30:27.5	7
Trent Grimsey	5 km	57:07.2	16
	10 km	1:52:14.8	8
	25 km	5:26:50.7
	10 km	1:52:50.2	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kate Brookes-Peterson	5 km	57:42.7	8
	25 km	6:07:31.7	13
	10 km	2:02:55.4	36
	25 km	Did not finish
Melissa Gorman	5 km	56:55.8
Melissa Gorman	10 km	2:02:16.0	29

Swimming[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matthew Abood	50 m freestyle	21.90	11 Q	21.74	14	Did not advance
Matthew Abood	100 m freestyle	48.45	17	Did not advance
Leith Brodie	200 m individual medley	1:57.66 OC	3 Q	1:56.75 OC	3 Q	1:56.69 OC	5
Leith Brodie	400 m individual medley	4:15.52	14	N/A		Did not advance
Ashley Delaney	50 m backstroke	24.97	=14 Q	25.02	16	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	53.33	7 Q	53.24	10	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:58.02	17	Did not advance
Tommaso D'Orsogna	200 m individual medley	2:00.31	18	Did not advance
Robert Hurley	400 m freestyle	3:46.01	11	N/A		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:50.65	10	N/A		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:14.75	14	N/A		Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	55.18	32	Did not advance
Andrew Lauterstein	50 m butterfly	23.10	5 Q	23.19	10	Did not advance
Andrew Lauterstein	100 m butterfly	50.93	4 Q	51.03	7 Q	50.85 OC	5
Kenrick Monk	200 m freestyle	1:46.56	9 Q	1:45.77	7 Q	1:45.46	5
Patrick Murphy	200 m freestyle	1:46.61	10 Q	1:46.70	14	Did not advance
Ryan Napoleon	400 m freestyle	3:47.98	21	N/A		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:53.92	12	N/A		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:09.55	11	N/A		Did not advance
Stephen Parkes	400 m individual medley	4:18.60	22	N/A		Did not advance
Adam Pine	100 m butterfly	51.98	21	Did not advance
Kyle Richardson	50 m freestyle	22.21	21	Did not advance
Brenton Rickard	50 m breaststroke	27.15 OC	3 Q	27.13 OC	4 Q	26.95 OC	=4
	100 m breaststroke	58.98 CR	1 Q	59.27	4 Q	58.58 WR
	200 m breaststroke	2:10.54	16 Q	2:07.89	3 Q	2:08.23	5
Christian Sprenger	50 m breaststroke	27.88	37	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	59.52	=7 Q	59.98	=15	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.82	12 Q	2:07.31 WR	1 Q	2:07.80	=
	200 m butterfly	1:57.21	22	Did not advance
Matt Targett	100 m freestyle	48.26	14 Q	48.15	11	Did not advance
Matt Targett	50 m butterfly	23.23	=8 Q	23.04	5 Q	22.73 OC
Chris Wright	200 m butterfly	1:57.54	27	Did not advance
Matthew Abood Tommaso D'Orsogna Andrew Lauterstein Matt Targett	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.58	7 Q	N/A		3:12.40	8
Tommaso D'Orsogna Nic Ffrost* Hurley Kenrick Monk Patrick Murphy Kirk Palmer*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:05.56	3 Q	N/A		7:01.65 OC
Ashley Delaney Andrew Lauterstein Brenton Rickard Christian Sprenger* Matt Targett	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:29.84 OC	2 Q	N/A		3:28.64 OC

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bronte Barratt	400 m freestyle	4:15.62	27	N/A		Did not advance
Cate Campbell	50 m freestyle	24.24 CR	1 Q	24.08 CR	1 Q	23.99	=
Sophie Edington	50 m backstroke	27.82	4 Q	27.51 OC	3 Q	27.73	6
Sophie Edington	200 m backstroke	2:11.53	16 Q	2:10.57	13	Did not advance
Blair Evans	800 m freestyle	8:38.10	18	N/A		Did not advance
Sally Foster	200 m breaststroke	2:26.07	14 Q	2:27.03	15	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:58.10	15 Q	1:57.43	14	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:08.31	9	N/A		Did not advance
Felicity Galvez	100 m butterfly	57.76	9 Q	57.71	13	Did not advance
Melissa Gorman	800 m freestyle	8:36.37	15	N/A		Did not advance
Melissa Gorman	1500 m freestyle	16:16.83	8 Q	N/A		16:09.66	7
Marieke Guehrer	100 m freestyle	54.60	16 Q	54.21	14	Did not advance
Marieke Guehrer	50 m butterfly	25.83	5 Q	25.58 OC	4 Q	25.48 OC
Samantha Hamill	200 m butterfly	2:06.32	4 Q	2:05.99	7 Q	2:06.11	8
Samantha Hamill	400 m individual medley	4:37.84	9	N/A		Did not advance
Belinda Hocking	100 m backstroke	1:00.90	17	Did not advance
Belinda Hocking	200 m backstroke	2:08.07	4 Q	2:09.77	9	Did not advance
Sarah Katsoulis	50 m breaststroke	30.48	3 Q	30.33	1 Q	30.16 OC
	100 m breaststroke	1:06.98	7 Q	1:06.23	3 Q	1:05.86	4
	200 m breaststroke	2:27.32	27	Did not advance
Stephanie Rice	200 m freestyle	1:58.06	14 Q	1:58.33	16	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:09.64	3 Q	2:08.68	2 Q	2:07.03 OC
	400 m individual medley	4:34.62	1 Q	N/A		4:32.29
Jessicah Schipper	100 m butterfly	57.17	3 Q	57.08	2 Q	56.23 OC
Jessicah Schipper	200 m butterfly	2:05.50	2 Q	2:04.87 OC	3 Q	2:03.41 WR
Emily Seebohm	50 m backstroke	28.25	12 Q	27.70	=7 Q	27.83	7
	100 m backstroke	59.64	4 Q	59.15 OC	3 Q	58.88 OC
	200 m individual medley	2:11.31	8 Q	2:12.88	15	Did not advance
Libby Trickett	50 m freestyle	24.74	9 Q	24.34	6 Q	24.19	6
	100 m freestyle	53.49	2 Q	52.84	1 Q	52.93
	50 m butterfly	26.41	=17	Did not advance
Tarnee White	50 m breaststroke	30.96	8 Q	30.80	7 Q	30.91	8
Tarnee White	100 m breaststroke	1:06.91	6 Q	1:07.26	11	Did not advance
Sally Foster* Felicity Galvez Marieke Guehrer Meagan Nay* Shayne Reese Libby Trickett	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.26	3 Q	N/A		3:33.01 OC
Bronte Barratt Merindah Dingjan Felicity Galvez* Stephanie Rice	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:50.53	5 Q	N/A		7:46.85	5
Sally Foster* Sarah Katsoulis Shayne Reese* Stephanie Rice* Jessicah Schipper Emily Seebohm Libby Trickett	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:58.36	7 Q	N/A		3:52.58 OC

Synchronised Swimming[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Solo technical routine	70.500	27	Did not advance
Tarren Otte	Solo free routine	75.834	24	Did not advance
	Duet technical routine	76.667	27	Did not advance

Water polo[]

Men's tournament[]

Team roster

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height
1	James Stanton	21 July 1987	B	GK	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
2		18 September 1987	R	CB	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
3	Timothy Cleland	15 December 1984	R	CF	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
4	Nicholas O'Halloran	14 August 1987	L	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
5	Robert Maitland	4 September 1983	R	CB	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
6	Anthony Martin	20 March 1985	R	CB	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
7		29 October 1987	R	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
8		27 April 1981	R	D	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
9	Thomas Whalan	13 October 1980	R	D	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
10		21 February 1988	R	D	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
11	Rhys Howden	2 April 1987	R	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
12	Sean Boyd	10 September 1978	R	CF	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
13	Luke Quinlivan	20 August 1985	B	GK	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	35	24	+11	6
Serbia	3	1	1	1	37	22	+15	3
Australia	3	1	1	1	32	28	+4	3
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	15	45	-30	0

20 July 2009 17:00	Match 5^[1]	Kazakhstan	7–14	Australia	Attendance: 650 Referees: Stavropoulos (GRE), Matache (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1-4, 2-4, 1-3, 3-3
		Gorovoy, Andreyev, Kukumanov 2	Goals	Whalan 4

22 July 2009 12:10	Match 11^[2]	Spain	13–10	Australia	Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 3-2, 5-2, 2-4
		Mallarach, Perrone 3	Goals	Whalan 3

24 July 2009 10:50	Match 18^[3]	Serbia	8–8	Australia	Attendance: 500 Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-2, 3-4, 2-1
		Filipović 3	Goals	Cotterill, Whalan 3

Quarterfinal

26 July 2009 16:50	Match 30^[4]	Australia	5–7	Romania	Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2
		Campbell, Whalan 2	Goals	Radu, Diaconu 2

9th-12th place semifinal

28 July 2009 12:40	Match 34^[5]	Italy	6–8	Australia	Attendance: 600 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Spiegel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-1, 2-3, 1-2
		Calcaterra 3	Goals	Campbell 3

9th place game

30 July 2009 10:20	Match 40^[6]	Montenegro	8–7	Australia	Attendance: 600 Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Stravropoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-1, 1-2, 4-1
		Ivović 3	Goals	Campbell 2

Women's tournament[]

Roster

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height
1	Alicia Mc Cormack	7 June 1983	R	GK	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
2	Holly Lincoln-Smith	1 January 1989	R	CF	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
3	Sophie Smith	26 February 1986	R	D	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
4	Rebecca Rippon	26 December 1978	R	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
5	Jane Moran	6 June 1985	R	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
6	Bronwen Knox	16 April 1986	R	CB	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
7	Rowena Webster	27 December 1987	R	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
8	Kate Gynther	5 July 1982	R	D	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
9	Glencora Ralph	8 August 1988	R	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
10		20 August 1986	R	CF	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
11	Melissa Rippon	20 January 1981	R	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
12	Nicola Zagame	11 August 1990	R	CB	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
13	Victoria Brown	27 July 1985	R	GK	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	1	0	43	12	+31	5
Canada	3	2	1	0	38	17	+21	5
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	22	31	-9	2
South Africa	3	0	0	3	12	55	-43	0

July 19, 2009 15:00	Match 5^[7]	Canada	6–6	Australia	Attendance: 200 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Sadekov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 0-1, 2-3, 3-1, 1-1
		Perreault 2	Goals	Webster 2

July 21, 2009 12:10	Match 11^[8]	Australia	23–2	South Africa	Attendance: 300 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Mernenko (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 4-1, 8-1, 6-0, 5-0
		Knox, Zagame 5	Goals	Harris 2

July 23, 2009 09:30	Match 17^[9]	New Zealand	4–14	Australia	Attendance: 200 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 2-3, 2-4, 0-2, 0-5
		Hudson 3	Goals	Rippon, Knox, Webster 3

Quarterfinal

July 27, 2009 16:40	Match 37^[10]	Australia	3–4	Greece	Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Matache (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-1, 1-0, 1-1
		Gynther 3	Goals	Gerolimou 4

5th-8th place semifinal

July 29, 2009 15:30	Match 42^[11]	Australia	7–6	Spain	Attendance: 700 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 3-0, 2-2, 1-2, 1-2
		Moran 2	Goals	Lopez-Escribano, López 2

5th place game

July 31, 2009 10:40	Match 46^[12]	Netherlands	12–11	Australia	Attendance: 400 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Ciric (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 3-3, 2-3, 4-2
		Cabout 4	Goals	Knox 4

References[]

^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 5" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012.
^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 11" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 18" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 30" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 34" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2012.
^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 40" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 5" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 11". SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2015.
^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 17" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2009.
^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 37" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 42" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
^ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 46" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[1] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 5" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012.

[2] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 11" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[3] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 18" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[4] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 30" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[5] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 34" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2012.

[6] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 40" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[7] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 5" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[8] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 11". SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2015.

[9] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 17" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2009.

[10] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 37" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[11] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 42" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[12] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 46" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

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