Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
2009 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
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 | ||
E v e n t 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 | ||
E v e n t s |
Women's 100 free [sf] 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)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
3 | China (CHN) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
4 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
5 | Italy (ITA)* | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
7 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
8 | Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
10 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
11 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
12 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
13 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
16 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
17 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
18 | France (FRA) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
19 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
20 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
21 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
22 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (25 nations) | 40 | 40 | 42 | 122 |
Medal winners[]
Men's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m freestyle |
César Cielo Filho Brazil |
21.08 CR, AM |
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 EU |
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 NR |
400 m freestyle |
Paul Biedermann Germany |
3:40.07 WR |
Oussama Mellouli Tunisia |
3:41.11 AF |
Zhang Lin China |
3:41.35 AS |
800 m freestyle |
Zhang Lin China |
7:32.12 WR |
Oussama Mellouli Tunisia |
7:35.27 AF |
Ryan Cochrane Canada |
7:41.92 AM |
1500 m freestyle |
Oussama Mellouli Tunisia |
14:37.28 AF |
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 AS |
Gerhard Zandberg South Africa |
24.34 AF |
100 m backstroke |
Junya Koga Japan |
52.26 CR, AS |
Helge Meeuw Germany |
52.54 |
Aschwin Wildeboer Spain |
52.64 NR |
200 m backstroke |
Aaron Peirsol United States |
1:51.92 WR |
Ryosuke Irie Japan |
1:52.51 AS |
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 AM |
Mark Gangloff United States |
26.86 NR |
100 m breaststroke |
Brenton Rickard Australia |
58.58 WR |
Hugues Duboscq France |
58.64 EU |
Cameron van der Burgh South Africa |
58.95 AF |
200 m breaststroke |
Dániel Gyurta Hungary |
2:07.64 EU | 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 OC |
Rafael Muñoz Spain |
22.88 |
100 m butterfly |
Michael Phelps United States |
49.82 WR |
Milorad Čavić Serbia |
49.95 EU |
Rafael Muñoz Spain |
50.41 |
200 m butterfly |
Michael Phelps United States |
1:51.51 WR |
Paweł Korzeniowski Poland |
1:53.23 NR |
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 NR |
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 EU |
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 OC |
4 × 100 m medley relay |
United States Aaron Peirsol (52.19) CR Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.80) |
3:27.28 WR |
Germany Helge Meeuw (52.27) EU Hendrik Feldwehr (58.51) Benjamin Starke (50.91) Paul Biedermann (46.89) |
3:28.58 EU |
Australia Ashley Delaney (53.10) Brenton Rickard (57.80) Andrew Lauterstein (50.58) Matt Targett (47.16) |
3:28.64 OC |
Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record
Women's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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 AM |
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, EU |
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 EU |
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 OC |
200 m backstroke |
Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe |
2:04.81 WR |
Anastasia Zueva Russia |
2:04.94 EU |
Elizabeth Beisel United States |
2:06.39 |
50 m breaststroke |
Yuliya Efimova Russia |
30.09 WR |
Rebecca Soni United States |
30.11 AM |
Sarah Katsoulis Australia |
30.16 OC |
100 m breaststroke |
Rebecca Soni United States |
1:04.93 |
Yuliya Efimova Russia |
1:05.41 EU |
Kasey Carlson United States |
1:05.75 |
200 m breaststroke |
Nadja Higl Serbia |
2:21.62 EU |
Annamay Pierse Canada |
2:21.84 |
Mirna Jukić Austria |
2:21.97 |
50 m butterfly |
Marieke Guehrer Australia |
25.48 OC |
Zhou Yafei China |
25.57 AS |
Ingvild Snildal Norway |
25.58 |
100 m butterfly |
Sarah Sjöström Sweden |
56.06 WR |
Jessicah Schipper Australia |
56.23 OC |
Jiao Liuyang China |
56.86 AS |
200 m butterfly |
Jessicah Schipper Australia |
2:03.41 WR |
Liu Zige China |
2:03.90 AS |
Katinka Hosszú Hungary |
2:04.28 |
200 m individual medley |
Ariana Kukors United States |
2:06.15 WR |
Stephanie Rice Australia |
2:07.03 OC |
Katinka Hosszú Hungary |
2:07.46 EU |
400 m individual medley |
Katinka Hosszú Hungary |
4:30.31 CR, EU |
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) OC Marieke Guehrer (53.60) Shayne Reese (53.25) Felicity Galvez (53.54) |
3:33.01 OC |
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 AM | 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 EU |
4 × 100 m medley relay |
China Zhao Jing (58.98) AS 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 OC | Germany Daniela Samulski (59.85) Sarah Poewe (1:06.81) Annika Mehlhorn (57.14) Britta Steffen (51.99) |
3:55.79 EU |
Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record
Records[]
The following world and championship records were broken during the competition.
World records[]
Date | Event | Time | Name | Nation |
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July 26 | Women's 100 metre butterfly semifinal | 56.44 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
July 26 | Men's 400 metre freestyle final | 3:40.07 | Paul Biedermann | Germany |
July 26 | Women's 200 metre individual medley semifinal | 2:07.03 | Ariana Kukors | United States |
July 26 | Women's 400 metre freestyle final | 3:59.15 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy |
July 26 | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final | 3:31.72 | Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Frederike Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands |
July 26 | Women's 100 metre freestyle (relay final lead-off) | 52.22 | Britta Steffen | Germany |
July 27 | Men's 100 metre breaststroke final | 58.58 | Brenton Rickard | Australia |
July 27 | Women's 100 metre butterfly final | 56.06 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
July 27 | Women's 200 metre individual medley final | 2:06.15 | Ariana Kukors | United States |
July 27 | Women's 100 metre backstroke semifinal | 58.48 | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia |
July 27 | Women's 100 metre breaststroke semifinals | 1:04.84 | Rebecca Soni | United States |
July 28 | Men's 200 metre freestyle final | 1:42.00 | Paul Biedermann | Germany |
July 28 | Women's 100 metre backstroke final | 58.12 | Gemma Spofforth | Great Britain |
July 28 | Men's 50 metre breaststroke semifinal | 26.74 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
July 28 | Women's 200 metre freestyle semifinal | 1:53.67 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy |
July 29 | 200 metre butterfly heats | 2:04.14 | Mary DeScenza | United States |
July 29 | Women's 50 metre backstroke semifinal | 27.39 | Daniela Samulski | Germany |
July 29 | Women's 50 metre backstroke semifinal | 27.38 | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia |
July 29 | Men's 200 metre butterfly final | 1:51.51 | Michael Phelps | United States |
July 29 | Women's 200 metre freestyle final | 1:52.98 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy |
July 29 | Men's 50 metre breaststroke final | 26.67 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
July 29 | Men's 800 metre freestyle final | 7:32.12 | Zhang Lin | China |
July 30 | Men's 200 metre individual medley final | 1:54.10 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
July 30 | Women's 200 metre breaststroke semifinal | 2:20.12 | Annamay Pierse | Canada |
July 30 | Men's 100 metre freestyle final | 46.91 | César Cielo | Brazil |
July 30 | Women's 200 metre butterfly final | 2:03.41 | Jessicah Schipper | Australia |
July 30 | Men's 200 metre breaststroke semifinals | 2:07.31 | Christian Sprenger | Australia |
July 30 | Women's 50 metre backstroke final | 27.06 | Zhao Jing | China |
July 30 | Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final | 7:42.08 | Yang Yu, Zhu Qianwei, Liu Jing, Pang Jiaying | China |
July 31 | Women's 100 metre freestyle final | 52.07 | Britta Steffen | Germany |
July 31 | Men's 200 metre backstroke final | 1:51.92 | Aaron Peirsol | United States |
July 31 | Women's 50 metre butterfly semifinal | 25.28 | Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands |
July 31 | Women's 50 metre butterfly semifinal | 25.07 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden |
July 31 | Men's 100 metre butterfly semifinal | 50.01 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia |
July 31 | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final | 6:58.55 | Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte | United States |
August 1 | Women's 200 metre backstroke final | 2:04.81 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe |
August 1 | Men's 100 metre butterfly final | 49.82 | Michael Phelps | United States |
August 1 | Men's 50 metre backstroke semifinal | 24.08 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain |
August 1 | Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay final | 3:52.19 | Zhao Jing, Chen Huijia, Jiao Liuyang, Li Zhesi | China |
August 2 | Men's 50 metre backstroke final | 24.04 | Liam Tancock | Great Britain |
August 2 | Women's 50 metre breaststroke final | 30.09 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia |
August 2 | Women's 50 metre freestyle final | 23.73 | Britta Steffen | Germany |
August 2 | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay final | 3:27.28 | Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau, Michael Phelps, David Walters | United States |
Championship records[]
See also[]
- 2009 in swimming
- Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
- Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
References[]
- ^ "Rome 2009 Competition Programme Swimming". Tournament Organizers. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
- Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
- 2009 in swimming
- Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships
- 2009 World Aquatics Championships