Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
Host city	Gwangju, South Korea
Date(s)	21–28 July
Venue(s)	Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Events	42
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2019 FINA World Championships
Artistic swimming
Solo
Technical		women
Free		women
Duet
Technical		women
Technical	mixed
Free		women
Free	mixed
Team
Technical		women
Free		women
Combination		women
Highlight		women
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
3 m & 10 m	mixed team
Synchronised
3 m	men	women
3 m	mixed
10 m	men	women
10 m	mixed
High diving
20 m		women
27 m	men
Open water swimming
Single
5 km	men	women
10 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Relay
4×1,25 km	mixed
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
	mixed
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
	mixed
Water polo
Tournament	men	women
Rosters	men	women
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Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships was held from 21 to 28 July 2019.

Schedule[]

42 events were held.^[1]

All times are local (UTC+9).

H

Heats

½

Semi finals

F

Final

Men

Date →	Sun 21		Mon 22		Tue 23		Wed 24		Thu 25		Fri 26		Sat 27		Sun 28
Event ↓	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E
50 m freestyle											H	½		F
100 m freestyle							H	½		F
200 m freestyle			H	½		F
400 m freestyle	H	F
800 m freestyle					H			F
1500 m freestyle													H			F
50 m backstroke													H	½		F
100 m backstroke			H	½		F
200 m backstroke									H	½		F
50 m breaststroke					H	½		F
100 m breaststroke	H	½		F
200 m breaststroke									H	½		F
50 m butterfly	H	½		F
100 m butterfly											H	½		F
200 m butterfly					H	½		F
200 m individual medley							H	½		F
400 m individual medley															H	F
4×100 m freestyle relay	H	F
4×200 m freestyle relay											H	F
4×100 m medley relay															H	F

Women

Date →	Sun 21		Mon 22		Tue 23		Wed 24		Thu 25		Fri 26		Sat 27		Sun 28
Event ↓	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E
50 m freestyle													H	½		F
100 m freestyle									H	½		F
200 m freestyle					H	½		F
400 m freestyle	H	F
800 m freestyle											H			F
1500 m freestyle			H			F
50 m backstroke							H	½		F
100 m backstroke			H	½		F
200 m backstroke											H	½		F
50 m breaststroke													H	½		F
100 m breaststroke			H	½		F
200 m breaststroke									H	½		F
50 m butterfly											H	½		F
100 m butterfly	H	½		F
200 m butterfly							H	½		F
200 m individual medley	H	½		F
400 m individual medley															H	F
4×100 m freestyle relay	H	F
4×200 m freestyle relay									H	F
4×100 m medley relay															H	F

Mixed

Date →	Sun 21		Mon 22		Tue 23		Wed 24		Thu 25		Fri 26		Sat 27		Sun 28
Event ↓	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E
4×100 m freestyle relay													H	F
4×100 m medley relay							H	F

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	14	8	5	27
2	Australia	5	9	5	19
3	Hungary	4	0	0	4
4	Russia	3	7	6	16
5	Italy	3	2	3	8
6	China	3	2	2	7
7	Great Britain	3	1	3	7
8	Japan	2	2	2	6
9	Canada	2	0	6	8
10	Sweden	1	2	2	5
11	South Africa	1	1	2	4
12	Germany	1	1	0	2
13	Brazil	0	3	2	5
14	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
19	France	0	0	2	2
20	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 nations)		42	43	42	127

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle[2] details	Caeleb Dressel  United States	21.04 CR, NR	Bruno Fratus  Brazil Kristian Golomeev  Greece	21.45	None awarded
100 m freestyle[3] details	Caeleb Dressel  United States	46.96 NR	Kyle Chalmers  Australia	47.08	Vladislav Grinev  Russia	47.82
200 m freestyle[4] details	Sun Yang  China	1:44.93	Katsuhiro Matsumoto  Japan	1:45.22 NR	Martin Malyutin  Russia Duncan Scott  Great Britain	1:45.63
400 m freestyle[5] details	Sun Yang  China	3:42.44	Mack Horton  Australia	3:43.17	Gabriele Detti  Italy	3:43.23 NR
800 m freestyle[6] details	Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy	7:39.27 ER	Henrik Christiansen  Norway	7:41.28 NR	David Aubry  France	7:42.08 NR
1500 m freestyle[7] details	Florian Wellbrock  Germany	14:36.54	Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine	14:37.63	Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy	14:38.75
50 m backstroke[8] details	Zane Waddell  South Africa	24.43	Evgeny Rylov  Russia	24.49	Kliment Kolesnikov  Russia	24.51
100 m backstroke[9] details	Xu Jiayu  China	52.43	Evgeny Rylov  Russia	52.67	Mitch Larkin  Australia	52.77
200 m backstroke[10] details	Evgeny Rylov  Russia	1:53.40	Ryan Murphy  United States	1:54.12	Luke Greenbank  Great Britain	1:55.85
50 m breaststroke[11] details	Adam Peaty  Great Britain	26.06	Felipe Lima  Brazil	26.66	João Gomes Júnior  Brazil	26.69
100 m breaststroke[12] details	Adam Peaty  Great Britain	57.14	James Wilby  Great Britain	58.46	Yan Zibei  China	58.63 AS
200 m breaststroke[13] details	Anton Chupkov  Russia	2:06.12 WR	Matthew Wilson  Australia	2:06.68	Ippei Watanabe  Japan	2:06.73
50 m butterfly[14] details	Caeleb Dressel  United States	22.35 CR, AM	Oleg Kostin  Russia	22.70 NR	Nicholas Santos  Brazil	22.79
100 m butterfly[15] details	Caeleb Dressel  United States	49.66	Andrey Minakov  Russia	50.83	Chad le Clos  South Africa	51.16
200 m butterfly[16] details	Kristóf Milák  Hungary	1:50.73 WR	Daiya Seto  Japan	1:53.86	Chad le Clos  South Africa	1:54.15
200 m individual medley[17] details	Daiya Seto  Japan	1:56.14	Jérémy Desplanches  Switzerland	1:56.56	Chase Kalisz  United States	1:56.78
400 m individual medley[18] details	Daiya Seto  Japan	4:08.95	Jay Litherland  United States	4:09.22	Lewis Clareburt  New Zealand	4:12.07
4×100 m freestyle relay[19] details	United States Caeleb Dressel (47.63) Blake Pieroni (47.49) Zach Apple (46.86) Nathan Adrian (47.08) Townley Haas[a] Michael Chadwick[a]	3:09.06 CR	Russia Vladislav Grinev (47.83) Vladimir Morozov (47.62) Kliment Kolesnikov (47.50) Evgeny Rylov (47.02) Andrey Minakov[a]	3:09.97	Australia Cameron McEvoy (48.44) Clyde Lewis (47.61) Alexander Graham (48.11) Kyle Chalmers (47.06)	3:11.22
4×200 m freestyle relay[20] details	Australia Clyde Lewis (1:45.58) Kyle Chalmers (1:45.37) Alexander Graham (1:45.05) Mack Horton (1:44.85) Jack McLoughlin[a] Thomas Fraser-Holmes[a]	7:00.85 OC	Russia Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:45.56) Mikhail Vekovishchev (1:45.45) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:45.38) Martin Malyutin (1:45.42) Ivan Girev[a]	7:01.81	United States Andrew Seliskar (1:45.81) Blake Pieroni (1:44.98) Zach Apple (1:46.03) Townley Haas (1:45.16) Jack Conger[a] Jack LeVant[a]	7:01.98
4×100 m medley relay[21] details	Great Britain Luke Greenbank (53.95) Adam Peaty (57.20) James Guy (50.81) Duncan Scott (46.14) James Wilby[a]	3:28.10 ER	United States Ryan Murphy (52.92) Andrew Wilson (58.65) Caeleb Dressel (49.28) Nathan Adrian (47.60) Matt Grevers[a] Michael Andrew[a] Jack Conger[a] Zach Apple[a]	3:28.45	Russia Evgeny Rylov (52.57) Kirill Prigoda (58.68) Andrey Minakov (50.54) Vladimir Morozov (47.02) Kliment Kolesnikov[a] Anton Chupkov[a] Mikhail Vekovishchev[a] Vladislav Grinev[a]	3:28.81 NR
AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle[22] details	Simone Manuel  United States	24.05	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	24.07	Cate Campbell  Australia	24.11
100 m freestyle[23] details	Simone Manuel  United States	52.04 AM	Cate Campbell  Australia	52.43	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	52.46
200 m freestyle[24] details	Federica Pellegrini  Italy	1:54.22	Ariarne Titmus  Australia	1:54.66	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	1:54.78
400 m freestyle[25] details	Ariarne Titmus  Australia	3:58.76 OC	Katie Ledecky  United States	3:59.97	Leah Smith  United States	4:01.29
800 m freestyle[26] details	Katie Ledecky  United States	8:13.58	Simona Quadarella  Italy	8:14.99 NR	Ariarne Titmus  Australia	8:15.70 OC
1500 m freestyle[27] details	Simona Quadarella  Italy	15:40.89 NR	Sarah Köhler  Germany	15:48.83 NR	Wang Jianjiahe  China	15:51.00
50 m backstroke[28] details	Olivia Smoliga  United States	27.33	Etiene Medeiros  Brazil	27.44	Daria Vaskina  Russia	27.51
100 m backstroke[29] details	Kylie Masse  Canada	58.60	Minna Atherton  Australia	58.85	Olivia Smoliga  United States	58.91
200 m backstroke[30] details	Regan Smith  United States	2:03.69	Kaylee McKeown  Australia	2:06.26	Kylie Masse  Canada	2:06.62
50 m breaststroke[31] details	Lilly King  United States	29.84	Benedetta Pilato  Italy	30.00	Yuliya Yefimova  Russia	30.15
100 m breaststroke[32] details	Lilly King  United States	1:04.93	Yuliya Yefimova  Russia	1:05.49	Martina Carraro  Italy	1:06.36 NR
200 m breaststroke[33] details	Yuliya Yefimova  Russia	2:20.17	Tatjana Schoenmaker  South Africa	2:22.52	Sydney Pickrem  Canada	2:22.90
50 m butterfly[34] details	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	25.02	Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands	25.35	Farida Osman  Egypt	25.47
100 m butterfly[35] details	Maggie MacNeil  Canada	55.83 AM	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	56.22	Emma McKeon  Australia	56.61
200 m butterfly[36] details	Boglárka Kapás  Hungary	2:06.78	Hali Flickinger  United States	2:06.95	Katie Drabot  United States	2:07.04
200 m individual medley[37] details	Katinka Hosszú  Hungary	2:07.53	Ye Shiwen  China	2:08.60	Sydney Pickrem  Canada	2:08.70
400 m individual medley[38] details	Katinka Hosszú  Hungary	4:30.39	Ye Shiwen  China	4:32.07	Yui Ohashi  Japan	4:32.33
4×100 m freestyle relay[39] details	Australia Bronte Campbell (52.85) Brianna Throssell (53.34) Emma McKeon (52.57) Cate Campbell (51.45) Madison Wilson[b]	3:30.21 CR	United States Mallory Comerford (52.98) Abbey Weitzeil (52.66) Kelsi Dahlia (53.46) Simone Manuel (51.92) Allison Schmitt[b] Margo Geer[b] Lia Neal[b]	3:31.02 AM	Canada Kayla Sanchez (53.72) Taylor Ruck (52.19) Penny Oleksiak (52.69) Maggie MacNeil (53.18) Rebecca Smith[b]	3:31.78 NR
4×200 m freestyle relay[40] details	Australia Ariarne Titmus (1:54.27) OC Madison Wilson (1:56.73) Brianna Throssell (1:55.60) Emma McKeon (1:54.90) Leah Neale[b] Kiah Melverton[b]	7:41.50 WR	United States Simone Manuel (1:56.09) Katie Ledecky (1:54.61) Melanie Margalis (1:55.81) Katie McLaughlin (1:55.36) Allison Schmitt[b] Gabby DeLoof[b] Leah Smith[b]	7:41.87 AM	Canada Kayla Sanchez (1:57.32) Taylor Ruck (1:56.41) Emily Overholt (1:56.26) Penny Oleksiak (1:54.36) Rebecca Smith[b] Emma O'Croinin[b]	7:44.35 NR
4×100 m medley relay[41] details	United States Regan Smith (57.57) WR Lilly King (1:04.81) Kelsi Dahlia (56.16) Simone Manuel (51.86) Olivia Smoliga[b] Melanie Margalis[b] Katie McLaughlin[b] Mallory Comerford[b]	3:50.40 WR	Australia Minna Atherton (59.06) Jessica Hansen (1:06.08) Emma McKeon (56.32) Cate Campbell (51.96) Kaylee McKeown[b] Brianna Throssell[b] Madison Wilson[b]	3:53.42	Canada Kylie Masse (59.12) Sydney Pickrem (1:06.42) Maggie MacNeil (55.56) Penny Oleksiak (52.48) Kierra Smith[b] Rebecca Smith[b] Taylor Ruck[b]	3:53.58
AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record

^b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4×100 m freestyle relay[42] details	United States Caeleb Dressel (47.34) Zach Apple (47.34) Mallory Comerford (52.72) Simone Manuel (52.00) Blake Pieroni[c] Nathan Adrian[c] Katie McLaughlin[c] Abbey Weitzeil[c]	3:19.40 WR	Australia Kyle Chalmers (47.37) Clyde Lewis (48.18) Emma McKeon (52.06) Bronte Campbell (52.36) Cameron McEvoy[c] Alexander Graham[c] Brianna Throssell[c] Madison Wilson[c]	3:19.97 OC	France Clément Mignon (48.44) Mehdy Metella (47.78) Charlotte Bonnet (52.87) Marie Wattel (53.02) Maxime Grousset[c] Béryl Gastaldello[c]	3:22.11
4×100 m medley relay[43] details	Australia Mitch Larkin (53.47) Matthew Wilson (58.37) Emma McKeon (56.14) Cate Campbell (51.10) Minna Atherton[c] Matthew Temple[c] Bronte Campbell[c]	3:39.08	United States Ryan Murphy (52.46) Lilly King (1:04.94) Caeleb Dressel (49.33) Simone Manuel (52.37) Matt Grevers[c] Andrew Wilson[c] Kelsi Dahlia[c] Mallory Comerford[c]	3:39.10	Great Britain Georgia Davies (59.25) Adam Peaty (57.73) James Guy (50.72) Freya Anderson (52.98) James Wilby[c]	3:40.68
AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record

^c Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Doping[]

Days before the competition, 20-year-old Australian swimmer Shayna Jack withdrew from the World Championships, mentioning “personal reasons”. On 27 July, 2019, Jack published a statement on her social media profiles, confirming doping allegations over testing positive for a banned substance.^[44]

Records[]

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

World records[]

Date	Event	Established for	Time	Name	Nation
July 21	Men's 100 m breaststroke semifinals	(same)	56.88	Adam Peaty	Great Britain
July 24	Men's 200 m butterfly final	(same)	1:50.73	Kristóf Milák	Hungary
July 25	Men's 200 m breaststroke semifinals	(same)	=2:06.67	Matthew Wilson	Australia
July 25	Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay final	(same)	7:41.50	Ariarne Titmus (1:54.27) Madison Wilson (1:56.73) Brianna Throssell (1:55.60) Emma McKeon (1:54.90)	Australia
July 26	Men's 100 m butterfly semifinals	(same)	49.50	Caeleb Dressel	United States
July 26	Women's 200 metre backstroke semifinals	(same)	2:03.35	Regan Smith	United States
July 26	Men's 200 m breaststroke final	(same)	2:06.12	Anton Chupkov	Russia
July 27	Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final	(same)	3:19.40	Caeleb Dressel (47.34) Zach Apple (47.34) Mallory Comerford (52.72) Simone Manuel (52.00)	United States
July 28	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay final	Women's 100 m backstroke	57.57	Regan Smith	United States
July 28	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay final	(same)	3:50.40	Regan Smith (57.57) Lilly King (1:04.81) Kelsi Dahlia (56.16) Simone Manuel (51.86)	United States

Championship records[]

Date	Event	Time	Name	Nation
July 21	Men's 50 m butterfly semifinals	22.57	Caeleb Dressel	United States
July 21	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final	3:09.06	Caeleb Dressel (47.63) Blake Pieroni (47.49) Zach Apple (46.86) Nathan Adrian (47.08)	United States
July 21	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final	3:30.21	Bronte Campbell (52.85) Brianna Throssell (53.34) Emma McKeon (52.57) Cate Campbell (51.45)	Australia
July 22	Men's 100 m backstroke semifinals	52.17	Xu Jiayu	China
July 22	Men's 50 m butterfly final	22.35	Caeleb Dressel	United States
July 25	Men's 200 m breaststroke semifinals	2:06.83	Anton Chupkov	Russia
July 27	Men's 50 m freestyle final	21.04	Caeleb Dressel	United States

References[]

External links[]

• Official website