Australia at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA codeAUS
National federationSwimming Australia
Websiteswimming.org.au
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors89 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
7
Silver
3
Bronze
8
Total
18
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Australia competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Bronte Campbell
Cate Campbell
Emma McKeon
Melanie Schlanger*
Emily Seebohm
Madison Wilson*		 Swimming Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay August 2
 Gold Emily Seebohm Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke August 4
 Gold Mitch Larkin Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke August 4
 Gold Bronte Campbell Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle August 7
 Gold Mitch Larkin Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke August 7
 Gold Emily Seebohm Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke August 8
 Gold Bronte Campbell Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle August 9
 Silver Madison Wilson Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke August 8
 Silver Cameron McEvoy Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 6
 Silver Kyle Chalmers*
Jayden Hadler
Mitch Larkin
Cameron McEvoy
David Morgan*
Jake Packard		 Swimming Men's 4×100 m medley relay August 9
 Bronze Domonic Bedggood
Melissa Wu		 Diving Mixed 10 m synchronized platform July 25
 Bronze Samantha Mills
Esther Qin		 Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard July 25
 Bronze Jessica Ashwood Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle August 2
 Bronze Mack Horton Swimming Men's 800 m freestyle August 5
 Bronze Cate Campbell Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle August 7
 Bronze Thomas Fraser-Holmes
Grant Hackett*
Kurt Herzog*
Cameron McEvoy
David McKeon
Daniel Smith*		 Swimming Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay August 7
 Bronze Ben Treffers Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke August 9
 Bronze Bronte Campbell
Madeline Groves*
Emma McKeon
Taylor McKeown
Emily Seebohm
Melanie Schlanger*
Lorna Tonks*
Madison Wilson*		 Swimming Women's 4×100 m medley relay August 9

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Australia sent a team of eight divers to compete for the individual and synchronized events at the World Championships.[1]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
James Connor 3 m springboard 431.85 10 Q 457.10 11 Q 422.35 11
Grant Nel 450.30 8 Q 412.45 16 Did not advance
Domonic Bedggood 10 m platform 441.50 13 Q 469.05 8 Q 470.40 8
James Connor 435.95 13 Q 427.75 13 Did not advance
James Connor
Grant Nel 		3 m synchronized springboard 384.87 10 Q — 387.69 12
Domonic Bedggood
James Connor 		10 m synchronized platform 388.80 9 Q — 375.12 12
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Maddison Keeney 1 m springboard 283.40 4 Q — 226.05 12
Esther Qin 261.60 6 Q — 280.50 5
Maddison Keeney 3 m springboard 305.55 9 Q 314.60 7 Q 326.60 7
Esther Qin 329.10 4 Q 345.75 4 Q 347.20 4
Melissa Wu 10 m platform 320.80 11 Q 324.30 11 Q 364.20 5
Samantha Mills
Esther Qin 		3 m synchronized springboard 291.90 3 Q — 304.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lara Tarvit
Melissa Wu 		10 m synchronized platform 294.84 6 Q — 302.22 8
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Grant Nel
Maddison Keeney 		3 m synchronized springboard 310.02 4
Domonic Bedggood
Melissa Wu 		10 m synchronized platform 308.22 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Australia fielded a full team of eight swimmers to compete in the open water marathon.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Simon Huitenga 10 km 1:50:41.3 15
George O'Brien 1:51:19.6 28
Jarrod Poort 5 km 55:31.1 20
25 km 5:07:44.5 17
Sam Sheppard 5 km 55:53.6 32
25 km 4:56:22.9 6
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Melissa Gorman 5 km 59:12.7 7
Chelsea Gubecka 10 km 1:58:51.3 13
25 km 5:28:49.2 13
Kareena Lee 10 km 1:59:32.8 20
Jessica Walker 5 km 59:09.9 5
25 km 5:23:33.0 12
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Melissa Gorman
Simon Huitenga
Jarrod Poort 		Team 56:07.4 6

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Australian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[3] Swimmers must qualify at the 2015 Australian Championships (for pool events) to confirm their places for the Worlds.

Thirty-six swimmers (22 men and 24 women) have been selected to compete for the Australian team, including defending World champions Christian Sprenger in the 100 m breaststroke and Cate Campbell in the 100 m freestyle.[4][5] 2012 Olympic silver medalist and two-time reigning World champion James Magnussen was set to compete, but later withdrew from the team because of a shoulder injury, having been ruled out to defend his Worlds title in the 100 m freestyle.[6][7]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Matthew Abood 50 m freestyle 22.28 11 Q 22.16 14 Did not advance
Josh Beaver 200 m backstroke 1:57.62 8 Q 1:57.99 13 Did not advance
Tommaso D'Orsogna 100 m freestyle 49.04 18 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 52.22 15 Q 52.26 15 Did not advance
Thomas Fraser-Holmes 200 m individual medley 1:59.96 13 Q 1:58.83 10 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:15.93 10 — Did not advance
Jayden Hadler 50 m butterfly 23.83 19 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 52.17 14 Q 52.09 12 Did not advance
Mack Horton 400 m freestyle 3:47.37 11 — Did not advance
800 m freestyle 7:47.08 5 Q — 7:44.02 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1500 m freestyle 15:00.51 11 — Did not advance
Grant Irvine 200 m butterfly 1:56.92 =14 Q 1:57.94 15 Did not advance
Mitch Larkin 50 m backstroke 24.77 4 Q 24.65 4 Q 24.70 4
100 m backstroke 52.50 OC 1 Q 52.38 OC 1 Q 52.40 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m backstroke 1:55.88 1 Q 1:54.29 OC 1 Q 1:53.58 OC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cameron McEvoy 100 m freestyle 48.33 2 Q 47.94 1 Q 47.95 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m freestyle 1:46.39 4 Q 1:46.09 3 Q 1:47.26 8
David McKeon 200 m freestyle 1:47.00 10 Q 1:47.60 13 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 3:47.36 10 — Did not advance
David Morgan 200 m butterfly 1:56.05 8 Q 1:58.83 16 Did not advance
Jake Packard 100 m breaststroke 59.92 9 Q 59.66 7 Q 59.44 5
Christian Sprenger 50 m breaststroke 27.54 17 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:01.13 28 Did not advance
Ben Treffers 50 m backstroke 24.74 3 Q 24.64 3 Q 24.69 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100 m backstroke 54.00 15 Q DSQ Did not advance
Tommaso D'Orsogna
Kyle Chalmers
Matthew Abood
Ashley Delaney 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:16.34 13 — Did not advance
Cameron McEvoy
David McKeon
Daniel Smith
Thomas Fraser-Holmes
Grant Hackett*
Kurt Herzog* 		4×200 m freestyle relay 7:08.40 1 Q — 7:05.34 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kyle Chalmers
Jayden Hadler
Mitch Larkin
Cameron McEvoy
David Morgan*
Jake Packard 		4×100 m medley relay 3:31.86 2 Q — 3:30.08 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Victory Ceremony 400m freestyle
Victory Ceremony 4×100 metres freestyle relay
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jessica Ashwood 400 m freestyle 4:04.47 2 Q — 4:03.34 OC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
800 m freestyle 8:22.17 2 Q — 8:18.41 4
1500 m freestyle 15:56.52 3 Q — 15:52.17 NR 4
Hayley Baker 200 m backstroke 2:11.63 17 Did not advance
Bronte Campbell 50 m freestyle 24.74 7 Q 24.32 4 Q 24.12 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m freestyle 53.50 3 Q 53.00 3 Q 52.52 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cate Campbell 50 m freestyle 24.40 1 Q 24.22 1 Q 24.36 4
100 m freestyle 53.22 =1 Q 52.84 2 Q 52.82 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Madeline Groves 100 m butterfly 58.31 10 Q 58.17 11 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:08.65 9 Q 2:08.00 9 Did not advance
Emma McKeon 200 m freestyle 1:57.78 7 Q 1:56.95 8 Q 1:56.41 7
50 m butterfly 26.79 =21 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 58.12 8 Q 57.59 5 Q 57.67 4
Taylor McKeown 100 m breaststroke 1:06.97 7 Q 1:07.19 9 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:24.02 9 Q 2:24.41 11 Did not advance
Keryn McMaster 200 m individual medley 2:13.42 17 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:39.05 13 — Did not advance
Leah Neale 400 m freestyle 4:13.98 21 — Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:44.38 26 — Did not advance
Melanie Schlanger 200 m freestyle 1:58.94 17 Did not advance
Emily Seebohm 50 m backstroke 27.75 3 Q 27.70 5 Q 27.66 4
100 m backstroke 59.04 2 Q 58.56 1 Q 58.26 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m backstroke 2:09.44 7 Q 2:06.56 2 Q 2:05.81 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Brianna Throssell 50 m butterfly 26.90 =26 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:09.16 12 Q 2:07.57 =6 Q 2:06.78 =4
Lorna Tonks 50 m breaststroke 21.22 16 Q 31.05 12 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:07.32 12 Q 1:07.54 13 Did not advance
Tessa Wallace 200 m breaststroke 2:24.88 12 Q 2:24.68 12 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:44.93 21 — Did not advance
Madison Wilson 50 m backstroke 28.02 =7 Q 27.83 6 Q 27.92 6
100 m backstroke 59.17 3 Q 59.05 3 Q 58.75 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Emily Seebohm
Emma McKeon
Bronte Campbell
Cate Campbell
Madison Wilson*
Melanie Schlanger*
Bronte Barratt* 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:35.86 2 Q — 3:31.48 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bronte Barratt
Jessica Ashwood
Leah Neale
Emma McKeon 		4×200 m freestyle relay 7:52.66 3 Q — 7:51.02 6
Bronte Campbell
Madeline Groves*
Emma McKeon
Taylor McKeown
Emily Seebohm
Melanie Schlanger*
Lorna Tonks*
Madison Wilson* 		4×100 m medley relay 3:57.95 4 Q — 3:55.56 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Australia has qualified a squad of eleven synchronized swimmers for the following events.

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Bianca Hammett
Nikita Pablo 		Duet technical routine 72.0011 28 Did not advance
Duet free routine 73.1667 30 Did not advance
Bianca Hammett
Danielle Kettlewell
Jo-Ann Lim
Nikita Pablo
Emily Rogers
Cristina Sheehan
Jemma Singleton
Danielle ten Vaanholt*
Deborah Tsai*
Amie Thompson 		Team technical routine 70.8602 20 Did not advance
Hannah Cross*
Bianca Hammett
Danielle Kettlewell
Nikita Pablo
Emily Rogers
Cristina Sheehan*
Jemma Singleton
Danielle ten Vaanholt
Deborah Tsai
Amie Thompson 		Team free routine 75.1000 16 Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 3 3 0 0 40 26 +14 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  Australia 3 1 1 1 24 19 +5 3 Advanced to playoffs
3  Montenegro 3 1 1 1 29 26 +3 3
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 23 45 −22 0
Source: SportResult.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
27 July 2015
21:30 		Report Japan  4–10  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 2,287
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–2, 1–3, 1–3
four players 1 Goals Campbell 3
29 July 2015
13:30 		Report Australia  5–5  Montenegro Kazan
Attendance: 313
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 1–1, 3–1
Younger 3 Goals Janović 2
31 July 2015
12:10 		Report Serbia  10–9  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 890
Referees:
Radosław Koryzna (POL), Georgios Stacridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–4, 4–1
three players 2 Goals Younger 3
Playoffs
2 August 2015
20:10 		Report South Africa  1–17  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 213
Referees:
Ni Shi Wei (CHN), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–6, 0–2, 0–4
E. Le Roux 1 Goals Younger 4
Quarterfinals
4 August 2015
18:50 		Report Greece  7–7  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 1,996
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 1–3, 3–1, 2–3  PSO: 5–4
Fountoulis, Genidounias 2 Goals Younger 3
5th–8th place semifinals
6 August 2015
15:30 		Report Montenegro  11–8  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 1,500
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–1, 4–4, 2–2
Janović 4 Goals three players 2
Seventh place game
8 August 2015
14:00 		Report Australia  6–10  United States Kazan
Attendance: 1,677
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Francesc Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–2, 1–4, 2–2
Younger 2 Goals Azevedo 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 35 14 +21 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 38 18 +20 4 Advanced to playoffs
3  Greece 3 1 0 2 36 22 +14 2
4  South Africa 3 0 0 3 6 61 −55 0
Source: SportResult.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
26 July 2015
12:10 		Report Australia  8–7  Greece Kazan
Attendance: 1,035
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 2–1, 3–2
Zagame 2 Goals Tsoukala 4
28 July 2015
10:50 		Report Australia  19–1  South Africa Kazan
Attendance: 456
Referees:
Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 6–0, 3–1, 7–0, 3–0
Southern 5 Goals Versfeld 1
30 July 2015
20:10 		Report Australia  8–6  Netherlands Kazan
Attendance: 230
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–2, 3–2, 1–2
Southern, Zagame 2 Goals Sevenich 2
Quarterfinals
3 August 2015
20:10 		Report Australia  7–7  China Kazan
Attendance: 370
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–1, 4–2, 1–1  PSO: 5–3
seven players 1 Goals Song Donglun, Zhao Zihan 2
Semifinals
5 August 2015
20:30 		Report United States  8–6  Australia Kazan
Attendance: 1,007
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 1–0, 2–1
Fattal, Steffens 2 Goals six players 1
Third place game
7 August 2015
20:30 		Report Australia  7–7  Italy Kazan
Attendance: 1,508
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–0, 2–2  PSO: 3–5
Southern, Webster 2 Goals Di Mario 3

References

  1. ^ "Divers ready to make a splash in Kazan". Australian Olympic Committee. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Australian open water team has proud FINA history". Swimming Australia. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Cate Campbell and James Magnussen head Australia's squad for world swimming championships in Kazan". ABC News Australia. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Swimming Australia Announces 2015 World Championships Roster". Swimming World Magazine. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. ^ "James Magnussen out of world swimming championships with shoulder injury". ABC News Australia. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  7. ^ "James Magnussen To Have Shoulder Surgery, Will Miss World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

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