Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
Host cityGwangju, South Korea
Date(s)21–28 July
Venue(s)Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Events42
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Technicalwomen
Freewomen
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Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
3 m & 10 mmixed team
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3 mmenwomen
3 mmixed
10 mmenwomen
10 mmixed
High diving
20 mwomen
27 mmen
Open water swimming
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5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Relay
4×1.25 kmmixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
mixed
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
mixed
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen

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
A = Afternoon session (starting at 10:00), E = Evening session (starting at 20:00)
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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States148527
2 Australia59519
3 Hungary4004
4 Russia37616
5 Italy3238
6 China3227
7 Great Britain3137
8 Japan2226
9 Canada2068
10 Sweden1225
11 South Africa1124
12 Germany1102
13 Brazil0325
14 Greece0101
 Netherlands0101
 Norway0101
  Switzerland0101
 Ukraine0101
19 France0022
20 Egypt0011
 New Zealand0011
Totals (21 entries)424342127

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
NR 		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
NR 		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
NR
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
NR 		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
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

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

  1. ^ Schedule
  2. ^ "OMEGA Sports Live Timekeeping, Official Olympics Games Timekeeper". www.omegatiming.com.
  3. ^ Men's 100 metre freestyle results
  4. ^ Men's 200 metre freestyle results
  5. ^ "OMEGA Sports Live Timekeeping, Official Olympics Games Timekeeper". www.omegatiming.com.
  6. ^ Men's 800 metre freestyle results
  7. ^ "OMEGA Sports Live Timekeeping, Official Olympics Games Timekeeper". www.omegatiming.com.
  8. ^ Men's 50 metre backstroke results
  9. ^ Men's 100 metre backstroke results
  10. ^ Men's 200 metre backstroke results
  11. ^ Men's 50 metre breaststroke results
  12. ^ Men's 100 metre breaststroke results
  13. ^ Men's 200 metre breaststroke results
  14. ^ Men's 50 metre butterfly results
  15. ^ Men's 100 metre butterfly results
  16. ^ Men's 200 metre butterfly results
  17. ^ Men's 200 metre individual medley results
  18. ^ Men's 400 metre individual medley results
  19. ^ Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay results
  20. ^ Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay results
  21. ^ Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay results
  22. ^ Women's 50 metre freestyle results
  23. ^ Women's 100 metre freestyle results
  24. ^ Women's 200 metre freestyle results
  25. ^ Women's 400 metre freestyle results
  26. ^ Women's 800 metre freestyle results
  27. ^ Women's 1500 metre freestyle results
  28. ^ Women's 50 metre backstroke results
  29. ^ Women's 100 metre backstroke results
  30. ^ Women's 200 metre backstroke results
  31. ^ Women's 50 metre breaststroke results
  32. ^ Women's 100 metre breaststroke results
  33. ^ Women's 200 metre breaststroke results
  34. ^ Women's 50 metre butterfly results
  35. ^ Women's 100 metre butterfly results
  36. ^ Women's 200 metre butterfly results
  37. ^ Women's 200 metre individual medley
  38. ^ Women's 400 metre individual medley
  39. ^ Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay results
  40. ^ Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay results
  41. ^ Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay results
  42. ^ 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay results
  43. ^ 4×100 mixed medley relay results
  44. ^ "Shayna Jack: Australian swimmer tests positive for banned substance". CNN. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

External links

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