Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships

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This is a list of all the world champions in swimming at the World Aquatics Championships (long course), which are biannually held – since 1973 – by the International Swimming Federation.

Contents

[edit] Results (Men & Women)

[edit] Freestyle

[edit] 50 m

Year Men Time
1986 Tom Jager 22.49
1991 Tom Jager 22.16
1994 Alexander Popov 22.17
1998 Bill Pilczuk 22.29
2001 Anthony Ervin 22.09
2003 Alexander Popov 21.92
2005 Roland Schoeman 21.69
Women Time
Tamara Costache 25.28 WR
Yong Zhuang 25.47
Jingyi Le 24.51 WR
Amy Van Dyken 25.15
Inge de Bruijn 24.47
Inge de Bruijn 24.47
Libby Lenton 24.59

[edit] 100 m

Year Men Time
1973 Jim Montgomery 51.70
1975 Andrew Coan 51.23
1978 David McCagg 50.24
1982 Jörg Woithe 50.18
1986 Matt Biondi 48.94
1991 Matt Biondi 49.18
1994 Alexander Popov 49.12
1998 Alexander Popov 48.93
2001 Anthony Ervin 48.33
2003 Alexander Popov 48.42
2005 Filippo Magnini 48.12
Women Time
Kornelia Ender 57.54 WR
Kornelia Ender 56.50
Barbara Krause 55.68
Birgit Meineke 55.79
Kristin Otto 55.05
Nicole Haislett 55.17
Jingyi Le 54.01 WR
Jenny Thompson 54.95
Inge de Bruijn 54.18
Hanna-Maria Seppälä 54.37
Jodie Henry 54.18

[edit] 200 m

WR: 1:44.06 Ian Thorpe Fukuoka, JPN Jul 25, 2001
CR: 1:44.06 Ian Thorpe Fukuoka, JPN Jul 25, 2001
Year Men Time
1973 Jim Montgomery 1:53.02
1975 Timothy Shaw 1:51.04
1978 William Forrester 1:51.02
1982 Michael Gross 1:49.84
1986 Michael Gross 1:47.92
1991 Giorgio Lamberti 1:47.27
1994 Antti Kasvio 1.47.32
1998 Michael Klim 1:47.41
2001 Ian Thorpe 1:44.06 WR
2003 Ian Thorpe 1:45.14
2005 Michael Phelps 1:45.20
WR: 1:56.64 Franziska van Almsick Berlin, GER Aug 3, 2002
CR: 1:56.78 Franziska van Almsick Rome, ITA Sep 6, 1994
Women Time
Keena Rothammer 2:04.99
Shirley Babashoff 2:02.50
Cynthia Woodhead 1:58.53 WR
Annemarie Verstappen 1:59.53
Heike Friedrich 1:58.26
Hayley Lewis 2:00.48
Franziska van Almsick 1:56.78 WR
Claudia Poll 1:58.90
Giaan Rooney 1:58.57
Alena Popchanka 1:58.32
Solenne Figues 1:58.60

[edit] 400 m

WR: 3:40.08 Ian Thorpe Manchester, UK Jul 30, 2002
CR: 3:40.17 Ian Thorpe Fukuoka, JPN Jul 22, 2001
Year Men Time
1973 Rick DeMont 3:58.18 WR
1975 Timothy Shaw 3:54.88
1978 Vladimir Salnikov 3:51.94
1982 Vladimir Salnikov 3:51.30
1986 Rainer Henkel 3:50.05
1991 Jörg Hoffmann 3:48.04
1994 Kieren Perkins 3.43.80 WR
1998 Ian Thorpe 3:46.29
2001 Ian Thorpe 3:40.17 WR
2003 Ian Thorpe 3:42.58
2005 Grant Hackett 3:42.91

[edit] 800 m

Year Men Time
1973 -
1975 -
1978 -
1982 -
1986 -
1991 -
1994 -
1998 -
2001 Ian Thorpe 7:39.16 WR
2003 Grant Hackett 7:43.82
2005 Grant Hackett 7:38.65 WR
Women Time
Novella Calligaris 8:52.97 WR
Jennifer Turrall 8:44.75
Tracey Wickham 8:24.94
Kimberley Linehan 8:27.48
Astrid Strauss 8:28.24
Janet Evans 8:24.05
Janet Evans 8:29.85
Brooke Bennett 8:28.71
Hannah Stockbauer 8:24.66
Hannah Stockbauer 8:23.66
Kate Ziegler 8:25.31

[edit] 1500 m

Year Men Time
1973 Stephen Holland 15:31.85 WR
1975 Timothy Shaw 15:28.92
1978 Vladimir Salnikov 15:03.99
1982 Vladimir Salnikov 15:01.77
1986 Rainer Henkel 15:05.31
1991 Jörg Hoffmann 14:50.36 WR
1994 Kieren Perkins 14:50.52
1998 Grant Hackett 14:51.70
2001 Grant Hackett 14:34.56 WR
2003 Grant Hackett 14:43.14
2005 Grant Hackett 14:42.58
2007 Mateusz Sawrymowicz 14:45.94

[edit] Backstroke

[edit] 50 m

Year Men Time
2001 Randall Bal 25.34
2003 Thomas Rupprath 24.80 WR
2005 Aristeidis Grigoriadis 24.95
Women Time
Haley Cope 28.51
Nina Zhivanevskaya 28.48
Giaan Rooney 28.63

[edit] 100 m

Year Men Time
1973 Roland Matthes 57.47
1975 Roland Matthes 58.15
1978 Robert Jackson 56.36
1982 Dirk Richter 55.95
1986 Igor Polyansky 55.58
1991 Jeff Rouse 55.23
1994 Martin Lopez-Zubero 55.17
1998 Lenny Krayzelburg 55.00
2001 Matt Welsh 54.31
2003 Aaron Peirsol 53.61
2005 Aaron Peirsol 53.62
Women Time
Ulrike Richter 1:05.42
Ulrike Richter 1:03.30
Linda Jezek 1:02.55
Kristin Otto 1:01.30
Betsy Mitchell 1:01.74
Krisztina Egerszegi 1:01.78
Cihong He 1:00.57
Lea Maurer 1:01.16
Natalie Coughlin 1:00.37
Antje Buschschulte 1:00.50
Kirsty Coventry 1:00.24

[edit] 200 m

Year Men Time
1973 Roland Matthes 2:01.87 WR
1975 Zoltan Verraszto 2:05.05
1978 Jesus Vasallo 2:02.16
1982 Rick Carey 2:00.82
1986 Igor Polianski 1:58.78
1991 Martin López-Zubero 1:59.52
1994 Vladimir Selkov 1:57.42
1998 Lenny Krayzelburg 1:58.84
2001 Aaron Peirsol 1:57.13
2003 Aaron Peirsol 1:55.92
2005 Aaron Peirsol 1:54.66 WR
Women Time
Melissa Belote 2:20.52
Birgit Treiber 2:15.46 WR
Linda Jezek 2:11.93 WR
Kornelia Sirch 2:09.91 WR
Kornelia Sirch 2:11.37
Krisztina Egerszegi 2:09.15
Cihong He 2:07.40
Roxanna Maracineanu 2:11.26
Diana Mocanu 2:09.94
Katy Sexton 2:08.74
Kirsty Coventry 2:08.52

[edit] Breaststroke

[edit] 50 m

Year Men Time
2001 Oleg Lisogor 27.52
2003 James Gibson 27.56
2005 Mark Warnecke 27.63
Women Time
Xuejuan Luo 30.84
Xuejuan Luo 30.67
Jade Edmistone 30.45 WR

[edit] 100 m

WR: 59.30 Brendan Hansen Long Beach, USA Jul 8, 2004
CR: 59.37 Brendan Hansen Montreal, CAN Jul 25, 2005
Year Men Time
1973 John Hencken 1:04.02 WR
1975 David Wilkie 1:04.26
1978 Walter Kusch 1:03.58
1982 Stephen Lundquist 1:02.75
1986 Victor Davis 1:02.71
1991 Norbert Rózsa 1:01.45 WR
1994 Norbert Rózsa 1:01.24
1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1:01.34
2001 Roman Sloudnov 1:00.16
2003 Kosuke Kitajima 59.78 WR
2005 Brendan Hansen 59.37 CR
WR: 1:06.37 Leisel Jones Barcelona, ESP Jul 21, 2003
CR: 1:06.37 Leisel Jones Barcelona, ESP Jul 21, 2003
Women Time
Renate Vogel 1:13.74
Hannelore Anke 1:12.72
Julia Bogdanova 1:10.31 WR
Ute Geweniger 1:09.14
Sylvia Gerasch 1:08.11 WR
Linley Frame 1:08.81
Samantha Riley 1:07.69 WR
Kristy Kowal 1:08.42
Xuejuan Luo 1:07.18
Xuejuan Luo 1:06.80
Leisel Jones 1:06.25