Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships

2007 FINA
World Championships
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 Free
Duet Technical Free
Team Technical Free
Combination
Water polo
men    •   women

The swimming competition at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships was held in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 March to 1 April.

Morning/heats sessions began at 10:00 a.m., with the evening sessions (semifinals and finals) beginning at 7:00 p.m. All events were contested in a long-course (50 m) pool. In the 50 m, 100 m, and 200 m events, heats/semifinals/finals were held; with heats in the morning of the first day of the event, semifinals that evening, and finals the next evening. For races 400 m, 800 m, or 1500 m in length, only heats and finals were held. For the 400 m events (both individual and relay), heats and finals were held on the same day. For the individual 800 m and 1500 m free events, heats were held in the morning with finals in the next day's evening session (approximately 36 hours apart). For the 4×200 m freestyle relay, heats and finals were the same day (matching the other 2 relays).

Olympic qualifying: The swimming competition at the 2007 World Championships served for qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games in two fashions:

Contents

Events

date Morning session
Preliminary heats   (10:00 a.m.)
Evening session
Finals & semifinals   (7:00 p.m.)
Sunday
25 March
2007
women's 100 fly
men's 400 free
women's 200 I.M.
men's 50 fly
women's 400 free
men's 100 breast
women's 4×100 free relay
men's 4×100 free relay
  swim-off: men's 50 fly
women's 100 fly (semifinals)
men's 400 free (final)
women's 200 I.M. (semifinals)
men's 50 fly (semifinals)
women's 400 free (final)
men's 100 breast (semifinals)
women's 4×100 free relay (final)
men's 4×100 free relay (final)
Monday
26 March
2007
women's 100 back
men's 200 free
women's 100 breast
men's 100 back
women's 1500 free
men's 100 breast (final)
women's 100 fly (final)
men's 100 back (semifinals)
women's 100 breast (semifinals)
men's 50 fly (final)
women's 100 back (semifinals)
men's 200 free (semifinals)
women's 200 I.M. (final)
Tuesday
27 March
2007
men's 50 breast
men's 200 fly
women's 200 free
men's 800 free
men's 200 free (final)
women's 100 back (final)
men's 50 breast (semifinals)
women's 1500 free (final)
men's 100 back (final)
women's 200 free (semifinals)
men's 200 fly (semifinals)
women's 100 breast (final)
Wednesday
28 March
2007
women's 50 back
men's 100 free
women's 200 fly
men's 200 I.M.
men's 100 free (semifinals)
women's 50 back (semifinals)
men's 200 fly (final)
women's 200 free (final)
men's 50 breast (final)
women's 200 fly (semifinals)
men's 200 I.M. (semifinals)
men's 800 free (final)
Thursday
29 March
2007
women's 100 free
men's 200 back
women's 200 breast
men's 200 breast
women's 4×200 free relay
women's 100 free (semifinals)
men's 200 I.M. (final)
women's 200 breast (semifinals)
men's 100 free (final)
women's 200 fly (final)
men's 200 breast (semifinals)
women's 50 back (final)
men's 200 back (semifinals)
women's 4×200 free relay (final)
Friday
30 March
2007
women's 50 fly
men's 50 free
women's 800 free
men's 100 fly
women's 200 back
men's 4×200 free relay
women's 100 free (final)
men's 200 back (final)
women's 50 fly (semifinals)
men's 50 free (semifinals)
women's 200 breast (final)
men's 100 fly (semifinals)
women's 200 back (semifinals)
men's 200 breast (final)
men's 4×200 free relay (final)
  swim-off: men's 50 free
  swim-off: men's 100 fly
Saturday
31 March
2007
women's 50 free
men's 50 back
women's 50 breast
men's 1500 free
women's 4×100 medley relay
women's 50 fly (final)
men's 50 free (final)
women's 200 back (final)
women's 50 breast (semifinals)
men's 100 fly (final)
women's 50 free (semifinals)
men's 50 back (semifinal)
women's 800 free (final)
women's 4×100 medley relay (final)
Sunday
1 April
2007
men's 400 I.M.
women's 400 I.M.
men's 4×100 medley relay
men's 50 back (final)
women's 50 breast (final)
men's 400 I.M. (final)
women's 50 free (final)
men's 1500 free (final)
women's 400 I.M. (final)
men's 4×100 medly relay (final)

Medal table

      Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 20 13 3 36
2  Australia 9 7 5 21
3  France 2 2 2 6
4  Poland 2 1 1 4
5  South Africa 2 0 1 3
6  Japan 1 2 4 7
7  Italy 1 1 4 6
8  Sweden 1 1 1 3
9  Canada 1 0 1 2
9  South Korea 1 0 1 2
9  Ukraine 1 0 1 2
12  Germany 0 3 1 4
13  Netherlands 0 2 3 5
13  Russia 0 2 3 5
15  Zimbabwe 0 2 0 2
16  Great Britain 0 1 3 4
17  China 0 1 1 2
18  Belarus 0 1 0 1
18  Switzerland 0 1 0 1
20  Austria 0 0 1 1
20  Denmark 0 0 1 1
20  Hungary 0 0 1 1
20  Venezuela 0 0 1 1
Total 41 40 39 120

At the end of the competition, the medals table contained records for Australia, Italy, Poland, Russia and Tunisia. However, a retroactive competition ban on Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli announced on 11 September 2007 resulted in the nullification his results, and a redistribution of a medals in the two events he won medals in.

Results

Key

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
details
Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner
 United States
21.88 Cullen Jones
 United States
21.94 Stefan Nystrand
 Sweden
21.97
100 m freestyle
details
Filippo Magnini
 Italy
Brent Hayden
 Canada
48.43 Eamon Sullivan
 Australia
48.47
200 m freestyle
details
Michael Phelps
 United States
1:43.86
WR
Pieter van den Hoogenband
 Netherlands
1:46.28 Park Tae-Hwan
 South Korea
1:46.73
400 m freestyle[1]
details
Park Tae-Hwan
 South Korea
3:44.30 Grant Hackett
 Australia
3:45.43 Yury Prilukov
 Russia
3:45:47
800 m freestyle[1]
details
Przemysław Stańczyk
 Poland
7:47.91 Craig Stevens
 Australia
7:48.67 Federico Colbertaldo
 Italy
7:49.98
1500 m freestyle
details
Mateusz Sawrymowicz
 Poland
14:45.94 Yury Prilukov
 Russia
14:47.29 David Davies
 Great Britain
14:51.21
50 m backstroke
details
Gerhard Zandberg
 South Africa
24.98 Thomas Rupprath
 Germany
25.20 Liam Tancock
 Great Britain
25.23
100 m backstroke
details
Aaron Peirsol
 United States
52.98
WR
Ryan Lochte
 United States
53.50 Liam Tancock
 Great Britain
53.61
200 m backstroke
details
Ryan Lochte
 United States
1:54.32
WR
Aaron Peirsol
 United States
1:54.80 Markus Rogan
 Austria
1:56.02
50 m breaststroke
details
Oleg Lisogor
 Ukraine
27.66 Brendan Hansen
 United States
27.69 Cameron van der Burgh
 South Africa
27.88
100 m breaststroke
details
Brendan Hansen
 United States
59.80 Kosuke Kitajima
 Japan
59.96 Brenton Rickard
 Australia
1:00.58
200 m breaststroke
details
Kosuke Kitajima
 Japan
2:09.80 Brenton Rickard
 Australia
2:10.99 Loris Facci
 Italy
2:11.03
50 m butterfly
details
Roland Schoeman
 South Africa
23.18 Ian Crocker
 United States
23.47 Jakob Andkjær
 Denmark
23.56
100 m butterfly
details
Michael Phelps
 United States
50.77 Ian Crocker
 United States
50.82 Albert Subirats
 Venezuela
51.82
200 m butterfly
details
Michael Phelps
 United States
1:52.09
WR
Wu Peng
 China
1:55.13 Nikolay Skvortsov
 Russia
1:55.22
200 m individual medley
details
Michael Phelps
 United States
1:54.98
WR
Ryan Lochte
 United States
1:56.19 László Cseh
 Hungary
1:56.92
400 m individual medley
details
Michael Phelps
 United States
4:06.22
WR
Ryan Lochte
 United States
4:09.74 Luca Marin
 Italy
4:09.88
4×100 m
  freestyle relay
details
 United States
Michael Phelps
Neil Walker
Cullen Jones
Jason Lezak
3:12.72
CR
 Italy
Massimiliano Rosolino
Alessandro Calvi
Christian Galenda
Filippo Magnini
3:14.04  France
Fabien Gilot
Frédérick Bousquet
Julien Sicot
Alain Bernard
3:14.68
4×200 m
  freestyle relay
details
 United States
Michael Phelps
Ryan Lochte
Klete Keller
Peter Vanderkaay
7:03.24
WR
 Australia
Patrick Murphy
Andrew Mewing
Grant Brits
Kenrick Monk
7:10.05  Canada
Brian Johns
Brent Hayden
Rick Say
Andrew Hurd
7:10.70
4×100 m
  medley relay
details
 Australia
Matt Welsh
Brenton Rickard
Andrew Lauterstein
Eamon Sullivan
3:34.93  Japan
Tomomi Morita
Kosuke Kitajima
Takashi Yamamoto
Daisuke Hosokawa
3:35.16  Russia
Arkady Vyatchanin
Dmitry Komornikov
Nikolay Skvortsov
Evgeny Lagunov
3:35.51

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50m freestyle
details
Libby Lenton
 Australia
24.53 Therese Alshammar
 Sweden
24.62 Marleen Veldhuis
 Netherlands
24.70
100m freestyle
details
Libby Lenton
 Australia
53.40
CR
Marleen Veldhuis
 Netherlands
53.70 Britta Steffen
 Germany
53.74
200m freestyle
details
Laure Manaudou
 France
1:55.52
WR
Annika Lurz
 Germany
1:55.68 Federica Pellegrini
 Italy
1:56.97
400m freestyle
details
Laure Manaudou
 France
4:02.61
CR
Otylia Jędrzejczak
 Poland
4:04.23 Ai Shibata
 Japan
4:05.19
800m freestyle
details
Kate Ziegler
 United States
8:18.52
CR
Laure Manaudou
 France
8:18.80 Hayley Peirsol
 United States
8:26.41
1500m freestyle
details
Kate Ziegler
 United States
15:53.05
CR
Flavia Rigamonti
 Switzerland
15:55.38 Ai Shibata
 Japan
15:58.55
50m backstroke
details
Leila Vaziri
 United States
28.16
WR
Aleksandra Gerasimenya
 Belarus
28.46 Tayliah Zimmer
 Australia
28.50
100m backstroke
details
Natalie Coughlin
 United States
59.44
WR
Laure Manaudou
 France
59.87 Reiko Nakamura
 Japan
1:00.40
200m backstroke
details
Margaret Hoelzer
 United States
2:07.16
CR
Kirsty Coventry
 Zimbabwe
2:07.54 Reiko Nakamura
 Japan
2:08.54
50m breaststroke
details
Jessica Hardy
 United States
30.63 Leisel Jones
 Australia
30.70 Tara Kirk
 United States
31.05
100m breaststroke
details
Leisel Jones
 Australia
1:05.72
CR
Tara Kirk
 United States
1:06.34 Anna Khlistunova
 Ukraine
1:07.27
200m breaststroke
details
Leisel Jones
 Australia
2:21.84 Kirsty Balfour
 Great Britain
Megan Jendrick
 United States
2:25.94
50m butterfly
details
Therese Alshammar
 Sweden
25.91 Danni Miatke
 Australia
26.05 Inge Dekker
 Netherlands
26.11
100m butterfly
details
Libby Lenton
 Australia
57.15
CR
Jessicah Schipper
 Australia
57.24 Natalie Coughlin
 United States
57.34
200m butterfly
details
Jessicah Schipper
 Australia
2:06.39 Kimberly Vandenberg
 United States
2:06.71 Otylia Jędrzejczak
 Poland
2:06.90
200m individual medley
details
Katie Hoff
 United States
2:10.13
CR
Kirsty Coventry
 Zimbabwe
2:10.76 Stephanie Rice
 Australia
2:11.42
400m individual medley
details
Katie Hoff
 United States
4:32.89
WR
Yana Martynova
 Russia
4:40.14 Stephanie Rice
 Australia
4:41.19
4×100m
  freestyle relay
details
 Australia
Libby Lenton
Melanie Schlanger
Shayne Reese
Jodie Henry
3:35.48
CR
 United States
Natalie Coughlin
Lacey Nymeyer
Amanda Weir
Kara Lynn Joyce
3:35.68  Netherlands
Inge Dekker
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Femke Heemskerk
Marleen Veldhuis
3:36.81
4×200m
  freestyle relay
details
 United States
Natalie Coughlin
Dana Vollmer
Lacey Nymeyer
Katie Hoff
7:50.09
WR
 Germany
Meike Freitag
Britta Steffen
Petra Dallmann
Annika Lurz
7:53.82  France
Alena Popchanka
Sophie Huber
Aurore Mongel
Laure Manaudou
7:55.96
4×100m
  medley relay
details
 Australia
Emily Seebohm
Leisel Jones
Jessicah Schipper
Libby Lenton
3:55.74
WR
 United States
Natalie Coughlin
Tara Kirk
Rachel Komisarz
Lacey Nymeyer
3:58.31  China
Longzi Xutian
Nan Luo
Yafei Zhou
Yanwei Xu
4:01.97

Records broken

During the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, 15 World Records and 16 other Championship (or meet) Records were broken. Multiple Continental and National Records were also set.

World Records

Also new championship records

Championship records

References

  1. ^ a b Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia originally won the men's 800 m freestyle and finished second in the men's 400 m freestyle. On 11 September 2007, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland disqualified Mellouli and banned him for 18 months (effective retroactively to 30 October 2006) after he tested positive for amphetamines.