Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
The swimming competition of the 2009 World Aquatics Championships was held at the Foro Italico sports complex in Rome, Italy, from Sunday 26 July – Sunday 2 August 2009.
Events
The swimming competition featured races in a long course (50 m) pool in 40 events (20 for males, 20 for females; 17 individual events and 3 relays for each gender).
The evening session schedule for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships[1] is shown below.
| Date |
Sunday
July 26, 2009 |
Monday
July 27, 2009 |
Tuesday
July 28, 2009 |
Wednesday
July 29, 2009 |
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Women's 100 fly [sf]
Men's 400 free
Women's 200 IM [sf]
Men's 50 fly [sf]
Women's 400 free
Men's 100 breast [sf]
Women's 4×100 freestyle
Men's 4×100 freestyle |
Men's 100 breast
Women's 100 fly
Men's 100 back [sf]
Women's 100 breast [sf]
Men's 50 fly
Women's 100 back [sf]
Men's 200 free [sf]
Women's 200 IM |
Men's 200 free
Women's 100 back
Men's 50 breast [sf]
Women's 1500 free
Men's 100 back
Women's 200 free [sf]
Men's 200 fly [sf]
Women's 100 breast |
Men's 100 free [sf]
Women's 50 back [sf]
Men's 200 fly
Women's 200 free
Men's 50 breast
Women's 200 fly [sf]
Men's 200 IM [sf]
Men's 800 free |
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| Date |
Thursday
July 30, 2009 |
Friday
July 31, 2009 |
Saturday
August 1, 2009 |
Sunday
August 2, 2009 |
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Women's 100 free [sf]
Men's 200 IM
Women's 200 breast [sf]
Men's 100 free
Women's 200 fly
Men's 200 breast [sf]
Women's 50 back
Men's 200 back [sf]
Women's 4×200 freestyle |
Women's 100 free
Men's 200 back
Women's 50 fly [sf]
Men's 50 free [sf]
Women's 200 breast
Men's 100 fly [sf]
Women's 200 back [sf]
Men's 200 breast
Men's 4×200 freestyle |
Women's 50 fly
Men's 50 free
Women's 200 back
Women's 50 breast [sf]
Men's 100 fly
Women's 50 free [sf]
Men's 50 back [sf]
Women's 800 free
Women's 4×100 medley |
Men's 50 back
Women's 50 breast
Men's 400 IM
Women's 50 free
Men's 1500 free
Women's 400 IM
Men's 4×100 medley |
Note: prelims/semifinals/finals were swum in events 200 m and shorter; prelims/finals in events 400 m or longer. For prelims/semifinals/finals events, prelims and semis weree held on the same day, with finals being the evening of the following day. For the 400 m events and the 800 m relays, prelims and finals were held the same day. For the individual 800 m and 1500 m races, prelims were in the morning of one day, with finals in the evening of the next day. Preliminary sessions began at 9:00 a.m.; finals at 6:00 p.m.
Medal table
Host nation
Medal winners
Men's events
Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record
Women's events
Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record
Records
The following world and championship records were broken during the competition.
World records
| Date |
Event |
Time |
Name |
Nation |
| July 26 |
Women's 100 m Butterfly Semifinals |
56.44 |
Sarah Sjöström |
Sweden |
| July 26 |
Men's 400 m Freestyle Final |
3:40.07 |
Paul Biedermann |
Germany |
| July 26 |
Women's 200 m Individual Medley Semifinals |
2:07.03 |
Ariana Kukors |
United States |
| July 26 |
Women's 400 m Freestyle Final |
3:59.15 |
Federica Pellegrini |
Italy |
| July 26 |
Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Final |
3:31.72 |
Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Frederike Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis |
Netherlands |
| July 26 |
Women's 100 m Freestyle (Relay Final Lead-off) |
52.22 |
Britta Steffen |
Germany |
| July 27 |
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Final |
58.58 |
Brenton Rickard |
Australia |
| July 27 |
Women's 100 m Butterfly Final |
56.06 |
Sarah Sjöström |
Sweden |
| July 27 |
Women's 200 m Individual Medley Final |
2:06.15 |
Ariana Kukors |
United States |
| July 27 |
Women's 100 m Backstroke Semifinals |
58.48 |
Anastasia Zuyeva |
Russia |
| July 27 |
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Semifinals |
1:04.84 |
Rebecca Soni |
United States |
| July 28 |
Men's 200 m Freestyle Final |
1:42.00 |
Paul Biedermann |
Germany |
| July 28 |
Women's 100 m Backstroke Final |
58.12 |
Gemma Spofforth |
Great Britain |
| July 28 |
Men's 50 m Breaststroke Semifinals |
26.74 |
Cameron van der Burgh |
South Africa |
| July 28 |
Women's 200 m Freestyle Semifinals |
1:53.67 |
Federica Pellegrini |
Italy |
| July 29 |
Women's 200 m Butterfly Heats |
2:04.14 |
Mary DeScenza |
United States |
| July 29 |
Women's 50 m Backstroke Semifinals |
27.39 |
Daniela Samulski |
Germany |
| July 29 |
Women's 50 m Backstroke Semifinals |
27.38 |
Anastasia Zuyeva |
Russia |
| July 29 |
Men's 200 m Butterfly Final |
1:51.51 |
Michael Phelps |
United States |
| July 29 |
Women's 200 m Freestyle Final |
1:52.98 |
Federica Pellegrini |
Italy |
| July 29 |
Men's 50 m Breaststroke Final |
26.67 |
Cameron van der Burgh |
South Africa |
| July 29 |
Men's 800 m Freestyle Final |
7:32.12 |
Zhang Lin |
China |
| July 30 |
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Final |
1:54.10 |
Ryan Lochte |
United States |
| July 30 |
Women's 200 m Breaststroke Semifinals |
2:20.12 |
Annamay Pierse |
Canada |
| July 30 |
Men's 100 m Freestyle Final |
46.91 |
César Cielo |
Brazil |
| July 30 |
Women's 200 m Butterfly Final |
2:03.41 |
Jessicah Schipper |
Australia |
| July 30 |
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Semifinals |
2:07.31 |
Christian Sprenger |
Australia |
| July 30 |
Women's 50 m Backstroke Final |
27.06 |
Zhao Jing |
China |
| July 30 |
Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Final |
7:42.08 |
Yang Yu, Zhu Qianwei, Liu Jing, Pang Jiaying |
China |
| July 31 |
Women's 100 m Freestyle Final |
52.07 |
Britta Steffen |
Germany |
| July 31 |
Men's 200 m Backstroke Final |
1:51.92 |
Aaron Peirsol |
United States |
| July 31 |
Women's 50 m Butterfly Semifinals |
25.28 |
Marleen Veldhuis |
Netherlands |
| July 31 |
Women's 50 m Butterfly Semifinals |
25.07 |
Therese Alshammar |
Sweden |
| July 31 |
Men's 100 m Butterfly Semifinals |
50.01 |
Milorad Čavić |
Serbia |
| July 31 |
Men's 100 m 4x200 m Freestyle Final |
6:58.55 |
Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte |
United States |
| August 1 |
Women's 200 m Backstroke Final |
2:04.81 |
Kirsty Coventry |
Zimbabwe |
| August 1 |
Men's 100 m Butterfly Final |
49.82 |
Michael Phelps |
United States |
| August 1 |
Men's 50 m Backstroke Semifinals |
24.08 |
Liam Tancock |
Great Britain |
| August 1 |
Women's 4x100 m Medley Final |
3:52.19 |
Zhao Jing, Chen Huijia, Jiao Liuyang, Li Zhesi |
China |
| August 2 |
Men's 50 m Backstroke Final |
24.04 |
Liam Tancock |
Great Britain |
| August 2 |
Women's 50 m Breaststroke Final |
30.09 |
Yuliya Yefimova |
Russia |
| August 2 |
Women's 50 m Freestyle Final |
23.73 |
Britta Steffen |
Germany |
| August 2 |
Men's 4x100 m Medley Final |
3:27.28 |
Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau, Michael Phelps, David Walters |
United States |
Championship records
| Date |
Event |
Time |
Name |
Nation |
| July 26 |
Women's 100 m Butterfly Heats |
56.76 |
Sarah Sjöström |
Sweden |
| July 26 |
Women's 200 m Individual Medley Heats |
2:08.53 |
Ariana Kukors |
United States |
| July 26 |
Men's 50 m Butterfly Heats |
22.90 |
Roland Schoeman |
South Africa |
| July 26 |
Men's 50 m Butterfly Heats |
22.90 |
Rafael Munoz |
Spain |
| July 26 |
Women's 400 m Freestyle Heats |
4:01.96 |
Federica Pellegrini |
Italy |
| July 26 |
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Heats |
58.98 |
Brenton Rickard |
Australia |
| July 26 |
Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Heats |
3:34.74 |
Britta Steffen, Daniela Samulski, Petra Dallmann, Daniela Schreiber |
Germany |
| July 26 |
Men's 100 m Freestyle (Relay Heats Lead-off) |
47.39 |
César Cielo |
Brazil |
| July 26 |
Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Heats |
3:11.26 |
César Cielo, Nicolas Oliveira, Guiherme Santos, Fernando Silva |
Brazil |
| July 26 |
Men's 50 m Butterfly Semifinals |
22.68 |
Rafael Munoz |
Spain |
| July 26 |
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Semifinals |
58.96 |
Eric Shanteau |
United States |
| July 26 |
Men's 100 m Freestyle (Relay Final Lead-off) |
47.09 |
César Cielo |
Brazil |
| July 26 |
Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Final |
3:09.21 |
Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers, Nathan Adrian |
United States |
| July 27 |
Women's 100 m Backstroke Heats |
58.78 |
Gemma Spofforth |
Great Britain |
| July 27 |
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Heats |
1:05.66 |
Rebecca Soni |
United States |
| July 27 |
Men's 100 m Backstroke Heats |
52.93 |
Aschwin Wildeboer |
Spain |
| July 27 |
Men's 100 m Backstroke Semifinals |
52.39 |
Junya Koga |
Japan |
| July 27 |
Men's 50 m Butterfly Final |
22.67 |
Milorad Čavić |
Serbia |
| July 27 |
Men's 200 m Freestyle Semifinals |
1:43.65 |
Paul Biedermann |
Germany |
| July 28 |
Men's 50 m Breaststroke Heats |
26.92 |
Cameron van der Burgh |
South Africa |
| July 28 |
Women's 1500 m Freestyle Final |
15:44.93 |
Alessia Filippi |
Italy |
| July 28 |
Men's 100 m Backstroke Semifinals |
52.26 |
Junya Koga |
Japan |
| July 29 |
Women's 50 m Backstroke Heats |
27.65 |
Aleksandra Gerasimenya |
Belarus |
| July 30 |
Women's 200 m Breaststroke Heats |
2:21.68 |
Annamay Pierse |
Canada |
| July 30 |
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Heats |
2:08.55 |
Eric Shanteau |
United States |
| July 30 |
Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Heats |
7:49.04 |
Caitlin McClatchey, Jazmin Carlin, Hannah Miley, Rebecca Adlington |
Great Britain |
| July 30 |
Women's 200 m Breaststroke Semifinals |
2:20.93 |
Rebecca Soni |
United States |
| July 30 |
Men's 200 m Backstroke Semifinals |
1:54.06 |
Aaron Peirsol |
United States |
| July 31 |
Men's 50 m Freestyle Heats |
21.37 |
César Cielo |
Brazil |
| July 31 |
Women's 50 m Butterfly Heats |
25.44 |
Therese Alshammar |
Sweden |
| July 31 |
Women's 200 m Backstroke Heats |
2:06.72 |
Kirsty Coventry |
Zimbabwe |
| July 31 |
Women's 50 m Butterfly Semifinals |
25.28 |
Marleen Veldhuis |
Netherlands |
| July 31 |
Men's 50 m Freestyle Semifinals |
21.29 |
Duje Draganja |
Croatia |
| July 31 |
Men's 50 m Freestyle Semifinals |
21.21 |
Frédérick Bousquet |
France |
| July 31 |
Women's 200 m Backstroke Semifinals |
2:05.86 |
Kirsty Coventry |
Zimbabwe |
| August 1 |
Women's 50 m Freestyle Heats |
24.24 |
Cate Campbell |
Australia |
| August 1 |
Women's 50 m Breaststroke Heats |
30.34 |
Kasey Carlson |
United States |
| August 1 |
Women's 50 m Breaststroke Heats |
30.24 |
Yuliya Yefimova |
Russia |
| August 1 |
Men's 50 m Backstroke Heats |
24.49 |
Guilherme Guido |
Brazil |
| August 1 |
Men's 50 m Freestyle Final |
21.08 |
César Cielo |
Brazil |
| August 1 |
Women's 50 m Freestyle Semifinals |
24.08 |
Cate Campbell |
Australia |
| August 1 |
Women's 800 m Freestyle Final |
8:15.92 |
Lotte Friis |
Denmark |
| August 2 |
Women's 400 m Individual Medley Final |
4:30.31 |
Katinka Hosszú |
Hungary |
| August 2 |
Men's 100 m Backstroke (Relay Final Lead-off) |
52.19 |
Aaron Peirsol |
United States |
See also
References
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