Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

The Swimming portion of the 13th FINA World Aquatics Championships was held at the Foro Italico sports complex in Rome, Italy from Sunday 26 July – Sunday 2 August 2009. It featured 40 long course (50m) events (20 for males, 20 for females; 17 individual events and 3 relays for each gender).

Competition schedule

The evening session schedule for the 2009 Worlds was:^[1]

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 were 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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	10	6	6	22
2	Germany	4	4	1	9
3	China	4	2	4	10
4	Australia	3	4	9	16
5	Italy	3	0	1	4
6	Great Britain	2	3	2	7
7	Hungary	2	1	3	6
8	Serbia	2	1	0	3
8	Brazil	2	1	0	3
10	Russia	1	5	1	7
11	Japan	1	2	1	4
12	Tunisia	1	2	0	3
13	Denmark	1	1	0	2
13	Sweden	1	1	0	2
13	Zimbabwe	1	1	0	2
16	South Africa	1	0	2	3
17	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
18	France	0	3	3	6
19	Canada	0	2	1	3
20	Poland	0	1	0	1
21	Spain	0	0	3	3
22	Austria	0	0	1	1
22	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
22	Norway	0	0	1	1
22	Romania	0	0	1	1
Total		40	40	42	122

Medal winners

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	César Cielo Filho  Brazil	21.08 CR	Frédérick Bousquet  France	21.21	Amaury Leveaux  France	21.25
100 m freestyle	César Cielo Filho  Brazil	46.91 WR	Alain Bernard  France	47.12	Frédérick Bousquet  France	47.25
200 m freestyle	Paul Biedermann  Germany	1:42.00 WR	Michael Phelps  United States	1:43.22	Danila Izotov  Russia	1:43.90
400 m freestyle	Paul Biedermann  Germany	3:40.07 WR	Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia	3:41.11	Zhang Lin  China	3:41.35
800 m freestyle	Zhang Lin  China	7:32.12 WR	Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia	7:35.27	Ryan Cochrane  Canada	7:41.92
1500 m freestyle	Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia	14:37.28	Ryan Cochrane  Canada	14:41.38	Sun Yang  China	14:46.84
50 m backstroke	Liam Tancock  Great Britain	24.04 WR	Junya Koga  Japan	24.24	Gerhard Zandberg  South Africa	24.34
100 m backstroke	Junya Koga  Japan	52.26 CR	Helge Meeuw  Germany	52.54	Aschwin Wildeboer  Spain	52.64
200 m backstroke	Aaron Peirsol  United States	1:51.92 WR	Ryosuke Irie  Japan	1:52.51	Ryan Lochte  United States	1:53.82
50 m breaststroke	Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa	26.67 WR	Felipe França Silva  Brazil	26.76	Mark Gangloff  United States	26.86
100 m breaststroke	Brenton Rickard  Australia	58.58 WR	Hugues Duboscq  France	58.64	Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa	58.95
200 m breaststroke	Dániel Gyurta  Hungary	2:07.64	Eric Shanteau  United States	2:07.65	Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania Christian Sprenger  Australia	2:07.80
50 m butterfly	Milorad Čavić  Serbia	22.67 CR	Matt Targett  Australia	22.73	Rafael Muñoz  Spain	22.88
100 m butterfly	Michael Phelps  United States	49.82 WR	Milorad Čavić  Serbia	49.95	Rafael Muñoz  Spain	50.41
200 m butterfly	Michael Phelps  United States	1:51.51 WR	Paweł Korzeniowski  Poland	1:53.23	Takeshi Matsuda  Japan	1:53.32
200 m individual medley	Ryan Lochte  United States	1:54.10 WR	László Cseh  Hungary	1:55.24	Eric Shanteau  United States	1:55.36
400 m individual medley	Ryan Lochte  United States	4:07.01	Tyler Clary  United States	4:07.31	László Cseh  Hungary	4:07.37
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States Michael Phelps (47.78) Ryan Lochte (47.03) Matt Grevers (47.61) Nathan Adrian (46.79)	3:09.21 CR	Russia Evgeniy Lagunov (47.90) Andrey Grechin (47.00) Danila Izotov (47.23) Alexander Sukhorukov (47.39)	3:09.52	France Fabien Gilot (47.73) Alain Bernard (46.46) Grégory Mallet (48.28) Frédérick Bousquet (47.42)	3:09.89
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)	6:58.55 WR	Russia Nikita Lobintsev (1:45.10) Mikhail Polischuk (1:45.42) Danila Izotov (1:44.48) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:44.15)	6:59.15	Australia Kenrick Monk (1:46.00) Robert Hurley (1:46.47) Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.82) Patrick Murphy (1:44.36)	7:01.65
4×100 m medley relay	United States Aaron Peirsol (52.19)CR Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.60)	3:27.28 WR	Germany Helge Meeuw (52.27) Hendrik Feldwehr (58.51) Benjamin Starke (50.91) Paul Biedermann (46.89)	3:28.58	Australia Ashley Delaney (53.10) Brenton Rickard (57.80) Andrew Lauterstein (50.58) Matt Targett (47.16)	3:28.64

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Britta Steffen  Germany	23.73 WR	Therese Alshammar  Sweden	23.88	Cate Campbell  Australia Marleen Veldhuis  Netherlands	23.99
100 m freestyle	Britta Steffen  Germany	52.07 WR	Francesca Halsall  Great Britain	52.87	Lisbeth Trickett  Australia	52.93
200 m freestyle	Federica Pellegrini  Italy	1:52.98 WR	Allison Schmitt  United States	1:54.96	Dana Vollmer  United States	1:55.64
400 m freestyle	Federica Pellegrini  Italy	3:59.15 WR	Joanne Jackson  Great Britain	4:00.60	Rebecca Adlington  Great Britain	4:00.79
800 m freestyle	Lotte Friis  Denmark	8:15.92 CR	Joanne Jackson  Great Britain	8:16.66	Alessia Filippi  Italy	8:17.21
1500 m freestyle	Alessia Filippi  Italy	15:44.93 CR	Lotte Friis  Denmark	15:46.30	Camelia Potec  Romania	15:55.63
50 m backstroke	Zhao Jing  China	27.06 WR	Daniela Samulski  Germany	27.23	Gao Chang  China	27.28
100 m backstroke	Gemma Spofforth  Great Britain	58.12 WR	Anastasia Zueva  Russia	58.18	Emily Seebohm  Australia	58.88
200 m backstroke	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	2:04.81 WR	Anastasia Zueva  Russia	2:04.94	Elizabeth Beisel  United States	2:06.39
50 m breaststroke	Yuliya Efimova  Russia	30.09 WR	Rebecca Soni  United States	30.11	Sarah Katsoulis  Australia	30.16
100 m breaststroke	Rebecca Soni  United States	1:04.93	Yuliya Efimova  Russia	1:05.41	Kasey Carlson  United States	1:05.75
200 m breaststroke	Nadja Higl  Serbia	2:21.62	Annamay Pierse  Canada	2:21.84	Mirna Jukić  Austria	2:21.97
50 m butterfly	Marieke Guehrer  Australia	25.48	Zhou Yafei  China	25.57	Ingvild Snildal  Norway	25.58
100 m butterfly	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	56.06 WR	Jessicah Schipper  Australia	56.23	Jiao Liuyang  China	56.86
200 m butterfly	Jessicah Schipper  Australia	2:03.41 WR	Liu Zige  China	2:03.90	Katinka Hosszú  Hungary	2:04.28
200 m individual medley	Ariana Kukors  United States	2:06.15 WR	Stephanie Rice  Australia	2:07.03	Katinka Hosszú  Hungary	2:07.46
400 m individual medley	Katinka Hosszú  Hungary	4:30.31 CR	Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe	4:32.12	Stephanie Rice  Australia	4:32.29
4×100 m freestyle relay	Netherlands Inge Dekker (53.61) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30) Frederike Heemskerk (53.03) Marleen Veldhuis (52.78)	3:31.72 WR	Germany Britta Steffen (52.22) WR Daniela Samulski (53.49) Petra Dallmann (53.75) Daniela Schreiber (52.37)	3:31.83	Australia Lisbeth Trickett (52.62) Marieke Guehrer (53.60) Shayne Reese (53.25) Felicity Galvez (53.54)	3:33.01
4×200 m freestyle relay	China Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)	7:42.08 WR	United States Dana Vollmer (1:55.29) Lacey Nymeyer (1:57.88) Ariana Kukors (1:55.18) Allison Schmitt (1:54.21)	7:42.56	Great Britain Joanne Jackson (1:55.98) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.78) Caitlin McClatchey (1:56.42) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.33)	7:45.51
4×100 m medley relay	China Zhao Jing (58.98) Chen Huijia (1:04.12) Jiao Liuyang (56.28) Li Zhesi (52.81)	3:52.19 WR	Australia Emily Seebohm (59.40) Sarah Katsoulis (1:04.65) Jessicah Schipper (56.19) Lisbeth Trickett (52.34)	3:52.58	Germany Daniela Samulski (59.85) Sarah Poewe (1:06.81) Annika Mehlhorn (57.14) Britta Steffen (51.99)	3:55.79

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 metre butterfly semifinal	56.44	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden
July 26	Men's 400 metre freestyle final	3:40.07	Paul Biedermann	Germany
July 26	Women's 200 metre individual medley semifinal	2:07.03	Ariana Kukors	United States
July 26	Women's 400 metre freestyle final	3:59.15	Federica Pellegrini	Italy
July 26	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final	3:31.72	Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Frederike Heemskerk, Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands
July 26	Women's 100 metre freestyle (relay final lead-off)	52.22	Britta Steffen	Germany
July 27	Men's 100 metre breaststroke final	58.58	Brenton Rickard	Australia
July 27	Women's 100 metre butterfly final	56.06	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden
July 27	Women's 200 metre individual medley final	2:06.15	Ariana Kukors	United States
July 27	Women's 100 metre backstroke semifinal	58.48	Anastasia Zuyeva	Russia
July 27	Women's 100 metre breaststroke semifinals	1:04.84	Rebecca Soni	United States
July 28	Men's 200 metre freestyle final	1:42.00	Paul Biedermann	Germany
July 28	Women's 100 metre backstroke final	58.12	Gemma Spofforth	Great Britain
July 28	Men's 50 metre breaststroke semifinal	26.74	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa
July 28	Women's 200 metre freestyle semifinal	1:53.67	Federica Pellegrini	Italy
July 29	200 metre butterfly heats	2:04.14	Mary DeScenza	United States
July 29	Women's 50 metre backstroke semifinal	27.39	Daniela Samulski	Germany
July 29	Women's 50 metre backstroke semifinal	27.38	Anastasia Zuyeva	Russia
July 29	Men's 200 metre butterfly final	1:51.51	Michael Phelps	United States
July 29	Women's 200 metre freestyle final	1:52.98	Federica Pellegrini	Italy
July 29	Men's 50 metre breaststroke final	26.67	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa
July 29	Men's 800 metre freestyle final	7:32.12	Zhang Lin	China
July 30	Men's 200 metre individual medley final	1:54.10	Ryan Lochte	United States
July 30	Women's 200 metre breaststroke semifinal	2:20.12	Annamay Pierse	Canada
July 30	Men's 100 metre freestyle final	46.91	César Cielo	Brazil
July 30	Women's 200 metre butterfly final	2:03.41	Jessicah Schipper	Australia
July 30	Men's 200 metre breaststroke semifinals	2:07.31	Christian Sprenger	Australia
July 30	Women's 50 metre backstroke final	27.06	Zhao Jing	China
July 30	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final	7:42.08	Yang Yu, Zhu Qianwei, Liu Jing, Pang Jiaying	China
July 31	Women's 100 metre freestyle final	52.07	Britta Steffen	Germany
July 31	Men's 200 metre backstroke final	1:51.92	Aaron Peirsol	United States
July 31	Women's 50 metre butterfly semifinal	25.28	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands
July 31	Women's 50 metre butterfly semifinal	25.07	Therese Alshammar	Sweden
July 31	Men's 100 metre butterfly semifinal	50.01	Milorad Čavić	Serbia
July 31	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay final	6:58.55	Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte	United States
August 1	Women's 200 metre backstroke final	2:04.81	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe
August 1	Men's 100 metre butterfly final	49.82	Michael Phelps	United States
August 1	Men's 50 metre backstroke semifinal	24.08	Liam Tancock	Great Britain
August 1	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay final	3:52.19	Zhao Jing, Chen Huijia, Jiao Liuyang, Li Zhesi	China
August 2	Men's 50 metre backstroke final	24.04	Liam Tancock	Great Britain
August 2	Women's 50 metre breaststroke final	30.09	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia
August 2	Women's 50 metre freestyle final	23.73	Britta Steffen	Germany
August 2	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 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 metre butterfly heats	56.76	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden
July 26	Women's 200 metre individual medley heats	2:08.53	Ariana Kukors	United States
July 26	Men's 50 metre butterfly heats	22.90	Roland Schoeman	South Africa
July 26	Men's 50 metre butterfly heats	22.90	Rafael Munoz	Spain
July 26	Women's 400 metre freestyle heats	4:01.96	Federica Pellegrini	Italy
July 26	Men's 100 metre breaststroke heats	58.98	Brenton Rickard	Australia
July 26	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay heats	3:34.74	Britta Steffen, Daniela Samulski, Petra Dallmann, Daniela Schreiber	Germany
July 26	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle (relay heats lead-off)	47.39	César Cielo	Brazil
July 26	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay heats	3:11.26	César Cielo, Nicolas Oliveira, Guiherme Santos, Fernando Silva	Brazil
July 26	Men's 50 metre butterfly semifinals	22.68	Rafael Munoz	Spain
July 26	Men's 100 metre breaststroke semifinals	58.96	Eric Shanteau	United States
July 26	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle (relay final lead-off)	47.09	César Cielo	Brazil
July 26	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final	3:09.21	Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Matt Grevers, Nathan Adrian	United States
July 27	Women's 100 metre backstroke heats	58.78	Gemma Spofforth	Great Britain
July 27	Women's 100 metre breaststroke heats	1:05.66	Rebecca Soni	United States
July 27	Men's 100 metre backstroke heats	52.93	Aschwin Wildeboer	Spain
July 27	Men's 100 metre backstroke semifinal	52.39	Junya Koga	Japan
July 27	Men's 50 metre butterfly final	22.67	Milorad Čavić	Serbia
July 27	Men's 200 metre freestyle semifinal	1:43.65	Paul Biedermann	Germany
July 28	Men's 50 metre breaststroke heats	26.92	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa
July 28	Women's 1500 metre freestyle final	15:44.93	Alessia Filippi	Italy
July 28	Men's 100 metre backstroke semifinals	52.26	Junya Koga	Japan
July 29	Women's 50 metre backstroke heats	27.65	Aleksandra Gerasimenya	Belarus
July 30	Women's 200 metre breaststroke heats	2:21.68	Annamay Pierse	Canada
July 30	Men's 200 metre breaststroke heats	2:08.55	Eric Shanteau	United States
July 30	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay heats	7:49.04	Caitlin McClatchey, Jazmin Carlin, Hannah Miley, Rebecca Adlington	Great Britain
July 30	Women's 200 metre breaststroke semifinals	2:20.93	Rebecca Soni	United States
July 30	Men's 200 metre backstroke semifinals	1:54.06	Aaron Peirsol	United States
July 31	Men's 50 metre freestyle heats	21.37	César Cielo	Brazil
July 31	Women's 50 metre butterfly heats	25.44	Therese Alshammar	Sweden
July 31	Women's 200 metre backstroke heats	2:06.72	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe
July 31	Women's 50 metre butterfly semifinals	25.28	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands
July 31	Men's 50 metre freestyle semifinals	21.29	Duje Draganja	Croatia
July 31	Men's 50 metre freestyle semifinals	21.21	Frédérick Bousquet	France
July 31	Women's 200 metre backstroke semifinals	2:05.86	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe
August 1	Women's 50 metre freestyle heats	24.24	Cate Campbell	Australia
August 1	Women's 50 metre breaststroke heats	30.34	Kasey Carlson	United States
August 1	Women's 50 metre breaststroke heats	30.24	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia
August 1	Men's 50 metre backstroke heats	24.49	Guilherme Guido	Brazil
August 1	Men's 50 metre freestyle final	21.08	César Cielo	Brazil
August 1	Women's 50 metre freestyle semifinals	24.08	Cate Campbell	Australia
August 1	Women's 800 metre freestyle final	8:15.92	Lotte Friis	Denmark
August 2	Women's 400 metre individual medley final	4:30.31	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary
August 2	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley (relay final lead-off)	52.19	Aaron Peirsol	United States

See also

• 2009 in swimming
• Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
• Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References