2011 World Aquatics Championships
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The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China
at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming
, water polo
, diving
, open water
, and synchronised swimming
. At this championships, scryncronized swimmer Natalia Ishchenko
, of Russia, was the most decorated competitor winning all six gold medals of her events, at solo, duet and team routines. These championships served as qualifying stages for the 2012 Summer Olympics
.
FINA
announced Shanghai as the host on March 24, 2007, over other finalist Doha, Qatar
.
from July 16-24. China came out on top in the gold medal count in the diving swimming competition with ten golds, winning all events.
On the first day of competition on July 16, host nation China won the first gold medal of the meet in the women's 3 m synchro springboard
. The duo of Wu Minxia
and He Zi
had a score of 356.40 to win by more than 40 points ahead of Canadians Émilie Heymans
and Jennifer Abel
. On the second day of competition, the Chinese duo of Qiu Bo and Huo Liang
won gold in the men's 10 m synchro platform
with a score of 480.03. On the third day of competition, two finals were held. In the men's 1 m springboard
, China continued its strong performance with a 1-2 finish, with Li Shixin winning the gold and He Min
winning the silver. In the women's 10 m synchro platform
, the Chinese duo of Wang Hao
and Chen Ruolin
won gold with a score of 362.58 points. On the fourth day of competition, two finals were held and China continued its dominance. In the women's 1 m springboard
, China finished 1-2 with Shi Tingmao
winning the gold and Wang Han taking the silver. In the men's 3 m synchro springboard
, the Chinese duo of Qin Kai
and Luo Yutong
won the gold with a score of 463.98. On the fifth day of competition, China swept the women's 10 m platform
, with Chen Ruolin
winning the gold and Hu Yadan winning the silver. On the sixth day of competition, China won gold in the men's 3 m springboard
. However, it was the first individual event in the diving competition in which China did not go 1-2, with Russian diver Ilya Zakharov taking the silver. On the seventh day of competition, China won gold in the women's 3 m springboard
with Wu Minxia
taking the gold and He Zi
winning the silver. On the eight and last day of competition, China won gold in the men's 10 m platform
. In winning this event, China won all the possible golds in the diving competition.
On the first day of competition on July 19th, British Keri-Anne Payne
won the first gold of the open water competition in the women's 10 km
. On the second day of competition, Greek Spyridon Gianniotis
won the gold in the men's 10 km
, finishing ahead of German Thomas Lurz
. On the third day of competition, the American threesome of Andrew Gemmell
, Ashley Twichell and Sean Ryan
won gold in the 5 km team event
in a tallied time of 57:00.6. On the fourth day of competition, two events were held, the women's and men's 5 km. In the women's 5 km
, Swiss Swann Oberson won the gold in a time of 1:00:39.7. In the men's 5 km
, German Thomas Lurz
won gold in a time of 56:16.2. On the fifth and last day of competition, two events were held, the men's and women's 25 km. In the men's 25 km
, Bulgarian Petar Stoychev
won the gold in a time of 5:10:39.8. In the women's 25 km
, Brazilian Ana Marcela Cunha won the gold in a time of 5:29:22.9. Four women and 10 men who started the 25 km competition did not complete the race because water temperatures reached what FINA says is an unsafe level for competition.
American Ryan Lochte
won the most gold medals among the male competitors with five and was named the best male swimmer of the championships. American Rebecca Soni
won a total of three golds and one bronze medal and was named the best female swimmer of the championships. American Michael Phelps
had the most overall medals in the competition with seven (four golds, two silvers, one bronze).
, Italian Federica Pellegrini
successfully defended her 2009 crown and crushed the field to win gold in a time of 4:01.97, over two seconds ahead of British Rebecca Adlington
. In the men's 400 m freestyle
, Korean Park Tae-Hwan
won the gold in a time of 3:42.04, over one second ahead of second-place finisher Chinese Sun Yang
. After the 400 m freestyle event was the women's and men's 4×100 m freestyle relay. In the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay
, the Dutch team of Inge Dekker
, Ranomi Kromowidjojo
, Marleen Veldhuis
, and Femke Heemskerk
finished ahead of the United States 3:33.96 to 3:34.47. Because of Heemskerk's 100 m split of 52.46, the Dutch were able to overcome the United States on the final leg. Next in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay
, the Australian team of James Magnussen
, Matthew Targett, Matthew Abood
, and Eamon Sullivan
won the gold in a time of 3:11.00. Magnussen jolted the Australians ahead in the first leg with a split of 47.49. American Michael Phelps
(whose team finished third) had the second-best start with a 48.08. After the race, Phelps said of Magnussen, "He's talented, he's young. I think it's going to make it exciting for the sport and add something else to that relay, that's for sure." No new world or competition records were set during day one.
, American Dana Vollmer
won the gold after posting the top times in the heats and semifinals. Vollmer's winning time of 56.87 was slower than her semifinal time of 56.47 but was still good enough for gold. In the men's 50 m butterfly
, Brazilian César Cielo
, just recently cleared to compete after failing a drug test, won in a time of 23.10. Cielo was very emotional after the race and sobbed uncontrollably. After he said, "This gold medal has a different feel from the other ones. This one was the hardest of my life." In the women's 200 m individual medley
, fifteen-year-old Chinese Ye Shiwen
won the gold in a time of 2:08.90 to give host nation China its first gold in the swimming competition. At the 150 mark, Ye was in fifth place but covered the last 50 metres in 29.42 to surge ahead of American Ariana Kukors
and Australian Alicia Coutts
for the win. In the men's 100 m breaststroke
Norwegian Alexander Dale Oen
won the gold in a time of 58.71. After the race, he pointed to the Norwegian flag on his swimming cap in reference to the 2011 Norway attacks
. No new world or competition records were set during day two.
, American Ryan Lochte
won gold in a time of 1:44.44. Fellow American Michael Phelps
won the silver with a time of 1:44.79, his second consecutive silver in the event at a World Aquatics Championships. In the women's 100 m backstroke
, Chinese Zhao Jing
won the gold in a time of 59.05, just 1/100 of a second ahead of Russian Anastasia Zuyeva. In the women's 1500 m freestyle
, Dane Lotte Friis
won the gold in 15:55.60, improving on her second place finish in the event two year ago. In the men's 100 m backstroke
, Frenchmen Camille Lacourt
and Jérémy Stravius
had matching times of 52.76 to win gold. In the women's 100 m breaststroke
, American Rebecca Soni
dominated the field to win in a time of 1:05.05, over a second ahead of second place finisher Leisel Jones
. No new world or competition records were set during day three.
, American Michael Phelps
won the gold with a time of 1:53.34, becoming the first swimmer to win five gold medals in one discipline at the World Aquatics Championships. In the women's 200 m freestyle
, Italian Federica Pellegrini
won her second gold medal of the meet and successfully defended her 2009 crown. In the men's 800 m freestyle
, Chinese Sun Yang
won his first ever world title with a time of 7:38.57. In the men's 50 m breaststroke
, Brazilian Felipe França Silva
won the gold in a time of 27.01. However, it was not without controversy as video showed Silva performed an illegal dolphin kick at the finish of the race. No new world or competition records were set during day four.
, American Ryan Lochte
set the first world record of the competition en-route to winning gold with a time of 1:54.00 and successfully defended his 2009 title. After the race, Lochte said, "All I can say is summed up in one word ... Jeah! That's really all." American Michael Phelps
finished second in 1:54.16. In the men's 100 m freestyle
, Australian James Magnussen
continued his strong performance with gold in a time of 47.63, becoming the first Australian man to win the event. After the race, Magnussen said, "When I get back to Australia, I will be relaxing with my friends, and it will sound amazing to be called a world champion. It has been six weeks since I have gotten a good night's sleep. No Australian has won this race at the world championships before, so it is good to be in the same club as the legends of this sport." Defending champion César Cielo
finished in fourth place after fading badly the last 15 meters with a time of 48.01. In the women's 200 m butterfly
, Chinese Jiao Liuyang
won her first individual world title with a time of 2:05.55, just holding off Brit Ellen Gandy
who finished second in 2:05.59. In the women's 50 m backstroke
, Russian Anastasia Zueva
won the gold in a time of 27.79. In the women's 4×200 m freestyle relay
, the American team of Missy Franklin
, Dagny Knutson
, Katie Hoff
, and Allison Schmitt
won the gold with a time of 7:46.14. Leading off the relay, the sixteen-year-old Franklin recorded a time of 1:55.06, which was fast enough to win the individual 200 m freestyle (won in 1:55.58). One world record, set by Lochte in the 200 m individual medley, was set during day five.
, Dane Jeanette Ottesen
and Belarusian Aleksandra Gerasimenya
tied for the gold medal with a time of 53.45. For Ottesen and Gerasimenya, it is the first ever individual world titles for them. In the men's 200 m backstroke
, American Ryan Lochte
continued his strong performance with a winning time of 1:52.96. Japanese Ryosuke Irie
finished second in 1:54.11. In the women's 200 m breaststroke
, American Rebecca Soni
won her second gold medal of the meet with a time of 2:21.47, slower than her semifinal time of 2:21.03, but still comfortably ahead of Russian Yuliya Yefimova who finished in 2:22.22. In the men's 200 m breaststroke
, Hungarian Dániel Gyurta
successfully defended his 2009 title with a time of 2:08.41. Throughout the race, Japanese Kosuke Kitajima
lead the way and at 150 metre mark was leading Gyurta 1:34.22 to 1:34.71. However, Gyurta had superior comeback in the final 50 metres to overtake Kitajima for the win. Kitajima ended up second with a time of 2:08.63. In the final event of day six, the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
, the American team of Michael Phelps
, Peter Vanderkaay
, Ricky Berens
, and Ryan Lochte
won the gold with a time of 7:02.67. At the 600 metre mark, the American team was trailing France 5:18.11 to 5:17.46. However, Lochte had a split of 1:44.56 to win it for the Americans. France's last leg, Fabien Gilot
could not keep up with Lochte and recorded a time of 1:47.35. France's final time was 7:04.81. Notably, China's relay team finished in third place with a time of 7:05.67, its first ever medal in the event. No new world or competition records were set during day six.
, Dutch swimmer Inge Dekker
pulled an upset and won the gold ahead world record holder Therese Alshammar
25.71 to 25.76. In the men's 50 m freestyle
, Brazilian César Cielo
successfully defended his 2009 title with a win in a time of 21.52. In the women's 200 m backstroke
, American Missy Franklin
dominated the competition with a national record time of 2:05.10, almost a second ahead of second-place finisher Belinda Hocking
and nearly breaking the world record set in 2009. Franklin's time of 2:05.10 is the third-fastest ever in the event. In the men's 100 m butterfly
, American Michael Phelps
won the expected gold in a time of 50.71, his third consecutive title in the event (also winning in 2007 and 2009) and second individual title of the meet. In the women's 800 m freestyle
, Brit Rebecca Adlington
was able to hold off Dane Lotte Friis
for the win with a time of 8:17.51. Friis finished second with a time of 8:18.20. In the final event of day seven, the women's 4×100 m medley relay
, the American team of Natalie Coughlin
, Rebecca Soni
, Dana Vollmer
, and Missy Franklin
won the gold with a time of 3:52.36, over three seconds ahead of second-place finisher China. Their time was the second-fastest of all time and was just outside the Chinese owned world record of 3:52.19 from 2009. It was the first title for the American team since 1998. Notably, Franklin, who had just completed the 200 m backstroke, completed the freestyle leg in the medley relay in 52.79, the fastest freestyle leg in the field. No new world or competition records were set during day seven.
, American Jessica Hardy
outtouched Russian Yuliya Yefimova for the gold medal 30.19 to 30.49. American Rebecca Soni
finished third in the race with a time of 30.58. In the men's 400 m individual medley
, American Ryan Lochte
won by over four seconds with a time of 4:07.13. It was Lochte's sixth medal of the competition and his fifth gold. After the race, Lochte said, "I'm so glad this meet is over ... It has been a long, long eight days. For the most part, I'm not really happy. I mean, it's definitely great to have won five golds, but I know I can go a lot faster." American Tyler Clary
earned a silver behind Lochte, repeating his 2009 result. In the women's 50 m freestyle
, Swede Therese Alshammar
won the gold in a time of 24.14. Dutch swimmers Ranomi Kromowidjojo
(24.27) and Marleen Veldhuis
(24.49) finished third and fourth, respectively. At 33, Alshammar is the oldest female world champion in history. In the men's 50 m backstroke
, Brit Liam Tancock
successfully defended his 2009 title with a time of 24.50. Tancock was pleased with the result but second-place finisher Camille Lacourt
of France said, "I'm not happy with the result ... That was a good chance for me to grab a gold. I will work hard to prepare for next year's Olympics." In the men's 1500 m freestyle
, Chinese Sun Yang
set the second world record of the competition en-route to winning gold with a time of 14:34.14, improving Australian Grant Hackett
's 2001 record of 14:34.56 and improving on the bronze medal he got two years ago. After the race, Sun said, "With the London Games a year out, I will have to be more strict with myself and start back at zero. Hopefully, I can create miracles at the Olympics." Prior to this, Hackett's record was the longest standing record unbroken even with the "supersuits" of 2009. In the women's 400 m individual medley
, American Elizabeth Beisel
won her first ever world championship gold with a time of 4:31.78. Second-place finisher Brit Hannah Miley
finished over two seconds behind with a time of 4:34.22. In the final event of day eight, the men's 4×100 m medley relay
, the American team of Nick Thoman
, Mark Gangloff
, Michael Phelps
, and Nathan Adrian
won the gold with a time of 3:32.06. At the 300 metre mark, the Australian team was in fourth place but James Magnussen
has a split of 47.00 to get his team second place in 3:32.26. One world record, set by Sun in the 1500 m freestyle, was set during day eight.
On the first day of the synchronised swimming competition on July 17, Russia took the first gold in the solo technical routine
, with Natalia Ishchenko
winning with a score of 98.300. On the second day of competition, Russia picked up its second gold in the duet technical routine
, with Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina
winning gold with a score of 98.200. On day three of the synchronised swimming competition, Russia continued its strong performance with gold in the team technical routine
with 98.300 points. On the fourth day of competition, Russia continued its dominance with Natalia Ishchenko picking up her third gold medal in the solo free routine
. On the fifth day of competition, Russia won its fifth gold in the free routine combination
and Natalia Ishchenko won her fourth individual gold, while Canada won its first medal. On the sixth day of competition, Russian Natalia Ishchenko
and Svetlana Romashina
won gold in the duet free routine
. Also, Ishchenko won her fifth individual gold of the competition. On the seventh and last day of competition, Russia won gold in the team free routine
with a score of 98.620 and Ishchenko won her sixth individual gold.
, Italy upset the defending champions Serbia for the gold. In the women's tournament
, Greece won the gold over China.
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
The Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre , also known as the Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center, is a sports venue that started construction on December 30, 2008 and was completed in late 2010....
. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:...
, water polo
Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The water polo portion of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held between July 17–30 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China.-Medal table:-Water polo men:-Water polo women:...
, diving
Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The diving portion of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held July 16–24 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China...
, open water
Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The open water swimming portion of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held between July 19–23 in Shanghai, China at the Jinshan City Beach.- Events :The following events were contested by both men and women in Shanghai:*5 km...
, and synchronised swimming
Synchronised swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The synchronised swimming competition at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held from July 17 to July 23.-Schedule:-Medal table:-Medal summary:...
. At this championships, scryncronized swimmer Natalia Ishchenko
Natalia Ishchenko
Natalia Sergeyevna Ishchenko is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming. She won a gold medal in team competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
, of Russia, was the most decorated competitor winning all six gold medals of her events, at solo, duet and team routines. These championships served as qualifying stages for the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...
.
FINA
Fina
Fina may refer to:*Fina, a character in the Skies of Arcadia video game*FINA, the International Swimming Federation*FINA, the North American Forum on Integration...
announced Shanghai as the host on March 24, 2007, over other finalist Doha, Qatar
Doha
Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...
.
Schedule
| 1 | Number of finals |
| ● | Other competitions |
| July 2011 | 16 Sat |
17 Sun |
18 Mon |
19 Tue |
20 Wed |
21 Thu |
22 Fri |
23 Sat |
24 Sun |
25 Mon |
26 Tue |
27 Wed |
28 Thu |
29 Fri |
30 Sat |
31 Sun |
Gold medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships The diving portion of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held July 16–24 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China... |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
 Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships The open water swimming portion of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held between July 19–23 in Shanghai, China at the Jinshan City Beach.- Events :The following events were contested by both men and women in Shanghai:*5 km... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:... |
4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 40 | ||||||||
 Synchronised swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships The synchronised swimming competition at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held from July 17 to July 23.-Schedule:-Medal table:-Medal summary:... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
 Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships The water polo portion of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held between July 17–30 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China.-Medal table:-Water polo men:-Water polo women:... |
● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total gold medals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 66 |
| Cumulative total | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 37 | 41 | 46 | 52 | 59 | 66 |
Medal table
Host Nation| 1 | align=left | |17 | 6 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | * | 15 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
| 3 | align=left | |8 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | align=left | |4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | align=left | |3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | align=left | |3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | align=left | |2 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | align=left | |2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | align=left | |2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | align=left | |2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | align=left | |2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | align=left | |1 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 13 | align=left | |1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | align=left | |1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | align=left | |0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 21 | align=left | |0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 23 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 68 | 64 | 66 | 198 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diving
The diving program consisted of 10 events (5 male and 5 female). Diving was contested at the Shanghai Oriental Sports CenterShanghai Oriental Sports Center
The Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre , also known as the Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center, is a sports venue that started construction on December 30, 2008 and was completed in late 2010....
from July 16-24. China came out on top in the gold medal count in the diving swimming competition with ten golds, winning all events.
On the first day of competition on July 16, host nation China won the first gold medal of the meet in the women's 3 m synchro springboard
Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 3 m synchro springboard
The women's 3 meter synchro springboard competition at 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 16 with the preliminary round in the morning and the final in the evening session. These were the first gold medals awarded of the 2011 World Aquatics Championships...
. The duo of Wu Minxia
Wu Minxia
Wu Minxia is a female diver from the People's Republic of China.Wu represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics, earning a gold medal in the 3 metre women's synchronized springboard along with Guo Jingjing before winning a silver medal in the 3 metre women's springboard, coming in second place...
and He Zi
He Zi
He Zi is a Chinese diver, specialising in the 1 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard and 3 meter synchronised dive.Among her achievements are:* 2006 – silver medal in both the 1 m and 3 m springboard events of the Asian Games....
had a score of 356.40 to win by more than 40 points ahead of Canadians Émilie Heymans
Émilie Heymans
Émilie-Joane Heymans is a Canadian diver. Born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park , a suburb of Montreal, she started diving in 1993, at age 11...
and Jennifer Abel
Jennifer Abel
Jennifer Abel is a Canadian diver from Laval, Quebec. Abel became one of Canada's youngest ever divers when she had her debut Olympics at the age of 16 in 2008...
. On the second day of competition, the Chinese duo of Qiu Bo and Huo Liang
Huo Liang
Huo Liang is a Chinese athlete who competes in diving. In addition to his gold medal in the 10m Platform Sync. event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, he dove for 10m Platform event, placing 4th in the final round.-References:...
won gold in the men's 10 m synchro platform
Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 m synchro platform
The men's 10 m synchro platform competition of the diving events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 17 with the preliminary round held in the morning and the final in the evening session.-Medalists:-Results:...
with a score of 480.03. On the third day of competition, two finals were held. In the men's 1 m springboard
Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1 m springboard
The men's 1 m springboard competition of the diving events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 16 and 18 .-Medalists:-Results:...
, China continued its strong performance with a 1-2 finish, with Li Shixin winning the gold and He Min
He Min
He Min is a Chinese diver who specialises in the 1 meter springboard event. Min won a gold medal in the 1 meter springboard event at the 2010 Asian Games, and a silver of the same event in the 2011 World Aquatics Championships....
winning the silver. In the women's 10 m synchro platform
Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 m synchro platform
The women's 10 meter synchro springboard competition at 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 18 with the preliminary round in the morning and the final in the evening session.-Medalists:-Results:...
, the Chinese duo of Wang Hao
Wang Hao
Wang Hao, also Hao Wang was a Chinese American logician, philosopher and mathematician.Born in Jinan, Shandong, in the Republic of China , Wang received his early education in China. After obtaining a B.Sc. degree in mathematics from the National Southwestern Associated University in 1943 and an M.A...
and Chen Ruolin
Chen Ruolin
Chen Ruolin is a Chinese diver. She won the gold medals in women's 10m platform and 10m synchronized platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for Team China.-References:*...
won gold with a score of 362.58 points. On the fourth day of competition, two finals were held and China continued its dominance. In the women's 1 m springboard
Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1 m springboard
The Women's 1 m springboard competition of the diving events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 17 with the preliminary round and the final on July 19.-Medalists:-Results:...
, China finished 1-2 with Shi Tingmao
Shi Tingmao
Shi Tingmao is a Chinese diver representing Chongqing diving team. She won the gold medal in women's 1m springboard at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, becoming the first Chinese diver from provincial team to participate the World Championships.-Major achievements:*2008 National...
winning the gold and Wang Han taking the silver. In the men's 3 m synchro springboard
Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 3 m synchro springboard
The men's 3 m synchro springboard competition of the diving events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 19 with the preliminary round held in the morning and the final in the evening session.-Medalists:-Results:...
, the Chinese duo of Qin Kai
Qin Kai (diver)
Qin Kai is a Chinese athlete who competes in diving. He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.At the 2001 World Junior Championships, he won the gold on the 3m Springboard and the silver medal on the Platform. At the 2006 National Championships, he won the silver medal on...
and Luo Yutong
Luo Yutong
Yutong Luo is an athlete from the People's Republic of China. He competes in diving.-Major achievements:*2007 World Championships – 1st 1m Springboard...
won the gold with a score of 463.98. On the fifth day of competition, China swept the women's 10 m platform
Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 m platform
The women's 10 m platform competition of the diving events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 20 with the preliminary round held in the morning and the semifinal in the evening session. The final was held on July 21.-Medalists:...
, with Chen Ruolin
Chen Ruolin
Chen Ruolin is a Chinese diver. She won the gold medals in women's 10m platform and 10m synchronized platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for Team China.-References:*...
winning the gold and Hu Yadan winning the silver. On the sixth day of competition, China won gold in the men's 3 m springboard
Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 3 m springboard
The men's 3 m springboard competition of the diving events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 21 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and the final on 22 July.-Medalists:-Results:...
. However, it was the first individual event in the diving competition in which China did not go 1-2, with Russian diver Ilya Zakharov taking the silver. On the seventh day of competition, China won gold in the women's 3 m springboard
Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 3 m springboard
The women's 3 m springboard competition of the diving events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 22 with the preliminary round and the semifinal and the final on 23 July.-Medalists:-Results:...
with Wu Minxia
Wu Minxia
Wu Minxia is a female diver from the People's Republic of China.Wu represented China at the 2004 Summer Olympics, earning a gold medal in the 3 metre women's synchronized springboard along with Guo Jingjing before winning a silver medal in the 3 metre women's springboard, coming in second place...
taking the gold and He Zi
He Zi
He Zi is a Chinese diver, specialising in the 1 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard and 3 meter synchronised dive.Among her achievements are:* 2006 – silver medal in both the 1 m and 3 m springboard events of the Asian Games....
winning the silver. On the eight and last day of competition, China won gold in the men's 10 m platform
Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 m platform
The men's 10 m platform competition of the diving events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 23 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and the final on 24 July.-Medalists:-Results:...
. In winning this event, China won all the possible golds in the diving competition.
Open water swimming
The open water swimming competition featured 7 events (3 male, 3 female, and a team competition with male and female competitors). The open water swimming competition was contested at the Jinshan City Beach from July 19–23. Germany came out on top in the gold medal count in the open water swimming competition with one gold, two silvers, and one bronze.On the first day of competition on July 19th, British Keri-Anne Payne
Keri-Anne Payne
Keri-Anne Payne is a British swimmer, specialising in marathon open water swimming, and long-distance freestyle swimming in the pool. She is a two-time World 10 km Open Water champion, and an Olympic silver medallist.Payne was born in South Africa to British parents...
won the first gold of the open water competition in the women's 10 km
Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 km
The women's 10 km competition of the open water swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 19.-Medalists:-Results:The final was held on July 19.-External links:*, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-18....
. On the second day of competition, Greek Spyridon Gianniotis
Spyridon Gianniotis
Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis is a freestyle swimmer from Greece, who was born in England. He won three individual medals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. In 2011 he became world champion in the 10 km open...
won the gold in the men's 10 km
Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 km
The men's 10 km competition of the open water swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 20.-Medalists:-Results:The final was held on July 20.-External links:*, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-18....
, finishing ahead of German Thomas Lurz
Thomas Lurz
Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...
. On the third day of competition, the American threesome of Andrew Gemmell
Andrew Gemmell
Andrew Douglas Gemmell is an American long-distance swimmer. Gemmell currently swims for the University of Georgia.-Career:...
, Ashley Twichell and Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan (swimmer)
Sean Ryan is an is an American distance swimmer.-Personal:Ryan is a 2010 graduate of The McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee and was the fastest American high school swimmer at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials as a fifteen year old. He swam with the Scenic City Aquatic Club, a USA Swimming...
won gold in the 5 km team event
Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Team
The team competition of the open water swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 21. Each team consisted of 3 swimmers, two men and one woman, who swam 5 km each.-Medalists:-Results:The race was held on July 21....
in a tallied time of 57:00.6. On the fourth day of competition, two events were held, the women's and men's 5 km. In the women's 5 km
Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km
The Women's 5 km competition of the Open water swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 22.-Medalists:-Results:The final was held on July 22.-External links:*, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-21....
, Swiss Swann Oberson won the gold in a time of 1:00:39.7. In the men's 5 km
Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 5 km
The men's 5 km competition of the open water swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 22.-Medalists:-Results:The final was held on July 22.-External links:*, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-21....
, German Thomas Lurz
Thomas Lurz
Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...
won gold in a time of 56:16.2. On the fifth and last day of competition, two events were held, the men's and women's 25 km. In the men's 25 km
Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 25 km
The Men's 25 km competition of the Open water swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 23.-Medalists:-Results:The final was held on July 23.-External links:*, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-21....
, Bulgarian Petar Stoychev
Petar Stoychev
Petar Stoychev is a Bulgarian swimmer who is the most successful long distance marathon swimmer of the last decade. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time and an honor swimmer in the...
won the gold in a time of 5:10:39.8. In the women's 25 km
Open water swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 25 km
The Women's 25 km competition of the Open water swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 23.-Medalists:-Results:The final was held on July 23.-External links:*, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-21....
, Brazilian Ana Marcela Cunha won the gold in a time of 5:29:22.9. Four women and 10 men who started the 25 km competition did not complete the race because water temperatures reached what FINA says is an unsafe level for competition.
Swimming
The swimming competition will feature 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 events will be held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center from July 24–31. The United States currently leads the medal count in the swimming competition with twelve golds. The United States came out on top in the gold medal count in the swimming competition with sixteen golds. A total of two world records were set during the swimming competition.American Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay...
won the most gold medals among the male competitors with five and was named the best male swimmer of the championships. American Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...
won a total of three golds and one bronze medal and was named the best female swimmer of the championships. American Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
had the most overall medals in the competition with seven (four golds, two silvers, one bronze).
Day one
On the first day of competition on July 24, four finals were contested, the women's and men's 400 m freestyle and women's and men's 4×100 m freestyle relay. In the women's 400 m freestyleSwimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24. The heats and the final took place on July 24.-Records:...
, Italian Federica Pellegrini
Federica Pellegrini
Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...
successfully defended her 2009 crown and crushed the field to win gold in a time of 4:01.97, over two seconds ahead of British Rebecca Adlington
Rebecca Adlington
Rebecca "Becky" Adlington, OBE, is an English and British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m, breaking the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m final...
. In the men's 400 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24. The heats and final took place on July 24.-Records:...
, Korean Park Tae-Hwan
Park Tae-hwan
Park Tae-hwan is a South Korean swimmer. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team, based in Taereung, Seoul. He won a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a silver in the 200 meter freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
won the gold in a time of 3:42.04, over one second ahead of second-place finisher Chinese Sun Yang
Sun Yang
Sun Yang is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year...
. After the 400 m freestyle event was the women's and men's 4×100 m freestyle relay. In the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24. The heats and final took place July 24.-Records:...
, the Dutch team of Inge Dekker
Inge Dekker
Inge Dekker is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot...
, Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...
, Marleen Veldhuis
Marleen Veldhuis
Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals...
, and Femke Heemskerk
Femke Heemskerk
Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley....
finished ahead of the United States 3:33.96 to 3:34.47. Because of Heemskerk's 100 m split of 52.46, the Dutch were able to overcome the United States on the final leg. Next in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24. The heats and final took place July 24.-Records:...
, the Australian team of James Magnussen
James Magnussen
James Magnussen is a swimmer from Australia. He is the current 100 metres freestyle men's world champion.- Career :Magnussen finished 3rd in the 100m Freestyle at the Telstra 2010 Australian Swimming Championships to qualify for the national team.- 2010 Pan Pacs & Commonwealth Games :In 2010,...
, Matthew Targett, Matthew Abood
Matthew Abood
Matthew Abood is a freestyle swimmer from Australia.Abood won the 50m national title in the 2009 Australian Swimming Championships beating the world record holder Eamon Sullivan....
, and Eamon Sullivan
Eamon Sullivan
Eamon Wade Sullivan is an Australian sprint swimmer.-Career :In April 2002 at the Australian Age Championships, Sullivan won the 50 m freestyle and came second in 100 m in his age group, and swam for Australia at Trans Tasman series with no dramatic result.In April 2003 at Brisbane in the Fisher &...
won the gold in a time of 3:11.00. Magnussen jolted the Australians ahead in the first leg with a split of 47.49. American Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
(whose team finished third) had the second-best start with a 48.08. After the race, Phelps said of Magnussen, "He's talented, he's young. I think it's going to make it exciting for the sport and add something else to that relay, that's for sure." No new world or competition records were set during day one.
Day two
On the second day of competition on July 25, four finals were contested, the women's 100 m butterfly, men's 50 m butterfly, women's 200 m individual medley, and the men's 100 m breaststroke. In the first final of day two, the women's 100 m butterflySwimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly
The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place July 24 and the final was held July 25.-Records:...
, American Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...
won the gold after posting the top times in the heats and semifinals. Vollmer's winning time of 56.87 was slower than her semifinal time of 56.47 but was still good enough for gold. In the men's 50 m butterfly
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre butterfly
The men's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place July 24 and the final was held July 25.-Records:...
, Brazilian César Cielo
César Cielo
César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian professional swimmer who specializes in sprint events...
, just recently cleared to compete after failing a drug test, won in a time of 23.10. Cielo was very emotional after the race and sobbed uncontrollably. After he said, "This gold medal has a different feel from the other ones. This one was the hardest of my life." In the women's 200 m individual medley
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24 and 25...
, fifteen-year-old Chinese Ye Shiwen
Ye Shiwen
-Major achievements:*2010 Chinese Nationals – 1st 200 m individual medley*2010 China Water Games – 1st 200 m individual medley; 3rd 400 m individual medley...
won the gold in a time of 2:08.90 to give host nation China its first gold in the swimming competition. At the 150 mark, Ye was in fifth place but covered the last 50 metres in 29.42 to surge ahead of American Ariana Kukors
Ariana Kukors
Ariana Kukors is an American swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 200-meter individual medley ....
and Australian Alicia Coutts
Alicia Coutts
Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:...
for the win. In the men's 100 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 24 and 25. The heats and semifinals took place July 24 and the final was held July 25.-Records:...
Norwegian Alexander Dale Oen
Alexander Dale Oen
Alexander Dale Oen is a Norwegian swimmer. He represents the club Vestkantsvømmerne. Dale Oen's gold at the 2008 European Championships made him the first Norwegian male to win a medal at a major international long course championship.Oen got his international breakthrough in 2005, placing seventh...
won the gold in a time of 58.71. After the race, he pointed to the Norwegian flag on his swimming cap in reference to the 2011 Norway attacks
2011 Norway attacks
The 2011 Norway attacks were two sequential terrorist attacks against the government, the civilian population and a summer camp in Norway on 22 July 2011....
. No new world or competition records were set during day two.
Day three
On the third day of competition on July 26, five finals were contested, the men's 200 m freestyle, women's 100 m backstroke, women's 1500 m freestyle, men's 100 m backstroke, and the women's 100 m breaststroke. In the first final of day three, the men's 200 m freestyleSwimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 25 and 26. The heats and semifinals took place July 25 and the final was held July 26.-Records:...
, American Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay...
won gold in a time of 1:44.44. Fellow American Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
won the silver with a time of 1:44.79, his second consecutive silver in the event at a World Aquatics Championships. In the women's 100 m backstroke
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships were held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.-Records:...
, Chinese Zhao Jing
Zhao Jing (swimmer)
Zhao Jing is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Records:*2006 Asian Championships - 28.50, 50 m back...
won the gold in a time of 59.05, just 1/100 of a second ahead of Russian Anastasia Zuyeva. In the women's 1500 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle
The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 25 with the preliminary round and July 26 with the final.-Records:...
, Dane Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition...
won the gold in 15:55.60, improving on her second place finish in the event two year ago. In the men's 100 m backstroke
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.-Records:...
, Frenchmen Camille Lacourt
Camille Lacourt
Camille Lacourt is a French backstroke swimmer. He was born in Narbonne, France.-2010:Lacourt collected 3 gold medal at the European Championships, Lacourt became European Champion in the 100 m backstroke before French compatriot Jérémy Stravius in a time of 52.11...
and Jérémy Stravius
Jérémy Stravius
Jérémy Stravius is a French swimmer from Abbeville.-External links:*Swim Rankings...
had matching times of 52.76 to win gold. In the women's 100 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 25 with the preliminary round and the semifinals and July 26 with the final.-Records:...
, American Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...
dominated the field to win in a time of 1:05.05, over a second ahead of second place finisher Leisel Jones
Leisel Jones
Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...
. No new world or competition records were set during day three.
Day four
On the fourth day of competition on July 27, four finals were contested, the men's 200 m butterfly, women's 200 m freestyle, men's 800 m freestyle, and the men's 50 m breaststroke. In the first final of day four, the men's 200 m butterflySwimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly
The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 26 with the heats and the semifinals and July 27 with the final.-Records:...
, American Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
won the gold with a time of 1:53.34, becoming the first swimmer to win five gold medals in one discipline at the World Aquatics Championships. In the women's 200 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 26 with the heats and the semifinals and July 27 with the final.-Records:...
, Italian Federica Pellegrini
Federica Pellegrini
Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...
won her second gold medal of the meet and successfully defended her 2009 crown. In the men's 800 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle
The men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 26 with the heats and July 27 with the final.-Records:...
, Chinese Sun Yang
Sun Yang
Sun Yang is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year...
won his first ever world title with a time of 7:38.57. In the men's 50 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
The men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 26 with the heats and the semifinals and July 27 with the final.-Records:...
, Brazilian Felipe França Silva
Felipe França Silva
Felipe Alves França da Silva is a breaststroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed for his country at the 2008 Olympics....
won the gold in a time of 27.01. However, it was not without controversy as video showed Silva performed an illegal dolphin kick at the finish of the race. No new world or competition records were set during day four.
Day five
On the fifth day of competition on July 28, five finals were contested, the men's 200 m individual medley, men's 100 m freestyle, women's 200 m butterfly, women's 50 m backstroke, and the women's 4×200 m freestyle relay. In the first final of day five, the men's 200 m individual medleySwimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 27 and 28. The heats and semifinals took place July 27 and the final was held July 28....
, American Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay...
set the first world record of the competition en-route to winning gold with a time of 1:54.00 and successfully defended his 2009 title. After the race, Lochte said, "All I can say is summed up in one word ... Jeah! That's really all." American Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
finished second in 1:54.16. In the men's 100 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.-Records:...
, Australian James Magnussen
James Magnussen
James Magnussen is a swimmer from Australia. He is the current 100 metres freestyle men's world champion.- Career :Magnussen finished 3rd in the 100m Freestyle at the Telstra 2010 Australian Swimming Championships to qualify for the national team.- 2010 Pan Pacs & Commonwealth Games :In 2010,...
continued his strong performance with gold in a time of 47.63, becoming the first Australian man to win the event. After the race, Magnussen said, "When I get back to Australia, I will be relaxing with my friends, and it will sound amazing to be called a world champion. It has been six weeks since I have gotten a good night's sleep. No Australian has won this race at the world championships before, so it is good to be in the same club as the legends of this sport." Defending champion César Cielo
César Cielo
César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian professional swimmer who specializes in sprint events...
finished in fourth place after fading badly the last 15 meters with a time of 48.01. In the women's 200 m butterfly
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly
The women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.-Records:...
, Chinese Jiao Liuyang
Jiao Liuyang
Jiao Liuyang is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished second in the 200 m butterfly at 2:04.72, behind her teammate Liu Zige, who won the race in 2:04.18...
won her first individual world title with a time of 2:05.55, just holding off Brit Ellen Gandy
Ellen Gandy
Ellen May Gandy is a female butterfly swimmer from Great Britain. She represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200m butterfly swimming event....
who finished second in 2:05.59. In the women's 50 m backstroke
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke
The women's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place on July 27 with the heats and the semifinals and July 28 with the final.-Records:...
, Russian Anastasia Zueva
Anastasia Zueva
Anastasia Zuyeva, more commonly spelled "Zueva", is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Russia. She swam for Russia at the 2008 Olympics....
won the gold in a time of 27.79. In the women's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 28. The heats and final were held on July 28.-Records:...
, the American team of Missy Franklin
Missy Franklin
Melissa "Missy" Jeanette Franklin is an American swimmer. She is a five-time medalist at the World Aquatics Championships and a two-time silver medalist at the World Short Course Championships...
, Dagny Knutson
Dagny Knutson
Dagny Knutson is an American swimmer of Norwegian heritage. Knutson is a former American record holder in 400-yard individual medley and holds several high school national records....
, Katie Hoff
Katie Hoff
Kathryn "Katie" Elise Hoff is an American swimmer. Hoff is strongest in the 200 and 400 meter individual medley, though she is a very capable swimmer in many events, ranging from the four 200 meter events to the 800 meter freestyle...
, and Allison Schmitt
Allison Schmitt
Allison Schmitt is an American swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.Schmitt has won a total of six medals in major international competition, three gold, two silver, and one bronze spanning the Olympics, the World, and the Pan Pacific Championships.-Personal...
won the gold with a time of 7:46.14. Leading off the relay, the sixteen-year-old Franklin recorded a time of 1:55.06, which was fast enough to win the individual 200 m freestyle (won in 1:55.58). One world record, set by Lochte in the 200 m individual medley, was set during day five.
Day six
On the sixth day of competition on July 29, five finals were contested, the women's 100 m freestyle, men's 200 m backstroke, women's 200 m breaststroke, men's 200 m breaststroke, and the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay. In the first final of day six, the women's 100 m freestyleSwimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle
The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held in July 2011; the heats and the semifinals were held on 28th July and the final on 29th July.-Records:...
, Dane Jeanette Ottesen
Jeanette Ottesen
Jeanette Ottesen is a Danish swimmer who participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in swimming. She currently holds the Danish record in 100 m freestyle...
and Belarusian Aleksandra Gerasimenya
Aleksandra Gerasimenya
Aleksandra Gerasimenya is a swimmer from Belarus.-References:...
tied for the gold medal with a time of 53.45. For Ottesen and Gerasimenya, it is the first ever individual world titles for them. In the men's 200 m backstroke
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.-Records:...
, American Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay...
continued his strong performance with a winning time of 1:52.96. Japanese Ryosuke Irie
Ryosuke Irie
is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is a Kinki University student in Osaka.-History:He was born in Osaka prefecture and started his actual swimming carrier in his junior high school years. In 2005 he won the national high school championships in 200 meter backstroke when he was a first year grade...
finished second in 1:54.11. In the women's 200 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.-Records:...
, American Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...
won her second gold medal of the meet with a time of 2:21.47, slower than her semifinal time of 2:21.03, but still comfortably ahead of Russian Yuliya Yefimova who finished in 2:22.22. In the men's 200 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 28 with the heats and the semifinals and July 29 with the final.-Records:...
, Hungarian Dániel Gyurta
Dániel Gyurta
Dániel Gyurta is a Hungarian swimmer and former Olympic record holder in the 200m breaststroke set on August 12, 2008...
successfully defended his 2009 title with a time of 2:08.41. Throughout the race, Japanese Kosuke Kitajima
Kosuke Kitajima
is a Japanese multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics.-Major achievements:...
lead the way and at 150 metre mark was leading Gyurta 1:34.22 to 1:34.71. However, Gyurta had superior comeback in the final 50 metres to overtake Kitajima for the win. Kitajima ended up second with a time of 2:08.63. In the final event of day six, the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and final.-Records:Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows....
, the American team of Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
, Peter Vanderkaay
Peter Vanderkaay
Peter Vanderkaay is an American middle-distance freestyle swimmer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist.-Personal life:...
, Ricky Berens
Ricky Berens
Richard Berens is an American Olympic swimmer.-Career:At the 2007 Pan American Games, Berens won a gold medal in the 4x100 m medley, and silver medals in both the 4x100 m freestyle and 4x200 m freestyle relays.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Berens won the gold medal in the men's 4x200 m freestyle...
, and Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay...
won the gold with a time of 7:02.67. At the 600 metre mark, the American team was trailing France 5:18.11 to 5:17.46. However, Lochte had a split of 1:44.56 to win it for the Americans. France's last leg, Fabien Gilot
Fabien Gilot
Fabien Gilot is an Olympic swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, where he was part of France's silver medal winning 4×100m freestyle relay....
could not keep up with Lochte and recorded a time of 1:47.35. France's final time was 7:04.81. Notably, China's relay team finished in third place with a time of 7:05.67, its first ever medal in the event. No new world or competition records were set during day six.
Day seven
On the seventh day of competition on July 30, six finals were contested, the women's 50 m butterfly, men's 50 m freestyle, women's 200 m backstroke, men's 100 m butterfly, women's 800 m freestyle, and the women's 4×100 m medley relay. In the first final of day seven, the women's 50 m butterflySwimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre butterfly
The women's 50 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and the semifinals and July 30 with the final.-Records:...
, Dutch swimmer Inge Dekker
Inge Dekker
Inge Dekker is a butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch women's 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She did so alongside Inge de Bruijn, Marleen Veldhuis and Chantal Groot...
pulled an upset and won the gold ahead world record holder Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar
Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...
25.71 to 25.76. In the men's 50 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and the semifinals and July 30 with the final.-Records:...
, Brazilian César Cielo
César Cielo
César Augusto Cielo Filho is a Brazilian professional swimmer who specializes in sprint events...
successfully defended his 2009 title with a win in a time of 21.52. In the women's 200 m backstroke
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and the semifinals and July 30 with the final....
, American Missy Franklin
Missy Franklin
Melissa "Missy" Jeanette Franklin is an American swimmer. She is a five-time medalist at the World Aquatics Championships and a two-time silver medalist at the World Short Course Championships...
dominated the competition with a national record time of 2:05.10, almost a second ahead of second-place finisher Belinda Hocking
Belinda Hocking
Belinda Jane Hocking is an Australian backstroke swimmer.-2007:Hocking was fifth in the 200m back and sixth in the 50 and 100m back at the Telstra Australian Championships in Brisbane ….won gold in 4x200m free and was fourth in 200m back at Jnr Pan Pacs in Maui….claimed gold in 100 and 200m back...
and nearly breaking the world record set in 2009. Franklin's time of 2:05.10 is the third-fastest ever in the event. In the men's 100 m butterfly
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly
The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and the semifinals and July 30 with the final.-Records:...
, American Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
won the expected gold in a time of 50.71, his third consecutive title in the event (also winning in 2007 and 2009) and second individual title of the meet. In the women's 800 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and July 30 with the final.-Records:...
, Brit Rebecca Adlington
Rebecca Adlington
Rebecca "Becky" Adlington, OBE, is an English and British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m, breaking the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m final...
was able to hold off Dane Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis
Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition...
for the win with a time of 8:17.51. Friis finished second with a time of 8:18.20. In the final event of day seven, the women's 4×100 m medley relay
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
The women's 4 x 100 metre medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the final....
, the American team of Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Anne Coughlin is an American swimmer and eleven-time Olympic medallist.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Coughlin became the first American female athlete in modern Olympic history to win six medals in one Olympics and the first woman ever to win a 100 m backstroke gold in two consecutive...
, Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...
, Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer is an American college and international swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay with Natalie Coughlin, Kaitlin Sandeno, and Carly Piper that set the world record in the event.She has won...
, and Missy Franklin
Missy Franklin
Melissa "Missy" Jeanette Franklin is an American swimmer. She is a five-time medalist at the World Aquatics Championships and a two-time silver medalist at the World Short Course Championships...
won the gold with a time of 3:52.36, over three seconds ahead of second-place finisher China. Their time was the second-fastest of all time and was just outside the Chinese owned world record of 3:52.19 from 2009. It was the first title for the American team since 1998. Notably, Franklin, who had just completed the 200 m backstroke, completed the freestyle leg in the medley relay in 52.79, the fastest freestyle leg in the field. No new world or competition records were set during day seven.
Day eight
On the eight day of competition on July 31, seven finals were contested, the women's 50 m breaststroke, men's 400 m individual medley, women's 50 m freestyle, men's 50 m backstroke, men's 1500 m freestyle, women's 400 m individual medley, and the men's 4×100 m medley relay. In the first final of day eight, the women's 50 m breaststrokeSwimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke
The women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.-Records:...
, American Jessica Hardy
Jessica Hardy
Jessica Adele Hardy is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and freestyle stroke. She currently holds the world record in the 50 m breaststroke and the 100 m breaststroke ....
outtouched Russian Yuliya Yefimova for the gold medal 30.19 to 30.49. American Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni
Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke swimmer and three-time Olympic medalist. She currently holds the world record in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke and is a former world-record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke .Soni has won a total of nineteen medals in major...
finished third in the race with a time of 30.58. In the men's 400 m individual medley
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events was held on July 31 with the semifinals and the final.-Records:Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows....
, American Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay...
won by over four seconds with a time of 4:07.13. It was Lochte's sixth medal of the competition and his fifth gold. After the race, Lochte said, "I'm so glad this meet is over ... It has been a long, long eight days. For the most part, I'm not really happy. I mean, it's definitely great to have won five golds, but I know I can go a lot faster." American Tyler Clary
Tyler Clary
Scott Clary is an American swimmer. Clary currently holds the American record in the 400-yard individual medley...
earned a silver behind Lochte, repeating his 2009 result. In the women's 50 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle
The women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.-Records:...
, Swede Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar
Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...
won the gold in a time of 24.14. Dutch swimmers Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...
(24.27) and Marleen Veldhuis
Marleen Veldhuis
Magdalena Johanna Maria Veldhuis is a professional swimmer from the Netherlands. She is world record holder in 4 events . Veldhuis has won 6 world championships gold medals and 20 European championships gold medals...
(24.49) finished third and fourth, respectively. At 33, Alshammar is the oldest female world champion in history. In the men's 50 m backstroke
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke
The men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.-Records:...
, Brit Liam Tancock
Liam Tancock
Liam John Tancock is an English backstroke swimmer who specializes in the 50 m and 100 m events. He began his swimming career at Exeter City Swimming Club in Devon and continued at Loughborough University where he studied sports science...
successfully defended his 2009 title with a time of 24.50. Tancock was pleased with the result but second-place finisher Camille Lacourt
Camille Lacourt
Camille Lacourt is a French backstroke swimmer. He was born in Narbonne, France.-2010:Lacourt collected 3 gold medal at the European Championships, Lacourt became European Champion in the 100 m backstroke before French compatriot Jérémy Stravius in a time of 52.11...
of France said, "I'm not happy with the result ... That was a good chance for me to grab a gold. I will work hard to prepare for next year's Olympics." In the men's 1500 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.-Record:...
, Chinese Sun Yang
Sun Yang
Sun Yang is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year...
set the second world record of the competition en-route to winning gold with a time of 14:34.14, improving Australian Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history...
's 2001 record of 14:34.56 and improving on the bronze medal he got two years ago. After the race, Sun said, "With the London Games a year out, I will have to be more strict with myself and start back at zero. Hopefully, I can create miracles at the Olympics." Prior to this, Hackett's record was the longest standing record unbroken even with the "supersuits" of 2009. In the women's 400 m individual medley
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 31 with the heats the final.-Records:Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows....
, American Elizabeth Beisel
Elizabeth Beisel
Elizabeth Beisel is an American college and international swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Beisel has won a total of four medals in major international competition, three gold, and one bronze spanning the World and the Pan Pacific championships.- Personal background :Beisel was...
won her first ever world championship gold with a time of 4:31.78. Second-place finisher Brit Hannah Miley
Hannah Miley
Hannah Louise Miley is a British and Scottish individual medley swimmer. She currently swims for GASC . She is the reigning European 400m individual medley champion in both long course and short course formats...
finished over two seconds behind with a time of 4:34.22. In the final event of day eight, the men's 4×100 m medley relay
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
The men's 4×100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 31. The heats and final took place July 31.-Records:...
, the American team of Nick Thoman
Nick Thoman
Nicholas Thoman is an American backstroke swimmer. He currently holds the world record in the 100-meter backstroke ....
, Mark Gangloff
Mark Gangloff
Mark Gangloff is an American swimmer who earned a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics by swimming in the 4x100m medley relay preliminaries. He came in fourth place for the 100m breaststroke...
, Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps is an American swimmer who has, overall, won 16 Olympic medals—six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at Beijing in 2008, becoming the most successful athlete at both of these Olympic Games editions...
, and Nathan Adrian
Nathan Adrian
Nathan Adrian is an American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist who currently holds the American record in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle ....
won the gold with a time of 3:32.06. At the 300 metre mark, the Australian team was in fourth place but James Magnussen
James Magnussen
James Magnussen is a swimmer from Australia. He is the current 100 metres freestyle men's world champion.- Career :Magnussen finished 3rd in the 100m Freestyle at the Telstra 2010 Australian Swimming Championships to qualify for the national team.- 2010 Pan Pacs & Commonwealth Games :In 2010,...
has a split of 47.00 to get his team second place in 3:32.26. One world record, set by Sun in the 1500 m freestyle, was set during day eight.
World records
The following world records were established during the competition:| Date | Event | Time | Name | Nation |
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| July 28, 2011 | Men's 200 m individual medley final Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships took place July 27 and 28. The heats and semifinals took place July 27 and the final was held July 28.... |
1:54.00 | Ryan Lochte Ryan Lochte Ryan Steven Lochte is an American swimmer and a six-time Olympic medalist . As part of the American team, he holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay... |
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| July 31, 2011 | Men's 1500 m freestyle final Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.-Record:... |
14:34.14 | Sun Yang Sun Yang Sun Yang is an Olympic and world-record-holding distance swimmer from China. He swam for China at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2010 Asian Games, he won the men's 1500m freestyle in an Asian Record; this swim and his two other medals at the Games were cited in his being named the Rookie of the Year... |
Synchronised swimming
The synchronised swimming events were held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center from July 17–23. Russia came out on top in the gold medal count in the synchronised swimming competition with seven golds, winning all events.On the first day of the synchronised swimming competition on July 17, Russia took the first gold in the solo technical routine
Synchronised swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Solo technical routine
The Solo technical routine competition of the Synchronised swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 17 with the preliminary round held in the morning and the final in the evening session.-Medalists:-Results:...
, with Natalia Ishchenko
Natalia Ishchenko
Natalia Sergeyevna Ishchenko is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming. She won a gold medal in team competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
winning with a score of 98.300. On the second day of competition, Russia picked up its second gold in the duet technical routine
Synchronised swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Duet technical routine
The Duet technical routine competition of the Synchronised swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 17 with the preliminary round and the final on July 18.-Medalists:-Results:...
, with Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina
Svetlana Romashina
Svetlana Alekseyevna Romashina is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming. She won a gold medal in team competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
winning gold with a score of 98.200. On day three of the synchronised swimming competition, Russia continued its strong performance with gold in the team technical routine
Synchronised swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Team technical routine
The Team technical routine competition of the Synchronised swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 18 with the preliminary round held and the final on July 19.-Medalists:-Results:The preliminary round was held on July 18...
with 98.300 points. On the fourth day of competition, Russia continued its dominance with Natalia Ishchenko picking up her third gold medal in the solo free routine
Synchronised swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Solo free routine
The Solo free routine competition of the Synchronised swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 20 with the preliminary round held in the morning and the final in the evening session.-Medalists:-Results:...
. On the fifth day of competition, Russia won its fifth gold in the free routine combination
Synchronised swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Free routine combination
The Free routine combination competition of the Synchronised swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 19 with the preliminary round and the final on 21 July.-Medalists:-Results:The preliminary round was held on July 19...
and Natalia Ishchenko won her fourth individual gold, while Canada won its first medal. On the sixth day of competition, Russian Natalia Ishchenko
Natalia Ishchenko
Natalia Sergeyevna Ishchenko is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming. She won a gold medal in team competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
and Svetlana Romashina
Svetlana Romashina
Svetlana Alekseyevna Romashina is a Russian competitor in synchronized swimming. She won a gold medal in team competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
won gold in the duet free routine
Synchronised swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Duet free routine
The Duet free routine competition of the Synchronised swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 19 with the preliminary round and the final on 22 July.-Medalists:-Results:...
. Also, Ishchenko won her fifth individual gold of the competition. On the seventh and last day of competition, Russia won gold in the team free routine
Synchronised swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Team free routine
The Team free routine competition of the Synchronised swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 20 with the preliminary round and the final on 23 July.-Medalists:-Results:...
with a score of 98.620 and Ishchenko won her sixth individual gold.
Water polo
The water polo events were held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center from July 17–30. In the men's tournamentWater polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
The men's water polo tournament at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China was held from July 18 to July 30. The top three teams qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.- Qualification :...
, Italy upset the defending champions Serbia for the gold. In the women's tournament
Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
The women's water polo tournament at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China was held from July 17 to July 29.-Qualification:*China qualified as the third team from the World Cup, but already had qualified through the host nation slot...
, Greece won the gold over China.
Participating nations
181 nations have entered at least one athlete in one of the five disciplines; diving, open water swimming, swimming, synchronized swimming, and water polo.- GhanaGhana at the 2011 World Aquatics ChampionshipsGhana competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.Because the Ghana Olympic Committee is suspended by the International Olympic Committee, Ghanaian athletes participated as Athletes from Ghana under the flag of FINA.- Swimming:Ghana qualified 1...
(1) - KuwaitKuwait at the 2011 World Aquatics ChampionshipsKuwait competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.Because the Kuwait Olympic Committee is suspended by the International Olympic Committee, Kuwaiti athletes participated as Athletes from Kuwait under the flag of FINA.- Diving:Kuwait has...
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