The swimming events of the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

2001 World Aquatics Championships

rightThe 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001....

were held in a temporary pool at Marine Messe in Fukuoka

Fukuoka

Fukuoka most often refers to the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture.It can also refer to:-Locations:* Fukuoka, Gifu, a town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan* Fukuoka, Toyama, a town in Toyama Prefecture, Japan...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 in July 2001. This edition of the championships featured 20 events for both men and women, including the introduction of a 50 m event in all strokes and equality in the distance freestyle events, with both men and women swimming both 800 and 1500 m.

The swimming event resulted in eight world records and Australia topping the medal tally with 13 golds, although the USA claimed 26 total medals to 19 for Australia. The men's FINA Trophy (top individual performers) was awarded to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

's Ian Thorpe

Ian Thorpe

Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...

 for his three individual wins and three world records. Inge de Bruijn

Inge de Bruijn

Inge de Bruijn is a Dutch former swimmer. She was a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record holder.-Biography:De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and tried several sports before settling with swimming....

 (The Netherlands) won the women's FINA Trophy for three individual wins. Australia swept the men's relays and won two of three of the women's relays, although were subsequently disqualified in the women's 4×200 m freestyle for a post-race infraction – jumping into the pool before all teams had finished.

The Seiko

Seiko

, more commonly known simply as Seiko , is a Japanese watch company.-History and ongoing developments:The company was founded in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop called in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the...

 timing system used for the swimming events at the championships experienced some faults with the touch pads throughout the eight days of competition causing controversy amongst teams and media.

Medal table

1		13	3	3	19
2		9	9	8	26
3		3	6	6	15
4		3	4	0	7
5		3	1	0	4
6		2	2	3	7
7		2	2	2	6
8		1	3	2	6
9		1	2	4	7
10		1	2	3	6
11		1	1	2	4
12		1	0	1	2
13		0	2	0	2
14		0	1	1	2
15		0	1	0	1
15		0	1	0	1
15		0	1	0	1
18		0	0	4	4
19		0	0	1	1
Total		40	41	40	121

Men

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|rowspan=2|50 m freestyle




The swimming events of the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

2001 World Aquatics Championships

rightThe 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001....

were held in a temporary pool at Marine Messe in Fukuoka

Fukuoka

Fukuoka most often refers to the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture.It can also refer to:-Locations:* Fukuoka, Gifu, a town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan* Fukuoka, Toyama, a town in Toyama Prefecture, Japan...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 in July 2001. This edition of the championships featured 20 events for both men and women, including the introduction of a 50 m event in all strokes and equality in the distance freestyle events, with both men and women swimming both 800 and 1500 m.

The swimming event resulted in eight world records and Australia topping the medal tally with 13 golds, although the USA claimed 26 total medals to 19 for Australia. The men's FINA Trophy (top individual performers) was awarded to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

's Ian Thorpe

Ian Thorpe

Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...

 for his three individual wins and three world records. Inge de Bruijn

Inge de Bruijn

Inge de Bruijn is a Dutch former swimmer. She was a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record holder.-Biography:De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and tried several sports before settling with swimming....

 (The Netherlands) won the women's FINA Trophy for three individual wins. Australia swept the men's relays and won two of three of the women's relays, although were subsequently disqualified in the women's 4×200 m freestyle for a post-race infraction – jumping into the pool before all teams had finished.

The Seiko

Seiko

, more commonly known simply as Seiko , is a Japanese watch company.-History and ongoing developments:The company was founded in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop called in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the...

 timing system used for the swimming events at the championships experienced some faults with the touch pads throughout the eight days of competition causing controversy amongst teams and media.

Medal table

{|
|-
|1 ||align="left"| ||13 ||3 ||3 ||19
|-
|2 ||align="left"| ||9 ||9 ||8 ||26
|-
|3 ||align="left"| ||3 ||6 ||6 ||15
|-
|4 ||align="left"| ||3 ||4 ||0 ||7
|-
|5 ||align="left"| ||3 ||1 ||0 ||4
|-
|6 ||align="left"| ||2 ||2 ||3 ||7
|-
|7 ||align="left"| ||2 ||2 ||2 ||6
|-
|8 ||align="left"| ||1 ||3 ||2 ||6
|-
|9 ||align="left"| ||1 ||2 ||4 ||7
|-
|10 ||align="left"| ||1 ||2 ||3 ||6
|-
|11 ||align="left"| ||1 ||1 ||2 ||4
|-
|12 ||align="left"| ||1 ||0 ||1 ||2
|-
|13 ||align="left"| ||0 ||2 ||0 ||2
|-
|14 ||align="left"| ||0 ||1 ||1 ||2
|-
|15 ||align="left"| ||0 ||1 ||0 ||1
|-
|15 ||align="left"| ||0 ||1 ||0 ||1
|-
|15 ||align="left"| ||0 ||1 ||0 ||1
|- bgcolor=#ccccff
|18 ||align="left"| ||0 ||0 ||4 ||4
|-
|19 ||align="left"| ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1
|- class="sortbottom"
!colspan=2| Total || 40 || 41 || 40 || 121
|}

Men

{|
|-valign="top"
|rowspan=2|50 m freestyle




The swimming events of the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

2001 World Aquatics Championships

rightThe 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001....

were held in a temporary pool at Marine Messe in Fukuoka

Fukuoka

Fukuoka most often refers to the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture.It can also refer to:-Locations:* Fukuoka, Gifu, a town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan* Fukuoka, Toyama, a town in Toyama Prefecture, Japan...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 in July 2001. This edition of the championships featured 20 events for both men and women, including the introduction of a 50 m event in all strokes and equality in the distance freestyle events, with both men and women swimming both 800 and 1500 m.

The swimming event resulted in eight world records and Australia topping the medal tally with 13 golds, although the USA claimed 26 total medals to 19 for Australia. The men's FINA Trophy (top individual performers) was awarded to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

's Ian Thorpe

Ian Thorpe

Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...

 for his three individual wins and three world records. Inge de Bruijn

Inge de Bruijn

Inge de Bruijn is a Dutch former swimmer. She was a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record holder.-Biography:De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and tried several sports before settling with swimming....

 (The Netherlands) won the women's FINA Trophy for three individual wins. Australia swept the men's relays and won two of three of the women's relays, although were subsequently disqualified in the women's 4×200 m freestyle for a post-race infraction – jumping into the pool before all teams had finished.

The Seiko

Seiko

, more commonly known simply as Seiko , is a Japanese watch company.-History and ongoing developments:The company was founded in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop called in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the...

 timing system used for the swimming events at the championships experienced some faults with the touch pads throughout the eight days of competition causing controversy amongst teams and media.

Medal table

{|
|-
|1 ||align="left"| ||13 ||3 ||3 ||19
|-
|2 ||align="left"| ||9 ||9 ||8 ||26
|-
|3 ||align="left"| ||3 ||6 ||6 ||15
|-
|4 ||align="left"| ||3 ||4 ||0 ||7
|-
|5 ||align="left"| ||3 ||1 ||0 ||4
|-
|6 ||align="left"| ||2 ||2 ||3 ||7
|-
|7 ||align="left"| ||2 ||2 ||2 ||6
|-
|8 ||align="left"| ||1 ||3 ||2 ||6
|-
|9 ||align="left"| ||1 ||2 ||4 ||7
|-
|10 ||align="left"| ||1 ||2 ||3 ||6
|-
|11 ||align="left"| ||1 ||1 ||2 ||4
|-
|12 ||align="left"| ||1 ||0 ||1 ||2
|-
|13 ||align="left"| ||0 ||2 ||0 ||2
|-
|14 ||align="left"| ||0 ||1 ||1 ||2
|-
|15 ||align="left"| ||0 ||1 ||0 ||1
|-
|15 ||align="left"| ||0 ||1 ||0 ||1
|-
|15 ||align="left"| ||0 ||1 ||0 ||1
|- bgcolor=#ccccff
|18 ||align="left"| ||0 ||0 ||4 ||4
|-
|19 ||align="left"| ||0 ||0 ||1 ||1
|- class="sortbottom"
!colspan=2| Total || 40 || 41 || 40 || 121
|}

Men

{|
|-valign="top"
|rowspan=2|50 m freestyle