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Australia at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

Australia at the
2023 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Australia
FINA codeAUS
National federationSwimming Australia
Websiteswimming.org.au
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors91 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
15
Silver
9
Bronze
6
Total
30
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 
 Cassiel Rousseau Diving Men's 10 metre platform 22 July 2023
 
 Samuel Short Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle 23 July 2023
 
 Ariarne Titmus Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 23 July 2023
 
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 23 July 2023
 
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 23 July 2023
 
 Kaylee McKeown Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke 25 July 2023
 
 Rhiannan Iffland High diving Women's high diving 26 July 2023
 
 Mollie O'Callaghan Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 26 July 2023
 
 Kyle Chalmers Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 27 July 2023
 
 Kaylee McKeown Swimming Women's 50 metre backstroke 27 July 2023
 
Swimming Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 27 July 2023
 
 Mollie O'Callaghan Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 28 July 2023
 
 Cameron McEvoy Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle 29 July 2023
 
 Kaylee McKeown Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 29 July 2023
 
Swimming Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 29 July 2023
 
 Chelsea Gubecka Open water swimming Women's 10 km 15 July 2023
 
 Domonic Bedggood
Maddison Keeney 		Diving Mixed synchronized 3 metre springboard 22 July 2023
 
 Samuel Short Swimming Men's 800 metre freestyle 26 July 2023
 
 Ariarne Titmus Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 26 July 2023
 
Swimming Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay 26 July 2023
 
 Elizabeth Dekkers Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly 27 July 2023
 
 Zac Stubblety-Cook Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke 28 July 2023
 
 Shayna Jack Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 30 July 2023
 
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 30 July 2023
 
 Chelsea Gubecka
Moesha Johnson
Nicholas Sloman
Kyle Lee 		Open water swimming Team Relay 20 July 2023
 
Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 28 July 2023
 
 Ariarne Titmus Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle 29 July 2023
 
 Samuel Short Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle 30 July 2023
 
 Jenna Forrester Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley 30 July 2023
 
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 30 July 2023

Athletes by discipline edit

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Artistic swimming 0 11 11
Diving 4 5 9
High diving 0 3 3
Open water swimming 4 4* 8*
Swimming 16 15* 31*
Water polo 15 15 30
Total 39 52 91
  • Moesha Johnson was compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming.

Artistic swimming edit

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's artistic swimming team consisted of eleven athletes (all women).

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Carolyn Buckle
Kiera Gazzard 		Duet technical routine 189.6634 19 Did not advance
Georgia Courage-Gardiner
Zoe Poulis 		Duet free routine 139.7875 22 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Hannah Burkhill
Natalia Caloiero
Georgia Courage-Gardener
Alessandra Ho
Margo Joseph-Kuo
Anastasia Kusmawan
Zoe Poulis
Milena Waldman 		Team acrobatic routine 159.7100 14 Did not advance
Hannah Burkhill
Natalia Caloiero
Georgia Courage-Gardener
Alessandra Ho
Margo Joseph-Kuo
Pam Kurosawa
Anastasia Kusmawan
Zoe Poulis
Team free routine 191.7478 11 Q 221.6416 8
Carolyn Buckle
Hannah Burkhill
Zoe Poulis
Milena Waldman
Kiera Gazzard
Alessandra Ho
Georgia Courage-Gardener
Margo Joseph-Kuo 		Team technical routine 200.7701 11 Q 196.4087 12

Diving edit

Main article: Diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's diving team consisted of nine athletes (4 men and 5 women).[1] Lauren Flint was originally named in the team, however withdrew days before competition due to breaking her elbow in training.

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Li Shixin 1 m springboard 374.50 4 Q — 400.55 5
3 m springboard 393.45 14 Q 394.55 15 Did not advance
Sam Fricker 10 m platform 370.35 19 Did not advance
Cassiel Rousseau 423.80 5 Q 494.10 2 Q 520.85  
Sam Fricker
Li Shixin 		3 m synchronized springboard 348.06 10 Q — 356.49 12
Domonic Bedggood
Cassiel Rousseau 		10 m synchronized platform 377.70 6 Q — 407.46 5
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Brittany O'Brien 1 m springboard 221.45 27 Did not advance
Georgia Sheehan 242.25 6 Q — 256.75 9
Maddison Keeney 3 m springboard 301.00 6 Q 319.75 6 Q 327.95 4
Georgia Sheehan 274.90 19 Did not advance
Nikita Hains 10 m platform 288.50 16 Q 286.50 15 Did not advance
Milly Puckeridge 267.90 21 Did not advance
Brittany O'Brien
Georgia Sheehan 		3 m synchronized springboard 275.40 8 Q — 279.60 6
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Domonic Bedggood
Maddison Keeney 		3 m synchronized springboard 307.38  
Nikita Hains
Maddison Keeney
Cassiel Rousseau
Li Shixin 		Team event 426.15 4

High diving edit

Main article: High diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's high diving team consisted of three athletes (all women).[2]

Women
Athlete Event Points Rank
Emily Chinnock Women's high diving 194.20 19
Rhiannan Iffland Women's high diving 357.40  
Xantheia Pennisi Women's high diving 290.20 6

Open water swimming edit

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's open water swimming team consisted of eight athletes (4 men and 4 women).[3]

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Kyle Lee Men's 5 km 55:32.70 8
Jack Wilson 56:24.00 13
Bailey Armstrong Men's 10 km 1:55:32.8 34
Nicholas Sloman 1:51:42.2 7
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Bianca Crisp Women's 5 km 1:01:19.8 20
Moesha Johnson 59:46.3 10
Maddy Gough Women's 10 km 2:04:18.6 23
Chelsea Gubecka 2:02:38.1  
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Chelsea Gubecka
Moesha Johnson
Nicholas Sloman
Kyle Lee 		Team relay 1:11:26.7  

Swimming edit

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's swimming team consisted of thirty-one athletes (16 men and 15 women).[4]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Cameron McEvoy 50 m freestyle 21.35 1 Q 21.25 1 Q 21.06 OC  
Isaac Cooper 21.82 5 Q 21.65 4 Q 21.70 4
Kyle Chalmers 100 m freestyle 47.71 3 Q 47.52 2 Q 47.15  
Flynn Southam 48.18 11 Q 48.15 11 Did not advance
Alexander Graham 200 m freestyle 1:46.58 12 Q 1:46.61 13 Did not advance
Kai Taylor 1:46.94 20 Did not advance
Samuel Short 400 m freestyle 3:42.44 1 Q — 3:40.68  
Elijah Winnington 3:44.63 7 Q — 3:44.26 7
Samuel Short 800 m freestyle 7:40.90 1 Q — 7:37.76 OC  
Elijah Winnington 7:49.24 17 — Did not advance
Samuel Short 1500 m freestyle 14:53.38 6 Q — 14:37.28  
Isaac Cooper 50 m backstroke 24.73 6 Q 24.86 9 Did not advance
Bradley Woodward DNS
Isaac Cooper 100 m backstroke 53.95 17 Did not advance
Bradley Woodward 53.72 11 Q 53.73 13 Did not advance
Bradley Woodward 200 m backstroke 1:57.14 1 Q 1:56.16 6 Q 1:56.29 6
Samuel Williamson 50 m breaststroke 26.76 3 Q 27.06 8 Q 26.82 4
Zac Stubblety-Cook 100 m breaststroke 1:00.22 16 Q 59.69 12 Did not advance
Zac Stubblety-Cook 200 m breaststroke 2:08.98 1 Q 2:07.37 1 Q 2:06.40  
Shaun Champion 50 m butterfly 23.60 26 Did not advance
Cameron McEvoy 23.40 18 Did not advance
Shaun Champion 100 m butterfly 52.15 24 Did not advance
Matthew Temple 50.76 1 Q 50.89 4 Q 50.81 4
Matthew Temple 200 m butterfly 1:56.51 16 Q Withdrew
Thomas Neill 200 m individual medley 1:58.30 8 Q 1:57.51 10 Did not advance
Brendon Smith 1:59.03 15 Q 1:59.35 15 Did not advance
Thomas Neill 400 m individual medley 4:14.98 11 — Did not advance
Brendon Smith 4:11.75 5 Q — 4:10.37 5
Jack Cartwright
Flynn Southam
Kai Taylor
Kyle Chalmers
Matthew Temple (heat) 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:11.64 2 Q — 3:10.16  
Kai Taylor
Kyle Chalmers
Alexander Graham
Thomas Neill
Elijah Winnington (heat)
Flynn Southam (heat) 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:04.37 1 Q — 7:02.13  
Bradley Woodward
Zac Stubblety-Cook
Matthew Temple
Kyle Chalmers
Samuel Williamson (heat)
Kai Taylor (heat) 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:31.75 3 Q — 3:29.62  
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Shayna Jack 50 m freestyle 24.02 2 Q 24.01 2 Q 24.10  
Emma McKeon 24.69 8 Q 24.67 7 Q 24.35 5
Emma McKeon 100 m freestyle 53.40 3 Q 53.00 4 Q 52.83 5
Mollie O'Callaghan 54.01 7 Q 52.86 2 Q 52.16  
Mollie O'Callaghan 200 m freestyle 1:55.68 1 Q 1:54.91 3 Q 1:52.85 WR  
Ariarne Titmus 1:56.20 3 Q 1:54.64 1 Q 1:53.01  
Lani Pallister 400 m freestyle 4:03.49 6 Q — 4:05.17 6
Ariarne Titmus 4:01.39 2 Q — 3:55.38 WR  
Lani Pallister 800 m freestyle 8:21.38 5 Q — 8:21.33 7
Ariarne Titmus 8:21.25 4 Q — 8:13.59 OC  
Moesha Johnson 1500 m freestyle 16:05.01 9 — Did not advance
Lani Pallister 15:58.11 3 Q — 15:49.17 5
Kaylee McKeown 50 m backstroke 27.60 4 Q 27.26 2 Q 27.08 OC  
Mollie O'Callaghan DNS
Kaylee McKeown 100 m backstroke 58.90 2 Q 58.48 2 Q 57.53 CR  
Madison Wilson 1:00.04 10 Q 59.63 9 Did not advance
Jenna Forrester 200 m backstroke 2:10.46 10 Q 2:09.74 8 Q 2:11.44 8
Kaylee McKeown 2:09.30 5 Q 2:07.89 3 Q 2:03.85  
Abbey Harkin 50 m breaststroke 31.63 29 Did not advance
Abbey Harkin 100 m breaststroke 1:06.86 15 Q 1:07.11 15 Did not advance
Abbey Harkin 200 m breaststroke 2:25.11 6 Q 2:23.65 6 Q 2:24.55 7
Brianna Throssell 50 m butterfly 26.30 18 Did not advance
Emma McKeon 100 m butterfly 57.05 2 Q 56.89 4 Q 56.88 4
Brianna Throssell 57.94 9 Q 57.14 6 Q 57.34 7
Abbey Connor 200 m butterfly 2:10.04 12 Q 2:10.35 14 Did not advance
Elizabeth Dekkers 2:07.71 2 Q 2:07.11 4 Q 2:05.46  
Jenna Forrester 200 m individual medley 2:09.79 6 Q 2:10.03 4 Q 2:08.98 4
Kaylee McKeown 2:09.50 2 Q DSQ
Jenna Forrester 400 m individual medley 4:35.88 1 Q — 4:32.30  
Kiah Melverton 4:41.96 13 — Did not advance
Mollie O'Callaghan
Shayna Jack
Meg Harris
Emma McKeon
Brianna Throssell (heat)
Madison Wilson (heat) 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:31.52 1 Q — 3:27.96 WR  
Mollie O'Callaghan
Shayna Jack
Brianna Throssell
Ariarne Titmus
Madison Wilson (heat)
Lani Pallister (heat)
Kiah Melverton (heat) 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:47.84 2 Q — 7:37.50 WR  
Kaylee McKeown
Abbey Harkin
Emma McKeon
Mollie O'Callaghan
Madison Wilson (heat)
Brianna Throssell (heat)
Meg Harris (heat) 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:57.74 4 Q — 3:53.37  
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jack Cartwright
Kyle Chalmers
Shayna Jack
Mollie O'Callaghan
Flynn Southam (heat)
Madison Wilson (heat)
Meg Harris (heat) 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:21.88 1 Q — 3:18.83 WR  
Kaylee McKeown
Zac Stubblety-Cook
Matthew Temple
Shayna Jack
Bradley Woodward (heat)
Samuel Williamson (heat)
Emma McKeon (heat) 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:40.87 2 Q — 3:39.03  

Water polo edit

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Summary
Team Event Group stage Playoff Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
  Australia Men's tournament   Greece
L 9–13 		  United States
L 8–16 		  Kazakhstan
W 22–6 		3 QP   France
L 8–11 		—   Japan
W 16–15 		  Croatia
L 10–17 		10
  Australia Women's tournament   France
W 10–8 		  United States
L 5–9 		  China
W 11–7 		2 QP   Israel
W 16–7 		  Greece
W 9–8 		  Spain
L 10–12 		  Italy
L 14–16 		4

Men's tournament edit

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Team roster

The following is the Australian roster.[5]

Head coach: Timothy Hamill

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Greece 3 3 0 0 0 46 25 +21 9 Quarterfinals
2   United States 3 2 0 0 1 48 28 +20 6 Playoffs
3   Australia 3 1 0 0 2 39 35 +4 3
4   Kazakhstan 3 0 0 0 3 13 58 −45 0
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.


17 July 2023
10:30 		Report Australia   9–13   Greece Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–3, 3–5
Power 4 Goals Argyropoulos 3
19 July 2023
20:30 		Report United States   16–8   Australia Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–2, 4–1, 6–1
Daube 5 Goals Pavillard, Power 3
21 July 2023
16:00 		Report Australia   22–6   Kazakhstan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 7–2, 3–0, 4–2, 8–2
Negus, Poot 4 Goals Artyukh 2
Playoffs
23 July 2023
15:30 		Report Australia   8–11   France Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 5–2, 2–4, 1–1
Negus, Pavillard 2 Goals Vernoux 4
9–12th place semifinals
25 July 2023
13:30 		Report Australia   16–15   Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–7, 4–3, 3–2
Pavillard 4 Goals Adachi, Takata 4
Ninth place game
27 July 2023
10:30 		Report Croatia   17–10   Australia Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–4, 6–2, 3–2
Vukičević 5 Goals Poot 3

Women's tournament edit

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Team roster

The following is the Australian roster.[6]

Head coach: Paul Oberman

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 0 40 16 +24 9 Quarterfinals
2   Australia 3 2 0 0 1 26 24 +2 6 Playoffs
3   France 3 1 0 0 2 25 37 −12 3
4   China 3 0 0 0 3 24 38 −14 0
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.


16 July 2023
10:30 		Report France   8–10   Australia Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–4, 2–1, 1–2
Bouloukbachi 3 Goals Andrews, Fasala 2
18 July 2023
17:30 		Report Australia   5–9   United States Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–0, 1–3, 1–1
Williams 3 Goals three players 2
20 July 2023
13:00 		Report China   7–11   Australia Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 1–3, 2–2
Lu, Zhang Jin. 2 Goals five players 2
Playoffs
22 July 2023
14:00 		Report Australia   16–7   Israel Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Marta Cabanas (ESP), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 7–2, 4–1, 3–1, 2–3
Armit 4 Goals Kordonskaia 3
Quarterfinals
24 July 2023
18:00 		Report Greece   8–9   Australia Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–4, 3–2, 0–0
Xenaki 3 Goals four players 2
Semifinals
26 July 2023
18:30 		Report Australia   10–12   Spain Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Jennifer McCall (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–3, 2–2, 2–2
Kearns 3 Goals E. Ruiz 4
Third place game
28 July 2023
13:00 		Report Italy   16–14   Australia Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 5–6, 3–1, 3–3
Bianconi 6 Goals Williams 3

References edit

  1. ^ "Dolphins Named For Open Water World Championships". Swimming Australia. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ "NSWIS Divers Ready to Make a Splash in Fukuoka". New South Wales Institute of Sport. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Dolphins Named For Open Water World Championships". Swimming Australia. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Worlds at Their Feet". Swimming Australia. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster AUS" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  6. ^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster AUS" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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