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.[1] Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.

Qualifying criteria edit

In January 2010, the FINA Bureau approved the swimming qualification system for the 2011 World Aquatics Championships. This represented the first time that a qualification system (including time standards) was used for the swimming portion of the world championships.[2] Times had to be swum at a FINA approved competition/meet between March 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. The qualification meets included continental championships in 2010 and 2011 (e.g. European Championships, Asian Games, Pan American Games); and international competitions approved by FINA in advance. All meets for the qualification were swam in 50 meters course.

The time standards for the 2011 FINA World Championships
Men Event Women
A standard
(2 entries)
B standard
(1 entry)
A standard
(2 entries)
B standard
(1 entry)
22.35 22.90 50 freestyle 25.43 26.06
49.23 50.44 100 freestyle 55.24 56.60
1:48.72 1:51.40 200 freestyle 1:59.29 2:02.24
3:49.96 3:55.63 400 freestyle 4:11.26 4:17.64
8:10.26 8:37.52 800 freestyle 8:35.98 8:48.70
15:13.16 15:35.67 1500 freestyle 16:41.49 17:10.88
25.34 25.98 50 backstroke 29.07 29.80
55.14 56.50 100 backstroke 1:01.70 1:03.22
1:59.72 2:02.67 200 backstroke 2:12.73 2:16.01
27.63 28.32 50 breaststroke 31.52 32.31
1:01.57 1:03.08 100 breaststroke 1:09.01 1:10.72
2:13.69 2:16.99 200 breaststroke 2:28.21 2:31.87
23.73 24.32 50 butterfly 26.68 27.35
52.86 54.16 100 butterfly 59.35 1:00.82
1:57.67 2:00.57 200 butterfly 2:10.84 2:14.07
2:01.40 2:04.39 200 individual medley 2:15.27 2:18.57
4:18.40 4:24.77 400 individual medley 4:45.08 4:52.11

The qualifying system for individual events was similar to what is employed for the Olympics. Historically, there has been a limit of 2 swimmers per country per individual event, and one relay team per country per relay event. This limitation remains; however, if a country wished to have more than one male and one female swimmer in up to 2 events each, then an athlete(s) had to meet one of two standards:

  • a B standard which qualifies up to one swimmer per event, or
  • an A standard which qualifies up to two swimmers per event, where both swimmers must meet this faster standard.

Events edit

The swimming competition featured races in a long course (50 m) pool in 40 events (20 for males, 20 for females; 17 individual events and 3 relays for each gender).

The evening session schedule for the 2011 World Aquatics Championships[3] is shown below.

Date Sunday
July 24, 2011
Monday
July 25, 2011
Tuesday
July 26, 2011
Wednesday
July 27, 2011
E
v
e
n
t
s
Women's 100 fly [sf]
Men's 400 free
Women's 200 IM [sf]
Men's 50 fly [sf]
Women's 400 free
Men's 100 breast [sf]
Women's 4×100 freestyle
Men's 4×100 freestyle
Women's 100 fly
Men's 100 back [sf]
Women's 100 breast [sf]
Men's 50 fly
Women's 100 back [sf]
Men's 200 free [sf]
Women's 200 IM
Men's 100 breast
Men's 200 free
Women's 100 back
Men's 50 breast [sf]
Women's 1500 free
Men's 100 back
Women's 200 free [sf]
Men's 200 fly [sf]
Women's 100 breast
Men's 100 free [sf]
Women's 50 back [sf]
Men's 200 fly
Women's 200 free
Men's 800 free
Women's 200 fly [sf]
Men's 200 IM [sf]
Men's 50 breast
Date Thursday
July 28, 2011
Friday
July 29, 2011
Saturday
July 30, 2011
Sunday
July 31, 2011
E
v
e
n
t
s
Women's 100 free [sf]
Men's 200 IM
Women's 200 breast [sf]
Men's 100 free
Women's 200 fly
Men's 200 breast [sf]
Women's 50 back
Men's 200 back [sf]
Women's 4×200 freestyle
Women's 100 free
Men's 200 back
Women's 50 fly [sf]
Men's 50 free [sf]
Women's 200 breast
Men's 100 fly [sf]
Women's 200 back [sf]
Men's 200 breast
Men's 4×200 freestyle
Women's 50 fly
Men's 50 free
Women's 50 breast [sf]
Women's 200 back
Men's 100 fly
Women's 50 free [sf]
Men's 50 back [sf]

Women's 800 free
Women's 4×100 medley
Women's 50 breast
Men's 400 IM
Women's 50 free
Men's 50 back
Men's 1500 free
Women's 400 IM
Men's 4×100 medley

Note: prelims/semifinals/finals will be swum in events 200 m and shorter; prelims/finals in events 400 m or longer. For prelims/semifinals/finals events, prelims and semis will be held on the same day, with finals being the evening of the following day. For the 400 m events and the 800 m relays, prelims and finals are the same day. For the individual 800 m and 1500 m races, prelims are in the morning of one day, with finals in the evening of the next day. Preliminary sessions began at 9:00 a.m.; finals at 6:00 p.m.

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States165829
2  China52714
3  Brazil3003
4  Australia28313
5  France23510
6  Great Britain2305
  Italy2305
8  Netherlands2136
9  Denmark2103
10  Russia1304
11  Sweden1102
12  Hungary1034
13  Belarus1001
  Norway1001
  South Korea1001
16  Japan0426
17  Canada0314
18  Poland0101
19  Germany0055
20  South Africa0033
Totals (20 entries)423840120

Results edit

Men's events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle[4]
César Cielo
  Brazil
21.52 Luca Dotto
  Italy
21.90 Alain Bernard
  France
21.92
100 m freestyle[5]
James Magnussen
  Australia
47.63 Brent Hayden
  Canada
47.95 William Meynard
  France
48.00
200 m freestyle[6]
Ryan Lochte
  United States
1:44.44 Michael Phelps
  United States
1:44.79 Paul Biedermann
  Germany
1:44.88
400 m freestyle[7]
Park Tae-Hwan
  South Korea
3:42.04 Sun Yang
  China
3:43.24 Paul Biedermann
  Germany
3:44.14
800 m freestyle[8]
Sun Yang
  China
7:38.57 Ryan Cochrane
  Canada
7:41.86
AM
Gergő Kis
  Hungary
7:44.94
NR
1500 m freestyle[9]
Sun Yang
  China
14:34.14
WR
Ryan Cochrane
  Canada
14:44.46 Gergő Kis
  Hungary
14:45.66
NR
50 m backstroke[10]
Liam Tancock
  Great Britain
24.50 Camille Lacourt
  France
24.57 Gerhard Zandberg
  South Africa
24.66
100 m backstroke[11]
Jérémy Stravius
  France
Camille Lacourt
  France
52.76   Not awarded Ryosuke Irie
  Japan
52.98
200 m backstroke[12]
Ryan Lochte
  United States
1:52.96 Ryosuke Irie
  Japan
1:54.11 Tyler Clary
  United States
1:54.69
50 m breaststroke[13]
Felipe França Silva
  Brazil
27.01 Fabio Scozzoli
  Italy
27.17
NR
Cameron van der Burgh
  South Africa
27.19
100 m breaststroke[14]
Alexander Dale Oen
  Norway
58.71
NR
Fabio Scozzoli
  Italy
59.42
NR
Cameron van der Burgh
  South Africa
59.49
200 m breaststroke[15]
Dániel Gyurta
  Hungary
2:08.41 Kosuke Kitajima
  Japan
2:08.63 Christian vom Lehn
  Germany
2:09.06
50 m butterfly[16]
César Cielo
  Brazil
23.10 Matthew Targett
  Australia
23.28 Geoff Huegill
  Australia
23.35
100 m butterfly[17]
Michael Phelps
  United States
50.71 Konrad Czerniak
  Poland
51.15
NR
Tyler McGill
  United States
51.26
200 m butterfly[18]
Michael Phelps
  United States
1:53.34 Takeshi Matsuda
  Japan
1:54.01 Wu Peng
  China
1:54.67
200 m individual medley[19]
Ryan Lochte
  United States
1:54.00
WR
Michael Phelps
  United States
1:54.16 László Cseh
  Hungary
1:57.69
400 m individual medley[20]
Ryan Lochte
  United States
4:07.13 Tyler Clary
  United States
4:11.17 Yuya Horihata
  Japan
4:11.98
4×100 m freestyle relay[21]
  Australia
James Magnussen (47.49)
Matthew Targett (47.87)
Matthew Abood (47.92)
Eamon Sullivan (47.72)
3:11.00   France
Alain Bernard (48.75)
Jérémy Stravius (47.78)
William Meynard (47.39)
Fabien Gilot (47.22)
3:11.14   United States
Michael Phelps (48.08)
Garrett Weber-Gale (48.33)
Jason Lezak (48.15)
Nathan Adrian (47.40)
3:11.96
4×200 m freestyle relay[22]
  United States
Michael Phelps (1:45.53)
Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.07)
Ricky Berens (1:46.51)
Ryan Lochte (1:44.56)
7:02.67   France
Yannick Agnel (1:45.25)
Grégory Mallet (1:46.81)
Jérémy Stravius (1:45.40)
Fabien Gilot (1:47.35)
7:04.81
NR
  China
Wang Shun (1:47.09)
Zhang Lin (1:46.14)
Li Yunqi (1:47.30)
Sun Yang (1:45.14)
7:05.67
NR
4×100 m medley relay[23]
  United States
Nick Thoman (53.61)
Mark Gangloff (1:00.24)
Michael Phelps (50.57)
Nathan Adrian (47.64)
3:32.06   Australia
Hayden Stoeckel (54.22)
Brenton Rickard (59.32)
Geoff Huegill (51.72)
James Magnussen (47.00)
3:32.26   Germany
Helge Meeuw (53.53)
Hendrik Feldwehr (59.72)
Benjamin Starke (51.83)
Paul Biedermann (47.52)
3:32.60

AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record

Women's events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle[24]
Therese Alshammar
  Sweden
24.14 Ranomi Kromowidjojo
  Netherlands
24.27 Marleen Veldhuis
  Netherlands
24.49
100 m freestyle[25]
Aleksandra Gerasimenya
  Belarus
Jeanette Ottesen
  Denmark
53.45
NR
53.45
  Not awarded Ranomi Kromowidjojo
  Netherlands
53.66
200 m freestyle[26]
Federica Pellegrini
  Italy
1:55.58 Kylie Palmer
  Australia
1:56.04 Camille Muffat
  France
1:56.10
400 m freestyle[27]
Federica Pellegrini
  Italy
4:01.97 Rebecca Adlington
  Great Britain
4:04.01 Camille Muffat
  France
4:04.06
800 m freestyle[28]
Rebecca Adlington
  Great Britain
8:17.51 Lotte Friis
  Denmark
8:18.20 Kate Ziegler
  United States
8:23.36
1500 m freestyle[29]
Lotte Friis
  Denmark
15:49.59 Kate Ziegler
  United States
15:55.60 Li Xuanxu
  China
15:58.02
AS
50 m backstroke[30]
Anastasia Zueva
  Russia
27.79 Aya Terakawa
  Japan
27.93 Missy Franklin
  United States
28.01
100 m backstroke[31]
Zhao Jing
  China
59.05 Anastasia Zueva
  Russia
59.06 Natalie Coughlin
  United States
59.15
200 m backstroke[32]
Missy Franklin
  United States
2:05.10
AM
Belinda Hocking
  Australia
2:06.06
OC
Sharon van Rouwendaal
  Netherlands
2:07.78
NR
50 m breaststroke[33]
Jessica Hardy
  United States
30.19 Yuliya Efimova
  Russia
30.49 Rebecca Soni
  United States
30.58
100 m breaststroke[34]
Rebecca Soni
  United States
1:05.05 Leisel Jones
  Australia
1:06.25 Ji Liping
  China
1:06.52
200 m breaststroke[35]
Rebecca Soni
  United States
2:21.47 Yuliya Efimova
  Russia
2:22.22
NR
Martha McCabe
  Canada
2:24.81
50 m butterfly[36]
Inge Dekker
  Netherlands
25.71 Therese Alshammar
  Sweden
25.76 Mélanie Henique
  France
25.86
NR
100 m butterfly[37]
Dana Vollmer
  United States
56.87 Alicia Coutts
  Australia
56.94 Lu Ying
  China
57.06
200 m butterfly[38]
Jiao Liuyang
  China
2:05.55 Ellen Gandy
  Great Britain
2:05.59 Liu Zige
  China
2:05.90
200 m individual medley[39]
Ye Shiwen
  China
2:08.90 Alicia Coutts
  Australia
2:09.00 Ariana Kukors
  United States
2:09.12
400 m individual medley[40]
Elizabeth Beisel
  United States
4:31.78 Hannah Miley
  Great Britain
4:34.22 Stephanie Rice
  Australia
4:34.23
4×100 m freestyle relay[41]
  Netherlands
Inge Dekker (54.91)
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.26)
Marleen Veldhuis (53.33)
Femke Heemskerk (52.46)
3:33.96   United States
Natalie Coughlin (54.09)
Missy Franklin (52.99)
Jessica Hardy (54.12)
Dana Vollmer (53.27)
3:34.47   Germany
Britta Steffen (54.51)
Silke Lippok (54.17)
Lisa Vitting (53.85)
Daniela Schreiber (53.12)
3:36.05
4×200 m freestyle relay[42]
  United States
Missy Franklin (1:55.06)
Dagny Knutson (1:57.18)
Katie Hoff (1:57.41)
Allison Schmitt (1:56.49)
7:46.14   Australia
Bronte Barratt (1:56.86)
Blair Evans (1:57.69)
Angie Bainbridge (1:57.36)
Kylie Palmer (1:55.51)
7:47.42   China
Chen Qian (1:57.37)
Pang Jiaying (1:56.97)
Liu Jing (1:57.85)
Tang Yi (1:55.47)
7:47.66
4×100 m medley relay[43]
  United States
Natalie Coughlin (59.12)
Rebecca Soni (1:04.71)
Dana Vollmer (55.74)
Missy Franklin (52.79)
3:52.36
AM
  China
Zhao Jing (59.24)
Ji Liping (1:06.27)
Lu Ying (56.77)
Tang Yi (53.33)
3:55.61   Australia
Belinda Hocking (59.91)
Leisel Jones (1:06.18)
Alicia Coutts (56.69)
Merindah Dingjan (54.35)
3:57.13

AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record

World records edit

The following world records were established during the competition:

Date Event Time Name Nation
July 28, 2011 Men's 200 m individual medley final 1:54.00 Ryan Lochte   United States
July 31, 2011 Men's 1500 m freestyle final 14:34.14 Sun Yang   China

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External links edit