Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

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

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

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

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	10	6	6	22
2	Germany (GER)	4	4	1	9
3	China (CHN)	4	2	4	10
4	Australia (AUS)	3	4	9	16
5	Italy (ITA)*	3	0	1	4
6	Great Britain (GBR)	2	3	2	7
7	Hungary (HUN)	2	1	3	6
8	Brazil (BRA)	2	1	0	3
	Serbia (SRB)	2	1	0	3
10	Russia (RUS)	1	5	1	7
11	Japan (JPN)	1	2	1	4
12	Tunisia (TUN)	1	2	0	3
13	Denmark (DEN)	1	1	0	2
	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	1	0	2
16	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	2	3
17	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	1	2
18	France (FRA)	0	3	3	6
19	Canada (CAN)	0	2	1	3
20	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
21	Spain (ESP)	0	0	3	3
22	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		40	40	42	122

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	César Cielo Filho  Brazil	21.08 CR, AM	Frédérick Bousquet  France	21.21	Amaury Leveaux  France	21.25
100 m freestyle	César Cielo Filho  Brazil	46.91 WR	Alain Bernard  France	47.12 ER	Frédérick Bousquet  France	47.25
200 m freestyle	Paul Biedermann  Germany	1:42.00 WR	Michael Phelps  United States	1:43.22	Danila Izotov  Russia	1:43.90 NR
400 m freestyle	Paul Biedermann  Germany	3:40.07 WR	Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia	3:41.11 AF	Zhang Lin  China	3:41.35 AS
800 m freestyle	Zhang Lin  China	7:32.12 WR	Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia	7:35.27 AF	Ryan Cochrane  Canada	7:41.92 AM
1500 m freestyle	Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia	14:37.28 AF	Ryan Cochrane  Canada	14:41.38	Sun Yang  China	14:46.84
50 m backstroke	Liam Tancock  Great Britain	24.04 WR	Junya Koga  Japan	24.24 AS	Gerhard Zandberg  South Africa	24.34 AF
100 m backstroke	Junya Koga  Japan	52.26 CR, AS	Helge Meeuw  Germany	52.54	Aschwin Wildeboer  Spain	52.64
200 m backstroke	Aaron Peirsol  United States	1:51.92 WR	Ryosuke Irie  Japan	1:52.51 AS	Ryan Lochte  United States	1:53.82
50 m breaststroke	Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa	26.67 WR	Felipe França Silva  Brazil	26.76 AM	Mark Gangloff  United States	26.86 NR
100 m breaststroke	Brenton Rickard  Australia	58.58 WR	Hugues Duboscq  France	58.64 ER	Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa	58.95 AF
200 m breaststroke	Dániel Gyurta  Hungary	2:07.64 ER	Eric Shanteau  United States	2:07.65	Giedrius Titenis  Lithuania Christian Sprenger  Australia	2:07.80 NR 2:07.80
50 m butterfly	Milorad Čavić  Serbia	22.67 CR, NR	Matt Targett  Australia	22.73 OC	Rafael Muñoz  Spain	22.88
100 m butterfly	Michael Phelps  United States	49.82 WR	Milorad Čavić  Serbia	49.95 ER	Rafael Muñoz  Spain	50.41 NR
200 m butterfly	Michael Phelps  United States	1:51.51 WR	Paweł Korzeniowski  Poland	1:53.23 NR	Takeshi Matsuda  Japan	1:53.32
200 m individual medley	Ryan Lochte  United States	1:54.10 WR	László Cseh  Hungary	1:55.24	Eric Shanteau  United States	1:55.36
400 m individual medley	Ryan Lochte  United States	4:07.01	Tyler Clary  United States	4:07.31	László Cseh  Hungary	4:07.37
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	United States Michael Phelps (47.78) Ryan Lochte (47.03) Matt Grevers (47.61) Nathan Adrian (46.79) Garrett Weber-Gale[a] Ricky Berens[a] Cullen Jones[a]	3:09.21 CR	Russia Evgeniy Lagunov (47.90) Andrey Grechin (47.00) Danila Izotov (47.23) Alexander Sukhorukov (47.39) Nikita Konovalov[a]	3:09.52 NR	France Fabien Gilot (47.73) Alain Bernard (46.46) Grégory Mallet (48.28) Frédérick Bousquet (47.42) Amaury Leveaux[a] William Meynard[a]	3:09.89
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	United States Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) Daniel Madwed[a] Davis Tarwater[a] Peter Vanderkaay[a]	6:58.55 WR	Russia Nikita Lobintsev (1:45.10) Mikhail Polischuk (1:45.42) Danila Izotov (1:44.48) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:44.15) Yevgeny Lagunov[a] Sergei Perunin[a]	6:59.15 ER	Australia Kenrick Monk (1:46.00) Robert Hurley (1:46.47) Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.82) Patrick Murphy (1:44.36) Nick Ffrost[a] Kirk Palmer[a]	7:01.65 OC
4 × 100 m medley relay	United States Aaron Peirsol (52.19) CR Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.80) Matt Grevers[a] Mark Gangloff[a] Tyler McGill[a] Nathan Adrian[a]	3:27.28 WR	Germany Helge Meeuw (52.27) ER Hendrik Feldwehr (58.51) Benjamin Starke (50.91) Paul Biedermann (46.89)	3:28.58 ER	Australia Ashley Delaney (53.10) Brenton Rickard (57.80) Andrew Lauterstein (50.58) Matt Targett (47.16) Christian Sprenger[a]	3:28.64 OC

Legend: AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record
^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

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

Legend: AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record
^b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

The following world and championship records were set during the competition:

Date	Round	Event	Established for	Time	Name	Nation
26 July	Semifinal 2	Women's 100 metre butterfly	(same)	56.44	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden
26 July	Final	Men's 400 metre freestyle	(same)	3:40.07	Paul Biedermann	Germany
26 July	Semifinal 2	Women's 200 metre individual medley	(same)	2:07.03	Ariana Kukors	United States
26 July	Final	Women's 400 metre freestyle	(same)	3:59.15	Federica Pellegrini	Italy
26 July	Final	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	Women's 100 metre freestyle	52.22	Britta Steffen	Germany
26 July	Final	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	(same)	3:31.72	Inge Dekker (53.61) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30) Femke Heemskerk (53.03) Marleen Veldhuis (52.78)	Netherlands
27 July	Final	Men's 100 metre breaststroke	(same)	58.58	Brenton Rickard	Australia
27 July	Final	Women's 100 metre butterfly	(same)	56.06	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden
27 July	Semifinal 2	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	(same)	1:04.84	Rebecca Soni	United States
27 July	Semifinal 1	Women's 100 metre backstroke	(same)	58.48	Anastasia Zuyeva	Russia
27 July	Final	Women's 200 metre individual medley	(same)	2:06.15	Ariana Kukors	United States
28 July	Final	Men's 200 metre freestyle	(same)	1:42.00	Paul Biedermann	Germany
28 July	Final	Women's 100 metre backstroke	(same)	58.12	Gemma Spofforth	Great Britain
28 July	Semifinal 2	Men's 50 metre breaststroke	(same)	26.74	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa
28 July	Semifinal 1	Women's 200 metre freestyle	(same)	1:53.67	Federica Pellegrini	Italy
29 July	Heat 4	Women's 200 metre butterfly	(same)	2:04.14	Mary DeScenza	United States
29 July	Semifinal 1	Women's 50 metre backstroke	(same)	27.39	Daniela Samulski	Germany
29 July	Semifinal 2	Women's 50 metre backstroke	(same)	27.38	Anastasia Zuyeva	Russia
29 July	Final	Men's 200 metre butterfly	(same)	1:51.51	Michael Phelps	United States
29 July	Final	Women's 200 metre freestyle	(same)	1:52.98	Federica Pellegrini	Italy
29 July	Final	Men's 50 metre breaststroke	(same)	26.67	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa
29 July	Final	Men's 800 metre freestyle	(same)	7:32.12	Zhang Lin	China
30 July	Final	Men's 200 metre individual medley	(same)	1:54.10	Ryan Lochte	United States
30 July	Semifinal 2	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	(same)	2:20.12	Annamay Pierse	Canada
30 July	Final	Men's 100 metre freestyle	(same)	46.91	César Cielo Filho	Brazil
30 July	Final	Women's 200 metre butterfly	(same)	2:03.41	Jessicah Schipper	Australia
30 July	Semifinal 1	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	(same)	2:07.31	Christian Sprenger	Australia
30 July	Final	Women's 50 metre backstroke	(same)	27.06	Zhao Jing	China
30 July	Final	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	(same)	7:42.08	Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)	China
31 July	Final	Women's 100 metre freestyle	(same)	52.07	Britta Steffen	Germany
31 July	Final	Men's 200 metre backstroke	(same)	1:51.92	Aaron Peirsol	United States
31 July	Semifinal 1	Women's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	25.28	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands
31 July	Semifinal 2	Women's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	25.07	Therese Alshammar	Sweden
31 July	Semifinal 2	Men's 100 metre butterfly	(same)	50.01	Milorad Čavić	Serbia
31 July	Final	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	(same)	6:58.55	Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)	United States
1 August	Final	Women's 200 metre backstroke	(same)	2:04.81	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe
1 August	Final	Men's 100 metre butterfly	(same)	49.82	Michael Phelps	United States
1 August	Semifinal 1	Men's 50 metre backstroke	(same)	24.08	Liam Tancock	Great Britain
1 August	Final	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	(same)	3:52.19	Zhao Jing (58.98) Chen Huijia (1:04.12) Jiao Liuyang (56.28) Li Zhesi (52.81)	China
2 August	Final	Men's 50 metre backstroke	(same)	24.04	Liam Tancock	Great Britain
2 August	Final	Women's 50 metre breaststroke	(same)	30.09	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia
2 August	Final	Women's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	23.73	Britta Steffen	Germany
2 August	Final	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	(same)	3:27.28	Aaron Peirsol (52.19) Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.80)	United States

Date	Round	Event	Established for	Time	Name	Nation
26 July	Heat 9	Women's 100 metre butterfly	(same)	56.76	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden
26 July	Heat 7	Women's 200 metre individual medley	(same)	2:08.53	Ariana Kukors	United States
26 July	Heat 20	Men's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	22.90	Roland Schoeman	South Africa
26 July	Heat 21	Men's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	=22.90	Rafael Muñoz	Spain
26 July	Heat 6	Women's 400 metre freestyle	(same)	4:01.96	Federica Pellegrini	Italy
26 July	Heat 14	Men's 100 metre breaststroke	(same)	58.98	Brenton Rickard	Australia
26 July	Heat 2	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	(same)	3:35.26	Sally Foster (54.18) Marieke Guehrer (53.47) Shayne Reese (53.19) Meagen Nay (54.42)	Australia
26 July	Heat 3	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	(same)	3:34.74	Britta Steffen (53.76) Daniela Samulski (53.81) Petra Dallmann (53.69) Daniela Schreiber (53.48)	Germany
26 July	Heat 4	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	Women's 100 metre freestyle	53.02	Francesca Halsall	Great Britain
26 July	Heat 3	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	Men's 100 metre freestyle	47.77	Brent Hayden	Canada
26 July	Heat 3	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	(same)	3:12.58	Matthew Abood (48.35) Andrew Lauterstein (48.42) Tommaso D'Orsogna (47.82) Matt Targett (48.07)	Australia
26 July	Heat 4	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	Men's 100 metre freestyle	47.52	Stefan Nystrand	Sweden
26 July	Heat 4	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	(same)	3:11.38	Amaury Leveaux (48.37) Grégory Mallet (47.78) William Meynard (48.11) Fabien Gilot (47.12)	France
26 July	Heat 5	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	Men's 100 metre freestyle	47.39	César Cielo Filho	Brazil
26 July	Heat 5	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	(same)	3:11.26	César Cielo Filho (47.39) Nicolas Oliveira (47.51) Guilherme Roth (48.15) Fernando Silva (48.21)	Brazil
26 July	Semifinal 1	Men's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	22.68	Rafael Muñoz	Spain
26 July	Semifinal 2	Men's 100 metre breaststroke	(same)	58.96	Eric Shanteau	United States
26 July	Final	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	Men's 100 metre freestyle	47.09	César Cielo Filho	Brazil
26 July	Final	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	(same)	3:09.21	Michael Phelps (47.78) Ryan Lochte (47.03) Matt Grevers (47.61) Nathan Adrian (46.79)	United States
27 July	Heat 11	Women's 100 metre backstroke	(same)	58.78	Gemma Spofforth	Great Britain
27 July	Heat 10	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	(same)	1:05.66	Rebecca Soni	United States
27 July	Heat 12	Men's 100 metre backstroke	(same)	52.93	Aschwin Wildeboer	Spain
27 July	Semifinal 1	Men's 100 metre backstroke	(same)	52.39	Junya Koga	Japan
27 July	Final	Men's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	22.67	Milorad Čavić	Serbia
27 July	Semifinal 2	Men's 200 metre freestyle	(same)	1:43.65	Paul Biedermann	Germany
28 July	Heat 12	Men's 50 metre breaststroke	(same)	27.26	Barry Murphy	Ireland
28 July	Heat 15	Men's 50 metre breaststroke	(same)	27.15	Brenton Rickard	Australia
28 July	Heat 16	Men's 50 metre breaststroke	(same)	26.92	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa
28 July	Final	Women's 100 metre backstroke	Women's 50 m backstroke	28.13	Anastasia Zuyeva	Russia
28 July	Semifinal 1	Men's 50 metre breaststroke	(same)	=26.92	Felipe França Silva	Brazil
28 July	Final	Women's 1500 metre freestyle	(same)	15:44.93	Alessia Filippi	Italy
28 July	Final	Men's 100 metre backstroke	(same)	52.26	Junya Koga	Japan
29 July	Heat 12	Women's 50 metre backstroke	(same)	27.85	Zhao Jing	China
29 July	Heat 13	Women's 50 metre backstroke	(same)	27.65	Aleksandra Gerasimenya	Belarus
30 July	Heat 6	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	(same)	2:21.68	Annamay Pierse	Canada
30 July	Heat 5	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	(same)	2:09.28	Giedrius Titenis	Lithuania
30 July	Heat 6	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	(same)	2:09.26	Yevgeniy Ryzhkov	Kazakhstan
30 July	Heat 7	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	(same)	2:09.22	Henrique Barbosa	Brazil
30 July	Heat 8	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	(same)	2:08.85	Loris Facci	Italy
30 July	Heat 9	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	(same)	2:08.55	Eric Shanteau	United States
30 July	Heat 1	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	(same)	7:49.04	Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.54) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.45) Hannah Miley (1:58.15) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.90)	Great Britain
30 July	Semifinal 1	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	(same)	2:20.93	Rebecca Soni	United States
30 July	Semifinal 1	Men's 200 metre backstroke	(same)	1:54.06	Aaron Peirsol	United States
31 July	Heat 21	Men's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	21.64	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago
31 July	Heat 22	Men's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	21.37	César Cielo Filho	Brazil
31 July	Heat 10	Women's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	25.74	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden
31 July	Heat 13	Women's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	25.44	Therese Alshammar	Sweden
31 July	Heat 6	Women's 200 metre backstroke	(same)	2:06.72	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe
31 July	Semifinal 1	Men's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	21.29	Duje Draganja	Croatia
31 July	Semifinal 2	Men's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	21.21	Frédérick Bousquet	France
31 July	Semifinal 2	Women's 200 metre backstroke	(same)	2:05.86	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe
31 July	Swim-off	Men's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	21.20	George Bovell	Trinidad and Tobago
1 August	Heat 17	Women's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	24.24	Cate Campbell	Australia
1 August	Heat 10	Women's 50 metre breaststroke	(same)	30.34	Kasey Carlson	United States
1 August	Heat 12	Women's 50 metre breaststroke	(same)	30.24	Yuliya Yefimova	Russia
1 August	Heat 13	Men's 50 metre backstroke	(same)	24.49	Guilherme Guido	Brazil
1 August	Final	Men's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	21.08	César Cielo Filho	Brazil
1 August	Semifinal 1	Women's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	24.20	Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands
1 August	Semifinal 2	Women's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	24.08	Cate Campbell	Australia
1 August	Final	Women's 800 metre freestyle	(same)	8:15.92	Lotte Friis	Denmark
2 August	Heat 3	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	(same)	3:29.48	Helge Meeuw (52.46) Hendrik Feldwehr (58.22) Benjamin Starke (51.11) Paul Biedermann (47.69)	Germany
2 August	Final	Women's 400 metre individual medley	(same)	4:30.31	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary
2 August	Final	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	Men's 100 m backstroke	52.19	Aaron Peirsol	United States

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