Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Host city	Kazan, Russia
Date	2–9 August
Venue	Kazan Arena
Events	42
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Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held between 2 and 9 August 2015 in Kazan, Russia.^[1] The United States won the overall medal count, led by Katie Ledecky who claimed five gold medals.

Schedule

42 events were held.^[2]

All time are local (UTC+3).

H	Heats	½	Semifinals	F	Final

M = Morning session (starting at 09:30), E = Evening session (starting at 17:30)

**Men**
Date →	Sun 2		Mon 3		Tue 4		Wed 5		Thu 6		Fri 7		Sat 8		Sun 9
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle											H	½		F
100 m freestyle							H	½		F
200 m freestyle			H	½		F
400 m freestyle	H	F
800 m freestyle					H			F
1500 m freestyle													H			F
50 m backstroke													H	½		F
100 m backstroke			H	½		F
200 m backstroke									H	½		F
50 m breaststroke					H	½		F
100 m breaststroke	H	½		F
200 m breaststroke									H	½		F
50 m butterfly	H	½		F
100 m butterfly											H	½		F
200 m butterfly					H	½		F
200 m individual medley							H	½		F
400 m individual medley															H	F
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	H	F
4 × 200 m freestyle relay											H	F
4 × 100 m medley relay															H	F

**Women**
Date →	Sun 2		Mon 3		Tue 4		Wed 5		Thu 6		Fri 7		Sat 8		Sun 9
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle													H	½		F
100 m freestyle									H	½		F
200 m freestyle					H	½		F
400 m freestyle	H	F
800 m freestyle											H			F
1500 m freestyle			H			F
50 m backstroke							H	½		F
100 m backstroke			H	½		F
200 m backstroke											H	½		F
50 m breaststroke													H	½		F
100 m breaststroke			H	½		F
200 m breaststroke									H	½		F
50 m butterfly											H	½		F
100 m butterfly	H	½		F
200 m butterfly							H	½		F
200 m individual medley	H	½		F
400 m individual medley															H	F
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	H	F
4 × 200 m freestyle relay									H	F
4 × 100 m medley relay															H	F

**Mixed**
Date →	Sun 2		Mon 3		Tue 4		Wed 5		Thu 6		Fri 7		Sat 8		Sun 9
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
4 × 100 m freestyle relay													H	F
4 × 100 m medley relay							H	F

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Russia)

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle^[3]	Florent Manaudou France	21.19	Nathan Adrian United States	21.52	Bruno Fratus Brazil	21.55
100 m freestyle^[4]	Ning Zetao China	47.84	Cameron McEvoy Australia	47.95	Federico Grabich Argentina	48.12
200 m freestyle^[5]	James Guy Great Britain	1:45.14 NR^[6]	Sun Yang China	1:45.20	Paul Biedermann Germany	1:45.38
400 m freestyle^[7]	Sun Yang China	3:42.58	James Guy Great Britain	3:43.75 NR^[8]	Ryan Cochrane Canada	3:44.59
800 m freestyle^[9]	Sun Yang China	7:39.96	Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy	7:40.81 ER	Mack Horton Australia	7:44.02
1500 m freestyle^[10]	Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy	14:39.67 ER	Connor Jaeger United States	14:41.20 NR^[11]	Ryan Cochrane Canada	14:51.08

50 m backstroke^[12]	Camille Lacourt France	24.23	Matt Grevers United States	24.61	Ben Treffers Australia	24.69
100 m backstroke^[13]	Mitch Larkin Australia	52.40	Camille Lacourt France	52.48	Matt Grevers United States	52.66
200 m backstroke^[14]	Mitch Larkin Australia	1:53.58 OC	Radosław Kawęcki Poland	1:54.55	Evgeny Rylov Russia	1:54:60 NR^[15]

50 m breaststroke^[16]	Adam Peaty Great Britain	26.51	Cameron van der Burgh South Africa	26.66	Kevin Cordes United States	26.86
100 m breaststroke^[17]	Adam Peaty Great Britain	58.52	Cameron van der Burgh South Africa	58.59	Ross Murdoch Great Britain	59.09
200 m breaststroke^[18]	Marco Koch Germany	2:07.76	Kevin Cordes United States	2:08.05	Dániel Gyurta Hungary	2:08.10

50 m butterfly^[19]	Florent Manaudou France	22.97	Nicholas Santos Brazil	23.09	László Cseh Hungary Konrad Czerniak Poland	23.15
100 m butterfly^[20]	Chad le Clos South Africa	50.56 AF	László Cseh Hungary	50.87 NR^[21]	Joseph Schooling Singapore	50.96 AS
200 m butterfly^[22]	László Cseh Hungary	1:53.48	Chad le Clos South Africa	1:53.68	Jan Świtkowski Poland	1:54.10

200 m individual medley^[23]	Ryan Lochte United States	1:55.81	Thiago Pereira Brazil	1:56.65	Wang Shun China	1:56.81 NR
400 m individual medley^[24]	Daiya Seto Japan	4:08.50	Dávid Verrasztó Hungary	4:09.90	Chase Kalisz United States	4:10.05

4 × 100 m freestyle relay^[25]	France Mehdy Metella (48.37) Florent Manaudou (47.93) Fabien Gilot (47.08) Jérémy Stravius (47.36) Lorys Bourelly^[a] Clément Mignon^[a]	3:10.74	Russia Andrey Grechin (48.60) Nikita Lobintsev (47.98) Vladimir Morozov (46.95) Alexandr Sukhorukov (47.66) Danila Izotov^[a]	3:11.19	Italy Luca Dotto (48.75) Marco Orsi (47.75) Michele Santucci (48.48) Filippo Magnini (47.55)	3:12.53
4 × 200 m freestyle relay^[26]	Great Britain Daniel Wallace (1:47.04) Robert Renwick (1:45.98) Calum Jarvis (1:46.57) James Guy (1:44.74) Nicholas Grainger^[a] Duncan Scott^[a]	7:04.33 NR	United States Ryan Lochte (1:45.71) Conor Dwyer (1:45.33) Reed Malone (1:46.92) Michael Weiss (1:46.79) Michael Klueh^[a]	7:04.75	Australia Cameron McEvoy (1:46.46) David McKeon (1:47.05) Daniel Smith (1:46.38) Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.45) Grant Hackett^[a] Kurt Herzog^[a]	7:05.34
4 × 100 m medley relay^[27]	United States Ryan Murphy (53.05) Kevin Cordes (58.88) Tom Shields (50.59) Nathan Adrian (47.41) Matt Grevers^[a] Cody Miller^[a] Tim Phillips^[a] Ryan Lochte^[a]	3:29.93	Australia Mitch Larkin (52.41) Jake Packard (59.16) Jayden Hadler (51.91) Cameron McEvoy (46.60) David Morgan^[a] Kyle Chalmers^[a]	3:30.08	France Camille Lacourt (52.81) Giacomo Perez-Dortona (59.88) Mehdy Metella (50.39) Fabien Gilot (47.42)	3:30.50
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.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle^[28]	Bronte Campbell Australia	24.12	Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands	24.22	Sarah Sjöström Sweden	24.31
100 m freestyle^[29]	Bronte Campbell Australia	52.52	Sarah Sjöström Sweden	52.70	Cate Campbell Australia	52.82
200 m freestyle^[30]	Katie Ledecky United States	1:55.16	Federica Pellegrini Italy	1:55.32	Missy Franklin United States	1:55.49
400 m freestyle^[31]	Katie Ledecky United States	3:59.13 CR	Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands	4:03.02 NR	Jessica Ashwood Australia	4:03.34 OC
800 m freestyle^[32]	Katie Ledecky United States	8:07.39 WR	Lauren Boyle New Zealand	8:17.65 OC	Jazmin Carlin Great Britain	8:18.15
1500 m freestyle^[33]	Katie Ledecky United States	15:25.48 WR	Lauren Boyle New Zealand	15:40.14 OC	Boglárka Kapás Hungary	15:47.09 NR

50 m backstroke^[34]	Fu Yuanhui China	27.11	Etiene Medeiros Brazil	27.26 AM	Liu Xiang China	27.58
100 m backstroke^[35]	Emily Seebohm Australia	58.26	Madison Wilson Australia	58.75	Mie Nielsen Denmark	58.86
200 m backstroke^[36]	Emily Seebohm Australia	2:05.81 OC	Missy Franklin United States	2:06.34	Katinka Hosszú Hungary	2:06.84

50 m breaststroke^[37]	Jennie Johansson Sweden	30.05 NR	Alia Atkinson Jamaica	30.11 NR	Yuliya Yefimova Russia	30.13
100 m breaststroke^[38]	Yuliya Yefimova Russia	1:05.66	Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania	1:06.36	Alia Atkinson Jamaica	1:06.42
200 m breaststroke^[39]	Kanako Watanabe Japan	2:21.15	Micah Lawrence United States	2:22.44	Jessica Vall Spain Rikke Møller Pedersen Denmark Shi Jinglin China	2:22.76 NR 2:22.76

50 m butterfly^[40]	Sarah Sjöström Sweden	24.96 CR	Jeanette Ottesen Denmark	25.34	Lu Ying China	25.37 AS
100 m butterfly^[41]	Sarah Sjöström Sweden	55.64 WR	Jeanette Ottesen Denmark	57.05	Lu Ying China	57.48
200 m butterfly^[42]	Natsumi Hoshi Japan	2:05.56	Cammile Adams United States	2:06.40	Zhang Yufei China	2:06.51 WJ

200 m individual medley^[43]	Katinka Hosszú Hungary	2:06.12 WR	Kanako Watanabe Japan	2:08.45 NR	Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Great Britain	2:08.77
400 m individual medley^[44]	Katinka Hosszú Hungary	4:30.39	Maya DiRado United States	4:31.71	Emily Overholt Canada	4:32.52 NR

4 × 100 m freestyle relay^[45]	Australia Emily Seebohm (53.92) Emma McKeon (53.57) Bronte Campbell (51.77) Cate Campbell (52.22) Madison Wilson^[b] Melanie Wright^[b] Bronte Barratt^[b]	3:31.48 CR	Netherlands Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.30) Maud van der Meer (54.50) Marrit Steenbergen (53.88) Femke Heemskerk (51.99)	3:33.67	United States Missy Franklin (53.68) Margo Geer (54.14) Lia Neal (53.70) Simone Manuel (53.09) Shannon Vreeland^[b] Abbey Weitzeil^[b]	3:34.61
4 × 200 m freestyle relay^[46]	United States Missy Franklin (1:55.95) Leah Smith (1:56.86) Katie McLaughlin (1:56.92) Katie Ledecky (1:55.64) Cierra Runge^[b] Chelsea Chenault^[b] Shannon Vreeland^[b]	7:45.37	Italy Alice Mizzau (1:57.50) Erica Musso (1:58.66) Chiara Masini Luccetti (1:57.52) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.73)	7:48.41	China Qiu Yuhan (1:56.88) Guo Junjun (1:57.55) Zhang Yufei (1:58.73) Shen Duo (1:55.94) Shao Yiwen^[b] Zhang Yuhan^[b]	7:49.10
4 × 100 m medley relay^[47]	China Fu Yuanhui (59.29) Shi Jinglin (1:05.56) Lu Ying (56.56) Shen Duo (53.00) Chen Xinyi^[b] Qiu Yuhan^[b]	3:54.41	Sweden Michelle Coleman (1:00.74) Jennie Johansson (1:05.63) Sarah Sjöström (55.28) Louise Hansson (53.59)	3:55.24 ER	Australia Emily Seebohm (58.81) Taylor McKeown (1:07.38) Emma McKeon (57.59) Bronte Campbell (51.78) Madison Wilson^[b] Lorna Tonks^[b] Madeline Groves^[b] Melanie Wright^[b]	3:55.56
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.

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 100 m freestyle relay^[48]	United States Ryan Lochte (48.79) Nathan Adrian (47.29) Simone Manuel (53.66) Missy Franklin (53.31) Conor Dwyer^[c] Margo Geer^[c] Abbey Weitzeil^[c]	3:23.05 WR	Netherlands Sebastiaan Verschuren (48.74) Joost Reijns (49.09) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.48) Femke Heemskerk (52.79) Kyle Stolk^[c] Marrit Steenbergen^[c]	3:23.10 ER	Canada Santo Condorelli (48.19) Yuri Kisil (48.25) Sandrine Mainville (53.60) Chantal van Landeghem (53.55) Karl Krug^[c] Victoria Poon^[c]	3:23.59 NR
4 × 100 m medley relay^[49]	Great Britain Chris Walker-Hebborn (52.94) Adam Peaty (57.98) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (57.02) Fran Halsall (53.77) Ross Murdoch^[c] Rachael Kelly^[c]	3:41.71 WR	United States Ryan Murphy (53.31) Kevin Cordes (58.63) Katie McLaughlin (57.56) Margo Geer (53.77) Kendyl Stewart^[c] Lia Neal^[c]	3:43.27 AM	Germany Jan-Philip Glania (53.52) Hendrik Feldwehr (59.16) Alexandra Wenk (57.21) Annika Bruhn (54.24)	3:44.13 NR
AF African record \| AM Americas record \| AS Asian record \| CR Championship record \| ER European record \| OC Oceania record \| WR World record \| NR National record ^c Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Records

The following world and championship records were broken during the competition.

World records

Date	Event	Time	Name	Nation
August 2	Women's 100 m butterfly semifinals	55.74	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden
August 3	Women's 1500 m freestyle heats	15:27.71	Katie Ledecky	United States
August 3	Women's 100 m butterfly final	55.64	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden
August 3	Women's 200 individual medley final	2:06.12	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary
August 4	Men's 50 m breaststroke heats	26.62	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa
August 4	Men's 50 m breaststroke semifinals	26.42	Adam Peaty	Great Britain
August 4	Women's 1500 m freestyle final	15:25.48	Katie Ledecky	United States
August 5	Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay heats	3:42.33	Ryan Murphy (52.18) Kevin Cordes (58.33) Kendyl Stewart (57.78) Lia Neal (54.04)	United States
August 5	Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay final	3:41.71	Chris Walker-Hebborn (52.94) Adam Peaty (57.98) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (57.02) Fran Halsall (53.77	Great Britain
August 8	Women's 800 m freestyle final	8:07.39	Katie Ledecky	United States
August 8	Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final	3:23.05	Ryan Lochte (48.79) Nathan Adrian (47.29) Simone Manuel (53.66) Missy Franklin (53.31)	United States

Championship records

Date	Event	Established for	Time	Name	Nation
August 2	Women's 400 m freestyle final	(same)	3:59.13	Katie Ledecky	United States
August 2	Men's 100 m breaststroke heats	(same)	58.52	Adam Peaty	Great Britain
August 2	Men's 100 m breaststroke semifinals	(same)	58.49	Cameron van der Burgh	South Africa
August 2	Men's 100 m breaststroke semifinals	(same)	58.18	Adam Peaty	Great Britain
August 2	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final	(same)	3:31.48	Emily Seebohm (53.92) Emma McKeon (53.57) Bronte Campbell (51.77) Cate Campbell (52.22)	Australia
August 4	Women's 1500 m freestyle final	Women's 800 m freestyle	8:13.25	Katie Ledecky	United States
August 7	Women's 50 m butterfly semifinals	(same)	25.06	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden
August 7	Women's 50 m butterfly final	(same)	24.96	Sarah Sjöström	Sweden

References

^ Info at FINA.org Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ Schedule Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ Men's 50 metre freestyle results
^ Men's 100 metre freestyle results
^ Men's 200 metre freestyle results
^ Braden Keith (4 August 2015). "James Guy Rocks Another Record as British Revolution Continues". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
^ Men's 400 metre freestyle results
^ Retta Race (2 August 2015). "James Guy Cranks Out New British Record En Route to 400m Free Silver". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
^ Men's 800 metre freestyle results
^ Men's 1500 metre freestyle results
^ Karl Ortegon (9 August 2015). "Connor Jaeger Smashes American Record in Silver 1500 Free Performance". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
^ Men's 50 metre backstroke results
^ Men's 100 metre backstroke results
^ Men's 200 metre backstroke results
^ Braden Keith (21 April 2016). "19-Year Old Evgeny Rylov Breaks European Record in 200 Back". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
^ Men's 50 metre breaststroke results
^ Men's 100 metre breaststroke results
^ Men's 200 metre breaststroke results
^ Men's 50 metre butterfly results
^ Men's 100 metre butterfly results
^ Mitch Bowmile (8 August 2015). "Laszlo Cseh Becomes First Man To Medal In All Three Same Stroke Events". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
^ Men's 200 metre butterfly results
^ Men's 200 metre individual medley results
^ Men's 400 metre individual medley results
^ Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay results
^ Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay results
^ Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay results
^ Women's 50 metre freestyle results
^ Women's 100 metre freestyle results
^ Women's 200 metre freestyle results
^ Women's 400 metre freestyle results
^ Women's 800 metre freestyle results
^ Women's 1500 metre freestyle results
^ Women's 50 metre backstroke results
^ Women's 100 metre backstroke results
^ Women's 200 metre backstroke results
^ Women's 50 metre breaststroke results
^ Women's 100 metre breaststroke results
^ Women's 200 metre breaststroke results
^ Women's 50 metre butterfly results
^ Women's 100 metre butterfly results
^ Women's 200 metre butterfly results
^ Women's 200 metre individual medley results
^ Women's 400 metre individual medley results
^ Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay results
^ Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay results
^ Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay results
^ 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay results
^ 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay results

External links

Official website

[1] Info at FINA.org Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Schedule Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Men's 50 metre freestyle results

[4] Men's 100 metre freestyle results

[5] Men's 200 metre freestyle results

[6] Braden Keith (4 August 2015). "James Guy Rocks Another Record as British Revolution Continues". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[7] Men's 400 metre freestyle results

[8] Retta Race (2 August 2015). "James Guy Cranks Out New British Record En Route to 400m Free Silver". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[9] Men's 800 metre freestyle results

[10] Men's 1500 metre freestyle results

[11] Karl Ortegon (9 August 2015). "Connor Jaeger Smashes American Record in Silver 1500 Free Performance". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[12] Men's 50 metre backstroke results

[13] Men's 100 metre backstroke results

[14] Men's 200 metre backstroke results

[15] Braden Keith (21 April 2016). "19-Year Old Evgeny Rylov Breaks European Record in 200 Back". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[16] Men's 50 metre breaststroke results

[17] Men's 100 metre breaststroke results

[18] Men's 200 metre breaststroke results

[19] Men's 50 metre butterfly results

[20] Men's 100 metre butterfly results

[21] Mitch Bowmile (8 August 2015). "Laszlo Cseh Becomes First Man To Medal In All Three Same Stroke Events". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 April 2026.

[22] Men's 200 metre butterfly results

[23] Men's 200 metre individual medley results

[24] Men's 400 metre individual medley results

[25] Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay results

[26] Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay results

[27] Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay results

[28] Women's 50 metre freestyle results

[29] Women's 100 metre freestyle results

[30] Women's 200 metre freestyle results

[31] Women's 400 metre freestyle results

[32] Women's 800 metre freestyle results

[33] Women's 1500 metre freestyle results

[34] Women's 50 metre backstroke results

[35] Women's 100 metre backstroke results

[36] Women's 200 metre backstroke results

[37] Women's 50 metre breaststroke results

[38] Women's 100 metre breaststroke results

[39] Women's 200 metre breaststroke results

[40] Women's 50 metre butterfly results

[41] Women's 100 metre butterfly results

[42] Women's 200 metre butterfly results

[43] Women's 200 metre individual medley results

[44] Women's 400 metre individual medley results

[45] Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay results

[46] Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay results

[47] Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay results

[48] 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay results

[49] 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay results

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2015 FINA World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
3 m & 10 m			mixed team
Synchronised
3 m	men	women	mixed
10 m	men	women	mixed
High diving
20 m		women
27 m	men
Open water swimming
Single
5 km	men	women
10 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team
5 km			mixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men	women	mixed
4 × 200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women	mixed
Synchronised swimming
Solo
Technical		women
Free		women
Duet
Technical		women	mixed
Free		women	mixed
Team
Technical		women
Free		women
Combination		women
Water polo
Tournament	men	women