Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

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Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Host cityFukuoka, Japan
Date(s)23–30 July
Venue(s)Marine Messe Fukuoka
Events42
2022
2024

The swimming events at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships were held from 23 to 30 July 2023 at the Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A in Fukuoka, Japan.[1][2] Léon Marchand of France won the Male Swimmer of the Championships award and Kaylee McKeown of Australia won the Female Swimmer of Championships award based on individual point score. The United States won the Team of the Championships award based on team point score.[3] World Records were broken in six individual and three relay events. China's Qin Haiyang and Australia's Kaylee McKeown became the first male and female athletes at a World Aquatics Championships to win the 50m, 100m & 200m events in a single stroke, at a single World Aquatics Championships.[4]

Schedule[edit]

42 events were held.[5][6]

All times are local (UTC+9).

H Heats ½ Semi finals F Final
M = Morning session (starting at 10:30), E = Evening session (starting at 20:00)
Men
Date → Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30
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 metre freestyle relay H F
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay H F
4 × 100 metre medley relay H F
Women
Date → Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30
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 metre freestyle relay H F
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay H F
4 × 100 metre medley relay H F
Mixed
Date → Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30
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[edit]

Medal table[edit]

  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia137525
2 United States7201138
3 China53816
4 France4026
5 Great Britain2248
6 Canada2226
7 Tunisia2103
8 Lithuania2002
 Sweden2002
10 Italy1416
11 South Africa1102
12 Hungary1001
13 Netherlands0123
14 Hong Kong0101
 Poland0101
 Portugal0101
17 Japan*0022
18 Germany0011
 New Zealand0011
 South Korea0011
  Switzerland0011
Totals (21 entries)424441127

Men[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre freestyle
details
Cameron McEvoy
 Australia
21.06 OC Jack Alexy
 United States
21.57 Ben Proud
 Great Britain
21.58
100 metre freestyle
details
Kyle Chalmers
 Australia
47.15 Jack Alexy
 United States
47.31 Maxime Grousset
 France
47.42
200 metre freestyle
details
Matt Richards
 Great Britain
1:44.30 Tom Dean
 Great Britain
1:44.32 Hwang Sun-woo
 South Korea
1:44.42 NR
400 metre freestyle
details
Samuel Short
 Australia
3:40.68 Ahmed Hafnaoui
 Tunisia
3:40.70 AF Lukas Märtens
 Germany
3:42.20
800 metre freestyle
details
Ahmed Hafnaoui
 Tunisia
7:37.00 Samuel Short
 Australia
7:37.76 OC Bobby Finke
 United States
7:38.67 AM
1500 metre freestyle
details
Ahmed Hafnaoui
 Tunisia
14:31.54 CR, AF Bobby Finke
 United States
14:31.59 AM Samuel Short
 Australia
14:37.28
50 metre backstroke
details
Hunter Armstrong
 United States
24.05 Justin Ress
 United States
24.24 Xu Jiayu
 China
24.50
100 metre backstroke
details
Ryan Murphy
 United States
52.22 Thomas Ceccon
 Italy
52.27 Hunter Armstrong
 United States
52.58
200 metre backstroke
details
Hubert Kós
 Hungary
1:54.14 NR Ryan Murphy
 United States
1:54.83 Roman Mityukov
  Switzerland
1:55.34 NR
50 metre breaststroke
details
Qin Haiyang
 China
26.29 Nic Fink
 United States
26.59 Sun Jiajun
 China
26.79
100 metre breaststroke
details
Qin Haiyang
 China
57.69 AS Nicolò Martinenghi
 Italy
Arno Kamminga
 Netherlands
Nic Fink
 United States
58.72 None awarded
200 metre breaststroke
details
Qin Haiyang
 China
2:05.48 WR Zac Stubblety-Cook
 Australia
2:06.40 Matt Fallon
 United States
2:07.74
50 metre butterfly
details
Thomas Ceccon
 Italy
22.68 NR Diogo Ribeiro
 Portugal
22.80 NR Maxime Grousset
 France
22.82
100 metre butterfly
details
Maxime Grousset
 France
50.14 NR Joshua Liendo
 Canada
50.34 NR Dare Rose
 United States
50.46
200 metre butterfly
details
Léon Marchand
 France
1:52.43 NR Krzysztof Chmielewski
 Poland
1:53.62 Tomoru Honda
 Japan
1:53.66
200 metre individual medley
details
Léon Marchand
 France
1:54.82 ER Duncan Scott
 Great Britain
1:55.95 Tom Dean
 Great Britain
1:56.07
400 metre individual medley
details
Léon Marchand
 France
4:02.50 WR Carson Foster
 United States
4:06.56 Daiya Seto
 Japan
4:09.41
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
details
 Australia
Jack Cartwright (47.84)
Flynn Southam (47.85)
Kai Taylor (47.91)
Kyle Chalmers (46.56)
Matthew Temple[b]
3:10.16  Italy
Alessandro Miressi (47.54)
Manuel Frigo (47.79)
Lorenzo Zazzeri (48.13)
Thomas Ceccon (47.03)
Leonardo Deplano[b]
3:10.49  United States
Ryan Held (48.16)
Jack Alexy (47.56)
Chris Guiliano (47.77)
Matt King (47.32)
Destin Lasco[b]
Justin Ress[b]
3:10.81
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
details
 Great Britain
Duncan Scott (1:45.42)
Matthew Richards (1:44.65)
James Guy (1:45.17)
Tom Dean (1:43.84)
Joe Litchfield[b]
6:59.08  United States
Luke Hobson (1:46.00)
Carson Foster (1:44.49)
Jake Mitchell (1:45.06)
Kieran Smith (1:44.47)
Drew Kibler[b]
Baylor Nelson[b]
Henry McFadden[b]
7:00.02  Australia
Kai Taylor (1:45.79)
Kyle Chalmers (1:45.19)
Alexander Graham (1:45.55)
Thomas Neill (1:45.60)
Flynn Southam[b]
Elijah Winnington[b]
7:02.13
4 × 100 metre medley relay
details
 United States
Ryan Murphy (52.04)
Nic Fink (58.03)
Dare Rose (50.13)
Jack Alexy (47.00)
Hunter Armstrong[b]
Josh Matheny[b]
Thomas Heilman[b]
Matt King[b]
3:27.20 CR  China
Xu Jiayu (53.39)
Qin Haiyang (57.43)
Wang Changhao (51.56)
Pan Zhanle (46.62)
Yan Zibei[b]
Sun Jiajun[b]
Wang Haoyu[b]
3:29.00 AS  Australia
Bradley Woodward (53.38)
Zac Stubblety-Cook (59.25)
Matthew Temple (50.10)
Kyle Chalmers (46.89)
Samuel Williamson[b]
Kai Taylor[b]
3:29.62

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[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre freestyle
details
Sarah Sjöström
 Sweden
23.62 Shayna Jack
 Australia
24.10 Zhang Yufei
 China
24.15
100 metre freestyle
details
Mollie O'Callaghan
 Australia
52.16 Siobhán Haughey
 Hong Kong
52.49 Marrit Steenbergen
 Netherlands
52.71
200 metre freestyle
details
Mollie O'Callaghan
 Australia
1:52.85 WR Ariarne Titmus
 Australia
1:53.01 Summer McIntosh
 Canada
1:53.65 WJ, NR
400 metre freestyle
details
Ariarne Titmus
 Australia
3:55.38 WR Katie Ledecky
 United States
3:58.73 Erika Fairweather
 New Zealand
3:59.59 NR
800 metre freestyle
details
Katie Ledecky
 United States
8:08.87 Li Bingjie
 China
8:13.31 AS Ariarne Titmus
 Australia
8:13.59 =OC
1500 metre freestyle
details
Katie Ledecky
 United States
15:26.27 Simona Quadarella
 Italy
15:43.31 Li Bingjie
 China
15:45.71
50 metre backstroke
details
Kaylee McKeown
 Australia
27.08 OC Regan Smith
 United States
27.11 Lauren Cox
 Great Britain
27.20
100 metre backstroke
details
Kaylee McKeown
 Australia
57.53 CR Regan Smith
 United States
57.78 Katharine Berkoff
 United States
58.25
200 metre backstroke
details
Kaylee McKeown
 Australia
2:03.85 Regan Smith
 United States
2:04.94 Peng Xuwei
 China
2:06.74
50 metre breaststroke
details
Rūta Meilutytė
 Lithuania
29.16 WR Lilly King
 United States
29.94 Benedetta Pilato
 Italy
30.04
100 metre breaststroke
details
Rūta Meilutytė
 Lithuania
1:04.62 Tatjana Schoenmaker
 South Africa
1:05.84 Lydia Jacoby
 United States
1:05.94
200 metre breaststroke
details
Tatjana Schoenmaker
 South Africa
2:20.80 Kate Douglass
 United States
2:21.23 Tes Schouten
 Netherlands
2:21.63 NR
50 metre butterfly
details
Sarah Sjöström
 Sweden
24.77 Zhang Yufei
 China
25.05 AS Gretchen Walsh
 United States
25.46
100 metre butterfly
details
Zhang Yufei
 China
56.12 Maggie Mac Neil
 Canada
56.45 Torri Huske
 United States
56.61
200 metre butterfly
details
Summer McIntosh
 Canada
2:04.06 AM, WJ Elizabeth Dekkers
 Australia
2:05.46 Regan Smith
 United States
2:06.78
200 metre individual medley
details
Kate Douglass
 United States
2:07.17 Alexandra Walsh
 United States
2:07.97 Yu Yiting
 China
2:08.74
400 metre individual medley
details
Summer McIntosh
 Canada
4:27.11 CR Katie Grimes
 United States
4:31.41 Jenna Forrester
 Australia
4:32.30
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
details
 Australia
Mollie O'Callaghan (52.08)
Shayna Jack (51.69)
Meg Harris (52.29)
Emma McKeon (51.90)
Brianna Throssell[b]
Madison Wilson[b]
3:27.96 WR  United States
Gretchen Walsh (54.06)
Abbey Weitzeil (52.71)
Olivia Smoliga (52.88)
Kate Douglass (52.28)
Torri Huske[b]
Maxine Parker[b]
3:31.93  China
Cheng Yujie (53.39)
Yang Junxuan (53.53)
Wu Qingfeng (52.64)
Zhang Yufei (52.84)
Ai Yanhan[b]
Zhu Menghui[b]
3:32.40 AS
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
details
 Australia
Mollie O'Callaghan (1:53.66)
Shayna Jack (1:55.63)
Brianna Throssell (1:55.80)
Ariarne Titmus (1:52.41)
Madison Wilson[b]
Lani Pallister[b]
Kiah Melverton[b]
7:37.50 WR  United States
Erin Gemmell (1:55.97)
Katie Ledecky (1:54.39)
Bella Sims (1:54.64)
Alex Shackell (1:56.38)
Leah Smith[b]
Anna Peplowski[b]
7:41.38  China
Li Bingjie (1:55.83)
Li Jiaping (1:58.54)
Ai Yanhan (1:55.57)
Liu Yaxin (1:55.46)
Yang Peiqi[b]
Ge Chutong[b]
7:44.40
4 × 100 metre medley relay
details
 United States
Regan Smith (57.68)
Lilly King (1:04.93)
Gretchen Walsh (57.06)
Kate Douglass (52.41)
Katharine Berkoff[b]
Lydia Jacoby[b]
Torri Huske[b]
Abbey Weitzeil[b]
3:52.08  Australia
Kaylee McKeown (57.91)
Abbey Harkin (1:07.07)
Emma McKeon (56.44)
Mollie O'Callaghan (51.95)
Madison Wilson[b]
Brianna Throssell[b]
Meg Harris[b]
3:53.37  Canada
Kylie Masse (58.74)
Sophie Angus (1:06.21)
Maggie Mac Neil (55.69)
Summer McIntosh (53.48)
Ingrid Wilm[b]
Mary-Sophie Harvey[b]
3:54.12

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 events[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
details
 Australia
Jack Cartwright (48.14)
Kyle Chalmers (47.25)
Shayna Jack (51.73)
Mollie O'Callaghan (51.71)
Flynn Southam[b]
Madison Wilson[b]
Meg Harris[b]
3:18.83 WR  United States
Jack Alexy (47.68)
Matt King (47.78)
Abbey Weitzeil (52.94)
Kate Douglass (52.42)
Chris Guiliano[b]
Olivia Smoliga[b]
Bella Sims[b]
3:20.82  Great Britain
Matt Richards (47.83)
Duncan Scott (47.46)
Anna Hopkin (53.30)
Freya Anderson (53.09)
Jacob Whittle[b]
Tom Dean[b]
Lucy Hope[b]
3:21.68 ER
4 × 100 metre medley relay
details
 China
Xu Jiayu (52.42)
Qin Haiyang (57.31)
Zhang Yufei (55.69)
Cheng Yujie (53.15)
Yan Zibei[b]
Wang Yichun[b]
Wu Qingfeng[b]
3:38.57  Australia
Kaylee McKeown (58.03)
Zac Stubblety-Cook (58.84)
Matthew Temple (50.63)
Shayna Jack (51.53)
Bradley Woodward[b]
Samuel Williamson[b]
Emma McKeon[b]
3:39.03  United States
Ryan Murphy (52.02)
Nic Fink (58.19)
Torri Huske (58.19)
Kate Douglass (51.79)
Katharine Berkoff[b]
Josh Matheny[b]
Dare Rose[b]
Abbey Weitzeil[b]
3:40.19

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.

Records[edit]

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

World records[edit]

Date Round Event Time Name Nation
July 23 Final Women's 400 metre freestyle 3:55.38 Ariarne Titmus  Australia
July 23 Final Men's 400 metre individual medley 4:02.50 Léon Marchand  France
July 23 Final Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 3:27.96 Mollie O'Callaghan (52.08)
Shayna Jack (51.69)
Meg Harris (52.29)
Emma McKeon (51.90)
 Australia
July 26 Final Women's 200 metre freestyle 1:52.85 Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia
July 27 Final Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 7:37.50 Mollie O'Callaghan (1:53.66)
Shayna Jack (1:55.63)
Brianna Throssell (1:55.80)
Ariarne Titmus (1:52.42)
 Australia
July 28 Final Men's 200 metre breaststroke 2:05.48 Qin Haiyang  China
July 29 Semifinal 2 Women's 50 metre freestyle 23.61 Sarah Sjöström  Sweden
July 29 Semifinal 2 Women's 50 metre breaststroke =29.30 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania
July 29 Final Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 3:18.83 Jack Cartwright (48.14)
Kyle Chalmers (47.25)
Shayna Jack (51.73)
Mollie O'Callaghan (51.71)
 Australia
July 30 Final Women's 50 metre breaststroke 29.16 Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania

Championship records[edit]

Date Round Event Time Name Nation
July 25 Final Women's 100 metre backstroke 57.53 Kaylee McKeown  Australia
July 30 Final Men's 1500 metre freestyle 14:31.54 Ahmed Hafnaoui  Tunisia
July 30 Final Women's 400 metre individual medley 4:27.11 Summer McIntosh  Canada
July 30 Final Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 3:27.20 Ryan Murphy (52.04)
Nic Fink (58.03)
Dare Rose (50.13)
Jack Alexy (47.00)
 United States

References[edit]

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