The 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 15 to 19 December 2010. This swimming-only championships took place in the Dubai Sports Complex; all events were swum in a 25-meter (short-course) pool.
FINA announced on April 9, 2006, that Dubai had defeated the only other bidder Istanbul, Turkey, 11 votes to 10, after a meeting of the FINA Bureau in Shanghai, China.
The USA topped the medal standings with a total of 25 medals. A total of 57 Championship Records, and 4 World Records were set. American Ryan Lochte and Spaniard Mireia Belmonte were named swimmers of the competition. Lochte became the first individual ever to win 7 medals at a Short Course Worlds, and became the first individual to swim a World Record since suits-rule changes went into effect in January 2010. Belmonte won a total of four medals, tied for the most with American Rebecca Soni.
Participating nations The entry list released on the FINA website before the championships contained 153 countries.
(Note: At best, this is a re-post of the official list.)
Results Men's events Freestyle50 free César Cielo Filho Brazil 20.51CR,AMFrédérick Bousquet France 20.81Josh Schneider USA 20.88100 free César Cielo Brazil 45.74CR,SAFabien Gilot France 45.97Nikita Lobintsev Russia 46.35200 free Ryan Lochte USA 1:41.08CRDanila Izotov Russia 1:41.70Oussama Mellouli Tunisia 1:42.02400 free Paul Biedermann Germany 3:37.06Nikita Lobintsev Russia 3:37.84Oussama Mellouli Tunisia 3:38.171500 free Oussama Mellouli Tunisia 14:24.16Mads Glæsner Denmark 14:29.52Gergely Gyurta Hungary 14:31.47 Backstroke50 back Stanislav Donets Russia 22.93CRSun Xiaolei China andAschwin Wildeboer Spain 23.13 Not awarded 100 back Stanislav Donets Russia 49.07CRCamille Lacourt France 49.80Aschwin Wildeboer Spain 50.04200 back Ryan Lochte USA 1:46.68CRTyler Clary USA 1:49.09Markus Rogan Austria 1:49.69 Breaststroke50 breast Felipe França Silva Brazil 25.95CRCameron van der Burgh South Africa 26.03Aleksander Hetland Norway 26.29100 breast Cameron van der Burgh South Africa 56.80CRFabio Scozzoli Italy 57.13Felipe França Silva Brazil 57.39200 breast Naoya Tomita Japan 2:03.12CRDániel Gyurta Hungary 2:03.47Brenton Rickard Australia 2:04.33 Butterfly50 fly Albert Subirats Venezuela 22.40CRAndrii Govorov Ukraine 22.43Steffen Deibler Germany 22.44100 fly Yevgeny Korotyshkin Russia 50.23Albert Subirats Venezuela 50.24Kaio Almeida Brazil 50.33200 fly Chad le Clos South Africa 1:51.56Kaio Almeida Brazil 1:51.61László Cseh Hungary 1:51.67 Individual Medley100 IM Ryan Lochte USA 50.86Markus Deibler Germany 51.69Sergey Fesikov Russia 51.81200 IM Ryan Lochte USA 1:50.08WRMarkus Rogan Austria 1:52.90Tyler Clary USA 1:53.56400 IM Ryan Lochte USA 3:55.50WROussama Mellouli Tunisia 3:57.40Tyler Clary USA 3:57.56 Relays4 × 100 Free Relay France Alain Bernard (46.78) Frédérick Bousquet (45.92) Fabien Gilot (45.75) Yannick Agnel (46.33) 3:04.78CR Russia Yevgeny Lagunov (46.68) Sergey Fesikov (45.87) Nikita Lobintsev (45.79) Danila Izotov (46.48) 3:04.82 Brazil Nicholas Santos (47.33) César Cielo (45.08) Marcelo Chierighini (47.02) Nicolas Oliveira (46.31) 3:05.74SA4 × 200 Free Relay Russia Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.10) Danila Izotov (1:42.15) Evgeny Lagunov (1:42.32) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47) 6:49.04WR USA Peter Vanderkaay (1:43.83) Ryan Lochte (1:40.48) Garrett Weber-Gale (1:42.89) Ricky Berens (1:42.38) 6:49.58 France Yannick Agnel (1:41.95) Fabien Gilot (1:42.55) Clément Lefert (1:45.01) Jérémy Stravius (1:43.54) 6:53.054 × 100 Medley Relay USA Nick Thoman (49.88) Mike Alexandrov (56.52) Ryan Lochte (49.17) Garrett Weber-Gale (45.42) 3:20.99CR Russia Stanislav Donets (48.95) CR Stanislav Lakhtyukhov (57.27) Evgeny Korotyshkin (49.39) Nikita Lobintsev (46.00) 3:21.61 Brazil Guilherme Guido (50.69) Felipe França Silva (57.21) Kaio Almeida (50.09) César Cielo (45.13) Henrique Martins Nicolas Oliveira Glauber Silva 3:23.12SA Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events Freestyle50 free Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands 23.37Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands 23.81Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas 24.04100 free Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands 51.45CRFemke Heemskerk Netherlands 52.18Natalie Coughlin USA 52.25200 free Camille Muffat France 1:52.29CRKatie Hoff USA 1:52.91Kylie Palmer Australia 1:52.96400 free Katie Hoff USA 3:57.07CRKylie Palmer Australia 3:58.39Federica Pellegrini Italy 3:59.52800 free Erika Villaécija Spain 8:11.61Mireia Belmonte Spain 8:12.48Kate Ziegler USA 8:12.84 Backstroke50 back Zhao Jing China 26.27CRRachel Goh Australia 26.54Mercedes Peris Spain 26.80100 back Natalie Coughlin USA 56.08CRZhao Jing China 56.18Gao Chang China 56.21200 back Alexianne Castel France 2:01.67Missy Franklin USA 2:02.01Zhou Yanxin China 2:03.22 Breaststroke50 breast Rebecca Soni USA 29.83Leiston Pickett Australia 29.84Zhao Jin China 29.90100 breast Rebecca Soni USA 1:03.98CRLeisel Jones Australia 1:04.26Ji Liping China 1:04.79200 breast Rebecca Soni USA 2:16.39CRSun Ye China 2:18.09Rikke Pedersen Denmark 2:18.82 Butterfly50 fly Therese Alshammar Sweden 24.87CRFelicity Galvez Australia 24.90Jeanette Ottesen Denmark 25.24100 fly Felicity Galvez Australia 55.43CRTherese Alshammar Sweden 55.73Dana Vollmer USA 56.25200 fly Mireia Belmonte Spain 2:03.59CRJemma Lowe Great Britain 2:03.94Petra Granlund Sweden 2:04.38 Individual Medley100 IM Ariana Kukors USA 58.95Kotuku Ngawati Australia 59.27Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands 59.53200 IM Mireia Belmonte Spain 2:05.73CRYe Shiwen China 2:05.94Ariana Kukors USA 2:06.09400 IM Mireia Belmonte Spain 4:24.21CRYe Shiwen China 4:24.55Li Xuanxu China 4:29.05 Relays4 × 100 Free Relay Netherlands Femke Heemskerk (52.33) Inge Dekker (52.47) Hinkelien Schreuder (52.32) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.42) 3:28.54CR USA Natalie Coughlin (51.88) Katie Hoff (52.79) Jessica Hardy (53.03) Dana Vollmer (51.64) 3:29.34 China Tang Yi (52.27) Zhu Qianwei (52.60) Pang Jiaying (52.94) Li Zhesi (52.00) 3:29.814 × 200 Free Relay China Chen Qian (1:54.73) Tang Yi (1:53.54) Liu Jing (1:53.59) Zhu Qianwei (1:54.08) 7:35.94WR Australia Blair Evans (1:54.87) Jade Neilsen (1:54.87) Kelly Stubbins (1:55.41) Kylie Palmer (1:52.42) 7:37.57 France Camille Muffat (1:53.17) CR Coralie Balmy (1:53.71) Mylène Lazare (1:56.24) Ophélie Etienne (1:55.21) 7:38.334 × 100 Medley Relay China Zhao Jing (56.52) Zhao Jin (1:04.20) Liu Zige (55.80) Tang Yi (51.77) 3:48.29CR USA Natalie Coughlin (56.83) Rebecca Soni (1:03.73) Dana Vollmer (55.62) Jessica Hardy (52.18) 3:48.36 Australia Rachel Goh (57.39) Leisel Jones (1:03.76) Felicity Galvez (55.56) Marieke Guehrer (52.17) 3:48.88
Medal table
Highlights For a list of day-by-day highlights from the 2010 Short Course Worlds, please see: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights
Records For a list of records set at the 2010 Short Course Worlds, please see this entry: 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Records
Controversy At the time of the event, Israel and the United Arab Emirates had no diplomatic relations; however, UAE officials said they would issue visas to the Israeli delegation attending the competition. As such, the Israeli delegation was eventually let into the country and were able to get to the Championships before racing actually started, but it was not without difficulties and several delays. Among the reported issue were that the Israelis were not issued visas nor were their passports stamped, and their arrival was delayed to just before competition started.
Notes and references
Daily reports Dubai, Day 1: China sets first WR of the year and Spain gets first gold ever. FINA. Retrieved on 2010-12-15. Dubai, Day 2: Two more WR and tied match (3-3) between USA and Russia. FINA. Retrieved on 2010-12-16. Dubai, Day 3: Lochte imperial sets WR in the 200m IM. FINA. Retrieved on 2010-12-17. Dubai, Day 4: Belmonte Garcia (ESP), a new Star is born. FINA. Retrieved on 2010-12-18. Dubai, Day 5: Lochte (USA), first ever with 7 medals in one championships. FINA. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.
See also 2010 in swimming List of World Championships records in swimming
References Official event website Summons for the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)