The 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) were held in Istanbul, Turkey on 12–16 December 2012. This swimming-only championships took place in the Sinan Erdem Dome; all events were swum in a 25-meter (short-course) pool.
The United States topped the medal standings with a total of 27 medals and had the most gold medals with 11. A total of 18 championship records were set and 2 world records (both set by American Ryan Lochte) broken. Lochte and Hungarian Katinka Hosszú were named the best male and female swimmers of the competition. Lochte finished the meet with 8 total medals (breaking his previous record of 7 set in 2010) and Hosszú had 5 total medals.
Bidding process FINA announced on 12 April 2008 that Istanbul had defeated the only other bidder Vienna, Austria after a meeting of the FINA Bureau in Manchester, UK.
Venue The events took place at the Sinan Erdem Dome, which has a seating capacity of 22,500.
Events The swimming competition featured races in a short-course (25 m) pool in 40 events (20 for males, 20 for females; 17 individual events and 3 relays for each gender). Prelim events were held in the morning session and semi-finals/final in the evening session. Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women), and 1500 (men); Backstroke: 50, 100, and 200; Breaststroke: 50, 100, and 200; Butterfly: 50, 100, and 200; Individual medley: 100, 200, and 400; Relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free; 4 × 100 medley
Schedule DateMorning session Preliminary heats (10:00 EET)Evening session Semi-finals and finals (19:00 EET) Wednesday 12 December Men's 200 freestyle Women's 50 breaststroke Men's 100 backstroke Women's 200 butterfly Men's 100 breaststroke Women's 100 backstroke Men's 100 butterfly Women's 400 medley Men's 4 × 100 freestyle Women's 4 × 200 freestyle Men's 200 freestyle (final) Women's 50 breaststroke (semi-finals) Men's 100 backstroke (semi-finals) Women's 200 butterfly (final) Men's 100 breaststroke (semi-finals) Women's 100 backstroke (semi-finals) Men's 100 butterfly (semi-finals) Women's 400 medley (final) Men's 4 × 100 freestyle (final) Women's 4 × 200 freestyle (final) Thursday 13 December Women's 100 freestyle Men's 400 medley Women's 50 butterfly Men's 50 freestyle Women's 100 medley Men's 4 × 200 freestyle Women's 800 freestyle (slower heats) Women's 100 freestyle (semi-finals) Men's 400 medley (final) Women's 50 breaststroke (final) Men's 100 backstroke (final) Women's 50 butterfly (semi-finals) Men's 50 freestyle (semi-finals) Women's 100 backstroke (final)Men's 100 breaststroke (final) Women's 100 medley (semi-finals) Men's 100 butterfly (final) Women's 800 freestyle (final) Men's 4 × 200 freestyle (final) Friday 14 December Men's 50 backstroke Women's 200 backstroke Men's 50 butterfly Women's 100 breaststroke Men's 400 freestyle Men's 200 medley Women's 400 freestyle Men's 200 breaststroke Women's 4 × 100 medley Men's 50 backstroke (semi-finals) Women's 100 freestyle (final) Men's 50 butterfly (semi-finals) Women's 200 backstroke (final) Men's 200 breaststroke (final) Women's 50 butterfly (final) Men's 400 freestyle (final) Women's 100 breaststroke (semi-finals) Women's 400 freestyle (final) Men's 50 freestyle (final) Men's 100 medley (final) Men's 200 medley (final) Women's 4 × 100 medley (final) Saturday 15 December Women's 50 backstroke Men's 100 freestyle Women's 100 butterfly Men's 100 medley Women's 50 freestyle Women's 200 medley Men's 50 breaststroke Women's 4 × 100 freestyle Women's 100 breaststroke (final) Men's 50 backstroke (final) Women's 50 backstroke (semi-finals) Men's 100 freestyle(semi-finals) Women's 50 freestyle (semi-finals) Men's 50 butterfly (final) Women's 100 butterfly(semi-finals) Men's 100 medley (semi-finals) Women's 200 medley (final) Men's 50 breaststroke(semi-finals) Women's 4 × 100 freestyle (final) Sunday 16 December Men's 200 backstroke Women's 200 breaststroke Men's 200 butterfly Women's 200 freestyle Men's 4 × 100 medley Men's 1500 freestyle (slower heats) Men's 100 freestyle (final) Women's 50 backstroke (final) Men's 200 backstroke (final) Women's 200 breaststroke (final) Men's 100 medley (final) Women's 100 butterfly (final) Men's 50 breaststroke (final) Women's 50 freestyle (final) Men's 200 butterfly (final) Men's 1500 freestyle (final) Women's 200 freestyle (final) Men's 4 × 100 medley (final)
Medal summary
Changes in medal standings In June 2013, Danish swimmer Mads Glæsner was stripped by FINA of a gold and bronze medal from the 400- and 1500-meter freestyle after testing positive for levomethamphetamine.
In January 2014 the Court of Arbitration for Sport partially overturned FINA's ruling and returned the gold medal in 1500 m freestyle. +List of changes in medal standingsRuling date Event Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 17 June 2013 Men's 400 metre freestyle −1 −1 +1 +1 17 June 2013 Men's 1500 metre freestyle −1 −1 +1 −1 0 +1 −1 0 +1 +1 31 January 2014 Men's 1500 metre freestyle +1 +1 -1 +1 0 -1 +1 0 -1 -1
Results Men's events Freestyle50 m freestyle Vladimir Morozov Russia 20.55 NRFlorent Manaudou France 20.88Anthony Ervin United States 20.99100 m freestyle Vladimir Morozov Russia 45.65Tommaso D'Orsogna Australia 46.80Yevgeny Lagunov Russia 46.81200 m freestyle Ryan Lochte United States 1:41.92Paul Biedermann Germany 1:42.07Conor Dwyer United States 1:43.78400 m freestyle Paul Biedermann Germany 3:39.15Hao Yun China 3:39.48Matthew Stanley New Zealand 3:41.011500 m freestyle Mads Glæsner Denmark 14:30.01Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy 14:31.13Pál Joensen Faroe Islands 14:36.93 Backstroke50 m backstroke Robert Hurley Australia 23.04Matt Grevers United States 23.17Stanislav Donets Russia 23.19100 m backstroke Matt Grevers United States 49.89Stanislav Donets Russia 49.91Guilherme Guido Brazil 50.50200 m backstroke Radosław Kawęcki Poland 1:48.48Ryan Lochte United States 1:48.50Ryan Murphy United States 1:48.86 Breaststroke50 m breaststroke Aleksander Hetland Norway 26.30Damir Dugonjič Slovenia 26.32Florent Manaudou France 26.33100 m breaststroke Fabio Scozzoli Italy 57.10Damir Dugonjič Slovenia 57.32Kevin Cordes United States 57.83200 m breaststroke Dániel Gyurta Hungary 2:01.35 CRMichael Jamieson Great Britain 2:03.00Viatcheslav Sinkevich Russia 2:03.08 Butterfly50 m butterfly Nicholas Santos Brazil 22.22 CRChad le Clos South Africa 22.26Tom Shields United States 22.46 NR100 butterfly Chad le Clos South Africa 48.82 CR, AFTom Shields United States 49.54Ryan Lochte United States 49.59200 m butterfly Kazuya Kaneda Japan 1:51.01 CRLászló Cseh Hungary 1:51.66Nikolay Skvortsov Russia 1:52.33 Individual medley100 m individual medley Ryan Lochte United States 51.21Kenneth To Australia 51.38George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago 51.66200 m individual medley Ryan Lochte United States 1:49.63 WRDaiya Seto Japan 1:52.80László Cseh Hungary 1:52.89400 m individual medley Daiya Seto Japan 3:59.15 ASLászló Cseh Hungary 4:00.50Dávid Verrasztó Hungary 4:02.87 Relays4 × 100 m freestyle relay United States Anthony Ervin (47.28) Ryan Lochte (45.64) Jimmy Feigen (47.25) Matt Grevers (46.23)Garrett Weber-GaleTyler Reed 3:06.40 Italy Luca Dotto (46.84) Marco Orsi (45.94) Michele Santucci (47.46) Filippo Magnini (46.83) 3:07.07 Australia Tommaso D'Orsogna (46.68) Kyle Richardson (46.92) Travis Mahoney (47.32) Kenneth To (46.35) 3:07.274 × 200 m freestyle relay United States Ryan Lochte (1:41.17) Conor Dwyer (1:43.04) Michael Klueh (1:43.04) Matt McLean (1:43.99)Garrett Weber-GaleMichael Weiss 6:51.40 Australia Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:42.49) Jarrod Killey (1:42.82) Kyle Richardson (1:44.59) Robert Hurley (1:42.39)Travis Mahoney 6:52.29 Germany Paul Biedermann (1:41.93) Dimitri Colupaev (1:42.96) Christoph Fildebrandt (1:45.40) Yannick Lebherz (1:42.93) 6:53.224 × 100 m medley relay United States Matt Grevers (50.00) Kevin Cordes (57.15) Tom Shields (48.66) Ryan Lochte (45.22)Ryan MurphyMihail AlexandrovAnthony Ervin 3:21.03 Russia Stanislav Donets (50.10) Viatcheslav Sinkevich (57.54) Nikolay Skvortsov (50.27) Vladimir Morozov (44.95)Viacheslav PrudnikovYevgeny Lagunov 3:22.86 Australia Robert Hurley (50.44) Kenneth To (57.44) Grant Irvine (50.75) Tommaso D'Orsogna (46.14)Kyle Richardson 3:24.77
Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events Freestyle50 m freestyle Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus 23.64Francesca Halsall Great Britain 23.87Jeanette Ottesen Denmark 24.00100 m freestyle Britta Steffen Germany 52.31Megan Romano United States 52.48Tang Yi China 52.73200 m freestyle Allison Schmitt United States 1:53.59Katinka Hosszú Hungary 1:54.31Melanie Costa Spain 1:54.45400 m freestyle Melanie Costa Spain 4:01.18Chloe Sutton United States 4:01.20Lauren Boyle New Zealand 4:01.24800 m freestyle Lauren Boyle New Zealand 8:08.62 OCLotte Friis Denmark 8:10.99Chloe Sutton United States 8:15.53 Backstroke50 m backstroke Zhao Jing China 25.95 CROlivia Smoliga United States 26.13 NRAleksandra Urbanczyk Poland 26.50100 m backstroke Olivia Smoliga United States 56.64Mie Nielsen Denmark 57.07 NRSimona Baumrtová Czech Republic 57.18 NR200 m backstroke Daryna Zevina Ukraine 2:02.24Bonnie Brandon United States 2:03.19Duane Da Rocha Spain 2:04.15 Breaststroke50 m breaststroke Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania 29.44 CR, ERAlia Atkinson Jamaica 29.67 NRSarah Katsoulis Australia 29.94100 m breaststroke Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania 1:03.52 CR, ERAlia Atkinson Jamaica 1:03.80 NRRikke Møller Pedersen Denmark 1:04.05200 m breaststroke Rikke Møller Pedersen Denmark 2:16.08 CRLaura Sogar United States 2:16.93Kanako Watanabe Japan 2:19.39 Butterfly50 m butterfly Lu Ying China 25.14Jiao Liuyang China 25.23Jeanette Ottesen Denmark 25.55100 butterfly Ilaria Bianchi Italy 56.13Liu Zige China 56.58Jemma Lowe Great Britain 56.66200 m butterfly Katinka Hosszú Hungary 2:02.20 CR, ERJiao Liuyang China 2:02.28Jemma Lowe Great Britain 2:03.19 Individual medley100 m individual medley Katinka Hosszú Hungary 58.49 CRRūta Meilutytė Lithuania 58.79 NRZhao Jing China 58.80200 m individual medley Ye Shiwen China 2:04.64 CRKatinka Hosszú Hungary 2:04.72Hannah Miley Great Britain 2:07.12400 m individual medley Hannah Miley Great Britain 4:23.14 CR, ERYe Shiwen China 4:23.33 ASKatinka Hosszú Hungary 4:25.95 Relays4 × 100 m freestyle relay United States Megan Romano (52.86) Jessica Hardy (53.32) Lia Neal (52.44) Allison Schmitt (52.39)Shannon VreelandOlivia Smoliga 3:31.01 Australia Angie Bainbridge (53.04) Marieke Guehrer (52.32) Brianna Throssell (54.19) Sally Foster (53.35) 3:32.90 Denmark Mie Nielsen (53.07) Pernille Blume (53.61) Kelly Rasmussen (54.59) Jeanette Ottesen (52.24) 3:33.514 × 200 m freestyle relay United States Megan Romano (1:56.03) Chelsea Chenault (1:54.78) Shannon Vreeland (1:55.43) Allison Schmitt (1:53.01)Jasmine Tosky 7:39.25 Russia Veronika Popova (1:55.36) Elena Sokolova (1:55.61) Daria Belyakina (1:55.73) Ksenia Yuskova (1:56.07) 7:42.77 China Qiu Yuhan (1:57.30) Pang Jiaying (1:56.72) Guo Junjun (1:55.91) Tang Yi (1:53.33)Wang Fei 7:43.264 × 100 m medley relay Denmark Mie Nielsen (56.73) Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:03.48) Jeanette Ottesen (56.49) Pernille Blume (53.17) 3:49.87 Australia Rachel Goh (58.16) Sarah Katsoulis (1:03.89) Marieke Guehrer (56.36) Angie Bainbridge (52.47)Grace LohSamantha Marshall Brianna ThrossellSally Foster 3:50.88 United States Olivia Smoliga (57.25) Jessica Hardy (1:04.61) Claire Donahue (57.67) Megan Romano (51.90)Laura SogarChristine Magnuson Lia Neal 3:51.43
Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Championship and world records broken Men