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).
Competition schedule The evening session schedule for the 2009 Worlds was: Date Sunday July 26, 2009 Monday July 27, 2009 Tuesday July 28, 2009 Wednesday July 29, 2009 E v e n t s Women's 100 fly [sf] Men's 400 free Women's 200 IM [sf] Men's 50 fly [sf] Women's 400 free Men's 100 breast [sf] Women's 4 × 100 freestyle Men's 4 × 100 freestyle Men's 100 breast Women's 100 fly Men's 100 back [sf] Women's 100 breast [sf] Men's 50 fly Women's 100 back [sf] Men's 200 free [sf] Women's 200 IM Men's 200 free Women's 100 back Men's 50 breast [sf] Women's 1500 free Men's 100 back Women's 200 free [sf] Men's 200 fly [sf] Women's 100 breast Men's 100 free [sf] Women's 50 back [sf] Men's 200 fly Women's 200 free Men's 50 breast Women's 200 fly [sf] Men's 200 IM [sf] Men's 800 freeDate Thursday July 30, 2009 Friday July 31, 2009 Saturday August 1, 2009 Sunday August 2, 2009 E v e n t s Women's 100 free [sf] Men's 200 IM Women's 200 breast [sf] Men's 100 free Women's 200 fly Men's 200 breast [sf] Women's 50 back Men's 200 back [sf] Women's 4 × 200 freestyleWomen's 100 free Men's 200 back Women's 50 fly [sf] Men's 50 free [sf] Women's 200 breast Men's 100 fly [sf]Women's 200 back [sf] Men's 200 breast Men's 4 × 200 freestyle Women's 50 fly Men's 50 free Women's 200 back Women's 50 breast [sf] Men's 100 fly Women's 50 free [sf] Men's 50 back [sf] Women's 800 free Women's 4 × 100 medley Men's 50 back Women's 50 breast Men's 400 IM Women's 50 free Men's 1500 free Women's 400 IM Men's 4 × 100 medley
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.
Medal table
Medal winners Men's events 50 m freestyle César Cielo Filho 21.08CR, AM Frédérick Bousquet 21.21 Amaury Leveaux 21.25100 m freestyle César Cielo Filho 46.91 Alain Bernard 47.12 ER Frédérick Bousquet 47.25200 m freestyle Paul Biedermann 1:42.00 Michael Phelps 1:43.22 Danila Izotov 1:43.90 NR400 m freestyle Paul Biedermann 3:40.07 Oussama Mellouli 3:41.11 AF Zhang Lin 3:41.35 AS800 m freestyle Zhang Lin 7:32.12 Oussama Mellouli 7:35.27 AF Ryan Cochrane 7:41.92 AM1500 m freestyle Oussama Mellouli 14:37.28 AF Ryan Cochrane 14:41.38 Sun Yang 14:46.8450 m backstroke Liam Tancock 24.04 Junya Koga 24.24 AS Gerhard Zandberg 24.34 AF100 m backstroke Junya Koga 52.26CR, AS Helge Meeuw 52.54 Aschwin Wildeboer 52.64200 m backstroke Aaron Peirsol 1:51.92 Ryosuke Irie 1:52.51 AS Ryan Lochte 1:53.8250 m breaststroke Cameron van der Burgh 26.67 Felipe França Silva 26.76AM Mark Gangloff 26.86 NR100 m breaststroke Brenton Rickard 58.58 Hugues Duboscq 58.64 ER Cameron van der Burgh 58.95 AF200 m breaststroke Dániel Gyurta 2:07.64ER Eric Shanteau 2:07.65 Giedrius TitenisChristian Sprenger 2:07.80NR2:07.8050 m butterfly Milorad Čavić 22.67CR, NR Matt Targett 22.73 OC Rafael Muñoz 22.88100 m butterfly Michael Phelps 49.82 Milorad Čavić 49.95 ER Rafael Muñoz 50.41 NR200 m butterfly Michael Phelps 1:51.51 Paweł Korzeniowski 1:53.23 NR Takeshi Matsuda 1:53.32200 m individual medley Ryan Lochte 1:54.10 László Cseh 1:55.24 Eric Shanteau 1:55.36400 m individual medley Ryan Lochte 4:07.01 Tyler Clary 4:07.31 László Cseh 4:07.374 × 100 m freestyle relayMichael Phelps (47.78)Ryan Lochte (47.03)Matt Grevers (47.61)Nathan Adrian (46.79)Garrett Weber-GaleRicky BerensCullen Jones 3:09.21CREvgeniy Lagunov (47.90)Andrey Grechin (47.00)Danila Izotov (47.23)Alexander Sukhorukov (47.39) Nikita Konovalov 3:09.52NRFabien Gilot (47.73)Alain Bernard (46.46)Grégory Mallet (48.28)Frédérick Bousquet (47.42)Amaury LeveauxWilliam Meynard 3:09.894 × 200 m freestyle relayMichael Phelps (1:44.49)Ricky Berens (1:44.13)David Walters (1:45.47)Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)Daniel MadwedDavis TarwaterPeter Vanderkaay 6:58.55Nikita Lobintsev (1:45.10)Mikhail Polischuk (1:45.42)Danila Izotov (1:44.48)Alexander Sukhorukov (1:44.15)Yevgeny LagunovSergei Perunin 6:59.15 ERKenrick Monk (1:46.00)Robert Hurley (1:46.47)Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.82)Patrick Murphy (1:44.36)Nick FfrostKirk Palmer 7:01.65 OC4 × 100 m medley relay Aaron Peirsol (52.19) CR Eric Shanteau (58.57)Michael Phelps (49.72)David Walters (46.80)Matt GreversMark GangloffTyler McGillNathan Adrian 3:27.28Helge Meeuw (52.27) ERHendrik Feldwehr (58.51)Benjamin Starke (50.91)Paul Biedermann (46.89) 3:28.58 ERAshley Delaney (53.10)Brenton Rickard (57.80)Andrew Lauterstein (50.58)Matt Targett (47.16)Christian Sprenger 3:28.64OC Legend: Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events 50 m freestyle Britta Steffen 23.73 Therese Alshammar 23.88 NR Cate CampbellMarleen Veldhuis 23.99100 m freestyle Britta Steffen 52.07 Francesca Halsall 52.87 NR Libby Trickett 52.93200 m freestyle Federica Pellegrini 1:52.98 Allison Schmitt 1:54.96AM Dana Vollmer 1:55.64400 m freestyle Federica Pellegrini 3:59.15 Joanne Jackson 4:00.60 NR Rebecca Adlington 4:00.79800 m freestyle Lotte Friis 8:15.92CR, NR Joanne Jackson 8:16.66 Alessia Filippi 8:17.21 NR1500 m freestyle Alessia Filippi 15:44.93CR, ER Lotte Friis 15:46.30 NR Camelia Potec 15:55.6350 m backstrokeZhao Jing 27.06Daniela Samulski 27.23 ERGao Chang 27.28100 m backstroke Gemma Spofforth 58.12 Anastasia Zueva 58.18 NR Emily Seebohm 58.88OC200 m backstroke Kirsty Coventry 2:04.81 Anastasia Zueva 2:04.94 ER Elizabeth Beisel 2:06.3950 m breaststroke Yuliya Efimova 30.09 Rebecca Soni 30.11 AM Sarah Katsoulis 30.16OC100 m breaststroke Rebecca Soni 1:04.93 Yuliya Efimova 1:05.41 ER Kasey Carlson 1:05.75200 m breaststroke Nadja Higl 2:21.62 ER Annamay Pierse 2:21.84 Mirna Jukić 2:21.97 NR50 m butterfly Marieke Guehrer 25.48OC Zhou Yafei 25.57 AS Ingvild Snildal 25.58100 m butterfly Sarah Sjöström 56.06 Jessicah Schipper 56.23OC Jiao Liuyang 56.86 AS200 m butterfly Jessicah Schipper 2:03.41 Liu Zige 2:03.90 AS Katinka Hosszú 2:04.28200 m individual medley Ariana Kukors 2:06.15 Stephanie Rice 2:07.03OC Katinka Hosszú 2:07.46 ER400 m individual medley Katinka Hosszú 4:30.31CR, ER Kirsty Coventry 4:32.12 Stephanie Rice 4:32.294 × 100 m freestyle relayInge Dekker (53.61)Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30)Frederike Heemskerk (53.03)Marleen Veldhuis (52.78)Hinkelien Schreuder 3:31.72Britta Steffen (52.22) Daniela Samulski (53.49)Petra Dallmann (53.75)Daniela Schreiber (52.37) 3:31.83 NRLibby Trickett (52.62) OCMarieke Guehrer (53.60)Shayne Reese (53.25)Felicity Galvez (53.54)Sally FosterMeagen Nay 3:33.01OC4 × 200 m freestyle relayYang Yu (1:55.47)Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79)Liu Jing (1:56.09)Pang Jiaying (1:54.73) 7:42.08Dana Vollmer (1:55.29)Lacey Nymeyer (1:57.88)Ariana Kukors (1:55.18)Allison Schmitt (1:54.21)Dagny KnutsonAlyssa Anderson 7:42.56AMJoanne Jackson (1:55.98)Jazmin Carlin (1:56.78)Caitlin McClatchey (1:56.42)Rebecca Adlington (1:56.33)Hannah Miley 7:45.51ER4 × 100 m medley relayZhao Jing (58.98) ASChen Huijia (1:04.12)Jiao Liuyang (56.28)Li Zhesi (52.81) 3:52.19Emily Seebohm (59.40)Sarah Katsoulis (1:04.65)Jessicah Schipper (56.19)Libby Trickett (52.34)Sally FosterStephanie RiceShayne Reese 3:52.58OCDaniela Samulski (59.85)Sarah Poewe (1:06.81)Annika Mehlhorn (57.14)Britta Steffen (51.99)Daniela Schreiber 3:55.79 ER Legend: Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Records The following world and championship records were set during the competition:
World records Date Round Event Established for Time Name Nation 26 July Semifinal 2 Women's 100 metre butterfly (same) 56.44 Sarah Sjöström 26 July Final Men's 400 metre freestyle (same) 3:40.07 Paul Biedermann 26 July Semifinal 2 Women's 200 metre individual medley (same) 2:07.03 Ariana Kukors 26 July Final Women's 400 metre freestyle (same) 3:59.15 Federica Pellegrini 26 July Final Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Women's 100 metre freestyle 52.22 Britta Steffen 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) 27 July Final Men's 100 metre breaststroke (same) 58.58 Brenton Rickard 27 July Final Women's 100 metre butterfly (same) 56.06 Sarah Sjöström 27 July Semifinal 2 Women's 100 metre breaststroke (same) 1:04.84 Rebecca Soni 27 July Semifinal 1 Women's 100 metre backstroke (same) 58.48 Anastasia Zuyeva 27 July Final Women's 200 metre individual medley (same) 2:06.15 Ariana Kukors 28 July Final Men's 200 metre freestyle (same) 1:42.00 Paul Biedermann 28 July Final Women's 100 metre backstroke (same) 58.12 Gemma Spofforth 28 July Semifinal 2 Men's 50 metre breaststroke (same) 26.74 Cameron van der Burgh 28 July Semifinal 1 Women's 200 metre freestyle (same) 1:53.67 Federica Pellegrini 29 July Heat 4 Women's 200 metre butterfly (same) 2:04.14 Mary DeScenza 29 July Semifinal 1 Women's 50 metre backstroke (same) 27.39 Daniela Samulski 29 July Semifinal 2 Women's 50 metre backstroke (same) 27.38 Anastasia Zuyeva 29 July Final Men's 200 metre butterfly (same) 1:51.51 Michael Phelps 29 July Final Women's 200 metre freestyle (same) 1:52.98 Federica Pellegrini 29 July Final Men's 50 metre breaststroke (same) 26.67 Cameron van der Burgh 29 July Final Men's 800 metre freestyle (same) 7:32.12 Zhang Lin 30 July Final Men's 200 metre individual medley (same) 1:54.10 Ryan Lochte 30 July Semifinal 2 Women's 200 metre breaststroke (same) 2:20.12 Annamay Pierse 30 July Final Men's 100 metre freestyle (same) 46.91 César Cielo Filho 30 July Final Women's 200 metre butterfly (same) 2:03.41 Jessicah Schipper 30 July Semifinal 1 Men's 200 metre breaststroke (same) 2:07.31 Christian Sprenger 30 July Final Women's 50 metre backstroke (same) 27.06 Zhao Jing 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) 31 July Final Women's 100 metre freestyle (same) 52.07 Britta Steffen 31 July Final Men's 200 metre backstroke (same) 1:51.92 Aaron Peirsol 31 July Semifinal 1 Women's 50 metre butterfly (same) 25.28 Marleen Veldhuis 31 July Semifinal 2 Women's 50 metre butterfly (same) 25.07 Therese Alshammar 31 July Semifinal 2 Men's 100 metre butterfly (same) 50.01 Milorad Čavić 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) 1 August Final Women's 200 metre backstroke (same) 2:04.81 Kirsty Coventry 1 August Final Men's 100 metre butterfly (same) 49.82 Michael Phelps 1 August Semifinal 1 Men's 50 metre backstroke (same) 24.08 Liam Tancock 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) 2 August Final Men's 50 metre backstroke (same) 24.04 Liam Tancock 2 August Final Women's 50 metre breaststroke (same) 30.09 Yuliya Yefimova 2 August Final Women's 50 metre freestyle (same) 23.73 Britta Steffen 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)
Championship records