The swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.
Qualifying criteria In January 2010, the FINA Bureau approved the swimming qualification system for the 2011 World Aquatics Championships. This represented the first time that a qualification system (including time standards) was used for the swimming portion of the world championships. Times had to be swum at a FINA approved competition/meet between March 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. The qualification meets included continental championships in 2010 and 2011 (e.g. European Championships, Asian Games, Pan American Games); and international competitions approved by FINA in advance. All meets for the qualification were swum in 50 meters course. +The time standards for the 2011 FINA World ChampionshipsMenEvent Women A standard (2 entries) B standard (1 entry) A standard (2 entries) B standard (1 entry) 22.35 22.90 50 freestyle 25.43 26.06 49.23 50.44 100 freestyle 55.24 56.60 1:48.72 1:51.40 200 freestyle 1:59.29 2:02.24 3:49.96 3:55.63 400 freestyle 4:11.26 4:17.64 8:10.26 8:37.52 800 freestyle 8:35.98 8:48.70 15:13.16 15:35.67 1500 freestyle 16:41.49 17:10.88 25.34 25.98 50 backstroke 29.07 29.80 55.14 56.50 100 backstroke 1:01.70 1:03.22 1:59.72 2:02.67 200 backstroke 2:12.73 2:16.01 27.63 28.32 50 breaststroke 31.52 32.31 1:01.57 1:03.08 100 breaststroke 1:09.01 1:10.72 2:13.69 2:16.99 200 breaststroke 2:28.21 2:31.87 23.73 24.32 50 butterfly 26.68 27.35 52.86 54.16 100 butterfly 59.35 1:00.82 1:57.67 2:00.57 200 butterfly 2:10.84 2:14.07 2:01.40 2:04.39 200 individual medley 2:15.27 2:18.57 4:18.40 4:24.77 400 individual medley 4:45.08 4:52.11
The qualifying system for individual events was similar to what is employed for the Olympics. Historically, there has been a limit of 2 swimmers per country per individual event, and one relay team per country per relay event. This limitation remains; however, if a country wished to have more than one male and one female swimmer in up to 2 events each, then an athlete(s) had to meet one of two standards: a B standard which qualifies up to one swimmer per event, or an A standard which qualifies up to two swimmers per event, where both swimmers must meet this faster standard.
Events The swimming competition featured races in a long course (50 m) pool in 40 events (20 for males, 20 for females; 17 individual events and 3 relays for each gender).
The evening session schedule for the 2011 World Aquatics Championships is shown below. Date Sunday July 24, 2011 Monday July 25, 2011 Tuesday July 26, 2011 Wednesday July 27, 2011 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 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 100 breast 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 800 free Women's 200 fly [sf] Men's 200 IM [sf] Men's 50 breastDate Thursday July 28, 2011 Friday July 29, 2011 Saturday July 30, 2011 Sunday July 31, 2011 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 50 breast [sf] Women's 200 back Men's 100 fly Women's 50 free [sf] Men's 50 back [sf] Women's 800 free Women's 4 × 100 medley Women's 50 breast Men's 400 IM Women's 50 free Men's 50 back Men's 1500 free Women's 400 IM Men's 4 × 100 medley
Note: prelims/semifinals/finals will be swum in events 200 m and shorter; prelims/finals in events 400 m or longer. For prelims/semifinals/finals events, prelims and semis will be 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 are the same day. For the individual 800 m and 1500 m races, prelims are 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
Results Men's events 50 m freestyle 21.52 21.90 21.92100 m freestyle 47.63 47.95 48.00200 m freestyle 1:44.44 1:44.79 1:44.88400 m freestyle 3:42.04 3:43.24 3:44.14800 m freestyle 7:38.57 7:41.86AM 7:44.94 NR1500 m freestyle 14:34.14 WR 14:44.46 14:45.66 NR50 m backstroke 24.50 24.57 24.66100 m backstroke 52.76 Not awarded 52.98200 m backstroke 1:52.96 1:54.11 1:54.6950 m breaststroke 27.01 27.17 NR 27.19100 m breaststroke 58.71 NR 59.42 NR 59.49200 m breaststroke 2:08.41 2:08.63 2:09.0650 m butterfly23.10 23.28 23.35100 m butterfly 50.71 51.15 NR 51.26200 m butterfly 1:53.34 1:54.01 1:54.67200 m individual medley 1:54.00 WR 1:54.16 1:57.69400 m individual medley 4:07.13 4:11.17 4:11.984 × 100 m freestyle relayJames Magnussen (47.49)Matthew Targett (47.87)Matthew Abood (47.92)Eamon Sullivan (47.72) 3:11.00Alain Bernard (48.75)Jérémy Stravius (47.78)William Meynard (47.39)Fabien Gilot (47.22) 3:11.14Michael Phelps (48.08)Garrett Weber-Gale (48.33)Jason Lezak (48.15)Nathan Adrian (47.40) 3:11.964 × 200 m freestyle relayMichael Phelps (1:45.53)Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.07)Ricky Berens (1:46.51) Ryan Lochte (1:44.56)7:02.67Yannick Agnel (1:45.25)Grégory Mallet (1:46.81)Jérémy Stravius (1:45.40) Fabien Gilot (1:47.35)7:04.81 NRWang Shun (1:47.09)Zhang Lin (1:46.14)Li Yunqi (1:47.30) Sun Yang (1:45.14)7:05.67 NR4 × 100 m medley relayNick Thoman (53.61)Mark Gangloff (1:00.24)Michael Phelps (50.57)Nathan Adrian (47.64)3:32.06Hayden Stoeckel (54.22)Brenton Rickard (59.32)Geoff Huegill (51.72)James Magnussen (47.00)3:32.26Helge Meeuw (53.53)Hendrik Feldwehr (59.72)Benjamin Starke (51.83)Paul Biedermann (47.52)3:32.60
Women's events 50 m freestyle 24.14 24.27 24.49100 m freestyle Aleksandra GerasimenyaJeanette Ottesen 53.45NR53.45 Not awarded 53.66200 m freestyle 1:55.58 1:56.04 1:56.10400 m freestyle 4:01.97 4:04.01 4:04.06800 m freestyle 8:17.51 8:18.20 8:23.361500 m freestyle 15:49.59 15:55.60 15:58.02AS50 m backstroke 27.79 27.93 28.01100 m backstroke 59.05 59.06 59.15200 m backstroke 2:05.10AM 2:06.06OC 2:07.78NR50 m breaststroke 30.19 30.49 30.58100 m breaststroke 1:05.05 1:06.25 1:06.52200 m breaststroke 2:21.47 2:22.22NR 2:24.8150 m butterfly 25.71 25.76 25.86NR100 m butterfly 56.87 56.94 57.06200 m butterfly 2:05.55 2:05.59 2:05.90200 m individual medley 2:08.90 2:09.00 2:09.12400 m individual medley 4:31.78 4:34.22 4:34.234 × 100 m freestyle relayInge Dekker (54.91)Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.26)Marleen Veldhuis (53.33)Femke Heemskerk (52.46)3:33.96Natalie Coughlin (54.09)Missy Franklin (52.99)Jessica Hardy (54.12)Dana Vollmer (53.27)3:34.47Britta Steffen (54.51)Silke Lippok (54.17)Lisa Vitting (53.85)Daniela Schreiber (53.12)3:36.054 × 200 m freestyle relayMissy Franklin (1:55.06)Dagny Knutson (1:57.18)Katie Hoff (1:57.41)Allison Schmitt (1:56.49)7:46.14Bronte Barratt (1:56.86)Blair Evans (1:57.69)Angie Bainbridge (1:57.36)Kylie Palmer (1:55.51)7:47.42Chen Qian (1:57.37)Pang Jiaying (1:56.97)Liu Jing (1:57.85)Tang Yi (1:55.47)7:47.664 × 100 m medley relayNatalie Coughlin (59.12) Rebecca Soni (1:04.71) Dana Vollmer (55.74) Missy Franklin (52.79) 3:52.36AMZhao Jing (59.24) Ji Liping (1:06.27) Lu Ying (56.77) Tang Yi (53.33)3:55.61Belinda Hocking (59.91)Leisel Jones (1:06.18) Alicia Coutts (56.69) Merindah Dingjan (54.35)3:57.13
World records The following world records were established during the competition: Date Event Time Name Nation July 28, 2011 Men's 200 m individual medley final 1:54.00 Ryan Lochte July 31, 2011 Men's 1500 m freestyle final 14:34.14Sun Yang
References
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