2011 Duel in the Pool explained

2011
Hostcity:	Atlanta, United States
Dates:	16 - 17 December 2011
Venues:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Teams:	an All-Stars
Nations:	19
Athletes:	76
Events:	30

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The 2011 Duel in the Pool was a swimming meet held December 16 and 17, 2011 at the Georgia Tech Aquatics Center in Atlanta. It was a short course (25m), dual meet between a team from the United States and a European All-Star team featuring swimmers from 18 nations. It was the sixth meet held under the Duel in the Pool name and the second between the United States and a European team.

The United States prevailed by 181½ points to 80½.^[1]

Roster

United States

The United States team featured 17 men and 18 women.^[2]

Men

Women

European All-Stars

The European team consisted of 22 men and 19 women.^[3]

Men

Women

Format

All events were held in a short course pool (25 m).^[4] Up to four swimmers per team took part in each of the twenty-six individual events. Five points were given to the winner, three to the runner-up and one for the third-place finisher, while fourth, fifth and sixth place received no points. In relay events, the winning team was awarded seven points and the losing team none.

Events were held in the following order with women's events first and men's events afterwards:

Day 1 (16 December, evening session)

4 × 100 m medley relay
400 m individual medley
100 m freestyle
200 m backstroke
200 m breaststroke
100 m butterfly
400 m freestyle

Day 2 (17 December, afternoon session)

800 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m butterfly
50 m freestyle
200 m individual medley
4 × 100 m freestyle

Results

The full results of the competition are listed below. One world record was set during the meet, in the women's 4 × 100 m medley relay, while five American records and one European record were beaten. The European relay teams were not eligible to set new records as they did not represent a single nation. Therefore, the European women's team did not set a new world record in the 4 × 100 m freestyle with their time of 3:27.53, even though they beat the standing record set by the Netherlands of 3:28.22.

Day 1

4 × 100 m medley relay

Women

Rank	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1		3:45.56	7	WR
2		3:51.04	-

Natalie Coughlin set new American records for 50 m backstroke (26.98) and 100 m backstroke (55.97) with her split times.

Men

Rank	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1		3:23.55	7
2		3:25.77	-

400 m individual medley

Women

Rank	Time	Points
1	4:24.37	5
2	4:24.62	3
3	4:26.48	1
4	4:27.97	-
5	4:28.23	-
6	4:31.73	-
7	4:32.08	-
8	4:37.49	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points
1	3:59.52	5
2	4:00.35	3
3	4:02.91	1
4	4:04.31	-
5	4:05.06	-

100 m freestyle

Women

Rank	Time	Points
1	51.87	5
2	51.95	3
3	52.40	1
4	52.55	-
5	52.77	-
6	53.00	-
7	53.12	-
8	53.49	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points
1	46.60	5
2	46.79	3
3	47.21	1
4	47.54	-
5	47.55	-
6	47.74	-
7	48.53	-

200 m backstroke

Women

Rank	Time	Points	Notes
1	2:00.14	5
2	2:00.83	3	ER
3	2:02.16	1
4	2:02.47	-
5	2:03.17	-
6	2:04.57	-
7	2:07.04	-
8	2:07.89	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points
1	1:48.90	5
2	1:50.12	3
3	1:51.22	1
4	1:51.26	-
5	1:51.60	-
6	1:52.93	-
7	1:56.14	-

200 m breaststroke

Women

Rank	Time	Points
1	2:17.69	5
2	2:19.72	3
3	2:19.84	1
4	2:22.67	-
5	2:23.39	-
6	2:24.53	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points	Notes
1	2:03.62	5
2	2:03.64	3
3	2:05.08	1
4	2:06.84	-
5	2:09.37	-
6	2:10.38	-
7		-	DSQ

100 m butterfly

Women

Rank	Time	Points
1	56.23	5
2	56.24	3
3	56.27	1
4	57.29	-
5	57.41	-
6	57.54	-
7	57.60	-
8	58.22	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points
1	50.54	5
2	50.56	3
3	50.70	0.5
3	50.70	0.5
5	50.96	-
6	50.98	-
7	51.48	-
8	51.66	-

400 m freestyle

Women

Rank	Time	Points
1	3:58.07	5
2	3:58.21	3
3	4:00.88	1
4	4:03.03	-
5	4:04.73	-
6	4:05.80	-
7	4:06.67	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points
1	3:40.05	5
2	3:40.66	3
3	3:42.11	1
3	3:43.40	-
5	3:43.61	-
6	3:45.17	-
7	3:45.84	-
8	3:45.88	-

Legend: WR - World record; AM - United States record; ER - European record

Day 2

800 m freestyle

Women

Rank	Time	Points
1	8:04.77	5
2	8:14.29	3
3	8:18.03	1
4	8:18.39	-
5	8:26.10	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points
1	7:36.24	5
2	7:39.90	3
3	7:42.27	1
4	7:48.48	-
5	7:48.77	-

200 m freestyle

Women

Rank	Time	Points
1	1:53.19	5
2	1:53.92	3
3	1:54.24	1
4	1:55.77	-
5	1:55.95	-
6	1:57.11	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points
1	1:42.68	5
2	1:44.26	3
3	1:44.45	1
4	1:44.59	-
5	1:44.60	-
6	1:44.87	-
7	1:45.89	-

100 m backstroke

Women

Rank	Time	Points
1	56.82	5
2	56.92	3
3	57.49	1
4	57.64	-
5	58.63	-
6	58.72	-
7	58.82	-
8	59.32	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points
1	49.85	5
2	50.13	3
3	50.65	1
4	50.87	-
5	53.13	-
6	53.48	-

100 m breaststroke

Women

Rank	Time	Points
1	1:03.33	5
2	1:04.53	3
3	1:05.50	1
4	1:05.75	-
5	1:06.34	-
6	1:07.57	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points
1	57.47	5
2	57.62	3
3	57.81	1
4	58.72	-
5	59.36	-
6	59.65	-
7	1:00.03	-

200 m butterfly

Women

Rank	Time	Points	Notes
1	2:03.49	5	AM
2	2:04.98	3
3	2:06.08	1
4	2:06.35	-
5	2:09.27	-
6	2:10.97	-
7	2:11.33	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points	Notes
1	1:51.18	5
2	1:51.90	3	AM
3	1:55.26	1
4	1:55.48	-
5	1:56.67	-

50 m freestyle

Women

Rank	Time	Points
1	23.43	5
2	23.61	3
3	23.73	1
4	24.13	-
5	24.18	-
6	24.31	-
7	24.41	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points
1	21.28	5
2	21.29	3
3	21.38	1
4	21.42	-
5	21.47	-
6	21.65	-
7	21.73	-
8	21.90	-

200 m individual medley

Women

Rank	Time	Points
1	2:04.91	5
2	2:07.27	3
3	2:07.64	1
4	2:07.77	-
5	2:08.67	-
6	2:10.18	-
7	2:11.39	-
8	2:14.36	-

Men

Rank	Time	Points
1	1:52.98	5
2	1:53.31	3
3	1:53.93	1
4	1:55.21	-
5	1:55.92	-
6	1:58.51	-

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Women

Rank	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1		3:27.53	7
2		3:28.46	-

Men

Rank	Team	Time	Points	Notes
1		3:07.22	7
2		3:07.98	-