| 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) | |
| Hostcity: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nations: | 161 |
| Athletes: | 958 |
| Events: | 40 |
| Dates: | 12–16 December 2012 |
| Venues: | Sinan Erdem Dome |
| Previous: | 2010 Dubai |
| Next: | 2014 Doha |
The 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was 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.[1] Lochte finished the meet with 8 total medals (breaking his previous record of 7 set in 2010) and Hosszú had 5 total medals.
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.
The events took place at the Sinan Erdem Dome, which has a seating capacity of 22,500.[2]
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.
50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women), and 1,500 (men);
50, 100, and 200;
50, 100, and 200;
50, 100, and 200;
100, 200, and 400;
| Date | Morning 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) |
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.[3]
In January 2014 the Court of Arbitration for Sport partially overturned FINA's ruling and returned the gold medal in 1500 m freestyle.[4]
| Ruling date | Event | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2013 | Men's 400 metre freestyle | align=left | −1 | −1 | |||
| align=left | +1 | +1 | |||||
| 17 June 2013 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | align=left | −1 | −1 | |||
| align=left | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| align=left | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||||
| align=left | +1 | +1 | |||||
| 31 January 2014 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | align=left | +1 | +1 | |||
| align=left | -1 | +1 | 0 | ||||
| align=left | -1 | +1 | 0 | ||||
| align=left | -1 | -1 |
| Freestyle | ||||||
| 50 m freestyle | Vladimir Morozov  Russia | 20.55 NR | Florent Manaudou  France | 20.88 | Anthony Ervin  United States | 20.99 |
| 100 m freestyle | Vladimir Morozov Russia | 45.65 | Tommaso D'Orsogna  Australia | 46.80 | Yevgeny Lagunov Russia | 46.81 |
| 200 m freestyle | Ryan Lochte United States | 1:41.92 | Paul Biedermann Germany | 1:42.07 | Conor Dwyer United States | 1:43.78 |
| 400 m freestyle | Paul Biedermann Germany | 3:39.15 | Hao Yun  China | 3:39.48 | Matthew Stanley  New Zealand | 3:41.01 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Mads Glæsner Denmark | 14:30.01 | Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy | 14:31.13 | Pál Joensen  Faroe Islands | 14:36.93 |
| Backstroke | ||||||
| 50 m backstroke | Robert Hurley Australia | 23.04 | Matt Grevers United States | 23.17 | Stanislav Donets Russia | 23.19 |
| 100 m backstroke | Matt Grevers United States | 49.89 | Stanislav Donets Russia | 49.91 | Guilherme Guido  Brazil | 50.50 |
| 200 m backstroke | Radosław Kawęcki  Poland | 1:48.48 | Ryan Lochte United States | 1:48.50 | Ryan Murphy United States | 1:48.86 |
| Breaststroke | ||||||
| 50 m breaststroke | Aleksander Hetland  Norway | 26.30 | Damir Dugonjič Slovenia | 26.32 | Florent Manaudou France | 26.33 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Fabio Scozzoli Italy | 57.10 | Damir Dugonjič Slovenia | 57.32 | Kevin Cordes United States | 57.83 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Dániel Gyurta  Hungary | 2:01.35 CR | Michael Jamieson  Great Britain | 2:03.00 | Viatcheslav Sinkevich Russia | 2:03.08 |
| Butterfly | ||||||
| 50 m butterfly | Nicholas Santos Brazil | 22.22 CR | Chad le Clos South Africa | 22.26 | Tom Shields United States | 22.46 NR |
| 100 butterfly | Chad le Clos South Africa | 48.82 CR, AF | Tom Shields United States | 49.54 | Ryan Lochte United States | 49.59 |
| 200 m butterfly | Kazuya Kaneda  Japan | 1:51.01 CR | László Cseh Hungary | 1:51.66 | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 1:52.33 |
| Individual medley | ||||||
| 100 m individual medley | Ryan Lochte United States | 51.21 | Kenneth To Australia | 51.38 | George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago | 51.66 |
| 200 m individual medley | Ryan Lochte United States | 1:49.63 WR | Daiya Seto Japan | 1:52.80 | László Cseh Hungary | 1:52.89 |
| 400 m individual medley | Daiya Seto Japan | 3:59.15 AS | László Cseh Hungary | 4:00.50 | Dávid Verrasztó Hungary | 4:02.87 |
| Relays | ||||||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | United States Anthony Ervin (47.28) Ryan Lochte (45.64) Jimmy Feigen (47.25) Matt Grevers (46.23) Garrett Weber-Gale Tyler 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) | 3:07.27 |
| 4×200 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-Gale Michael 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) | 6:53.22 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | United States Matt Grevers (50.00) Kevin Cordes (57.15) Tom Shields (48.66) Ryan Lochte (45.22) Ryan Murphy Mihail Alexandrov Anthony Ervin | 3:21.03 | Russia Stanislav Donets (50.10) Viatcheslav Sinkevich (57.54) Nikolay Skvortsov (50.27) Vladimir Morozov (44.95) Viacheslav Prudnikov Yevgeny 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.
| Freestyle | ||||||
| 50 m freestyle | Aleksandra Gerasimenya  Belarus | 23.64 | Francesca Halsall Great Britain | 23.87 | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 24.00 |
| 100 m freestyle | Britta Steffen Germany | 52.31 | Megan Romano United States | 52.48 | Tang Yi China | 52.73 |
| 200 m freestyle | Allison Schmitt United States | 1:53.59 | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 1:54.31 | Melanie Costa  Spain | 1:54.45 |
| 400 m freestyle | Melanie Costa Spain | 4:01.18 | Chloe Sutton United States | 4:01.20 | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 4:01.24 |
| 800 m freestyle | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 8:08.62 OC | Lotte Friis Denmark | 8:10.99 | Chloe Sutton United States | 8:15.53 |
| Backstroke | ||||||
| 50 m backstroke | Zhao Jing China | 25.95 CR | Olivia Smoliga United States | 26.13 NR | Aleksandra Urbanczyk Poland | 26.50 |
| 100 m backstroke | Olivia Smoliga United States | 56.64 | Mie Nielsen Denmark | 57.07 NR | Simona Baumrtová  Czech Republic | 57.18 NR |
| 200 m backstroke | Daryna Zevina  Ukraine | 2:02.24 | Bonnie Brandon United States | 2:03.19 | Duane Da Rocha Spain | 2:04.15 |
| Breaststroke | ||||||
| 50 m breaststroke | Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania | 29.44 CR, ER | Alia Atkinson  Jamaica | 29.67 NR | Sarah Katsoulis Australia | 29.94 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania | 1:03.52 CR, ER | Alia Atkinson Jamaica | 1:03.80 NR | Rikke Møller Pedersen Denmark | 1:04.05 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Rikke Møller Pedersen Denmark | 2:16.08 CR | Laura Sogar United States | 2:16.93 | Kanako Watanabe Japan | 2:19.39 |
| Butterfly | ||||||
| 50 m butterfly | Lu Ying China | 25.14 | Jiao Liuyang China | 25.23 | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 25.55 |
| 100 butterfly | Ilaria Bianchi Italy | 56.13 | Liu Zige China | 56.58 | Jemma Lowe Great Britain | 56.66 |
| 200 m butterfly | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 2:02.20 CR, ER | Jiao Liuyang China | 2:02.28 | Jemma Lowe Great Britain | 2:03.19 |
| Individual medley | ||||||
| 100 m individual medley | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 58.49 CR | Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania | 58.79 NR | Zhao Jing China | 58.80 |
| 200 m individual medley | Ye Shiwen China | 2:04.64 CR | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 2:04.72 | Hannah Miley Great Britain | 2:07.12 |
| 400 m individual medley | Hannah Miley Great Britain | 4:23.14 CR, ER | Ye Shiwen China | 4:23.33 AS | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 4:25.95 |
| Relays | ||||||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | United States Megan Romano (52.86) Jessica Hardy (53.32) Lia Neal (52.44) Allison Schmitt (52.39) Shannon Vreeland Olivia 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) | 3:33.51 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | 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 | 7:43.26 | ||
| 4×100 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 Loh Samantha Marshall Brianna Throssell Sally Foster | 3:50.88 | United States Olivia Smoliga (57.25) Jessica Hardy (1:04.61) Claire Donahue (57.67) Megan Romano (51.90) Laura Sogar Christine Magnuson Lia Neal | 3:51.43 |
Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record | Day | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m freestyle | 12 December | Final | align=left | Russia | 45.52 | CR | 1 | ||
| Men's 100 m butterfly | 13 December | Final | align=left | South Africa | 48.82 | CR | 2 | ||
| Men's 50 m butterfly | 14 December | Heats | align=left | Brazil | 22.40 | =CR | 3 | ||
| Men's 50 m butterfly | 14 December | Semifinal | Nicholas Santos | align=left | Brazil | 22.23 | CR | 3 | |
| Men's 200 m breaststroke | 14 December | Final | align=left | Hungary | 2:01.35 | CR | 3 | ||
| Men's 200 m medley | 14 December | Final | align=left | United States | 1:49.63 | WR | 3 | ||
| Men's 50 m butterfly | 15 December | Final | Nicholas Santos | align=left | Brazil | 22.22 | CR | 4 | |
| Men's 100 m medley | 15 December | Semifinal | Ryan Lochte | align=left | United States | 50.71 | WR | 4 | |
| Men's 200 m butterfly | 16 December | Final | align=left | Japan | 1:51.01 | CR | 5 |
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record | Day | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 50 m breaststroke | 12 December | Heats | align=left | Lithuania | 29.56 | CR | 1 | ||
| Women's 50 m breaststroke | 12 December | Semifinal | Rūta Meilutytė | align=left | Lithuania | 29.51 | CR | 1 | |
| Women's 200 m butterfly | 12 December | Final | align=left | Hungary | 2:02.20 | CR | 1 | ||
| Women's 400 m medley | 12 December | Final | align=left | Great Britain | 4:23.14 | CR | 1 | ||
| Women's 50 m breaststroke | 13 December | Final | Rūta Meilutytė | align=left | Lithuania | 29.44 | CR | 2 | |
| Women's 100 m medley | 14 December | Final | Katinka Hosszú | align=left | Hungary | 58.49 | CR | 3 | |
| Women's 100 m breaststroke | 15 December | Final | Rūta Meilutytė | align=left | Lithuania | 1:03.52 | CR | 4 | |
| Women's 50 m backstroke | 15 December | Semifinal | align=left | China | 26.11 | CR | 4 | ||
| Women's 200 m medley | 15 December | Final | align=left | China | 2:04.64 | CR | 4 | ||
| Women's 50 m backstroke | 16 December | Final | Zhao Jing | align=left | China | 25.95 | CR | 5 | |
| Women's 200 m breaststroke | 16 December | Final | align=left | Denmark | 2:16.08 | CR | 5 |
Morozov broke the championship record in the 100 m freestyle as the lead-off leg in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.
161 nations entered the competition. Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA due to government interference, participated under the FINA flag.[7] Venezuela later withdrew.[8] [9]