See main article: 2007 World Aquatics Championships.
The swimming competition at the 12th FINA World Aquatics Championships was held in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 March to 1 April 2007. This portion of the 2007 Worlds featured 40 events (20 for males, 20 for females), all swum in a long course (50 m) pool:
50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m;
50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
4x100 m free, 4x200 m free, and 4x100 m medley.
The 2007 World Championships served in qualifying for the Swimming portion at the 2008 Olympics in two ways:
166 nations had 1,142 swimmers entered at the 2007 Worlds:[1]
Faroe Islands (4)Morning/heats sessions began at 10:00 a.m., with the evening sessions (semifinals and finals) beginning at 7:00 p.m. All events were contested in a long-course (50 m) pool. In the 50 m, 100 m, and 200 m events, heats/semifinals/finals were held; with heats in the morning of the first day of the event, semifinals that evening, and finals the next evening. For races 400 m, 800 m, or 1500 m in length, only heats and finals were held. For the 400 m events (both individual and relay), heats and finals were held on the same day. For the individual 800 m and 1500 m free events, heats were held in the morning with finals in the next day's evening session (approximately 36 hours apart). For the 4×200 m freestyle relay, heats and finals were the same day (matching the other 2 relays).
| date | Morning session Preliminary heats (10:00 a.m.) | Evening session Finals & semifinals (7:00 p.m.) |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 25 March 2007 | women's 100 fly men's 400 free women's 200 I.M. men's 50 fly women's 400 free men's 100 breast women's 4×100 free relay men's 4×100 free relay swim-off: men's 50 fly | women's 100 fly (semifinals) men's 400 free (final) women's 200 I.M. (semifinals) men's 50 fly (semifinals) women's 400 free (final) men's 100 breast (semifinals) women's 4×100 free relay (final) men's 4×100 free relay (final) |
| Monday 26 March 2007 | women's 100 back men's 200 free women's 100 breast men's 100 back women's 1500 free | men's 100 breast (final) women's 100 fly (final) men's 100 back (semifinals) women's 100 breast (semifinals) men's 50 fly (final) women's 100 back (semifinals) men's 200 free (semifinals) women's 200 I.M. (final) |
| Tuesday 27 March 2007 | men's 50 breast men's 200 fly women's 200 free men's 800 free | men's 200 free (final) women's 100 back (final) men's 50 breast (semifinals) women's 1500 free (final) men's 100 back (final) women's 200 free (semifinals) men's 200 fly (semifinals) women's 100 breast (final) |
| Wednesday 28 March 2007 | women's 50 back men's 100 free women's 200 fly men's 200 I.M. | men's 100 free (semifinals) women's 50 back (semifinals) men's 200 fly (final) women's 200 free (final) men's 50 breast (final) women's 200 fly (semifinals) men's 200 I.M. (semifinals) men's 800 free (final) |
| Thursday 29 March 2007 | women's 100 free men's 200 back women's 200 breast men's 200 breast women's 4×200 free relay | women's 100 free (semifinals) men's 200 I.M. (final) women's 200 breast (semifinals) men's 100 free (final) women's 200 fly (final) men's 200 breast (semifinals) women's 50 back (final) men's 200 back (semifinals) women's 4×200 free relay (final) |
| Friday 30 March 2007 | women's 50 fly men's 50 free women's 800 free men's 100 fly women's 200 back men's 4×200 free relay | women's 100 free (final) men's 200 back (final) women's 50 fly (semifinals) men's 50 free (semifinals) women's 200 breast (final) men's 100 fly (semifinals) women's 200 back (semifinals) men's 200 breast (final) men's 4×200 free relay (final) swim-off: men's 50 free swim-off: men's 100 fly |
| Saturday 31 March 2007 | women's 50 free men's 50 back women's 50 breast men's 1500 free women's 4×100 medley relay | women's 50 fly (final) men's 50 free (final) women's 200 back (final) women's 50 breast (semifinals) men's 100 fly (final) women's 50 free (semifinals) men's 50 back (semifinal) women's 800 free (final) women's 4×100 medley relay (final) |
| Sunday 1 April 2007 | men's 400 I.M. women's 400 I.M. men's 4×100 medley relay | men's 50 back (final) women's 50 breast (final) men's 400 I.M. (final) women's 50 free (final) men's 1500 free (final) women's 400 I.M. (final) men's 4×100 medley relay (final) |
Key
On 11 September 2007, an anti-doping ban was issued to Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli, with a retroactive nullification of his results which included his swims at the 2007 Worlds. Mellouli had finished in the top-3 in 2 events, and consequently, his results nullification adjusted the overall medals standings, particularly effecting Australia, Italy, Poland, Russia and Tunisia (Tunisia was removed all together, as Mellouli was the country's only medal winner).
The following world and championship records were broken during the competition.
| Date | Event | Time | Name | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 27 | 1:43.86 | ||||
| March 27 | 59.44 | ||||
| March 27 | 52.98 | ||||
| March 27 | 1:56.47 | ||||
| March 28 | 28.16 | ||||
| March 28 | 1:52.09 | ||||
| March 28 | 1:55.52 | ||||
| March 29 | 1:54.98 | ||||
| March 29 | =28.16 | ||||
| March 29 | 7:50.09 | Natalie Coughlin (1:56.43) Dana Vollmer (1:57.49) Lacey Nymeyer (1:59.19) Katie Hoff (1:56.98) | |||
| March 30 | 1:54.32 | ||||
| March 30 | 7:03.24 | Michael Phelps (1:45.36) Ryan Lochte (1:45.86) Klete Keller (1:46.31) Peter Vanderkaay (1:45.71) | |||
| March 31 | 3:55.74 | Emily Seebohm (1:00.79) Leisel Jones (1:04.94) Jessicah Schipper (57.18) Libby Lenton (52.83) | |||
| April 1 | 4:06.22 | ||||
| April 1 | 4:32.89 |
| Date | Event | Established for | Time | Name | Nation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 25 | (same) | 4:05.29 | ||||
| March 25 | (same) | 4:02.61 | ||||
| March 25 | Women's 100 metre freestyle | 53.42 | ||||
| March 25 | (same) | 3:35.48 | Libby Lenton (53.42) Melanie Schlanger (53.95) Shayne Reese (54.90) Jodie Henry (53.21) | |||
| March 25 | (same) | 3:12.72 | Michael Phelps (48.42) Neil Walker (48.31) Cullen Jones (48.67) Jason Lezak (47.32) | |||
| March 26 | (same) | 57.15 | ||||
| March 26 | (same) | 53.51 | ||||
| March 26 | (same) | 2:10.13 | ||||
| March 27 | (same) | 15:53.05 | ||||
| March 27 | (same) | 1:05.72 | ||||
| March 28 | (same) | 28.25 | ||||
| March 29 | (same) | 53.40 | ||||
| March 30 | (same) | =53.40 | ||||
| March 30 | (same) | 25.82 | ||||
| March 31 | (same) | 2:07.16 | ||||
| March 31 | (same) | 8:18.52 |
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