Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships explained

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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 (50m) 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:^[1]

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 free
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Date	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 freestyle	Women'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 winners

Men's events

50 m freestyle	César Cielo Filho	21.08 CR, AM	Frédérick Bousquet	21.21	Amaury Leveaux	21.25
100 m freestyle	César Cielo Filho	46.91	Alain Bernard	47.12 ER	Frédérick Bousquet	47.25
200 m freestyle	Paul Biedermann	1:42.00	Michael Phelps	1:43.22	Danila Izotov	1:43.90 NR
400 m freestyle	Paul Biedermann	3:40.07	Oussama Mellouli	3:41.11 AF	Zhang Lin	3:41.35 AS
800 m freestyle	Zhang Lin	7:32.12	Oussama Mellouli	7:35.27 AF	Ryan Cochrane	7:41.92 AM
1500 m freestyle	Oussama Mellouli	14:37.28 AF	Ryan Cochrane	14:41.38	Sun Yang	14:46.84

50 m backstroke	Liam Tancock	24.04	Junya Koga	24.24 AS	Gerhard Zandberg	24.34 AF
100 m backstroke	Junya Koga	52.26 CR, AS	Helge Meeuw	52.54	Aschwin Wildeboer	52.64
200 m backstroke	Aaron Peirsol	1:51.92	Ryosuke Irie	1:52.51 AS	Ryan Lochte	1:53.82

50 m breaststroke	Cameron van der Burgh	26.67	Felipe França Silva	26.76 AM	Mark Gangloff	26.86 NR
100 m breaststroke	Brenton Rickard	58.58	Hugues Duboscq	58.64 ER	Cameron van der Burgh	58.95 AF
200 m breaststroke	Dániel Gyurta	2:07.64 ER	Eric Shanteau	2:07.65	Giedrius Titenis Christian Sprenger	2:07.80 NR 2:07.80

50 m butterfly	Milorad Čavić	22.67 CR, NR	Matt Targett	22.73 OC	Rafael Muñoz	22.88
100 m butterfly	Michael Phelps	49.82	Milorad Čavić	49.95 ER	Rafael Muñoz	50.41 NR
200 m butterfly	Michael Phelps	1:51.51	Paweł Korzeniowski	1:53.23 NR	Takeshi Matsuda	1:53.32

200 m individual medley	Ryan Lochte	1:54.10	László Cseh	1:55.24	Eric Shanteau	1:55.36
400 m individual medley	Ryan Lochte	4:07.01	Tyler Clary	4:07.31	László Cseh	4:07.37

4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Michael Phelps (47.78) Ryan Lochte (47.03) Matt Grevers (47.61) Nathan Adrian (46.79) Garrett Weber-Gale Ricky Berens Cullen Jones	3:09.21 CR	Evgeniy Lagunov (47.90) Andrey Grechin (47.00) Danila Izotov (47.23) Alexander Sukhorukov (47.39) Nikita Konovalov	3:09.52 NR	Fabien Gilot (47.73) Alain Bernard (46.46) Grégory Mallet (48.28) Frédérick Bousquet (47.42) Amaury Leveaux William Meynard	3:09.89
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) Daniel Madwed Davis Tarwater Peter Vanderkaay	6:58.55	Nikita Lobintsev (1:45.10) Mikhail Polischuk (1:45.42) Danila Izotov (1:44.48) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:44.15) Yevgeny Lagunov Sergei Perunin	6:59.15 ER	Kenrick Monk (1:46.00) Robert Hurley (1:46.47) Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.82) Patrick Murphy (1:44.36) Nic Ffrost Kirk Palmer	7:01.65 OC
4 × 100 m medley relay	Aaron Peirsol (52.19) CR Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.80) Matt Grevers Mark Gangloff Tyler McGill Nathan Adrian	3:27.28	Helge Meeuw (52.27) ER Hendrik Feldwehr (58.51) Benjamin Starke (50.91) Paul Biedermann (46.89)	3:28.58 ER	Ashley Delaney (53.10) Brenton Rickard (57.80) Andrew Lauterstein (50.58) Matt Targett (47.16) Christian Sprenger	3:28.64 OC

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 Campbell Marleen Veldhuis	23.99
100 m freestyle	Britta Steffen	52.07	Francesca Halsall	52.87 NR	Libby Trickett	52.93
200 m freestyle	Federica Pellegrini	1:52.98	Allison Schmitt	1:54.96 AM	Dana Vollmer	1:55.64
400 m freestyle	Federica Pellegrini	3:59.15	Joanne Jackson	4:00.60 NR	Rebecca Adlington	4:00.79
800 m freestyle	Lotte Friis	8:15.92 CR, NR	Joanne Jackson	8:16.66	Alessia Filippi	8:17.21 NR
1500 m freestyle	Alessia Filippi	15:44.93 CR, ER	Lotte Friis	15:46.30 NR	Camelia Potec	15:55.63

50 m backstroke	Zhao Jing	27.06	Daniela Samulski	27.23 ER	Gao Chang	27.28
100 m backstroke	Gemma Spofforth	58.12	Anastasia Zueva	58.18 NR	Emily Seebohm	58.88 OC
200 m backstroke	Kirsty Coventry	2:04.81	Anastasia Zueva	2:04.94 ER	Elizabeth Beisel	2:06.39

50 m breaststroke	Yuliya Efimova	30.09	Rebecca Soni	30.11 AM	Sarah Katsoulis	30.16 OC
100 m breaststroke	Rebecca Soni	1:04.93	Yuliya Efimova	1:05.41 ER	Kasey Carlson	1:05.75
200 m breaststroke	Nadja Higl	2:21.62 ER	Annamay Pierse	2:21.84	Mirna Jukić	2:21.97 NR

50 m butterfly	Marieke Guehrer	25.48 OC	Zhou Yafei	25.57 AS	Ingvild Snildal	25.58
100 m butterfly	Sarah Sjöström	56.06	Jessicah Schipper	56.23 OC	Jiao Liuyang	56.86 AS
200 m butterfly	Jessicah Schipper	2:03.41	Liu Zige	2:03.90 AS	Katinka Hosszú	2:04.28

200 m individual medley	Ariana Kukors	2:06.15	Stephanie Rice	2:07.03 OC	Katinka Hosszú	2:07.46 ER
400 m individual medley	Katinka Hosszú	4:30.31 CR, ER	Kirsty Coventry	4:32.12	Stephanie Rice	4:32.29

4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Inge Dekker (53.61) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30) Frederike Heemskerk (53.03) Marleen Veldhuis (52.78) Hinkelien Schreuder	3:31.72	Britta Steffen (52.22) Daniela Samulski (53.49) Petra Dallmann (53.75) Daniela Schreiber (52.37)	3:31.83 NR	Libby Trickett (52.62) OC Marieke Guehrer (53.60) Shayne Reese (53.25) Felicity Galvez (53.54) Sally Foster Meagen Nay	3:33.01 OC
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)	7:42.08	Dana Vollmer (1:55.29) Lacey Nymeyer (1:57.88) Ariana Kukors (1:55.18) Allison Schmitt (1:54.21) Dagny Knutson Alyssa Anderson	7:42.56 AM	Joanne Jackson (1:55.98) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.78) Caitlin McClatchey (1:56.42) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.33) Hannah Miley	7:45.51 ER
4 × 100 m medley relay	Zhao Jing (58.98) AS Chen Huijia (1:04.12) Jiao Liuyang (56.28) Li Zhesi (52.81)	3:52.19	Emily Seebohm (59.40) Sarah Katsoulis (1:04.65) Jessicah Schipper (56.19) Libby Trickett (52.34) Sally Foster Stephanie Rice Shayne Reese	3:52.58 OC	Daniela 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 broken during the competition:

World records

Date	Round	Established for	Time	Name
July 26	Semifinal 2	(same)	56.44
July 26	Final	(same)	3:40.07
July 26	Semifinal 2	(same)	2:07.03
July 26	Final	(same)	3:59.15
July 26	Final		52.22
July 26	Final	(same)	3:31.72	Inge Dekker (53.61) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30) Femke Heemskerk (53.03) Marleen Veldhuis (52.78)
July 27	Final	(same)	58.58
July 27	Final	(same)	56.06
July 27	Semifinal 2	(same)	1:04.84
July 27	Semifinal 1	(same)	58.48
July 27	Final	(same)	2:06.15
July 28	Final	(same)	1:42.00
July 28	Final	(same)	58.12
July 28	Semifinal 2	(same)	26.74
July 28	Semifinal 1	(same)	1:53.67
July 29	Heat 4	(same)	2:04.14
July 29	Semifinal 1	(same)	27.39
July 29	Semifinal 2	(same)	27.38
July 29	Final	(same)	1:51.51
July 29	Final	(same)	1:52.98
July 29	Final	(same)	26.67
July 29	Final	(same)	7:32.12
July 30	Final	(same)	1:54.10
July 30	Semifinal 2	(same)	2:20.12
July 30	Final	(same)	46.91
July 30	Final	(same)	2:03.41
July 30	Semifinal 1	(same)	2:07.31
July 30	Final	(same)	27.06
July 30	Final	(same)	7:42.08	Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)
July 31	Final	(same)	52.07
July 31	Final	(same)	1:51.92
July 31	Semifinal 1	(same)	25.28
July 31	Semifinal 2	(same)	25.07
July 31	Semifinal 2	(same)	50.01
July 31	Final	(same)	6:58.55	Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)
August 1	Final	(same)	2:04.81
August 1	Final	(same)	49.82
August 1	Semifinal 1	(same)	24.08
August 1	Final	(same)	3:52.19	Zhao Jing (58.98) Chen Huijia (1:04.12) Jiao Liuyang (56.28) Li Zhesi (52.81)
August 2	Final	(same)	24.04
August 2	Final	(same)	30.09
August 2	Final	(same)	23.73
August 2	Final	(same)	3:27.28	Aaron Peirsol (52.19) Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.80)

Championship records

Date	Round	Established for	Time	Name
July 26	Heat 9	(same)	56.76
July 26	Heat 7	(same)	2:08.53
July 26	Heat 20	(same)	22.90
July 26	Heat 21	(same)	=22.90
July 26	Heat 6	(same)	4:01.96
July 26	Heat 14	(same)	58.98
July 26	Heat 2	(same)	3:35.26	Sally Foster (54.18) Marieke Guehrer (53.47) Shayne Reese (53.19) Meagen Nay (54.42)
July 26	Heat 3	(same)	3:34.74	Britta Steffen (53.76) Daniela Samulski (53.81) Petra Dallmann (53.69) Daniela Schreiber (53.48)
July 26	Heat 4		53.02
July 26	Heat 3		47.77
July 26	Heat 3	(same)	3:12.58	Matthew Abood (48.35) Andrew Lauterstein (48.42) Tommaso D'Orsogna (47.82) Matt Targett (48.07)
July 26	Heat 4		47.52
July 26	Heat 4	(same)	3:11.38	Amaury Leveaux (48.37) Grégory Mallet (47.78) William Meynard (48.11) Fabien Gilot (47.12)
July 26	Heat 5		47.39
July 26	Heat 5	(same)	3:11.26	César Cielo Filho (47.39) Nicolas Oliveira (47.51) Guilherme Roth (48.15) Fernando Silva (48.21)
July 26	Semifinal 1	(same)	22.68
July 26	Semifinal 2	(same)	58.96
July 26	Final		47.09
July 26	Final	(same)	3:09.21	Michael Phelps (47.78) Ryan Lochte (47.03) Matt Grevers (47.61) Nathan Adrian (46.79)
July 27	Heat 11	(same)	58.78
July 27	Heat 10	(same)	1:05.66
July 27	Heat 12	(same)	52.93
July 27	Semifinal 1	(same)	52.39
July 27	Final	(same)	22.67
July 27	Semifinal 2	(same)	1:43.65
July 28	Heat 12	(same)	27.26
July 28	Heat 15	(same)	27.15
July 28	Heat 16	(same)	26.92
July 28	Final		28.13
July 28	Semifinal 1	(same)	=26.92
July 28	Final	(same)	15:44.93
July 28	Final	(same)	52.26
July 29	Heat 12	(same)	27.85
July 29	Heat 13	(same)	27.65
July 30	Heat 6	(same)	2:21.68
July 30	Heat 5	(same)	2:09.28
July 30	Heat 6	(same)	2:09.26
July 30	Heat 7	(same)	2:09.22
July 30	Heat 8	(same)	2:08.85
July 30	Heat 9	(same)	2:08.55
July 30	Heat 1	(same)	7:49.04	Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.54) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.45) Hannah Miley (1:58.15) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.90)
July 30	Semifinal 1	(same)	2:20.93
July 30	Semifinal 1	(same)	1:54.06
July 31	Heat 21	(same)	21.64
July 31	Heat 22	(same)	21.37
July 31	Heat 10	(same)	25.74
July 31	Heat 13	(same)	25.44
July 31	Heat 6	(same)	2:06.72
July 31	Semifinal 1	(same)	21.29
July 31	Semifinal 2	(same)	21.21
July 31	Semifinal 2	(same)	2:05.86
July 31	Swim-off	(same)	21.20
August 1	Heat 17	(same)	24.24
August 1	Heat 10	(same)	30.34
August 1	Heat 12	(same)	30.24
August 1	Heat 13	(same)	24.49
August 1	Final	(same)	21.08
August 1	Semifinal 1	(same)	24.20
August 1	Semifinal 2	(same)	24.08
August 1	Final	(same)	8:15.92
August 2	Heat 3	(same)	3:29.48	Helge Meeuw (52.46) Hendrik Feldwehr (58.22) Benjamin Starke (51.11) Paul Biedermann (47.69)
August 2	Final	(same)	4:30.31
August 2	Final		52.19

References

Omega Timing Book of Results

Notes and References

News: Rome 2009 Competition Programme Swimming. Tournament Organizers. 2011-07-01. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110825091804/http://www.roma09.it/en/competition_programme/swimming.html. 2011-08-25.