Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships explained

See main article: 2011 World Aquatics Championships.

The swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China.^[1] 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.^[2] 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 swam in 50 meters course.

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Men	Event	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^[3] 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 breast
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Date	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 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 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.

Results

Men's events

50 m freestyle^[4]		21.52		21.90		21.92
100 m freestyle^[5]		47.63		47.95		48.00
200 m freestyle^[6]		1:44.44		1:44.79		1:44.88
400 m freestyle^[7]		3:42.04		3:43.24		3:44.14
800 m freestyle^[8]		7:38.57		7:41.86 AM		7:44.94 NR
1500 m freestyle^[9]		14:34.14 WR		14:44.46		14:45.66 NR
50 m backstroke^[10]		24.50		24.57		24.66
100 m backstroke^[11]		52.76	Not awarded <		-- No silver, as there was a tie for gold. -->		52.98
200 m backstroke^[12]		1:52.96		1:54.11		1:54.69
50 m breaststroke^[13]		27.01		27.17 NR		27.19
100 m breaststroke^[14]		58.71 NR		59.42 NR		59.49
200 m breaststroke^[15]		2:08.41		2:08.63		2:09.06
50 m butterfly^[16]		23.10		23.28		23.35
100 m butterfly^[17]		50.71		51.15 NR		51.26
200 m butterfly^[18]		1:53.34		1:54.01		1:54.67
200 m individual medley^[19]		1:54.00 WR		1:54.16		1:57.69
400 m individual medley^[20]		4:07.13		4:11.17		4:11.98
4×100 m freestyle relay^[21]	James Magnussen (47.49) Matthew Targett (47.87) Matthew Abood (47.92) Eamon Sullivan (47.72)	3:11.00	Alain Bernard (48.75) Jérémy Stravius (47.78) William Meynard (47.39) Fabien Gilot (47.22)	3:11.14	Michael Phelps (48.08) Garrett Weber-Gale (48.33) Jason Lezak (48.15) Nathan Adrian (47.40)	3:11.96
4×200 m freestyle relay^[22]	Michael Phelps (1:45.53) Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.07) Ricky Berens (1:46.51) Ryan Lochte (1:44.56)	7:02.67	Yannick Agnel (1:45.25) Grégory Mallet (1:46.81) Jérémy Stravius (1:45.40) Fabien Gilot (1:47.35)	7:04.81 NR	Wang Shun (1:47.09) Zhang Lin (1:46.14) Li Yunqi (1:47.30) Sun Yang (1:45.14)	7:05.67 NR
4×100 m medley relay^[23]	Nick Thoman (53.61) Mark Gangloff (1:00.24) Michael Phelps (50.57) Nathan Adrian (47.64)	3:32.06	Hayden Stoeckel (54.22) Brenton Rickard (59.32) Geoff Huegill (51.72) James Magnussen (47.00)	3:32.26	Helge 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]		24.14		24.27		24.49
100 m freestyle^[25]	Aleksandra Gerasimenya Jeanette Ottesen	53.45 NR 53.45	Not awarded <		-- No silver, as there was a tie for gold. -->		53.66
200 m freestyle^[26]		1:55.58		1:56.04		1:56.10
400 m freestyle^[27]		4:01.97		4:04.01		4:04.06
800 m freestyle^[28]		8:17.51		8:18.20		8:23.36
1500 m freestyle^[29]		15:49.59		15:55.60		15:58.02 AS
50 m backstroke^[30]		27.79		27.93		28.01
100 m backstroke^[31]		59.05		59.06		59.15
200 m backstroke^[32]		2:05.10 AM		2:06.06 OC		2:07.78 NR
50 m breaststroke^[33]		30.19		30.49		30.58
100 m breaststroke^[34]		1:05.05		1:06.25		1:06.52
200 m breaststroke^[35]		2:21.47		2:22.22 NR		2:24.81
50 m butterfly^[36]		25.71		25.76		25.86 NR
100 m butterfly^[37]		56.87		56.94		57.06
200 m butterfly^[38]		2:05.55		2:05.59		2:05.90
200 m individual medley^[39]		2:08.90		2:09.00		2:09.12
400 m individual medley^[40]		4:31.78		4:34.22		4:34.23
4×100 m freestyle relay^[41]	Inge Dekker (54.91) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.26) Marleen Veldhuis (53.33) Femke Heemskerk (52.46)	3:33.96	Natalie Coughlin (54.09) Missy Franklin (52.99) Jessica Hardy (54.12) Dana Vollmer (53.27)	3:34.47	Britta Steffen (54.51) Silke Lippok (54.17) Lisa Vitting (53.85) Daniela Schreiber (53.12)	3:36.05
4×200 m freestyle relay^[42]	Missy Franklin (1:55.06) Dagny Knutson (1:57.18) Katie Hoff (1:57.41) Allison Schmitt (1:56.49)	7:46.14	Bronte Barratt (1:56.86) Blair Evans (1:57.69) Angie Bainbridge (1:57.36) Kylie Palmer (1:55.51)	7:47.42	Chen Qian (1:57.37) Pang Jiaying (1:56.97) Liu Jing (1:57.85) Tang Yi (1:55.47)	7:47.66
4×100 m medley relay^[43]	Natalie Coughlin (59.12) Rebecca Soni (1:04.71) Dana Vollmer (55.74) Missy Franklin (52.79)	3:52.36 AM	Zhao Jing (59.24) Ji Liping (1:06.27) Lu Ying (56.77) Tang Yi (53.33)	3:55.61	Belinda 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		1:54.00	Ryan Lochte
July 31, 2011		14:34.14	Sun Yang

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Schedule for the 14th World Aquatics Championships. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). 2011-02-12. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612135525/http://www.shanghai-fina2011.com/en/schedule/index.shtml. 2011-06-12.
2. News: Qualifying procedure for the 14TH FINA World Championships 2011 Shanghai (CHN). Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). 2011-01-11.
3. News: Shanghai 2011 Competition Programme – Draft. Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). 2011-02-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20110205201644/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/wc2011/schedule.pdf#. 2011-02-05. dead.
4. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-30.
5. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131223407/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Individual)_119_Heat1_Men_100_Free.pdf. 2012-01-31.
6. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-26.
7. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-23.
8. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 800 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-27. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417115216/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20%28One%20Heat%20-%20Individual%29_117_Heat1_Men_800_Free.pdf. 2012-04-17.
9. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-31.
10. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 metre backstroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-31.
11. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-26.
12. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-29.
13. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 m breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-27.
14. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 m breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120526114754/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Individual)_106_Heat1_Men_100_Breast.pdf. 2012-05-26.
15. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 m breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120522224351/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Individual)_125_Heat1_Men_200_Breast.pdf. 2012-05-22.
16. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 50 m butterfly (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-25.
17. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 m butterfly (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-30.
18. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-27. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417000625/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Individual)_115_Heat1_Men_200_Fly.pdf. 2012-04-17.
19. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 individual medley (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417121733/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Individual)_121_Heat1_Men_200_Medley.pdf. 2012-04-17.
20. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 individual medley (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-31.
21. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4x100 metre freestyle relay (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-24. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131223445/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73B1_Results%20%28One%20Heat%20-%20Relay%29_108_Heat1_Men_4x100_Free.pdf. 2012-01-31.
22. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417113518/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73B1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Relay)_131_Heat1_Men_4x200_Free.pdf. 2012-04-17.
23. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4x100 metre medley relay (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-31.
24. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-31.
25. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-29.
26. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-27.
27. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-24.
28. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-30.
29. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-26.
30. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre backstroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-28.
31. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-26. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417115204/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20%28One%20Heat%20-%20Individual%29_109_Heat1_Women_100_Back.pdf. 2012-04-17.
32. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-30. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417122328/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Individual)_130_Heat1_Women_200_Back.pdf. 2012-04-17.
33. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-31.
34. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-26.
35. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre breaststroke (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-29.
36. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 m butterfly (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-30.
37. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 m butterfly (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-25.
38. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 m butterfly (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417000639/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Individual)_120_Heat1_Women_200_Fly.pdf. 2012-04-17.
39. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 m individual medley (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417115146/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Individual)_103_Heat1_Women_200_Medley.pdf. 2012-04-17.
40. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 m individual medley (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-31. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131194548/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73A1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Individual)_139_Heat1_Women_400_Medley.pdf. 2012-01-31.
41. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4x100 metre freestyle relay (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-24.
42. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4x200 metre freestyle relay (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417113512/http://www.omegatiming.com/swimming/racearchives/2011/shanghai2011/C73B1_Results%20(One%20Heat%20-%20Relay)_126_Heat1_Women_4x200_Free.pdf. 2012-04-17.
43. Web site: 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4x100 metre medley relay (final). Omega Timing. 2011-07-30.