# Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships was held from 21 to 28 July 2019.

## Schedule

42 events were held.
All times are local (UTC+9).
| H | Heats | ½ | Semi finals | F | Final |
Men :
| Date → | Sun 21 | Sun 21 | Mon 22 | Mon 22 | Tue 23 | Tue 23 | Wed 24 | Wed 24 | Thu 25 | Thu 25 | Fri 26 | Fri 26 | Sat 27 | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Sun 28 |
| Event ↓ | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | H | | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | | | F |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 100 m backstroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
Women :
| Date → | Sun 21 | Sun 21 | Mon 22 | Mon 22 | Tue 23 | Tue 23 | Wed 24 | Wed 24 | Thu 25 | Thu 25 | Fri 26 | Fri 26 | Sat 27 | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Sun 28 |
| Event ↓ | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | | | F | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | H | | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 100 m butterfly | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
Mixed :
| Date → | Sun 21 | Sun 21 | Mon 22 | Mon 22 | Tue 23 | Tue 23 | Wed 24 | Wed 24 | Thu 25 | Thu 25 | Fri 26 | Fri 26 | Sat 27 | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Sun 28 |
| Event ↓ | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E | A | E |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 14 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Hungary | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | China | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Canada | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Brazil | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 42 | 43 | 42 | 127 |

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Caeleb Dressel United States | 21.04 CR, NR | Bruno Fratus Brazil Kristian Golomeev Greece | 21.45 | None awarded | |
| 100 m freestyle details | Caeleb Dressel United States | 46.96 NR | Kyle Chalmers Australia | 47.08 | Vladislav Grinev Russia | 47.82 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Sun Yang China | 1:44.93 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto Japan | 1:45.22 NR | Martin Malyutin RussiaDuncan Scott Great Britain | 1:45.63 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Sun Yang China | 3:42.44 | Mack Horton Australia | 3:43.17 | Gabriele Detti Italy | 3:43.23 NR |
| 800 m freestyle details | Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy | 7:39.27 ER | Henrik Christiansen Norway | 7:41.28 NR | David Aubry France | 7:42.08 NR |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Florian Wellbrock Germany | 14:36.54 | Mykhailo Romanchuk Ukraine | 14:37.63 | Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy | 14:38.75 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Zane Waddell South Africa | 24.43 | Evgeny Rylov Russia | 24.49 | Kliment Kolesnikov Russia | 24.51 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Xu Jiayu China | 52.43 | Evgeny Rylov Russia | 52.67 | Mitch Larkin Australia | 52.77 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Evgeny Rylov Russia | 1:53.40 | Ryan Murphy United States | 1:54.12 | Luke Greenbank Great Britain | 1:55.85 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Adam Peaty Great Britain | 26.06 | Felipe Lima Brazil | 26.66 | João Gomes Júnior Brazil | 26.69 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Adam Peaty Great Britain | 57.14 | James Wilby Great Britain | 58.46 | Yan Zibei China | 58.63 AS |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Anton Chupkov Russia | 2:06.12 WR | Matthew Wilson Australia | 2:06.68 | Ippei Watanabe Japan | 2:06.73 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Caeleb Dressel United States | 22.35 CR, AM | Oleg Kostin Russia | 22.70 NR | Nicholas Santos Brazil | 22.79 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Caeleb Dressel United States | 49.66 | Andrey Minakov Russia | 50.83 NR | Chad le Clos South Africa | 51.16 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Kristóf Milák Hungary | 1:50.73 WR | Daiya Seto Japan | 1:53.86 | Chad le Clos South Africa | 1:54.15 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Daiya Seto Japan | 1:56.14 | Jérémy Desplanches Switzerland | 1:56.56 NR | Chase Kalisz United States | 1:56.78 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Daiya Seto Japan | 4:08.95 | Jay Litherland United States | 4:09.22 | Lewis Clareburt New Zealand | 4:12.07 NR |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | United States Caeleb Dressel (47.63) Blake Pieroni (47.49) Zach Apple (46.86) Nathan Adrian (47.08) Townley Haas Michael Chadwick | 3:09.06 CR | Russia Vladislav Grinev (47.83) Vladimir Morozov (47.62) Kliment Kolesnikov (47.50) Evgeny Rylov (47.02) Andrey Minakov | 3:09.97 | Australia Cameron McEvoy (48.44) Clyde Lewis (47.61) Alexander Graham (48.11) Kyle Chalmers (47.06) | 3:11.22 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | Australia Clyde Lewis (1:45.58) Kyle Chalmers (1:45.37) Alexander Graham (1:45.05) Mack Horton (1:44.85) Jack McLoughlin Thomas Fraser-Holmes | 7:00.85 OC | Russia Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:45.56) Mikhail Vekovishchev (1:45.45) Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:45.38) Martin Malyutin (1:45.42) Ivan Girev | 7:01.81 | United States Andrew Seliskar (1:45.81) Blake Pieroni (1:44.98) Zach Apple (1:46.03) Townley Haas (1:45.16) Jack Conger Jack LeVant | 7:01.98 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | Great Britain Luke Greenbank (53.95) Adam Peaty (57.20) James Guy (50.81) Duncan Scott (46.14) James Wilby | 3:28.10 ER | United States Ryan Murphy (52.92) Andrew Wilson (58.65) Caeleb Dressel (49.28) Nathan Adrian (47.60) Matt Grevers Michael Andrew Jack Conger Zach Apple | 3:28.45 | Russia Evgeny Rylov (52.57) Kirill Prigoda (58.68) Andrey Minakov (50.54) Vladimir Morozov (47.02) Kliment Kolesnikov Anton Chupkov Mikhail Vekovishchev Vladislav Grinev | 3:28.81 NR |
| AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record |||||| |
$^a$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Simone Manuel United States | 24.05 | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 24.07 | Cate Campbell Australia | 24.11 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Simone Manuel United States | 52.04 AM | Cate Campbell Australia | 52.43 | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 52.46 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Federica Pellegrini Italy | 1:54.22 | Ariarne Titmus Australia | 1:54.66 | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 1:54.78 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Ariarne Titmus Australia | 3:58.76 OC | Katie Ledecky United States | 3:59.97 | Leah Smith United States | 4:01.29 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Katie Ledecky United States | 8:13.58 | Simona Quadarella Italy | 8:14.99 NR | Ariarne Titmus Australia | 8:15.70 OC |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Simona Quadarella Italy | 15:40.89 NR | Sarah Köhler Germany | 15:48.83 NR | Wang Jianjiahe China | 15:51.00 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Olivia Smoliga United States | 27.33 NR | Etiene Medeiros Brazil | 27.44 | Daria Vaskina Russia | 27.51 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Kylie Masse Canada | 58.60 | Minna Atherton Australia | 58.85 | Olivia Smoliga United States | 58.91 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Regan Smith United States | 2:03.69 | Kaylee McKeown Australia | 2:06.26 | Kylie Masse Canada | 2:06.62 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Lilly King United States | 29.84 | Benedetta Pilato Italy | 30.00 | Yuliya Yefimova Russia | 30.15 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Lilly King United States | 1:04.93 | Yuliya Yefimova Russia | 1:05.49 | Martina Carraro Italy | 1:06.36 NR |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Yuliya Yefimova Russia | 2:20.17 | Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa | 2:22.52 | Sydney Pickrem Canada | 2:22.90 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 25.02 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands | 25.35 | Farida Osman Egypt | 25.47 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Maggie MacNeil Canada | 55.83 AM | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 56.22 | Emma McKeon Australia | 56.61 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Boglárka Kapás Hungary | 2:06.78 | Hali Flickinger United States | 2:06.95 | Katie Drabot United States | 2:07.04 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 2:07.53 | Ye Shiwen China | 2:08.60 | Sydney Pickrem Canada | 2:08.70 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 4:30.39 | Ye Shiwen China | 4:32.07 | Yui Ohashi Japan | 4:32.33 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | Australia Bronte Campbell (52.85) Brianna Throssell (53.34) Emma McKeon (52.57) Cate Campbell (51.45) Madison Wilson | 3:30.21 CR | United States Mallory Comerford (52.98) Abbey Weitzeil (52.66) Kelsi Dahlia (53.46) Simone Manuel (51.92) Allison Schmitt Margo Geer Lia Neal | 3:31.02 AM | Canada Kayla Sanchez (53.72) Taylor Ruck (52.19) Penny Oleksiak (52.69) Maggie MacNeil (53.18) Rebecca Smith | 3:31.78 NR |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | Australia Ariarne Titmus (1:54.27) OC Madison Wilson (1:56.73) Brianna Throssell (1:55.60) Emma McKeon (1:54.90) Leah Neale Kiah Melverton | 7:41.50 WR | United States Simone Manuel (1:56.09) Katie Ledecky (1:54.61) Melanie Margalis (1:55.81) Katie McLaughlin (1:55.36) Allison Schmitt Gabby DeLoof Leah Smith | 7:41.87 AM | Canada Kayla Sanchez (1:57.32) Taylor Ruck (1:56.41) Emily Overholt (1:56.26) Penny Oleksiak (1:54.36) Rebecca Smith Emma O'Croinin | 7:44.35 NR |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | United States Regan Smith (57.57) WR Lilly King (1:04.81) Kelsi Dahlia (56.16) Simone Manuel (51.86) Olivia Smoliga Melanie Margalis Katie McLaughlin Mallory Comerford | 3:50.40 WR | Australia Minna Atherton (59.06) Jessica Hansen (1:06.08) Emma McKeon (56.32) Cate Campbell (51.96) Kaylee McKeown Brianna Throssell Madison Wilson | 3:53.42 | Canada Kylie Masse (59.12) Sydney Pickrem (1:06.42) Maggie MacNeil (55.56) Penny Oleksiak (52.48) Kierra Smith Rebecca Smith Taylor Ruck | 3:53.58 NR |
| AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record |||||| |
$^b$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | United States Caeleb Dressel (47.34) Zach Apple (47.34) Mallory Comerford (52.72) Simone Manuel (52.00) Blake Pieroni Nathan Adrian Katie McLaughlin Abbey Weitzeil | 3:19.40 WR | Australia Kyle Chalmers (47.37) Clyde Lewis (48.18) Emma McKeon (52.06) Bronte Campbell (52.36) Cameron McEvoy Alexander Graham Brianna Throssell Madison Wilson | 3:19.97 OC | France Clément Mignon (48.44) Mehdy Metella (47.78) Charlotte Bonnet (52.87) Marie Wattel (53.02) Maxime Grousset Béryl Gastaldello | 3:22.11 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | Australia Mitch Larkin (53.47) Matthew Wilson (58.37) Emma McKeon (56.14) Cate Campbell (51.10) Minna Atherton Matthew Temple Bronte Campbell | 3:39.08 | United States Ryan Murphy (52.46) Lilly King (1:04.94) Caeleb Dressel (49.33) Simone Manuel (52.37) Matt Grevers Andrew Wilson Kelsi Dahlia Mallory Comerford | 3:39.10 | Great Britain Georgia Davies (59.25) Adam Peaty (57.73) James Guy (50.72) Freya Anderson (52.98) James Wilby | 3:40.68 |
| AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record |||||| |
$^c$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## Doping

Days before the competition, 20-year-old Australian swimmer Shayna Jack withdrew from the World Championships, mentioning “personal reasons”. On 27 July 2019, Jack published a statement on her social media profiles, confirming doping allegations over testing positive for a banned substance.

## Records

The following world and championship records were broken during the competition.

### World records

| Date | Event | Established for | Time | Name | Nation |
| July 21 | Men's 100 m breaststroke semifinals | (same) | 56.88 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain |
| July 24 | Men's 200 m butterfly final | (same) | 1:50.73 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary |
| July 25 | Men's 200 m breaststroke semifinals | (same) | =2:06.67 | Matthew Wilson | Australia |
| July 25 | Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay final | (same) | 7:41.50 | Ariarne Titmus (1:54.27) Madison Wilson (1:56.73) Brianna Throssell (1:55.60) Emma McKeon (1:54.90) | Australia |
| July 26 | Men's 100 m butterfly semifinals | (same) | 49.50 | Caeleb Dressel | United States |
| July 26 | Women's 200 metre backstroke semifinals | (same) | 2:03.35 | Regan Smith | United States |
| July 26 | Men's 200 m breaststroke final | (same) | 2:06.12 | Anton Chupkov | Russia |
| July 27 | Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final | (same) | 3:19.40 | Caeleb Dressel (47.34) Zach Apple (47.34) Mallory Comerford (52.72) Simone Manuel (52.00) | United States |
| July 28 | Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay final | Women's 100 m backstroke | 57.57 | Regan Smith | United States |
| July 28 | Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay final | (same) | 3:50.40 | Regan Smith (57.57) Lilly King (1:04.81) Kelsi Dahlia (56.16) Simone Manuel (51.86) | United States |

### Championship records

| Date | Event | Time | Name | Nation |
| July 21 | Men's 50 m butterfly semifinals | 22.57 | Caeleb Dressel | United States |
| July 21 | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final | 3:09.06 | Caeleb Dressel (47.63) Blake Pieroni (47.49) Zach Apple (46.86) Nathan Adrian (47.08) | United States |
| July 21 | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final | 3:30.21 | Bronte Campbell (52.85) Brianna Throssell (53.34) Emma McKeon (52.57) Cate Campbell (51.45) | Australia |
| July 22 | Men's 100 m backstroke semifinals | 52.17 | Xu Jiayu | China |
| July 22 | Men's 50 m butterfly final | 22.35 | Caeleb Dressel | United States |
| July 25 | Men's 200 m breaststroke semifinals | 2:06.83 | Anton Chupkov | Russia |
| July 27 | Men's 50 m freestyle final | 21.04 | Caeleb Dressel | United States |