# Swimming at the 2009 Summer Universiade

The Swimming competition of the 25th Summer Universiade was held at the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, Serbia, 5–11 July 2009. All events were contested in a long course (50m) pool.
Of note, this was held just 2 weeks prior to the 2009 World Championships.

## Participating nations

Teams from 62 countries participated in Swimming at the 2009 World University Games. They were from:
* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belarus
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Colombia
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Ecuador
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hong Kong
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Lebanon
* Lithuania
* Macedonia
* Macau
* Mexico
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* Netherlands Antilles
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* Norway
* Oman
* Peru
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Tanzania
* Thailand
* Ukraine
* Uganda
* United States
* Uruguay

## Results
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m Freestyle | Andrea Rolla Italy | 22.16 | Boris Steimetz  France Sergey Fesikov Russia | 22.19 | not awarded | |
| 100m Freestyle | Sergey Fesikov Russia | 48.43 | Cameron Prosser Australia | 48.57 | Jason Dunford Kenya | 48.73 NR |
| 200m Freestyle | Sho Uchida | 1:47.63 | Doug Robison  USA | 1:48.34 | Shogo Hihara | 1:48.49 |
| 400m Freestyle | Przemysław Stańczyk Poland | 3:46.72 GR | Chad La Tourette  USA | 3:46.93 | Federico Colbertaldo Italy | 3:47.17 |
| 800m Freestyle | Chad La Tourette  USA | 7:47.24 GR | Federico Colbertaldo Italy | 7:48.58 | Przemysław Stańczyk Poland | 7:53.67 |
| 1500m Freestyle | Przemysław Stańczyk Poland | 14:51.06 GR | Chad La Tourette  USA | 14:53.77 | Federico Colbertaldo Italy | 15:03.90 |
| 50m Backstroke | Junya Koga | 24.63 GR | Ryosuke Irie | 25.05 | Guy Barnea Israel | 25.09 |
| 100m Backstroke | Ryosuke Irie | 52.60 GR | Helge Meeuw | 52.94 | Junya Koga | 53.50 |
| 200m Backstroke | Ryosuke Irie | 1:54.13 GR | Patrick Schirk  USA | 1:57.05 | Kazuki Watanabe | 1:58.23 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Kevin Swander  USA | 27.14 GR | Felipe França Silva Brazil | 27.23 | Čaba Silađi Serbia | 27.27 NR |
| 100m Breaststroke | Igor Borysik Ukraine | 59.53 GR | Fabio Scozzoli Italy | 59.85 | Hiromasa Sakimoto | 59.90 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Igor Borysik Ukraine | 2:08.73 GR | Naoya Tomita | 2:11.02 | Giedrius Titenis Lithuania | 2:11.14 |
| 50m Butterfly | Jernej Godec Slovenia | 23.41 | Jason Dunford Kenya | 23.45 | Chris Brady  USA | 23.56 |
| 100m Butterfly | Jason Dunford Kenya | 51.29 | Chris Brady  USA | 51.62 | Maxim Ganikhin Russia Michal Rubáček Czech Republic | 52.33 |
| 200m Butterfly | Paweł Korzeniowski Poland | 1:54.30 GR | Kazuya Kaneda | 1:56.43 | Ryusuke Sakata Maxim Ganikhin Russia | 1:56.75 |
| 200m Individual Medley | Alex Vanderkaay  USA | 1:57.58 GR | Keith Beavers  Canada | 1:59.83 | Yuma Kosaka | 2:00.77 |
| 400m Individual Medley | Mateusz Matczak Poland | 4:12.28 GR | Alex Vanderkaay  USA | 4:12.48 | Yuya Horihata | 4:15.26 |
| 4 × 100 m Free Relay | USA Will Copeland (48.39) Chris Brady (48.22) Eric McGinnis (49.71) Doug Robison (48.42) | 3:14.74 GR | Italy Michele Santucci (49.95) Nicola Cassio (48.90) Vittorio Dinia (48.71) Andrea Rolla (48.51) Lorenzo Benatti | 3:16.07 | France Antoine Galavtine (50.22) Sebastien Bodet (48.44) Kevin Trannoy (48.96) Boris Steimetz (48.95) Joris Hustache | 3:16.57 |
| 4 × 200 m Free Relay | Sho Uchida (1:47.81) Shogo Hihara (1:46.72) Yasunori Mononobe (1:48.89) Shunsuke Kuzuhara (1:48.12) | 7:11.54 GR | USA Doug Robison (1:48.18) Bobby Bollier (1:49.65) Matt Patton (1:47.58) Alex Vanderkaay (1:48.79) Chad La Tourette | 7:14.20 | Canada Ray Betuzzi (1:48.37) Brian Johns (1:46.33) Keith Beavers (1:50.65) Matthew Swanston (1:51.10) Rory Biskupski | 7:16.45 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay | Ryosuke Irie (52.75) Hiromasa Sakimoto (59.63) Shimpei Irie (52.05) Rammaru Harada (48.37) | 3:32.80 GR | Italy Enrico Catalano (55.08) Fabio Scozzoli (59.68) Rudy Goldin (52.28) Vittorio Dinia (48.71) Nicola Cassio Matteo Giordano Stefano Iacobone Marco Sommaripa | 3:35.75 | France Eric Ress (55.57) Tony de Pellegrini (1:01.37) Cyril Marchant (53.41) Boris Steimetz (47.96) | 3:38.31 |
WR – World Record; GR – Games Record

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m Freestyle | Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus | 24.62 GR | Dorothea Brandt | 25.03 | Michelle King  USA | 25.10 |
| 100m Freestyle | Hannah Wilson Hong Kong | 54.35 GR | Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus | 54.79 | Miroslava Najdanovski Serbia Madison Kennedy  USA | 54.96 |
| 200m Freestyle | Sara Isaković Slovenia | 1:58.59 | Kevyn Peterson  Canada | 1:58.67 | Kristen Heiss  USA | 1:58.77 |
| 400m Freestyle | Kevyn Peterson  Canada | 4:10.01 | Kristen Heiss  USA | 4:11.30 | Leone Vorster South Africa | 4:13.18 |
| 800m Freestyle | Whitney Sprague  USA | 8:32.71 | Yumi Kida | 8:34.98 | Roberta Ioppi Italy | 8:40.00 |
| 1500m Freestyle | Yumi Kida | 16:24.26 | Whitney Sprague  USA | 16:29.04 | Natsumi Iwashita | 16:31.68 |
| 50m Backstroke | Shiho Sakai | 28.17 GR | Xu Tianlongzi | 28.20 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus | 28.32 |
| 100m Backstroke | Shiho Sakai | 1:00.30 | Katy Murdoch  Canada | 1:00.92 | Eri Tabei | 1:01.01 |
| 200m Backstroke | Stephanie Proud Great Britain | 2:08.91 GR | Kristen Heiss  USA | 2:09.22 | Tomoyo Fukuda | 2:11.17 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Daria Deeva Russia | 31.55 | Kim Dal-Eun South Korea | 31.57 | Ewa Scieszko Poland | 31.63 |
| 100m Breaststroke | Chiara Boggiatto Italy | 1:07.15 GR | Nađa Higl Serbia | 1:07.80 NR | Hitomi Nose | 1:07.87 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Rie Kaneto | 2:22.32 GR | Nađa Higl Serbia | 2:24.20 | Alena Alekseeva Russia | 2:25.40 |
| 50m Butterfly | Sviatlana Khakhlova Belarus | 25.97 GR | Cristina Maccagnola Italy | 26.52 | Hong Wenwen | 26.66 |
| 100m Butterfly | Hannah Wilson Hong Kong | 58.24 GR | Hong Wenwen | 59.19 | Ayano Kuroki | 59.44 |
| 200m Butterfly | Annika Mehlhorn | 2:07.35 | Lyndsay DePaul  USA | 2:09.89 | Haruka Minamizono | 2:10.01 |
| 200m Individual Medley | Ava Ohlgren  USA | 2:12.07 GR | Asami Kitagawa | 2:13.39 | Tomoyo Fukuda | 2:13.71 |
| 400m Individual Medley | Ava Ohlgren  USA | 4:40.61 | Lyndsay DePaul  USA | 4:41.94 | Svetlana Karpeeva Russia | 4:44.26 |
| 4 × 100 m Freestyle relay | USA Michelle King (56.42) Madison Kennedy (54.94) Ava Ohlgren (55.77) Morgan Scroggy (54.68) Chelsea Nauta | 3:41.81 | Yayoi Matsumoto (56.18) Misaki Yamaguchi (55.08) Asami Kitagawa (55.67) Shiho Sakai (55.67) | 3:42.60 | Canada Marie-Pier Ratelle (55.64) Breanna Hendriks (55.97) Katy Murdoch (55.58) Seanna Mitchell (55.90) Hayley Nell | 3:43.09 |
| 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay | USA Ava Ohlgren (2:01.92) Morgan Scroggy (1:59.06) Chelsea Nauta (2:00.07) Kristen Heiss (1:59.44) | 8:00.49 | Canada Kevyn Peterson (1:59.08) Breanna Hendriks (1:59.01) Seanna Mitchell (2:02.88) Katy Murdoch (2:01.80) | 8:03.67 | Italy Silvia Florio (2:02.01) Erica Buratto (1:59.43) Roberta Ioppi (2:01.57) Ambra Migliori (2:03.13) | 8:06.14 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay | USA Lauren Rogers (1:02.24) Katlin Freeman (1:05.8) Amanda Sims (59.22) Madison Kennedy (54.61) Morgan Scroggy Ava Ohlgren | 4:01.90 GR | Italy Elena Gemo (1:01.70) Chiara Boggiatto (1:07.62) Cristina Maccagnola (58.30) Erica Buratto (55.13) Maria Laura Simonetto | 4:02.75 | Russia Ksenia Moskvina (1:01.31) Daria Deeva (1:07.60) Svetlana Fedulova (59.56) Svetlana Karpeeva (55.42) | 4:03.89 |
WR – World Record; GR – Games Record

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 10 | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| 2 | Japan | 10 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| 3 | Poland | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Italy | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Belarus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Kenya | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Serbia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | China | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 40 | 41 | 42 | 123 |