# Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

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:
| 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 |
| 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 table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA)* | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | France (FRA) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 40 | 40 | 42 | 122 |

## Medal winners
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | César Cielo Filho Brazil | 21.08 CR, AM | Frédérick Bousquet France | 21.21 | Amaury Leveaux France | 21.25 |
| 100 m freestyle details | César Cielo Filho Brazil | 46.91 WR | Alain Bernard France | 47.12 ER | Frédérick Bousquet France | 47.25 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Paul Biedermann Germany | 1:42.00 WR | Michael Phelps United States | 1:43.22 | Danila Izotov Russia | 1:43.90 NR |
| 400 m freestyle details | Paul Biedermann Germany | 3:40.07 WR | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 3:41.11 AF | Zhang Lin China | 3:41.35 AS |
| 800 m freestyle details | Zhang Lin China | 7:32.12 WR | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 7:35.27 AF | Ryan Cochrane Canada | 7:41.92 AM |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 14:37.28 AF | Ryan Cochrane Canada | 14:41.38 | Sun Yang China | 14:46.84 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Liam Tancock Great Britain | 24.04 WR | Junya Koga Japan | 24.24 AS | Gerhard Zandberg South Africa | 24.34 AF |
| 100 m backstrokedetails | Junya Koga Japan | 52.26 CR, AS | Helge Meeuw Germany | 52.54 | Aschwin Wildeboer Spain | 52.64 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Aaron Peirsol United States | 1:51.92 WR | Ryosuke Irie Japan | 1:52.51 AS | Ryan Lochte United States | 1:53.82 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 26.67 WR | Felipe França Silva Brazil | 26.76 AM | Mark Gangloff United States | 26.86 NR |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Brenton Rickard Australia | 58.58 WR | Hugues Duboscq France | 58.64 ER | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 58.95 AF |
| 200 m breaststrokedetails | Dániel Gyurta Hungary | 2:07.64 ER | Eric Shanteau United States | 2:07.65 | Giedrius Titenis Lithuania Christian Sprenger Australia | 2:07.80 NR2:07.80 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Milorad Čavić Serbia | 22.67 CR, NR | Matt Targett Australia | 22.73 OC | Rafael Muñoz Spain | 22.88 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Michael Phelps United States | 49.82 WR | Milorad Čavić Serbia | 49.95 ER | Rafael Muñoz Spain | 50.41 NR |
| 200 m butterfly details | Michael Phelps United States | 1:51.51 WR | Paweł Korzeniowski Poland | 1:53.23 NR | Takeshi Matsuda Japan | 1:53.32 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Ryan Lochte United States | 1:54.10 WR | László Cseh Hungary | 1:55.24 | Eric Shanteau United States | 1:55.36 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Ryan Lochte United States | 4:07.01 | Tyler Clary United States | 4:07.31 | László Cseh Hungary | 4:07.37 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | United States 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 | Russia Evgeniy Lagunov (47.90) Andrey Grechin (47.00) Danila Izotov (47.23) Alexander Sukhorukov (47.39) Nikita Konovalov | 3:09.52 NR | France 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 details | United States 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 WR | Russia 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 | Australia Kenrick Monk (1:46.00) Robert Hurley (1:46.47) Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:44.82) Patrick Murphy (1:44.36) Nick Ffrost Kirk Palmer | 7:01.65 OC |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | United States 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 WR | Germany Helge Meeuw (52.27) ER Hendrik Feldwehr (58.51) Benjamin Starke (50.91) Paul Biedermann (46.89) | 3:28.58 ER | Australia Ashley Delaney (53.10) Brenton Rickard (57.80) Andrew Lauterstein (50.58) Matt Targett (47.16) Christian Sprenger | 3:28.64 OC |
Legend:
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's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Britta Steffen Germany | 23.73 WR | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 23.88 NR | Cate Campbell Australia Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 23.99 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Britta Steffen Germany | 52.07 WR | Francesca Halsall Great Britain | 52.87 NR | Libby Trickett Australia | 52.93 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Federica Pellegrini Italy | 1:52.98 WR | Allison Schmitt United States | 1:54.96 AM | Dana Vollmer United States | 1:55.64 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Federica Pellegrini Italy | 3:59.15 WR | Joanne Jackson Great Britain | 4:00.60 NR | Rebecca Adlington Great Britain | 4:00.79 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Lotte Friis Denmark | 8:15.92 CR, NR | Joanne Jackson Great Britain | 8:16.66 | Alessia Filippi Italy | 8:17.21 NR |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Alessia Filippi Italy | 15:44.93 CR, ER | Lotte Friis Denmark | 15:46.30 NR | Camelia Potec Romania | 15:55.63 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Zhao Jing China | 27.06 WR | Daniela Samulski Germany | 27.23 ER | Gao Chang China | 27.28 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Gemma Spofforth Great Britain | 58.12 WR | Anastasia Zueva Russia | 58.18 NR | Emily Seebohm Australia | 58.88 OC |
| 200 m backstroke details | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:04.81 WR | Anastasia Zueva Russia | 2:04.94 ER | Elizabeth Beisel United States | 2:06.39 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Yuliya Efimova Russia | 30.09 WR | Rebecca Soni United States | 30.11 AM | Sarah Katsoulis Australia | 30.16 OC |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Rebecca Soni United States | 1:04.93 | Yuliya Efimova Russia | 1:05.41 ER | Kasey Carlson United States | 1:05.75 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Nadja Higl Serbia | 2:21.62 ER | Annamay Pierse Canada | 2:21.84 | Mirna Jukić Austria | 2:21.97 NR |
| 50 m butterfly details | Marieke Guehrer Australia | 25.48 OC | Zhou Yafei China | 25.57 AS | Ingvild Snildal Norway | 25.58 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 56.06 WR | Jessicah Schipper Australia | 56.23 OC | Jiao Liuyang China | 56.86 AS |
| 200 m butterfly details | Jessicah Schipper Australia | 2:03.41 WR | Liu Zige China | 2:03.90 AS | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 2:04.28 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Ariana Kukors United States | 2:06.15 WR | Stephanie Rice Australia | 2:07.03 OC | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 2:07.46 ER |
| 400 m individual medley details | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 4:30.31 CR, ER | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 4:32.12 | Stephanie Rice Australia | 4:32.29 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Netherlands Inge Dekker (53.61) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30) Frederike Heemskerk (53.03) Marleen Veldhuis (52.78) Hinkelien Schreuder | 3:31.72 WR | Germany Britta Steffen (52.22) WR Daniela Samulski (53.49) Petra Dallmann (53.75) Daniela Schreiber (52.37) | 3:31.83 NR | Australia 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 details | China Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73) | 7:42.08 WR | United States 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 | Great Britain 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 details | China Zhao Jing (58.98) AS Chen Huijia (1:04.12) Jiao Liuyang (56.28) Li Zhesi (52.81) | 3:52.19 WR | Australia 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 | Germany Daniela Samulski (59.85) Sarah Poewe (1:06.81) Annika Mehlhorn (57.14) Britta Steffen (51.99) Daniela Schreiber | 3:55.79 ER |
Legend:
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.

## Records

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

### World records

| Date | Round | Event | Established for | Time | Name | Nation |
| July 26 | Semifinal 2 | Women's 100 metre butterfly | (same) | 56.44 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
| July 26 | Final | Men's 400 metre freestyle | (same) | 3:40.07 | Paul Biedermann | Germany |
| July 26 | Semifinal 2 | Women's 200 metre individual medley | (same) | 2:07.03 | Ariana Kukors | United States |
| July 26 | Final | Women's 400 metre freestyle | (same) | 3:59.15 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy |
| July 26 | Final | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | Women's 100 metre freestyle | 52.22 | Britta Steffen | Germany |
| July 26 | Final | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 3:31.72 | Inge Dekker (53.61) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.30) Femke Heemskerk (53.03) Marleen Veldhuis (52.78) | Netherlands |
| July 27 | Final | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 58.58 | Brenton Rickard | Australia |
| July 27 | Final | Women's 100 metre butterfly | (same) | 56.06 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
| July 27 | Semifinal 2 | Women's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 1:04.84 | Rebecca Soni | United States |
| July 27 | Semifinal 1 | Women's 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 58.48 | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia |
| July 27 | Final | Women's 200 metre individual medley | (same) | 2:06.15 | Ariana Kukors | United States |
| July 28 | Final | Men's 200 metre freestyle | (same) | 1:42.00 | Paul Biedermann | Germany |
| July 28 | Final | Women's 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 58.12 | Gemma Spofforth | United Kingdom |
| July 28 | Semifinal 2 | Men's 50 metre breaststroke | (same) | 26.74 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
| July 28 | Semifinal 1 | Women's 200 metre freestyle | (same) | 1:53.67 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy |
| July 29 | Heat 4 | Women's 200 metre butterfly | (same) | 2:04.14 | Mary DeScenza | United States |
| July 29 | Semifinal 1 | Women's 50 metre backstroke | (same) | 27.39 | Daniela Samulski | Germany |
| July 29 | Semifinal 2 | Women's 50 metre backstroke | (same) | 27.38 | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia |
| July 29 | Final | Men's 200 metre butterfly | (same) | 1:51.51 | Michael Phelps | United States |
| July 29 | Final | Women's 200 metre freestyle | (same) | 1:52.98 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy |
| July 29 | Final | Men's 50 metre breaststroke | (same) | 26.67 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
| July 29 | Final | Men's 800 metre freestyle | (same) | 7:32.12 | Zhang Lin | China |
| July 30 | Final | Men's 200 metre individual medley | (same) | 1:54.10 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
| July 30 | Semifinal 2 | Women's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 2:20.12 | Annamay Pierse | Canada |
| July 30 | Final | Men's 100 metre freestyle | (same) | 46.91 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil |
| July 30 | Final | Women's 200 metre butterfly | (same) | 2:03.41 | Jessicah Schipper | Australia |
| July 30 | Semifinal 1 | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 2:07.31 | Christian Sprenger | Australia |
| July 30 | Final | Women's 50 metre backstroke | (same) | 27.06 | Zhao Jing | China |
| July 30 | Final | Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 7:42.08 | Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73) | China |
| July 31 | Final | Women's 100 metre freestyle | (same) | 52.07 | Britta Steffen | Germany |
| July 31 | Final | Men's 200 metre backstroke | (same) | 1:51.92 | Aaron Peirsol | United States |
| July 31 | Semifinal 1 | Women's 50 metre butterfly | (same) | 25.28 | Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands |
| July 31 | Semifinal 2 | Women's 50 metre butterfly | (same) | 25.07 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden |
| July 31 | Semifinal 2 | Men's 100 metre butterfly | (same) | 50.01 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia |
| July 31 | Final | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 6:58.55 | Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46) | United States |
| August 1 | Final | Women's 200 metre backstroke | (same) | 2:04.81 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe |
| August 1 | Final | Men's 100 metre butterfly | (same) | 49.82 | Michael Phelps | United States |
| August 1 | Semifinal 1 | Men's 50 metre backstroke | (same) | 24.08 | Liam Tancock | United Kingdom |
| August 1 | Final | Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | (same) | 3:52.19 | Zhao Jing (58.98) Chen Huijia (1:04.12) Jiao Liuyang (56.28) Li Zhesi (52.81) | China |
| August 2 | Final | Men's 50 metre backstroke | (same) | 24.04 | Liam Tancock | United Kingdom |
| August 2 | Final | Women's 50 metre breaststroke | (same) | 30.09 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia |
| August 2 | Final | Women's 50 metre freestyle | (same) | 23.73 | Britta Steffen | Germany |
| August 2 | Final | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | (same) | 3:27.28 | Aaron Peirsol (52.19) Eric Shanteau (58.57) Michael Phelps (49.72) David Walters (46.80) | United States |

### Championship records

| Date | Round | Event | Established for | Time | Name | Nation |
| July 26 | Heat 9 | Women's 100 metre butterfly | (same) | 56.76 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
| July 26 | Heat 7 | Women's 200 metre individual medley | (same) | 2:08.53 | Ariana Kukors | United States |
| July 26 | Heat 20 | Men's 50 metre butterfly | (same) | 22.90 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa |
| July 26 | Heat 21 | Men's 50 metre butterfly | (same) | =22.90 | Rafael Muñoz | Spain |
| July 26 | Heat 6 | Women's 400 metre freestyle | (same) | 4:01.96 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy |
| July 26 | Heat 14 | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 58.98 | Brenton Rickard | Australia |
| July 26 | Heat 2 | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 3:35.26 | Sally Foster (54.18) Marieke Guehrer (53.47) Shayne Reese (53.19) Meagen Nay (54.42) | Australia |
| July 26 | Heat 3 | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 3:34.74 | Britta Steffen (53.76) Daniela Samulski (53.81) Petra Dallmann (53.69) Daniela Schreiber (53.48) | Germany |
| July 26 | Heat 4 | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | Women's 100 metre freestyle | 53.02 | Francesca Halsall | United Kingdom |
| July 26 | Heat 3 | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | Men's 100 metre freestyle | 47.77 | Brent Hayden | Canada |
| July 26 | Heat 3 | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 3:12.58 | Matthew Abood (48.35) Andrew Lauterstein (48.42) Tommaso D'Orsogna (47.82) Matt Targett (48.07) | Australia |
| July 26 | Heat 4 | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | Men's 100 metre freestyle | 47.52 | Stefan Nystrand | Sweden |
| July 26 | Heat 4 | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 3:11.38 | Amaury Leveaux (48.37) Grégory Mallet (47.78) William Meynard (48.11) Fabien Gilot (47.12) | France |
| July 26 | Heat 5 | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | Men's 100 metre freestyle | 47.39 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil |
| July 26 | Heat 5 | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 3:11.26 | César Cielo Filho (47.39) Nicolas Oliveira (47.51) Guilherme Roth (48.15) Fernando Silva (48.21) | Brazil |
| July 26 | Semifinal 1 | Men's 50 metre butterfly | (same) | 22.68 | Rafael Muñoz | Spain |
| July 26 | Semifinal 2 | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 58.96 | Eric Shanteau | United States |
| July 26 | Final | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | Men's 100 metre freestyle | 47.09 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil |
| July 26 | Final | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 3:09.21 | Michael Phelps (47.78) Ryan Lochte (47.03) Matt Grevers (47.61) Nathan Adrian (46.79) | United States |
| July 27 | Heat 11 | Women's 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 58.78 | Gemma Spofforth | United Kingdom |
| July 27 | Heat 10 | Women's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 1:05.66 | Rebecca Soni | United States |
| July 27 | Heat 12 | Men's 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 52.93 | Aschwin Wildeboer | Spain |
| July 27 | Semifinal 1 | Men's 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 52.39 | Junya Koga | Japan |
| July 27 | Final | Men's 50 metre butterfly | (same) | 22.67 | Milorad Čavić | Serbia |
| July 27 | Semifinal 2 | Men's 200 metre freestyle | (same) | 1:43.65 | Paul Biedermann | Germany |
| July 28 | Heat 12 | Men's 50 metre breaststroke | (same) | 27.26 | Barry Murphy | Ireland |
| July 28 | Heat 15 | Men's 50 metre breaststroke | (same) | 27.15 | Brenton Rickard | Australia |
| July 28 | Heat 16 | Men's 50 metre breaststroke | (same) | 26.92 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
| July 28 | Final | Women's 100 metre backstroke | Women's 50 m backstroke | 28.13 | Anastasia Zuyeva | Russia |
| July 28 | Semifinal 1 | Men's 50 metre breaststroke | (same) | =26.92 | Felipe França Silva | Brazil |
| July 28 | Final | Women's 1500 metre freestyle | (same) | 15:44.93 | Alessia Filippi | Italy |
| July 28 | Final | Men's 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 52.26 | Junya Koga | Japan |
| July 29 | Heat 12 | Women's 50 metre backstroke | (same) | 27.85 | Zhao Jing | China |
| July 29 | Heat 13 | Women's 50 metre backstroke | (same) | 27.65 | Aleksandra Gerasimenya | Belarus |
| July 30 | Heat 6 | Women's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 2:21.68 | Annamay Pierse | Canada |
| July 30 | Heat 5 | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 2:09.28 | Giedrius Titenis | Lithuania |
| July 30 | Heat 6 | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 2:09.26 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov | Kazakhstan |
| July 30 | Heat 7 | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 2:09.22 | Henrique Barbosa | Brazil |
| July 30 | Heat 8 | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 2:08.85 | Loris Facci | Italy |
| July 30 | Heat 9 | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 2:08.55 | Eric Shanteau | United States |
| July 30 | Heat 1 | Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 7:49.04 | Caitlin McClatchey (1:57.54) Jazmin Carlin (1:56.45) Hannah Miley (1:58.15) Rebecca Adlington (1:56.90) | United Kingdom |
| July 30 | Semifinal 1 | Women's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 2:20.93 | Rebecca Soni | United States |
| July 30 | Semifinal 1 | Men's 200 metre backstroke | (same) | 1:54.06 | Aaron Peirsol | United States |
| July 31 | Heat 21 | Men's 50 metre freestyle | (same) | 21.64 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| July 31 | Heat 22 | Men's 50 metre freestyle | (same) | 21.37 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil |
| July 31 | Heat 10 | Women's 50 metre butterfly | (same) | 25.74 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
| July 31 | Heat 13 | Women's 50 metre butterfly | (same) | 25.44 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden |
| July 31 | Heat 6 | Women's 200 metre backstroke | (same) | 2:06.72 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe |
| July 31 | Semifinal 1 | Men's 50 metre freestyle | (same) | 21.29 | Duje Draganja | Croatia |
| July 31 | Semifinal 2 | Men's 50 metre freestyle | (same) | 21.21 | Frédérick Bousquet | France |
| July 31 | Semifinal 2 | Women's 200 metre backstroke | (same) | 2:05.86 | Kirsty Coventry | Zimbabwe |
| July 31 | Swim-off | Men's 50 metre freestyle | (same) | 21.20 | George Bovell | Trinidad and Tobago |
| August 1 | Heat 17 | Women's 50 metre freestyle | (same) | 24.24 | Cate Campbell | Australia |
| August 1 | Heat 10 | Women's 50 metre breaststroke | (same) | 30.34 | Kasey Carlson | United States |
| August 1 | Heat 12 | Women's 50 metre breaststroke | (same) | 30.24 | Yuliya Yefimova | Russia |
| August 1 | Heat 13 | Men's 50 metre backstroke | (same) | 24.49 | Guilherme Guido | Brazil |
| August 1 | Final | Men's 50 metre freestyle | (same) | 21.08 | César Cielo Filho | Brazil |
| August 1 | Semifinal 1 | Women's 50 metre freestyle | (same) | 24.20 | Marleen Veldhuis | Netherlands |
| August 1 | Semifinal 2 | Women's 50 metre freestyle | (same) | 24.08 | Cate Campbell | Australia |
| August 1 | Final | Women's 800 metre freestyle | (same) | 8:15.92 | Lotte Friis | Denmark |
| August 2 | Heat 3 | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | (same) | 3:29.48 | Helge Meeuw (52.46) Hendrik Feldwehr (58.22) Benjamin Starke (51.11) Paul Biedermann (47.69) | Germany |
| August 2 | Final | Women's 400 metre individual medley | (same) | 4:30.31 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary |
| August 2 | Final | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | Men's 100 m backstroke | 52.19 | Aaron Peirsol | United States |