# Australia at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

Australia competed at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy from 17 July to 2 August 2009.

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Matthew Mitcham | 1 m springboard | 369.05 | 9 Q | — | — | 440.20 | |
| Matthew Mitcham | 3 m springboard | 434.35 | 11 Q | 467.15 | 5 Q | 431.30 | 9 |
| Matthew Mitcham | 10 m platform | 491.50 | 4 Q | 499.00 | 2 Q | 529.50 | 4 |
| Grant Nel | 1 m springboard | 327.65 | 19 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Grant Nel | 3 m springboard | 332.70 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matthew Mitcham Grant Nel | 3 m synchronized springboard | 367.17 | 14 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Briony Cole | 3 m springboard | 266.40 | 14 Q | 317.30 | 6 Q | 311.50 | 9 |
| Alex Croak | 1 m springboard | 234.15 | 18 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alex Croak | 10 m platform | 323.85 | 5 Q | 353.80 | 4 Q | 351.85 | 7 |
| Sharleen Stratton | 1 m springboard | 263.40 | 8 Q | — | 284.15 | 5 |
| Sharleen Stratton | 3 m springboard | 291.70 | 8 Q | 314.35 | 7 Q | 327.75 | 6 |
| Melissa Wu | 10 m platform | 359.80 | 2 Q | 364.45 | 2 Q | 329.75 | 11 |
| Briony Cole Sharleen Stratton | 3 m synchronized springboard | 301.74 | 6 Q | — | — | 309.18 | 5 |
| Briony Cole Melissa Wu | 10 m synchronized platform | 308.52 | 5 Q | — | — | 320.58 | 5 |

## Open water swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Andrew Beato | 5 km | 56:52.4 | 13 |
| Brendan Capell | 25 km | 5:30:27.5 | 7 |
| Trent Grimsey | 5 km | 57:07.2 | 16 |
| Trent Grimsey | 10 km | 1:52:14.8 | 8 |
| Trent Grimsey | 25 km | 5:26:50.7 | |
| Rhys Mainstone | 10 km | 1:52:50.2 | 21 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Kate Brookes-Peterson | 5 km | 57:42.7 | 8 |
| Shelley Clark | 25 km | 6:07:31.7 | 13 |
| Danielle de Francesco | 10 km | 2:02:55.4 | 36 |
| Danielle de Francesco | 25 km | did not finish | did not finish |
| Melissa Gorman | 5 km | 56:55.8 | |
| Melissa Gorman | 10 km | 2:02:16.0 | 29 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Matthew Abood | 50 m freestyle | 21.90 | 11 Q | 21.74 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matthew Abood | 100 m freestyle | 48.45 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leith Brodie | 200 m individual medley | 1:57.66 OC | 3 Q | 1:56.75 OC | 3 Q | 1:56.69 OC | 5 |
| Leith Brodie | 400 m individual medley | 4:15.52 | 14 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ashley Delaney | 50 m backstroke | 24.97 | =14 Q | 25.02 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ashley Delaney | 100 m backstroke | 53.33 | 7 Q | 53.24 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ashley Delaney | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.02 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tommaso D'Orsogna | 200 m individual medley | 2:00.31 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robert Hurley | 400 m freestyle | 3:46.01 | 11 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robert Hurley | 800 m freestyle | 7:50.65 | 10 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robert Hurley | 1500 m freestyle | 15:14.75 | 14 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robert Hurley | 100 m backstroke | 55.18 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andrew Lauterstein | 50 m butterfly | 23.10 | 5 Q | 23.19 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andrew Lauterstein | 100 m butterfly | 50.93 | 4 Q | 51.03 | 7 Q | 50.85 OC | 5 |
| Kenrick Monk | 200 m freestyle | 1:46.56 | 9 Q | 1:45.77 | 7 Q | 1:45.46 | 5 |
| Patrick Murphy | 200 m freestyle | 1:46.61 | 10 Q | 1:46.70 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ryan Napoleon | 400 m freestyle | 3:47.98 | 21 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ryan Napoleon | 800 m freestyle | 7:53.92 | 12 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ryan Napoleon | 1500 m freestyle | 15:09.55 | 11 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stephen Parkes | 400 m individual medley | 4:18.60 | 22 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adam Pine | 100 m butterfly | 51.98 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kyle Richardson | 50 m freestyle | 22.21 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Brenton Rickard | 50 m breaststroke | 27.15 OC | 3 Q | 27.13 OC | 4 Q | 26.95 OC | =4 |
| Brenton Rickard | 100 m breaststroke | 58.98 CR | 1 Q | 59.27 | 4 Q | 58.58 WR | |
| Brenton Rickard | 200 m breaststroke | 2:10.54 | 16 Q | 2:07.89 | 3 Q | 2:08.23 | 5 |
| Christian Sprenger | 50 m breaststroke | 27.88 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Christian Sprenger | 100 m breaststroke | 59.52 | =7 Q | 59.98 | =15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Christian Sprenger | 200 m breaststroke | 2:09.82 | 12 Q | 2:07.31 WR | 1 Q | 2:07.80 | = |
| Lachlan Staples | 200 m butterfly | 1:57.21 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matt Targett | 100 m freestyle | 48.26 | 14 Q | 48.15 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matt Targett | 50 m butterfly | 23.23 | =8 Q | 23.04 | 5 Q | 22.73 OC | |
| Chris Wright | 200 m butterfly | 1:57.54 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matthew Abood Tommaso D'Orsogna Andrew Lauterstein Matt Targett | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:12.58 | 7 Q | — | — | 3:12.40 | 8 |
| Tommaso D'Orsogna Nic Ffrost* Hurley Kenrick Monk Patrick Murphy Kirk Palmer* | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:05.56 | 3 Q | — | — | 7:01.65 OC | |
| Ashley Delaney Andrew Lauterstein Brenton Rickard Christian Sprenger* Matt Targett | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:29.84 OC | 2 Q | — | — | 3:28.64 OC | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bronte Barratt | 400 m freestyle | 4:15.62 | 27 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Cate Campbell | 50 m freestyle | 24.24 CR | 1 Q | 24.08 CR | 1 Q | 23.99 | = |
| Sophie Edington | 50 m backstroke | 27.82 | 4 Q | 27.51 OC | 3 Q | 27.73 | 6 |
| Sophie Edington | 200 m backstroke | 2:11.53 | 16 Q | 2:10.57 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Blair Evans | 800 m freestyle | 8:38.10 | 18 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sally Foster | 200 m breaststroke | 2:26.07 | 14 Q | 2:27.03 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ellen Fullerton | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.10 | 15 Q | 1:57.43 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ellen Fullerton | 400 m freestyle | 4:08.31 | 9 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Felicity Galvez | 100 m butterfly | 57.76 | 9 Q | 57.71 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Melissa Gorman | 800 m freestyle | 8:36.37 | 15 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Melissa Gorman | 1500 m freestyle | 16:16.83 | 8 Q | — | — | 16:09.66 | 7 |
| Marieke Guehrer | 100 m freestyle | 54.60 | 16 Q | 54.21 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marieke Guehrer | 50 m butterfly | 25.83 | 5 Q | 25.58 OC | 4 Q | 25.48 OC | |
| Samantha Hamill | 200 m butterfly | 2:06.32 | 4 Q | 2:05.99 | 7 Q | 2:06.11 | 8 |
| Samantha Hamill | 400 m individual medley | 4:37.84 | 9 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Belinda Hocking | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.90 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Belinda Hocking | 200 m backstroke | 2:08.07 | 4 Q | 2:09.77 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sarah Katsoulis | 50 m breaststroke | 30.48 | 3 Q | 30.33 | 1 Q | 30.16 OC | |
| Sarah Katsoulis | 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.98 | 7 Q | 1:06.23 | 3 Q | 1:05.86 | 4 |
| Sarah Katsoulis | 200 m breaststroke | 2:27.32 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stephanie Rice | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.06 | 14 Q | 1:58.33 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stephanie Rice | 200 m individual medley | 2:09.64 | 3 Q | 2:08.68 | 2 Q | 2:07.03 OC | |
| Stephanie Rice | 400 m individual medley | 4:34.62 | 1 Q | — | — | 4:32.29 | |
| Jessicah Schipper | 100 m butterfly | 57.17 | 3 Q | 57.08 | 2 Q | 56.23 OC | |
| Jessicah Schipper | 200 m butterfly | 2:05.50 | 2 Q | 2:04.87 OC | 3 Q | 2:03.41 WR | |
| Emily Seebohm | 50 m backstroke | 28.25 | 12 Q | 27.70 | =7 Q | 27.83 | 7 |
| Emily Seebohm | 100 m backstroke | 59.64 | 4 Q | 59.15 OC | 3 Q | 58.88 OC | |
| Emily Seebohm | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.31 | 8 Q | 2:12.88 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Libby Trickett | 50 m freestyle | 24.74 | 9 Q | 24.34 | 6 Q | 24.19 | 6 |
| Libby Trickett | 100 m freestyle | 53.49 | 2 Q | 52.84 | 1 Q | 52.93 | |
| Libby Trickett | 50 m butterfly | 26.41 | =17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tarnee White | 50 m breaststroke | 30.96 | 8 Q | 30.80 | 7 Q | 30.91 | 8 |
| Tarnee White | 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.91 | 6 Q | 1:07.26 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sally Foster* Felicity Galvez Marieke Guehrer Meagan Nay* Shayne Reese Libby Trickett | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:35.26 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:33.01 OC | |
| Bronte Barratt Merindah Dingjan Ellen Fullerton Felicity Galvez* Stephanie Rice | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:50.53 | 5 Q | — | — | 7:46.85 | 5 |
| Sally Foster* Sarah Katsoulis Shayne Reese* Stephanie Rice* Jessicah Schipper Emily Seebohm Libby Trickett | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:58.36 | 7 Q | — | — | 3:52.58 OC | |

## Synchronised Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Yew Li Cheng | Solo technical routine | 70.500 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tarren Otte | Solo free routine | 75.834 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sarah Amberger Eloise Bombell | Duet technical routine | 76.667 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Water polo
### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

| No. | Name | Date of birth | L/R | Position | Height |
| 1 | James Stanton | 21 July 1987 | B | GK | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| 2 | Richard Campbell | 18 September 1987 | R | CB | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| 3 | Timothy Cleland | 15 December 1984 | R | CF | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| 4 | Nicholas O'Halloran | 14 August 1987 | L | D | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| 5 | Robert Maitland | 4 September 1983 | R | CB | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| 6 | Anthony Martin | 20 March 1985 | R | CB | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| 7 | John Cotterill | 29 October 1987 | R | D | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| 8 | Grant Richardson | 27 April 1981 | R | D | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| 9 | Thomas Whalan | 13 October 1980 | R | D | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| 10 | William Miller | 21 February 1988 | R | D | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| 11 | Rhys Howden | 2 April 1987 | R | D | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| 12 | Sean Boyd | 10 September 1978 | R | CF | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| 13 | Luke Quinlivan | 20 August 1985 | B | GK | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |

#### Group play

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 6 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 45 | -30 | 0 |
| 20 July 2009 17:00 | Match 5 | Kazakhstan | 7–14 | Australia | Attendance: 650 Referees: Stavropoulos (GRE), Matache (ROU) |
| Attendance: 650 Referees: Stavropoulos (GRE), Matache (ROU) |||
| 20 July 2009 17:00 | Match 5 | Gorovoy, Andreyev, Kukumanov 2 | Goals | Whalan 4 | Attendance: 650 Referees: Stavropoulos (GRE), Matache (ROU) |
| 22 July 2009 12:10 | Match 11 | Spain | 13–10 | Australia | Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Gomez (ITA) |
| Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Gomez (ITA) |||
| 22 July 2009 12:10 | Match 11 | Mallarach, Perrone 3 | Goals | Whalan 3 | Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Gomez (ITA) |
| 24 July 2009 10:50 | Match 18 | Serbia | 8–8 | Australia | Attendance: 500 Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Gomez (ITA) |
| Attendance: 500 Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Gomez (ITA) |||
| 24 July 2009 10:50 | Match 18 | Filipović 3 | Goals | Cotterill, Whalan 3 | Attendance: 500 Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Gomez (ITA) |

#### Quarterfinal

| 26 July 2009 16:50 | Match 30 | Australia | 5–7 | Romania | Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO) |
| Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO) |||
| 26 July 2009 16:50 | Match 30 | Campbell, Whalan 2 | Goals | Radu, Diaconu 2 | Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO) |

#### 9th-12th place semifinal

| 28 July 2009 12:40 | Match 34 | Italy | 6–8 | Australia | Attendance: 600 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Spiegel (GER) |
| Attendance: 600 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Spiegel (GER) |||
| 28 July 2009 12:40 | Match 34 | Calcaterra 3 | Goals | Campbell 3 | Attendance: 600 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Spiegel (GER) |

#### 9th place game

| 30 July 2009 10:20 | Match 40 | Montenegro | 8–7 | Australia | Attendance: 600 Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Stravropoulos (GRE) |
| Attendance: 600 Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Stravropoulos (GRE) |||
| 30 July 2009 10:20 | Match 40 | Ivović 3 | Goals | Campbell 2 | Attendance: 600 Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Stravropoulos (GRE) |

### Women's tournament
#### Roster

| No. | Name | Date of birth | L/R | Position | Height |
| 1 | Alicia Mc Cormack | 7 June 1983 | R | GK | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| 2 | Holly Lincoln-Smith | 1 January 1989 | R | CF | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| 3 | Sophie Smith | 26 February 1986 | R | D | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| 4 | Rebecca Rippon | 26 December 1978 | R | D | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| 5 | Jane Moran | 6 June 1985 | R | D | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| 6 | Bronwen Knox | 16 April 1986 | R | CB | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| 7 | Rowena Webster | 27 December 1987 | R | D | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| 8 | Kate Gynther | 5 July 1982 | R | D | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 9 | Glencora Ralph | 8 August 1988 | R | D | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| 10 | Jemma Dessauvagie | 20 August 1986 | R | CF | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| 11 | Melissa Rippon | 20 January 1981 | R | D | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| 12 | Nicola Zagame | 11 August 1990 | R | CB | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| 13 | Victoria Brown | 27 July 1985 | R | GK | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |

#### Group play

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 12 | +31 | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 5 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 2 |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 55 | -43 | 0 |
| July 19, 2009 15:00 | Match 5 | Canada | 6–6 | Australia | Attendance: 200 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Sadekov (RUS) |
| Attendance: 200 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Sadekov (RUS) |||
| July 19, 2009 15:00 | Match 5 | Perreault 2 | Goals | Webster 2 | Attendance: 200 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Sadekov (RUS) |
| July 21, 2009 12:10 | Match 11 | Australia | 23–2 | South Africa | Attendance: 300 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Mernenko (UZB) |
| Attendance: 300 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Mernenko (UZB) |||
| July 21, 2009 12:10 | Match 11 | Knox, Zagame 5 | Goals | Harris 2 | Attendance: 300 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Mernenko (UZB) |
| July 23, 2009 09:30 | Match 17 | New Zealand | 4–14 | Australia | Attendance: 200 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Patelli (BRA) |
| Attendance: 200 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Patelli (BRA) |||
| July 23, 2009 09:30 | Match 17 | Hudson 3 | Goals | Rippon, Knox, Webster 3 | Attendance: 200 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Patelli (BRA) |

#### Quarterfinal

| July 27, 2009 16:40 | Match 37 | Australia | 3–4 | Greece | Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Matache (ROU) |
| Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Matache (ROU) |||
| July 27, 2009 16:40 | Match 37 | Gynther 3 | Goals | Gerolimou 4 | Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Matache (ROU) |

#### 5th-8th place semifinal

| July 29, 2009 15:30 | Match 42 | Australia | 7–6 | Spain | Attendance: 700 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| Attendance: 700 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |||
| July 29, 2009 15:30 | Match 42 | Moran 2 | Goals | Lopez-Escribano, López 2 | Attendance: 700 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |

#### 5th place game

| July 31, 2009 10:40 | Match 46 | Netherlands | 12–11 | Australia | Attendance: 400 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Ciric (SRB) |
| Attendance: 400 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Ciric (SRB) |||
| July 31, 2009 10:40 | Match 46 | Cabout 4 | Goals | Knox 4 | Attendance: 400 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Ciric (SRB) |