# Australia at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Australia competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain from 19 July to 4 August 2013.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Christian Sprenger | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 29 July |
| Gold | James Magnussen | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle | 1 August |
| Gold | Cate Campbell | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle | 2 August |
| Silver | Cate Campbell Bronte Campbell Brittany Elmslie* Emma McKeon Alicia Coutts Emily Seebohm* | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 28 July |
| Silver | Alicia Coutts | Swimming | Women's 100 m butterfly | 29 July |
| Silver | Alicia Coutts | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley | 29 July |
| Silver | Emily Seebohm | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke | 30 July |
| Silver | Christian Sprenger | Swimming | Men's 50 m breaststroke | 31 July |
| Silver | Bronte Barratt Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Kylie Palmer Ami Matsuo* Emma McKeon* | Swimming | Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 1 August |
| Silver | Australia women's national water polo team Lea BartaJayde AppelHannah BucklingHolly Lincoln-SmithIsobel BishopBronwen KnoxRowena WebsterGlencora RalphZoe AranciniAshleigh SouthernKeesja GofersNicola ZagameKelsey Wakefield | Water polo | Women's tournament | 2 August |
| Silver | Belinda Hocking | Swimming | Women's 200 m backstroke | 3 August |
| Silver | Cate Campbell | Swimming | Women's 50 m freestyle | 4 August |
| Silver | Tommaso D'Orsogna Ashley Delaney James Magnussen Cameron McEvoy* Christian Sprenger Kenneth To* | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4 August |
| Silver | Cate Campbell Alicia Coutts Sally Foster Emma McKeon* Samantha Marshall* Emily Seebohm | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Swimming | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| Water polo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
Medals by date :
| Date | | | | Total |
| 20 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 July | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 July | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 July | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 July | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 August | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 August | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 August | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 3 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
$^*$ – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final relay.

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Grant Nel | 3 m springboard | 416.40 | 10 Q | 440.05 | 6 Q | 420.75 | 11 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Brittany Broben | 1 m springboard | 239.20 | 11 Q | — | — | 241.85 | 10 |
| Brittany Broben | 10 m platform | 285.65 | 17 Q | 287.30 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maddison Keeney | 1 m springboard | 225.50 | 18 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jaele Patrick | 3 m springboard | 291.60 | 10 Q | 276.50 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anabelle Smith | 3 m springboard | 306.75 | 6 Q | 311.20 | 7 Q | 320.25 | 9 |
| Sherilyse Gowlett Maddison Keeney | 3 m synchronized springboard | 284.07 | 4 Q | — | — | 279.03 | 8 |
| Emily Boyd Lara Tarvit | 10 m synchronized platform | 295.92 | 7 Q | — | — | 309.78 | 4 |

## Open water swimming

Australia qualified seven swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Simon Huitenga | 10 km | 1:49:29.7 | 12 |
| Rhys Mainstone | 5 km | 53:44.4 | 19 |
| Rhys Mainstone | 10 km | 1:49:30.4 | 13 |
| Rhys Mainstone | 25 km | 4:51:08.2 | 19 |
| Jarrod Poort | 5 km | 53:34.3 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Danielle DeFrancesco | 5 km | 56:48.2 | 11 |
| Melissa Gorman | 10 km | 1:58:30.9 | 20 |
| Chelsea Gubecka | 10 km | 1:59:16.3 | 30 |
| Bonnie MacDonald | 5 km | 57:01.3 | 14 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Simon Huitenga Jarrod Poort Melissa Gorman | Team | 54:16.1 | 4 |

## Swimming

Australian swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Matthew Abood | 50 m freestyle | 21.84 | 4 Q | 21.91 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ashley Delaney | 50 m backstroke | 25.36 | 13 Q | 25.21 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ashley Delaney | 100 m backstroke | 53.60 | 1 Q | 53.74 | 7 Q | 53.55 | 6 |
| Tommaso D'Orsogna | 100 m butterfly | 52.82 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Thomas Fraser-Holmes | 200 m freestyle | 1:48.05 | 12 Q | 1:47.21 | 7 Q | 1:47.11 | 8 |
| Thomas Fraser-Holmes | 400 m individual medley | 4:14.52 | 7 Q | — | — | 4:17.46 | 8 |
| Jordan Harrison | 400 m freestyle | 3:46.85 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:48.40 | =6 |
| Jordan Harrison | 800 m freestyle | 7:52.55 | 8 Q | — | — | 7:47.38 | 5 |
| Jordan Harrison | 1500 m freestyle | 14:58.62 | 6 Q | — | — | 15:00.44 | 6 |
| Grant Irvine | 200 m butterfly | 1:57.18 | 12 Q | 1:56.95 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mitch Larkin | 200 m backstroke | 1:59.34 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Matson Lawson | 200 m backstroke | 1:57.48 | 6 Q | 1:57.55 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| James Magnussen | 50 m freestyle | 22.04 | =11 Q | 21.79 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| James Magnussen | 100 m freestyle | 47.71 | 1 Q | 48.20 | =4 Q | 47.71 | |
| Cameron McEvoy | 100 m freestyle | 48.59 | 6 Q | 48.43 | 7 Q | 47.88 | 4 |
| Cameron McEvoy | 200 m freestyle | 1:47.34 | 5 Q | 1:47.31 | =8* Q | 1:46.63 | 7 |
| David McKeon | 400 m freestyle | 3:49.51 | 12 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Brenton Rickard | 50 m breaststroke | 27.66 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Brenton Rickard | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.52 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Christian Sprenger | 50 m breaststroke | 27.30 | 4 Q | 27.10 | 4 Q | 26.78 OC | |
| Christian Sprenger | 100 m breaststroke | 59.53 | 1 Q | 59.23 | 1 Q | 58.79 | |
| Matt Targett | 50 m butterfly | 23.36 | 9 Q | 23.39 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kenneth To | 200 m individual medley | 1:59.21 | 11 Q | 1:59.54 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Daniel Tranter | 200 m individual medley | 1:58.76 | =8 Q | 1:58.10 | 7 Q | 1:57.88 | 6 |
| Chris Wright | 50 m butterfly | 24.01 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chris Wright | 100 m butterfly | 52.83 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tommaso D'Orsogna James Magnussen Cameron McEvoy James Roberts Matt Targett* Kenneth To* | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:13.04 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:11.58 | 4 |
| Alexander Graham Jarrod Killey Ned McKendry David McKeon | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:13.52 | 9 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tommaso D'Orsogna Ashley Delaney James Magnussen Cameron McEvoy* Christian Sprenger Kenneth To* | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:33.64 | =2 Q | — | — | 3:31.64 | |
Cameron McEvoy tied for the eighth and final spot in the final of the 200 m freestyle with Sebastiaan Verschuren from the Netherlands. However, Verschuren withdrew from the swimoff to focus on the 100 m freestyle event which allowed McEvoy to advance to the final.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jessica Ashwood | 800 m freestyle | 8:27.74 | 10 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bronte Barratt | 200 m freestyle | 1:57.14 | 7 Q | 1:57.18 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bronte Barratt | 400 m freestyle | 4:09.65 | 13 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bronte Campbell | 50 m freestyle | 24.65 | 3 Q | 24.62 | 5 Q | 24.66 | =5 |
| Bronte Campbell | 100 m freestyle | 54.67 | 12 Q | 54.46 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Cate Campbell | 50 m freestyle | 24.27 | 1 Q | 24.19 | 1 Q | 24.14 | |
| Cate Campbell | 100 m freestyle | 53.24 | 1 Q | 53.09 | 2 Q | 52.34 | |
| Alicia Coutts | 50 m butterfly | 26.56 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alicia Coutts | 100 m butterfly | 57.56 | 4 Q | 57.49 | 3 Q | 56.97 | |
| Alicia Coutts | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.88 | 7 Q | 2:10.06 | 3 Q | 2:09.39 | |
| Brittany Elmslie | 50 m butterfly | 26.03 | 4 Q | 26.13 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Brittany Elmslie | 100 m butterfly | 58.27 | 8 Q | 58.56 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sally Foster | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.59 | 9 Q | 1:08.04 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sally Foster | 200 m breaststroke | 2:27.41 | 12 Q | 2:24.14 | 6 Q | 2:24.01 | 7 |
| Chelsea Gubecka | 1500 m freestyle | 16:21.82 | 13 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Belinda Hocking | 50 m backstroke | 28.80 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Belinda Hocking | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.39 | 9 Q | 1:00.24 | 8 Q | 1:00.29 | 8 |
| Belinda Hocking | 200 m backstroke | 2:07.64 | 2 Q | 2:08.49 | 4 Q | 2:06.66 | |
| Samantha Marshall | 50 m breaststroke | 31.49 | 15 Q | 31.26 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Samantha Marshall | 100 m breaststroke | 1:08.33 | 15 Q | 1:08.31 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Meagan Nay | 200 m backstroke | 2:10.62 | 9 Q | 2:11.72 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kylie Palmer | 200 m freestyle | 1:57.67 | 10 Q | 1:56.53 | 7 Q | 1:57.14 | 6 |
| Kylie Palmer | 400 m freestyle | 4:05.01 | 5 Q | — | — | 4:08.13 | 8 |
| Emily Seebohm | 50 m backstroke | 28.48 | 15 Q | 28.29 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Emily Seebohm | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.02 | 5 Q | 59.38 | 2 Q | 59.06 | |
| Emily Seebohm | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.12 | 3 Q | 2:10.70 | 6 Q | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Cate Campbell Bronte Campbell Brittany Elmslie* Emma McKeon Alicia Coutts Emily Seebohm* | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:36.46 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:32.43 OC | |
| Bronte Barratt Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Ami Matsuo* Emma McKeon* Kylie Palmer | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:52.69 | 2 Q | — | — | 7:47.08 | |
| Cate Campbell Alicia Coutts Sally Foster Emma McKeon* Samantha Marshall* Emily Seebohm | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:58.73 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:55.22 | |

## Synchronised swimming

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Olia Burtaev Bianca Hammett | Duet free routine | 70.180 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Olia Burtaev Bianca Hammett | Duet technical routine | 71.700 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
Reserves
* Amie Thompson
* Jade Haynes-Love

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

* Joel Dennerley
* Richard Campbell
* Matthew Martin
* John Cotterill
* Nathan Power
* Jarrod Gilchrist
* Aidan Roach
* Aaron Younger
* Joel Swift
* Tyler Martin
* Rhys Howden
* William Miller
* James Clark

#### Group play

| | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 6 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 3 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 0 |
| 22 July 2013 13:30 | Report | Serbia | 10–7 | Australia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Stavridis (GRE) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 22 July 2013 13:30 | Report | Udovičić, Pijetlović 3 | Goals | seven players 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Stavridis (GRE) |
| 24 July 2013 12:10 | Report | China | 7–9 | Australia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 455 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Abramović (MNE) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 455 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Abramović (MNE) |||
| 24 July 2013 12:10 | Report | Zhang Jian 2 | Goals | Howden 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 455 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Abramović (MNE) |
| 26 July 2013 10:50 | Report | Hungary | 9–9 | Australia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Stavridis (GRE) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 26 July 2013 10:50 | Report | Vámos 3 | Goals | Campbell 5 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Stavridis (GRE) |

#### Round of 16

| 28 July 2013 21:30 | Report | Germany | 4–8 | Australia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 900 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Bianchi (ITA) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 900 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Bianchi (ITA) |||
| 28 July 2013 21:30 | Report | Nossek 2 | Goals | three players 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 900 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Bianchi (ITA) |

#### Quarterfinal

| 30 July 2013 17:00 | Report | Croatia | 7–6 | Australia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 800 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Bianchi (ITA) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 800 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Bianchi (ITA) |||
| 30 July 2013 17:00 | Report | Joković 2 | Goals | Miller 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 800 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Bianchi (ITA) |

#### 5th–8th place semifinal

| 1 August 2013 15:30 | Report | Greece | 11–9 | Australia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Golijanin (SRB), Bianchi (ITA) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Golijanin (SRB), Bianchi (ITA) |||
| 1 August 2013 15:30 | Report | Delakas, Vlachopoulos 3 | Goals | Younger 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Golijanin (SRB), Bianchi (ITA) |

#### Seventh place game

| 3 August 2013 15:00 | Report | Australia | 7–13 | Serbia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Moller (ARG) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Moller (ARG) |||
| 3 August 2013 15:00 | Report | Swift, Howden 2 | Goals | Filipović 5 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Moller (ARG) |

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

* Lea Barta
* Jayde Appel
* Hannah Buckling
* Holly Lincoln-Smith
* Isobel Bishop
* Bronwen Knox
* Rowena Webster
* Glencora Ralph
* Zoe Arancini
* Ashleigh Southern
* Keesja Gofers
* Nicola Zagame
* Kelsey Wakefield

#### Group play

| | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10 | +35 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 2 |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 46 | −36 | 0 |
| 21 July 2013 10:50 | Report | Australia | 15–4 | New Zealand | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 320 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Cardenuto (BRA) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 320 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Cardenuto (BRA) |||
| 21 July 2013 10:50 | Report | Webster 4 | Goals | Mason 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 320 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Cardenuto (BRA) |
| 23 July 2013 10:50 | Report | Australia | 14–5 | China | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER) |||
| 23 July 2013 10:50 | Report | McGhie 3 | Goals | Liu Ping 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER) |
| 25 July 2013 18:50 | Report | Australia | 16–1 | South Africa | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Makita (JPN), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Makita (JPN), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |||
| 25 July 2013 18:50 | Report | Lincoln-Smith, Webster 3 | Goals | White 1 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Makita (JPN), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |

#### Round of 16

| 27 July 2013 10:50 | Report | Australia | 25–2 | Uzbekistan | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Moller (ARG), Littlejohn (GBR) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Moller (ARG), Littlejohn (GBR) |||
| 27 July 2013 10:50 | Report | Buckling 6 | Goals | Sarancha 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Moller (ARG), Littlejohn (GBR) |

#### Quarterfinal

| 29 July 2013 17:00 | Report | Australia | 9–5 | Greece | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU) |||
| 29 July 2013 17:00 | Report | four players 2 | Goals | Avramidou, Roumpesi 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU) |

#### Semifinal

| 31 July 2013 20:15 | Report | Russia | 6–9 | Australia | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bianchi (ITA) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bianchi (ITA) |||
| 31 July 2013 20:15 | Report | Ivanova 2 | Goals | Zagame 3 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bianchi (ITA) |

#### Final

| 2 August 2013 22:15 | Report | Australia | 6–8 | Spain | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Bender (GER) |
| Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Bender (GER) |||
| 2 August 2013 22:15 | Report | six players 1 | Goals | three players 2 | Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Bender (GER) |