# 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 15–19 December 2010. This swimming-only championships took place in the Dubai Sports Complex; all events were swum in a 25-meter (short-course) pool.
FINA announced on April 9, 2006 that Dubai had defeated the only other bidder Istanbul, Turkey, 11 votes to 10, after a meeting of the FINA Bureau in Shanghai, China.
The USA topped the medal standings with a total of 25 medals. A total of 57 Championship Records, and 4 World Records were set. American Ryan Lochte and Spaniard Mireia Belmonte were named swimmers of the competition. Lochte became the first individual ever to win 7 medals at a Short Course Worlds, and became the first individual to swim a World Record since suits-rule changes went into effect in January 2010. Belmonte won a total of four medals, tied for the most with American Rebecca Soni.

## Participating nations

The entry list released on the FINA website before the championships contained 153 countries.
* Albania
* Algeria
* Andorra
* Angola (2)
* Armenia
* Argentina
* Australia (30)
* Austria (7)
* Azerbaijan
* Bahamas (3)
* Bahrain
* Barbados
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Benin
* Bolivia
* Bermuda
* Brazil
* Brunei
* Bulgaria (3)
* Burkina Faso
* Cambodia
* Canada (16)
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Colombia
* Comoros
* Republic of the Congo
* Cook Islands
* Costa Rica
* Ivory Coast
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Djibouti
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Estonia (10)
* Ethiopia
* Faroe Islands
* Fiji
* Finland
* France (21)
* Georgia
* Germany (11)
* Gibraltar
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece
* Guam (4)
* Guinea
* Guyana
* Hong Kong
* Honduras
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Iraq
* Israel
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Japan (11)
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya (12)
* Kyrgyzstan
* Kuwait
* Laos
* Latvia (2)
* Lebanon
* Lithuania (2)
* Luxembourg (4)
* Macau
* Macedonia
* Madagascar
* Maldives
* Mali
* Malta (10)
* Marshall Islands
* Mauritania (2)
* Mexico (3)
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Moldova
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Namibia
* Nicaragua
* Netherlands
* Netherlands Antilles
* Nepal
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Norway
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Palau
* Panama
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland (7)
* Portugal
* Russia
* Rwanda
* Saint Lucia
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Seychelles
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa (16)
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Togo
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey (9)
* Turkmenistan
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* United States (36)
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Venezuela (14)
* Vietnam (2)
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Results
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Freestyle |||||||
| 50 free details | César Cielo Filho Brazil | 20.51 CR,AM | Frédérick Bousquet France | 20.81 | Josh Schneider USA | 20.88 |
| 100 free details | César Cielo Brazil | 45.74 CR,SA | Fabien Gilot France | 45.97 | Nikita Lobintsev Russia | 46.35 |
| 200 free details | Ryan Lochte USA | 1:41.08 CR | Danila Izotov Russia | 1:41.70 | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 1:42.02 |
| 400 free details | Paul Biedermann Germany | 3:37.06 | Nikita Lobintsev Russia | 3:37.84 | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 3:38.17 |
| 1500 free details | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 14:24.16 | Mads Glæsner Denmark | 14:29.52 | Gergely Gyurta Hungary | 14:31.47 |
| Backstroke |||||||
| 50 back details | Stanislav Donets Russia | 22.93 CR | Sun Xiaolei China and Aschwin Wildeboer Spain | 23.13 | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 100 back details | Stanislav Donets Russia | 49.07 CR | Camille Lacourt France | 49.80 | Aschwin Wildeboer Spain | 50.04 |
| 200 back details | Ryan Lochte USA | 1:46.68 CR | Tyler Clary USA | 1:49.09 | Markus Rogan Austria | 1:49.69 |
| Breaststroke |||||||
| 50 breast details | Felipe França Silva Brazil | 25.95 CR | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 26.03 | Aleksander Hetland Norway | 26.29 |
| 100 breast details | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 56.80 CR | Fabio Scozzoli Italy | 57.13 | Felipe França Silva Brazil | 57.39 |
| 200 breast details | Naoya Tomita Japan | 2:03.12 CR | Dániel Gyurta Hungary | 2:03.47 | Brenton Rickard Australia | 2:04.33 |
| Butterfly |||||||
| 50 fly details | Albert Subirats Venezuela | 22.40 CR | Andrii Govorov Ukraine | 22.43 | Steffen Deibler Germany | 22.44 |
| 100 fly details | Yevgeny Korotyshkin Russia | 50.23 | Albert Subirats Venezuela | 50.24 | Kaio Almeida Brazil | 50.33 |
| 200 fly details | Chad le Clos South Africa | 1:51.56 | Kaio Almeida Brazil | 1:51.61 | László Cseh Hungary | 1:51.67 |
| Individual Medley |||||||
| 100 IM details | Ryan Lochte USA | 50.86 | Markus Deibler Germany | 51.69 | Sergey Fesikov Russia | 51.81 |
| 200 IM details | Ryan Lochte USA | 1:50.08 WR | Markus Rogan Austria | 1:52.90 | Tyler Clary USA | 1:53.56 |
| 400 IM details | Ryan Lochte USA | 3:55.50 WR | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 3:57.40 | Tyler Clary USA | 3:57.56 |
| Relays |||||||
| 4×100 Free Relay details | France Alain Bernard (46.78) Frédérick Bousquet (45.92) Fabien Gilot (45.75) Yannick Agnel (46.33) | 3:04.78 CR | Russia Yevgeny Lagunov (46.68) Sergey Fesikov (45.87) Nikita Lobintsev (45.79) Danila Izotov (46.48) | 3:04.82 | Brazil Nicholas Santos (47.33) César Cielo (45.08) Marcelo Chierighini (47.02) Nicolas Oliveira (46.31) | 3:05.74 SA |
| 4×200 Free Relay details | Russia Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.10) Danila Izotov (1:42.15) Evgeny Lagunov (1:42.32) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47) | 6:49.04 WR | USA Peter Vanderkaay (1:43.83) Ryan Lochte (1:40.48) Garrett Weber-Gale (1:42.89) Ricky Berens (1:42.38) | 6:49.58 | France Yannick Agnel (1:41.95) Fabien Gilot (1:42.55) Clément Lefert (1:45.01) Jérémy Stravius (1:43.54) | 6:53.05 |
| 4×100 Medley Relay details | USA Nick Thoman (49.88) Mike Alexandrov (56.52) Ryan Lochte (49.17) Garrett Weber-Gale (45.42) | 3:20.99 CR | Russia Stanislav Donets (48.95) CR Stanislav Lakhtyukhov (57.27) Evgeny Korotyshkin (49.39) Nikita Lobintsev (46.00) | 3:21.61 | Brazil Guilherme Guido (50.69) Felipe França Silva (57.21) Kaio Almeida (50.09) César Cielo (45.13) Henrique Martins Nicolas Oliveira Glauber Silva | 3:23.12 SA |
    $^a$ Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Freestyle |||||||
| 50 free details | Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands | 23.37 | Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands | 23.81 | Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas | 24.04 |
| 100 free details | Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands | 51.45 CR | Femke Heemskerk Netherlands | 52.18 | Natalie Coughlin USA | 52.25 |
| 200 free details | Camille Muffat France | 1:52.29 CR | Katie Hoff USA | 1:52.91 | Kylie Palmer Australia | 1:52.96 |
| 400 free details | Katie Hoff USA | 3:57.07 CR | Kylie Palmer Australia | 3:58.39 | Federica Pellegrini Italy | 3:59.52 |
| 800 free details | Erika Villaécija Spain | 8:11.61 | Mireia Belmonte Spain | 8:12.48 | Kate Ziegler USA | 8:12.84 |
| Backstroke |||||||
| 50 back details | Zhao Jing China | 26.27 CR | Rachel Goh Australia | 26.54 | Mercedes Peris Spain | 26.80 |
| 100 back details | Natalie Coughlin USA | 56.08 CR | Zhao Jing China | 56.18 | Gao Chang China | 56.21 |
| 200 back details | Alexianne Castel France | 2:01.67 | Missy Franklin USA | 2:02.01 | Zhou Yanxin China | 2:03.22 |
| Breaststroke |||||||
| 50 breast details | Rebecca Soni USA | 29.83 | Leiston Pickett Australia | 29.84 | Zhao Jin China | 29.90 |
| 100 breast details | Rebecca Soni USA | 1:03.98 CR | Leisel Jones Australia | 1:04.26 | Ji Liping China | 1:04.79 |
| 200 breast details | Rebecca Soni USA | 2:16.39 CR | Sun Ye China | 2:18.09 | Rikke Pedersen Denmark | 2:18.82 |
| Butterfly |||||||
| 50 fly details | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 24.87 CR | Felicity Galvez Australia | 24.90 | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 25.24 |
| 100 fly details | Felicity Galvez Australia | 55.43 CR | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 55.73 | Dana Vollmer USA | 56.25 |
| 200 fly details | Mireia Belmonte Spain | 2:03.59 CR | Jemma Lowe Great Britain | 2:03.94 | Petra Granlund Sweden | 2:04.38 |
| Individual Medley |||||||
| 100 IM details | Ariana Kukors USA | 58.95 | Kotuku Ngawati Australia | 59.27 | Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands | 59.53 |
| 200 IM details | Mireia Belmonte Spain | 2:05.73 CR | Ye Shiwen China | 2:05.94 | Ariana Kukors USA | 2:06.09 |
| 400 IM details | Mireia Belmonte Spain | 4:24.21 CR | Ye Shiwen China | 4:24.55 | Li Xuanxu China | 4:29.05 |
| Relays |||||||
| 4×100 Free Relay details | Netherlands Femke Heemskerk (52.33) Inge Dekker (52.47) Hinkelien Schreuder (52.32) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.42) | 3:28.54 CR | USA Natalie Coughlin (51.88) Katie Hoff (52.79) Jessica Hardy (53.03) Dana Vollmer (51.64) | 3:29.34 | China Tang Yi (52.27) Zhu Qianwei (52.60) Pang Jiaying (52.94) Li Zhesi (52.00) | 3:29.81 |
| 4×200 Free Relay details | China Chen Qian (1:54.73) Tang Yi (1:53.54) Liu Jing (1:53.59) Zhu Qianwei (1:54.08) | 7:35.94 WR | Australia Blair Evans (1:54.87) Jade Neilsen (1:54.87) Kelly Stubbins (1:55.41) Kylie Palmer (1:52.42) | 7:37.57 | France Camille Muffat (1:53.17) CR Coralie Balmy (1:53.71) Mylène Lazare (1:56.24) Ophélie Etienne (1:55.21) | 7:38.33 |
| 4×100 Medley Relay details | China Zhao Jing (56.52) Zhao Jin (1:04.20) Liu Zige (55.80) Tang Yi (51.77) | 3:48.29 CR | USA Natalie Coughlin (56.83) Rebecca Soni (1:03.73) Dana Vollmer (55.62) Jessica Hardy (52.18) | 3:48.36 | Australia Rachel Goh (57.39) Leisel Jones (1:03.76) Felicity Galvez (55.56) Marieke Guehrer (52.17) | 3:48.88 |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 12 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | China (CHN) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 40 | 41 | 39 | 120 |

## Highlights

For a list of day-by-day highlights from the 2010 Short Course Worlds, please see:
* 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights

## Records

For a list of records set at the 2010 Short Course Worlds, please see this entry:
* 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Records

## Controversy

At the time of the event, Israel and the United Arab Emirates had no diplomatic relations; however, UAE officials said they would issue visas to the Israeli delegation attending the competition. As such, the Israeli delegation was eventually let into the country and were able to get to the Championships before racing actually started, but it was not without difficulties and several delays. Among the reported issue were that the Israelis were not issued visas nor were their passports stamped, and their arrival was delayed to just before competition started.