# Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships took place from 18 to 25 June 2022. The United States won the most gold medals (17) and overall medal count (45) in this discipline. Katie Ledecky of the United States and Léon Marchand of France earned FINA Swimmer of the Meet honors based on a scoring system that awards points for top-four finishes. The United States won the best team award for winning 45 medals.

## Schedule

42 events were held.
All times were local (UTC+2).
| H | Heats | ½ | Semi finals | F | Final |
Men :
| Date → | Sat 18 | Sat 18 | Sun 19 | Sun 19 | Mon 20 | Mon 20 | Tue 21 | Tue 21 | Wed 22 | Wed 22 | Thu 23 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | Fri 24 | Sat 25 | Sat 25 |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | H | | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | | | F |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 100 m backstroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m breaststroke | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 100 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
Women :
| Date → | Sat 18 | Sat 18 | Sun 19 | Sun 19 | Mon 20 | Mon 20 | Tue 21 | Tue 21 | Wed 22 | Wed 22 | Thu 23 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | Fri 24 | Sat 25 | Sat 25 |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 800 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | | | F | | |
| 1500 m freestyle | | | H | | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 m backstroke | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F |
| 100 m breaststroke | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | |
| 50 m butterfly | | | | | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | |
| 100 m butterfly | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 200 m butterfly | | | | | | | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | |
| 200 m individual medley | H | ½ | | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 400 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
Mixed :
| Date → | Sat 18 | Sat 18 | Sun 19 | Sun 19 | Mon 20 | Mon 20 | Tue 21 | Tue 21 | Wed 22 | Wed 22 | Thu 23 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | Fri 24 | Sat 25 | Sat 25 |
| Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Hungary)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 17 | 12 | 16 | 45 |
| 2 | Australia | 6 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | France | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Hungary* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | China | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Japan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 42 | 43 | 42 | 127 |

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Ben Proud Great Britain | 21.32 | Michael Andrew United States | 21.41 | Maxime Grousset France | 21.57 |
| 100 m freestyle details | David Popovici Romania | 47.58 | Maxime Grousset France | 47.64 | Joshua Liendo Canada | 47.71 |
| 200 m freestyle details | David Popovici Romania | 1:43.21 WJ, NR | Hwang Sun-woo South Korea | 1:44.47 NR | Tom Dean Great Britain | 1:44.98 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Elijah Winnington Australia | 3:41.22 | Lukas Märtens Germany | 3:42.85 | Guilherme Costa Brazil | 3:43.31 SA |
| 800 m freestyle details | Bobby Finke United States | 7:39.36 AM | Florian Wellbrock Germany | 7:39.63 NR | Mykhailo Romanchuk Ukraine | 7:40.05 NR |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy | 14:32.80 CR, ER | Bobby Finke United States | 14:36.70 AM | Florian Wellbrock Germany | 14:36.94 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Justin Ress United States | 24.12 | Hunter Armstrong United States | 24.14 | Ksawery Masiuk Poland | 24.49 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Thomas Ceccon Italy | 51.60 WR | Ryan Murphy United States | 51.97 | Hunter Armstrong United States | 51.98 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Ryan Murphy United States | 1:54.52 | Luke Greenbank Great Britain | 1:55.16 | Shaine Casas United States | 1:55.35 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Nic Fink United States | 26.45 NR | Nicolò Martinenghi Italy | 26.48 | Michael Andrew United States | 26.72 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Nicolò Martinenghi Italy | 58.26 NR | Arno Kamminga Netherlands | 58.62 | Nic Fink United States | 58.65 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia | 2:07.07 | Yu Hanaguruma JapanErik Persson Sweden | 2:08.38 | None awarded | None awarded |
| 50 m butterfly details | Caeleb Dressel United States | 22.57 | Nicholas Santos Brazil | 22.78 | Michael Andrew United States | 22.79 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Kristóf Milák Hungary | 50.14 | Naoki Mizunuma Japan | 50.94 | Joshua Liendo Canada | 50.97 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Kristóf Milák Hungary | 1:50.34 WR | Léon Marchand France | 1:53.37 NR | Tomoru Honda Japan | 1:53.61 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Léon Marchand France | 1:55.22 NR | Carson Foster United States | 1:55.71 | Daiya Seto Japan | 1:56.22 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Léon Marchand France | 4:04.28 CR, ER | Carson Foster United States | 4:06.56 | Chase Kalisz United States | 4:07.47 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | United States Caeleb Dressel (47.67) Ryan Held (46.99) Justin Ress (47.48) Brooks Curry (47.20) Hunter Armstrong | 3:09.34 | Australia William Yang (48.41) Matthew Temple (48.17) Jack Cartwright (47.62) Kyle Chalmers (46.60) | 3:10.80 | Italy Alessandro Miressi (48.38) Thomas Ceccon (47.57) Lorenzo Zazzeri (47.35) Manuel Frigo (47.65) | 3:10.95 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | United States Drew Kibler (1:45.54) Carson Foster (1:45.04) Trenton Julian (1:45.31) Kieran Smith (1:44.35) Trey Freeman Coby Carrozza | 7:00.24 | Australia Elijah Winnington (1:45.83) Zac Incerti (1:45.51) Samuel Short (1:46.44) Mack Horton (1:45.72) Brendon Smith | 7:03.50 | Great Britain James Guy (1:46.31) Jacob Whittle (1:46.80) Joe Litchfield (1:47.36) Tom Dean (1:43.53) Matthew Richards | 7:04.00 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | Italy Thomas Ceccon (51.93) Nicolò Martinenghi (57.47) Federico Burdisso (50.63) Alessandro Miressi (47.48) Piero Codia Lorenzo Zazzeri | 3:27.51 =ER | United States Ryan Murphy (52.51) Nic Fink (57.86) Michael Andrew (50.06) Ryan Held (47.36) Hunter Armstrong Trenton Julian Brooks Curry | 3:27.79 | Great Britain Luke Greenbank (53.81) James Wilby (58.82) James Guy (51.23) Tom Dean (47.45) Jacob Peters Lewis Burras | 3:31.31 |
| 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 23.98 | Katarzyna Wasick Poland | 24.18 | Meg Harris AustraliaErika Brown United States | 24.38 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Mollie O'Callaghan Australia | 52.67 | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 52.80 | Torri Huske United States | 52.92 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Yang Junxuan China | 1:54.92 | Mollie O'Callaghan Australia | 1:55.22 | Tang Muhan China | 1:56.25 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Katie Ledecky United States | 3:58.15 CR | Summer McIntosh Canada | 3:59.39 NR | Leah Smith United States | 4:02.08 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Katie Ledecky United States | 8:08.04 | Kiah Melverton Australia | 8:18.77 | Simona Quadarella Italy | 8:19.00 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Katie Ledecky United States | 15:30.15 | Katie Grimes United States | 15:44.89 | Lani Pallister Australia | 15:48.96 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Kylie Masse Canada | 27.31 | Katharine Berkoff United States | 27.39 | Analia Pigrée France | 27.40 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Regan Smith United States | 58.22 | Kylie Masse Canada | 58.40 | Claire Curzan United States | 58.67 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Kaylee McKeown Australia | 2:05.08 | Phoebe Bacon United States | 2:05.12 | Rhyan White United States | 2:06.96 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania | 29.70 | Benedetta Pilato Italy | 29.80 | Lara van Niekerk South Africa | 29.90 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Benedetta Pilato Italy | 1:05.93 | Anna Elendt Germany | 1:05.98 | Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania | 1:06.02 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Lilly King United States | 2:22.41 | Jenna Strauch Australia | 2:23.04 | Kate Douglass United States | 2:23.20 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 24.95 | Mélanie Henique France | 25.31 | Zhang Yufei China | 25.32 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Torri Huske United States | 55.64 NR | Marie Wattel France | 56.14 NR | Zhang Yufei China | 56.41 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Summer McIntosh Canada | 2:05.20 WJ, NR | Hali Flickinger United States | 2:06.08 | Zhang Yufei China | 2:06.32 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Alexandra Walsh United States | 2:07.13 | Kaylee McKeown Australia | 2:08.57 | Leah Hayes United States | 2:08.91 WJ |
| 400 m individual medley details | Summer McIntosh Canada | 4:32.04 WJ | Katie Grimes United States | 4:32.67 | Emma Weyant United States | 4:36.00 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | Australia Mollie O'Callaghan (52.70) Madison Wilson (52.60) Meg Harris (53.00) Shayna Jack (52.65) Leah Neale Brianna Throssell | 3:30.95 | Canada Kayla Sanchez (53.45) Taylor Ruck (52.92) Maggie Mac Neil (53.27) Penny Oleksiak (52.51) Rebecca Smith Katerine Savard | 3:32.15 | United States Torri Huske (52.96) Erika Brown (53.30) Kate Douglass (53.61) Claire Curzan (52.71) Mallory Comerford Natalie Hinds | 3:32.58 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | United States Claire Weinstein (1:56.71) Leah Smith (1:56.47) Katie Ledecky (1:53.67) Bella Sims (1:54.60) Alexandra Walsh Hali Flickinger | 7:41.45 CR | Australia Madison Wilson (1:56.74) Leah Neale (1:55.27) Kiah Melverton (1:55.91) Mollie O'Callaghan (1:55.94) Lani Pallister Brianna Throssell | 7:43.86 | Canada Summer McIntosh (1:54.79) WJ Kayla Sanchez (1:57.39) Taylor Ruck (1:56.75) Penny Oleksiak (1:55.83) Mary-Sophie Harvey Katerine Savard Rebecca Smith | 7:44.76 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | United States Regan Smith (58.40) Lilly King (1:05.89) Torri Huske (56.67) Claire Curzan (52.82) Rhyan White Alexandra Walsh Natalie Hinds Erika Brown | 3:53.78 | Australia Kaylee McKeown (58.77) Jenna Strauch (1:05.99) Brianna Throssell (57.19) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.30) Madison Wilson | 3:54.25 | Canada Kylie Masse (58.39) Rachel Nicol (1:07.17) Maggie Mac Neil (56.80) Penny Oleksiak (52.65) Ingrid Wilm Kelsey Wog Kayla Sanchez | 3:55.01 |
| 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.

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | Australia Jack Cartwright (48.12) Kyle Chalmers (46.98) Madison Wilson (52.25) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.03) Zac Incerti William Yang Meg Harris Leah Neale | 3:19.38 WR | Canada Joshua Liendo (48.02) Javier Acevedo (47.96) Kayla Sanchez (52.52) Penny Oleksiak (52.11) Ruslan Gaziev Taylor Ruck Maggie Mac Neil | 3:20.61 NR | United States Ryan Held (47.93) Brooks Curry (47.72) Torri Huske (52.70) Claire Curzan (52.84) Drew Kibler Erika Brown Kate Douglass | 3:21.09 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | United States Hunter Armstrong (52.14) Nic Fink (57.86) Torri Huske (56.17) Claire Curzan (52.62) Ryan Murphy Lilly King Michael Andrew Erika Brown | 3:38.79 | Australia Kaylee McKeown (58.66) Zac Stubblety-Cook (58.92) Matthew Temple (50.84) Shayna Jack (52.92) Isaac Cooper Matthew Wilson Brianna Throssell Meg Harris | 3:41.34 | Netherlands Kira Toussaint (59.72) Arno Kamminga (58.28) Nyls Korstanje (50.99) Marrit Steenbergen (52.55) | 3:41.54 |
| AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record |||||| |
$^c$ 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 | Event | Established for | Time | Name | Nation |
| June 20 | Men's 100 m backstroke final | (same) | 51.60 | Thomas Ceccon | Italy |
| June 21 | Men's 200 m butterfly final | (same) | 1:50.34 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary |
| June 24 | 4 × 100 m mixed freestyle relay final | (same) | 3:19.38 | Jack Cartwright (48.12) Kyle Chalmers (46.98) Madison Wilson (52.25) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.03) | Australia |

### Championship records

| Date | Event | Time | Name | Nation |
| June 18 | Women's 400 m freestyle final | 3:58.15 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
| June 22 | Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay final | 7:41.45 | Claire Weinstein (1:56.71) Leah Smith (1:56.47) Katie Ledecky (1:53.67) Bella Sims (1:54.60) | United States |