# Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships

The swimming competition at the 12th FINA World Aquatics Championships was held in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 March to 1 April 2007. This portion of the 2007 Worlds featured 40 events (20 for males, 20 for females), all swum in a long course (50 m) pool:
* freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m;
* backstroke: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
* breaststroke: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
* butterfly: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
* individual medley (I.M.): 200 m and 400 m; and
* relays: 4x100 m free, 4x200 m free, and 4x100 m medley.

## Further explanations

The 2007 World Championships served in qualifying for the Swimming portion at the 2008 Olympics in two ways:
* It was the main relay qualifier, with the top-12 finishers in each relay automatically qualifying for the 16-entry field at the 2008 Olympics (the other 4 teams were filled with the 4 fastest remaining nations).
* Those nations who did not have swimmers who meet the Olympic qualifying times, and wanted a "wildcard" entry into the Olympics, need to have their potential swimmers swim at the 2007 Worlds.

## Participating nations

166 nations had 1,142 swimmers entered at the 2007 Worlds:
* Albania (7)
* Algeria (4)
* American Samoa (4)
* Andorra (1)
* Angola (4)
* Antigua and Barbuda (2)
* Argentina (3)
* Armenia (3)
* Aruba (3)
* Australia (36)
* Austria (11)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Bahamas (1)
* Bahrain (4)
* Bangladesh (3)
* Barbados (5)
* Belarus (7)
* Belgium (10)
* Benin (4)
* Bermuda (2)
* Bolivia (8)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (4)
* Brazil (14)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Burkina Faso (4)
* Burundi (4)
* Cambodia (4)
* Canada (14)
* Chile (6)
* China (41)
* Chinese Taipei (8)
* Colombia (4)
* Republic of the Congo (4)
* Cook Islands (2)
* Costa Rica (4)
* Ivory Coast (1)
* Croatia (12)
* Cuba (2)
* Cyprus (4)
* Czech Republic (8)
* Denmark (12)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Ecuador (3)
* El Salvador (4)
* Estonia (7)
* Faroe Islands (4)
* Fiji (4)
* Finland (3)
* France (20)
* Germany (28)
* Georgia (2)
* Ghana (2)
* Gibraltar (6)
* Great Britain (28)
* Greece (13)
* Grenada (4)
* Guam (6)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guyana (4)
* Hong Kong (6)
* Honduras (6)
* Iceland (3)
* India (14)
* Indonesia (12)
* Iran (5)
* Ireland (2)
* Israel (9)
* Italy (25)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (31)
* Jordan (7)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* Kenya (6)
* Kuwait (1)
* Kyrgyzstan (6)
* Latvia (4)
* Lebanon (4)
* Lesotho (3)
* Libya (3)
* Lithuania (9)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Macau (12)
* Macedonia (6)
* Madagascar (4)
* Malaysia (9)
* Maldives (3)
* Malta (5)
* Marshall Islands (5)
* Mauritania (4)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (5)
* Federated States of Micronesia (4)
* Moldova (5)
* Mongolia (8)
* Montenegro (2)
* Morocco (4)
* Mozambique (6)
* Myanmar (1)
* Namibia (2)
* Nepal (4)
* Netherlands (10)
* Netherlands Antilles (2)
* New Zealand (16)
* Nicaragua (3)
* Niger (3)
* Nigeria (15)
* Northern Mariana Islands (3)
* Norway (5)
* Palau (3)
* Pakistan (4)
* Palestine (5)
* Panama (4)
* Papua New Guinea (4)
* Paraguay (5)
* Peru (12)
* Philippines (5)
* Poland (17)
* Portugal (12)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (4)
* Romania (10)
* Russia (27)
* Saint Lucia (5)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
* Samoa (3)
* San Marino (2)
* Saudi Arabia (4)
* Senegal (4)
* Serbia (3)
* Seychelles (7)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Singapore (25)
* Slovakia (3)
* Slovenia (8)
* South Africa (25)
* South Korea (13)
* Spain (11)
* Sri Lanka (3)
* Sudan (3)
* Suriname (2)
* Swaziland (5)
* Sweden (18)
* Switzerland (8)
* Syria (4)
* Tahiti (2)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Tanzania (3)
* Thailand (8)
* Togo (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Tunisia (5)
* Turkey (6)
* Turkmenistan (5)
* Uganda (4)
* Ukraine (18)
* Uruguay (3)
* United Arab Emirates (4)
* United States (33)
* Uzbekistan (21)
* Venezuela (13)
* Vietnam (4)
* Virgin Islands (4)
* Yemen (2)
* Zambia (6)
* Zimbabwe (3)

## Event schedule

Morning/heats sessions began at 10:00 a.m., with the evening sessions (semifinals and finals) beginning at 7:00 p.m. All events were contested in a long-course (50 m) pool. In the 50 m, 100 m, and 200 m events, heats/semifinals/finals were held; with heats in the morning of the first day of the event, semifinals that evening, and finals the next evening. For races 400 m, 800 m, or 1500 m in length, only heats and finals were held. For the 400 m events (both individual and relay), heats and finals were held on the same day. For the individual 800 m and 1500 m free events, heats were held in the morning with finals in the next day's evening session (approximately 36 hours apart). For the 4×200 m freestyle relay, heats and finals were the same day (matching the other 2 relays).
| date | Morning session Preliminary heats (10:00 a.m.) | Evening session Finals & semifinals (7:00 p.m.) |
| Sunday 25 March 2007 | women's 100 fly men's 400 free women's 200 I.M. men's 50 fly women's 400 free men's 100 breast women's 4×100 free relay men's 4×100 free relay swim-off: men's 50 fly | women's 100 fly (semifinals) men's 400 free (final) women's 200 I.M. (semifinals) men's 50 fly (semifinals) women's 400 free (final) men's 100 breast (semifinals) women's 4×100 free relay (final) men's 4×100 free relay (final) |
| Monday 26 March 2007 | women's 100 back men's 200 free women's 100 breast men's 100 back women's 1500 free | men's 100 breast (final) women's 100 fly (final) men's 100 back (semifinals) women's 100 breast (semifinals) men's 50 fly (final) women's 100 back (semifinals) men's 200 free (semifinals) women's 200 I.M. (final) |
| Tuesday 27 March 2007 | men's 50 breast men's 200 fly women's 200 free men's 800 free | men's 200 free (final) women's 100 back (final) men's 50 breast (semifinals) women's 1500 free (final) men's 100 back (final) women's 200 free (semifinals) men's 200 fly (semifinals) women's 100 breast (final) |
| Wednesday 28 March 2007 | women's 50 back men's 100 free women's 200 fly men's 200 I.M. | men's 100 free (semifinals) women's 50 back (semifinals) men's 200 fly (final) women's 200 free (final) men's 50 breast (final) women's 200 fly (semifinals) men's 200 I.M. (semifinals) men's 800 free (final) |
| Thursday 29 March 2007 | women's 100 free men's 200 back women's 200 breast men's 200 breast women's 4×200 free relay | women's 100 free (semifinals) men's 200 I.M. (final) women's 200 breast (semifinals) men's 100 free (final) women's 200 fly (final) men's 200 breast (semifinals) women's 50 back (final) men's 200 back (semifinals) women's 4×200 free relay (final) |
| Friday 30 March 2007 | women's 50 fly men's 50 free women's 800 free men's 100 fly women's 200 back men's 4×200 free relay | women's 100 free (final) men's 200 back (final) women's 50 fly (semifinals) men's 50 free (semifinals) women's 200 breast (final) men's 100 fly (semifinals) women's 200 back (semifinals) men's 200 breast (final) men's 4×200 free relay (final) swim-off: men's 50 free swim-off: men's 100 fly |
| Saturday 31 March 2007 | women's 50 free men's 50 back women's 50 breast men's 1500 free women's 4×100 medley relay | women's 50 fly (final) men's 50 free (final) women's 200 back (final) women's 50 breast (semifinals) men's 100 fly (final) women's 50 free (semifinals) men's 50 back (semifinal) women's 800 free (final) women's 4×100 medley relay (final) |
| Sunday 1 April 2007 | men's 400 I.M. women's 400 I.M. men's 4×100 medley relay | men's 50 back (final) women's 50 breast (final) men's 400 I.M. (final) women's 50 free (final) men's 1500 free (final) women's 400 I.M. (final) men's 4×100 medley relay (final) |

## Results

Key
* WR - World Record
* CR - Championship Record

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Ben Wildman-Tobriner USA | 21.88 | Cullen Jones USA | 21.94 | Stefan Nystrand Sweden | 21.97 NR |
| 100 m freestyle details | Filippo Magnini Italy Brent Hayden Canada | 48.4348.43 NR | | | Eamon Sullivan Australia | 48.47 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Michael Phelps USA | 1:43.86 WR | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 1:46.28 | Park Tae-Hwan South Korea | 1:46.73 AS |
| 400 m freestyle details | Park Tae-Hwan South Korea | 3:44.30 AS | Grant Hackett Australia | 3:45.43 | Yury Prilukov Russia | 3:45:47 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Przemysław Stańczyk Poland | 7:47.91 NR | Craig Stevens Australia | 7:48.67 | Federico Colbertaldo Italy | 7:49.98 NR |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland | 14:45.94 ER | Yury Prilukov Russia | 14:47.29 NR | David Davies Great Britain | 14:51.21 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Gerhard Zandberg South Africa | 24.98 AF | Thomas Rupprath Germany | 25.20 | Liam Tancock Great Britain | 25.23 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Aaron Peirsol USA | 52.98 WR | Ryan Lochte USA | 53.50 | Liam Tancock Great Britain | 53.61 NR |
| 200 m backstroke details | Ryan Lochte USA | 1:54.32 WR | Aaron Peirsol USA | 1:54.80 | Markus Rogan Austria | 1:56.02 NR |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Oleg Lisogor Ukraine | 27.66 | Brendan Hansen USA | 27.69 | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 27.88 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Brendan Hansen USA | 59.80 | Kosuke Kitajima Japan | 59.96 | Brenton Rickard Australia | 1:00.58 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Kosuke Kitajima Japan | 2:09.80 | Brenton Rickard Australia | 2:10.99 | Loris Facci Italy | 2:11.03 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Roland Schoeman South Africa | 23.18 | Ian Crocker USA | 23.47 | Jakob Andkjær Denmark | 23.56 NR |
| 100 m butterfly details | Michael Phelps USA | 50.77 | Ian Crocker USA | 50.82 | Albert Subirats Venezuela | 51.82 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Michael Phelps USA | 1:52.09 WR | Wu Peng China | 1:55.13 | Nikolay Skvortsov Russia | 1:55.22 =NR |
| 200 m individual medley details | Michael Phelps USA | 1:54.98 WR | Ryan Lochte USA | 1:56.19 | László Cseh Hungary | 1:56.92 ER |
| 400 m individual medley details | Michael Phelps USA | 4:06.22 WR | Ryan Lochte USA | 4:09.74 | Luca Marin Italy | 4:09.88 NR |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | USA Michael Phelps (48.42) Neil Walker (48.31) Cullen Jones (48.67) Jason Lezak (47.32) Garrett Weber-Gale Ben Wildman-Tobriner | 3:12.72 CR | Italy Massimiliano Rosolino (49.35) Alessandro Calvi (49.06) Christian Galenda (48.45) Filippo Magnini (47.18) Lorenzo Vismara | 3:14.04 ER | France Fabien Gilot (49.18) Frédérick Bousquet (48.48) Julien Sicot (48.84) Alain Bernard (48.18) Grégory Mallet Amaury Leveaux | 3:14.68 NR |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | USA Michael Phelps (1:45.36) Ryan Lochte (1:45.86) Klete Keller (1:46.31) Peter Vanderkaay (1:45.71) Jayme Cramer Dave Walters | 7:03.24 WR | Australia Patrick Murphy (1:48.55) Andrew Mewing (1:47.52) Grant Brits (1:48.21) Kenrick Monk (1:45.77) Nick Ffrost | 7:10.05 | Canada Brian Johns (1:48.46) Brent Hayden (1:46.59) Rick Say (1:47.59) Andrew Hurd (1:48.06) | 7:10.70 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | Australia Matt Welsh (54.78) Brenton Rickard (59.63) Andrew Lauterstein (52.63) Eamon Sullivan (47.89) Hayden Stoeckel Michael Klim Kenrick Monk | 3:34.93 | Japan Tomomi Morita (54.76) Kosuke Kitajima (59.23) Takashi Yamamoto (51.90) Daisuke Hosokawa (49.27) Masafumi Yamaguchi | 3:35.16 AS | Russia Arkady Vyatchanin (54.08) Dmitry Komornikov (1:00.65) Nikolay Skvortsov (52.13) Evgeny Lagunov (48.65) Roman Sloudnov Andrey Kapralov | 3:35.51 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Libby Lenton Australia | 24.53 | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 24.62 | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 24.70 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Libby Lenton Australia | 53.40 =CR, OC | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 53.70 NR | Britta Steffen Germany | 53.74 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Laure Manaudou France | 1:55.52 WR | Annika Lurz Germany | 1:55.68 NR | Federica Pellegrini Italy | 1:56.97 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Laure Manaudou France | 4:02.61 CR | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | 4:04.23 NR | Ai Shibata Japan | 4:05.19 AS |
| 800 m freestyle details | Kate Ziegler USA | 8:18.52 CR | Laure Manaudou France | 8:18.80 NR | Hayley Peirsol USA | 8:26.41 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Kate Ziegler USA | 15:53.05 CR | Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland | 15:55.38 NR | Ai Shibata Japan | 15:58.55 AS |
| 50 m backstroke details | Leila Vaziri USA | 28.16 WR | Aleksandra Gerasimenya Belarus | 28.46 | Tayliah Zimmer Australia | 28.50 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Natalie Coughlin USA | 59.44 WR | Laure Manaudou France | 59.87 ER | Reiko Nakamura Japan | 1:00.40 NR |
| 200 m backstroke details | Margaret Hoelzer USA | 2:07.16 CR, AM | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:07.54 AF | Reiko Nakamura Japan | 2:08.54 NR |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Jessica Hardy USA | 30.63 | Leisel Jones Australia | 30.70 | Tara Kirk USA | 31.05 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Leisel Jones Australia | 1:05.72 CR | Tara Kirk USA | 1:06.34 | Anna Khlistunova Ukraine | 1:07.27 ER |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Leisel Jones Australia | 2:21.84 | Kirsty Balfour Great Britain Megan Jendrick USA | 2:25.94 | | |
| 50 m butterfly details | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 25.91 | Danni Miatke Australia | 26.05 OC | Inge Dekker Netherlands | 26.11 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Libby Lenton Australia | 57.15 CR, =OC | Jessicah Schipper Australia | 57.24 | Natalie Coughlin USA | 57.34 AM |
| 200 m butterfly details | Jessicah Schipper Australia | 2:06.39 | Kim Vandenberg USA | 2:06.71 | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | 2:06.90 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Katie Hoff USA | 2:10.13 CR | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:10.76 AF | Stephanie Rice Australia | 2:11.42 OC |
| 400 m individual medley details | Katie Hoff USA | 4:32.89 WR | Yana Martynova Russia | 4:40.14 NR | Stephanie Rice Australia | 4:41.19 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | Australia Libby Lenton (53.42) CR, =OC Melanie Schlanger (53.95) Shayne Reese (54.90) Jodie Henry (53.21) Danni Miatke Sally Foster | 3:35.48 CR, OC | USA Natalie Coughlin (54.13) Lacey Nymeyer (53.50) Amanda Weir (54.02) Kara Lynn Joyce (54.03) Dana Vollmer | 3:35.68 AM | Netherlands Inge Dekker (54.57) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (54.82) Femke Heemskerk (54.13) Marleen Veldhuis (53.29) Chantal Groot | 3:36.81 NR |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | USA Natalie Coughlin (1:56.43) AM Dana Vollmer (1:57.49) Lacey Nymeyer (1:59.19) Katie Hoff (1:56.98) Amanda Weir Margaret Hoelzer Kara Lynn Joyce | 7:50.09 WR | Germany Meike Freitag (1:59.56) Britta Steffen (1:57.58) Petra Dallmann (2:00.40) Annika Lurz (1:56.28) | 7:53.82 | France Alena Popchanka (1:57.86) Sophie Huber (1:58.80) Aurore Mongel (2:01.04) Laure Manaudou (1:58.26) Céline Couderc | 7:55.96 NR |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | Australia Emily Seebohm (1:00.79) Leisel Jones (1:04.94) Jessicah Schipper (57.18) Libby Lenton (52.83) Tarnee White Felicity Galvez Jodie Henry | 3:55.74 WR | USA Natalie Coughlin (1:00.66) Tara Kirk (1:06.37) Rachel Komisarz (57.06) Lacey Nymeyer (54.22) Leila Vaziri Jessica Hardy Dana Vollmer Amanda Weir | 3:58.31 | China Xu Tianlongzi (1:01.06) Luo Nan (1:09.08) Zhou Yafei (57.84) Xu Yanwei (53.99) | 4:01.97 |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 20 | 13 | 3 | 36 |
| 2 | Australia* | 9 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 41 | 40 | 39 | 120 |
* Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli stripped of championship for doping
On 11 September 2007, an anti-doping ban was issued to Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli, with a retroactive nullification of his results which included his swims at the 2007 Worlds. Mellouli had finished in the top-3 in 2 events, and consequently, his results nullification adjusted the overall medals standings, particularly effecting Australia, Italy, Poland, Russia and Tunisia (Tunisia was removed all together, as Mellouli was the country's only medal winner).

## Records

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

### World records

| Date | Event | Time | Name | Nation |
| March 27 | Men's 200 m freestyle final | 1:43.86 | Michael Phelps | United States |
| March 27 | Women's 100 m backstroke final | 59.44 | Natalie Coughlin | United States |
| March 27 | Men's 100 m backstroke final | 52.98 | Aaron Peirsol | United States |
| March 27 | Women's 200 m freestyle semifinals | 1:56.47 | Federica Pellegrini | Italy |
| March 28 | Women's 50 m backstroke semifinals | 28.16 | Leila Vaziri | United States |
| March 28 | Men's 200 m butterfly final | 1:52.09 | Michael Phelps | United States |
| March 28 | Women's 200 m freestyle final | 1:55.52 | Laure Manaudou | France |
| March 29 | Men's 200 m individual medley final | 1:54.98 | Michael Phelps | United States |
| March 29 | Women's 50 m backstroke final | =28.16 | Leila Vaziri | United States |
| March 29 | Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay final | 7:50.09 | Natalie Coughlin (1:56.43) Dana Vollmer (1:57.49) Lacey Nymeyer (1:59.19) Katie Hoff (1:56.98) | United States |
| March 30 | Men's 200 m backstroke final | 1:54.32 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
| March 30 | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay final | 7:03.24 | Michael Phelps (1:45.36) Ryan Lochte (1:45.86) Klete Keller (1:46.31) Peter Vanderkaay (1:45.71) | United States |
| March 31 | Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay final | 3:55.74 | Emily Seebohm (1:00.79) Leisel Jones (1:04.94) Jessicah Schipper (57.18) Libby Lenton (52.83) | Australia |
| April 1 | Men's 400 m individual medley final | 4:06.22 | Michael Phelps | United States |
| April 1 | Women's 400 m individual medley final | 4:32.89 | Katie Hoff | United States |

### Championship records

| Date | Event | Established for | Time | Name | Nation |
| March 25 | Women's 400 metre freestyle heats | (same) | 4:05.29 | Laure Manaudou | France |
| March 25 | Women's 400 metre freestyle final | (same) | 4:02.61 | Laure Manaudou | France |
| March 25 | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final | Women's 100 metre freestyle | 53.42 | Libby Lenton | Australia |
| March 25 | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final | (same) | 3:35.48 | Libby Lenton (53.42) Melanie Schlanger (53.95) Shayne Reese (54.90) Jodie Henry (53.21) | Australia |
| March 25 | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay final | (same) | 3:12.72 | Michael Phelps (48.42) Neil Walker (48.31) Cullen Jones (48.67) Jason Lezak (47.32) | United States |
| March 26 | Women's 100 metre butterfly final | (same) | 57.15 | Libby Lenton | Australia |
| March 26 | Men's 100 metre backstroke semifinals | (same) | 53.51 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
| March 26 | Women's 200 metre individual medley final | (same) | 2:10.13 | Katie Hoff | United States |
| March 27 | Women's 1500 metre freestyle final | (same) | 15:53.05 | Kate Ziegler | United States |
| March 27 | Women's 100 metre breaststroke final | (same) | 1:05.72 | Leisel Jones | Australia |
| March 28 | Women's 50 metre backstroke heats | (same) | 28.25 | Leila Vaziri | United States |
| March 29 | Women's 100 metre freestyle semifinals | (same) | 53.40 | Natalie Coughlin | United States |
| March 30 | Women's 100 metre freestyle final | (same) | =53.40 | Libby Lenton | Australia |
| March 30 | Women's 50 metre butterfly semifinal | (same) | 25.82 | Therese Alshammar | Sweden |
| March 31 | Women's 200 metre backstroke final | (same) | 2:07.16 | Margaret Hoelzer | United States |
| March 31 | Women's 800 metre freestyle final | (same) | 8:18.52 | Kate Ziegler | United States |