# Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held between 2 and 9 August 2015 in Kazan, Russia. The United States won the overall medal count, led by Katie Ledecky who claimed five gold medals.

## Schedule

42 events were held.
All time are local (UTC+3).
| H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
Men :
| Date → | Sun 2 | Sun 2 | Mon 3 | Mon 3 | Tue 4 | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Thu 6 | Fri 7 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sat 8 | Sun 9 | Sun 9 |
| 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 → | Sun 2 | Sun 2 | Mon 3 | Mon 3 | Tue 4 | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Thu 6 | Fri 7 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sat 8 | Sun 9 | Sun 9 |
| 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 → | Sun 2 | Sun 2 | Mon 3 | Mon 3 | Tue 4 | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Thu 6 | Fri 7 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sat 8 | Sun 9 | Sun 9 |
| 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 (Russia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 8 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 2 | Australia | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | China | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | France | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | South Africa | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Russia* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Brazil | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Denmark | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 21 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Singapore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 42 | 42 | 45 | 129 |

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Florent Manaudou France | 21.19 | Nathan Adrian United States | 21.52 | Bruno Fratus Brazil | 21.55 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Ning Zetao China | 47.84 | Cameron McEvoy Australia | 47.95 | Federico Grabich Argentina | 48.12 |
| 200 m freestyle details | James Guy Great Britain | 1:45.14 NR | Sun Yang China | 1:45.20 | Paul Biedermann Germany | 1:45.38 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Sun Yang China | 3:42.58 | James Guy Great Britain | 3:43.75 NR | Ryan Cochrane Canada | 3:44.59 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Sun Yang China | 7:39.96 | Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy | 7:40.81 ER | Mack Horton Australia | 7:44.02 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy | 14:39.67 ER | Connor Jaeger United States | 14:41.20 NR | Ryan Cochrane Canada | 14:51.08 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Camille Lacourt France | 24.23 | Matt Grevers United States | 24.61 | Ben Treffers Australia | 24.69 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Mitch Larkin Australia | 52.40 | Camille Lacourt France | 52.48 | Matt Grevers United States | 52.66 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Mitch Larkin Australia | 1:53.58 OC | Radosław Kawęcki Poland | 1:54.55 | Evgeny Rylov Russia | 1:54:60 NR |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Adam Peaty Great Britain | 26.51 | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 26.66 | Kevin Cordes United States | 26.86 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Adam Peaty Great Britain | 58.52 | Cameron van der Burgh South Africa | 58.59 | Ross Murdoch Great Britain | 59.09 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Marco Koch Germany | 2:07.76 | Kevin Cordes United States | 2:08.05 | Dániel Gyurta Hungary | 2:08.10 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Florent Manaudou France | 22.97 | Nicholas Santos Brazil | 23.09 | László Cseh Hungary Konrad Czerniak Poland | 23.15 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Chad le Clos South Africa | 50.56 AF | László Cseh Hungary | 50.87 NR | Joseph Schooling Singapore | 50.96 AS |
| 200 m butterfly details | László Cseh Hungary | 1:53.48 | Chad le Clos South Africa | 1:53.68 | Jan Świtkowski Poland | 1:54.10 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Ryan Lochte United States | 1:55.81 | Thiago Pereira Brazil | 1:56.65 | Wang Shun China | 1:56.81 NR |
| 400 m individual medley details | Daiya Seto Japan | 4:08.50 | Dávid Verrasztó Hungary | 4:09.90 | Chase Kalisz United States | 4:10.05 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | France Mehdy Metella (48.37) Florent Manaudou (47.93) Fabien Gilot (47.08) Jérémy Stravius (47.36) Lorys Bourelly Clément Mignon | 3:10.74 | Russia Andrey Grechin (48.60) Nikita Lobintsev (47.98) Vladimir Morozov (46.95) Alexandr Sukhorukov (47.66) Danila Izotov | 3:11.19 | Italy Luca Dotto (48.75) Marco Orsi (47.75) Michele Santucci (48.48) Filippo Magnini (47.55) | 3:12.53 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | Great Britain Daniel Wallace (1:47.04) Robert Renwick (1:45.98) Calum Jarvis (1:46.57) James Guy (1:44.74) Nicholas Grainger Duncan Scott | 7:04.33 NR | United States Ryan Lochte (1:45.71) Conor Dwyer (1:45.33) Reed Malone (1:46.92) Michael Weiss (1:46.79) Michael Klueh | 7:04.75 | Australia Cameron McEvoy (1:46.46) David McKeon (1:47.05) Daniel Smith (1:46.38) Thomas Fraser-Holmes (1:45.45) Grant Hackett Kurt Herzog | 7:05.34 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | United States Ryan Murphy (53.05) Kevin Cordes (58.88) Tom Shields (50.59) Nathan Adrian (47.41) Matt Grevers Cody Miller Tim Phillips Ryan Lochte | 3:29.93 | Australia Mitch Larkin (52.41) Jake Packard (59.16) Jayden Hadler (51.91) Cameron McEvoy (46.60) David Morgan Kyle Chalmers | 3:30.08 | France Camille Lacourt (52.81) Giacomo Perez-Dortona (59.88) Mehdy Metella (50.39) Fabien Gilot (47.42) | 3:30.50 |
| 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 | Bronte Campbell Australia | 24.12 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands | 24.22 | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 24.31 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Bronte Campbell Australia | 52.52 | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 52.70 | Cate Campbell Australia | 52.82 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Katie Ledecky United States | 1:55.16 | Federica Pellegrini Italy | 1:55.32 | Missy Franklin United States | 1:55.49 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Katie Ledecky United States | 3:59.13 CR | Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands | 4:03.02 NR | Jessica Ashwood Australia | 4:03.34 OC |
| 800 m freestyle details | Katie Ledecky United States | 8:07.39 WR | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 8:17.65 OC | Jazmin Carlin Great Britain | 8:18.15 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Katie Ledecky United States | 15:25.48 WR | Lauren Boyle New Zealand | 15:40.14 OC | Boglárka Kapás Hungary | 15:47.09 NR |
| 50 m backstroke details | Fu Yuanhui China | 27.11 | Etiene Medeiros Brazil | 27.26 AM | Liu Xiang China | 27.58 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Emily Seebohm Australia | 58.26 | Madison Wilson Australia | 58.75 | Mie Nielsen Denmark | 58.86 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Emily Seebohm Australia | 2:05.81 OC | Missy Franklin United States | 2:06.34 | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 2:06.84 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Jennie Johansson Sweden | 30.05 NR | Alia Atkinson Jamaica | 30.11 NR | Yuliya Yefimova Russia | 30.13 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Yuliya Yefimova Russia | 1:05.66 | Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania | 1:06.36 | Alia Atkinson Jamaica | 1:06.42 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Kanako Watanabe Japan | 2:21.15 | Micah Lawrence United States | 2:22.44 | Jessica Vall Spain Rikke Møller Pedersen Denmark Shi Jinglin China | 2:22.76 NR2:22.76 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 24.96 CR | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 25.34 | Lu Ying China | 25.37 AS |
| 100 m butterfly details | Sarah Sjöström Sweden | 55.64 WR | Jeanette Ottesen Denmark | 57.05 | Lu Ying China | 57.48 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Natsumi Hoshi Japan | 2:05.56 | Cammile Adams United States | 2:06.40 | Zhang Yufei China | 2:06.51 WJ |
| 200 m individual medley details | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 2:06.12 WR | Kanako Watanabe Japan | 2:08.45 NR | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Great Britain | 2:08.77 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Katinka Hosszú Hungary | 4:30.39 | Maya DiRado United States | 4:31.71 | Emily Overholt Canada | 4:32.52 NR |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | Australia Emily Seebohm (53.92) Emma McKeon (53.57) Bronte Campbell (51.77) Cate Campbell (52.22) Madison Wilson Melanie Wright Bronte Barratt | 3:31.48 CR | Netherlands Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.30) Maud van der Meer (54.50) Marrit Steenbergen (53.88) Femke Heemskerk (51.99) | 3:33.67 | United States Missy Franklin (53.68) Margo Geer (54.14) Lia Neal (53.70) Simone Manuel (53.09) Shannon Vreeland Abbey Weitzeil | 3:34.61 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | United States Missy Franklin (1:55.95) Leah Smith (1:56.86) Katie McLaughlin (1:56.92) Katie Ledecky (1:55.64) Cierra Runge Chelsea Chenault Shannon Vreeland | 7:45.37 | Italy Alice Mizzau (1:57.50) Erica Musso (1:58.66) Chiara Masini Luccetti (1:57.52) Federica Pellegrini (1:54.73) | 7:48.41 | China Qiu Yuhan (1:56.88) Guo Junjun (1:57.55) Zhang Yufei (1:58.73) Shen Duo (1:55.94) Shao Yiwen Zhang Yuhan | 7:49.10 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | China Fu Yuanhui (59.29) Shi Jinglin (1:05.56) Lu Ying (56.56) Shen Duo (53.00) Chen Xinyi Qiu Yuhan | 3:54.41 | Sweden Michelle Coleman (1:00.74) Jennie Johansson (1:05.63) Sarah Sjöström (55.28) Louise Hansson (53.59) | 3:55.24 ER | Australia Emily Seebohm (58.81) Taylor McKeown (1:07.38) Emma McKeon (57.59) Bronte Campbell (51.78) Madison Wilson Lorna Tonks Madeline Groves Melanie Wright | 3:55.56 |
| 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 | United States Ryan Lochte (48.79) Nathan Adrian (47.29) Simone Manuel (53.66) Missy Franklin (53.31) Conor Dwyer Margo Geer Abbey Weitzeil | 3:23.05 WR | Netherlands Sebastiaan Verschuren (48.74) Joost Reijns (49.09) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.48) Femke Heemskerk (52.79) Kyle Stolk Marrit Steenbergen | 3:23.10 ER | Canada Santo Condorelli (48.19) Yuri Kisil (48.25) Sandrine Mainville (53.60) Chantal van Landeghem (53.55) Karl Krug Victoria Poon | 3:23.59 NR |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | Great Britain Chris Walker-Hebborn (52.94) Adam Peaty (57.98) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (57.02) Fran Halsall (53.77) Ross Murdoch Rachael Kelly | 3:41.71 WR | United States Ryan Murphy (53.31) Kevin Cordes (58.63) Katie McLaughlin (57.56) Margo Geer (53.77) Kendyl Stewart Lia Neal | 3:43.27 AM | Germany Jan-Philip Glania (53.52) Hendrik Feldwehr (59.16) Alexandra Wenk (57.21) Annika Bruhn (54.24) | 3:44.13 NR |
| 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 | Time | Name | Nation |
| August 2 | Women's 100 m butterfly semifinals | 55.74 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
| August 3 | Women's 1500 m freestyle heats | 15:27.71 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
| August 3 | Women's 100 m butterfly final | 55.64 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
| August 3 | Women's 200 individual medley final | 2:06.12 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary |
| August 4 | Men's 50 m breaststroke heats | 26.62 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
| August 4 | Men's 50 m breaststroke semifinals | 26.42 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain |
| August 4 | Women's 1500 m freestyle final | 15:25.48 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
| August 5 | Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay heats | 3:42.33 | Ryan Murphy (52.18) Kevin Cordes (58.33) Kendyl Stewart (57.78) Lia Neal (54.04) | United States |
| August 5 | Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay final | 3:41.71 | Chris Walker-Hebborn (52.94) Adam Peaty (57.98) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (57.02) Fran Halsall (53.77 | Great Britain |
| August 8 | Women's 800 m freestyle final | 8:07.39 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
| August 8 | Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final | 3:23.05 | Ryan Lochte (48.79) Nathan Adrian (47.29) Simone Manuel (53.66) Missy Franklin (53.31) | United States |

### Championship records

| Date | Event | Established for | Time | Name | Nation |
| August 2 | Women's 400 m freestyle final | (same) | 3:59.13 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
| August 2 | Men's 100 m breaststroke heats | (same) | 58.52 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain |
| August 2 | Men's 100 m breaststroke semifinals | (same) | 58.49 | Cameron van der Burgh | South Africa |
| August 2 | Men's 100 m breaststroke semifinals | (same) | 58.18 | Adam Peaty | Great Britain |
| August 2 | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final | (same) | 3:31.48 | Emily Seebohm (53.92) Emma McKeon (53.57) Bronte Campbell (51.77) Cate Campbell (52.22) | Australia |
| August 4 | Women's 1500 m freestyle final | Women's 800 m freestyle | 8:13.25 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
| August 7 | Women's 50 m butterfly semifinals | (same) | 25.06 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
| August 7 | Women's 50 m butterfly final | (same) | 24.96 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |