# Swimming at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships

The Swimming competition at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships consisted of 40 long course events, swum July 24–31, 2005 at pools in Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Swimming's 40 events were split evenly between males and females (20 each) and were:
* freestyle (free): 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500;
* backstroke (back): 50, 100 and 200;
* breaststroke (breast): 50, 100 and 200;
* butterfly (fly): 50, 100 and 200;
* Individual Medley (IM): 200 and 400; and
* relay: 4×100 and 4×200 freestyle, and 4×100 medley.

## Event schedule

| date | Morning session Preliminary heats (9:30 a.m.) | Evening session Finals & semifinals (6:00 p.m.) |
| Sunday July 24 2005 | 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 Swim-off: men's 50 fly women's 4x100 free relay men's 4x100 free relay | 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 4x100 free relay (final) men's 4x100 free relay (final) |
| Monday July 25 2005 | women's 100 back men's 200 free women's 100 breast men's 100 back women's 1500 free | men's 50 fly (final) women's 100 breast (semifinals) men's 100 breast (final) women's 100 fly (final) men's 200 free (semifinals) women's 100 back (semifinals) men's 100 back (semifinals) women's 200 IM (final) |
| Tuesday July 26 2005 | men's 50 breast men's 200 fly women's 200 free men's 800 free | women's 1500 free (final) men's 50 breast (semifinals) women's 100 back (final) men's 200 fly (semifinals) women's 100 breast (final) men's 100 back (final) women's 200 free (semifinals) men's 200 free (final) |
| Wednesday July 27 2005 | 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 50 breast (finals) women's 200 free (final) men's 200 fly (final) women's 200 fly (semifinals) men's 200 I.M. (semifinals) men's 800 free (final) |
| Thursday July 28 2005 | 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 breast (semifinals) women's 50 back (final) men's 100 free (final) women's 200 fly (final) men's 200 back (semifinals) women's 200 breast (semifinals) men's 200 I.M. (final) women's 4×200 free relay (final) |
| Friday July 29 2005 | women's 50 fly men's 50 free women's 800 free Swim-off: women's 50 fly men's 100 fly women's 200 back Swim-off: men's 50 free men's 4×200 free relay | women's 100 free (final) men's 200 back (final) women's 200 back (semifinals) men's 50 free (semifinals) women's 200 breast (final) men's 100 fly (semifinals) women's 50 fly (semifinals) men's 200 breast (final) men's 4×200 free relay (final) |
| Saturday July 30 2005 | 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) men's 100 fly (final) women's 50 breast (semifinals) women's 50 free (semifinals) men's 50 back (semifinals) women's 800 free (final) women's 4×100 medley relay (final) |
| Sunday July 31 2005 | 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
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Roland Schoeman South Africa | 21.69 CR, AF | Duje Draganja Croatia | 21.89 | Bartosz Kizierowski Poland | 21.94 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Filippo Magnini Italy | 48.12 CR, NR | Roland Schoeman South Africa | 48.28 | Ryk Neethling South Africa | 48.34 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Michael Phelps USA | 1:45.20 AM | Grant Hackett AUS | 1:46.14 | Ryk Neethling South Africa | 1:46.63 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Grant Hackett Australia | 3:42.91 | Yuri Prilukov Russia | 3:44.44 NR | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 3:46.08 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Grant Hackett Australia | 7:38.65 WR | Larsen Jensen USA | 7:45.63 AM | Yuri Prilukov Russia | 7:46.64 ER |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Grant Hackett Australia | 14:42.58 | Larsen Jensen USA | 14:47.58 | David Davies Great Britain | 14:48.11 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Aristeidis Grigoriadis Greece | 24.95 | Matt Welsh Australia | 24.99 OC | Liam Tancock Great Britain | 25.02 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Aaron Peirsol USA | 53.62 | Randall Bal USA | 54.02 | László Cseh Hungary | 54.27 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Aaron Peirsol USA | 1:54.66 WR | Markus Rogan Austria | 1:56.63 | Ryan Lochte USA | 1:57.00 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Mark Warnecke Germany | 27.63 | Mark Gangloff USA | 27.71 | Kosuke Kitajima Japan | 27.78 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Brendan Hansen USA | 59.37 CR | Kosuke Kitajima Japan | 59.53 | Hugues Duboscq France | 1:00.20 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Brendan Hansen USA | 2:09.85 | Mike Brown Canada | 2:11.22 | Genki Imamura Japan | 2:11.54 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Roland Schoeman South Africa | 22.96 WR | Ian Crocker USA | 23.12 | Sergiy Breus Ukraine | 23.38 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Ian Crocker USA | 50.40 WR | Michael Phelps USA | 51.65 | Andriy Serdinov Ukraine | 52.08 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Paweł Korzeniowski Poland | 1:55.02 | Takeshi Matsuda Japan | 1:55.62 | Wu Peng China | 1:56.50 |
| 200 m I.M. details | Michael Phelps USA | 1:56.68 | László Cseh Hungary | 1:57.61 | Ryan Lochte USA | 1:57.79 |
| 400 m I.M. details | László Cseh Hungary | 4:09.63 ER | Luca Marin Italy | 4:11.67 | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia | 4:13.47 AF |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | USA Michael Phelps (49.17) Neil Walker (47.70) Nate Dusing (48.97) Jason Lezak (47.93) | 3:13.77 CR, AM | Canada Yannick Lupien (49.88) Rick Say (48.85) Mike Mintenko (49.52) Brent Hayden (48.19) | 3:16.44 | Australia Michael Klim (49.75) Andrew Mewing (49.04) Leith Brodie (49.82) Patrick Murphy (48.95) | 3:17.56 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | USA Michael Phelps (1:45.51) Ryan Lochte (1:48.22) Peter Vanderkaay (1:46.52) Klete Keller (1:46.33) | 7:06.58 AM | Canada Brent Hayden (1:47.10) Colin Russell (1:48.60) Rick Say (1:46.84) Andrew Hurd (1:47.19) | 7:09.73 NR | Australia Nicholas Sprenger (1:47.94) Patrick Murphy (1:49.04) Andrew Mewing (1:48.77) Grant Hackett (1:44.84) | 7:10.59 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | USA Aaron Peirsol (54.26) Brendan Hansen (59.33) Ian Crocker (50.39) Jason Lezak (47.87) | 3:31.85 | Russia Arkady Vyatchanin (54.75) Dmitry Komornikov (59.64) Igor Marchenko (52.16) Andrey Kapralov (48.53) | 3:35.08 | Japan Tomomi Morita (54.85) Kosuke Kitajima (59.19) Ryo Takayasu (52.48) Daisuke Hosokawa (48.88) | 3:35.40 |
Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Libby Lenton Australia | 24.59 | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands | 24.83 | Zhu Yingwen China | 24.91 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Jodie Henry Australia | 54.18 | Malia Metella France Natalie Coughlin USA | 54.74 | none | |
| 200 m freestyle details | Solenne Figuès France | 1:58.60 | Federica Pellegrini Italy | 1:58.73 | Josefin Lillhage Sweden Yang Yu China | 1:59.08 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Laure Manaudou France | 4:06.44 | Ai Shibata Japan | 4:06.74 | Caitlin McClatchey Great Britain | 4:07.25 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Kate Ziegler USA | 8:25.31 | Brittany Reimer Canada | 8:27.59 | Ai Shibata Japan | 8:27.86 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Kate Ziegler USA | 16:00.41 | Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland | 16:04:34 | Brittany Reimer Canada | 16:07.73 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Giaan Rooney Australia | 28.63 | Gao Chang China | 28.69 | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 28.72 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 1:00.24 | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 1:00.84 | Natalie Coughlin USA | 1:00.88 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:08.52 | Margaret Hoelzer USA | 2:09.94 | Reiko Nakamura Japan | 2:10.41 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Jade Edmistone Australia | 30.45 WR | Jessica Hardy USA | 30.85 | Brooke Hanson Australia | 30.89 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Leisel Jones Australia | 1:06.25 OC | Jessica Hardy USA | 1:06.62 | Tara Kirk USA | 1:07.43 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Leisel Jones Australia | 2:21.72 WR | Anne Poleska Germany | 2:25.84 | Mirna Jukić Austria | 2:27.11 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Danni Miatke Australia | 26.11 | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden | 26.36 | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 26.39 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Jessicah Schipper Australia | 57.23 CR, OC | Libby Lenton Australia | 57.37 | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | 58.57 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Otylia Jędrzejczak Poland | 2:05.61 WR | Jessicah Schipper Australia | 2:05.65 OC | Yuko Nakanishi Japan | 2:09.40 |
| 200 m I.M. details | Katie Hoff USA | 2:10.41 CR, AM | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 2:11.13 | Lara Carroll Australia | 2:13.32 |
| 400 m I.M. details | Katie Hoff USA | 4:36.07 CR | Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe | 4:39.72 | Kaitlin Sandeno USA | 4:40.85 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Australia Jodie Henry (54.45) Alice Mills (53.96) Shayne Reese (55.37) Libby Lenton (53.54) | 3:37.32 CR | Germany Petra Dallmann (55.01) Antje Buschschulte (54.37) Annika Liebs (54.66) Daniela Gotz (54.20) | 3:38.24 | USA Natalie Coughlin (54.31) Kara Lynn Joyce (55.22) Lacey Nymeyer (54.88) Amanda Weir (53.90) | 3:38.31 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | USA Natalie Coughlin (1:58.82) Katie Hoff (1:58.50) Whitney Myers (1:58.81) Kaitlin Sandeno (1:57.57) | 7:53.70 CR | Australia Libby Lenton (1:57.06) OC Shayne Reese (2:00.00) Bronte Barratt (1:58.58) Linda Mackenzie (1:58.42) | 7:54.06 OC | China Zhu Yingwen (1:58.91) Pang Jiaying (1:59.90) Zhou Yafei (1:59.44) Yang Yu (1:59.04) | 7:57.29 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | Australia Sophie Edington (1:01.48) Leisel Jones (1:05.73) Jessicah Schipper (57.13) Libby Lenton (53.13) | 3:57.47 CR | USA Natalie Coughlin (1:00.00) Jessica Hardy (1:07.70) Rachel Komisarz (57.80) Amanda Weir (54.42) | 3:59.92 | Germany Antje Buschschulte (1:00.72) Sarah Poewe (1:08.51) Annika Mehlhorn (58.75) Daniela Gotz (54.53) | 4:02.51 |

### Medal standings

* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 15 | 11 | 6 | 32 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 13 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Canada (CAN)* | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 40 | 41 | 40 | 121 |

## Records

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

### World records

| Date | Round | Event | Time | Name | Nation |
| July 24 | Semifinal 1 | Men's 50 metre butterfly | 23.01 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa |
| July 25 | Final | Men's 50 metre butterfly | 22.96 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa |
| July 25 | Semifinal 1 | Women's 100 metre breaststroke | 1:06.20 | Jessica Hardy | United States |
| July 27 | Final | Men's 800 metre freestyle | 7:38.65 | Grant Hackett | Australia |
| July 28 | Final | Women's 200 metre butterfly | 2:05.61 | Otylia Jędrzejczak | Poland |
| July 29 | Final | Men's 200 metre backstroke | 1:54.66 | Aaron Peirsol | United States |
| July 29 | Final | Women's 200 metre breaststroke | 2:21.72 | Leisel Jones | Australia |
| July 30 | Final | Men's 100 metre butterfly | 50.40 | Ian Crocker | United States |
| July 31 | Final | Women's 50 metre breaststroke | 30.45 | Jade Edmistone | Australia |

### Championship records

| Date | Round | Event | Time | Name | Nation |
| July 24 | Heat 6 | Women's 100 metre butterfly | 57.91 | Jessicah Schipper | Australia |
| July 24 | Heat 12 | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | 59.71 | Kosuke Kitajima | Japan |
| July 24 | Semifinal 2 | Women's 100 metre butterfly | 57.75 | Jessicah Schipper | Australia |
| July 24 | Final | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 3:37.32 | Jodie Henry (54.45) Alice Mills (53.96) Shayne Reese (55.37) Libby Lenton (54.56) | Australia |
| July 24 | Final | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 3:13.77 | Michael Phelps (49.17) Neil Walker (47.70) Nate Dusing (48.97) Jason Lezak (47.93) | United States |
| July 25 | Final | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | 59.37 | Brendan Hansen | United States |
| July 25 | Final | Women's 100 metre butterfly | 57.23 | Jessicah Schipper | Australia |
| July 25 | Final | Women's 200 metre individual medley | 2:10.41 | Katie Hoff | United States |
| July 27 | Semifinal 2 | Women's 50 metre backstroke | 28.31 | Gao Chang | China |
| July 28 | Final | Men's 100 metre freestyle | 48.12 | Filippo Magnini | Italy |
| July 28 | Final | Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | 7:53.70 | Natalie Coughlin (1:58.82) Katie Hoff (1:58.50) Whitney Myers (1:58.81) Kaitlin Sandeno (1:57.57) | United States |
| July 30 | Final | Men's 50 metre freestyle | 21.69 | Roland Schoeman | South Africa |
| July 30 | Semifinal 2 | Women's 50 metre breaststroke | 30.61 | Jade Edmistone | Australia |
| July 30 | Final | Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 3:57.47 | Sophie Edington (1:01.48) Leisel Jones (1:05.73) Jessicah Schipper (57.13) Libby Lenton (53.13) | Australia |
| July 31 | Final | Women's 400 metre individual medley | 4:36.07 | Katie Hoff | United States |