# Great Britain at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Great Britain competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia between 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Tom Daley and Rebecca Gallantree became the first ever winners of the Mixed team event. In doing so, Daley became the first British diver to win multiple medals across World Championships, and the first British double world champion. Gallantree became the first female British diver to win a World Championship medal of any colour, and the first female British World Champion. With bronze in the Men's 10 m platform, Daley would go on to become the first British diver to win three World Championship medals.
Jack Laugher, with his bronze medal in both the Men's 3 m springboard event, and Men's 3 m synchronized springboard with Chris Mears, became the first British diver to win two World championship medals at one edition, later equalled by Daley. With a gold and three bronze medals, the 2015 edition was by some margin the most successful World Championships in diving for Great Britain since the championships began.
With Great Britain's first gold medal in Men's high diving, Gary Hunt brought the Great Britain overall tally to ten medals, the highest ever for the nation at a FINA World Aquatics Championships. Simultaneously, with his silver medal from 2013, Hunt became the most successful male high diver since the event was brought into the World Aquatics Championships.
Adam Peaty became the first British swimmer to ever win three gold medals at a global championships, Worlds or Olympic, with victories in the 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke events and the 4 x 100 metre mixed medley relay. James Guy won the first ever gold medal in male freestyle for Great Britain at a World Championships in the 200 metres freestyle, and then anchored the Great Britain Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team to its first ever victory in the event.
The bronze medal won by Jaz Carlin in the Women's 800 m freestyle brought the tally of swimming medals to five golds, a silver and three bronzes, at nine medals, the best return for Great Britain in the swimming portion of a World Aquatics Championships, having already achieved the best results in their history in diving and high diving. The full tally of seven golds, one silver and six bronze was also an historic high for the championships as a whole.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Tom Daley Rebecca Gallantree | Diving | Mixed team | July 29 |
| Gold | Adam Peaty | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke | August 3 |
| Gold | James Guy | Swimming | Men's 200 m freestyle | August 4 |
| Gold | Gary Hunt | High diving | Men's high diving | August 5 |
| Gold | Adam Peaty | Swimming | Men's 50 m breaststroke | August 5 |
| Gold | Fran Halsall Rachael Kelly* Ross Murdoch* Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Adam Peaty Chris Walker-Hebborn | Swimming | Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay | August 5 |
| Gold | Nicholas Grainger* James Guy Calum Jarvis Robbie Renwick Duncan Scott* Daniel Wallace | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | August 7 |
| Silver | James Guy | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle | August 2 |
| Bronze | Jack Laugher Chris Mears | Diving | Men's 3 m synchronized springboard | July 28 |
| Bronze | Jack Laugher | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | July 31 |
| Bronze | Tom Daley | Diving | Men's 10 m platform | August 2 |
| Bronze | Ross Murdoch | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke | August 3 |
| Bronze | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley | August 3 |
| Bronze | Jazmin Carlin | Swimming | Women's 800 m freestyle | August 8 |

## Diving

British divers qualified for the individual spots and the synchronized teams at the World Championships. Nine divers have been nominated to the roster for Team GB at the Worlds, including 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Tom Daley.
Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was a qualification event for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Great Britain, with a top three finish in the 3 m synchronized springboard for Jack Laugher and Chris Mears, achieved a quota place for a team at the Rio games. In the individual events, Tom Daley (10m platform) and Jack Laugher (3m springboard) both won bronze medals, and they, along with finalists Rebecca Gallantree (3 metre springboard) and Tonia Couch (10 metre platform), won a single quota place for Great Britain in each of the four individual diving events in Rio.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| James Denny | 1 m springboard | 309.60 | 26 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jack Laugher | 3 m springboard | 450.80 | 7 Q | 490.90 | 5 Q | 528.90 | |
| Chris Mears | 3 m springboard | 419.20 | 18 Q | 422.50 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tom Daley | 10 m platform | 466.55 | 9 Q | 524.70 | 3 Q | 537.95 | |
| Matthew Lee | 10 m platform | 437.35 | 14 Q | 357.60 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jack Laugher Chris Mears | 3 m synchronized springboard | 417.33 | 4 Q | — | — | 445.20 | |
| James Denny Matthew Lee | 10 m synchronized platform | 379.86 | 12 Q | — | — | 396.84 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Alicia Blagg | 3 m springboard | 262.55 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rebecca Gallantree | 3 m springboard | 294.15 | 13 Q | 305.10 | 8 Q | 289.00 | 10 |
| Sarah Barrow | 10 m platform | 308.90 | 17 Q | 283.10 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tonia Couch | 10 m platform | 328.70 | 9 Q | 339.70 | 7 Q | 340.30 | 8 |
| Alicia Blagg Rebecca Gallantree | 3 m synchronized springboard | 287.40 | 4 Q | — | — | 286.86 | 10 |
| Sarah Barrow Tonia Couch | 10 m synchronized platform | 302.52 | 4 Q | — | — | 308.40 | 6 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Tom Daley Rebecca Gallantree | Team | 434.65 | |

## High diving

Great Britain has qualified two high divers at the World Championships.
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Blake Aldridge | Men's high diving | did not finish | did not finish |
| Gary Hunt | Men's high diving | 629.30 | |

## Open water swimming

Great Britain fielded a full team of seven swimmers to compete in the open water marathon.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Tom Allen | 5 km | 55:32.0 | 23 |
| Jack Burnell | 10 km | 1:50:05.8 | 5 |
| Daniel Fogg | 10 km | 1:50:39.7 | 14 |
| Caleb Hughes | 5 km | 55:21.9 | 7 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Alice Dearing | 5 km | 1:00:53.3 | 23 |
| Danielle Huskisson | 10 km | 2:00:57.3 | 35 |
| Keri-Anne Payne | 10 km | 1:58:53.6 | 15 |

## Swimming

British swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard): All British swimmers must qualify by finishing in the top two of the national championships, having gained the GB qualifying A standard set by British Swimming in the relevant final.
Great Britain consists of 30 swimmers (16 men and 14 women). Among the official roster featured European and Commonwealth Games champions Jazmin Carlin, Chris Walker-Hebborn, and Adam Peaty, who overhauled the 58-second barrier to set a new world record in the 100 m breaststroke at the national trials.
The championships were a qualification event for the relay races at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Great Britain qualified for five of the six relays in Rio, the women's 4 x 100 freestyle being the exception, where they did not field a team in Kazan.
Great Britain's total of five golds and nine medals in the swimming pool are the best returns in golds and medals for Great Britain in the history of the Championships.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Adam Barrett | 100 m butterfly | 52.33 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nick Grainger | 400 m freestyle | 3:47.95 | 14 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| James Guy | 200 m freestyle | 1:46.10 | 2 Q | 1:45.43 NR | 2 Q | 1:45.18 NR | |
| James Guy | 400 m freestyle | 3:45.37 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:43.75 NR | |
| Calum Jarvis | 100 m freestyle | 49.68 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Calum Jarvis | 200 m freestyle | 1:46.61 | 5 Q | 1:47.64 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Tom Laxton | 100 m butterfly | 52.37 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stephen Milne | 800 m freestyle | 7:46.41 | 3 Q | — | — | 7:49.86 | 7 |
| Stephen Milne | 1500 m freestyle | 14:55.17 | 4 Q | — | — | 14:58.62 | 5 |
| Ross Murdoch | 100 m breaststroke | 59.48 | 4 Q | 59.75 | 8 Q | 59.09 | |
| Roberto Pavoni | 200 m individual medley | 1:59.29 | 9 Q | 1:58:54 | =8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Roberto Pavoni | 400 m individual medley | 4:13.91 | 7 Q | — | — | 4:13.81 | 7 |
| Adam Peaty | 50 m breaststroke | 26.68 | 2 Q | 26.42 WR | 1 Q | 26.51 | |
| Adam Peaty | 100 m breaststroke | 58.52 CR | 1 Q | 58.18 CR | 1 Q | 58.52 | |
| Adam Peaty | 200 m breaststroke | 2:13.24 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Benjamin Proud | 50 m freestyle | 22.13 | 7 Q | 21.88 | 5 Q | 22.04 | 8 |
| Benjamin Proud | 100 m freestyle | 49.35 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Benjamin Proud | 50 m butterfly | 23.58 | 11 Q | 23.24 | 6 Q | 23.39 | 8 |
| Liam Tancock | 50 m backstroke | 24.91 | 6 Q | 24.75 | 5 Q | 24.88 | 7 |
| Liam Tancock | 100 m backstroke | 53.35 | 4 Q | 53.19 | 7 Q | 53.37 | 8 |
| Chris Walker-Hebborn | 100 m backstroke | 53.64 | 7 Q | 53.39 | 6 Q | 53.02 | 5 |
| Daniel Wallace | 200 m individual medley | 1:58.28 | 2 Q | 1:57.77 | 4 Q | 1:57.56 | 4 |
| Daniel Wallace | 400 m individual medley | 4:13.07 | 5 Q | — | — | 4:13.77 | 6 |
| Andrew Willis | 200 m breaststroke | 2:09.35 | 2 Q | 2:08.72 | 5 Q | 2:08.52 | 4 |
| Calum Jarvis Benjamin Proud Robbie Renwick Duncan Scott | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:15.70 | 10 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dan Wallace Robbie Renwick Calum Jarvis James Guy Nick Grainger* Duncan Scott* | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:09.00 | 3 Q | — | — | 7:04.33 NR | |
| Adam Barrett* James Guy Ross Murdoch* Adam Peaty Benjamin Proud Chris Walker-Hebborn | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:33.37 | 6 Q | — | — | 3:30.67 NR | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jazmin Carlin | 400 m freestyle | 4:07.15 | =6 Q | — | — | 4:03.74 | 4 |
| Jazmin Carlin | 800 m freestyle | 8:23.83 | 5 Q | — | — | 8:18.15 | |
| Francesca Halsall | 50 m freestyle | 24.80 | 8 Q | 24.50 | 7 Q | 24.51 | 7 |
| Francesca Halsall | 50 m butterfly | 25.86 | 5 Q | 25.71 | 3 Q | 25.85 | 6 |
| Rachael Kelly | 100 m butterfly | 58.48 | =16 Q | 58.27 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jemma Lowe | 100 m butterfly | 58.74 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hannah Miley | 200 m butterfly | 2:09.44 | 13 Q | 2:09.21 | =14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hannah Miley | 200 m individual medley | 2:12.22 | 7 Q | 2:11.19 | 7 Q | 2:10.19 | 5 |
| Hannah Miley | 400 m individual medley | 4:36.11 | 4 Q | — | — | 4:34.79 | 4 |
| Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.27 | 11 Q | 1:57.30 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | 200 m individual medley | 2:08.92 | 2 Q | 2:08.45 | 2 Q | 2:08.77 | |
| Lauren Quigley | 50 m freestyle | 25.53 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lauren Quigley | 50 m backstroke | 27.94 | 6 Q | 27.88 | 7 Q | 27.99 | 7 |
| Lauren Quigley | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.14 | =7 Q | 59.71 | 8 Q | 59.78 | 7 |
| Molly Renshaw | 200 m breaststroke | 2:26.32 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elizabeth Simmonds | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.38 | 11 Q | 1:00.40 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elizabeth Simmonds | 200 m backstroke | 2:10.48 | 13 Q | 2:10.57 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jessica Thielmann | 800 m freestyle | 2:36.88 | 15 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jessica Thielmann | 1500 m freestyle | 16:21.21 | 10 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aimee Willmott | 200 m butterfly | 2:10.07 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aimee Willmott | 400 m individual medley | 4:36.82 | 7 Q | — | — | 4:38.75 | 7 |
| Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Jazmin Carlin Rebecca Turner Hannah Miley Eleanor Faulkner* | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:54.99 | 7 Q | — | — | 7:50.60 | 5 |
| Rachael Kelly Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Lauren Quigley Rebecca Turner | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:00.02 | 7 Q | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Chris Walker-Hebborn Adam Peaty Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Francesca Halsall Ross Murdoch* Rachael Kelly* | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:44.39 | 2 Q | 3:41.71 WR | |

## Synchronized swimming

Great Britain has qualified two synchronized swimmers in the women's duet events.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jodie Cowie Genevieve Randall | Duet technical routine | 74.6512 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jodie Cowie Genevieve Randall | Duet free routine | 76.0333 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |