2011 World Aquatics Championships
14th FINA World Championships | |
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Host city | Shanghai, China |
Date(s) | 16–31 July 2011 |
Venue(s) | Shanghai Oriental Sports Center |
Nations participating | 181 |
Athletes participating | 2220 |
Officially opened by | Yu Zhengsheng |
2011 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Team | ||
5 km | mixed | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The 14th
Schedule
1 | Number of finals |
● | Other competitions |
- All dates are CST (UTC+8)
July 2011 | 16 Sat |
17 Sun |
18 Mon |
19 Tue |
20 Wed |
21 Thu |
22 Fri |
23 Sat |
24 Sun |
25 Mon |
26 Tue |
27 Wed |
28 Thu |
29 Fri |
30 Sat |
31 Sun |
Gold medals |
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Diving | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
Open water swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
Swimming | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 40 | ||||||||
Synchronised swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
Water polo | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Total gold medals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 66 |
Cumulative total | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 37 | 41 | 46 | 52 | 59 | 66 |
Medal table
* Host Nation
* Host nation (China)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 17 | 6 | 9 | 32 |
2 | China* | 15 | 13 | 8 | 36 |
3 | Russia | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
4 | Brazil | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
5 | Italy | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
6 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
7 | Australia | 2 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
8 | France | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
9 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Greece | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
11 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
12 | Germany | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
13 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
15 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
20 | Canada | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
21 | Japan | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
22 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
23 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
26 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
27 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (28 entries) | 68 | 64 | 66 | 198 |
Competition
Diving
The diving program consisted of 10 events (5 male and 5 female). Diving was contested at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center from July 16–24. China came out on top in the gold medal count in the diving swimming competition with ten golds, winning all events.
On the first day of competition on July 16, host nation China won the first gold medal of the meet in the women's 3 m synchro springboard. The duo of Wu Minxia and He Zi had a score of 356.40 to win by more than 40 points ahead of Canadians Émilie Heymans and Jennifer Abel.[2] On the second day of competition, the Chinese duo of Qiu Bo and Huo Liang won gold in the men's 10 m synchro platform with a score of 480.03. On the third day of competition, two finals were held. In the men's 1 m springboard, China continued its strong performance with a 1-2 finish, with Li Shixin winning the gold and He Min winning the silver. In the women's 10 m synchro platform, the Chinese duo of Wang Hao and Chen Ruolin won gold with a score of 362.58 points. On the fourth day of competition, two finals were held and China continued its dominance. In the women's 1 m springboard, China finished 1-2 with Shi Tingmao winning the gold and Wang Han taking the silver. In the men's 3 m synchro springboard, the Chinese duo of Qin Kai and Luo Yutong won the gold with a score of 463.98. On the fifth day of competition, China swept the women's 10 m platform, with Chen Ruolin winning the gold and Hu Yadan winning the silver. On the sixth day of competition, China won gold in the men's 3 m springboard. However, it was the first individual event in the diving competition in which China did not go 1-2, with Russian diver Ilya Zakharov taking the silver. On the seventh day of competition, China won gold in the women's 3 m springboard with Wu Minxia taking the gold and He Zi winning the silver. On the eight and last day of competition, China won gold in the men's 10 m platform. In winning this event, China won all the possible golds in the diving competition.
Open water swimming
The open water swimming competition featured 7 events (3 male, 3 female, and a mixed team competition). The open water swimming competition was contested at the Jinshan City Beach from July 19–23. Germany came out on top in the gold medal count in the open water swimming competition with one gold, two silvers, and one bronze.
On the first day of competition on July 19, British
Swimming
The swimming competition featured races in a
American Ryan Lochte won the most gold medals among the male competitors with five and was named the best male swimmer of the championships. American Rebecca Soni won a total of three golds and one bronze medal and was named the best female swimmer of the championships. American Michael Phelps had the most overall medals in the competition with seven (four golds, two silvers, one bronze).
Day one
On the first day of competition on July 24, four finals were contested, the women's and men's 400 m freestyle and women's and men's 4×100 m freestyle relay. In the
Day two
On the second day of competition on July 25, four finals were contested, the women's 100 m butterfly, men's 50 m butterfly, women's 200 m individual medley, and the men's 100 m breaststroke. In the first final of day two, the women's 100 m butterfly, American Dana Vollmer won the gold after posting the top times in the heats and semifinals. Vollmer's winning time of 56.87 was slower than her semifinal time of 56.47 but was still good enough for gold.[7] In the men's 50 m butterfly, Brazilian César Cielo, just recently cleared to compete after failing a drug test, won in a time of 23.10. Cielo was very emotional after the race and sobbed uncontrollably. After he said, "This gold medal has a different feel from the other ones. This one was the hardest of my life." In the women's 200 m individual medley, fifteen-year-old Chinese Ye Shiwen won the gold in a time of 2:08.90 to give host nation China its first gold in the swimming competition. At the 150 mark, Ye was in fifth place but covered the last 50 metres in 29.42 to surge ahead of American Ariana Kukors and Australian Alicia Coutts for the win.[8] In the men's 100 m breaststroke Norwegian Alexander Dale Oen won the gold in a time of 58.71.[9] After the race, he pointed to the Norwegian flag on his swimming cap in reference to the 2011 Norway attacks. No new world or competition records were set during day two.
Day three
On the third day of competition on July 26, five finals were contested, the men's 200 m freestyle, women's 100 m backstroke, women's 1500 m freestyle, men's 100 m backstroke, and the women's 100 m breaststroke. In the first final of day three, the
Day four
On the fourth day of competition on July 27, four finals were contested, the men's 200 m butterfly, women's 200 m freestyle, men's 800 m freestyle, and the men's 50 m breaststroke. In the first final of day four, the
Day five
On the fifth day of competition on July 28, five finals were contested, the men's 200 m individual medley, men's 100 m freestyle, women's 200 m butterfly, women's 50 m backstroke, and the women's 4×200 m freestyle relay. In the first final of day five, the
Day six
On the sixth day of competition on July 29, five finals were contested, the women's 100 m freestyle, men's 200 m backstroke, women's 200 m breaststroke, men's 200 m breaststroke, and the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay. In the first final of day six, the
Day seven
On the seventh day of competition on July 30, six finals were contested, the women's 50 m butterfly, men's 50 m freestyle, women's 200 m backstroke, men's 100 m butterfly, women's 800 m freestyle, and the women's 4×100 m medley relay. In the first final of day seven, the women's 50 m butterfly, Dutch swimmer Inge Dekker pulled an upset and won the gold ahead world record holder Therese Alshammar 25.71 to 25.76.[26] In the men's 50 m freestyle, Brazilian César Cielo successfully defended his 2009 title with a win in a time of 21.52.[27] In the women's 200 m backstroke, American Missy Franklin dominated the competition with a national record time of 2:05.10, almost a second ahead of second-place finisher Belinda Hocking and nearly breaking the world record set in 2009.[28] Franklin's time of 2:05.10 is the third-fastest ever in the event. In the men's 100 m butterfly, American Michael Phelps won the expected gold in a time of 50.71, his third consecutive title in the event (also winning in 2007 and 2009) and second individual title of the meet.[29] In the women's 800 m freestyle, Brit Rebecca Adlington was able to hold off Dane Lotte Friis for the win with a time of 8:17.51. Friis finished second with a time of 8:18.20.[30] In the final event of day seven, the women's 4×100 m medley relay, the American team of Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer, and Missy Franklin won the gold with a time of 3:52.36, over three seconds ahead of second-place finisher China. Their time was the second-fastest of all time and was just outside the Chinese owned world record of 3:52.19 from 2009. It was the first title for the American team since 1998. Notably, Franklin, who had just completed the 200 m backstroke, completed the freestyle leg in the medley relay in 52.79, the fastest freestyle leg in the field.[31] No new world or competition records were set during day seven.
Day eight
On the eighth day of competition on July 31, seven finals were contested, the women's 50 m breaststroke, men's 400 m individual medley, women's 50 m freestyle, men's 50 m backstroke, men's 1500 m freestyle, women's 400 m individual medley, and the men's 4×100 m medley relay. In the first final of day eight, the
World records
The following world records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Time | Name | Nation |
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July 28, 2011 | Men's 200 m individual medley final | 1:54.00 | Ryan Lochte | United States |
July 31, 2011 | Men's 1500 m freestyle final | 14:34.14 | Sun Yang |
China |
Synchronised swimming
The synchronised swimming events were held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center from July 17–23. Russia came out on top in the gold medal count in the synchronised swimming competition with seven golds, winning all events.
On the first day of the synchronised swimming competition on July 17, Russia took the first gold in the solo technical routine, with Natalia Ishchenko winning with a score of 98.300. On the second day of competition, Russia picked up its second gold in the duet technical routine, with Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina winning gold with a score of 98.200. On day three of the synchronised swimming competition, Russia continued its strong performance with gold in the team technical routine with 98.300 points.[40] On the fourth day of competition, Russia continued its dominance with Natalia Ishchenko picking up her third gold medal in the solo free routine. On the fifth day of competition, Russia won its fifth gold in the free routine combination and Natalia Ishchenko won her fourth individual gold, while Canada won its first medal. On the sixth day of competition, Russian Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina won gold in the duet free routine.[41] Also, Ishchenko won her fifth individual gold of the competition. On the seventh and last day of competition, Russia won gold in the team free routine with a score of 98.620 and Ishchenko won her sixth individual gold.[42]
Water polo
The water polo events were held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center from July 17–30. In the men's tournament, Italy upset the defending champions Serbia for the gold. In the women's tournament, Greece won the gold over China.
Participating nations
181 nations have entered at least one athlete in one of the five disciplines; diving,[43] open water swimming,[44][45] swimming,[46] synchronized swimming,[47] and water polo.[48]
- Albania (3)
- Algeria (2)
- American Samoa (3)
- Andorra (3)
- Angola (3)
- Antigua and Barbuda (3)
- Argentina (13)
- Armenia (4)
- Aruba (3)
- Australia (97)
- Austria (16)
- Azerbaijan (8)
- Bahamas (3)
- Bahrain (3)
- Bangladesh (2)
- Barbados (1)
- Belarus (12)
- Belgium (10)
- Benin (3)
- Bermuda (3)
- Bolivia (3)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
- Botswana (2)
- Brazil (65)[49]
- Brunei (2)
- Bulgaria (6)[50]
- Burkina Faso (3)
- Burundi (3)
- Cambodia (3)
- Cameroon (2)
- Canada (86)[51]
- Cayman Islands (2)
- Central African Republic (3)
- Chile (6)
- China (110)[52] ( Host )
- Chinese Taipei (4)
- Colombia (19)
- Comoros (3)
- Republic of the Congo (3)
- Cook Islands (3)
- Costa Rica (8)
- Ivory Coast (3)
- Croatia (33)
- Cuba (27)
- Cyprus (3)
- Czech Republic (16)
- Denmark (6)
- Djibouti (3)
- Dominican Republic (3)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (3)
- Ecuador (6)
- Egypt (17)
- El Salvador (3)
- Estonia (6)
- Ethiopia (3)
- Faroe Islands (1)
- Fiji (3)
- Finland (7)
- France (44)
- The Gambia (3)
- Georgia (4)
- Germany (57)
- Ghana (1)
- Great Britain (63)
- Greece (31)
- Grenada (2)
- Guam (3)
- Guatemala (4)
- Guinea (3)
- Guyana (3)
- Honduras (4)
- Hong Kong (23)
- Hungary (50)
- Iceland (7)
- India (5)
- Indonesia (25)
- Iran (3)
- Iraq (2)
- Ireland (6)
- Israel (11)
- Italy (82)
- Jamaica (2)
- Japan (61)
- Jordan (3)
- Kazakhstan (42)
- Kenya (3)
- Kuwait (4)
- Kyrgyzstan (3)
- Laos (2)
- Latvia (3)
- Lebanon (3)
- Lesotho (3)
- Libya (1)
- Liechtenstein (1)
- Lithuania (7)[53]
- Luxembourg (3)
- Macau (18)
- Macedonia (2)
- Madagascar (3)
- Malaysia (22)
- Maldives (3)
- Mali (3)
- Malta (3)
- Marshall Islands (3)
- Mauritania (3)
- Mauritius (3)
- Mexico (37)
- Federated States of Micronesia (3)
- Moldova (3)
- Monaco (2)
- Mongolia (3)
- Montenegro (13)
- Morocco (3)
- Mozambique (3)
- Namibia (3)
- Nepal (3)
- Netherlands (43)
- Netherlands Antilles (1)
- New Zealand (27)
- Nicaragua (3)
- Niger (3)
- Nigeria (3)
- North Korea (14)
- Northern Mariana Islands (3)[54]
- Norway (7)
- Oman (4)
- Pakistan (3)
- Palau (3)
- Palestine (3)
- Panama (3)
- Papua New Guinea (3)
- Paraguay (3)
- Peru (3)
- Philippines (3)
- Poland (13)
- Portugal (8)
- Puerto Rico (3)
- Qatar (2)
- Romania (17)
- Russia (76)
- Rwanda (4)
- Saint Lucia (3)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
- San Marino (5)
- Senegal (3)
- Serbia (21)
- Seychelles (3)
- Singapore (15)
- Slovakia (7)
- Slovenia (14)
- South Africa (67)
- South Korea (20)
- Spain (54)
- Sri Lanka (3)[55]
- Sudan (3)
- Suriname (3)
- Swaziland (1)
- Sweden (25)
- Switzerland (17)
- Syria (4)
- Tahiti (3)
- Tajikistan (3)
- Tanzania (3)
- Thailand (15)
- Togo (2)
- Tonga (2)
- Trinidad and Tobago (3)
- Tunisia (4)
- Turkey (9)
- Turkmenistan (3)
- Uganda (3)
- Ukraine (37)
- United Arab Emirates (2)
- United States (101)
- Uruguay (3)
- Uzbekistan (19)
- Venezuela (21)
- Vietnam (3)[56]
- Virgin Islands (1)
- Zambia (3)
- Zimbabwe (5)
See also
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