Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

The swimming events at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships were held from 23 to 30 July 2023 at the Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A in Fukuoka, Japan.[1][2] Léon Marchand of France won the Male Swimmer of the Championships award and Kaylee McKeown of Australia won the Female Swimmer of Championships award based on individual point score. The United States won the Team of the Championships award based on team point score.[3] World Records were broken in six individual and three relay events. China's Qin Haiyang and Australia's Kaylee McKeown became the first male and female athletes at a World Aquatics Championships to win the 50m, 100m & 200m events in a single stroke, at a single World Aquatics Championships.[4]

Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Host cityFukuoka, Japan
Date(s)23–30 July
Venue(s)Marine Messe Fukuoka
Events42
2022
2024

Schedule

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42 events were held.[5][6]

All times are local (UTC+9).

H Heats ½ Semi finals F Final
M = Morning session (starting at 10:30), E = Evening session (starting at 20:00)
Men
Date → Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30
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 metre freestyle relay H F
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay H F
4 × 100 metre medley relay H F
Women
Date → Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30
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 metre freestyle relay H F
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay H F
4 × 100 metre medley relay H F
Mixed
Date → Sun 23 Mon 24 Tue 25 Wed 26 Thu 27 Fri 28 Sat 29 Sun 30
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

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia137525
2  United States7201138
3  China53816
4  France4026
5  Great Britain2248
6  Canada2226
7  Tunisia2103
8  Lithuania2002
  Sweden2002
10  Italy1416
11  South Africa1102
12  Hungary1001
13  Netherlands0123
14  Hong Kong0101
  Poland0101
  Portugal0101
17  Japan*0022
18  Germany0011
  New Zealand0011
  South Korea0011
   Switzerland0011
Totals (21 entries)424441127
Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre freestyle
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Cameron McEvoy
  Australia
21.06 OC Jack Alexy
  United States
21.57 Ben Proud
  Great Britain
21.58
100 metre freestyle
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Kyle Chalmers
  Australia
47.15 Jack Alexy
  United States
47.31 Maxime Grousset
  France
47.42
200 metre freestyle
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Matt Richards
  Great Britain
1:44.30 Tom Dean
  Great Britain
1:44.32 Hwang Sun-woo
  South Korea
1:44.42 NR
400 metre freestyle
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Samuel Short
  Australia
3:40.68 Ahmed Hafnaoui
  Tunisia
3:40.70 AF Lukas Märtens
  Germany
3:42.20
800 metre freestyle
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Ahmed Hafnaoui
  Tunisia
7:37.00 Samuel Short
  Australia
7:37.76 OC Bobby Finke
  United States
7:38.67 AM
1500 metre freestyle
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Ahmed Hafnaoui
  Tunisia
14:31.54 CR, AF Bobby Finke
  United States
14:31.59 AM Samuel Short
  Australia
14:37.28
50 metre backstroke
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Hunter Armstrong
  United States
24.05 Justin Ress
  United States
24.24 Xu Jiayu
  China
24.50
100 metre backstroke
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Ryan Murphy
  United States
52.22 Thomas Ceccon
  Italy
52.27 Hunter Armstrong
  United States
52.58
200 metre backstroke
details
Hubert Kós
  Hungary
1:54.14 NR Ryan Murphy
  United States
1:54.83 Roman Mityukov
   Switzerland
1:55.34 NR
50 metre breaststroke
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Qin Haiyang
  China
26.29 Nic Fink
  United States
26.59 Sun Jiajun
  China
26.79
100 metre breaststroke
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Qin Haiyang
  China
57.69 AS Nicolò Martinenghi
  Italy
Arno Kamminga
  Netherlands
Nic Fink
  United States
58.72 None awarded
200 metre breaststroke
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Qin Haiyang
  China
2:05.48 WR Zac Stubblety-Cook
  Australia
2:06.40 Matt Fallon
  United States
2:07.74
50 metre butterfly
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Thomas Ceccon
  Italy
22.68 NR Diogo Ribeiro
  Portugal
22.80 NR Maxime Grousset
  France
22.82
100 metre butterfly
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Maxime Grousset
  France
50.14 NR Joshua Liendo
  Canada
50.34 NR Dare Rose
  United States
50.46
200 metre butterfly
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Léon Marchand
  France
1:52.43 NR Krzysztof Chmielewski
  Poland
1:53.62 Tomoru Honda
  Japan
1:53.66
200 metre individual medley
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Léon Marchand
  France
1:54.82 ER Duncan Scott
  Great Britain
1:55.95 Tom Dean
  Great Britain
1:56.07
400 metre individual medley
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Léon Marchand
  France
4:02.50 WR Carson Foster
  United States
4:06.56 Daiya Seto
  Japan
4:09.41
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
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  Australia
Jack Cartwright (47.84)
Flynn Southam (47.85)
Kai Taylor (47.91)
Kyle Chalmers (46.56)
Matthew Temple[b]
3:10.16   Italy
Alessandro Miressi (47.54)
Manuel Frigo (47.79)
Lorenzo Zazzeri (48.13)
Thomas Ceccon (47.03)
Leonardo Deplano[b]
3:10.49   United States
Ryan Held (48.16)
Jack Alexy (47.56)
Chris Guiliano (47.77)
Matt King (47.32)
Destin Lasco[b]
Justin Ress[b]
3:10.81
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
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  Great Britain
Duncan Scott (1:45.42)
Matthew Richards (1:44.65)
James Guy (1:45.17)
Tom Dean (1:43.84)
Joe Litchfield[b]
6:59.08   United States
Luke Hobson (1:46.00)
Carson Foster (1:44.49)
Jake Mitchell (1:45.06)
Kieran Smith (1:44.47)
Drew Kibler[b]
Baylor Nelson[b]
Henry McFadden[b]
7:00.02   Australia
Kai Taylor (1:45.79)
Kyle Chalmers (1:45.19)
Alexander Graham (1:45.55)
Thomas Neill (1:45.60)
Flynn Southam[b]
Elijah Winnington[b]
7:02.13
4 × 100 metre medley relay
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  United States
Ryan Murphy (52.04)
Nic Fink (58.03)
Dare Rose (50.13)
Jack Alexy (47.00)
Hunter Armstrong[b]
Josh Matheny[b]
Thomas Heilman[b]
Matt King[b]
3:27.20 CR   China
Xu Jiayu (53.39)
Qin Haiyang (57.43)
Wang Changhao (51.56)
Pan Zhanle (46.62)
Yan Zibei[b]
Sun Jiajun[b]
Wang Haoyu[b]
3:29.00 AS   Australia
Bradley Woodward (53.38)
Zac Stubblety-Cook (59.25)
Matthew Temple (50.10)
Kyle Chalmers (46.89)
Samuel Williamson[b]
Kai Taylor[b]
3:29.62

AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 metre freestyle
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Sarah Sjöström
  Sweden
23.62 Shayna Jack
  Australia
24.10 Zhang Yufei
  China
24.15
100 metre freestyle
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Mollie O'Callaghan
  Australia
52.16 Siobhán Haughey
  Hong Kong
52.49 Marrit Steenbergen
  Netherlands
52.71
200 metre freestyle
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Mollie O'Callaghan
  Australia
1:52.85 WR Ariarne Titmus
  Australia
1:53.01 Summer McIntosh
  Canada
1:53.65 WJ, NR
400 metre freestyle
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Ariarne Titmus
  Australia
3:55.38 WR Katie Ledecky
  United States
3:58.73 Erika Fairweather
  New Zealand
3:59.59 NR
800 metre freestyle
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Katie Ledecky
  United States
8:08.87 Li Bingjie
  China
8:13.31 AS Ariarne Titmus
  Australia
8:13.59 =OC
1500 metre freestyle
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Katie Ledecky
  United States
15:26.27 Simona Quadarella
  Italy
15:43.31 Li Bingjie
  China
15:45.71
50 metre backstroke
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Kaylee McKeown
  Australia
27.08 OC Regan Smith
  United States
27.11 Lauren Cox
  Great Britain
27.20
100 metre backstroke
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Kaylee McKeown
  Australia
57.53 CR Regan Smith
  United States
57.78 Katharine Berkoff
  United States
58.25
200 metre backstroke
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Kaylee McKeown
  Australia
2:03.85 Regan Smith
  United States
2:04.94 Peng Xuwei
  China
2:06.74
50 metre breaststroke
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Rūta Meilutytė
  Lithuania
29.16 WR Lilly King
  United States
29.94 Benedetta Pilato
  Italy
30.04
100 metre breaststroke
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Rūta Meilutytė
  Lithuania
1:04.62 Tatjana Schoenmaker
  South Africa
1:05.84 Lydia Jacoby
  United States
1:05.94
200 metre breaststroke
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Tatjana Schoenmaker
  South Africa
2:20.80 Kate Douglass
  United States
2:21.23 Tes Schouten
  Netherlands
2:21.63 NR
50 metre butterfly
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Sarah Sjöström
  Sweden
24.77 Zhang Yufei
  China
25.05 AS Gretchen Walsh
  United States
25.46
100 metre butterfly
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Zhang Yufei
  China
56.12 Maggie Mac Neil
  Canada
56.45 Torri Huske
  United States
56.61
200 metre butterfly
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Summer McIntosh
  Canada
2:04.06 AM, WJ Elizabeth Dekkers
  Australia
2:05.46 Regan Smith
  United States
2:06.78
200 metre individual medley
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Kate Douglass
  United States
2:07.17 Alexandra Walsh
  United States
2:07.97 Yu Yiting
  China
2:08.74
400 metre individual medley
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Summer McIntosh
  Canada
4:27.11 CR Katie Grimes
  United States
4:31.41 Jenna Forrester
  Australia
4:32.30
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
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  Australia
Mollie O'Callaghan (52.08)
Shayna Jack (51.69)
Meg Harris (52.29)
Emma McKeon (51.90)
Brianna Throssell[b]
Madison Wilson[b]
3:27.96 WR   United States
Gretchen Walsh (54.06)
Abbey Weitzeil (52.71)
Olivia Smoliga (52.88)
Kate Douglass (52.28)
Torri Huske[b]
Maxine Parker[b]
3:31.93   China
Cheng Yujie (53.39)
Yang Junxuan (53.53)
Wu Qingfeng (52.64)
Zhang Yufei (52.84)
Ai Yanhan[b]
Zhu Menghui[b]
3:32.40 AS
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
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  Australia
Mollie O'Callaghan (1:53.66)
Shayna Jack (1:55.63)
Brianna Throssell (1:55.80)
Ariarne Titmus (1:52.41)
Madison Wilson[b]
Lani Pallister[b]
Kiah Melverton[b]
7:37.50 WR   United States
Erin Gemmell (1:55.97)
Katie Ledecky (1:54.39)
Bella Sims (1:54.64)
Alex Shackell (1:56.38)
Leah Smith[b]
Anna Peplowski[b]
7:41.38   China
Li Bingjie (1:55.83)
Li Jiaping (1:58.54)
Ai Yanhan (1:55.57)
Liu Yaxin (1:55.46)
Yang Peiqi[b]
Ge Chutong[b]
7:44.40
4 × 100 metre medley relay
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  United States
Regan Smith (57.68)
Lilly King (1:04.93)
Gretchen Walsh (57.06)
Kate Douglass (52.41)
Katharine Berkoff[b]
Lydia Jacoby[b]
Torri Huske[b]
Abbey Weitzeil[b]
3:52.08   Australia
Kaylee McKeown (57.91)
Abbey Harkin (1:07.07)
Emma McKeon (56.44)
Mollie O'Callaghan (51.95)
Madison Wilson[b]
Brianna Throssell[b]
Meg Harris[b]
3:53.37   Canada
Kylie Masse (58.74)
Sophie Angus (1:06.21)
Maggie Mac Neil (55.69)
Summer McIntosh (53.48)
Ingrid Wilm[b]
Mary-Sophie Harvey[b]
3:54.12

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 events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
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  Australia
Jack Cartwright (48.14)
Kyle Chalmers (47.25)
Shayna Jack (51.73)
Mollie O'Callaghan (51.71)
Flynn Southam[b]
Madison Wilson[b]
Meg Harris[b]
3:18.83 WR   United States
Jack Alexy (47.68)
Matt King (47.78)
Abbey Weitzeil (52.94)
Kate Douglass (52.42)
Chris Guiliano[b]
Olivia Smoliga[b]
Bella Sims[b]
3:20.82   Great Britain
Matt Richards (47.83)
Duncan Scott (47.46)
Anna Hopkin (53.30)
Freya Anderson (53.09)
Jacob Whittle[b]
Tom Dean[b]
Lucy Hope[b]
3:21.68 ER
4 × 100 metre medley relay
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  China
Xu Jiayu (52.42)
Qin Haiyang (57.31)
Zhang Yufei (55.69)
Cheng Yujie (53.15)
Yan Zibei[b]
Wang Yichun[b]
Wu Qingfeng[b]
3:38.57   Australia
Kaylee McKeown (58.03)
Zac Stubblety-Cook (58.84)
Matthew Temple (50.63)
Shayna Jack (51.53)
Bradley Woodward[b]
Samuel Williamson[b]
Emma McKeon[b]
3:39.03   United States
Ryan Murphy (52.02)
Nic Fink (58.19)
Torri Huske (58.19)
Kate Douglass (51.79)
Katharine Berkoff[b]
Josh Matheny[b]
Dare Rose[b]
Abbey Weitzeil[b]
3:40.19

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.

Records

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

World records

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Date Round Event Time Name Nation
July 23 Final Women's 400 metre freestyle 3:55.38 Ariarne Titmus   Australia
July 23 Final Men's 400 metre individual medley 4:02.50 Léon Marchand   France
July 23 Final Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 3:27.96 Mollie O'Callaghan (52.08)
Shayna Jack (51.69)
Meg Harris (52.29)
Emma McKeon (51.90)
  Australia
July 26 Final Women's 200 metre freestyle 1:52.85 Mollie O'Callaghan   Australia
July 27 Final Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 7:37.50 Mollie O'Callaghan (1:53.66)
Shayna Jack (1:55.63)
Brianna Throssell (1:55.80)
Ariarne Titmus (1:52.42)
  Australia
July 28 Final Men's 200 metre breaststroke 2:05.48 Qin Haiyang   China
July 29 Semifinal 2 Women's 50 metre freestyle 23.61 Sarah Sjöström   Sweden
July 29 Semifinal 2 Women's 50 metre breaststroke =29.30 Rūta Meilutytė   Lithuania
July 29 Final Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 3:18.83 Jack Cartwright (48.14)
Kyle Chalmers (47.25)
Shayna Jack (51.73)
Mollie O'Callaghan (51.71)
  Australia
July 30 Final Women's 50 metre breaststroke 29.16 Rūta Meilutytė   Lithuania

Championship records

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Date Round Event Time Name Nation
July 25 Final Women's 100 metre backstroke 57.53 Kaylee McKeown   Australia
July 30 Final Men's 1500 metre freestyle 14:31.54 Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia
July 30 Final Women's 400 metre individual medley 4:27.11 Summer McIntosh   Canada
July 30 Final Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 3:27.20 Ryan Murphy (52.04)
Nic Fink (58.03)
Dare Rose (50.13)
Jack Alexy (47.00)
  United States

References

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