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.^[1] The United States won the overall medal count, led by Katie Ledecky who claimed five gold medals.

Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Host city	Kazan, Russia
Date(s)	2–9 August
Venue(s)	Kazan Arena
Events	42
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Main article: 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Schedule

42 events were held.^[2]

All time are local (UTC+3).

H	Heats	½	Semifinals	F	Final

M = Morning session (starting at 09:30), E = Evening session (starting at 17:30)

Men

Date →	Sun 2		Mon 3		Tue 4		Wed 5		Thu 6		Fri 7		Sat 8		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		Mon 3		Tue 4		Wed 5		Thu 6		Fri 7		Sat 8		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		Mon 3		Tue 4		Wed 5		Thu 6		Fri 7		Sat 8		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
	Singapore	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		42	42	45	129

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle[3] details	Florent Manaudou  France	21.19	Nathan Adrian  United States	21.52	Bruno Fratus  Brazil	21.55
100 m freestyle[4] details	Ning Zetao  China	47.84	Cameron McEvoy  Australia	47.95	Federico Grabich  Argentina	48.12
200 m freestyle[5] details	James Guy  Great Britain	1:45.14 NR	Sun Yang  China	1:45.20	Paul Biedermann  Germany	1:45.38
400 m freestyle[6] details	Sun Yang  China	3:42.58	James Guy  Great Britain	3:43.75 NR	Ryan Cochrane  Canada	3:44.59
800 m freestyle[7] details	Sun Yang  China	7:39.96	Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy	7:40.81 ER	Mack Horton  Australia	7:44.02
1500 m freestyle[8] 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[9] details	Camille Lacourt  France	24.23	Matt Grevers  United States	24.61	Ben Treffers  Australia	24.69
100 m backstroke[10] details	Mitch Larkin  Australia	52.40	Camille Lacourt  France	52.48	Matt Grevers  United States	52.66
200 m backstroke[11] details	Mitch Larkin  Australia	1:53.58 OC	Radosław Kawęcki  Poland	1:54.55	Evgeny Rylov  Russia	1:54:60 NR
50 m breaststroke[12] details	Adam Peaty  Great Britain	26.51	Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa	26.66	Kevin Cordes  United States	26.86
100 m breaststroke[13] details	Adam Peaty  Great Britain	58.52	Cameron van der Burgh  South Africa	58.59	Ross Murdoch  Great Britain	59.09
200 m breaststroke[14] details	Marco Koch  Germany	2:07.76	Kevin Cordes  United States	2:08.05	Dániel Gyurta  Hungary	2:08.10
50 m butterfly[15] details	Florent Manaudou  France	22.97	Nicholas Santos  Brazil	23.09	László Cseh  Hungary Konrad Czerniak  Poland	23.15
100 m butterfly[16] details	Chad le Clos  South Africa	50.56 AF	László Cseh  Hungary	50.87 NR	Joseph Schooling  Singapore	50.96 AS
200 m butterfly[17] 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[18] 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[19] 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[20] details	France Mehdy Metella (48.37) Florent Manaudou (47.93) Fabien Gilot (47.08) Jérémy Stravius (47.36) Lorys Bourelly[a] Clément Mignon[a]	3:10.74	Russia Andrey Grechin (48.60) Nikita Lobintsev (47.98) Vladimir Morozov (46.95) Alexandr Sukhorukov (47.66) Danila Izotov[a]	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[21] 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[a] Duncan Scott[a]	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[a]	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[a] Kurt Herzog[a]	7:05.34
4×100 m medley relay[22] details	United States Ryan Murphy (53.05) Kevin Cordes (58.88) Tom Shields (50.59) Nathan Adrian (47.41) Matt Grevers[a] Cody Miller[a] Tim Phillips[a] Ryan Lochte[a]	3:29.93	Australia Mitch Larkin (52.41) Jake Packard (59.16) Jayden Hadler (51.91) Cameron McEvoy (46.60) David Morgan[a] Kyle Chalmers[a]	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		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle[23] details	Bronte Campbell  Australia	24.12	Ranomi Kromowidjojo  Netherlands	24.22	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	24.31
100 m freestyle[24] details	Bronte Campbell  Australia	52.52	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	52.70	Cate Campbell  Australia	52.82
200 m freestyle[25] details	Katie Ledecky  United States	1:55.16	Federica Pellegrini  Italy	1:55.32	Missy Franklin  United States	1:55.49
400 m freestyle[26] 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[27] 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[28] 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[29] details	Fu Yuanhui  China	27.11	Etiene Medeiros  Brazil	27.26 AM	Liu Xiang  China	27.58
100 m backstroke[30] details	Emily Seebohm  Australia	58.26	Madison Wilson  Australia	58.75	Mie Nielsen  Denmark	58.86
200 m backstroke[31] details	Emily Seebohm  Australia	2:05.81 OC	Missy Franklin  United States	2:06.34	Katinka Hosszú  Hungary	2:06.84
50 m breaststroke[32] details	Jennie Johansson  Sweden	30.05 NR	Alia Atkinson  Jamaica	30.11 NR	Yuliya Yefimova  Russia	30.13
100 m breaststroke[33] details	Yuliya Yefimova  Russia	1:05.66	Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania	1:06.36	Alia Atkinson  Jamaica	1:06.42
200 m breaststroke[34] 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 NR 2:22.76
50 m butterfly[35] details	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	24.96 CR	Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark	25.34	Lu Ying  China	25.37 AS
100 m butterfly[36] details	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	55.64 WR	Jeanette Ottesen  Denmark	57.05	Lu Ying  China	57.48
200 m butterfly[37] 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[38] 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[39] 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[40] details	Australia Emily Seebohm (53.92) Emma McKeon (53.57) Bronte Campbell (51.77) Cate Campbell (52.22) Madison Wilson[b] Melanie Wright[b] Bronte Barratt[b]	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[b] Abbey Weitzeil[b]	3:34.61
4×200 m freestyle relay[41] 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[b] Chelsea Chenault[b] Shannon Vreeland[b]	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[b] Zhang Yuhan[b]	7:49.10
4×100 m medley relay[42] details	China Fu Yuanhui (59.29) Shi Jinglin (1:05.56) Lu Ying (56.56) Shen Duo (53.00) Chen Xinyi[b] Qiu Yuhan[b]	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[b] Lorna Tonks[b] Madeline Groves[b] Melanie Wright[b]	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		Silver		Bronze
4×100 m freestyle relay[43] details	United States Ryan Lochte (48.79) Nathan Adrian (47.29) Simone Manuel (53.66) Missy Franklin (53.31) Conor Dwyer[c] Margo Geer[c] Abbey Weitzeil[c]	3:23.05 WR	Netherlands Sebastiaan Verschuren (48.74) Joost Reijns (49.09) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.48) Femke Heemskerk (52.79) Kyle Stolk[c] Marrit Steenbergen[c]	3:23.10 ER	Canada Santo Condorelli (48.19) Yuri Kisil (48.25) Sandrine Mainville (53.60) Chantal van Landeghem (53.55) Karl Krug[c] Victoria Poon[c]	3:23.59 NR
4×100 m medley relay[44] details	Great Britain Chris Walker-Hebborn (52.94) Adam Peaty (57.98) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor (57.02) Fran Halsall (53.77) Ross Murdoch[c] Rachael Kelly[c]	3:41.71 WR	United States Ryan Murphy (53.31) Kevin Cordes (58.63) Katie McLaughlin (57.56) Margo Geer (53.77) Kendyl Stewart[c] Lia Neal[c]	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

World Record flag and its bearer

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

See also

• FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)