Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
The swimming competition at the 12th FINA World Aquatics Championships was held in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 March to 1 April 2007. This portion of the 2007 Worlds featured 40 events, all swum in a long course pool:
- freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m;
- backstroke: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
- breaststroke: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
- butterfly: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
- individual medley : 200 m and 400 m; and
- relays: 4x100 m free, 4x200 m free, and 4x100 m medley.
- It was the main relay qualifier, with the top-12 finishers in each relay automatically qualifying for the 16-entry field at the 2008 Olympics.
- Those nations who did not have swimmers who meet the Olympic qualifying times, and wanted a "wildcard" entry into the Olympics, need to have their potential swimmers swim at the 2007 Worlds.
Participating nations
- Faroe Islands
Event schedule
| date | Morning session Preliminary heats | Evening session Finals & semifinals |
| Sunday 25 March 2007 | 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 women's 4×100 free relay men's 4×100 free relay swim-off: men's 50 fly | 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 women's 4×100 free relay men's 4×100 free relay |
| Monday 26 March 2007 | women's 100 back men's 200 free women's 100 breast men's 100 back women's 1500 free | men's 100 breast women's 100 fly men's 100 back women's 100 breast men's 50 fly women's 100 back men's 200 free women's 200 I.M. |
| Tuesday 27 March 2007 | men's 50 breast men's 200 fly women's 200 free men's 800 free | men's 200 free women's 100 back men's 50 breast women's 1500 free men's 100 back women's 200 free men's 200 fly women's 100 breast |
| Wednesday 28 March 2007 | women's 50 back men's 100 free women's 200 fly men's 200 I.M. | men's 100 free women's 50 back men's 200 fly women's 200 free men's 50 breast women's 200 fly men's 200 I.M. men's 800 free |
| Thursday 29 March 2007 | 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 men's 200 I.M. women's 200 breast men's 100 free women's 200 fly men's 200 breast women's 50 back men's 200 back women's 4×200 free relay |
| Friday 30 March 2007 | women's 50 fly men's 50 free women's 800 free men's 100 fly women's 200 back men's 4×200 free relay | women's 100 free men's 200 back women's 50 fly men's 50 free women's 200 breast men's 100 fly women's 200 back men's 200 breast men's 4×200 free relay swim-off: men's 50 free swim-off: men's 100 fly |
| Saturday 31 March 2007 | 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 men's 50 free women's 200 back women's 50 breast men's 100 fly women's 50 free men's 50 back women's 800 free women's 4×100 medley relay |
| Sunday 1 April 2007 | men's 400 I.M. women's 400 I.M. men's 4×100 medley relay | men's 50 back women's 50 breast men's 400 I.M. women's 50 free men's 1500 free women's 400 I.M. men's 4×100 medly relay |
Results
Key- WR - World Record
- CR - Championship Record
Men's events
Women's events
Medal table
On 11 September 2007, an anti-doping ban was issued to Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli, with a retroactive nullification of his results which included his swims at the 2007 Worlds. Mellouli had finished in the top-3 in 2 events, and consequently, his results nullification adjusted the overall medals standings, particularly effecting Australia, Italy, Poland, Russia and Tunisia.Records broken
During the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, 15 World Records and 16 other Championship Records were broken. Multiple Continental and National Records were also set.[List of [world records in swimming|World Records]]
Also new championship records- Men's 200 m freestyle - Michael Phelps
- Men's 100 m backstroke - Aaron Peirsol
- Men's 200 m backstroke - Ryan Lochte
- Men's 200 m butterfly - Michael Phelps
- Men's 200 m individual medley - Michael Phelps
- Men's 400 m individual medley - Michael Phelps
- Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay - Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, Peter Vanderkaay
- Women's 200 m freestyle - Federica Pellegrini
- Women's 200 m freestyle - Laure Manaudou
- Women's 50 m backstroke - Leila Vaziri
- Women's 100 m backstroke - Natalie Coughlin
- Women's 400 m individual medley - Kathryn Hoff
- Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay - Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer, Lacey Nymeyer, Katie Hoff
- Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay - Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper, Libby Lenton
[List of [World Championships records in swimming|Championship records]]
- Women's 100 m freestyle - Libby Lenton
- Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle Relay - Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak
- Women's 100 m freestyle - Natalie Coughlin
- Women's 100 m freestyle - Libby Lenton
- Women's 400 m freestyle - Laure Manaudou
- Women's 800 m freestyle - Kate Ziegler
- Women's 1500 m freestyle - Kate Ziegler
- Women's 200 m backstroke - Margaret Hoelzer
- Women's 100 m breaststroke - Leisel Jones
- Women's 100 m butterfly - Libby Lenton
- Women's 200 m individual Medley - Kathryn Hoff
- Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay - Libby Lenton, Melanie Schlanger, Shayne Reese, Jodie Henry