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Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
Host city	Budapest, Hungary
Date(s)	18–25 June
Venue(s)	Danube Arena
Events	42
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Main article: 2022 World Aquatics Championships

2022 FINA World Championships
Artistic swimming
Solo
Technical		women
Free		women
Duet
Technical		women
Technical	mixed
Free		women
Free	mixed
Team
Technical		women
Free		women
Combination		women
Highlight		women
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
3 m & 10 m	mixed team
Synchronised
3 m	men	women
3 m	mixed
10 m	men	women
10 m	mixed
Open water swimming
Single
5 km	men	women
10 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Relay
4×1.5 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
	mixed
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
	mixed
Water polo
Tournament	men	women
Rosters	men	women
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Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships took place from 18 to 25 June 2022. The United States won the most gold medals (17) and overall medal count (45) in this discipline. Katie Ledecky of the United States and Léon Marchand of France earned FINA Swimmer of the Meet honors based on a scoring system that awards points for top-four finishes. The United States won the best team award for winning 45 medals.

Schedule

42 events were held.

All times were local (UTC+2).

H

Heats

½

Semi finals

F

Final

M = Morning session (starting at 09:00), E = Evening session (starting at 18:00)

Men

Date →	Sat 18		Sun 19		Mon 20		Tue 21		Wed 22		Thu 23		Fri 24		Sat 25
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 →	Sat 18		Sun 19		Mon 20		Tue 21		Wed 22		Thu 23		Fri 24		Sat 25
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 →	Sat 18		Sun 19		Mon 20		Tue 21		Wed 22		Thu 23		Fri 24		Sat 25
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 (Hungary)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	17	12	16	45
2	Australia	6	9	2	17
3	Italy	5	2	2	9
4	Canada	3	4	4	11
5	France	2	4	2	8
6	Sweden	2	2	0	4
7	Hungary*	2	0	0	2
	Romania	2	0	0	2
9	Great Britain	1	1	3	5
10	China	1	0	4	5
11	Lithuania	1	0	1	2
12	Germany	0	3	1	4
13	Japan	0	2	2	4
14	Brazil	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
17	South Korea	0	1	0	1
18	South Africa	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		42	43	42	127

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Ben Proud  Great Britain	21.32	Michael Andrew  United States	21.41	Maxime Grousset  France	21.57
100 m freestyle details	David Popovici  Romania	47.58	Maxime Grousset  France	47.64	Joshua Liendo  Canada	47.71
200 m freestyle details	David Popovici  Romania	1:43.21 WJ, NR	Hwang Sun-woo  South Korea	1:44.47 NR	Tom Dean  Great Britain	1:44.98
400 m freestyle details	Elijah Winnington  Australia	3:41.22	Lukas Märtens  Germany	3:42.85	Guilherme Costa  Brazil	3:43.31 SA
800 m freestyle details	Bobby Finke  United States	7:39.36 AM	Florian Wellbrock  Germany	7:39.63 NR	Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine	7:40.05 NR
1500 m freestyle details	Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy	14:32.80 CR, ER	Bobby Finke  United States	14:36.70 AM	Florian Wellbrock  Germany	14:36.94
50 m backstroke details	Justin Ress  United States	24.12	Hunter Armstrong  United States	24.14	Ksawery Masiuk  Poland	24.49
100 m backstroke details	Thomas Ceccon  Italy	51.60 WR	Ryan Murphy  United States	51.97	Hunter Armstrong  United States	51.98
200 m backstroke details	Ryan Murphy  United States	1:54.52	Luke Greenbank  Great Britain	1:55.16	Shaine Casas  United States	1:55.35
50 m breaststroke details	Nic Fink  United States	26.45 NR	Nicolò Martinenghi  Italy	26.48	Michael Andrew  United States	26.72
100 m breaststroke details	Nicolò Martinenghi  Italy	58.26 NR	Arno Kamminga  Netherlands	58.62	Nic Fink  United States	58.65
200 m breaststroke details	Zac Stubblety-Cook  Australia	2:07.07	Yu Hanaguruma  Japan Erik Persson  Sweden	2:08.38	None awarded
50 m butterfly details	Caeleb Dressel  United States	22.57	Nicholas Santos  Brazil	22.78	Michael Andrew  United States	22.79
100 m butterfly details	Kristóf Milák  Hungary	50.14	Naoki Mizunuma  Japan	50.94	Joshua Liendo  Canada	50.97
200 m butterfly details	Kristóf Milák  Hungary	1:50.34 WR	Léon Marchand  France	1:53.37 NR	Tomoru Honda  Japan	1:53.61
200 m individual medley details	Léon Marchand  France	1:55.22 NR	Carson Foster  United States	1:55.71	Daiya Seto  Japan	1:56.22
400 m individual medley details	Léon Marchand  France	4:04.28 CR, ER	Carson Foster  United States	4:06.56	Chase Kalisz  United States	4:07.47
4×100 m freestyle relay details	United States Caeleb Dressel (47.67) Ryan Held (46.99) Justin Ress (47.48) Brooks Curry (47.20) Hunter Armstrong	3:09.34	Australia William Yang (48.41) Matthew Temple (48.17) Jack Cartwright (47.62) Kyle Chalmers (46.60)	3:10.80	Italy Alessandro Miressi (48.38) Thomas Ceccon (47.57) Lorenzo Zazzeri (47.35) Manuel Frigo (47.65)	3:10.95
4×200 m freestyle relay details	United States Drew Kibler (1:45.54) Carson Foster (1:45.04) Trenton Julian (1:45.31) Kieran Smith (1:44.35) Trey Freeman Coby Carrozza	7:00.24	Australia Elijah Winnington (1:45.83) Zac Incerti (1:45.51) Samuel Short (1:46.44) Mack Horton (1:45.72) Brendon Smith	7:03.50	Great Britain James Guy (1:46.31) Jacob Whittle (1:46.80) Joe Litchfield (1:47.36) Tom Dean (1:43.53) Matthew Richards	7:04.00
4×100 m medley relay details	Italy Thomas Ceccon (51.93) Nicolò Martinenghi (57.47) Federico Burdisso (50.63) Alessandro Miressi (47.48) Piero Codia Lorenzo Zazzeri	3:27.51 =ER	United States Ryan Murphy (52.51) Nic Fink (57.86) Michael Andrew (50.06) Ryan Held (47.36) Hunter Armstrong Trenton Julian Brooks Curry	3:27.79	Great Britain Luke Greenbank (53.81) James Wilby (58.82) James Guy (51.23) Tom Dean (47.45) Jacob Peters Lewis Burras	3:31.31
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 details	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	23.98	Katarzyna Wasick  Poland	24.18	Meg Harris  Australia Erika Brown  United States	24.38
100 m freestyle details	Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia	52.67	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	52.80	Torri Huske  United States	52.92
200 m freestyle details	Yang Junxuan  China	1:54.92	Mollie O'Callaghan  Australia	1:55.22	Tang Muhan  China	1:56.25
400 m freestyle details	Katie Ledecky  United States	3:58.15 CR	Summer McIntosh  Canada	3:59.39 NR	Leah Smith  United States	4:02.08
800 m freestyle details	Katie Ledecky  United States	8:08.04	Kiah Melverton  Australia	8:18.77	Simona Quadarella  Italy	8:19.00
1500 m freestyle details	Katie Ledecky  United States	15:30.15	Katie Grimes  United States	15:44.89	Lani Pallister  Australia	15:48.96
50 m backstroke details	Kylie Masse  Canada	27.31	Katharine Berkoff  United States	27.39	Analia Pigrée  France	27.40
100 m backstroke details	Regan Smith  United States	58.22	Kylie Masse  Canada	58.40	Claire Curzan  United States	58.67
200 m backstroke details	Kaylee McKeown  Australia	2:05.08	Phoebe Bacon  United States	2:05.12	Rhyan White  United States	2:06.96
50 m breaststroke details	Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania	29.70	Benedetta Pilato  Italy	29.80	Lara van Niekerk  South Africa	29.90
100 m breaststroke details	Benedetta Pilato  Italy	1:05.93	Anna Elendt  Germany	1:05.98	Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania	1:06.02
200 m breaststroke details	Lilly King  United States	2:22.41	Jenna Strauch  Australia	2:23.04	Kate Douglass  United States	2:23.20
50 m butterfly details	Sarah Sjöström  Sweden	24.95	Mélanie Henique  France	25.31	Zhang Yufei  China	25.32
100 m butterfly details	Torri Huske  United States	55.64 NR	Marie Wattel  France	56.14 NR	Zhang Yufei  China	56.41
200 m butterfly details	Summer McIntosh  Canada	2:05.20 WJ, NR	Hali Flickinger  United States	2:06.08	Zhang Yufei  China	2:06.32
200 m individual medley details	Alexandra Walsh  United States	2:07.13	Kaylee McKeown  Australia	2:08.57	Leah Hayes  United States	2:08.91 WJ
400 m individual medley details	Summer McIntosh  Canada	4:32.04 WJ	Katie Grimes  United States	4:32.67	Emma Weyant  United States	4:36.00
4×100 m freestyle relay details	Australia Mollie O'Callaghan (52.70) Madison Wilson (52.60) Meg Harris (53.00) Shayna Jack (52.65) Leah Neale Brianna Throssell	3:30.95	Canada Kayla Sanchez (53.45) Taylor Ruck (52.92) Maggie Mac Neil (53.27) Penny Oleksiak (52.51) Rebecca Smith Katerine Savard	3:32.15	United States Torri Huske (52.96) Erika Brown (53.30) Kate Douglass (53.61) Claire Curzan (52.71) Mallory Comerford Natalie Hinds	3:32.58
4×200 m freestyle relay details	United States Claire Weinstein (1:56.71) Leah Smith (1:56.47) Katie Ledecky (1:53.67) Bella Sims (1:54.60) Alexandra Walsh Hali Flickinger	7:41.45 CR	Australia Madison Wilson (1:56.74) Leah Neale (1:55.27) Kiah Melverton (1:55.91) Mollie O'Callaghan (1:55.94) Lani Pallister Brianna Throssell	7:43.86	Canada Summer McIntosh (1:54.79) WJ Kayla Sanchez (1:57.39) Taylor Ruck (1:56.75) Penny Oleksiak (1:55.83) Mary-Sophie Harvey Katerine Savard Rebecca Smith	7:44.76
4×100 m medley relay details	United States Regan Smith (58.40) Lilly King (1:05.89) Torri Huske (56.67) Claire Curzan (52.82) Rhyan White Alexandra Walsh Natalie Hinds Erika Brown	3:53.78	Australia Kaylee McKeown (58.77) Jenna Strauch (1:05.99) Brianna Throssell (57.19) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.30) Madison Wilson	3:54.25	Canada Kylie Masse (58.39) Rachel Nicol (1:07.17) Maggie Mac Neil (56.80) Penny Oleksiak (52.65) Ingrid Wilm Kelsey Wog Kayla Sanchez	3:55.01
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 details	Australia Jack Cartwright (48.12) Kyle Chalmers (46.98) Madison Wilson (52.25) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.03) Zac Incerti William Yang Meg Harris Leah Neale	3:19.38 WR	Canada Joshua Liendo (48.02) Javier Acevedo (47.96) Kayla Sanchez (52.52) Penny Oleksiak (52.11) Ruslan Gaziev Taylor Ruck Maggie Mac Neil	3:20.61 NR	United States Ryan Held (47.93) Brooks Curry (47.72) Torri Huske (52.70) Claire Curzan (52.84) Drew Kibler Erika Brown Kate Douglass	3:21.09
4×100 m medley relay details	United States Hunter Armstrong (52.14) Nic Fink (57.86) Torri Huske (56.17) Claire Curzan (52.62) Ryan Murphy Lilly King Michael Andrew Erika Brown	3:38.79	Australia Kaylee McKeown (58.66) Zac Stubblety-Cook (58.92) Matthew Temple (50.84) Shayna Jack (52.92) Isaac Cooper Matthew Wilson Brianna Throssell Meg Harris	3:41.34	Netherlands Kira Toussaint (59.72) Arno Kamminga (58.28) Nyls Korstanje (50.99) Marrit Steenbergen (52.55)	3:41.54
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

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

World records

Date	Event	Established for	Time	Name	Nation
June 20	Men's 100 m backstroke final	(same)	51.60	Thomas Ceccon	Italy
June 21	Men's 200 m butterfly final	(same)	1:50.34	Kristóf Milák	Hungary
June 24	4 × 100 m mixed freestyle relay final	(same)	3:19.38	Jack Cartwright (48.12) Kyle Chalmers (46.98) Madison Wilson (52.25) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.03)	Australia

Championship records

Date	Event	Time	Name	Nation
June 18	Women's 400 m freestyle final	3:58.15	Katie Ledecky	United States
June 22	Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay final	7:41.45	Claire Weinstein (1:56.71) Leah Smith (1:56.47) Katie Ledecky (1:53.67) Bella Sims (1:54.60)	United States

References

1. ^ Ledecky, Marchand Named FINA Swimmers of the Meet
2. ^ "FINA announces the competition schedule for the FINA World Championships Budapest 2022". Fina.org. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
3. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Fina.org. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

External links

• Official website