Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Date(s)18–25 June

Events42

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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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
v t e

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.^[1]

42 events were held.^[2]^[3]

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^[a]	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^[a] Coby Carrozza^[a]	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^[a]	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^[a]	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^[a] Lorenzo Zazzeri^[a]	3:27.51 =ER	United States Ryan Murphy (52.51) Nic Fink (57.86) Michael Andrew (50.06) Ryan Held (47.36) Hunter Armstrong^[a] Trenton Julian^[a] Brooks Curry^[a]	3:27.79	Great Britain Luke Greenbank (53.81) James Wilby (58.82) James Guy (51.23) Tom Dean (47.45) Jacob Peters^[a] Lewis Burras^[a]	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^[b] Brianna Throssell^[b]	3:30.95	Canada Kayla Sanchez (53.45) Taylor Ruck (52.92) Maggie Mac Neil (53.27) Penny Oleksiak (52.51) Rebecca Smith^[b] Katerine Savard^[b]	3:32.15	United States Torri Huske (52.96) Erika Brown (53.30) Kate Douglass (53.61) Claire Curzan (52.71) Mallory Comerford^[b] Natalie Hinds^[b]	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^[b] Hali Flickinger^[b]	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^[b] Brianna Throssell^[b]	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^[b] Katerine Savard^[b] Rebecca Smith^[b]	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^[b] Alexandra Walsh^[b] Natalie Hinds^[b] Erika Brown^[b]	3:53.78	Australia Kaylee McKeown (58.77) Jenna Strauch (1:05.99) Brianna Throssell (57.19) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.30) Madison Wilson^[b]	3:54.25	Canada Kylie Masse (58.39) Rachel Nicol (1:07.17) Maggie Mac Neil (56.80) Penny Oleksiak (52.65) Ingrid Wilm^[b] Kelsey Wog^[b] Kayla Sanchez^[b]	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^[c] William Yang^[c] Meg Harris^[c] Leah Neale^[c]	3:19.38 WR	Canada Joshua Liendo (48.02) Javier Acevedo (47.96) Kayla Sanchez (52.52) Penny Oleksiak (52.11) Ruslan Gaziev^[c] Taylor Ruck^[c] Maggie Mac Neil^[c]	3:20.61 NR	United States Ryan Held (47.93) Brooks Curry (47.72) Torri Huske (52.70) Claire Curzan (52.84) Drew Kibler^[c] Erika Brown^[c] Kate Douglass^[c]	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^[c] Lilly King^[c] Michael Andrew^[c] Erika Brown^[c]	3:38.79	Australia Kaylee McKeown (58.66) Zac Stubblety-Cook (58.92) Matthew Temple (50.84) Shayna Jack (52.92) Isaac Cooper^[c] Matthew Wilson^[c] Brianna Throssell^[c] Meg Harris^[c]	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.

v t e World championships in 2022
Summer sports & indoor sports	American football (women) Aquatics artistic swimming diving open water swimming swimming water polo Armwrestling Association football (men) Athletics ~~half marathon~~ indoor outdoor mountain and trail running Badminton individual team Basketball women 3x3 Basque pelota Beach handball men women Beach volleyball Bowling (9-pin) Bowls indoor WBT indoor WB/IIBC Boxing (women) Canoeing marathon slalom sprint Cricket men (T20) women Cycling road track mountain bike marathon BMX cyclo-cross urban gravel esports Equestrian Fencing Field hockey (women) Finswimming Floorball (men) Futsal (AMF wommen) Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline acrobatic aerobic aesthetic parkour Indoor hockey ~~men~~ ~~women~~ Judo Lacrosse (women) Modern pentathlon Orienteering Racquetball Real tennis men women Rowing Rugby league men women wheelchair PDRL Rugby sevens men women Rugby union women wheelchair Sitting volleyball Men Women Shooting rifle / pistol running target shotgun Softball (men) Squash men women Women's team Surfing shortboard SUP/paddleboard Swimming (25m) Table tennis Volleyball men women Taekwondo Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter sports	Bandy ~~men~~ women Curling men women mixed doubles mixed Figure skating Ice climbing Ice hockey men women Luge Ski flying Ski orienteering Short track speed skating inline Sled dog racing on-snow Speed skating allround sprint Winter triathlon
Cue & mind sports	Bridge teams Carom billiards individual team Chess Fischer Random Darts PDC WDF Draughts men Pool nine-ball ten-ball Snooker open women
Motor sports	Electric touring car Endurance auto racing Endurance moto racing Formula E Formula One Motocross men women team MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 MotoE Powerboat Rally Rallycross Rally raid FIA Bajas FIM Bajas Sidecarcross Speedway individual team Superbike Supersport Supersport 300 Supercross Touring car
Parasports	Sitting volleyball men women

Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Medal summary

Medal table

Men

Women

Mixed

Records

World records

Championship records

References

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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

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