Australia at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the
2025 World Aquatics Championships
World Aquatics codeAUS
National federationSwimming Australia
Websiteswimming.org.au
in Singapore
Competitors96 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
13
Silver
7
Bronze
8
Total
28
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Australia will compete at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kyle Lee Open water swimming Men's 10 km 16 July 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Moesha Johnson Open water swimming Women's 10 km 16 July 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Moesha Johnson Open water swimming Women's 5 km 18 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Moesha Johnson Open water swimming Women's 3 km knockout sprints 19 July 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rhiannan Iffland High diving Women's event 26 July 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Maddison Keeney Diving Women's 1 metre spingboard 26 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Samuel Short Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle 27 July 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mollie O'Callaghan
Meg Harris
Milla Jansen
Olivia Wunsch
Hannah Casey(heat)
Abbey Webb(heat)
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 27 July 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Flynn Southam
Kai Taylor
Maximillian Giuliani
Kyle Chalmers
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 27 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alexandria Perkins Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 28 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lani Pallister Swimming Women's 1500 metre freestyle 29 July 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kaylee McKeown Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke 29 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Cassiel Rousseau
Maddison Keeney
Diving 3 m synchronized springboard 30 July 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mollie O'Callaghan Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle 30 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Harrison Turner Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly 30 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Elizabeth Dekkers Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly 31 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kyle Chalmers Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 31 July 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lani Pallister
Jamie Perkins
Brittany Castelluzzo
Mollie O'Callaghan
Abbey Webb(heat)
Milla Jansen(heat)
Hannah Casey(heat)
Swimming Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 31 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mollie O'Callaghan Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 01 August 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Flynn Southam
Charlie Hawke
Kai Taylor
Maximillian Giuliani
Edward Sommerville(heat)
Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 01 August 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Alexandria Perkins Swimming Women's 50 metre butterfly 02 August 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cameron McEvoy Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle 02 August 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kaylee McKeown Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 02 August 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lani Pallister Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle 02 August 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cassiel Rousseau Diving Men's 10 metre platform 03 August 2025
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Meg Harris Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 03 August 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jenna Forrester Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley 03 August 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kaylee McKeown
Ella Ramsay
Alexandria Perkins
Mollie O'Callaghan
Sienna Toohey(heat)
Swimming Women's 4*100 metre medley relay 03 August 2025

Athletes by discipline

The following is the number of competitors who will participate at the Championships per discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Artistic swimming 0 8 8
Diving 4 5 9
High diving 1 2 3
Open water swimming 3 3 6
Swimming 21 19 40
Water polo 15 15 30
Total 44 52 96

Artistic swimming

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Zoe Poulis Solo technical routine 220.3541 19 Did not advance
Georgia Courage-Gardiner
Margo Joseph-Kuo
Duet technical routine 241.6624 19 Did not advance
Zoe Poulis Solo free routine 185.1412 18 Did not advance
Zoe Poulis
Amelie Carle
Bianca Chira
Georgia Courage-Gardiner
Margo Joseph-Kuo
Pam Kurosawa
Cliodhna Ni Cathain
Charlotte Smith
Team acrobatic routine 120.5608 24 Did not advance

Diving

20 athletes were named to the World Championships roster.[1]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semi-finals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Hudson Skinner 1 m springboard 318.00 26 Did not advance
Benjamin Wilson 253.70 52 Did not advance
Hudson Skinner 3 m springboard 329.10 43 Did not advance
Hudson Skinner
Benjamin Wilson
3 m synchronized springboard 319.47 19 Did not advance
Cassiel Rousseau 10 m platform 483.50 2 Q 478.20 4 Q 534.80 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jonah Mercieca 371.65 19 Did not advance
Jaxon Bowshire
Jonah Mercieca
10 m synchronized platform 333.09 14 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semi-finals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Georgia Sheehan 1 m springboard 236.90 14 Did not advance
Maddison Keeney 301.75 1 Q 308.00 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Georgia Sheehan 3 m springboard 228.25 35 Did not advance
Maddison Keeney 291.80 7 Q 317.30 3 Q 310.60 6
Maddison Keeney
Alysha Koloi
3 m synchronized springboard 269.28 3 Q 285.18 4
Ellie Cole 10 m platform 305.70 8 Q 312.00 6 Q 340.00 5
Maggie Grey 243.60 26 Did not advance
Ellie Cole
Milly Puckeridge
10 m synchronized platform 284.04 5 Q 283.62 4
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Cassiel Rousseau
Maddison Keeney
3 m synchronized springboard 307.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Cassiel Rousseau
Milly Puckeridge
10 m synchronized platform 279.48 8
Cassiel Rousseau
Alysha Koloi
Ellie Cole
Team event 328.70 14

High diving

Three athletes were named to the World Championships roster.[1]

Men
Athlete Event Points Rank
Zach Picton Men's high diving 295.16 16
Women
Athlete Event Points Rank
Rhiannan Iffland Women's high diving 359.25 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Xantheia Pennisi 269.50 10

Open water swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Thomas Edwards Raymond Men's 3 km knockout sprints 17:03.80 2 Q 11:28.10 3 Q 5:59.00 5
Nicholas Sloman 17:03.90 3 Q 11:32.60 =9 Q 6:10.30 10
Kyle Lee Men's 5 km 57:39.60 7
Thomas Edwards Raymond 57:47.20 10
Nicholas Sloman Men's 10 km 2:01:01.90 8
Kyle Lee 2:00:10.30 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tayla Martin Women's 3 km knockout sprints 18:13.60 6 Q 12:28.50 20 Did not advance
Moesha Johnson 18:11.70 4 Q 12:09.60 1 Q 6:23.10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tayla Martin Women's 5 km 1:04:37.40 20
Moesha Johnson 1:02:01.30 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Chelsea Gubecka Women's 10 km 2:09:28.80 9
Moesha Johnson 2:07:51.30 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Chelsea Gubecka
Nicholas Sloman
Moesha Johnson
Kyle Lee
Team relay 1:09:59.30 5

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kyle Chalmers 50 m freestyle 22.05 20 Did not advance
Cameron McEvoy 21.53 4 Q 21.30 1 Q 21.14 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kyle Chalmers 100 m freestyle 47.48 2 Q 47.36 4 Q 47.17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Flynn Southam 47.73 4 Q 47.90 12 Did not advance
Edward Sommerville 200 m freestyle 1:46.72 17 Did not advance
Flynn Southam 1:46.00 6 Q 1:45.80 10 Did not advance
Samuel Short 400 m freestyle 3:42.07 1 Q 3:42.37 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Elijah Winnington 3:46.67 10 Did not advance
Ben Goedemans 800 m freestyle 7:48.66 9 q 7:50.72 7
Samuel Short 7:42.22 2 Q DNS
Samuel Short 1500 m freestyle 14:46.24 6 Q 14:43.08 4
Isaac Cooper 50 m backstroke 24.80 14 Q 24.53 8 Q 24.61 7
Joshua Edwards-Smith 100 m backstroke 54.52 29 Did not advance
Joshua Edwards-Smith 200 m backstroke 1:56.77 10 Q 1:56.28 13 Did not advance
Bradley Woodward 1:57.71 22 Did not advance
Nash Wilkes 50 m breaststroke DSQ Did not advance
Nash Wilkes 100 m breaststroke 1:00.42 20 Did not advance
Jesse Coleman 50 m butterfly 23.40 23 Did not advance
Jesse Coleman 100 m butterfly 51.20 7 Q 51.14 10 Did not advance
Matthew Temple 50.97 4 Q 50.85 6 Q 50.57 5
Harrison Turner 200 m butterfly 1:54.74 8 Q 1:54.94 8 Q 1:54.17
NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
William Petric 200 m individual medley 1:58.63 13 Q 1:58.21 12 Did not advance
David Schlicht 1:59.50 16 Q 1:59.81 15 Did not advance
William Petric 400 m individual medley 4:16.91 16 Did not advance
Brendon Smith 4:13.08 6 Q 4:13.28 8
Flynn Southam
Kai Taylor
Maximillian Giuliani
Kyle Chalmers
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:11.29 2 Q 3:08.97
CR,OC
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Flynn Southam
Charlie Hawke
Kai Taylor
Maximillian Giuliani
Edward Sommerville(heat)
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:04.32 2 Q 7:00.98 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Joshua Edwards-Smith
Nash Wilkes
Matthew Temple
Kyle Chalmers
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:32.87 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Meg Harris 50 m freestyle 24.32 1 Q 24.31 =3 Q 24.02 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mollie O'Callaghan 100 m freestyle 53.40 1 Q 52.82 2 Q 52.67 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Olivia Wunsch 53.74 7 Q DNS Did not advance
Mollie O'Callaghan 200 m freestyle 1:57.04 3 Q 1:55.49 2 Q 1:53.48 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jamie Perkins 1:57.08 4 Q 1:55.89 5 Q 1:56.55 7
Lani Pallister 400 m freestyle 4:02.36 2 Q 3:58.87 4
Jamie Perkins 4:04.39 6 Q 4:03.20 6
Moesha Johnson 800 m freestyle 8:30.85 12 Did not advance
Lani Pallister 8:17.06 2 Q 8:05.98
OC
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Moesha Johnson 1500 m freestyle 16:05.13 6 Q 16:02.45 6
Lani Pallister 15:46.95 2 Q 15:41.18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hannah Fredericks 50 m backstroke 28.03 18 Did not advance
Hannah Fredericks 100 m backstroke 59.80 10 Q 59.73 11 Did not advance
Kaylee McKeown 58.57 3 Q 58.44 2 Q 57.16
CR,OC
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hannah Fredericks 200 m backstroke 2:10.23 15 Q 2:10.83 15 Did not advance
Kaylee McKeown 2:08.01 1 Q 2:08.36 4 Q 2:03.33
CR
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sienna Toohey 50 m breaststroke 30.76 16 Q 30.58 13 Did not advance
Ella Ramsay 100 m breaststroke 1:07.23 21 Did not advance
Sienna Toohey 1:07.24 22 Did not advance
Tara Kinder 200 m breaststroke 2:29.32 25 Did not advance
Ella Ramsay 2:25.95 12 Q 2:24.24 9 Did not advance
Alexandria Perkins 50 m butterfly 25.41 2 Q 25.52 4 Q 25.31
=OC
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lily Price 25.77 12 Q 25.61 7 Q 25.61 6
Alexandria Perkins 100 m butterfly 56.89 6 Q 56.19 3 Q 56.33 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lily Price 57.61 11 Q 57.58 11 Did not advance
Brittany Castelluzzo 200 m butterfly 2:07.84 2 Q 2:08.04 9 Did not advance
Elizabeth Dekkers 2:08.45 4 Q 2:06.13 1 Q 2:06.12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tara Kinder 200 m individual medley 2:09.45 1 Q 2:11.24 12 Did not advance
Ella Ramsay 2:10.53 6 Q 2:11.22 11 Did not advance
Jenna Forrester 400 m individual medley 4:36.17 2 Q 4:33.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mollie O'Callaghan
Meg Harris
Milla Jansen
Olivia Wunsch
Hannah Casey (heat)
Abbey Webb (heat)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:34.64 2 Q 3:30.60 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Lani Pallister
Jamie Perkins
Brittany Castelluzzo
Mollie O'Callaghan
Abbey Webb(heat)
Milla Jansen(heat)
Hannah Casey(heat)
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:51.76 2 Q 7:39.35 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kaylee McKeown
Ella Ramsay
Alexandria Perkins
Mollie O'Callaghan
Sienna Toohey(heat)
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:55.80 2 Q 3:52.67 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Kai Taylor
Maximillian Giuliani
Hannah Casey
Milla Jansen
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:25.15 11 Did not advance
Kaylee McKeown
Nash Wilkes
Matthew Temple
Milla Jansen
Alexandria Perkins (heat)
Kai Taylor (heat)
Hannah Fredericks (heat)
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:43.11 4 Q 3:41.02 5

Water polo

Summary
Team Event Group stage Playoff Quarterfinal Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
 Australia Men's tournament  Hungary
L 6–18
 Spain
L 7–10
 Japan
L 11–12
4  South Africa
W 27–4
 China
W 16-9
13
 Australia Women's tournament  Singapore
W 34–2
 Italy
W 19–15
 New Zealand
W 15–6
1 Q Bye  Greece
L 7-8
 Japan
W 21-17
 Netherlands
L 11-13
6

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Australian roster.[2][3]

Head coach: Timothy Hamill

  • 1 Nick Porter GK
  • 2 Angus Lambie FP
  • 3 Miloš Maksimović FP
  • 4 Charlie Negus FP
  • 5 Nathan Power FP
  • 6 Timothy Putt FP
  • 7 Luka Krstic FP
  • 8 Jacob Mercep FP
  • 9 Matthew Byrnes FP
  • 10 Marcus Berehulak FP
  • 11 Sam Nangle FP
  • 12 Tristan Glanznig FP
  • 13 Laurence Barker GK
  • 14 Andrej Grgurevic FP
  • 15 Drew McJannett FP
Group play
Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 0 42 32 +10 9 Quarterfinals
2  Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 50 34 +16 6 Playoffs
3  Japan 3 1 0 0 2 46 56 −10 3
4  Australia 3 0 0 0 3 24 40 −16 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
12 July 2025
17:35
Report Hungary  18–6  Australia OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–0, 3–2, 6–3
Vámos 3 Goals Grgurevic 3
14 July 2025
16:00
Report Australia  7–10  Spain OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–5, 2–0, 3–1
Pavillard 2 Goals three players 2
16 July 2025
10:35
Report Australia  11–12  Japan OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 2–0, 4–6
Power 5 Goals four players 2
13–16th place semifinals
18 July 2025
09:00
Report South Africa  4–27  Australia OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Yasser Mehalhel (EGY), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–10, 2–9, 0–3
four players 1 Goals three players 4
13th place game
20 July 2025
10:35
Report Australia  16–9  China OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Dasch Barber (RSA), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–1, 5–3, 3–3
Power 5 Goals Chen Z. 3

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Australian roster.[4][5]

Head coach: Rebecca Rippon

Group play
Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 0 68 23 +45 9 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 3 2 0 0 1 61 33 +28 6 Playoffs
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 0 2 37 36 +1 3
4  Singapore (H) 3 0 0 0 3 14 88 −74 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
11 July 2025
19:10
Report Singapore  2–34  Australia OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Marcella Braga (BRA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 0–7, 1–8, 1–10, 0–9
Lee, Ong C. 1 Goals Williams 5
13 July 2025
17:35
Report Australia  19–15  Italy OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–2, 6–4, 5–6
A. Andrews 5 Goals Ranalli 6
15 July 2025
17:35
Report Australia  15–6  New Zealand OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–2, 5–1, 3–3
three players 3 Goals Houghton 3
Quarterfinals
19 July 2025
16:00
Report Australia  7–8  Greece OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–4, 2–1, 2–2
A. Andrews, C. Andrews 2 Goals Plevritou, Santa 2
5-8th place semifinals
21 July 2025
16:00
Report Australia  21–17  Japan OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 7–6, 6–4, 2–3, 6–4
Jackovich 5 Goals Arima 5
Fifth place game
23 July 2025
17:35
Report Australia  11–13  Netherlands OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), Jennifer McCall (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 4–4, 3–4
Williams 3 Goals Bosveld 3

References

  1. ^ a b "2025 World Aquatics Championships". www.usadiving.org. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
  2. ^ "Men's Water Polo Team Roster AUS" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Men's Water Polo Team Roster AUS (2)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Women's Water Polo Team Roster AUS" (PDF). Omega Timing. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Women's Water Polo Team Roster AUS (2)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.