Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Host city	Singapore
Date(s)	27 July – 3 August
Venue(s)	World Aquatics Championships Arena
Events	42
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The swimming events at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships were held from 27 July to 3 August 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore.^[1] Léon Marchand of France won the Male Swimmer of the Championships award and Summer McIntosh of Canada won the Female Swimmer of Championships award. The United States won the Team of the Championships award.^[2]

Qualification

Individual events

Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time in the event at a World Aquatics certified competition between 9 March 2024 and 29 June 2025.^{[note 1]}^[3]^[4] Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time.^{[note 2]} Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an A or B standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else.^[3]

Federations who had less than four swimmers who met standard qualification times could make up a quota of four by adding swimmers who had not met the standard qualification criteria, providing they maintained a balance in the gender of competing entrants. All these swimmers could enter up to two events each. For example, this meant Federations who had no swimmers who met any standard qualification times could enter at least two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events.^[5]

Standard qualification times^[6]
Event	A standard time	B standard time	A standard time	B standard time
	Men		Women
50 m freestyle	22.05	22.82	24.86	25.73
100 m freestyle	48.34	50.03	54.25	56.15
200 m freestyle	1:46.70	1:50.43	1:58.23	2:02.37
400 m freestyle	3:48.15	3:56.14	4:10.23	4:18.99
800 m freestyle	7:48.66	8:05.06	8:34.62	8:52.63
1500 m freestyle	15:01.89	15:33.46	16:24.56	16:59.02
50 m backstroke	25.11	25.99	28.22	29.21
100 m backstroke	53.94	55.83	1:00.46	1:02.58
200 m backstroke	1:58.07	2:02.20	2:11.08	2:15.67
50 m breaststroke	27.33	28.29	30.75	31.83
100 m breaststroke	59.75	1:01.84	1:06.87	1:09.21
200 m breaststroke	2:10.32	2:14.88	2:25.91	2:31.02
50 m butterfly	23.36	24.18	26.23	27.15
100 m butterfly	51.77	53.58	58.33	1:00.37
200 m butterfly	1:56.51	2:00.59	2:09.21	2:13.73
200 m individual medley	1:59.05	2:03.22	2:12.83	2:17.48
400 m individual medley	4:17.48	4:26.49	4:43.06	4:52.97

Relay events

Each National Federation could enter one team in each relay. The team had to be composed of swimmers who were also competing in the individual events, along with relay only swimmers who had to have met the B standard for the corresponding stroke and distance they would be swimming in the relay. Federations were only allowed to enter two relay-only swimmers for each relay they entered.^[5]

Schedule

42 events will be held.^[7]

All times are local (UTC+8).

H	Heats	½	Semi finals	F	Final

M = Morning session (starting at 10:00), E = Evening session (starting at 19:00) — All times are local (UTC+8).

**Men**
Date →	Sun 27		Mon 28		Tue 29		Wed 30		Thu 31		Fri 1		Sat 2		Sun 3
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 metre freestyle relay	H	F
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay											H	F
4 × 100 metre medley relay															H	F

**Women**
Date →	Sun 27		Mon 28		Tue 29		Wed 30		Thu 31		Fri 1		Sat 2		Sun 3
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 metre freestyle relay	H	F
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay									H	F
4 × 100 metre medley relay															H	F

**Mixed**
Date →	Sun 27		Mon 28		Tue 29		Wed 30		Thu 31		Fri 1		Sat 2		Sun 3
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 (Singapore)

Source: Worldaquatics

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle	Cameron McEvoy Australia	21.14	Ben Proud Great Britain	21.26	Jack Alexy United States	21.46
100 metre freestyle	David Popovici Romania	46.51 CR, ER	Jack Alexy United States	46.92	Kyle Chalmers Australia	47.17
200 metre freestyle	David Popovici Romania	1:43.53	Luke Hobson United States	1:43.84	Tatsuya Murasa Japan	1:44.54 NR
400 metre freestyle	Lukas Märtens Germany	3:42.35	Samuel Short Australia	3:42.37	Kim Woo-min South Korea	3:42.60
800 metre freestyle	Ahmed Jaouadi Tunisia	7:36.88	Sven Schwarz Germany	7:39.96	Lukas Märtens Germany	7:40.19
1500 metre freestyle	Ahmed Jaouadi Tunisia	14:34.41	Sven Schwarz Germany	14:35.69	Bobby Finke United States	14:36.60

50 metre backstroke	Kliment Kolesnikov Neutral Athletes B	23.68 CR	Pieter Coetze South Africa Pavel Samusenko Neutral Athletes B	24.17 AF 24.17	not awarded
100 metre backstroke	Pieter Coetze South Africa	51.85 AF	Thomas Ceccon Italy	51.90	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard France	51.92 NR
200 metre backstroke	Hubert Kós Hungary	1:53.19 ER	Pieter Coetze South Africa	1:53.36 AF	Yohann Ndoye-Brouard France	1:54.62

50 metre breaststroke	Simone Cerasuolo Italy	26.54	Kirill Prigoda Neutral Athletes B	26.62	Qin Haiyang China	26.67
100 metre breaststroke	Qin Haiyang China	58.23	Nicolò Martinenghi Italy	58.58	Denis Petrashov Kyrgyzstan	58.88 NR
200 metre breaststroke	Qin Haiyang China	2:07.41	Ippei Watanabe Japan	2:07.70	Caspar Corbeau Netherlands	2:07.73

50 metre butterfly	Maxime Grousset France	22.48 NR	Noè Ponti Switzerland	22.51 NR	Thomas Ceccon Italy	22.67 NR
100 metre butterfly	Maxime Grousset France	49.62 ER	Noè Ponti Switzerland	49.83 NR	Ilya Kharun Canada	50.07
200 metre butterfly	Luca Urlando United States	1:51.87	Krzysztof Chmielewski Poland	1:52.64 NR	Harrison Turner Australia	1:54.17 NR

200 metre individual medley	Léon Marchand France	1:53.68	Shaine Casas United States	1:54.30	Hubert Kós Hungary	1:55.34
400 metre individual medley	Léon Marchand France	4:04.73	Tomoyuki Matsushita Japan	4:08.32	Ilya Borodin Neutral Athletes B	4:09.16

4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	Australia Flynn Southam (47.77) Kai Taylor (47.04) Maximillian Giuliani (47.63) Kyle Chalmers (46.53)	3:08.97 CR, OC	Italy Carlos D'Ambrosio (47.78) Thomas Ceccon (47.10) Lorenzo Zazzeri (47.36) Manuel Frigo (47.34) Leonardo Deplano^[b]	3:09.58 NR	United States Jack Alexy (47.24) Patrick Sammon (47.03) Chris Guiliano (47.43) Jonny Kulow (47.94) Shaine Casas^[b] Destin Lasco^[b]	3:09.64
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	Great Britain Matt Richards (1:45.37) James Guy (1:45.00) Jack McMillan (1:45.65) Duncan Scott (1:43.82) Evan Jones^[b] Tom Dean^[b]	6:59.84	China Ji Xinjie (1:46.22) Pan Zhanle (1:44.41) Wang Shun (1:46.08) Zhang Zhanshuo (1:44.20) Fei Liwei^[b]	7:00.91 AS	Australia Flynn Southam (1:45.85) Charlie Hawke (1:45.57) Kai Taylor (1:44.64) Maximillian Giuliani (1:44.92) Edward Sommerville^[b]	7:00.98
4 × 100 metre medley relay	Neutral Athletes B Miron Lifintsev (52.44) Kirill Prigoda (57.92) Andrey Minakov (50.17) Egor Kornev (46.40) Kliment Kolesnikov^[b] Ivan Kozhakin^[b] Ivan Giryov^[b]	3:26.93 CR, ER	France Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (52.26) Léon Marchand (58.44) Maxime Grousset (49.27) Yann Le Goff (47.99) Jérémie Delbois^[b] Clément Secchi^[b]	3:27.96 NR	United States Tommy Janton (53.37) Josh Matheny (59.00) Dare Rose (50.30) Jack Alexy (45.95) Campbell McKean^[b]	3:28.62
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.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 metre freestyle	Meg Harris Australia	24.02	Wu Qingfeng China	24.26	Cheng Yujie China	24.28
100 metre freestyle	Marrit Steenbergen Netherlands	52.55	Mollie O'Callaghan Australia	52.67	Torri Huske United States	52.89
200 metre freestyle	Mollie O'Callaghan Australia	1:53.48	Li Bingjie China	1:54.52	Claire Weinstein United States	1:54.67
400 metre freestyle	Summer McIntosh Canada	3:56.26	Li Bingjie China	3:58.21 AS	Katie Ledecky United States	3:58.49
800 metre freestyle	Katie Ledecky United States	8:05.62 CR	Lani Pallister Australia	8:05.98 OC	Summer McIntosh Canada	8:07.29
1500 metre freestyle	Katie Ledecky United States	15:26.44	Simona Quadarella Italy	15:31.79 ER	Lani Pallister Australia	15:41.18

50 metre backstroke	Katharine Berkoff United States	27.08	Regan Smith United States	27.25	Wan Letian China	27.30
100 metre backstroke	Kaylee McKeown Australia	57.16 CR, OC	Regan Smith United States	57.35	Katharine Berkoff United States	58.15
200 metre backstroke	Kaylee McKeown Australia	2:03.33 CR	Regan Smith United States	2:04.29	Claire Curzan United States	2:06.04

50 metre breaststroke	Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania	29.55	Tang Qianting China	30.03	Benedetta Pilato Italy	30.14
100 metre breaststroke	Anna Elendt Germany	1:05.19 NR	Kate Douglass United States	1:05.27	Tang Qianting China	1:05.64
200 metre breaststroke	Kate Douglass United States	2:18.50 CR, AM	Evgeniia Chikunova Neutral Athletes B	2:19.96	Kaylene Corbett South Africa Alina Zmushka Neutral Athletes A	2:23.52

50 metre butterfly	Gretchen Walsh United States	24.83	Alexandria Perkins Australia	25.31 =OC	Roos Vanotterdijk Belgium	25.43
100 metre butterfly	Gretchen Walsh United States	54.73 CR	Roos Vanotterdijk Belgium	55.84 NR	Alexandria Perkins Australia	56.33
200 metre butterfly	Summer McIntosh Canada	2:01.99 CR, AM	Regan Smith United States	2:04.99	Elizabeth Dekkers Australia	2:06.12

200 metre individual medley	Summer McIntosh Canada	2:06.69	Alex Walsh United States	2:08.58	Mary-Sophie Harvey Canada	2:09.15
400 metre individual medley	Summer McIntosh Canada	4:25.78 CR	Jenna Forrester Australia Mio Narita Japan	4:33.26	not awarded

4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	Australia Mollie O'Callaghan (52.79) Meg Harris (51.87) Milla Jansen (52.89) Olivia Wunsch (53.05) Abbey Webb^[b] Hannah Casey^[b]	3:30.60	United States Simone Manuel (53.09) Kate Douglass (51.90) Erin Gemmell (53.17) Torri Huske (52.88) Anna Moesch^[b]	3:31.04	Netherlands Milou van Wijk (53.27) Tessa Giele (54.13) Sam van Nunen (54.85) Marrit Steenbergen (51.64) Femke Spiering^[b]	3:33.89
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	Australia Lani Pallister (1:54.77) Jamie Perkins (1:55.13) Brittany Castelluzzo (1:56.01) Mollie O'Callaghan (1:53.44) Abbey Webb^[b] Milla Jansen^[b] Hannah Casey^[b]	7:39.35	United States Claire Weinstein (1:54.83) Anna Peplowski (1:54.75) Erin Gemmell (1:56.72) Katie Ledecky (1:53.71) Simone Manuel^[b] Anna Moesch^[b] Bella Sims^[b]	7:40.01 AM	China Liu Yaxin (1:55.94) Yang Peiqi (1:55.84) Yu Yiting (1:56.37) Li Bingjie (1:54.84) Yu Zidi^[b] Wu Qingfeng^[b]	7:42.99
4 × 100 metre medley relay	United States Regan Smith (57.57) Kate Douglass (1:04.27) Gretchen Walsh (54.98) Torri Huske (52.52) Katharine Berkoff^[b] Lilly King^[b] Claire Curzan^[b] Simone Manuel^[b]	3:49.34 WR	Australia Kaylee McKeown (57.69) Ella Ramsay (1:06.49) Alexandria Perkins (56.26) Mollie O'Callaghan (52.23) Sienna Toohey^[b]	3:52.67	China Peng Xuwei (59.94) Tang Qianting (1:05.48) Zhang Yufei (56.32) Cheng Yujie (53.03) Wan Letian^[b] Yang Chang^[b] Yu Yiting^[b] Wu Qingfeng^[b]	3:54.77
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 metre freestyle relay	United States Jack Alexy (46.91) Patrick Sammon (46.70) Kate Douglass (52.43) Torri Huske (52.44) Chris Guiliano Jonny Kulow^[b] Simone Manuel^[b]	3:18.48 WR	Neutral Athletes B Egor Kornev (47.69) Ivan Giryov (47.08) Daria Trofimova (52.42) Daria Klepikova (52.49) Vladislav Grinev^[b] Alina Gaifutdinova^[b] Milana Stepanova^[b]	3:19.68 ER	France Maxime Grousset (47.62) Yann Le Goff (47.77) Marie Wattel (52.74) Béryl Gastaldello (53.22) Rafael Fente-Damers^[b] Albane Cachot^[b]	3:21.35 NR
4 × 100 metre medley relay	Neutral Athletes B Miron Lifintsev (51.78) Kirill Prigoda (57.56) Daria Klepikova (55.97) Daria Trofimova (52.66) Danil Semianinov^[b] Aleksandra Kuznetsova^[b]	3:37.97 CR, NR	China Xu Jiayu (53.23) Qin Haiyang (58.14) Zhang Yufei (55.96) Wu Qingfeng (52.66) Dong Zhihao^[b] Yu Yiting^[b] Cheng Yujie^[b]	3:39.99	Canada Kylie Masse (58.69) Oliver Dawson (59.63) Joshua Liendo (49.64) Taylor Ruck (52.94) Ingrid Wilm^[b] Brooklyn Douthwright^[b]	3:40.90 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

Records

The following world and championship records were set during the competition:

World records

Date	Round	Event	Time	Name	Nation
30 July	Semifinal 2	Men's 200 metre individual medley	1:52.69	Léon Marchand	France
2 August	Final	Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:18.48	Jack Alexy (46.91) Patrick Sammon (46.70) Kate Douglass (52.43) Torri Huske (52.44)	United States
3 August	Final	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:49.34	Regan Smith (57.57) Kate Douglass (1:04.27) Gretchen Walsh (54.98) Torri Huske (52.52)	United States

Championship records

Date	Round	Event	Time	Name	Nation
27 July	Final	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:08.97	Flynn Southam (47.77) Kai Taylor (47.04) Maximillian Giuliani (47.63) Kyle Chalmers (46.53)	Australia
28 July	Final	Women's 100 metre butterfly	54.73	Gretchen Walsh	United States
29 July	Final	Women's 100 metre backstroke	57.16	Kaylee McKeown	Australia
30 July	Final	Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:37.97	Miron Lifintsev (51.78) Kirill Prigoda (57.56) Daria Klepikova (55.97) Daria Trofimova (52.66)	Neutral Athletes B
31 July	Final	Women's 200 metre butterfly	2:01.99	Summer McIntosh	Canada
31 July	Final	Men's 100 metre freestyle	46.51	David Popovici	Romania
1 August	Final	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	2:18.50	Kate Douglass	United States
2 August	Final	Women's 200 metre backstroke	2:03.33	Kaylee McKeown	Australia
2 August	Final	Women's 800 metre freestyle	8:05.62	Katie Ledecky	United States
3 August	Final	Men's 50 metre breaststroke	23.68	Kliment Kolesnikov	Neutral Athletes B
3 August	Final	Women's 400 metre individual medley	4:25.78	Summer McIntosh	Canada
3 August	Final	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:26.93	Miron Lifintsev (52.44) Kirill Prigoda (57.92) Andrey Minakov (50.17) Egor Kornev (46.40)	Neutral Athletes B

Notes

^ The A standard time was derived from the faster of the 2023/2024 World Championships qualifying time, or the time required to finish sixteenth in the heats at the 2023 World Championships.
^ The B standard time was derived from increasing the A standard time by 3.5%.

^ In accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from Russia were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russian Federation. They instead participated as "Neutral Athletes B (NAB)" and under the World Aquatics flag.
^ In accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Belarus. They instead participated as "Neutral Athletes A (NAA)" and under the World Aquatics flag.

References

^ "World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025". www.worldaquatics-singapore2025.com. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
^ Best Female & Male Athletes and Teams | World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025
^ ^a ^b "Competition Regulations" (PDF). World Aquatics. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
^ "Qualifying | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
^ ^a ^b "Competition Regulations" (PDF). World Aquatics. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
^ "Standard Entry Times" (PDF). World Aquatics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
^ "World Aquatics Championships Singapore 2025 Schedule".

External links

[3] The A standard time was derived from the faster of the 2023/2024 World Championships qualifying time, or the time required to finish sixteenth in the heats at the 2023 World Championships.

[6] The B standard time was derived from increasing the A standard time by 3.5%.

[NoteB-10] In accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from Russia were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russian Federation. They instead participated as "Neutral Athletes B (NAB)" and under the World Aquatics flag.

[NoteA-11] In accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, athletes from Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Belarus. They instead participated as "Neutral Athletes A (NAA)" and under the World Aquatics flag.

[1] "World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025". www.worldaquatics-singapore2025.com. Retrieved 2025-07-05.

[2] Best Female & Male Athletes and Teams | World Aquatics Championships - Singapore 2025

[:0-4] "Competition Regulations" (PDF). World Aquatics. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

[5] "Qualifying | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2025-07-06.

[:1-7] "Competition Regulations" (PDF). World Aquatics. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

[8] "Standard Entry Times" (PDF). World Aquatics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

[9] "World Aquatics Championships Singapore 2025 Schedule".

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