AQUATICS: U.S. finishes World Champs with two world records and three more golds, but Dressel & Co. earn silver

The world-record-setting 4x100 m Medley team from the U.S. (l-r): Regan Smith, Lilly King, Kelsi Dahlia, Simone Manuel (Photo: FINA)

One of the oldest lines in show business is “it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish” and the U.S. women put on a show for the ages in the final event of the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju (KOR) with two world records in one race.

Already the top qualifier in the morning, the U.S. trotted out a team of Regan Smith, Lilly King, Kelsi Dahlia and Simone Manuel, who between them had already won five individual gold medals during the meet. Smith, the world-record setter in the 200 m Backstroke, led off and not only handed King an amazing second-and-a-half lead, but clocked 57.57, a world record for the 100 m Back, since records can be set on the opening legs of relays.

The Minnesota teenager took the record away from fellow American Kathleen Baker, who swam 58.00 at the 2018 U.S. Nationals. The race continued, but the outcome was no longer an issue. King swam 1:04.81, more than a second faster than anyone else and handed Dahlia nearly a three-second lead. On the anchor, Manuel finished in 51.86, the fastest split in American history and the clock stopped at 3:50.40, shattering the world mark of 3:51.55 by the 2017 World Championships team of Baker, King, Dahlia (then Worrell) and Manuel. Australia finished second in 3:53.42.

Just before, the men’s 4×100 m Medley was expected to be a showcase for Caeleb Dressel and his seventh gold medal, but it didn’t turn out that way. Ryan Murphy had the U.S. second after the Backstroke leg, but Andrew Wilson was fourth after the Breaststroke, with Great Britain leading after a big leg from Adam Peaty.

Then came Dressel in Butterfly, and his 49.28 split – the fastest ever recorded; remember, he set the world record of 49.50 earlier in the meet – put the U.S. in front of Russia and Britain. With Nathan Adrian on anchor, the race looked safe and he led Russia’s Vladimir Morozov at the turn for home. But Britain’s Duncan Scott, the co-bronze medalist in the 200 m, swam the lap of his life, passed Morozov and then Adrian to touch the wall in 3:28.10, with the U.S. stunned in second at 3:28.45.

Adrian’s 47.60 anchor was solid, but only fifth-fastest on the day. Scott came home in a screaming 46.14, the second-fastest 100 m Free relay split of all time; only Jason Lezak’s miracle 46.06 anchor on the 2008 Olympic 4×100 m Free was faster. On the same lap, Australia’s Kyle Chalmers swam 46.60, the equal-sixth-fastest split ever. The final times showed the race to produce the nos. 4-5-7 performances in history in the event.

Dressel, then, finished with six golds, winning the 50-100 m Freestyles and 50-100 m Butterfly events, two relay golds and two relay silvers, with two world records and six American record performances. In the last two World Championships, he has won 15 total medals … and is very tired. But he established a Worlds record for the most medals won by one person – eight – breaking the prior high of seven he won in 2017 and that Michael Phelps won in 2007.

The U.S. women claimed two more gold medals during the session, including another shocker from Manuel, who took the 50 m Freestyle in 24.05, out-touching Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom (24.07) and Australia’s Cate Campbell (24.11). At 22, Manuel owns 14 World Championships medals – nine gold – and packed six medals (3-3-0) into her suitcase for the trip home from Korea.

She didn’t have the fastest reaction time, in fact she was next-to-last at 0.70 seconds, but she churned hardest and got to the wall first (again). The race was another disappointment for Sjostrom, who looked unbeatable in the Freestyle and Butterfly sprints coming in; while she finished with five medals (1-2-2), this was not the Worlds she has envisioned.

Less surprising was King’s victory in the 50 m Freestyle for her second individual gold at the Worlds. In the final, she was the only one to break 30 seconds, finishing in 29.84 to edge Italy’s 14-year-old sensation, Benedetta Pilato (30.00) with Russia’s Yuliya Efimova third in 30.15.

In the 400 m Medley, the shock came in the morning, as defending champ Chase Kalisz (USA) was eliminated in the heats. That left the door open for Japan’s Daiya Seto to complete his first Worlds double after winning the 200 m Medley earlier. He led from the start and piled up a 2.04-second lead over American Jay Litherland by the end of the Breaststroke leg, then gave back quite a bit of it on the Freestyle, winning by only 0.27 in 4:08.95-4:09.22, a lifetime best for Litherland. It was Seto’s third Worlds gold in the event in the last four, and Litherland’s first individual Worlds medal.

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu completed her fourth straight Medley double, winning the 400 m Medley as expected and taking the two races for the fourth straight Worlds. She got to the lead by the end of the Backstroke leg and maintained it the rest of the way, finishing 1.68 seconds clear of China’s Shiwen Ye, who also won the silver in the 200 m Medley.

Germany’s Florian Wellbrock completed a remarkable double by winning the 1,500 m Freestyle, to go with his Open Water victory in the 10 km race. He was in a duel with two-time defending champion Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) and 2017 silver winner Mykhallo Romanchuk (UKR), the finally took the lead for good at the 1,400 m mark and maintaining just a small edge to the finish. After 30 laps, he touched in 14:36.54, the ninth-fastest swim ever and just 1.09 seconds ahead of Romanchuk, who collected his second Worlds silver in a row. Paltrinieri finished 2.21 seconds behind for third.

There was one more head-scratcher, as South Africa’s Zane Waddell, only the fifth-fastest qualifier in the men’s 50 m Backstroke, sailed past favored Russians Evgeny Rylov and Kliment Kolesnikov and touched first in 24.43. It was a lifetime best for Waddell, but Rylov had won his semi in 24.35, but managed just 24.49 in the final.

The meet finished with the U.S. once again the leading medal winner at 27, with 14 golds, eight silvers and five bronzes. Australia, which won only 10 medals total in 2017, claimed 19 this time (5-9-5) and Russia had 16 (3-7-6). A total of 21 nations won medals and 12 countries won at least one event.

There were 10 world records either set or tied:

Men/100 m Breaststroke: 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR) in semifinals
(Old, 57.10, Peaty, 2018)

Men/200 m Breaststroke: 2:06.67 (equaled), Matthew Wilson (AUS) in semifinals
(Ties Ippei Watanabe (JPN), 2017)

Men/200 m Breaststroke: 2:06.12, Anton Chupkov (RUS)
(Old, 2:06.67, Ippei Watanabe (JPN), 2017 and Matthew Wilson (AUS), in semis)

Men/100 m Butterfly: 49.50, Caeleb Dressel (USA) in semifinals
(Old, 49.82, Michael Phelps (USA), 2009)

Men/200 m Butterfly: 1:50.73, Kristof Milak (HUN)
(Old, 1:51.51, Michael Phelps (USA), 2009)

Women/100 m Backstroke: 57.57, Regan Smith on relay lead-off
(Old, 58.00, Kathleen Baker (USA), 2018)

Women/200 m Backstroke: 2:03.05, Regan Smith (USA) in semifinals
(Old, 2:04.06, Missy Franklin (USA), 2012)

Women/4×200 m Freestyle: 7:41.50, Australia
(Old, 7:42.08, China, 2009)

Women/4×100 m Medley: 3:50.40, United States (R. Smith, King, Dahlia, Manuel)
(Old, 3:51.55, United States, 2017)

Mixed/4×100 m Freestyle: 3:19.40, United States (Dressel, Apple, Comerford, Manuel)
(Old, 3:19.60, United States, 2017)

In addition, the U.S. record book was considerably re-written, with 14 marks in 13 events:

Men/50 m Freestyle: 21.04, Caeleb Dressel
(Old, 21.15, Dressel, 2017)

Men/100 m Freestyle: 46.96, Caeleb Dressel
(Old, 47.17, Dressel, 2017)

Men/50 m Butterfly: 22.57, Caeleb Dressel
(Old, 22.76, Dressel, 2017)

Men/50 m Butterfly: 22.35, Caeleb Dressel
(Old, 22.57, Dressel, in semis)

Men/100 m Butterfly: 49.50, Caeleb Dressel
(Old, 49.82, Michael Phelps (USA), 2009)

Women/100 m Freestyle: 52.04, Simone Manuel
(Old, 52.27, Manuel, 2017)

Women/50 m Backstroke: 27.33, Olivia Smoliga
(Old, 27.43, Smoliga, 2018)

Women/100 m Backstroke: 57.57, Regan Smith (relay)
(Old, 58.00, Kathleen Baker, 2018)

Women/200 m Backstroke: 2:03.05, Regan Smith
(Old, 2:04.06, Missy Franklin (USA), 2012)

Women/50 m Butterfly: 25.48, Kelsi Worrell
(Equals Dahlia in 2017 and 2018)

Women/4×100 m Freestyle: 3:31.02, Comerford, Weitzeil, Dahlia, Manuel
(Old, 3:31.72, Comerford-Worrell-Ledecky-Manuel, 2017)

Women/4×200 m Freestyle: 7:41.87, Manuel, Ledecky, Margalis, McLaughlin
(Old, 7:42.56, Vollmer-Nymeyer-Kukors-Schmitt, 2009)

Women/4×100 m Medley: 3:50.40, R. Smith, King, Dahlia, Manuel
(Old, 3:51.55, Baker-King-Worrell-Manuel, 2017)

Mixed/4×100 m Freestyle: 3:19.40, United States (Dressel, Apple, Comerford, Manuel)
(Old, 3:19.60, United States, 2017)

There was a lot to digest at this meet, but the constant was the dominance of the American team, even though it was selected from its national championships held the year before. Summaries:

FINA World Aquatics Championships
Gwangju (KOR) ~ 12-28 July 2019
(Full results here)

SWIMMING

Men

50 m Freestyle: 1. Caeleb Dressel (USA), 21.04 (American Record; old, 21.15, Dressel, 2017); 2. tie, Bruno Fratus (BRA) and Kristian Gkolomeev (GRE), 21.45; 4. Vladimir Morozov (RUS), 21.53; 5. Ben Proud (GBR), 21.55; 6. Michael Andrew (USA), 21.62; 7. Pawel Juraszek (POL), 21.67; 8. Shinri Shioura (JPN), 21.81.

100 m Freestyle: 1. Dressel (USA), 46.96 (American Record; old, 47.17, Dressel, 2017); 2. Kyle Chalmers (AUS), 47.08; 3. Vladislav Grinev (RUS), 47.82; 4. Blake Pieroni (USA), 47.86; 5. Marcelo Chierighini (ITA), 47.93; 6. Nandor Nemeth (HUN), 48.10; 7. Clement Mignon (FRA), 48.43; 8. Breno Correia (BRA), 48.90.

200 m Freestyle: 1. Yang Sun (CHN), 1:44.93; 2. Katsuhiro Matsumoto (JPN), 1:45.22; 3. tie, Martin Malyutin (RUS) and Duncan Scott (GBR), 1:45.63; 5. Filippo Megli (ITA), 1:45.67; 6. Clyde Lewis (AUS), 1:45.78; 7. Dominik Kozma (HUN), 1:45.90; disqualified – Danas Rapsys (LTU).

400 m Freestyle: 1. Sun (CHN), 3:42.44; 2. Mack Horton (AUS), 3:43.17; 3. Gabriele Detti (ITA), 3:43.23; 4. Danas Rapsys (LTU), 3:43.50; 5. Marco de Tullio (ITA), 3:44.86; 6. Xinjie Ji (CHN), 3:45.64; 8. Zane Grothe (USA), 3:45.78.

800 m Freestyle: 1. Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA), 7:39.27; 2. Henrik Christiansen (DEN), 7:41.28; 3. David Aubry (FRA), 7:42.08; 4. Jack McLoughlin (AUS), 7:42.64; 5. Gabriele Detti (ITA), 7:43.89; 6. Sun (CHN), 7:45.01; 7. Sergii Frolov (RUS), 7:47.32; 8. Mykhallo Romanchuk (UKR), 7:49.32.

1,500 m Freestyle: 1. Florian Wellbrock (GER), 14:36.54; 2. Romanchuk (UKR), 14:37.63; 3. Paltrinieri (ITA), 14:38.75; 4. Aubry (FRA), 14:44.72; 5. Christiansen (NOR), 14:45.35; 6. Domenico Acerenza (ITA), 14:52.05; 7. Frolov (UKR), 15:01.04; 8. Alexander Norgaard (DEN), 15:20.47.

50 m Backstroke: 1. Zane Waddell (RSA), 24.43; 2. Evgeny Rylov (RUS), 24.49; 3. Kliment Kolesnikov (RUS), 24.51; 4. Ryan Murphy (USA), 24.53; 5. Andrew (USA), 24.58; 6. Jiayu Xu (CHN), 24.64; 7. Robert Glinta (ROU), 24.67; 8. Apostolos Christou (GRE), 24.75.

100 m Backstroke: 1. Xu (CHN), 52.43; 2. Rylov (RUS), 52.67; 3. Mitch Larkin (AUS), 52.77; 4. Murphy (USA), 52.78; 5. Matt Grevers (USA), 52.82; 6. Ryosuke Irie (JPN), 53.22; 7. Guilherme Guido (BRA), 53.26; 8. Glinta (ROU), 54.22.

200 m Backstroke: 1. Rylov (RUS), 1:53.40; 2. Murphy (USA), 1:54.12; 3. Luke Greenbank (GBR), 1:55.85; 4. Radoslaw Kawecki (POL), 1:56.37; 5. Ryosuke Irie (JPN), 1:56.52; 6. Jacob Pebley (USA), 1:56.72; 7. Adam Telegdy (HUN), 1:56.86; 8. Markus Thornmeyer (CAN), 1:58.50.

50 m Breaststroke: 1. Adam Peaty (GBR), 26.06; 2. Felipe Lima (BRA), 26.66; 3. Joao Gomes Jr. (BRA), 26.69; 4. Kirill Prigoda (RUS), 26.72; 5. Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 26.85; 6. Zibei Yan (CHN), 26.86; 7. Andrew (USA), 26.93; disqualified – Fabio Scozzoli (ITA).

100 m Breaststroke: 1. Peaty (GBR), 57.14; 2. James Wilby (GBR), 58.46; 3. Zibei Yan (CHN), 58.63; 4. Yashuhiro Koseki (JPN), 58.93; 5. Prigoda (RUS), 59.09; 6. Andrew Wilson (USA), 59.11; 7. Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ), 59.14; 8. Anton Chupkov (RUS), 59.19. (In semifinals: Peaty, 56.88, World Record; old, 57.10, Peaty, 2018).

200 m Breaststroke: 1. Anton Chupkov (RUS), 2:06.12 (World Record; old, 2:06.67, Ippei Watanabe (JPN), 2017, and Matthew Wilson (AUS), in semifinals); 2. Matthew Wilson (AUS), 2:06.68; 3. Ippei Watanabe (JPN), 2:06.73; 4. Zac Stubblety-Cook (RSA), 2:07.36; 5. Marco Koch (GER), 2:07.60; 6. Wilson (USA), 2:08.10; 7. Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ), 2:08.25; 8. Erik Persson (SWE), 2:08.39.

50 m Butterfly: 1. Dressel (USA), 22.35 (American Record; old, 22.57, Dressel, in semifinals); 2. Oleg Kostin (RUS), 22.70; 3. Nicholas Santos (BRA), 22.79; 4. Andrew (USA), 22.80; 5. Szebasztian Szabo (HUN), 22.90; 6. Andrii Govorov (UKR), 22.91; 7. Benjamin Proud (GBR), 23.01; 8. Andrey Zhilkin (RUS), 23.11.

100 m Butterfly: 1. Dressel (USA), 49.66; 2. Andrei Minakov (RUS), 50.83; 3. Chad le Clos (RSA), 51.16; 4. Kristof Milak (HUN), 51.26; 5. Mehdy Metella (FRA), 51.38; 6. Matthew Temple (AUS), 51.51; 7. James Guy (GBR), 51.62; 8. Marius Kusch (GER), 51.66. (In semifinals: Dressel, 49.50, World Record; old, 49.82, Michael Phelps (USA), 2009).

200 m Butterfly: 1. Milak (HUN), 1:50.73 (World Record; old, 1:51.51, Michael Phelps (USA), 2009); 2. Daiya Seto (JPN), 1:53.86; 3. le Clos (RSA), 1:54.15; 4. Federico Burdisso (ITA), 1:54.39; 5. Denys Kesyl (UKR), 1:54.79; 6. Zach Hartung (USA), 1:55.69; 7. Leonardo de Deus (FRA), 1:55.96; 8. Tamas Kenderesi (HUN), 1:57.10.

200 m Indiv. Medley: 1. Seto (JPN), 1:56.14; 2. Jeremy Desplanches (SUI), 1:56.56; 3. Chase Kalisz (USA), 1:56.78; 4. Philip Heintz (GER), 1:56.86; 5. Scott (GBR), 1:56.91; 6. Shun Wang (CHN), 1:56.97; 7. Larkin (AUS), 1:57.32; 8. Abrahm Devine (USA), 1:57.66.

400 m Indiv. Medley: 1. Seto (JPN), 4:08.95; 2. Jay Litherland (USA), 4:09.22; 3. Lewis Clareburt (NZL), 4:12.07; 4. Joanllu Pons (ESP), 4:13.30; 5. Peter Bernek (HUN), 4:13.83; 6. Maksym Shemberev (AZE), 4:14.10; 7. Max Litchfield (GBR), 4:14.75; 8. Arjan Knipping (NED), 4:17.06.

4×100 m Freestyle: 1. United States (Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple, Nathan Adrian), 3:09.06; 2. Russia (Grinev, Morozov, Kolesnikov, Rylov), 3:09.97; 3. Australia (McEvoy, Lewis, Graham, Chalmers), 3:11.22; 4. Italy, 3:11.39; 5. Great Britain, 3:11.81; 6. Brazil, 3:11.99; 7. Hungary, 3:12.85; 8. France, 3:13.34.

4×200 m Freestyle: 1. Australia (Clyde Lewis, Kyle Chalmers, Alexander Graham, Mack Horton), 7:00.85; 2. Russia (Dovgalyuk, Vekovishchev, Krasnykh, Malyutin), 7:01.81; 3. United States (Andrew Seliskar, Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple, Townley Haas), 7:01.98; 4. Italy, 7:02.01; 5. Great Britain, 7:02.04; 6. China 7:04.74; 7. Brazil, 7:07.64; 8. Germany, 7:07.65.

4×100 m Medley: 1. Great Britain (Greenbank, Peaty, Guy, Scott), 3:28.10; 2. United States (Ryan Murphy, Andrew Wilson, Caeleb Dressel, Nathan Adrian), 3:28.45; 3. Russia (Rylov, Prigoda, Minakov, Morozov), 3:28.81; 4. Japan, 3:30.35; 5. Australia, 3:30.42; 6. Brazil, 3:30.86; 7. China, 3:31.61; 8. Germany, 3:32.86.

Women

50 m Freestyle: 1. Simone Manuel (USA), 24.05; 2. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 24.07; 3. Cate Campbell (AUS), 24.11; 4. Pernille Blume (DEN), 24.12; 5. Mariia Kemeneva (RUS), 24.31; 6. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED), 24.35; 7. Anna Hopkin (GBR), 24.40; 8. Bronte Campbell (AUS), 24.48.

100 m Freestyle: 1. Manuel (USA), 52.04 (American Record; old, 52.27, Manuel, 2017); 2. C. Campbell (AUS), 52.43; 3. Sjostrom (SWE), 52.46; 4. Emma McKeon (AUS), 52.75; 5. Taylor Ruck (CAN), 53.03; 6. Femke Heemskerk (NED), 53.05; 7. Mallory Comerford (USA), 53.22; 8. Freya Anderson (GBR), 53.44.

200 m Freestyle: 1. Federica Pellegrini (ITA), 1:54.22; 2. Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 1:54.66; 3. Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 1:54.78; 4. Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 1:54.98; 5. Junxuan Yang (CHN), 1:55.43 (World Junior Record); 6. Penny Oleksiak (CAN), 1:56.59; 7. Charlotte Bonnet (FRA), 1:56.95; 8. Rio Shirai (JPN), 1:57.14.

400 m Freestyle: 1. Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 3:58.76; 2. Katie Ledecky (USA), 3:59.97; 3. Leah Smith (USA), 4:01.29; 4. Ajna Kesely (HUN), 4:01.31; 5. Jianjiahe Wang (CHN), 4:03.67; 6. Boglarka Kapas (HUN), 4:05.36; 7. Anna Egorova (RUS), 4:06.16; 8. Veronika Andrusenko (RUS), 4:08.60.

800 m Freestyle: 1. Ledecky (USA), 8:13.58; 2. Simona Quadarella (ITA), 8:14.99; 3. Titmus (AUS), 8:15.70; 4. Sarah Kohler (GER), 8:16.43; 5. L. Smith (USA), 8:17.10; 6. J. Wang (CHN), 8:18.57; 7. Kiah Melverton (AUS), 8:25.07; 8. Mireia Belmonte (ESP), 8:25.51.

1,500 m Freestyle: 1. Simona Quadarella (ITA), 15:40.89; 2. Kohler (GER), 15:48.83; 3. J. Wang (CHN), 15:51.00; 4. Ashley Twichell (USA), 15:54.19; 5. Maddy Gough (AUS), 15:59.40; 6. Kesely (HUN), 16:01.35; 7. Melverton (AUS), 16:01.38; 8. Belmonte (ESP), 16:02.10.

50 m Backstroke: 1. Olivia Smoliga (USA), 27.33 (American Record; old, 27.43, Smoliga, 2018); 2. Etiene Medeiros (BRA), 27.44; 3. Daria Vaskina (RUS), 27.51; 4. tie, Georgia Davies (GBR) and Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 27.65; 6. Kathleen Baker (USA), 27.69; 7. Caroline Pilhatsch (AUT), 27.78; 8. Kira Toussaint (FRA), 27.85.

100 m Backstroke: 1. Kylie Masse (CAN), 58.60; 2. Minna Atherton (AUS), 58.85; 3. Smoliga (USA), 58.91; 4. Taylor Ruck (CAN), 58.96; 5. McKeown (AUS), 59.10; 6. tie, Baker (USA) and Natsumi Sakai (JPN), 59.56; 8. Vaskina (RUS), 59.74.

200 m Backstroke: 1. Regan Smith (USA), 2:03.69; 2. McKeown (AUS), 2:06.26; 3. Kylie Masse (CAN), 2:06.62; 4. Margherita Panziera (ITA), 2:06.67; 5. Ruck (CAN), 2:07.50; 6. Atherton (AUS), 2:08.26; 7. Katalin Burian (HUN), 2:08.65; 8. Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2:10.08. (In semifinals: Smith, 2:03.35, World Record; old, 2:04.06, Missy Franklin (USA), 2012).

50 m Breaststroke: 1. Lilly King (USA), 29.84; 2. Benedetta Pilato (ITA), 30.00; 3. Yuliya Efimova (RUS), 30.15; 4. Alia Atkinson (JAM), 30.34; 5. Martina Carraro (ITA), 30.49; 6. Jessica Hansen (AUS), 30.84; 7. Anna Elendt (GER), 31.06; 8. Ida Hulkko (FIN), 31.23.

100 m Breaststroke: 1. King (USA), 1:04.93; 2. Efimova (RUS), 1:05.49; 3. Martina Carraro (ITA), 1:06.36; 4. Reona Aoki (JPN), 1:06.40; 5. Jingyao Yu (CHN), 1:06.56; 6. Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA), 1:06.60; 7. Molly Renshaw (GBR), 1:06.96; 8. Arianna Castiglioni (ITA), 1:07.06.

200 m Breaststroke: 1. Efimova (RUS), 2:20.17; 2. Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA), 2:22.52; 3. Sydney Pickrem (CAN), 2:22.90; 4. Shiwen Ye (CHN), 2:23.15; 5. Molly Renshaw (GBR), 2:23.78; 6. Kelsey Lauren Wog (CAN), 2:25.14; 7. Fanny Lecluyse (BEL), 2:25.23; 8. Kaylene Corbett (RSA), 2:26.62.

50 m Butterfly: 1. Sjostrom (SWE), 25.02; 2. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED), 25.35; 3. Farida Osman (EGY), 25.47; 4. Kelsi Dahlia (USA), 25.48 (equals American Record, Dahlia [twice], 2017 and 2018); 5. Marie Wattel (FRA), 25.50; 6. Penny Oleksiak (CAN), 25.69; 7. Jeanette Ottesen (DEN), 25.76; 8. Brianna Throssell (AUS), 26.11.

100 m Butterfly: 1. Margaret MacNeil (CAN), 55.83; 2. Sjostrom (SWE), 56.22; 3. Emma McKeon (AUS), 56.61; 4. Elena di Liddo (ITA), 57.07; 5. Throssell (AUS), 57.09; 6. Dahlia (USA), 57.11; 7. Louise Hansson (SWE), 57.16; 8. Wattel (FRA), 57.29.

200 m Butterfly: 1. Boglarka Kapas (HUN), 2:06.78; 2. Hali Flickinger (USA), 2:06.95; 3. Katie Drabot (USA), 2:07.04; 4. Franziska Hentke (GER), 2:07.30; 5. Alys Thomas (GBR), 2:07.48; 6. Liliana Szilagyi (HUN), 2:07.68; 7. Svetlana Chimrova (RUS), 2:08.70; 8. Laura Stephens (GBR), 2:09.35.

200 m Individual Medley: 1. Hosszu (HUN), 2:07.53; 2. Shiwen Ye (CHN), 2:08.60; 3. Sydney Pickrem (CAN), 2:08.70; 4. Melanie Margalis (USA), 2:08.91; 5. Rika Omoto (JPN), 2:09.32; 6. Seoyeong Kim (KOR), 2:10.12; 7. Siobhan O’Connor (GBR), 2:10.43; disqualified – Yui Ohashi (JPN).

400 m Individual Medley: 1. Hosszu, 4:30.39; 2. Ye (CHN), 4:32.07; 3. Ohashi (JPN), 4:32.33; 4. Pickrem (CAN), 4:36.72; 5. Emily Overholt (CAN), 4:37.42; 6. Ally McHugh (USA), 4:38.34; 7. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN), 4:39.15; 8. Fantine Lesaffre (FRA), 4:39.68.

4×100 m Freestyle: 1. Australia (Bronte Campbell, Throssell, McKeon, Cate Campbell), 3:30.21; 2. United States (Mallory Comerford, Abbey Weitzeil, Kelsi Dahlia, Simone Manuel), 3:31.02 (American Record; old, 3:31.72, National Team, 2017); 3. Canada (Sanchez, Ruck, Oleksiak, MacNeil), 3:31.78; 4. Netherlands, 3:35.32; 5. China, 3:35.83; 6. Sweden, 3:36.33; 7. Japan, 3:36.79; 8. Germany, 3:39.07.

4×200 m Freestyle: 1. Australia (Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson, Brianna Throssell, Emma McKeon), 7:41.50 (World Record; old, 7:42.08, China, 2009); 2. United States (Simone Manuel, Katie Ledecky, Melanie Margalis, Katie McLoughlin), 7:41.87 (American Record; old, 7:42.56, National Team, 2009); 3. Canada (Sanchez, Ruck, Overholt, Oleksiak), 7:44.35; 4. China, 7:46.22; 5. Russia, 7:48.25; 6. Hungary, 7:54.57; 7. Germany, 7:55.63; 8. Japan, 7:56.31.

4×100 m Medley: 1. United States (Regan Smith, Lilly King, Kelsi Dahlia, Simone Manuel), 3:50.40 (World Record; old, 3:51.55, USA, 2017; Smith led off in 57.57, also a World Record; old, 58.00, Kathleen Baker (USA), 2018); 2. Australia (Atherton, Hansen, McKeon, C. Campbell), 3:53.42; 3. Canada (Masse, Pickrem, MacNeil, Oleksiak), 3:53.58; 4. Italy, 3:56.50; 5. China, 3:57.11; 6. Japan, 3:58.14; 7. Sweden, 3:58.39; 8. Great Britain, 3:59.38.

Mixed

4×100 m Freestyle: 1. United States (Caeleb Dressel, Zach Apple, Mallory Comerford, Simone Manuel), 3:19.40 (World Record; old, 3:19.60, United States, 2017); 2. Australia (Chalmers, Lewis, McKeon, Bronte Campbell), 3:19.97; 3. France (Mignon, Metella, Bonnet, Wattel), 3:22:11; 4. Canada, 3:22.54; 5. Russia, 3:22.72; 6. Netherlands 3:23.48; 7. Japan, 3:24.67; 8. Italy, 3:25.58.

4×100 m Medley: 1. Australia (Larkin, Wilson, McKeon, Cate Campbell), 3:39.08; 2. United States (Ryan Murphy, Lilly King, Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel), 3:39.10; 3. Great Britain (Davies, Peaty, Guy, Anderson), 3:40.68; 4. Russia, 3:40.78; 5. Canada, 3:43.06; 6. Italy, 3:43.27; 7. Germany, 3:45.07; disqualified – Netherlands.