Australia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Australia
FINA codeAUS
National federationSwimming Australia
Websiteswimming.org.au
in Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors90 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
7
Silver
9
Bronze
7
Total
23
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Australia competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Matthew Carter
Maddison Keeney		 Diving Mixed synchronized 3 m springboard 20 July
 Gold Ariarne Titmus Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 21 July
 Gold Bronte Campbell
Brianna Throssell
Emma McKeon
Cate Campbell
Madison Wilson*		 Swimming Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay 21 July
 Gold Rhiannan Iffland High diving Women's high diving 23 July
 Gold Mitch Larkin
Matthew Wilson
Emma McKeon
Cate Campbell
Minna Atherton*
Matthew Temple*
Bronte Campbell*		 Swimming 4 x 100 metre mixed medley relay 24 July
 Gold Ariarne Titmus
Madison Wilson
Brianna Throssell
Emma McKeon
Leah Neale*
Kiah Melverton*		 Swimming Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay 25 July
 Gold Clyde Lewis
Kyle Chalmers
Alexander Graham
Mack Horton
Jack McLoughlin*
Thomas Fraser-Holmes*		 Swimming Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay 26 July
 Silver Mack Horton Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle 21 July
 Silver Minna Atherton Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke 23 July
 Silver Ariarne Titmus Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle 24 July
 Silver Kyle Chalmers Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 25 July
 Silver Cate Campbell Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 26 July
 Silver Matthew Wilson Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke 26 July
 Silver Kaylee McKeown Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 27 July
 Silver Kyle Chalmers
Clyde Lewis
Emma McKeon
Bronte Campbell
Cameron McEvoy*
Alexander Graham*
Brianna Throssell*
Madison Wilson*		 Swimming 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay 27 July
 Silver Minna Atherton
Jessica Hansen
Emma McKeon
Cate Campbell
Kaylee McKeown*
Brianna Throssell*
Madison Wilson*		 Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 28 July
 Bronze Maddison Keeney Diving Women's 3 m springboard 19 July
 Bronze Cameron McEvoy
Clyde Lewis
Alexander Graham
Kyle Chalmers		 Swimming Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay 21 July
 Bronze Emma McKeon Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly 22 July
 Bronze Mitch Larkin Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke 23 July
 Bronze Australia women's national water polo team
Water polo Women's tournament 26 July
 Bronze Ariarne Titmus Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle 27 July
 Bronze Cate Campbell Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle 28 July

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's artistic swimming team consisted of 14 athletes (13 female and 1 male).[1]

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Rose Stackpole
Amie Thompson 		Duet technical routine 74.1141 35 Did not advance
Duet free routine 74.2667 35 Did not advance
Jane Fruzynski
Alessandra Ho
Kirsten Kinash
Rachel Presser
Emily Rogers
Rose Stackpole
Amie Thompson
Kazia Zenke
Kiera Gazzard (R)
Erica Li (R) 		Team technical routine 73.4450 20 Did not advance
Hannah Burkhill
Hannah Cross
Jane Fruzynski
Kirsten Kinash
Rachel Presser
Emily Rogers
Rose Stackpole
Amie Thompson
Kiera Gazzard (R)
Alessandra Ho (R) 		Team free routine 74.5333 22 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ethan Calleja
Danielle Kettlewell 		Duet free routine 68.9667 11 Q 68.7000 11

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Australia entered 13 divers.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Kevin Chávez 1 m springboard 322.25 24 — Did not advance
Li Shixin 338.60 15 — Did not advance
3 m springboard 377.75 24 Did not advance
Matthew Carter 416.35 13 Q 420.00 13 Did not advance
Cassiel Rousseau 10 m platform 393.95 17 Q 416.80 12 Q 455.35 9
Matthew Carter
Li Shixin 		3 m synchronized springboard 338.40 14 — Did not advance
Domonic Bedggood
Declan Stacey 		10 m synchronized platform 370.29 9 Q — 411.24 5
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Georgia Sheehan 1 m springboard 238.25 9 Q — 244.20 8
Esther Qin 225.55 15 — Did not advance
3 m springboard 272.10 15 Q 286.40 12 Q 302.85 6
Maddison Keeney 341.00 3 Q 348.10 2 Q 367.05 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Laura Hingston 10 m platform 281.00 18 Q 283.70 18 Did not advance
Melissa Wu 343.70 3 Q 322.50 6 Q 360.20 4
Maddison Keeney
Anabelle Smith 		3 m synchronized springboard 287.43 3 Q — 278.13 6
Emily Chinnock
Melissa Wu 		10 m synchronized platform 274.20 9 Q — 277.44 8
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Matthew Carter
Maddison Keeney 		3 m synchronized springboard 304.86 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Cassiel Rousseau
Laura Hingston 		Team 329.30 5

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Australia qualified two female high divers.[3]

Athlete Event Points Rank
Rhiannan Iffland Women's high diving 298.05 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Xantheia Pennisi 248.60 6

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Australia qualified four male and four female open water swimmers.[4][5]

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Bailey Armstrong Men's 5 km 53:34.8 7
Men's 25 km 5:04:10.7 18
Hayden Cotter Men's 5 km 53:35.5 9
Kai Edwards Men's 10 km 1:48:16.2 14
Men's 25 km 4:51:17.2 5
Nicholas Sloman Men's 10 km 1:49:22.7 21
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Mackenzie Brazier Women's 5 km 59:56.1 33
Chelsea Gubecka Women's 10 km 1:55:45.2 29
Women's 25 km DNF
Chloe Gubecka Women's 5 km 59:50.6 30
Kareena Lee Women's 10 km 1:54:50.5 7
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Hayden Cotter
Chelsea Gubecka
Kareena Lee
Nicholas Sloman 		Team 54:36.8 5

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Australia entered 27 swimmers.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kyle Chalmers 100 m freestyle 48.66 10 Q 47.58 1 Q 47.08 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m freestyle 1:46.36 4 Q 1:46.21 6 Did not advance
Thomas Fraser-Holmes 200 m individual medley 1:58.86 9 Q 1:58.86 7 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:16.93 12 — Did not advance
Mack Horton 400 m freestyle 3:45.51 5 Q — 3:43.17 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
800 m freestyle 7:52.65 14 — Did not advance
Mitch Larkin 50 m backstroke 25.33 20 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 53.12 3 Q 52.91 3 Q 52.77 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m backstroke DNS
200 m individual medley 1:58.75 8 Q 1:57.45 4 Q 1:57.32 7
Clyde Lewis 100 m freestyle 48.63 9 Q 48.45 5 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:46.93 14 Q 1:44.90 1 Q 1:45.78 6
Jack McLoughlin 400 m freestyle 3:44.79 3 Q — 3:45.19 6
800 m freestyle 7:46.42 3 Q — 7:42.64 4
1500 m freestyle 15:04.64 16 — Did not advance
David Morgan 100 m butterfly 52.44 14 Q 52.20 8 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 1:56.90 12 Q 1:59.57 8 Did not advance
Zac Stubblety-Cook 200 m breaststroke 2:09.05 5 Q 2:07.95 2 Q 2:07.36 4
Matthew Temple 100 m butterfly 51.89 8 Q 51.70 4 Q 51.51 6
200 m butterfly 1:56.54 9 Q 1:56.52 5 Did not advance
Matthew Wilson 100 m breaststroke 59.17 6 Q 59.26 10 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:07.29 1 Q 2:06.67 =WR 1 Q 2:06.68 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bradley Woodward 100 m backstroke 54.41 24 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:58.31 18 Did not advance
Cameron McEvoy
Clyde Lewis
Alexander Graham
Kyle Chalmers 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:12.65 4 Q — 3:11.22 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Clyde Lewis
Kyle Chalmers
Alexander Graham
Mack Horton
Jack McLoughlin*
Thomas Fraser-Holmes* 		4×200 m freestyle relay 7:06.97 4 Q — 7:00.85 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mitch Larkin
Matthew Wilson
Matthew Temple
Kyle Chalmers
Clyde Lewis* 		4×100 m medley relay 3:32.50 5 Q — 3:30.42 5
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Minna Atherton 50 m backstroke 28.32 19 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 59.22 2 Q 58.60 1 Q 58.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m backstroke 2:09.32 6 Q 2:07.38 1 Q 2:08.26 6
Bronte Campbell 50 m freestyle 24.74 9 Q 24.38 6 Q 24.48 8
Cate Campbell 50 m freestyle 24.40 2 Q 24.09 1 Q 24.11 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100 m freestyle 53.36 4 Q 52.71 2 Q 52.43 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Maddy Gough 1500 m freestyle 16:02.75 8 Q — 15:59.40 5
Jessica Hansen 50 m breaststroke 30.69 6 Q 30.92 4 Q 30.84 6
100 m breaststroke 1:07.38 12 Q 1:06.98 4 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:29.18 21 Did not advance
Emma McKeon 100 m freestyle 53.58 7 Q 52.77 1 Q 52.75 4
200 m freestyle DNS
100 m butterfly 56.90 2 Q 57.01 4 Q 56.61 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kaylee McKeown 50 m backstroke 28.23 14 Q 27.73 3 Q 27.65 =4
100 m backstroke 59.25 3 Q 59.13 2 Q 59.10 5
200 m backstroke 2:09.17 4 Q 2:08.19 3 Q 2:06.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kiah Melverton 400 m freestyle 4:09.56 11 — Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:29.70 8 Q — 8:25.07 7
1500 m freestyle 15:59.92 6 Q — 16:01.38 7
Jenna Strauch 200 m breaststroke 2:26.25 15 Q 2:26.65 8 Did not advance
Brianna Throssell 50 m butterfly 26.14 11 Q 25.93 4 Q 26.11 8
100 m butterfly 57.88 9 Q 57.02 5 Q 57.09 5
200 m butterfly 2:09.91 11 Q Withdrew
Ariarne Titmus 200 m freestyle 1:56.34 3 Q 1:55.36 2 Q 1:54.66 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
400 m freestyle 4:02.42 2 Q — 3:58.76 1st place, gold medalist(s)
800 m freestyle 8:19.43 3 Q — 8:15.70 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cate Campbell
Brianna Throssell
Emma McKeon
Bronte Campbell
Madison Wilson* 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:33.39 1 Q — 3:30.21 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ariarne Titmus
Madison Wilson
Brianna Throssell
Emma McKeon
Leah Neale*
Kiah Melverton* 		4×200 m freestyle relay 7:50.64 1 Q — 7:41.50 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Minna Atherton
Jessica Hansen
Emma McKeon
Cate Campbell
Kaylee McKeown*
Brianna Throssell*
Madison Wilson* 		4×100 m medley relay 3:58.19 2 Q — 3:53.42 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Kyle Chalmers
Clyde Lewis
Emma McKeon
Bronte Campbell
Cameron McEvoy*
Alexander Graham*
Brianna Throssell*
Madison Wilson* 		4×100 m freestyle relay 3:23.77 2 Q 3:19.97 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mitch Larkin
Matthew Wilson
Emma McKeon
Cate Campbell
Minna Atherton*
Matthew Temple*
Bronte Campbell* 		4×100 m medley relay 3:42.22 2 Q 3:39.08 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Team roster[7]
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 3 0 0 52 16 +36 6 Quarterfinals
2  United States 3 2 0 1 35 35 0 4 Playoffs
3  Australia 3 1 0 2 32 34 −2 2
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 20 54 −34 0
Source: Sportresult[dead link‍]
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.
15 July 2019
12:30 		Report[dead link‍] Croatia  14–4  Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–1, 4–0, 4–2
Vukičević 6 Goals Younger 2
17 July 2019
08:30 		Report[dead link‍] Australia  17–8  Kazakhstan Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–1, 3–4, 5–2
Howden 4 Goals Zhardan 3
19 July 2019
19:10 		Report[dead link‍] United States  12–11  Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Adrian Alxandrescu (ROU), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–3, 2–2, 3–3
Cupido 3 Goals four players 2
Playoffs
21 July 2019
14:00 		Report[dead link‍] Montenegro  11–13  Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 4–2, 1–2  PSO: 2–4
Ivović 3 Goals Kayes 4
Quarterfinal
23 July 2019
17:00 		Report[dead link‍] Hungary  10–9  Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–1, 2–2
Vámos, Zalánki 3 Goals four players 2
5th–8th place semifinals
25 July 2019
15:30 		Report[dead link‍] Australia  9–8  Greece Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 3–3, 1–0
Kayes 3 Goals Kapotsis, Kolomvos 2
Fifth place game
27 July 2019
15:30 		Report[dead link‍] Serbia  13–9  Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 6–1, 3–2, 1–2, 3–4
Ćuk, Rašović 4 Goals Ford, Younger 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Team roster[8]
Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 3 0 0 33 22 +11 6 Quarterfinals
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 32 29 +3 4 Playoffs
3  China 3 1 0 2 26 34 −8 2
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 20 26 −6 0
Source: Sportresult[dead link‍]
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.
14 July 2019
20:30 		Report[dead link‍] Italy  10–9  Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–2, 3–3, 1–4
Garibotti 3 Goals Webster 4
16 July 2019
16:30 		Report[dead link‍] Australia  14–12  China Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–3, 3–3, 2–2
Gofers, Webster 3 Goals Zhao 4
18 July 2019
11:10 		Report[dead link‍] Japan  7–9  Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 1–2, 2–3
three players 2 Goals Buckling 3
Playoffs
20 July 2019
18:30 		Report[dead link‍] Kazakhstan  3–13  Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–2, 2–3, 0–4
Myrzabekova 2 Goals Halligan 4
Quarterfinals
22 July 2019
15:30 		Report[dead link‍] Russia  7–9  Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 3–2, 3–3
Karimova 2 Goals Webster 3
Semifinals
24 July 2019
17:00 		Report[dead link‍] United States  7–2  Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–0, 1–1, 1–1
three players 2 Goals Halligan, Webster 1
Third place game
26 July 2019
17:00 		Report[dead link‍] Australia  10–9  Hungary Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 1–1, 2–2
Arancini 3 Goals Keszthelyi 3

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