The 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 12–16 December 2012. This swimming-only championships took place in the Sinan Erdem Dome; all events were swum in a 25-meter (short-course) pool.
The United States topped the medal standings with a total of 27 medals and had the most gold medals with 11. A total of 18 championship records were set and 2 world records (both set by American Ryan Lochte) broken. Lochte and Hungarian Katinka Hosszú were named the best male and female swimmers of the competition.[1] Lochte finished the meet with 8 total medals (breaking his previous record of 7 set in 2010) and Hosszú had 5 total medals.
Bidding process
FINA announced on 12 April 2008 that Istanbul had defeated the only other bidder Vienna, Austria after a meeting of the FINA Bureau in Manchester, UK.
Venue
The events took place at the Sinan Erdem Dome, which has a seating capacity of 22,500.[2]
Events
The swimming competition featured races in a short-course (25 m) pool in 40 events (20 for males, 20 for females; 17 individual events and 3 relays for each gender). Prelim events were held in the morning session and semi-finals/final in the evening session.
- Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women), and 1,500 (men);
- Backstroke: 50, 100, and 200;
- Breaststroke: 50, 100, and 200;
- Butterfly: 50, 100, and 200;
- Individual medley: 100, 200, and 400;
- Relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free; 4 × 100 medley
Schedule
Medal summary
Changes in medal standings
In June 2013, Danish swimmer Mads Glæsner was stripped by FINA of a gold and bronze medal from the 400- and 1500-meter freestyle after testing positive for levomethamphetamine.[3]
In January 2014 the Court of Arbitration for Sport partially overturned FINA's ruling and returned the gold medal in 1500 m freestyle.[4]
Results
Men's events
- a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events
- b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Championship and world records broken
Men
Women
- All world records (WR) are subsequently championship records (CR).
- c Morozov broke the championship record in the 100 m freestyle as the lead-off leg in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.
Broadcasting rights
Participating nations
161 nations entered the competition. Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA due to government interference, participated under the FINA flag.[7] Venezuela later withdrew.
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References
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- ^ "FINA Doping Panel Decision: Mr. Mads Glaesner (DEN)". FINA. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ "CAS Arbitral Award: Mr. Mads Glaesner v. FINA" (PDF). CAS. 4 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
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- ^ R.Meilutytės startai pasaulio plaukimo čempionate – per LRT televiziją
- ^ "FINA Bars Ecuador; Masters at Elite Champs". SwimNews. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ Angola participa no mundial de Istambul Archived 22 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- ^ Australia
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- ^ "Brasil pronto para Istambul (in Portuguese)". Brazilian Swimming Federation. 13 November 2012. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ a b CANADA, GREAT BRITAIN ANNOUNCE SHORT COURSE WORLDS SWIM ROSTERS[permanent dead link]
- ^ Schválená nominace na MS 2012 v Istanbulu (in Czech)
- ^ "Estonia". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ KURZBAHN-WM IN ISTANBUL MIT ELF DEUTSCHEN SCHWIMMERN (in German)
- ^ "Gyurta Dániel: isztambuli jutalomjáték" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ Mondiali in corta Azzurri per Istanbul (in Italian)
- ^ Latvia
- ^ "Patvirtintos EČ ir PČ Lietuvos plaukimo rinktinių sudėtys (in Lithuanian)". Lithuanian Swimming Federation. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ World SC Championships Team 2012
- ^ "AIS swimmers set up three new meet records". Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ CONVOCATION POUR LE CM 25M À ISTANBUL (TUR) (in French)
- ^ "Bovell Ready for Vindication in Turkey | SWIMSWAM". Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "2012 SC World Championship Team Roster" (PDF). USA Swimming. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ "Medya Rehberi-Katılımcı Ülkeler" (in Turkish). World Swimming Short Course Istanbul 2012. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ "All FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Results By OMEGA". omegatiming.com. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
External links
- Official website Archived 27 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Competition results