2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 17th World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was taken place from 10 to 15 December 2024 in Budapest, Hungary at the Duna Arena.^[1][2] Swimming events in the championships were conducted in a 25-metre indoor (short course) pool.

2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m)
Host city	Budapest, Hungary
Date(s)	10–15 December
Venue(s)	Duna Arena
Nations participating	189
Events	45
← 2022 Melbourne 2026 Beijing →

The 4 × 50 m freestyle relay and 4 × 50 m medley relay for men and women were removed from the event lineups, and the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay was added, for a total of 45 medal events.

The United States topped the medal table, winning 18 gold & 39 medals in total, and broke 21 world records in the championships, were named the best team award.^[3] Noe Ponti of Switzerland was named the best male swimmer and Gretchen Walsh of the United States was named the best female swimmer.^[4]

Belarusian swimmers competed under the name of "Neutral Athletes A" under the World Aquatics flag, while Russian swimmers competed under the name of "Neutral Athletes B", also under the World Aquatics flag.

Qualification

The qualification period for the 2024 World Swimming Championships ran from 23 July 2023 through 17 November 2024.^[5]

Below were the qualifying times as determined by World Aquatics:

Event	Men	Women	Men	Women
	"A"		"B"
50 m freestyle	21.40	24.44	22.15	25.30
100 m freestyle	47.23	53.78	48.88	55.66
200 m freestyle	1:44.08	1:55.60	1:47.72	1:59.65
400 m freestyle	3:42.50	4:06.95	3:50.29	4:15.59
800 m freestyle	7:45.02	8:29.17	8:01.30	8:46.99
1500 m freestyle	14:49.29	16:15.27	15:20.42	16:49.40
50 m backstroke	23.38	26.54	24.20	27.47
100 m backstroke	51.30	58.08	53.10	1:00.11
200 m backstroke	1:52.66	2:05.54	1:56.60	2:09.93
50 m breaststroke	26.57	30.45	27.50	31.52
100 m breaststroke	57.63	1:05.28	59.65	1:07.56
200 m breaststroke	2:06.23	2:23.38	2:10.65	2:28.40
50 m butterfly	22.53	25.82	23.32	26.72
100 m butterfly	50.57	57.40	52.34	59.41
200 m butterfly	1:53.61	2:08.85	1:57.59	2:13.36
100 m individual medley	52.98	59.65	54.83	1:01.74
200 m individual medley	1:55.25	2:10.16	1:59.28	2:14.72
400 m individual medley	4:09.19	4:37.54	4:17.91	4:47.25

Schedule

An opening ceremony will proceed the start of competition on 10 December and a closing ceremony will conclude the Championships on 15 December following competition termination.^[6]

A total of 45 events will be contested over six consecutive days.^[7]

H

Heats

SF

Semifinals

Finals

TF

Timed Finals

M = Morning session (starting at 9:00), E = Evening session (starting at 17:30)

Men

Date →	Tue 10		Wed 11		Thu 12		Fri 13		Sat 14		Sun 15
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle									H	SF
100 m freestyle			H	SF
200 m freestyle											H
400 m freestyle					H
800 m freestyle									TF	TF
1500 m freestyle	TF	TF
50 m backstroke					H	SF
100 m backstroke	H	SF
200 m backstroke											H
50 m breaststroke									H	SF
100 m breaststroke			H	SF
200 m breaststroke							H
50 m butterfly	H	SF
100 m butterfly							H	SF
200 m butterfly					H
100 m individual medley					H	SF
200 m individual medley	H
400 m individual medley									H
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	H
4 × 200 m freestyle relay							H
4 × 100 m medley relay											H

Women

Date →	Tue 10		Wed 11		Thu 12		Fri 13		Sat 14		Sun 15
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle									H	SF
100 m freestyle			H	SF
200 m freestyle											H
400 m freestyle	H
800 m freestyle			TF	TF
1500 m freestyle							TF	TF
50 m backstroke					H	SF
100 m backstroke	H	SF
200 m backstroke											H
50 m breaststroke									H	SF
100 m breaststroke			H	SF
200 m breaststroke							H
50 m butterfly	H	SF
100 m butterfly							H	SF
200 m butterfly					H
100 m individual medley					H	SF
200 m individual medley	H
400 m individual medley									H
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	H
4 × 200 m freestyle relay					H
4 × 100 m medley relay											H

Mixed

Date →	Tue 10		Wed 11		Thu 12		Fri 13		Sat 14		Sun 15
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
4 × 50 m freestyle relay							H
4 × 50 m medley relay			H
4 × 100 m medley relay									H

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Hungary)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	18	13	8	39
2	Neutral Athletes B	6	4	0	10
3	Canada	4	5	6	15
4	China	3	1	1	5
5	Switzerland	3	0	0	3
6	Australia	2	5	5	12
7	Hungary*	2	2	0	4
8	Italy	1	5	3	9
9	Germany	1	3	0	4
10	Cayman Islands	1	0	1	2
	Tunisia	1	0	1	2
12	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
	Lithuania	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
15	France	0	3	2	5
16	Brazil	0	2	1	3
17	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
18	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
	Turkey	0	1	1	2
20	Austria	0	1	0	1
21	Poland	0	0	5	5
22	Neutral Athletes A	0	0	2	2
23	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		45	47	43	135

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Jordan Crooks  Cayman Islands	20.19	Guilherme Caribé  Brazil	20.57	Jack Alexy  United States	20.61
100 m freestyle details	Jack Alexy  United States	45.38	Guilherme Caribé  Brazil	45.47 SA	Jordan Crooks  Cayman Islands	45.48
200 m freestyle details	Luke Hobson  United States	1:38.61 WR	Maximillian Giuliani  Australia	1:40.36 OC	Lucas Henveaux  Belgium	1:41.13 NR
400 m freestyle details	Elijah Winnington  Australia	3:35.89	Carson Foster  United States Kieran Smith  United States	3:36.31	Not awarded
800 m freestyle details	Zalán Sárkány  Hungary	7:30.56 NR	Florian Wellbrock  Germany	7:31.90	Ahmed Jaouadi  Tunisia	7:31.93 AF
1500 m freestyle details	Ahmed Jaouadi  Tunisia	14:16.40	Florian Wellbrock  Germany	14:17.27	Kuzey Tunçelli  Turkey	14:20.64 WJ, NR
50 m backstroke details	Miron Lifintsev Neutral Athletes B	22.47 WJ	Isaac Cooper  Australia	22.49 OC	Shane Ryan  Ireland	22.56 NR
100 m backstroke details	Miron Lifintsev Neutral Athletes B	48.76 WJ	Hubert Kós  Hungary	48.79 NR	Kacper Stokowski  Poland	49.16 NR
200 m backstroke details	Hubert Kós  Hungary	1:45.65 CR, ER	Lorenzo Mora  Italy	1:48.96	Mewen Tomac  France	1:49.93
50 m breaststroke details	Qin Haiyang  China	25.42	Kirill Prigoda Neutral Athletes B Emre Sakçı  Turkey	25.56	Not awarded
100 m breaststroke details	Qin Haiyang  China	55.47 CR, AS	Kirill Prigoda Neutral Athletes B	55.49 NR	Ilya Shymanovich Neutral Athletes A	55.60
200 m breaststroke details	Carles Coll Martí  Spain	2:01.55 NR	Kirill Prigoda Neutral Athletes B	2:01.88	Yamato Fukasawa  Japan	2:02.01
50 m butterfly details	Noè Ponti  Switzerland	21.32 WR	Ilya Kharun  Canada	21.67 AM	Nyls Korstanje  Netherlands	21.68
100 m butterfly details	Noè Ponti  Switzerland	47.71 WR	Maxime Grousset  France	48.57 NR	Matthew Temple  Australia	48.71
200 m butterfly details	Ilya Kharun  Canada	1:48.24 =CR, AM	Alberto Razzetti  Italy	1:48.64 ER	Krzysztof Chmielewski  Poland	1:49.26 NR
100 m individual medley details	Noè Ponti  Switzerland	50.33 CR, NR	Bernhard Reitshammer  Austria	51.11 NR	Caio Pumputis  Brazil	51.35 SA
200 m individual medley details	Shaine Casas  United States	1:49.51 CR, AM	Alberto Razzetti  Italy	1:50.88 NR	Finlay Knox  Canada	1:50.90 NR
400 m individual medley details	Ilya Borodin Neutral Athletes B	3:56.83	Carson Foster  United States	3:57.45	Alberto Razzetti  Italy	3:58.83
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States Jack Alexy (45.05) CR, AM Luke Hobson (45.18) Kieran Smith (46.01) Chris Guiliano (45.42) Trenton Julian[a]	3:01.66 WR	Italy Alessandro Miressi (45.85) Leonardo Deplano (45.76) Lorenzo Zazzeri (46.21) Manuel Frigo (45.73)	3:03.65	Poland Kamil Sieradzki (46.33) Jakub Majerski (46.04) Ksawery Masiuk (45.64) Kacper Stokowski (46.45) Piotr Ludwiczak[a]	3:04.46 NR
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States Luke Hobson (1:38.91) WR Carson Foster (1:40.77) Shaine Casas (1:40.34) Kieran Smith (1:40.49) Trenton Julian[a] Daniel Matheson[a]	6:40.51 WR	Australia Maximillian Giuliani (1:40.73) Edward Sommerville (1:41.03) Harrison Turner (1:42.21) Elijah Winnington (1:41.57) David Schlicht[a]	6:45.54 OC	Italy Filippo Megli (1:42.26) Manuel Frigo (1:42.15) Carlos D'Ambrosio (1:41.48) Alberto Razzetti (1:41.62) Davide Dalla Costa[a] Alessandro Ragaini[a]	6:47.51 NR
4 × 100 m medley relay details	Neutral Athletes B Miron Lifintsev (49.31) Kirill Prigoda (55.15) Andrey Minakov (48.80) Egor Kornev (45.42) Pavel Samusenko[a] Aleksandr Zhigalov[a] Dmitrii Zhavoronkov[a]	3:18.68 WR	United States Shaine Casas (48.92) Michael Andrew (57.03) Dare Rose (48.55) Jack Alexy (44.53) AJ Pouch[a] Zach Harting[a] Harrison Turner[a]	3:19.03	Italy Lorenzo Mora (49.53) Ludovico Viberti (56.15) Michele Busa (48.81) Alessandro Miressi (45.42) Christian Bacico[a] Simone Cerasuolo[a] Simone Stefanì[a]	3:19.91

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Gretchen Walsh  United States	22.83 WR	Kate Douglass  United States	23.05	Katarzyna Wasick  Poland	23.37
100 m freestyle details	Gretchen Walsh  United States	50.31 CR, AM	Béryl Gastaldello  France	50.63 NR	Kate Douglass  United States	50.73
200 m freestyle details	Siobhán Haughey  Hong Kong	1:50.62	Mary-Sophie Harvey  Canada	1:51.49 AM	Claire Weinstein  United States	1:51.62 WJ, NR
400 m freestyle details	Summer McIntosh  Canada	3:50.25 WR	Lani Pallister  Australia	3:53.73 OC	Mary-Sophie Harvey  Canada	3:54.88
800 m freestyle details	Lani Pallister  Australia	8:01.95 CR, NR	Isabel Marie Gose  Germany	8:05.42 NR	Katie Grimes  United States	8:05.90
1500 m freestyle details	Isabel Marie Gose  Germany	15:24.69	Simona Quadarella  Italy	15:30.14	Jillian Cox  United States	15:41.29
50 m backstroke details	Regan Smith  United States	25.23 WR	Katharine Berkoff  United States	25.61	Kylie Masse  Canada	25.78
100 m backstroke details	Regan Smith  United States	54.55 CR	Katharine Berkoff  United States	54.93	Ingrid Wilm  Canada	55.75
200 m backstroke details	Regan Smith  United States	1:58.04 WR	Summer McIntosh  Canada	1:59.96 WJ, NR	Anastasiya Shkurdai Neutral Athletes A	2:00.56
50 m breaststroke details	Rūta Meilutytė  Lithuania	28.54	Tang Qianting  China	28.86	Lilly King  United States	28.91
100 m breaststroke details	Tang Qianting  China	1:02.38	Lilly King  United States	1:02.80	Eneli Jefimova  Estonia	1:03.25
200 m breaststroke details	Kate Douglass  United States	2:12.50 WR	Evgeniia Chikunova Neutral Athletes B	2:15.14	Alex Walsh  United States	2:16.83
50 m butterfly details	Gretchen Walsh  United States	24.01	Béryl Gastaldello  France	24.43 NR	Alexandria Perkins  Australia	24.68 OC
100 m butterfly details	Gretchen Walsh  United States	52.71 WR	Tessa Giele  Netherlands	54.66 NR	Alexandria Perkins  Australia	55.10 OC
200 m butterfly details	Summer McIntosh  Canada	1:59.32 WR	Regan Smith  United States	2:01.00 NR	Elizabeth Dekkers  Australia	2:02.91
100 m individual medley details	Gretchen Walsh  United States	55.11 WR	Kate Douglass  United States	56.49	Béryl Gastaldello  France	56.67 NR
200 m individual medley details	Kate Douglass  United States	2:01.63 WR	Alex Walsh  United States	2:02.65	Abbie Wood  Great Britain	2:02.75 NR
400 m individual medley details	Summer McIntosh  Canada	4:15.48 WR	Katie Grimes  United States	4:20.14 NR	Abbie Wood  Great Britain	4:24.34
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States Kate Douglass (50.95) Katharine Berkoff (51.38) Alex Shackell (52.01) Gretchen Walsh (50.67) Phoebe Bacon[b] Jillian Cox[b]	3:25.01 WR	Australia Meg Harris (52.59) Milla Jansen (51.62) Alexandria Perkins (51.68) Lani Pallister (52.36) Lily Price[b] Leah Neale[b]	3:28.25	Canada Mary-Sophie Harvey (52.40) Summer McIntosh (51.81) Ingrid Wilm (52.22) Penny Oleksiak (52.01) Sydney Pickrem[b] Alexanne Lepage[b]	3:28.44
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States Alex Walsh (1:53.25) Paige Madden (1:53.18) Katie Grimes (1:53.39) Claire Weinstein (1:50.31) Phoebe Bacon[b] Lilla Bognar[b]	7:30.13 WR	Hungary Nikolett Pádár (1:52.81) Panna Ugrai (1:52.59) Dóra Molnár (1:55.39) Lilla Minna Ábrahám (1:52.60)	7:33.39 NR	Australia Leah Neale (1:52.79) Elizabeth Dekkers (1:54.96) Milla Jansen (1:54.01) Lani Pallister (1:51.84) Tara Kinder[b]	7:33.60
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States Regan Smith (54.02) WR Lilly King (1:03.02) Gretchen Walsh (52.84) Kate Douglass (50.53) Katharine Berkoff[b] Emma Weber[b] Alex Shackell[b] Alex Walsh[b]	3:40.41 WR	Great Britain Abbie Wood (57.44) Angharad Evans (1:03.18) Eva Okaro (56.11) Freya Anderson (51.11)	3:47.84 NR	China Qian Xinan (56.88) Tang Qianting (1:03.17) Chen Luying (56.25) Liu Shuhan (51.63)	3:47.93

^b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 50 m freestyle relay details	Italy Leonardo Deplano (20.80) Alessandro Miressi (21.01) Silvia Di Pietro (23.35) Sara Curtis (23.34) Lorenzo Zazzeri[c]	1:28.50	Canada Ilya Kharun (20.80) Yuri Kisil (20.57) Ingrid Wilm (23.72) Mary-Sophie Harvey (23.51) Finlay Knox[c] Penny Oleksiak[c]	1:28.60	Poland Piotr Ludwiczak (21.31) Kamil Sieradzki (20.89) Kornelia Fiedkiewicz (23.70) Katarzyna Wasick (22.90)	1:28.80 NR
4 × 50 m medley relay details	Neutral Athletes B Miron Lifintsev (22.39) Kirill Prigoda (24.94) Arina Surkova (24.43) Daria Trofimova (23.60) Pavel Samusenko[c] Oleg Kostin[c] Daria Klepikova[c]	1:35.36 ER	Canada Kylie Masse (25.87) Finlay Knox (25.53) Ilya Kharun (20.73) Ingrid Wilm (23.81)	1:35.94 NR	United States Shaine Casas (22.85) Michael Andrew (25.29) Regan Smith (24.90) Katharine Berkoff (23.16) AJ Pouch[c] Alex Shackell[c] Alex Walsh[c]	1:36.20
4 × 100 m medley relay details	Neutral Athletes B Miron Lifintsev (48.90) Kirill Prigoda (54.86) Arina Surkova (55.63) Daria Klepikova (51.08) Pavel Samusenko[c] Aleksandr Zhigalov[c] Daria Trofimova[c]	3:30.47	United States Regan Smith (54.19) Lilly King (1:03.05) Dare Rose (48.68) Jack Alexy (44.63) Shaine Casas[c] AJ Pouch[c] Alex Shackell[c]	3:30.55	Canada Ingrid Wilm (55.82) Finlay Knox (56.39) Ilya Kharun (48.27) Mary-Sophie Harvey (51.49) Blake Tierney[c] Sophie Angus[c] Penny Oleksiak[c]	3:31.97

^c Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Records

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

World records

Date	Round	Event	Established for	Time	Name	Nation
10 December	Heat 5	Women's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	24.02	Gretchen Walsh	United States
10 December	Final	Women's 400 metre freestyle	(same)	3:50.25	Summer McIntosh	Canada
10 December	Semifinal 2	Women's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	23.94	Gretchen Walsh	United States
10 December	Semifinal 2	Men's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	21.43	Noè Ponti	Switzerland
10 December	Final	Women's 200 metre individual medley	(same)	2:01.63	Kate Douglass	United States
10 December	Final	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	(same)	3:25.01	Kate Douglass (50.95) Katharine Berkoff (51.38) Alex Shackell (52.01) Gretchen Walsh (50.67)	United States
10 December	Final	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	(same)	3:01.66	Jack Alexy (45.05) Luke Hobson (45.18) Kieran Smith (46.01) Chris Guiliano (45.42)	United States
11 December	Final	Men's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	21.32	Noè Ponti	Switzerland
12 December	Final	Women's 200 metre butterfly	(same)	1:59.32	Summer McIntosh	Canada
12 December	Semifinal 2	Women's 100 metre individual medley	(same)	55.71	Gretchen Walsh	United States
12 December	Final	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	(same)	7:30.13	Alex Walsh (1:53.25) Paige Madden (1:53.18) Katie Grimes (1:53.39) Claire Weinstein (1:50.31)	United States
13 December	Heat 5	Women's 100 metre butterfly	(same)	53.24	Gretchen Walsh	United States
13 December	Semifinal 2	Women's 100 metre butterfly	(same)	52.87	Gretchen Walsh	United States
13 December	Final	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	(same)	2:12.50	Kate Douglass	United States
13 December	Final	Women's 50 metre backstroke	(same)	25.23	Regan Smith	United States
13 December	Final	Women's 100 metre individual medley	(same)	55.11	Gretchen Walsh	United States
13 December	Final	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	Men's 200 metre freestyle	1:38.91	Luke Hobson	United States
13 December	Final	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	(same)	6:40.51	Luke Hobson (1:38.91) Carson Foster (1:40.77) Shaine Casas (1:40.34) Kieran Smith (1:40.49)	United States
14 December	Heat 10	Men's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	20.08	Jordan Crooks	Cayman Islands
14 December	Semifinal 2	Men's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	19.90	Jordan Crooks	Cayman Islands
14 December	Final	Women's 100 metre butterfly	(same)	52.71	Gretchen Walsh	United States
14 December	Semifinal 2	Women's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	22.87	Gretchen Walsh	United States
14 December	Final	Men's 100 metre butterfly	(same)	47.71	Noè Ponti	Switzerland
14 December	Final	Women's 400 metre individual medley	(same)	4:15.48	Summer McIntosh	Canada
15 December	Final	Women's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	22.83	Gretchen Walsh	United States
15 December	Final	Women's 200 metre backstroke	(same)	1:58.04	Regan Smith	United States
15 December	Final	Men's 200 metre freestyle	(same)	1:38.61	Luke Hobson	United States
15 December	Final	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	Women's 100 metre backstroke	54.02	Regan Smith	United States
15 December	Final	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	(same)	3:40.41	Regan Smith (54.02) Lilly King (1:03.02) Gretchen Walsh (52.84) Kate Douglass (50.53)	United States
15 December	Final	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	(same)	3:18.68	Miron Lifintsev (49.31) Kirill Prigoda (55.15) Andrei Minakov (48.80) Egor Kornev (45.42)	Neutral Athletes B

Championship records

Date	Round	Event	Established for	Time	Name	Nation
10 December	Heat 8	Men's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	21.62	Nyls Korstanje	Netherlands
10 December	Heat 9	Men's 50 metre butterfly	(same)	21.53	Noè Ponti	Switzerland
10 December	Final	Men's 200 metre individual medley	(same)	1:49.51	Shaine Casas	United States
10 December	Final	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	Men's 100 metre freestyle	45.05	Jack Alexy	United States
11 December	Heat 9	Men's 100 metre freestyle	(same)	44.95	Jordan Crooks	Cayman Islands
11 December	Final	Women's 100 metre backstroke	(same)	54.55	Regan Smith	United States
11 December	Semifinal 2	Women's 100 metre freestyle	(same)	50.49	Gretchen Walsh	United States
11 December	Final	Women's 800 metre freestyle	(same)	8:01.95	Lani Pallister	Australia
12 December	Heat 4	Women's 100 metre individual medley	(same)	56.06	Gretchen Walsh	United States
12 December	Final	Women's 100 metre freestyle	(same)	50.31	Gretchen Walsh	United States
12 December	Final	Men's 200 metre butterfly	(same)	=1:48.24	Ilya Kharun	Canada
12 December	Final	Men's 100 metre breaststroke	(same)	55.47	Qin Haiyang	China
12 December	Semifinal 1	Men's 100 metre individual medley	(same)	50.43	Noè Ponti	Switzerland
13 December	Final	Men's 100 metre individual medley	(same)	50.33	Noè Ponti	Switzerland
14 December	Heat 8	Women's 50 metre freestyle	(same)	23.02	Gretchen Walsh	United States
15 December	Final	Men's 200 metre backstroke	(same)	1:45.65	Hubert Kós	Hungary

See also

• List of swimming competitions
• World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
• 2024 in sports