Australia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

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

Australia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	AUS
National federation	Swimming Australia
Website	swimming.org.au
in Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors	90 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 7 Silver 9 Bronze 7 Total 23
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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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 Gabriella Palm Keesja Gofers Hannah Buckling Bronte Halligan Iso Bishop Bronwen Knox Rowie Webster Amy Ridge Zoe Arancini Lena Mihailovic Elle Armit Madeleine Steere Lea Yanitsas	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
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
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
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
	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
	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
	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
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
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
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
	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
	100 m freestyle	53.36	4 Q	52.71	2 Q	52.43
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
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
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
	400 m freestyle	4:02.42	2 Q	—		3:58.76
	800 m freestyle	8:19.43	3 Q	—		8:15.70
Cate Campbell Brianna Throssell Emma McKeon Bronte Campbell Madison Wilson*	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:33.39	1 Q	—		3:30.21
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
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

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
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

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]

• Joel Dennerley
• Richard Campbell
• George Ford
• Joe Kayes
• Nathan Power
• Lachlan Edwards
• Aidan Roach
• Aaron Younger (C)
• Andrew Ford
• Timothy Putt
• Rhys Howden
• Blake Edwards
• Anthony Hrysanthos
• Coach: Elvis Fatović

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
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	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

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17 July 2019 08:30	Report	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

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19 July 2019 19:10	Report	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	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	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	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	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]

• Gabriella Palm
• Keesja Gofers
• Hannah Buckling
• Bronte Halligan
• Iso Bishop
• Bronwen Knox
• Rowie Webster (C)
• Amy Ridge
• Zoe Arancini
• Lena Mihailovic
• Elle Armit
• Madeleine Steere
• Lea Yanitsas
• Coach: Predrag Mihailović

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
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	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

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16 July 2019 16:30	Report	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

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18 July 2019 11:10	Report	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	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	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	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	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