2021 World Swimming Championships (25 m)

Host City Abu Dhabi
Country UAE
Held 16 – 21 December 2021
Competitors 889
Countries 176

Originally scheduled for 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Athletes from Russia have been allowed to compete as team of the Russian Swimming Federation (RSF) shown here under the abbreviation NEU.

A Refugee Team competed under the FINA banner with the abbreviation FRT (FINA Refugee Team) shown here under the abbreviation REF.

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
50 m Freestyle Men 18 – 19 December 2021 Medal 99 93
100 m Freestyle Men 20 – 21 December 2021 Medal 100 95
200 m Freestyle Men 17 December 2021 Medal 69 64
400 m Freestyle Men 16 December 2021 Medal 63 54
1,500 m Freestyle Men 20 – 21 December 2021 Medal 29 26
4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay Men 19 December 2021 Medal 56 13
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Men 16 December 2021 Medal 64 15
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men 19 December 2021 Medal 51 11
50 m Backstroke Men 18 – 19 December 2021 Medal 49 42
100 m Backstroke Men 16 – 17 December 2021 Medal 56 49
200 m Backstroke Men 21 December 2021 Medal 35 27
50 m Breaststroke Men 20 – 21 December 2021 Medal 55 52
100 m Breaststroke Men 16 – 17 December 2021 Medal 63 57
200 m Breaststroke Men 18 December 2021 Medal 36 33
50 m Butterfly Men 19 – 20 December 2021 Medal 84 77
100 m Butterfly Men 17 – 18 December 2021 Medal 84 76
200 m Butterfly Men 16 December 2021 Medal 42 40
100 m Individual Medley Men 18 – 19 December 2021 Medal 39 32
200 m Individual Medley Men 16 December 2021 Medal 36 32
400 m Individual Medley Men 20 December 2021 Medal 18 15
4 x 50 m Medley Relay Men 20 December 2021 Medal 71 15
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men 21 December 2021 Medal 73 15
50 m Freestyle Women 20 – 21 December 2021 Medal 90 84
100 m Freestyle Women 17 – 18 December 2021 Medal 85 77
200 m Freestyle Women 16 December 2021 Medal 49 44
400 m Freestyle Women 19 December 2021 Medal 45 38
800 m Freestyle Women 17 – 18 December 2021 Medal 31 23
4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay Women 21 December 2021 Medal 50 11
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women 16 December 2021 Medal 61 14
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Women 20 December 2021 Medal 42 9
50 m Backstroke Women 19 – 20 December 2021 Medal 55 51
100 m Backstroke Women 16 – 17 December 2021 Medal 49 43
200 m Backstroke Women 18 December 2021 Medal 25 23
50 m Breaststroke Women 16 – 17 December 2021 Medal 64 59
100 m Breaststroke Women 19 – 20 December 2021 Medal 54 48
200 m Breaststroke Women 21 December 2021 Medal 34 30
50 m Butterfly Women 18 – 19 December 2021 Medal 60 54
100 m Butterfly Women 20 – 21 December 2021 Medal 41 35
200 m Butterfly Women 17 December 2021 Medal 34 29
100 m Individual Medley Women 18 – 19 December 2021 Medal 44 37
200 m Individual Medley Women 20 December 2021 Medal 31 28
400 m Individual Medley Women 16 December 2021 Medal 32 27
4 x 50 m Medley Relay Women 17 December 2021 Medal 62 13
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women 21 December 2021 Medal 66 13
4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay Mixed 17 December 2021 Medal 143 33
4 x 50 m Medley Relay Mixed 18 December 2021 Medal 158 36

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 9 9 12 30
2 Canada CAN 7 6 2 15
3 Italy ITA 5 5 6 16
4 Neutral Participant NEU 4 7 4 15
5 Sweden SWE 4 5 3 12
6 China CHN 4 1 2 7
7 Netherlands NED 2 3 3 8
8 Hong Kong HKG 2 0 1 3
9 Israel ISR 2 0 0 2
= Japan JPN 2 0 0 2
11 Germany GER 1 1 1 3
12 Brazil BRA 1 0 2 3
13 Great Britain GBR 1 0 1 2
= Poland POL 1 0 1 2
15 Austria AUT 1 0 0 1
= Belarus BLR 1 0 0 1
= South Korea KOR 1 0 0 1
18 Ireland IRL 0 1 1 2
= Lithuania LTU 0 1 1 2
= South Africa RSA 0 1 1 2
= Switzerland SUI 0 1 1 2
22 France FRA 0 1 0 1
= Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
= Trinidad and Tobago TTO 0 1 0 1
= Tunisia TUN 0 1 0 1
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 0 0 1 1
= Romania ROU 0 0 1 1
= Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
50 m Freestyle, Men Ben Proud GBR Ryan Held USA Joshua Liendo CAN
100 m Freestyle, Men Alessandro Miressi ITA Ryan Held USA Joshua Liendo CAN
200 m Freestyle, Men Hwang Seon-Wu KOR Aleksandr Shchogolev NEU Danas Rapšys LTU
400 m Freestyle, Men Felix Auböck AUT Danas Rapšys LTU Antonio Djakovic SUI
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Florian Wellbrock GER Ahmed Hafnaoui TUN Mykhailo Romanchuk UKR
4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay, Men Italy ITA Neutral Participant NEU Netherlands NED
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men Neutral Participant NEU Italy ITA United States USA
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Neutral Participant NEU Brazil BRA
50 m Backstroke, Men Kliment Kolesnikov NEU Christian Diener
Lorenzo Mora
GER
ITA
100 m Backstroke, Men Shaine Casas USA Kliment Kolesnikov NEU Robert Glință ROU
200 m Backstroke, Men Radosław Kawęcki POL Shaine Casas USA Christian Diener GER
50 m Breaststroke, Men Nic Fink USA Nicolò Martinenghi ITA João Gomes Júnior BRA
100 m Breaststroke, Men Ilia Shymanovich BLR Nicolò Martinenghi ITA Nic Fink USA
200 m Breaststroke, Men Nic Fink USA Arno Kamminga NED Will Licon USA
50 m Butterfly, Men Nicholas Santos BRA Dylan Carter TTO Matteo Rivolta ITA
100 m Butterfly, Men Matteo Rivolta ITA Chad le Clos RSA Andrey Minakov NEU
200 m Butterfly, Men Alberto Razzetti ITA Noè Ponti SUI Chad le Clos RSA
100 m Individual Medley, Men Kliment Kolesnikov NEU Tomoe Hvas NOR Thomas Ceccon ITA
200 m Individual Medley, Men Daiya Seto JPN Carson Foster USA Alberto Razzetti ITA
400 m Individual Medley, Men Daiya Seto JPN Ilya Borodin NEU Carson Foster USA
4 x 50 m Medley Relay, Men Neutral Participant
United States
NEU
USA
Italy ITA
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Italy ITA United States USA Neutral Participant NEU
4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay, Mixed Canada CAN Netherlands NED Neutral Participant NEU
4 x 50 m Medley Relay, Mixed Netherlands NED United States USA Italy ITA
50 m Freestyle, Women Sarah Sjöström SWE Ranomi Kromowidjojo NED Katarzyna Wasick POL
100 m Freestyle, Women Siobhán Haughey HKG Sarah Sjöström SWE Abbey Weitzeil USA
200 m Freestyle, Women Siobhán Haughey HKG Rebecca Smith CAN Paige Madden USA
400 m Freestyle, Women Li Bingjie CHN Summer McIntosh CAN Siobhán Haughey HKG
800 m Freestyle, Women Li Bingjie CHN Anastasiya Kirpichnikova NEU Simona Quadarella ITA
4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA Sweden SWE Netherlands NED
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States
Canada
USA
CAN
Sweden SWE
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Women Canada CAN United States USA China CHN
50 m Backstroke, Women Maggie Mac Neil CAN Kylie Masse CAN Louise Hansson SWE
100 m Backstroke, Women Louise Hansson SWE Kylie Masse CAN Katharine Berkoff USA
200 m Backstroke, Women Rhyan White USA Kylie Masse CAN Isabelle Stadden USA
50 m Breaststroke, Women Anastasia Gorbenko ISR Benedetta Pilato ITA Sophie Hansson SWE
100 m Breaststroke, Women Tang Qianting CHN Sophie Hansson SWE Mona McSharry IRL
200 m Breaststroke, Women Emily Escobedo USA Yevgeniya Chikunova NEU Molly Renshaw GBR
50 m Butterfly, Women Ranomi Kromowidjojo NED Sarah Sjöström SWE Claire Curzan USA
100 m Butterfly, Women Maggie Mac Neil CAN Louise Hansson SWE Claire Curzan USA
200 m Butterfly, Women Zhang Yufei CHN Charlotte Hook USA Lana Pudar BIH
100 m Individual Medley, Women Anastasia Gorbenko ISR Béryl Gastaldello FRA Mariya Kameneva NEU
200 m Individual Medley, Women Sydney Pickrem CAN Yu Yiting CHN Kate Douglass USA
400 m Individual Medley, Women Tess Cieplucha CAN Ellen Walshe IRL Melanie Margalis USA
4 x 50 m Medley Relay, Women Sweden SWE United States USA Netherlands NED
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women Sweden SWE Canada CAN China CHN