2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
The 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) were 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 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 broken. Lochte and Hungarian Katinka Hosszú were named the best male and female swimmers of the competition. Lochte finished the meet with 8 total medals 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.Events
The swimming competition featured races in a short-course pool in 40 events. Prelim events were held in the morning session and semi-finals/final in the evening session.- Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1500 ;
- 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
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.In January 2014 the Court of Arbitration for Sport partially overturned FINA's ruling and returned the gold medal in 1500 m freestyle.
| Ruling date | Event | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 17 June 2013 | Men's 400 metre freestyle | −1 | −1 | |||
| 17 June 2013 | Men's 400 metre freestyle | +1 | +1 | |||
| 17 June 2013 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | −1 | −1 | |||
| 17 June 2013 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||
| 17 June 2013 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | +1 | −1 | 0 | ||
| 17 June 2013 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | +1 | +1 | |||
| 31 January 2014 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | +1 | +1 | |||
| 31 January 2014 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | -1 | +1 | 0 | ||
| 31 January 2014 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | -1 | +1 | 0 | ||
| 31 January 2014 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle | -1 | -1 |
Championship and world records broken
Women
- All world records are subsequently championship records.
Broadcasting rights
- Europe – Eurosport
- Finland – Yle
- Hungary – M2; Kossuth Rádió
- Lithuania – LRT televizija
- Turkey – TRT SPOR