Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
The swimming competition at the 12th FINA World Aquatics Championships was held in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, from 25 March to 1 April 2007. This portion of the 2007 Worlds featured 40 events, all swum in a long course pool:
- freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m;
- backstroke: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
- breaststroke: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
- butterfly: 50 m, 100 m and 200 m;
- individual medley : 200 m and 400 m; and
- relays: 4 × 100 m free, 4 × 200 m free, and 4 × 100 m medley.
Further explanations
The 2007 World Championships served in qualifying for the Swimming portion at the 2008 Olympics in two ways:- It was the main relay qualifier, with the top-12 finishers in each relay automatically qualifying for the 16-entry field at the 2008 Olympics.
- Those nations who did not have swimmers who meet the Olympic qualifying times, and wanted a "wildcard" entry into the Olympics, need to have their potential swimmers swim at the 2007 Worlds.
Participating nations
166 nations had 1,142 swimmers entered at the 2007 Worlds:Event schedule
Morning/heats sessions began at 10:00 a.m., with the evening sessions beginning at 7:00 p.m. All events were contested in a long-course pool. In the 50 m, 100 m, and 200 m events, heats/semifinals/finals were held; with heats in the morning of the first day of the event, semifinals that evening, and finals the next evening. For races 400 m, 800 m, or 1500 m in length, only heats and finals were held. For the 400 m events, heats and finals were held on the same day. For the individual 800 m and 1500 m free events, heats were held in the morning with finals in the next day's evening session. For the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, heats and finals were the same day.| date | Morning session Preliminary heats | Evening session Finals & semifinals |
| Sunday 25 March 2007 | women's 100 fly men's 400 free women's 200 I.M. men's 50 fly women's 400 free men's 100 breast women's 4 × 100 free relay men's 4 × 100 free relay swim-off: men's 50 fly | women's 100 fly men's 400 free women's 200 I.M. men's 50 fly women's 400 free men's 100 breast women's 4 × 100 free relay men's 4 × 100 free relay |
| Monday 26 March 2007 | women's 100 back men's 200 free women's 100 breast men's 100 back women's 1500 free | men's 100 breast women's 100 fly men's 100 back women's 100 breast men's 50 fly women's 100 back men's 200 free women's 200 I.M. |
| Tuesday 27 March 2007 | men's 50 breast men's 200 fly women's 200 free men's 800 free | men's 200 free women's 100 back men's 50 breast women's 1500 free men's 100 back women's 200 free men's 200 fly women's 100 breast |
| Wednesday 28 March 2007 | women's 50 back men's 100 free women's 200 fly men's 200 I.M. | men's 100 free women's 50 back men's 200 fly women's 200 free men's 50 breast women's 200 fly men's 200 I.M. men's 800 free |
| Thursday 29 March 2007 | women's 100 free men's 200 back women's 200 breast men's 200 breast women's 4 × 200 free relay | women's 100 free men's 200 I.M. women's 200 breast men's 100 free women's 200 fly men's 200 breast women's 50 back men's 200 back women's 4 × 200 free relay |
| Friday 30 March 2007 | women's 50 fly men's 50 free women's 800 free men's 100 fly women's 200 back men's 4 × 200 free relay | women's 100 free men's 200 back women's 50 fly men's 50 free women's 200 breast men's 100 fly women's 200 back men's 200 breast men's 4 × 200 free relay swim-off: men's 50 free swim-off: men's 100 fly |
| Saturday 31 March 2007 | women's 50 free men's 50 back women's 50 breast men's 1500 free women's 4 × 100 medley relay | women's 50 fly men's 50 free women's 200 back women's 50 breast men's 100 fly women's 50 free men's 50 back women's 800 free women's 4 × 100 medley relay |
| Sunday 1 April 2007 | men's 400 I.M. women's 400 I.M. men's 4 × 100 medley relay | men's 50 back women's 50 breast men's 400 I.M. women's 50 free men's 1500 free women's 400 I.M. men's 4 × 100 medley relay |