Australia at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships

Australia competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China from 16 to 31 July 2011. Australian athletes have competed in every FINA World Aquatics Championships. Swimming Australia sent a total of 97 athletes to the Championships to compete in all 5 sports.

Australia at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	AUS
National federation	Swimming Australia
Website	swimming.org.au
in Shanghai, China
Competitors	97 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 7thth	Gold 2 Silver 10 Bronze 4 Total 16
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	James Magnussen Matthew Targett Matthew Abood Eamon Sullivan Kyle Richardson James Roberts	Swimming	Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay	24 July
Gold	James Magnussen	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	28 July
Silver	Alexandra Croak Melissa Wu	Diving	Women's 10 m synchronized platform	18 July
Silver	Melissa Gorman Ky Hurst Rhys Mainstone	Open water swimming	Team	21 July
Silver	Matthew Targett	Swimming	Men's 50 m butterfly	25 July
Silver	Alicia Coutts	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	25 July
Silver	Alicia Coutts	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	25 July
Silver	Leisel Jones	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke	26 July
Silver	Kylie Palmer	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	27 July
Silver	Bronte Barratt Blair Evans Angie Bainbridge Kylie Palmer Jade Neilsen	Swimming	Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay	28 July
Silver	Belinda Hocking	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	30 July
Silver	Hayden Stoeckel Brenton Rickard Geoff Huegill James Magnussen Ben Treffers Christian Sprenger Sam Ashby James Roberts	Swimming	Men's 4×100 m medley relay	31 July
Bronze	Anabelle Smith Sharleen Stratton	Diving	Women's 3 m synchronized springboard	16 July
Bronze	Geoff Huegill	Swimming	Men's 50 m butterfly	25 July
Bronze	Belinda Hocking Leisel Jones Alicia Coutts Merindah Dingjan Stephanie Rice	Swimming	Women's 4×100 m medley relay	30 July
Bronze	Stephanie Rice	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	31 July

Diving

Australia will send 7 divers to the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Grant Nel	1 m springboard	340.85	19			Did not advance
	3 m springboard	383.95	27	Did not advance
James Connor	10 m platform	356.60	26	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sharleen Stratton	1 m pringboard	282.45	3 Q			281.65	7
	3 m springboard	324.45	4 Q	327.40	8 Q	330.75	5
Brittany Broben	1 m springboard	257.10	10 Q			267.20	11
	10 m platform	276.55	15 Q	263.95	17	Did not advance
Anabelle Smith	3 m springboard	256.50	28	Did not advance
Alexandra Croak	10 m platform	320.50	8 Q	330.35	6 Q	337.75	7
Anabelle Smith Sharleen Stratton	3 m synchronized springboard	285.90	5 Q			306.90
Alexandra Croak Melissa Wu	10 m synchronized platform	303.66	2 Q			325.92

Open water swimming

Men[1]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Position
Codie Grimsey	5 km	56:40.4	24
	25 km	DNF
Trent Grimsey	5 km	56:33.4	16
	25 km	5:11:28.2	5
Ky Hurst	10 km	1:54:33.9	5
Rhys Mainstone	10 km	1:55:51.5	30

Women[2]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Position
Bonnie Macdonald	5 km	1:01:08.3	21
Danielle de Francesco	5 km	1:00:46.8	8
	10 km	2:05:47.3	31
Melissa Gorman	10 km	2:02:12.0	4
Tash Harrison	25 km	5:53.35.4	14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Position
Melissa Gorman Ky Hurst Rhys Mainstone	Team	57:01.8

Swimming

Australia qualified 47 swimmers.[3]

Men (23): Matthew Abood, Sam Ashby, Craig Calder, Ashley Delaney, Tommaso D'Orsogna, Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Jayden Hadler, Geoff Huegill, Jarrod Killey, Mitch Larkin, James Magnussen, Kenrick Monk, Ryan Napoleon, Travis Nederpelt, Kyle Richardson, Brenton Rickard, James Roberts, Christian Sprenger, Hayden Stoeckel, Eamon Sullivan, Matthew Targett, Kenneth To, Ben Treffers

Women (24): Jessica Ashwood, Angie Bainbridge, Bronte Barratt, Alicia Coutts, Merindah Dingjan, Blair Evans, Sally Foster, Katie Goldman, Melissa Gorman (pool and open water), Marieke Guehrer, Olivia Halicek, Samantha Hamill, Belinda Hocking, Leisel Jones, Rebecca Kemp, Yolane Kukla, Meagen Nay, Jade Neilsen, Kylie Palmer, Leiston Pickett, Stephanie Rice, Jessicah Schipper, Emily Seebohm, Kelly Stubbins

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matthew Abood	50 m freestyle	22.17	9 Q	22.16	12	Did not advance
Matt Targett	50 m freestyle	22.31	14 Q	22.09	9	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	23.53	8 Q	23.41	7 Q	23.28
James Magnussen	100 m freestyle	48.21	2 Q	47.90	1 Q	47.63
James Roberts	100 m freestyle	48.93	16 Q	48.49	10	Did not advance
Kenrick Monk	200 m freestyle	1:48.42	16 Q	1:47.86	11	Did not advance
Thomas Fraser-Holmes	200 m freestyle	1:48.86	22	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:50.71	19			Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:18.49	13			Did not advance
Ryan Napoleon	400 m freestyle	3:48.54	13			Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:56.84	13			Did not advance
Jarrod Killey	1500 m freestyle	15:51.66	24			Did not advance
Hayden Stoeckel	50 m backstroke	25.29	13 Q	25.20	10	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	54.05	9 Q	53.70	9	Did not advance
Ashley Delaney	50 m backstroke	25.33	14 Q	25.43	13	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:00.15	21	Did not advance
Ben Treffers	100 m backstroke	53.89	6 Q	53.87	10	Did not advance
Mitch Larkin	200 m backstroke	2:00.52	23	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:04.57	34	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:26.91	25			Did not advance
Brenton Rickard	50 m breaststroke	27.89	13 Q	27.80	13	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:00.48	13 Q	1:00.04	4 Q	1:00.11	5
	200 m breaststroke	2:13.51	21	Did not advance
Christian Sprenger	100 m breaststroke	1:00.35	7 Q	1:00.44	10	Did not advance
Craig Calder	200 m breaststroke	2:13.90	26	Did not advance
Geoff Huegill	50 m butterfly	23.27	2 Q	23.26	2 Q	23.35
	100 m butterfly	51.83	3 Q	51.85	6 Q	52.36	8
Sam Ashby	100 m butterfly	52.27	10 Q	52.19	11	Did not advance
Jayden Hadler	200 m butterfly	1:57.17	18	Did not advance
Travis Nederpelt	200 m butterfly	2:00.98	32	Did not advance
Kenneth To	200 m individual medley	1:59.02	3 Q	1:59.17	7 Q	1:59.26	7
James Magnussen Matt Targett Matthew Abood Eamon Sullivan Kyle Richardson* James Roberts*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.79	5 Q			3:11.00
Thomas Fraser-Holmes Kenrick Monk Jarrod Killey Ryan Napoleon Tommaso D'Orsogna*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:11.80	4 Q			7:08.48	5
Hayden Stoeckel Brenton Rickard Geoff Huegill James Magnussen Ben Treffers* Christian Sprenger* Sam Ashby* James Roberts*	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.88	5 Q			3:32.26

• * raced in heats only

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olivia Halicek	50 m freestyle	25.18	12 Q	25.20	12	Did not advance
Yolane Kukla	50 m freestyle	25.11	9 Q	25.11	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.37	6 Q	54.87	14	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	27.24	24	Did not advance
Alicia Coutts	100 m freestyle	54.37	6 Q	53.78	3 Q	53.81	6
	100 m butterfly	57.49	2 Q	57.41	4 Q	56.94
	200 m individual medley	2:11.64	5 Q	2:10.65	4 Q	2:09.00
Bronte Barratt	200 m freestyle	1:57.37	3 Q	1:56.90	6 Q	1:56.60	5
	400 m freestyle	4:08.62	11			Did not advance
Kylie Palmer	200 m freestyle	1:57.42	5 Q	1:56.59	3 Q	1:56.04
	400 m freestyle	4:06.38	5 Q			4:04.62	4
Katie Goldman	800 m freestyle	8:28.35	5 Q			8:29.20	6
Melissa Gorman	800 m freestyle	8:30.00	13			Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	16:07.39	7 Q			16:05.98	5
Jessica Ashwood	1500 m freestyle	16:25.85	15			Did not advance
Emily Seebohm	50 m backstroke	28.39	8 Q	28.19	8 Q	28.07	5
	100 m backstroke	59.87	3 Q	59.54	4 Q	59.21	4
Belinda Hocking	50 m backstroke	28.92	20	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:00.23	6 Q	59.69	6 Q	59.53	6
	200 m backstroke	2:08.50	4 Q	2:07.78	2 Q	2:06.06
Meagen Nay	200 m backstroke	2:08.50	4 Q	2:08.53	7 Q	2:08.69	6
Leisel Jones	50 m breaststroke	30.93	5 Q	31.14	5 Q	31.01	6
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.72	6 Q	1:06.66	2 Q	1:06.25
Leiston Pickett	50 m breaststroke	31.07	6 Q	30.96	4 Q	30.74	4
	100 m breaststroke	1:08.06	11 Q	1:07.87	10	Did not advance
Sally Foster	200 m breaststroke	2:27.07	6 Q	2:26.43	12	Did not advance
Rebecca Kemp	200 m breaststroke	2:29.82	23	Did not advance
Marieke Guehrer	50 m butterfly	26.59	13 Q	26.12	6 Q	26.21	8
Jessicah Schipper	100 m butterfly	57.86	4 Q	57.95	7 Q	57.95	7
	200 m butterfly	2:08.62	9 Q	2:06.93	6 Q	2:06.64	7
Stephanie Rice	200 m butterfly	2:08.43	7 Q	2:07.32	8 Q	2:06.08	5
	200 m individual medley	2:12.68	8 Q	2:09.65	1 Q	2:09.65	4
	400 m individual medley	4:37.32	5 Q			4:34.23
Samantha Hamill	400 m individual medley	4:45.32	19			Did not advance
Bronte Barratt Marieke Guehrer Merindah Dingjan Alicia Coutts Kelly Stubbins* Yolane Kukla*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:38.35	5 Q			3:36.70	5
Bronte Barratt Blair Evans Angie Bainbridge Kylie Palmer Jade Neilsen*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:55.68	6 Q			7:47.42
Belinda Hocking Leisel Jones Alicia Coutts Merindah Dingjan Stephanie Rice*	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.62	4 Q			3:57.13

• * raced in heats only

Synchronised swimming

Australia has qualified 10 athletes in synchronised swimming.[4]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eloise Amberger Sarah Bombell	Duet technical routine	76.400	26	Did not advance
	Duet free routine	76.690	26	Did not advance
Eloise Amberger Sarah Bombell Olia Burtaev Tamika Domrow Bianca Hammett Louise McConnell Samantha Reid Li-Ching Yew	Team technical routine	75.200	18	Did not advance
Eloise Amberger Sarah Bombell Olia Burtaev Li-Ching Yew Tamika Domrow Bianca Hammett Jenny-Lyn Anderson Samantha Reid	Team free routine	76.720	17	Did not advance

Reserves

• Amie Thompson

Water polo

Men

Team Roster [5]

Joel Dennerley Richard Campbell Timothy Cleland Mitchell Baird Robert Maitland

Anthony Martin Aidan Joseph Roach Samuel McGregor – Captain Aaron Younger

Gavin Woods Rhys Howden William Miller Luke Quinliven

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	3	3	0	0	41	19	+22	6
Australia	3	2	0	1	30	27	+3	4
Romania	3	1	0	2	27	31	–4	2
China	3	0	0	3	22	43	–21	0

July 18, 2011 12:10	Report	Romania	8–9	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 3–3, 1–4
		Three players 2	Goals	Miller 3

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July 20, 2011 21:00	Report	Australia	12–7	China	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 550 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 3–2, 7–1
		Campbell, Younger 3	Goals	Pan Ning, Li Bin 2

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July 22, 2011 19:40	Report	Serbia	12–9	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 550 Referees: Caputi (ITA), Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–1, 3–2, 2–3
		Filipović 5	Goals	three players 2

Playoff Round

July 24, 2011 15:30	Report	Spain	9–8	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 750 Referees: Brgulian (MNE), Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 3–4, 1–2
		Perrone, García 3	Goals	three players 2

Classification 9–12

July 26, 2011 12:40	Report	Australia	15–9	Japan	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Referees: Ciric (SRB), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 6–4, 1–1, 3–1, 5–3
		three players 3	Goals	Takei 3

Ninth place game

July 28, 2011 10:50	Report	Canada	6–8	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 300 Referees: Brgulian (MNE), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 2–3, 1–3
		Graham 3	Goals	Younger 2

Women

Team Roster[6]

Alicia McCormack Gemma Jane Beadsworth Sophie Elizabeth Smith Rebecca Marie Rippon Jane Moran

Alice Bronwen Knox Rowena Evelyn Webster Kate Maree Gynther – Captain Glencora Ralph

Holly Jane Lincoln Smith Melissa Alison Rippon Nicola Maree Zagame Victoria Jayne Brown

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	43	17	+26	6
Australia	3	2	0	1	46	16	+30	4
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	27	29	−2	2
Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	14	68	−54	0

July 17, 2011 12:10	Report	Australia	7–10	Canada	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 500 Referees: Stavridis (GRE) Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–3, 2–3, 3–2
		Webster 2	Goals	five players 2

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July 19, 2011 10:50	Report	Australia	12–4	New Zealand	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 450 Referees: Ni (CHN), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–0, 4–2, 3–2
		Ralph 3	Goals	Mason 2

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July 21, 2011 18:20	Report	Australia	27–2	Uzbekistan	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 400 Referees: Wengenroth (SUI), Gonzalez (PUR)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 9–0, 6–1, 9–0
		three players 4	Goals	Sarancha, Plyusova 1

Playoff Round

July 23, 2011 15:30	Report	Hungary	9–10	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 900 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Borrell (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–3, 4–2
		four players 2	Goals	Webster 4

Quarterfinals

July 25, 2011 16:40	Report	Italy	14–12	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 550 Referees: Juhaz (HUN), Borrell (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 4–0, 4–6, 0–1  OT: 1–1 Pen 5–3
		Bianconi 4	Goals	four players 2

Classification 5–8

July 27, 2011 15:30	Report	Netherlands	7–12	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 900 Referees: Juhaz (HUN), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 3–3, 1–1
		van Belkum 3	Goals	Knox 4

Fifth place game

July 29, 2011 10:50	Report	United States	5–10	Australia	Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai Attendance: 250 Referees: Deslieres (CAN), Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–4, 2–4, 1–1
		Villa, Dries 2	Goals	Knox 4

References

1. Open Water Qualifiers – Men
2. Open Water Qualifiers – Women
3. "Swimming Archive". Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
4. Athletes Listed in Synchronized Swimming Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
5. Men's Water Polo Team
6. Women's Water Polo Team