2025 World Championships
- July 27 – August 3, 2025 (pool swimming)
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After trailing the medal table through the first five days of competition at these 2025 World Championships, the stars n’ stripes broke through with enough pieces of hardware to now be positioned on top.
The U.S. has amassed 20 medals with two days of action remaining in Singapore, including 5 gold, 10 silver and 5 bronze.
Tonight, Olympic champion Kate Douglass registered the #2 performance of all time in the women’s 200m breaststroke on her way to gold.
The 23-year-old produced a new American record of 2:18.50 to get the job done, denying world record holder Evgenia Chikunova of Russia (NAB athlete).
Chikunova settled for silver in 2:19.96 while South African Kaylene Corbett and Belarus’ Alina Zmushka (NAA athlete) tied for bronze in 2:23.52.
Earlier in the session, Torri Huske raced her way to bronze in the women’s 100m free.
Former medal leaders Australia saw Mollie O’Callaghan score silver ahead of Huske and behind winner Marrit Steenbergen of the Netherlands.
The green and gold also earned bronze in the men’s 4x200m free relay behind winners Great Britain and runner-up China.
For the first time since 1998, the American men found themselves off the men’s 4×2 podium.
Despite collecting 8 medals at the 2023 World Championships and 7 last year in Doha, tonight’s gold represented GBR’s first medal of this year’s meet.
Breaking down the U.S. the women have been more successful than the men thus far in terms of hardware:
- U.S. Men – 1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
- U.S. Women – 4 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze
Medal Table Through Day Six of 2025 World Championships
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 |
U.S.
|
5 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 |
Australia
|
5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | China | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | France | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | NAB | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | NAA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Australia have much to be proud of … we have only 27 Million in our country compared to the size of other countries, some countries with over 300 million. Hold your head high Aussies … well done.
I disagree with the way the medal tables work.
A weighted system would demonstrate the strength of a team, over a team with one or two “Marchands” 3-2-1 or 5-3-1, still more emphasis on the winner. If only counting gold medals to see who leads the medal table, why even list the silver and bronze categories, except in the case of a tie in gold medals. Maybe it’s the only way to beat the USA, just counting golds?
https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/4725/world-aquatics-championships-singapore-2025/medals?disciplines=
A coincidence that this medal table finally reappears after the US takes the lead?
This medal table has appeared during every day of the meet:
https://swimswam.com/mcintosh-propels-canada-to-rank-third-in-world-championships-medal-table/
So despite Australia’s early lead, USA should finish with a 2-3 gold buffer.
Remaining gold chances:
USA
Lock/Heavy favourite: W50 Fly, WMedley
Favourite:
Slight favourite:
Toss up: W50 free, W800 free, Mixed Free
Reasonable chance: M50 free, M1500 free
Outside chance: W50 Breast, W200 back
Hail Mary: M50 back, MMedley
No entry/ no realistic chance: M100 fly, M400IM, W400IM
AUS
Lock/Heavy favourite:
Favourite: W200 back
Slight favourite: M50 free
Toss up: W50 free, Mixed Free
Reasonable chance:
Outside chance:
Hail Mary: M50 back
No entry/ no realistic chance: M1500 free, M100 fly, M400IM, MMedley, W50 Breast, W50 Fly, W400IM
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Thank you, Kate.
Cool. Now let’s offer US citizenship to Popovici, MacIntosh and Marchand. Then we can run the table.
I, a proud Canadian, was the first to downvote.
Do you spend 90% of your life in the U.S. as well.
My 400m PR is 6:11. What do you think?
I’m sure they’ll be ecstatic at the prospect.
As a french I politely decline the offer.
Thanks for the offer, due to the objection of my Canadian pride, we’ll have to decline. Maybe ask the the Romanians.