Watch All 13 of the Australian Gold Medals at the 2023 World Championships

2023 WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Australians won the most gold medals at the 2023 World Championships with 13 total, including nine individual golds and four relay golds. In addition, they also set a total of five new World Records, three in relays and two in individual events.

WOMEN’S 400 FREESTYLE – FINALS

  1. Ariarne Titmus (AUS) — 3:55.38 (WORLD RECORD)
  2. Katie Ledecky (USA) — 3:58.73
  3. Erika Fairweather (NZL) — 3:59.59
  4. Summer McIntosh (CAN) — 3:59.94
  5. Li Bingjie (CHN) — 4:01.65
  6. Lani Pallister (AUS) — 4:05.17
  7. Isabel Gose (GER) — 4:05.27
  8. Bella Sims (USA) — 4:05.37

100 FREESTYLE

  • World Record: Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden – 51.71 (2017)
  • World Junior Record: Penny Oleksiak, Canada – 52.70
  • Championship Record: Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden – 51.71 (2017)
  • 2022 World Champion: Mollie O’Callaghan, Australia – 52.67
  • 2022 Time to Medal: 52.92

Top 8:

  1. Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) — 52.16
  2. Siobhan Haughey (HKG) — 52.49
  3. Marrit Steenbergen (NED) — 52.71
  4. Kate Douglass (USA) — 52.81
  5. Emma McKeon (AUS) — 52.83
  6. Abbey Weitzeil (USA) — 53.34
  7. Michelle Coleman (SWE) — 53.83
  8. Yang Junxuan (CHN) — 54.06

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200 FREESTYLE

  • World Record: Federica Pellegrini, Italy — 1:52.98 (2009)
  • World Junior Record: Summer McIntosh, Canada – 1:53.91 (2023)
  • Championship Record: Federica Pellegrini, Italy -1:52.98 (2009)
  • 2022 World Champion: Yang Junxuan, China – 1:54.92
  • 2022 Time to Medal: 1:56.25

Top 8:

  1. Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) — 1:52.85 (WORLD RECORD)
  2. Ariarne Titmus (AUS) — 1:53.01
  3. Summer McIntosh (CAN) — 1:53.65 (WORLD JUNIOR RECORD)
  4. Siobhan Haughey (HKG) — 1:53.96
  5. Marrit Steenbergen (NED) — 1:55.51
  6. Bella Sims (USA) — 1:56.00
  7. Freya Anderson (GBR) — 1:56.33
  8. Liu Yaxin (CHN) — 1:56.97

WOMEN’S 4×100 FREESTYLE RELAY

  • World Record: Australia – 3:29.69 (2021)
  • Championship Record: Australia – 3:30.21 (2019)
  • 2022 World Champion: Australia – 3:30.95
  1. Australia — 3:27.96 (WORLD RECORD)
  2. United States — 3:31.93
  3. China — 3:32.40
  4. Great Britain — 3:33.90
  5. Sweden — 3:34.17
  6. Netherlands — 3:35.41
  7. Canada — 3:36.62
  8. Japan — 3:38.61

WOMEN’S 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY

  • World Record: Australia – 7:39.29 (2022)
  • Championship Record: United States – 7:41.45 (2022)
  • 2022 World Champion: United States – 7:41.45
  • 2022 Time to Medal: 7:44.76

Top 8:

  1. Australia (O’Callaghan, Jack, Throssell, Titmus) — 7:37.50 (WORLD RECORD)
  2. United States (Gemmell, Ledecky, Sims, Shackell) — 7:41.38
  3. China (Li, Li, Ai, Liu) — 7:44.40
  4. Great Britain — 7:46.63
  5. Canada — 7:49.98
  6. Netherlands — 7:52.93
  7. Hungary — 7:54.65
  8. Brazil — 7:59.10

MIXED 4×100 FREESTYLE RELAY

  • World Record: 3:19.38 — Australia (2022)
  • Championship Record: 3:19.38 — Australia (2022)
  • World Junior Record: 3:25.92 — United States (2019)
  • 2022 Winning Time: 3:19.38

Top 8:

  1. Australia (Cartwright, Chalmers, Jack, O’Callaghan) — 3:18.83 (WORLD RECORD)
  2. United States (Alexy, King, Weitzeil, Douglass) — 3:20.82
  3. Great Britain (Richards, Scott, Hopkin, Anderson) — 3:21.68
  4. Canada — 3:23.82
  5. Italy — 3:24.53
  6. Brazil — 3:25.21
  7. Japan — 3:26.96
  8. Germany — 3:27.18

MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE – FINAL

  • World Record: Paul Biedermann, Germany – 3:40.07 (2009)
  • World Junior Record: Petar Mitsin, Bulgaria – 3:44.31 (2023)
  • Championship Record: Paul Biedermann, Germany – 3:40.07 (2009)
  • 2022 World Champion: Elijah Winnington, Australia – 3:41.22
  1. Sam Short (AUS) — 3:40.68
  2. Ahmed Hafnaoui (TUN) — 3:40.70
  3. Lukas Märtens (GER) — 3:42.20
  4. Guilherme Costa (BRA) — 3:43.58
  5. Woomin Kim (KOR) — 3:43.92
  6. Antonio Djakovic (SUI) — 3:44.22
  7. Elijah Winnington (AUS) — 3:44.26
  8. Felix Auboeck (AUT) — 3:44.33

MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – FINAL

  • World Record: David Popovici, Romania – 46.86 (2022)
  • World Junior Record: David Popovici, Romania – 46.86 (2022)
  • Championship Record: Cesar Cielo, Brazil – 46.91 (2009)
  • 2022 World Champion: David Popovici, Romania – 47.58
  • 2022 Time to Medal: 47.71

Top 8:

  1. Kyle Chalmers (AUS) — 47.15
  2. Jack Alexy (USA) — 47.31
  3. Maxime Grousset (FRA) — 47.42
  4. Pan Zhanle (CHN) — 47.43
  5. Matt Richards (GBR) — 47.45
  6. David Popovici (ROU) — 47.83
  7. Jordan Crooks (CAY) — 47.94
  8. Nandor Nemeth (HUN) — 48.17

WOMEN’S 200 BACKSTROKE — FINAL

  • World Record: 2:03.14 — Kaylee McKeown, Australia (2023)
  • Championship Record: 2:03.35 — Regan Smith, United States (2019)
  • World Junior Record: 2:03.35 — Regan Smith, United States (2019)
  • 2022 Winning Time: 2:05.08 — Kaylee McKeown, Australia

Top 8:

  1. Kaylee McKeown (AUS) — 2:03.85
  2. Regan Smith (USA) — 2:04.94
  3. Peng Xuwei (CHN) — 2:06.74
  4. Katie Shanahan (GBR) — 2:07.45
  5. Kylie Masse (CAN) — 2:07.52
  6. Rhyan White (USA) — 2:08.43
  7. Laura Bernat (POL) — 2:10.68
  8. Jenna Forrester (AUS) — 2:11.44

WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – FINAL

  • World Record: Kaylee McKeown, Australia – 57.45 (2021)
  • World Junior Record: Regan Smith, United States – 57.57 (2019)
  • Championship Record: Regan Smith, United States – 57.57 (2019)
  • 2022 World Champion: Regan Smith, United States – 58.22
  • 2022 Time to Medal: 58.67

Top 8:

  1. Kaylee McKeown (AUS) — 57.53 (Championship Record)
  2. Regan Smith (USA) — 57.78
  3. Katharine Berkoff (USA) — 58.25
  4. Kylie Masse (CAN) — 59.09
  5. Ingrid Wilm (CAN) — 59.31
  6. Pauline Mahieu (FRA) — 59.72
  7. Medi Harris (GBR) — 59.84
  8. Wan Letian (CHN) — 1:00.39

WOMEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – FINAL

  • World Record: Liu Xiang, China – 26.98 (2018)
  • World Junior Record: Minna Atherton, Australia – 27.49 (2016)
  • Championship Record: Zhao Ling, China – 27.06 (2009)
  • 2022 World Champion: Kylie Masse, Canada – 27.31
  • 2022 Time to Medal: 27.40

Top 8:

  1. Kaylee McKeown (AUS) — 27.08
  2. Regan Smith (USA) — 27.11
  3. Lauren Cox (GBR) — 27.20
  4. Kylie Masse (CAN) — 27.28
  5. Katharine Berkoff (USA) — 27.38
  6. Ingrid Wilm (CAN) — 27.41
  7. Wang Xueer (CHN) — 27.99
  8. Analia Pigree (FRA) — 28.04

MEN’S 50 FREESTYLE — FINAL

  • World Record: 20.91 — Cesar Cielo, Brazil (2009)
  • Championship Record: 21.04 — Caeleb Dressel, United States (2019)
  • World Junior Record: 21.75 — Michael Andrew, United States (2017)
  • 2022 Winning Time: 21.32 — Ben Proud, Great Britain

Top 8:

  1. Cameron McEvoy (AUS) — 21.06
  2. Jack Alexy (USA) — 21.57
  3. Ben Proud (GBR) — 21.58
  4. Isaac Cooper (AUS) — 21.70
  5. Ryan Held (USA) — 21.72
  6. Jordan Crooks (CAY) — 21.73
  7. Kristian Gkolomeev (GRE) — 21.82
  8. Leonardo Deplano (ITA) — 21.92

MEN’S 4×100 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL

  • World Record: USA – 3:08.24
  • Championship Record: USA – 3:09.06
  • 2022 World Champion: USA – 3:09.34
  1. Australia — 3:10.16
  2. Italy — 3:10.49
  3. United States — 3:10.81
  4. China — 3:11.38
  5. Canada — 3:12.05
  6. Brazil — 3:12.71
  7. Israel — 3:14.53
  8. Spain — 3:14.64

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Colby
1 year ago

Biggest unexplained AUS mysteries:

  1. Emma McKeon 2021 vs Emma McKeon 2023
  2. Mollie O’Callaghan knee dislocation surge; hurts knee, swims faster

Haven’t heard any explanation on either.

Stefano
Reply to  Colby
1 year ago

What explanation do you want, Emma has always said that her biggest goal is Paris and she did 24.35-52.83-56.88 so definitely not bad and they always said that Mollie’s injury was nothing major

Hooked on Chlorine
1 year ago

Ironic that the video uploader made certain that the people most interested in watching the videos, Aussie swimming fans, couldn’t watch them in their home country. Well, a trusty VPN will soon rectify that situation.

Stupid-looking copyright issues.

The commentary on these videos was fairly dull. It conveyed none of the excitement of the events. Channel 9’s was vastly better, despite Thorpie not knowing when to shut up.

Joel
Reply to  Hooked on Chlorine
1 year ago

Which commentary is it?

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