Australia at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the
2009 World Aquatics Championships
Australia at the; 2009 World Aquatics Championships
	Flag of Australia
FINA code	AUS
National federation	Swimming Australia
Website	swimming.org.au
in Rome, Italy
Competitors	82
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold4Silver5Bronze10Total19
World Aquatics Championships appearances
	1973 ; 1975 ; 1978 ; 1982 ; 1986 ; 1991 ; 1994 ; 1998 ; 2001 ; 2003 ; 2005 ; 2007 ; 2009 ; 2011 ; 2013 ; 2015 ; 2017 ; 2019 ; 2022 ; 2023 ; 2024 ;

Last updated March 28, 2024

Australia competed at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy from 17 July to 2 August 2009.

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthew Mitcham	1 m springboard	369.05	9 Q	—		440.20
	3 m springboard	434.35	11 Q	467.15	5 Q	431.30	9
	10 m platform	491.50	4 Q	499.00	2 Q	529.50	4
Grant Nel	1 m springboard	327.65	19	—		did not advance
Grant Nel	3 m springboard	332.70	37	did not advance
Matthew Mitcham Grant Nel	3 m synchronized springboard	367.17	14	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Briony Cole	3 m springboard	266.40	14 Q	317.30	6 Q	311.50	9
Alex Croak	1 m springboard	234.15	18	—		did not advance
Alex Croak	10 m platform	323.85	5 Q	353.80	4 Q	351.85	7
Sharleen Stratton	1 m springboard	263.40	8 Q	—	284.15	5
Sharleen Stratton	3 m springboard	291.70	8 Q	314.35	7 Q	327.75	6
Melissa Wu	10 m platform	359.80	2 Q	364.45	2 Q	329.75	11
Briony Cole Sharleen Stratton	3 m synchronized springboard	301.74	6 Q	—		309.18	5
Briony Cole Melissa Wu	10 m synchronized platform	308.52	5 Q	—		320.58	5

Open water swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andrew Beato	5 km	56:52.4	13
Brendan Capell	25 km	5:30:27.5	7
Trent Grimsey	5 km	57:07.2	16
	10 km	1:52:14.8	8
	25 km	5:26:50.7
Rhys Mainstone	10 km	1:52:50.2	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kate Brookes-Peterson	5 km	57:42.7	8
Shelley Clark	25 km	6:07:31.7	13
Danielle de Francesco	10 km	2:02:55.4	36
Danielle de Francesco	25 km	did not finish
Melissa Gorman	5 km	56:55.8
Melissa Gorman	10 km	2:02:16.0	29

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matthew Abood	50 m freestyle	21.90	11 Q	21.74	14	did not advance
Matthew Abood	100 m freestyle	48.45	17	did not advance
Leith Brodie	200 m individual medley	1:57.66 OC	3 Q	1:56.75 OC	3 Q	1:56.69 OC	5
Leith Brodie	400 m individual medley	4:15.52	14	—		did not advance
Ashley Delaney	50 m backstroke	24.97	=14 Q	25.02	16	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	53.33	7 Q	53.24	10	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:58.02	17	did not advance
Tommaso D'Orsogna	200 m individual medley	2:00.31	18	did not advance
Robert Hurley	400 m freestyle	3:46.01	11	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:50.65	10	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:14.75	14	—		did not advance
	100 m backstroke	55.18	32	did not advance
Andrew Lauterstein	50 m butterfly	23.10	5 Q	23.19	10	did not advance
Andrew Lauterstein	100 m butterfly	50.93	4 Q	51.03	7 Q	50.85 OC	5
Kenrick Monk	200 m freestyle	1:46.56	9 Q	1:45.77	7 Q	1:45.46	5
Patrick Murphy	200 m freestyle	1:46.61	10 Q	1:46.70	14	did not advance
Ryan Napoleon	400 m freestyle	3:47.98	21	—		did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:53.92	12	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:09.55	11	—		did not advance
Stephen Parkes	400 m individual medley	4:18.60	22	—		did not advance
Adam Pine	100 m butterfly	51.98	21	did not advance
Kyle Richardson	50 m freestyle	22.21	21	did not advance
Brenton Rickard	50 m breaststroke	27.15 OC	3 Q	27.13 OC	4 Q	26.95 OC	=4
	100 m breaststroke	58.98 CR	1 Q	59.27	4 Q	58.58 WR
	200 m breaststroke	2:10.54	16 Q	2:07.89	3 Q	2:08.23	5
Christian Sprenger	50 m breaststroke	27.88	37	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	59.52	=7 Q	59.98	=15	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.82	12 Q	2:07.31 WR	1 Q	2:07.80	=
Lachlan Staples	200 m butterfly	1:57.21	22	did not advance
Matt Targett	100 m freestyle	48.26	14 Q	48.15	11	did not advance
Matt Targett	50 m butterfly	23.23	=8 Q	23.04	5 Q	22.73 OC
Chris Wright	200 m butterfly	1:57.54	27	did not advance
Matthew Abood Tommaso D'Orsogna Andrew Lauterstein Matt Targett	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.58	7 Q	—		3:12.40	8
Tommaso D'Orsogna Nic Ffrost* Hurley Kenrick Monk Patrick Murphy Kirk Palmer*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:05.56	3 Q	—		7:01.65 OC
Ashley Delaney Andrew Lauterstein Brenton Rickard Christian Sprenger* Matt Targett	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:29.84 OC	2 Q	—		3:28.64 OC

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bronte Barratt	400 m freestyle	4:15.62	27	—		did not advance
Cate Campbell	50 m freestyle	24.24 CR	1 Q	24.08 CR	1 Q	23.99	=
Sophie Edington	50 m backstroke	27.82	4 Q	27.51 OC	3 Q	27.73	6
Sophie Edington	200 m backstroke	2:11.53	16 Q	2:10.57	13	did not advance
Blair Evans	800 m freestyle	8:38.10	18	—		did not advance
Sally Foster	200 m breaststroke	2:26.07	14 Q	2:27.03	15	did not advance
Ellen Fullerton	200 m freestyle	1:58.10	15 Q	1:57.43	14	did not advance
Ellen Fullerton	400 m freestyle	4:08.31	9	—		did not advance
Felicity Galvez	100 m butterfly	57.76	9 Q	57.71	13	did not advance
Melissa Gorman	800 m freestyle	8:36.37	15	—		did not advance
Melissa Gorman	1500 m freestyle	16:16.83	8 Q	—		16:09.66	7
Marieke Guehrer	100 m freestyle	54.60	16 Q	54.21	14	did not advance
Marieke Guehrer	50 m butterfly	25.83	5 Q	25.58 OC	4 Q	25.48 OC
Samantha Hamill	200 m butterfly	2:06.32	4 Q	2:05.99	7 Q	2:06.11	8
Samantha Hamill	400 m individual medley	4:37.84	9	—		did not advance
Belinda Hocking	100 m backstroke	1:00.90	17	did not advance
Belinda Hocking	200 m backstroke	2:08.07	4 Q	2:09.77	9	did not advance
Sarah Katsoulis	50 m breaststroke	30.48	3 Q	30.33	1 Q	30.16 OC
	100 m breaststroke	1:06.98	7 Q	1:06.23	3 Q	1:05.86	4
	200 m breaststroke	2:27.32	27	did not advance
Stephanie Rice	200 m freestyle	1:58.06	14 Q	1:58.33	16	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:09.64	3 Q	2:08.68	2 Q	2:07.03 OC
	400 m individual medley	4:34.62	1 Q	—		4:32.29
Jessicah Schipper	100 m butterfly	57.17	3 Q	57.08	2 Q	56.23 OC
Jessicah Schipper	200 m butterfly	2:05.50	2 Q	2:04.87 OC	3 Q	2:03.41 WR
Emily Seebohm	50 m backstroke	28.25	12 Q	27.70	=7 Q	27.83	7
	100 m backstroke	59.64	4 Q	59.15 OC	3 Q	58.88 OC
	200 m individual medley	2:11.31	8 Q	2:12.88	15	did not advance
Libby Trickett	50 m freestyle	24.74	9 Q	24.34	6 Q	24.19	6
	100 m freestyle	53.49	2 Q	52.84	1 Q	52.93
	50 m butterfly	26.41	=17	did not advance
Tarnee White	50 m breaststroke	30.96	8 Q	30.80	7 Q	30.91	8
Tarnee White	100 m breaststroke	1:06.91	6 Q	1:07.26	11	did not advance
Sally Foster* Felicity Galvez Marieke Guehrer Meagan Nay* Shayne Reese Libby Trickett	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.26	3 Q	—		3:33.01 OC
Bronte Barratt Merindah Dingjan Ellen Fullerton Felicity Galvez* Stephanie Rice	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:50.53	5 Q	—		7:46.85	5
Sally Foster* Sarah Katsoulis Shayne Reese* Stephanie Rice* Jessicah Schipper Emily Seebohm Libby Trickett	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:58.36	7 Q	—		3:52.58 OC

Synchronised Swimming

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yew Li Cheng	Solo technical routine	70.500	27	did not advance
Tarren Otte	Solo free routine	75.834	24	did not advance
Sarah Amberger Eloise Bombell	Duet technical routine	76.667	27	did not advance

Water polo

Men's tournament

Team roster

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height
1	James Stanton	21 July 1987	B	GK	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
2	Richard Campbell	18 September 1987	R	CB	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
3	Timothy Cleland	15 December 1984	R	CF	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
4	Nicholas O'Halloran	14 August 1987	L	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
5	Robert Maitland	4 September 1983	R	CB	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
6	Anthony Martin	20 March 1985	R	CB	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
7	John Cotterill	29 October 1987	R	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
8	Grant Richardson	27 April 1981	R	D	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
9	Thomas Whalan	13 October 1980	R	D	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
10	William Miller	21 February 1988	R	D	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
11	Rhys Howden	2 April 1987	R	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
12	Sean Boyd	10 September 1978	R	CF	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
13	Luke Quinlivan	20 August 1985	B	GK	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	35	24	+11	6
Serbia	3	1	1	1	37	22	+15	3
Australia	3	1	1	1	32	28	+4	3
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	15	45	-30	0

20 July 2009 17:00	Match 5^[1]	Kazakhstan	7–14	Australia	Attendance: 650 Referees: Stavropoulos (GRE), Matache (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1-4, 2-4, 1-3, 3-3
		Gorovoy, Andreyev, Kukumanov 2	Goals	Whalan 4

22 July 2009 12:10	Match 11^[2]	Spain	13–10	Australia	Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters:3-2, 3-2, 5-2, 2-4
		Mallarach, Perrone 3	Goals	Whalan 3

24 July 2009 10:50	Match 18^[3]	Serbia	8–8	Australia	Attendance: 500 Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters:2-1, 1-2, 3-4, 2-1
		Filipović 3	Goals	Cotterill, Whalan 3

Quarterfinal

26 July 2009 16:50	Match 30^[4]	Australia	5–7	Romania	Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2
		Campbell, Whalan 2	Goals	Radu, Diaconu 2

9th-12th place semifinal

28 July 2009 12:40	Match 34^[5]	Italy	6–8	Australia	Attendance: 600 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Spiegel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-1, 2-3, 1-2
		Calcaterra 3	Goals	Campbell 3

9th place game

30 July 2009 10:20	Match 40^[6]	Montenegro	8–7	Australia	Attendance: 600 Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Stravropoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-1, 1-2, 4-1
		Ivović 3	Goals	Campbell 2

Women's tournament

Roster

No.	Name	Date of birth	L/R	Position	Height
1	Alicia Mc Cormack	7 June 1983	R	GK	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
2	Holly Lincoln-Smith	1 January 1989	R	CF	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
3	Sophie Smith	26 February 1986	R	D	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
4	Rebecca Rippon	26 December 1978	R	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
5	Jane Moran	6 June 1985	R	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
6	Bronwen Knox	16 April 1986	R	CB	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
7	Rowena Webster	27 December 1987	R	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
8	Kate Gynther	5 July 1982	R	D	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
9	Glencora Ralph	8 August 1988	R	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
10	Jemma Dessauvagie	20 August 1986	R	CF	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
11	Melissa Rippon	20 January 1981	R	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
12	Nicola Zagame	11 August 1990	R	CB	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
13	Victoria Brown	27 July 1985	R	GK	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	1	0	43	12	+31	5
Canada	3	2	1	0	38	17	+21	5
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	22	31	-9	2
South Africa	3	0	0	3	12	55	-43	0

July 19, 2009 15:00	Match 5^[7]	Canada	6–6	Australia	Attendance: 200 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Sadekov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 0-1, 2-3, 3-1, 1-1
		Perreault 2	Goals	Webster 2

July 21, 2009 12:10	Match 11^[8]	Australia	23–2	South Africa	Attendance: 300 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Mernenko (UZB)
		Score by quarters:4-1, 8-1, 6-0, 5-0
		Knox, Zagame 5	Goals	Harris 2

July 23, 2009 09:30	Match 17^[9]	New Zealand	4–14	Australia	Attendance: 200 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 2-3, 2-4, 0-2, 0-5
		Hudson 3	Goals	Rippon, Knox, Webster 3

Quarterfinal

July 27, 2009 16:40	Match 37^[10]	Australia	3–4	Greece	Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Matache (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-1, 1-0, 1-1
		Gynther 3	Goals	Gerolimou 4

5th-8th place semifinal

July 29, 2009 15:30	Match 42^[11]	Australia	7–6	Spain	Attendance: 700 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 3-0, 2-2, 1-2, 1-2
		Moran 2	Goals	Lopez-Escribano, López 2

5th place game

July 31, 2009 10:40	Match 46^[12]	Netherlands	12–11	Australia	Attendance: 400 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Ciric (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 3-3, 2-3, 4-2
		Cabout 4	Goals	Knox 4

Related Research Articles

Greece was the host country for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, from 13 to 29 August 2004. As the progenitor nation and in keeping with tradition, Greek athletes have competed at every Summer Olympics in the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, and Switzerland. The Hellenic Olympic Committee sent a total of 426 athletes to the Games, 215 men and 211 women, and had achieved automatic qualification places in all sports, with the exception of men's and women's field hockey. It was also the nation's largest team ever in Summer Olympic history since the first modern Games were held in 1896.

Australia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece from 13 to 29 August 2004. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era. The Australian Olympic Committee sent a total of 470 athletes to the Games to compete in 29 sports.

Russia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation. The Russian Olympic Committee sent a total of 446 athletes to the Games, 244 men and 202 women, to compete in all sports, except baseball, field hockey, football, and softball.

Italy competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. The country sent a delegation of 344 athletes to compete.

China was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics. China was represented by the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), and the team of selected athletes were officially known as Team China.

The Russian Federation competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China, represented by the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia competed in all sports except baseball, field hockey, football, softball, and taekwondo. They ranked third in the medal table by golds (24) and overall (60). Russia also had 14 medals stripped for doping violations, the most of any nation at the 2008 Olympics.

The Germany national water polo team represents Germany in international men's water polo competitions and friendly matches. It is controlled by German Swimming Federation.

The women's water polo tournament at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Rome, Italy from 19 to 31 July 2009.

The men's water polo tournament at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Rome, Italy from 20 July to 1 August 2009. All matches were held in a temporary pool at the tennis stadium of the Foro Italico sports complex.

The United States of America (USA) competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. 533 competitors, 279 men and 254 women, took part in 254 events in 31 sports.

Greece competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain between 19 July and 4 August 2013.

Canada competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

United States competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Australia competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

The United States competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Greece competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Serbia competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Australia competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 17 June to 3 July.

Spain competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 18 June to 3 July.

References

↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 5" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012.
↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 11" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 18" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 30" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 34" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2012.
↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 40" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 5" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 11". SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2015.
↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 17" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2009.
↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 37" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 42" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.
↑ "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 46" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 5" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012.

[2] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 11" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[3] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 18" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[4] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 30" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[5] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 34" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2012.

[6] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Men: Match 40" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[7] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 5" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[8] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 11". SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2015.

[9] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 17" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2009.

[10] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 37" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[11] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 42" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[12] "Water Polo 2009 World Championships: Women: Match 46" (PDF). SportResult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2009.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]