Australia at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the
2013 World Aquatics Championships
Australia at the; 2013 World Aquatics Championships
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in Barcelona, Spain
Medals ; Ranked 6th	Gold3Silver11Bronze0Total14
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Last updated February 14, 2025

Australia competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain from 19 July to 4 August 2013.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Christian Sprenger	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	29 July
Gold	James Magnussen	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	1 August
Gold	Cate Campbell	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	2 August
Silver	Cate Campbell Bronte Campbell Brittany Elmslie* Emma McKeon Alicia Coutts Emily Seebohm*	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	28 July
Silver	Alicia Coutts	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	29 July
Silver	Alicia Coutts	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	29 July
Silver	Emily Seebohm	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	30 July
Silver	Christian Sprenger	Swimming	Men's 50 m breaststroke	31 July
Silver	Bronte Barratt Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Kylie Palmer Ami Matsuo* Emma McKeon*	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	1 August
Silver	Australia women's national water polo team Lea Barta Jayde Appel Hannah Buckling Holly Lincoln-Smith Isobel Bishop Bronwen Knox Rowena Webster Glencora Ralph Zoe Arancini Ashleigh Southern Keesja Gofers Nicola Zagame Kelsey Wakefield	Water polo	Women's tournament	2 August
Silver	Belinda Hocking	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	3 August
Silver	Cate Campbell	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle	4 August
Silver	Tommaso D'Orsogna Ashley Delaney James Magnussen Cameron McEvoy* Christian Sprenger Kenneth To*	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	4 August
Silver	Cate Campbell Alicia Coutts Sally Foster Emma McKeon* Samantha Marshall* Emily Seebohm	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	4 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	3	10	0	6
Water polo	0	1	0	1
Total	3	11	0	14

Medals by date
Date				Total
20 July	0	0	0	0
21 July	0	0	0	0
22 July	0	0	0	0
23 July	0	0	0	0
24 July	0	0	0	0
25 July	0	0	0	0
26 July	0	0	0	0
27 July	0	0	0	0
28 July	0	1	0	1
29 July	1	2	0	3
30 July	0	1	0	1
31 July	0	1	0	1
1 August	1	1	0	2
2 August	1	1	0	2
3 August	0	1	0	1
4 August	0	3	0	3
Total	3	11	0	14

^* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final relay.

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Grant Nel	3 m springboard	416.40	10 Q	440.05	6 Q	420.75	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Brittany Broben	1 m springboard	239.20	11 Q	—		241.85	10
Brittany Broben	10 m platform	285.65	17 Q	287.30	16	did not advance
Maddison Keeney	1 m springboard	225.50	18	—		did not advance
Jaele Patrick	3 m springboard	291.60	10 Q	276.50	15	did not advance
Anabelle Smith	3 m springboard	306.75	6 Q	311.20	7 Q	320.25	9
Sherilyse Gowlett Maddison Keeney	3 m synchronized springboard	284.07	4 Q	—		279.03	8
Emily Boyd Lara Tarvit	10 m synchronized platform	295.92	7 Q	—		309.78	4

Open water swimming

Australia qualified seven swimmers.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Simon Huitenga	10 km	1:49:29.7	12
Rhys Mainstone	5 km	53:44.4	19
	10 km	1:49:30.4	13
	25 km	4:51:08.2	19
Jarrod Poort	5 km	53:34.3	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Danielle DeFrancesco	5 km	56:48.2	11
Melissa Gorman	10 km	1:58:30.9	20
Chelsea Gubecka	10 km	1:59:16.3	30
Bonnie MacDonald	5 km	57:01.3	14

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Simon Huitenga Jarrod Poort Melissa Gorman	Team	54:16.1	4

Swimming

Australian swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):^[1]^[2]^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matthew Abood	50 m freestyle	21.84	4 Q	21.91	11	did not advance
Ashley Delaney	50 m backstroke	25.36	13 Q	25.21	12	did not advance
Ashley Delaney	100 m backstroke	53.60	1 Q	53.74	7 Q	53.55	6
Tommaso D'Orsogna	100 m butterfly	52.82	19	did not advance
Thomas Fraser-Holmes	200 m freestyle	1:48.05	12 Q	1:47.21	7 Q	1:47.11	8
Thomas Fraser-Holmes	400 m individual medley	4:14.52	7 Q	—		4:17.46	8
Jordan Harrison	400 m freestyle	3:46.85	3 Q	—		3:48.40	=6
	800 m freestyle	7:52.55	8 Q	—		7:47.38	5
	1500 m freestyle	14:58.62	6 Q	—		15:00.44	6
Grant Irvine	200 m butterfly	1:57.18	12 Q	1:56.95	14	did not advance
Mitch Larkin	200 m backstroke	1:59.34	17	did not advance
Matson Lawson	200 m backstroke	1:57.48	6 Q	1:57.55	10	did not advance
James Magnussen	50 m freestyle	22.04	=11 Q	21.79	9	did not advance
James Magnussen	100 m freestyle	47.71	1 Q	48.20	=4 Q	47.71
Cameron McEvoy	100 m freestyle	48.59	6 Q	48.43	7 Q	47.88	4
Cameron McEvoy	200 m freestyle	1:47.34	5 Q	1:47.31	=8* Q	1:46.63	7
David McKeon	400 m freestyle	3:49.51	12	—		did not advance
Brenton Rickard	50 m breaststroke	27.66	20	did not advance
Brenton Rickard	100 m breaststroke	1:00.52	17	did not advance
Christian Sprenger	50 m breaststroke	27.30	4 Q	27.10	4 Q	26.78 OC
Christian Sprenger	100 m breaststroke	59.53	1 Q	59.23	1 Q	58.79
Matt Targett	50 m butterfly	23.36	9 Q	23.39	13	did not advance
Kenneth To	200 m individual medley	1:59.21	11 Q	1:59.54	13	did not advance
Daniel Tranter	200 m individual medley	1:58.76	=8 Q	1:58.10	7 Q	1:57.88	6
Chris Wright	50 m butterfly	24.01	28	did not advance
Chris Wright	100 m butterfly	52.83	20	did not advance
Tommaso D'Orsogna James Magnussen Cameron McEvoy James Roberts Matt Targett* Kenneth To*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.04	3 Q	—		3:11.58	4
Alexander Graham Jarrod Killey Ned McKendry David McKeon	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:13.52	9	—		did not advance
Tommaso D'Orsogna Ashley Delaney James Magnussen Cameron McEvoy* Christian Sprenger Kenneth To*	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:33.64	=2 Q	—		3:31.64

Cameron McEvoy tied for the eighth and final spot in the final of the 200 m freestyle with Sebastiaan Verschuren from the Netherlands. However, Verschuren withdrew from the swimoff to focus on the 100 m freestyle event which allowed McEvoy to advance to the final.^[4]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jessica Ashwood	800 m freestyle	8:27.74	10	—		did not advance
Bronte Barratt	200 m freestyle	1:57.14	7 Q	1:57.18	12	did not advance
Bronte Barratt	400 m freestyle	4:09.65	13	—		did not advance
Bronte Campbell	50 m freestyle	24.65	3 Q	24.62	5 Q	24.66	=5
Bronte Campbell	100 m freestyle	54.67	12 Q	54.46	11	did not advance
Cate Campbell	50 m freestyle	24.27	1 Q	24.19	1 Q	24.14
Cate Campbell	100 m freestyle	53.24	1 Q	53.09	2 Q	52.34
Alicia Coutts	50 m butterfly	26.56	18	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.56	4 Q	57.49	3 Q	56.97
	200 m individual medley	2:11.88	7 Q	2:10.06	3 Q	2:09.39
Brittany Elmslie	50 m butterfly	26.03	4 Q	26.13	9	did not advance
Brittany Elmslie	100 m butterfly	58.27	8 Q	58.56	10	did not advance
Sally Foster	100 m breaststroke	1:07.59	9 Q	1:08.04	12	did not advance
Sally Foster	200 m breaststroke	2:27.41	12 Q	2:24.14	6 Q	2:24.01	7
Chelsea Gubecka	1500 m freestyle	16:21.82	13	—		did not advance
Belinda Hocking	50 m backstroke	28.80	21	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:00.39	9 Q	1:00.24	8 Q	1:00.29	8
	200 m backstroke	2:07.64	2 Q	2:08.49	4 Q	2:06.66
Samantha Marshall	50 m breaststroke	31.49	15 Q	31.26	11	did not advance
Samantha Marshall	100 m breaststroke	1:08.33	15 Q	1:08.31	15	did not advance
Meagan Nay	200 m backstroke	2:10.62	9 Q	2:11.72	15	did not advance
Kylie Palmer	200 m freestyle	1:57.67	10 Q	1:56.53	7 Q	1:57.14	6
Kylie Palmer	400 m freestyle	4:05.01	5 Q	—		4:08.13	8
Emily Seebohm	50 m backstroke	28.48	15 Q	28.29	12	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:00.02	5 Q	59.38	2 Q	59.06
	200 m individual medley	2:11.12	3 Q	2:10.70	6 Q	Withdrew
Cate Campbell Bronte Campbell Brittany Elmslie* Emma McKeon Alicia Coutts Emily Seebohm*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:36.46	2 Q	—		3:32.43 OC
Bronte Barratt Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie Ami Matsuo* Emma McKeon* Kylie Palmer	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:52.69	2 Q	—		7:47.08
Cate Campbell Alicia Coutts Sally Foster Emma McKeon* Samantha Marshall* Emily Seebohm	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:58.73	2 Q	—		3:55.22

Synchronised swimming

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Olia Burtaev Bianca Hammett	Duet free routine	70.180	30	did not advance
Olia Burtaev Bianca Hammett	Duet technical routine	71.700	22	did not advance

Reserves

Water polo

Men's tournament

Team roster^[5]

Group play

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Serbia	3	3	0	0	39	26	+13	6
Hungary	3	1	1	1	32	27	+5	3
Australia	3	1	1	1	25	26	−1	3
China	3	0	0	3	21	38	−17	0

22 July 2013 13:30	Report	Serbia	10–7	Australia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 2–0, 1–2, 3–2
		Udovičić, Pijetlović 3	Goals	seven players 1

24 July 2013 12:10	Report	China	7–9	Australia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 455 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Abramović (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 1–2, 4–1
		Zhang Jian 2	Goals	Howden 3

26 July 2013 10:50	Report	Hungary	9–9	Australia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–1, 3–3, 2–2
		Vámos 3	Goals	Campbell 5

Round of 16

28 July 2013 21:30	Report	Germany	4–8	Australia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 900 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–2, 0–1, 2–3
		Nossek 2	Goals	three players 2

Quarterfinal

30 July 2013 17:00	Report	Croatia	7–6	Australia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 800 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 0–1, 3–2 OT: 1–1, 1–0
		Joković 2	Goals	Miller 2

5th–8th place semifinal

1 August 2013 15:30	Report	Greece	11–9	Australia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Golijanin (SRB), Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 4–3, 2–4, 2–1
		Delakas, Vlachopoulos 3	Goals	Younger 3

Seventh place game

3 August 2013 15:00	Report	Australia	7–13	Serbia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Peris (CRO), Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 2–4, 1–4
		Swift, Howden 2	Goals	Filipović 5

Women's tournament

Team roster^[6]

Group play

	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	45	10	+35	6
China	3	2	1	35	21	+14	4
New Zealand	3	1	2	22	35	−13	2
South Africa	3	0	3	10	46	−36	0

21 July 2013 10:50	Report	Australia	15–4	New Zealand	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 320 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Cardenuto (BRA)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 4–2, 4–0, 4–1
		Webster 4	Goals	Mason 2

23 July 2013 10:50	Report	Australia	14–5	China	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 6–0, 4–0
		McGhie 3	Goals	Liu Ping 2

25 July 2013 18:50	Report	Australia	16–1	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Makita (JPN), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 5–1, 5–0, 2–0
		Lincoln-Smith, Webster 3	Goals	White 1

Round of 16

27 July 2013 10:50	Report	Australia	25–2	Uzbekistan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Moller (ARG), Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters:6–0, 5–1, 5–1, 9–0
		Buckling 6	Goals	Sarancha 2

Quarterfinal

29 July 2013 17:00	Report	Australia	9–5	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 1–1, 2–2, 3–1
		four players 2	Goals	Avramidou, Roumpesi 2

Semifinal

31 July 2013 20:15	Report	Russia	6–9	Australia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 1–3, 1–2, 2–3
		Ivanova 2	Goals	Zagame 3

Final

2 August 2013 22:15	Report	Australia	6–8	Spain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 1–1, 2–2
		six players 1	Goals	three players 2

References

1 2 "Swimmers ready for Barcelona and Montreal". Swimming Australia. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
↑ "BCN 2013 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
↑ "BCN 2013 Australia's Swimming Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
↑ Keith, Braden (29 July 2013). "Verschuren withdraws from finals swimoff with McEvoy". swimswam.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
↑ "BCN 2013 Australia's Men's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
↑ "BCN 2013 Australia's Women's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

External links

Barcelona 2013 Official Site ^[usurped]

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[SA-1] 1 2 "Swimmers ready for Barcelona and Montreal". Swimming Australia. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.

[2] "BCN 2013 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

[3] "BCN 2013 Australia's Swimming Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

[4] Keith, Braden (29 July 2013). "Verschuren withdraws from finals swimoff with McEvoy". swimswam.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

[5] "BCN 2013 Australia's Men's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

[6] "BCN 2013 Australia's Women's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

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