Australia at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
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in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	89 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 7 Silver 3 Bronze 8 Total 18
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Australia competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bronte Campbell Cate Campbell Emma McKeon Melanie Schlanger * Emily Seebohm Madison Wilson *	Swimming	Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay	August 2
Gold	Emily Seebohm	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	August 4
Gold	Mitch Larkin	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 4
Gold	Bronte Campbell	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	August 7
Gold	Mitch Larkin	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	August 7
Gold	Emily Seebohm	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	August 8
Gold	Bronte Campbell	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle	August 9
Silver	Madison Wilson	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	August 8
Silver	Cameron McEvoy	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	August 6
Silver	Kyle Chalmers * Jayden Hadler Mitch Larkin Cameron McEvoy David Morgan * Jake Packard	Swimming	Men's 4×100 m medley relay	August 9
Bronze	Domonic Bedggood Melissa Wu	Diving	Mixed 10 m synchronized platform	July 25
Bronze	Samantha Mills Esther Qin	Diving	Women's 3 m synchronized springboard	July 25
Bronze	Jessica Ashwood	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	August 2
Bronze	Mack Horton	Swimming	Men's 800 m freestyle	August 5
Bronze	Cate Campbell	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	August 7
Bronze	Thomas Fraser-Holmes Grant Hackett * Kurt Herzog * Cameron McEvoy David McKeon Daniel Smith *	Swimming	Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay	August 7
Bronze	Ben Treffers	Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke	August 9
Bronze	Bronte Campbell Madeline Groves * Emma McKeon Taylor McKeown Emily Seebohm Melanie Schlanger * Lorna Tonks * Madison Wilson *	Swimming	Women's 4×100 m medley relay	August 9

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Australia sent a team of eight divers to compete for the individual and synchronized events at the World Championships. ^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
James Connor	3 m springboard	431.85	10 Q	457.10	11 Q	422.35	11
Grant Nel		450.30	8 Q	412.45	16	Did not advance
Domonic Bedggood	10 m platform	441.50	13 Q	469.05	8 Q	470.40	8
James Connor		435.95	13 Q	427.75	13	Did not advance
James Connor Grant Nel	3 m synchronized springboard	384.87	10 Q	—		387.69	12
Domonic Bedggood James Connor	10 m synchronized platform	388.80	9 Q	—		375.12	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maddison Keeney	1 m springboard	283.40	4 Q	—		226.05	12
Esther Qin		261.60	6 Q	—		280.50	5
Maddison Keeney	3 m springboard	305.55	9 Q	314.60	7 Q	326.60	7
Esther Qin		329.10	4 Q	345.75	4 Q	347.20	4
Melissa Wu	10 m platform	320.80	11 Q	324.30	11 Q	364.20	5
Samantha Mills Esther Qin	3 m synchronized springboard	291.90	3 Q	—		304.20
Lara Tarvit Melissa Wu	10 m synchronized platform	294.84	6 Q	—		302.22	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Grant Nel Maddison Keeney	3 m synchronized springboard	310.02	4
Domonic Bedggood Melissa Wu	10 m synchronized platform	308.22

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Australia fielded a full team of eight swimmers to compete in the open water marathon. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Simon Huitenga	10 km	1:50:41.3	15
George O'Brien		1:51:19.6	28
Jarrod Poort	5 km	55:31.1	20
	25 km	5:07:44.5	17
Sam Sheppard	5 km	55:53.6	32
	25 km	4:56:22.9	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Melissa Gorman	5 km	59:12.7	7
Chelsea Gubecka	10 km	1:58:51.3	13
	25 km	5:28:49.2	13
Kareena Lee	10 km	1:59:32.8	20
Jessica Walker	5 km	59:09.9	5
	25 km	5:23:33.0	12

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Melissa Gorman Simon Huitenga Jarrod Poort	Team	56:07.4	6

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Australian swimmers earned 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): ^[3] Swimmers must qualify at the 2015 Australian Championships (for pool events) to confirm their places for the Worlds.

Thirty-six swimmers (22 men and 24 women) have been selected to compete for the Australian team, including defending World champions Christian Sprenger in the 100 m breaststroke and Cate Campbell in the 100 m freestyle. ^{[4] [5]} 2012 Olympic silver medalist and two-time reigning World champion James Magnussen was set to compete, but later withdrew from the team because of a shoulder injury, having been ruled out to defend his Worlds title in the 100 m freestyle. ^{[6] [7]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matthew Abood	50 m freestyle	22.28	11 Q	22.16	14	Did not advance
Josh Beaver	200 m backstroke	1:57.62	8 Q	1:57.99	13	Did not advance
Tommaso D'Orsogna	100 m freestyle	49.04	18	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	52.22	15 Q	52.26	15	Did not advance
Thomas Fraser-Holmes	200 m individual medley	1:59.96	13 Q	1:58.83	10	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:15.93	10	—		Did not advance
Jayden Hadler	50 m butterfly	23.83	19	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	52.17	14 Q	52.09	12	Did not advance
Mack Horton	400 m freestyle	3:47.37	11	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:47.08	5 Q	—		7:44.02
	1500 m freestyle	15:00.51	11	—		Did not advance
Grant Irvine	200 m butterfly	1:56.92	=14 Q	1:57.94	15	Did not advance
Mitch Larkin	50 m backstroke	24.77	4 Q	24.65	4 Q	24.70	4
	100 m backstroke	52.50 OC	1 Q	52.38 OC	1 Q	52.40
	200 m backstroke	1:55.88	1 Q	1:54.29 OC	1 Q	1:53.58 OC
Cameron McEvoy	100 m freestyle	48.33	2 Q	47.94	1 Q	47.95
	200 m freestyle	1:46.39	4 Q	1:46.09	3 Q	1:47.26	8
David McKeon	200 m freestyle	1:47.00	10 Q	1:47.60	13	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:47.36	10	—		Did not advance
David Morgan	200 m butterfly	1:56.05	8 Q	1:58.83	16	Did not advance
Jake Packard	100 m breaststroke	59.92	9 Q	59.66	7 Q	59.44	5
Christian Sprenger	50 m breaststroke	27.54	17	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:01.13	28	Did not advance
Ben Treffers	50 m backstroke	24.74	3 Q	24.64	3 Q	24.69
	100 m backstroke	54.00	15 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
Tommaso D'Orsogna Kyle Chalmers Matthew Abood Ashley Delaney	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:16.34	13	—		Did not advance
Cameron McEvoy David McKeon Daniel Smith Thomas Fraser-Holmes Grant Hackett* Kurt Herzog*	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:08.40	1 Q	—		7:05.34
Kyle Chalmers Jayden Hadler Mitch Larkin Cameron McEvoy David Morgan* Jake Packard	4×100 m medley relay	3:31.86	2 Q	—		3:30.08

Women

Victory Ceremony 400m freestyle

Victory Ceremony 4×100 metres freestyle relay

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jessica Ashwood	400 m freestyle	4:04.47	2 Q	—		4:03.34 OC
	800 m freestyle	8:22.17	2 Q	—		8:18.41	4
	1500 m freestyle	15:56.52	3 Q	—		15:52.17 NR	4
Hayley Baker	200 m backstroke	2:11.63	17	Did not advance
Bronte Campbell	50 m freestyle	24.74	7 Q	24.32	4 Q	24.12
	100 m freestyle	53.50	3 Q	53.00	3 Q	52.52
Cate Campbell	50 m freestyle	24.40	1 Q	24.22	1 Q	24.36	4
	100 m freestyle	53.22	=1 Q	52.84	2 Q	52.82
Madeline Groves	100 m butterfly	58.31	10 Q	58.17	11	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.65	9 Q	2:08.00	9	Did not advance
Emma McKeon	200 m freestyle	1:57.78	7 Q	1:56.95	8 Q	1:56.41	7
	50 m butterfly	26.79	=21	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.12	8 Q	57.59	5 Q	57.67	4
Taylor McKeown	100 m breaststroke	1:06.97	7 Q	1:07.19	9	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:24.02	9 Q	2:24.41	11	Did not advance
Keryn McMaster	200 m individual medley	2:13.42	17	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:39.05	13	—		Did not advance
Leah Neale	400 m freestyle	4:13.98	21	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:44.38	26	—		Did not advance
Melanie Schlanger	200 m freestyle	1:58.94	17	Did not advance
Emily Seebohm	50 m backstroke	27.75	3 Q	27.70	5 Q	27.66	4
	100 m backstroke	59.04	2 Q	58.56	1 Q	58.26
	200 m backstroke	2:09.44	7 Q	2:06.56	2 Q	2:05.81
Brianna Throssell	50 m butterfly	26.90	=26	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:09.16	12 Q	2:07.57	=6 Q	2:06.78	=4
Lorna Tonks	50 m breaststroke	21.22	16 Q	31.05	12	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.32	12 Q	1:07.54	13	Did not advance
Tessa Wallace	200 m breaststroke	2:24.88	12 Q	2:24.68	12	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:44.93	21	—		Did not advance
Madison Wilson	50 m backstroke	28.02	=7 Q	27.83	6 Q	27.92	6
	100 m backstroke	59.17	3 Q	59.05	3 Q	58.75
Emily Seebohm Emma McKeon Bronte Campbell Cate Campbell Madison Wilson* Melanie Schlanger* Bronte Barratt*	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:35.86	2 Q	—		3:31.48
Bronte Barratt Jessica Ashwood Leah Neale Emma McKeon	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:52.66	3 Q	—		7:51.02	6
Bronte Campbell Madeline Groves* Emma McKeon Taylor McKeown Emily Seebohm Melanie Schlanger* Lorna Tonks* Madison Wilson*	4×100 m medley relay	3:57.95	4 Q	—		3:55.56

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Australia has qualified a squad of eleven synchronized swimmers for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Bianca Hammett Nikita Pablo	Duet technical routine	72.0011	28	Did not advance
	Duet free routine	73.1667	30	Did not advance
Bianca Hammett Danielle Kettlewell Jo-Ann Lim Nikita Pablo Emily Rogers Cristina Sheehan Jemma Singleton Danielle ten Vaanholt* Deborah Tsai* Amie Thompson	Team technical routine	70.8602	20	Did not advance
Hannah Cross* Bianca Hammett Danielle Kettlewell Nikita Pablo Emily Rogers Cristina Sheehan* Jemma Singleton Danielle ten Vaanholt Deborah Tsai Amie Thompson	Team free routine	75.1000	16	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

• James Stanton-French
• Richard Campbell
• George Ford
• John Cotterill
• Nathan Power
• Jarrod Gilchrist
• Aiden Roach
• Aaron Younger
• Joel Swift
• Mitchell Emery
• Rhys Howden
• Tyler Martin
• Joel Dennerley

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	40	26	+14	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	24	19	+5	3	Advanced to playoffs
3	Montenegro	3	1	1	1	29	26	+3	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	23	45	−22	0

Source: SportResult.com ^{[ dead link ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

27 July 2015 21:30	Report [ dead link ]	Japan	4–10	Australia	Kazan Attendance: 2,287 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–2, 1–3, 1–3
		four players 1	Goals	Campbell 3

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29 July 2015 13:30	Report [ dead link ]	Australia	5–5	Montenegro	Kazan Attendance: 313 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–1, 1–1, 3–1
		Younger 3	Goals	Janović 2

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31 July 2015 12:10	Report [ dead link ]	Serbia	10–9	Australia	Kazan Attendance: 890 Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Georgios Stacridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–2, 1–4, 4–1
		three players 2	Goals	Younger 3

Playoffs

2 August 2015 20:10	Report [ dead link ]	South Africa	1–17	Australia	Kazan Attendance: 213 Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–6, 0–2, 0–4
		E. Le Roux 1	Goals	Younger 4

Quarterfinals

4 August 2015 18:50	Report [ dead link ]	Greece	7–7	Australia	Kazan Attendance: 1,996 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 1–3, 3–1, 2–3  PSO:5–4
		Fountoulis, Genidounias 2	Goals	Younger 3

5th–8th place semifinals

6 August 2015 15:30	Report [ dead link ]	Montenegro	11–8	Australia	Kazan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 1–1, 4–4, 2–2
		Janović 4	Goals	three players 2

Seventh place game

8 August 2015 14:00	Report [ dead link ]	Australia	6–10	United States	Kazan Attendance: 1,677 Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 0–2, 1–4, 2–2
		Younger 2	Goals	Azevedo 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

• Lea Yanitsas
• Gemma Beadsworth
• Hannah Buckling
• Holly Lincoln-Smith
• Keesja Gofers
• Bronwen Knox
• Rowie Webster
• Glennie McGhie
• Zoe Arancini
• Ash Southern
• Bronte Halligan
• Nicola Zagame
• Kelsey Wakefield

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	35	14	+21	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	38	18	+20	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	36	22	+14	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	6	61	−55	0

Source: SportResult.com ^{[ dead link ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

26 July 2015 12:10	Report [ dead link ]	Australia	8–7	Greece	Kazan Attendance: 1,035 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 1–3, 2–1, 3–2
		Zagame 2	Goals	Tsoukala 4

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28 July 2015 10:50	Report [ dead link ]	Australia	19–1	South Africa	Kazan Attendance: 456 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
		Score by quarters:6–0, 3–1, 7–0, 3–0
		Southern 5	Goals	Versfeld 1

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30 July 2015 20:10	Report [ dead link ]	Australia	8–6	Netherlands	Kazan Attendance: 230 Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 2–2, 3–2, 1–2
		Southern, Zagame 2	Goals	Sevenich 2

Quarterfinals

3 August 2015 20:10	Report [ dead link ]	Australia	7–7	China	Kazan Attendance: 370 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–1, 4–2, 1–1   PSO:5–3
		seven players 1	Goals	Song Donglun, Zhao Zihan 2

Semifinals

5 August 2015 20:30	Report [ dead link ]	United States	8–6	Australia	Kazan Attendance: 1,007 Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 1–0, 2–1
		Fattal, Steffens 2	Goals	six players 1

Third place game

7 August 2015 20:30	Report [ dead link ]	Australia	7–7	Italy	Kazan Attendance: 1,508 Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–0, 2–2   PSO: 3–5
		Southern, Webster 2	Goals	Di Mario 3

References

1. "Divers ready to make a splash in Kazan". Australian Olympic Committee. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
2. "Australian open water team has proud FINA history". Swimming Australia. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
3. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
4. "Cate Campbell and James Magnussen head Australia's squad for world swimming championships in Kazan". ABC News Australia. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
5. "Swimming Australia Announces 2015 World Championships Roster". Swimming World Magazine. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
6. "James Magnussen out of world swimming championships with shoulder injury". ABC News Australia. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
7. "James Magnussen To Have Shoulder Surgery, Will Miss World Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

External links

• Swimming Australia