Australia at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	AUS
National federation	Swimming Australia
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in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	88 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 6 Silver 9 Bronze 4 Total 19
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Australia competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 17 June to 3 July.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event [1]	Date
Gold	Elijah Winnington	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle	18 June
Gold	Mollie O'Callaghan Madison Wilson Meg Harris Shayna Jack Leah Neale* Brianna Throssell*	Swimming	Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay	18 June
Gold	Mollie O'Callaghan	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle	23 June
Gold	Zac Stubblety-Cook	Swimming	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	23 June
Gold	Kaylee McKeown	Swimming	Women's 200 metre backstroke	24 June
Gold	Jack Cartwright Kyle Chalmers Madison Wilson Mollie O'Callaghan Zac Incerti* William Yang* Meg Harris* Leah Neale*	Swimming	4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay	24 June
Silver	William Yang Matthew Temple Jack Cartwright Kyle Chalmers	Swimming	Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay	18 June
Silver	Kaylee McKeown	Swimming	Women's 200 metre individual medley	19 June
Silver	Mollie O'Callaghan	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	21 June
Silver	Kaylee McKeown Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Temple Shayna Jack Isaac Cooper* Matthew Wilson* Brianna Throssell* Meg Harris*	Swimming	4 x 100 metre mixed medley relay	21 June
Silver	Madison Wilson Leah Neale Kiah Melverton Mollie O'Callaghan Lani Pallister* Brianna Throssell*	Swimming	Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay	22 June
Silver	Jenna Strauch	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	23 June
Silver	Elijah Winnington Zac Incerti Samuel Short Mack Horton Brendon Smith*	Swimming	Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay	23 June
Silver	Kiah Melverton	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	24 June
Silver	Kaylee McKeown Jenna Strauch Brianna Throssell Mollie O'Callaghan Madison Wilson*	Swimming	Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay	25 June
Bronze	Lani Pallister	Swimming	Women's 1500 metre freestyle	20 June
Bronze	Meg Harris	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	25 June
Bronze	Li Shixin	Diving	Men's 1 metre springboard	30 June
Bronze	Maddison Keeney Anabelle Smith	Diving	Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard	3 July

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's artistic swimming team consisted of 12 athletes (12 female). ^[2]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Zoe Poulis Bianca Chira (R)	Solo free routine	72.433	21	did not advance
Georgia Courage-Gardiner Milena Waldmann Tara bennet (R) Pam Kurosawa (R) Zoe Poulis (R)	Duet free routine	69.6770	26	did not advance
Tara bennet Natalia Caloiero Bianca Chira Georgia Courage-Gardiner Marnie Kennedy Pam Kurosawa Zoe Poulis Milena Waldmann Amelia Carle (R) Bianca Chira (R) Maria Nadezhdina (R)	Team technical routine	70.5530	17	did not advance
Tara bennet Natalia Caloiero Amelia Carle Georgia Courage-Gardiner Adelle Griffiths Marnie Kennedy Pam Kurosawa Maria Nadezhdina Zoe Poulis Milena Waldmann Bianca Chira (R) Chantelle Wheatley (R)	Highlight routine	72.9667	13	did not advance

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Australia entered 13 divers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Li Shixin	1 m springboard	364.95	7 Q	—		395.40
	3 m springboard	334.90	32	did not advance
Sam Fricker	3 m springboard	347.30	28	did not advance
	10 m platform	373.45	13 Q	418.25	10 Q	391.15	10
Cassiel Rousseau	10 m platform	424.85	6 Q	442.90	6 Q	481.15	4
Domonic Bedggood Cassiel Rousseau	10 m synchronized platform	376.65	5 Q	—		368.10	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Esther Qin	1 m springboard	243.20	14	—		did not advance
Georgia Sheehan		252.90	6 Q	—		260.95	5
	3 m springboard	241.70	22	did not advance
Brittany O'Brien		233.70	27	did not advance
Emily Boyd	10 m platform	280.60	14 Q	284.70	12 Q	294.10	8
Nikita Hains		270.40	18 Q	314.80	6 Q	270.60	10
Maddison Keeney Anabelle Smith	3 m synchronized springboard	287.04	2 Q	—		294.12
Charli Petrov Melissa Wu	10 m synchronized platform	264.48	9 Q	—		274.68	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Samuel Fricker Charlie Petrov	Team	318.45	9
Domonic Bedggood Melissa Wu	10 m synchronized platform	243.12	9

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Australia qualified three male and three female open water swimmers. ^{[3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bailey Armstrong	Men's 10 km	2:00:02.70	32
	Men's 25 km	5:09:40.30	16
Kyle Lee	Men's 5 km	54:28.20	8
	Men's 25 km	5:02:48.50	5
Nicholas Sloman	Men's 5 km	54:28.40	10
	Men's 10 km	1:51:58.10	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Finella Gibbs-Beal	Women's 5 km	1:01:01.20	26
Chelsea Gubecka	Women's 10 km	2:02:51.70	13
Moesha Johnson	Women's 5 km	58:02.50	8
	Women's 10 km	2:02:42.00	9

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Moesha Johnson Chelsea Gubecka Nicholas Sloman Bailey Armstrong	Team	1:05:30.80	6

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Australia entered 35 swimmers. ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Grayson Bell	50 m freestyle	22.69	40	did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	27.91	22	did not advance
Kyle Chalmers	50 metre butterfly	did not start		did not advance
	100 m butterfly	52.70	22	did not advance
Isaac Cooper	50 m backstroke	24.67	6 Q	24.60	7 Q	24.76	7
	100 m backstroke	53.87	14 Q	53.55	12	did not advance
Joshua Edwards-Smith	200 m backstroke	1:56.85	2 Q	1:57.52	11	did not advance
Bowen Gough	200 m butterfly	1:58.66	24	did not advance
Mack Horton	400 m freestyle	3:46.57	9	—		did not advance
Zac Incerti	100 m freestyle	48.61	17	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:49.12	32	did not advance
Mitch Larkin	50 m backstroke	25.47	21	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	53.77	11 Q	53.73	13	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:58.58	11 Q	1:57.36	9	did not advance
Se-Bom Lee	200 m individual medley	1:59.37	12 Q	2:00.11	14	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:16.40	13	—		did not advance
Thomas Patrick Nowakowski	50 m freestyle	22.45	25	did not advance
Samuel Short	800 m freestyle	7:48.28	9	—		did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:10.14	14	—		did not advance
Brendon Smith	200 m individual medley	2:01.32	22	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:12.50	8 Q	—		4:11.36	5
Zac Stubblety-Cook	100 m breaststroke	1:00.12	10 Q	59.51	7 Q	59.65	7
	200 m breastroke	2:09.09	1 Q	2:06.72	1 Q	2:07.07
Matthew Temple	100 m butterfly	51.86	12 Q	51.24	6 Q	51.15	5
Matthew Wilson	200 m breaststroke	2:11.89	16 Q	2:11.44	15	did not advance
Elijah Winnington	200 m freestyle	1:46.19	6 Q	1:45.53	5 Q	1:45.82	8
	400 m freestyle	3:44.42	2 Q	—		3:41.22
	800 m freestyle	did not start		—		did not advance
William Yang	100 m freestyle	48.87	24	did not advance
William Yang Matthew Temple Jack Cartwright Kyle Chalmers	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:11.97	2 Q	—		3:10.88
Elijah Winnington Zac Incerti Samuel Short Mack Horton Brendon Smith*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:09.98	8 Q	—		7:03.50
Isaac Cooper Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Temple Kyle Chalmers Mitch Larkin* Jack Cartwright*	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:33.20	4 Q	—		3:31.81	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abbey Connor	200 m butterfly	2:10.10	11 Q	2:09.88	12	did not advance
Elizabeth Dekkers	200 m butterfly	2:08.98	4 Q	2:07.77	6 Q	2:07.01	5
Jenna Forrester	400 m individual medley	4:40.20	7 Q	—		4:42.39	7
Abbey Harkin	100 m breaststroke	1:08.12	19	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:27.44	13 Q	2:26.28	13	did not advance
Meg Harris	50 m freestyle	24.68	3 Q	24.39	3 Q	24.38
Shayna Jack	50 m freestyle	did not start		did not advance
	100 m freestyle	did not start		did not advance
Moesha Johnson	1500 m freestyle	15:57.77	5 Q	—		15:55.75	4
Kaylee McKeown	50 m backstroke	27.94	8 Q	27.58	6 Q	27.47	5
	100 m backstroke	did not start		did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:09.26	5 Q	2:06.41	2 Q	2:05.08
	200 m individual medley	2:11.17	7 Q	2:10.17	3 Q	2:08.57
Kiah Melverton	400 m freestyle	4:03.74	4 Q	—		4:05.62	7
	800 m freestyle	8:30.68	8 Q	—		8:18.77
Mollie O'Callaghan	100 m freestyle	53.49	1 Q	52.85	1 Q	52.67
	200 m freestyle	1:57.28	5 Q	1:56.34	3 Q	1:55.22
Lani Pallister	400 m freestyle	4:03.71	3 Q	—		4:02.16	4
	800 m freestyle	8:24.66	2 Q	—		did not Start
	1500 m freestyle	15:57.61	4 Q	—		15:48.96
Ella Ramsey	200 m individual medley	2:13.20	16 Q	2:13.10	15	did not advance
Jenna Strauch	50 m breaststroke	30.93	14 Q	30.99	15	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:06.16	2 Q	1:06.49	10	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.56	6 Q	2:22.22	1 Q	2:23.04
Brianna Throssell	50 m butterfly	26.26	12 Q	26.05	11	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.85	7 Q	56.96	4 Q	56.98	6
Madison Wilson	200 m freestyle	1:56.85	2 Q	1:56.31	2 Q	1:56.85	5
Mollie O'Callaghan Madison Wilson Meg Harris Shayna Jack Leah Neale* Brianna Throssell*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:33.74	1 Q	—		3:30.95
Madison Wilson Leah Neale Kiah Melverton Mollie O'Callaghan Lani Pallister* Brianna Throssell*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:47.61	1 Q	—		7:43.86
Kaylee McKeown Jenna Strauch Brianna Throssell Mollie O'Callaghan Madison Wilson*	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:56.77	1 Q	—		3:54.25

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Cartwright Kyle Chalmers Madison Wilson Mollie O'Callaghan Zac Incerti* William Yang* Meg Harris* Leah Neale*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:25.55	3 Q	3:19.38 WR
Kaylee McKeown Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Temple Shayna Jack Isaac Cooper* Matthew Wilson* Brianna Throssell* Meg Harris*	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.58	4 Q	3:41.34

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Australia	Men's tournament	Kazakhstan W 10–4	Serbia L 5–6	United States L 9–13	3 P/Off	Italy L 6–17	—	Japan L 7–15	South Africa W 19–4	11
Australia	Women's tournament	Kazakhstan W 19–6	New Zealand W 11–2	Brazil W 17–5	1 QF	—	Hungary L 6–7	Greece W 16–14	Spain L 5–8	6

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is Australian roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament. ^[6]

Head coach: Tim Hamill

• 1 Nick Porter GK
• 2 Keenan Marsden D
• 3 George Ford CB
• 4 Charlie Negus D
• 5 Nathan Power CB
• 6 Tom McJannett CF
• 7 Luke Pavillard D
• 8 Rhys Holden D
• 9 Reilly Townsend D
• 10 Timothy Putt CB
• 11 Chaz Poot D
• 12 Blake Edwards D
• 13 John Hedges GK

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	45	21	+24	6	Quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	44	30	+14	4	Playoffs
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	24	24	0	2
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	11	49	−38	0

Source: Sportresult
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.

21 June 2022 18:00	Report	Australia	10–4	Kazakhstan	Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 3–0, 3–2, 3–2
		Pavillard, Power 3	Goals	Shmider 3

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23 June 2022 18:00	Report	Serbia	6–5	Australia	Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–2, 1–0
		Lukić, Mandić 2	Goals	Edwards, Power 2

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25 June 2022 19:30	Report	United States	14–9	Australia	Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 4–2, 4–3, 2–2
		Irving 4	Goals	three players 2

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Playoffs

27 June 2022 17:00	Report	Italy	17–6	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 3–3, 4–1, 6–2
		Cannella, Del Lungo 3	Goals	Edwards 3

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9th-12th place semifinal

29 June 2022 17:00	Report	Japan	15–7	Australia	Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–2, 5–2, 3–1
		Date 4	Goals	seven players 1

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Eleventh place game

1 July 2022 17:00	Report	Australia	19–4	South Africa	Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 6–0, 4–1, 6–1
		Pavillard 5	Goals	Swanepoel 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is Australian roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament. ^[7]

Head coach: Paul Oberman

• 1 Gabriella Palm GK
• 2 Pascalle Casey D
• 3 Tenealle Fasala CF
• 4 Bronte Halligan D
• 5 Bridget Leeson-Smith D
• 6 Abby Andrews D
• 7 Charlize Andrews D
• 8 Amy Ridge CB
• 9 Zoe Arancini D
• 10 Lena Mihailovic D
• 11 Matilda Kearns CB
• 12 Hayley Ballesty CB
• 13 Genevieve Longman GK

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	47	13	+34	6	Quarterfinals
2	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	29	30	−1	4	Playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	27	40	−13	2
4	Brazil	3	0	0	3	19	39	−20	0

Source: Sportresult
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.

20 June 2022 19:30	Report	Kazakhstan	6–19	Australia	Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: György Kun (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–9, 3–3, 1–1
		Yeremina 3	Goals	Arancini 5

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22 June 2022 18:00	Report	Australia	11–2	New Zealand	Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Agustin Pinski (ARG)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 4–1, 3–0, 1–0
		Halligan 3	Goals	McDowall, Nicholson 1

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24 June 2022 18:00	Report	Brazil	5–17	Australia	Sopron Lőver Pool, Sopron Referees: György Kun (HUN), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–4, 1–5, 3–3
		Belorio 2	Goals	Halligan 5

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Quarterfinals

28 June 2022 21:00	Report	Australia	6–7	Hungary	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 0–1, 0–2, 3–2
		Halligan 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 3

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5th–8tth place semifinal

30 June 2022 19:30	Report	Australia	16–14	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–4, 2–4  PSO:4–2
		Leeson-Smith, Ridge 3	Goals	Xenaki 4

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Fifth place game

2 July 2022 17:00	Report	Spain	8–5	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Helene Painchaud (CAN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 1–1, 3–1, 2–3
		three players 2	Goals	five players 1

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