Australia at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
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in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	91 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 15 Silver 9 Bronze 6 Total 30
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Australia competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Cassiel Rousseau	Diving	Men's 10 metre platform	22 July 2023
	Samuel Short	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle	23 July 2023
	Ariarne Titmus	Swimming	Women's 400 metre freestyle	23 July 2023
	Mollie O'Callaghan Shayna Jack Meg Harris Emma McKeon Brianna Throssell (heat) Madison Wilson (heat)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	23 July 2023
	Jack Cartwright Flynn Southam Kai Taylor Kyle Chalmers Matthew Temple (heat)	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	23 July 2023
	Kaylee McKeown	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	25 July 2023
	Rhiannan Iffland	High diving	Women's high diving	26 July 2023
	Mollie O'Callaghan	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	26 July 2023
	Kyle Chalmers	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle	27 July 2023
	Kaylee McKeown	Swimming	Women's 50 metre backstroke	27 July 2023
	Mollie O'Callaghan Shayna Jack Brianna Throssell Ariarne Titmus Madison Wilson (heat) Lani Pallister (heat) Kiah Melverton (heat)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	27 July 2023
	Mollie O'Callaghan	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle	28 July 2023
	Cameron McEvoy	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle	29 July 2023
	Kaylee McKeown	Swimming	Women's 200 metre backstroke	29 July 2023
	Jack Cartwright Kyle Chalmers Shayna Jack Mollie O'Callaghan Flynn Southam (heat) Madison Wilson (heat) Meg Harris (heat)	Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	29 July 2023
	Chelsea Gubecka	Open water swimming	Women's 10 km	15 July 2023
	Domonic Bedggood Maddison Keeney	Diving	Mixed synchronized 3 metre springboard	22 July 2023
	Samuel Short	Swimming	Men's 800 metre freestyle	26 July 2023
	Ariarne Titmus	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	26 July 2023
	Kaylee McKeown Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Temple Shayna Jack Bradley Woodward (heat) Samuel Williamson (heat) Emma McKeon (heat)	Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay	26 July 2023
	Elizabeth Dekkers	Swimming	Women's 200 metre butterfly	27 July 2023
	Zac Stubblety-Cook	Swimming	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	28 July 2023
	Shayna Jack	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	30 July 2023
	Kaylee McKeown Abbey Harkin Emma McKeon Mollie O'Callaghan Madison Wilson (heat) Brianna Throssell (heat) Meg Harris (heat)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	30 July 2023
	Chelsea Gubecka Moesha Johnson Nicholas Sloman Kyle Lee	Open water swimming	Team Relay	20 July 2023
	Kai Taylor Kyle Chalmers Alexander Graham Thomas Neill Elijah Winnington (heat) Flynn Southam (heat)	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	28 July 2023
	Ariarne Titmus	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	29 July 2023
	Samuel Short	Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle	30 July 2023
	Jenna Forrester	Swimming	Women's 400 metre individual medley	30 July 2023
	Bradley Woodward Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Temple Kyle Chalmers Samuel Williamson (heat) Kai Taylor (heat)	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	30 July 2023

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	11	11
Diving	4	5	9
High diving	0	3	3
Open water swimming	4	4*	8*
Swimming	16	15*	31*
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	39	52	91

• Moesha Johnson was compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming.

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's artistic swimming team consisted of eleven athletes (all women).

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Carolyn Buckle Kiera Gazzard	Duet technical routine	189.6634	19	Did not advance
Georgia Courage-Gardiner Zoe Poulis	Duet free routine	139.7875	22	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Hannah Burkhill Natalia Caloiero Georgia Courage-Gardener Alessandra Ho Margo Joseph-Kuo Anastasia Kusmawan Zoe Poulis Milena Waldman	Team acrobatic routine	159.7100	14	Did not advance
Hannah Burkhill Natalia Caloiero Georgia Courage-Gardener Alessandra Ho Margo Joseph-Kuo Pam Kurosawa Anastasia Kusmawan Zoe Poulis	Team free routine	191.7478	11 Q	221.6416	8
Carolyn Buckle Hannah Burkhill Zoe Poulis Milena Waldman Kiera Gazzard Alessandra Ho Georgia Courage-Gardener Margo Joseph-Kuo	Team technical routine	200.7701	11 Q	196.4087	12

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's diving team consisted of nine athletes (4 men and 5 women). ^[1] Lauren Flint was originally named in the team, however withdrew days before competition due to breaking her elbow in training.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Li Shixin	1 m springboard	374.50	4 Q	—		400.55	5
	3 m springboard	393.45	14 Q	394.55	15	Did not advance
Sam Fricker	10 m platform	370.35	19	Did not advance
Cassiel Rousseau		423.80	5 Q	494.10	2 Q	520.85
Sam Fricker Li Shixin	3 m synchronized springboard	348.06	10 Q	—		356.49	12
Domonic Bedggood Cassiel Rousseau	10 m synchronized platform	377.70	6 Q	—		407.46	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Brittany O'Brien	1 m springboard	221.45	27	Did not advance
Georgia Sheehan		242.25	6 Q	—		256.75	9
Maddison Keeney	3 m springboard	301.00	6 Q	319.75	6 Q	327.95	4
Georgia Sheehan		274.90	19	Did not advance
Nikita Hains	10 m platform	288.50	16 Q	286.50	15	Did not advance
Milly Puckeridge		267.90	21	Did not advance
Brittany O'Brien Georgia Sheehan	3 m synchronized springboard	275.40	8 Q	—		279.60	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Domonic Bedggood Maddison Keeney	3 m synchronized springboard	307.38
Nikita Hains Maddison Keeney Cassiel Rousseau Li Shixin	Team event	426.15	4

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's high diving team consisted of three athletes (all women). ^[2]

Women

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Emily Chinnock	Women's high diving	194.20	19
Rhiannan Iffland	Women's high diving	357.40
Xantheia Pennisi	Women's high diving	290.20	6

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's open water swimming team consisted of eight athletes (4 men and 4 women). ^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kyle Lee	Men's 5 km	55:32.70	8
Jack Wilson		56:24.00	13
Bailey Armstrong	Men's 10 km	1:55:32.8	34
Nicholas Sloman		1:51:42.2	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bianca Crisp	Women's 5 km	1:01:19.8	20
Moesha Johnson		59:46.3	10
Maddy Gough	Women's 10 km	2:04:18.6	23
Chelsea Gubecka		2:02:38.1

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chelsea Gubecka Moesha Johnson Nicholas Sloman Kyle Lee	Team relay	1:11:26.7

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's swimming team consisted of thirty-one athletes (16 men and 15 women). ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cameron McEvoy	50 m freestyle	21.35	1 Q	21.25	1 Q	21.06 OC
Isaac Cooper		21.82	5 Q	21.65	4 Q	21.70	4
Kyle Chalmers	100 m freestyle	47.71	3 Q	47.52	2 Q	47.15
Flynn Southam		48.18	11 Q	48.15	11	Did not advance
Alexander Graham	200 m freestyle	1:46.58	12 Q	1:46.61	13	Did not advance
Kai Taylor		1:46.94	20	Did not advance
Samuel Short	400 m freestyle	3:42.44	1 Q	—		3:40.68
Elijah Winnington		3:44.63	7 Q	—		3:44.26	7
Samuel Short	800 m freestyle	7:40.90	1 Q	—		7:37.76 OC
Elijah Winnington		7:49.24	17	—		Did not advance
Samuel Short	1500 m freestyle	14:53.38	6 Q	—		14:37.28
Isaac Cooper	50 m backstroke	24.73	6 Q	24.86	9	Did not advance
Bradley Woodward		DNS
Isaac Cooper	100 m backstroke	53.95	17	Did not advance
Bradley Woodward		53.72	11 Q	53.73	13	Did not advance
Bradley Woodward	200 m backstroke	1:57.14	1 Q	1:56.16	6 Q	1:56.29	6
Samuel Williamson	50 m breaststroke	26.76	3 Q	27.06	8 Q	26.82	4
Zac Stubblety-Cook	100 m breaststroke	1:00.22	16 Q	59.69	12	Did not advance
Zac Stubblety-Cook	200 m breaststroke	2:08.98	1 Q	2:07.37	1 Q	2:06.40
Shaun Champion	50 m butterfly	23.60	26	Did not advance
Cameron McEvoy		23.40	18	Did not advance
Shaun Champion	100 m butterfly	52.15	24	Did not advance
Matthew Temple		50.76	1 Q	50.89	4 Q	50.81	4
Matthew Temple	200 m butterfly	1:56.51	16 Q	Withdrew
Thomas Neill	200 m individual medley	1:58.30	8 Q	1:57.51	10	Did not advance
Brendon Smith		1:59.03	15 Q	1:59.35	15	Did not advance
Thomas Neill	400 m individual medley	4:14.98	11	—		Did not advance
Brendon Smith		4:11.75	5 Q	—		4:10.37	5
Jack Cartwright Flynn Southam Kai Taylor Kyle Chalmers Matthew Temple (heat)	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:11.64	2 Q	—		3:10.16
Kai Taylor Kyle Chalmers Alexander Graham Thomas Neill Elijah Winnington (heat) Flynn Southam (heat)	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:04.37	1 Q	—		7:02.13
Bradley Woodward Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Temple Kyle Chalmers Samuel Williamson (heat) Kai Taylor (heat)	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:31.75	3 Q	—		3:29.62

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shayna Jack	50 m freestyle	24.02	2 Q	24.01	2 Q	24.10
Emma McKeon		24.69	8 Q	24.67	7 Q	24.35	5
Emma McKeon	100 m freestyle	53.40	3 Q	53.00	4 Q	52.83	5
Mollie O'Callaghan		54.01	7 Q	52.86	2 Q	52.16
Mollie O'Callaghan	200 m freestyle	1:55.68	1 Q	1:54.91	3 Q	1:52.85 WR
Ariarne Titmus		1:56.20	3 Q	1:54.64	1 Q	1:53.01
Lani Pallister	400 m freestyle	4:03.49	6 Q	—		4:05.17	6
Ariarne Titmus		4:01.39	2 Q	—		3:55.38 WR
Lani Pallister	800 m freestyle	8:21.38	5 Q	—		8:21.33	7
Ariarne Titmus		8:21.25	4 Q	—		8:13.59 OC
Moesha Johnson	1500 m freestyle	16:05.01	9	—		Did not advance
Lani Pallister		15:58.11	3 Q	—		15:49.17	5
Kaylee McKeown	50 m backstroke	27.60	4 Q	27.26	2 Q	27.08 OC
Mollie O'Callaghan		DNS
Kaylee McKeown	100 m backstroke	58.90	2 Q	58.48	2 Q	57.53 CR
Madison Wilson		1:00.04	10 Q	59.63	9	Did not advance
Jenna Forrester	200 m backstroke	2:10.46	10 Q	2:09.74	8 Q	2:11.44	8
Kaylee McKeown		2:09.30	5 Q	2:07.89	3 Q	2:03.85
Abbey Harkin	50 m breaststroke	31.63	29	Did not advance
Abbey Harkin	100 m breaststroke	1:06.86	15 Q	1:07.11	15	Did not advance
Abbey Harkin	200 m breaststroke	2:25.11	6 Q	2:23.65	6 Q	2:24.55	7
Brianna Throssell	50 m butterfly	26.30	18	Did not advance
Emma McKeon	100 m butterfly	57.05	2 Q	56.89	4 Q	56.88	4
Brianna Throssell		57.94	9 Q	57.14	6 Q	57.34	7
Abbey Connor	200 m butterfly	2:10.04	12 Q	2:10.35	14	Did not advance
Elizabeth Dekkers		2:07.71	2 Q	2:07.11	4 Q	2:05.46
Jenna Forrester	200 m individual medley	2:09.79	6 Q	2:10.03	4 Q	2:08.98	4
Kaylee McKeown		2:09.50	2 Q	DSQ
Jenna Forrester	400 m individual medley	4:35.88	1 Q	—		4:32.30
Kiah Melverton		4:41.96	13	—		Did not advance
Mollie O'Callaghan Shayna Jack Meg Harris Emma McKeon Brianna Throssell (heat) Madison Wilson (heat)	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:31.52	1 Q	—		3:27.96 WR
Mollie O'Callaghan Shayna Jack Brianna Throssell Ariarne Titmus Madison Wilson (heat) Lani Pallister (heat) Kiah Melverton (heat)	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:47.84	2 Q	—		7:37.50 WR
Kaylee McKeown Abbey Harkin Emma McKeon Mollie O'Callaghan Madison Wilson (heat) Brianna Throssell (heat) Meg Harris (heat)	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:57.74	4 Q	—		3:53.37

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Cartwright Kyle Chalmers Shayna Jack Mollie O'Callaghan Flynn Southam (heat) Madison Wilson (heat) Meg Harris (heat)	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:21.88	1 Q	—		3:18.83 WR
Kaylee McKeown Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Temple Shayna Jack Bradley Woodward (heat) Samuel Williamson (heat) Emma McKeon (heat)	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:40.87	2 Q	—		3:39.03

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 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	Greece L 9–13	United States L 8–16	Kazakhstan W 22–6	3 QP	France L 8–11	—	Japan W 16–15	Croatia L 10–17	10
Australia	Women's tournament	France W 10–8	United States L 5–9	China W 11–7	2 QP	Israel W 16–7	Greece W 9–8	Spain L 10–12	Italy L 14–16	4

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Australian roster. ^[5]

Head coach: Timothy Hamill

• 1 Nick Porter GK
• 2 Angus Lambie FP
• 3 George Ford FP
• 4 Charlie Negus FP
• 5 Nathan Power FP
• 6 Lachlan Edwards FP
• 7 Luke Pavillard FP
• 8 Matthew Byrnes FP
• 9 Marcus Berehulak FP
• 10 Timothy Putt FP
• 11 Chaz Poot FP
• 12 Blake Edwards FP
• 13 John Hedges GK
• Reilly Townsend FP
• Samuel Slobodien FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	0	46	25	+21	9	Quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	0	0	1	48	28	+20	6	Playoffs
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	39	35	+4	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	13	58	−45	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.

17 July 2023 10:30	Report	Australia	9–13	Greece	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–3, 3–5
		Power 4	Goals	Argyropoulos 3

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19 July 2023 20:30	Report	United States	16–8	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–2, 4–1, 6–1
		Daube 5	Goals	Pavillard, Power 3

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21 July 2023 16:00	Report	Australia	22–6	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters:7–2, 3–0, 4–2, 8–2
		Negus, Poot 4	Goals	Artyukh 2

Playoffs

23 July 2023 15:30	Report	Australia	8–11	France	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 5–2, 2–4, 1–1
		Negus, Pavillard 2	Goals	Vernoux 4

9–12th place semifinals

25 July 2023 13:30	Report	Australia	16–15	Japan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Gómez (ESP), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 4–7, 4–3, 3–2
		Pavillard 4	Goals	Adachi, Takata 4

Ninth place game

27 July 2023 10:30	Report	Croatia	17–10	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 5–4, 6–2, 3–2
		Vukičević 5	Goals	Poot 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Australian roster. ^[6]

Head coach: Paul Oberman

• 1 Gabriella Palm GK
• 2 Pascalle Casey FP
• 3 Elle Armit FP
• 4 Bronte Halligan FP
• 5 Bridget Leeson-Smith FP
• 6 Abby Andrews FP
• 7 Charlize Andrews FP
• 8 Amy Ridge FP
• 9 Zoe Arancini FP
• 10 Alice Williams FP
• 11 Matilda Kearns FP
• 12 Tenealle Fasala FP
• 13 Genevieve Longman GK
• Ruby Swadling FP
• Sofie Pontre FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	40	16	+24	9	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	0	0	1	26	24	+2	6	Playoffs
3	France	3	1	0	0	2	25	37	−12	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	24	38	−14	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.

16 July 2023 10:30	Report	France	8–10	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–4, 2–1, 1–2
		Bouloukbachi 3	Goals	Andrews, Fasala 2

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18 July 2023 17:30	Report	Australia	5–9	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–0, 1–3, 1–1
		Williams 3	Goals	three players 2

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20 July 2023 13:00	Report	China	7–11	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 1–3, 2–2
		Lu, Zhang Jin. 2	Goals	five players 2

Playoffs

22 July 2023 14:00	Report	Australia	16–7	Israel	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:7–2, 4–1, 3–1, 2–3
		Armit 4	Goals	Kordonskaia 3

Quarterfinals

24 July 2023 18:00	Report	Greece	8–9	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 1–4, 3–2, 0–0
		Xenaki 3	Goals	four players 2

Semifinals

26 July 2023 18:30	Report	Australia	10–12	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Jennifer McCall (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–3, 2–2, 2–2
		Kearns 3	Goals	Ruiz 4

Third place game

28 July 2023 13:00	Report	Italy	16–14	Australia	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 5–6, 3–1, 3–3
		Bianconi 6	Goals	Williams 3

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