Australia at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Australia at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	AUS
National federation	Swimming Australia
Website	swimming.org.au
in Doha, Qatar
Competitors	78 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 7 Silver 12 Bronze 5 Total 24
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Australia competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 18 February.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Alysha Koloi	Diving	Women's 1 metre springboard	2 February 2024
	Moesha Johnson Chelsea Gubecka Nicholas Sloman Kyle Lee	Open water swimming	Team Relay	8 February 2024
	Domonic Bedggood Maddison Keeney	Diving	Mixed synchronized 3 metre springboard	10 February 2024
	Rhiannan Iffland	High diving	Women's high diving	14 February 2024
	Samuel Williamson	Swimming	Men's 50 metre breaststroke	14 February 2024
	Isaac Cooper	Swimming	Men's 50 metre backstroke	18 February 2024
	Iona Anderson Abbey Harkin Brianna Throssell Shayna Jack Jaclyn Barclay (heat) Alexandria Perkins (heat)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay	18 February 2024
	Li Shixin	Diving	Men's 1 metre springboard	3 February 2024
	Chelsea Gubecka	Open water swimming	Women's 5 km	7 February 2024
	Maddison Keeney Anabelle Smith	Diving	Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard	7 February 2024
	Elijah Winnington	Swimming	Men's 400 metre freestyle	11 February 2024
	Brianna Throssell Alexandria Perkins Abbey Harkin Shayna Jack Jaclyn Barclay (heat)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	11 February 2024
	Iona Anderson	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	13 February 2024
	Elijah Winnington	Swimming	Men's 800 metre freestyle	14 February 2024
	Bradley Woodward Samuel Williamson Brianna Throssell Shayna Jack Abbey Harkin (heat) Alexandria Perkins (heat)	Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay	14 February 2024
	Iona Anderson	Swimming	Women's 50 metre backstroke	15 February 2024
	Cameron McEvoy	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle	17 February 2024
	Jaclyn Barclay	Swimming	Women's 200 metre backstroke	17 February 2024
	Kai Taylor Jack Cartwright Brianna Throssell Shayna Jack Abbey Harkin (heat) Alexandria Perkins (heat)	Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	17 February 2024
	Cassiel Rousseau Maddison Keeney Nikita Hains Li Shixin	Diving	Team event	2 February 2024
	Cameron McEvoy	Swimming	Men's 50 metre butterfly	12 February 2024
	Brianna Throssell	Swimming	Women's 200 metre freestyle	14 February 2024
	Brianna Throssell Shayna Jack Abbey Harkin Kiah Melverton Jaclyn Barclay (heat)	Swimming	Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	15 February 2024
	Shayna Jack	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle	16 February 2024

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	10	10
Diving	6	6	12
High diving	1	3	4
Open water swimming	4	4*	8*
Swimming	7	8*	15*
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	33	45	78

• Maddy Gough competed in both open water swimming and pool swimming.

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's artistic swimming team consisted of ten athletes (all women). ^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Carolyn Buckle Kiera Gazzard	Duet technical routine	211.1166	19	Did not advance
Carolyn Buckle Kiera Gazzard	Duet free routine	161.2521	21	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Carolyn Buckle Natalia Caloiero Georgia Courage-Gardiner Kiera Gazzard Margo Joseph-Kuo Anastasia Kusmawan Zoe Poulis Milena Waldman	Team acrobatic routine	172.9033	15	Did not advance
Carolyn Buckle Natalia Caloiero Georgia Courage-Gardiner Kiera Gazzard Alessandra Ho Margo Joseph-Kuo Zoe Poulis Milena Waldman	Team free routine	222.7791	10 Q	229.6751	10
Carolyn Buckle Georgia Courage-Gardiner Raphaelle Gauthier Kiera Gazzard Margo Joseph-Kuo Anastasia Kusmawan Zoe Poulis Milena Waldman	Team technical routine	220.6945	9 Q	224.0447	8

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's diving team consisted of 12 athletes (6 men and 6 women). ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Li Shixin	1 m springboard	379.95	3 Q	—		395.70
Kurtis Mathews		367.90	7 Q			372.90	6
Li Shixin	3 m springboard	389.55	8 Q	398.20	7 Q	406.40	10
Kurtis Mathews		338.55	=32	Did not advance
Jaxon Bowshire	10 m platform	357.35	21	Did not advance
Sam Fricker Kurtis Mathews	3 m synchronized springboard	—				311.61	20
Domonic Bedggood Cassiel Rousseau	10 m synchronized platform	—				384.15	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Brittany O'Brien	1 m springboard	194.10	32	Did not advance
Alysha Koloi		240.00	6 Q	—		260.50
Maddison Keeney	3 m springboard	304.45	1 Q	294.80	5 Q	302.95	4
Alysha Koloi		276.20	9 Q	252.30	14	Did not advance
Nikita Hains	10 m platform	223.60	35	Did not advance
Melissa Wu		301.40	8 Q	293.70	8 Q	267.10	12
Maddison Keeney Anabelle Smith	3 m synchronized springboard	—				300.45
Nikita Hains Melissa Wu	10 m synchronized platform	—				266.58	10

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Domonic Bedggood Maddison Keeney	3 m synchronized springboard	300.93
Cassiel Rousseau Maddison Keeney Nikita Hains Li Shixin	Team event	385.35

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's high diving team consisted of four athletes (one man and three women). ^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Zach Picton	Men's high diving	262.35	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Rhiannan Iffland	Women's high diving	342.00
Emily Chinnock		Did not finish
Xantheia Pennisi		291.95	5

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bailey Armstrong	Men's 5 km	53:23.5	23
Robert Thorpe		51:59.1	16
Kyle Lee	Men's 10 km	1:48:31.2	9
Nicholas Sloman		1:48:29.6	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bianca Crisp	Women's 5 km	59:06.0	24
Chelsea Gubecka		57:35.0
Maddy Gough	Women's 10 km	1:57:51.7	18
Moesha Johnson		1:57:30.8	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Moesha Johnson Chelsea Gubecka Nicholas Sloman Kyle Lee	Team relay	1:03:28.0

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Australia's swimming team consisted of 15 athletes (7 men and 8 women). ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Isaac Cooper	50 m freestyle	21.86	7 Q	21.74	7 Q	21.77	5
Cameron McEvoy		21.13	1 Q	21.23	1 Q	21.45
Jack Cartwright	100 m freestyle	49.01	17	Did not advance
Kai Taylor		48.88	15 Q	48.50	13	Did not advance
Kai Taylor	200 m freestyle	1:46.81	7 Q	1:46.37	9	Did not advance
Elijah Winnington		1:46.69	6 Q	1:45.90	5 Q	1:46.20	7
Elijah Winnington	400 m freestyle	3:44.37	1 Q	—		3:42.86
Elijah Winnington	800 m freestyle	7:47.59	8 Q	—		7:42.95
Isaac Cooper	50 m backstroke	24.75	4 Q	24.12 OC	1 Q	24.13
Bradley Woodward		25.41	18	Did not advance
Bradley Woodward	100 m backstroke	53.76	6 Q	54.20	16	Did not advance
Bradley Woodward	200 m backstroke	1:58.26	8 Q	1:57.58	11	Did not advance
Samuel Williamson	50 m breaststroke	26.69	3 Q	26.41 OC	1 Q	26.32 OC
Samuel Williamson	100 m breaststroke	59.81	=9 Q	59.35	7 Q	59.21	4
Isaac Cooper	50 m butterfly	23.15	3 Q	23.18	=4 Q	23.12	4
Cameron McEvoy		23.19	7 Q	23.21	6 Q	23.08
Bradley Woodward Sam Williamson Kai Taylor Jack Cartwright	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:35.55	9	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shayna Jack	50 m freestyle	24.30	3 Q	24.44	4 Q	24.27	4
Shayna Jack	100 m freestyle	53.50	1 Q	53.16	4 Q	52.83
Shayna Jack	200 m freestyle	1:58.40	=11 Q	1:56.80	3 Q	1:57.24	7
Brianna Throssell		1:58.29	9 Q	1:57.09	5 Q	1:56.00
Kiah Melverton	400 m freestyle	4:10.61	12	—		Did not advance
Maddy Gough	800 m freestyle	8:35.25	=8 Q	—		8:36.43	9
Kiah Melverton		8:35.22	7 Q	—		8:29.35	7
Maddy Gough	1500 m freestyle	16:14.48	4 Q	—		16:16.85	7
Iona Anderson	50 m backstroke	28.02	4 Q	27.51	1 Q	27.45
Jaclyn Barclay		28.36	11 Q	28.17	11	Did not advance
Iona Anderson	100 m backstroke	59.88	3 Q	59.94	4 Q	59.12
Jaclyn Barclay		1:00.05	4 Q	59.83	3 Q	59.28	4
Jaclyn Barclay	200 m backstroke	2:10.82	2 Q	2:08.85	2 Q	2:07.03
Abbey Harkin	100 m breaststroke	1:09.01	25	Did not advance
Abbey Harkin	200 m breaststroke	2:31.93	22	Did not advance
Alexandria Perkins	50 m butterfly	25.89	5 Q	25.81	4 Q	25.85	6
Brianna Throssell		26.04	9 Q	25.97	8 Q	25.96	8
Alexandria Perkins	100 m butterfly	58.10	6 Q	58.05	8 Q	57.68	6
Brianna Throssell		57.78	4 Q	57.22	3 Q	56.97	4
Kiah Melverton	400 m individual medley	4:53.82	19	—		Did not advance
Brianna Throssell Alexandria Perkins Abbey Harkin Shayna Jack Jaclyn Barclay (heat)	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:38.33	1 Q	—		3:36.93
Brianna Throssell Shayna Jack Abbey Harkin Kiah Melverton Jaclyn Barclay (heat)	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:58.19	7 Q	—		7:51.41
Iona Anderson Abbey Harkin Brianna Throssell Shayna Jack Jaclyn Barclay (heat) Alexandria Perkins (heat)	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:00.09	3 Q	—		3:55.98

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kai Taylor Jack Cartwright Shayna Jack Brianna Throssell Alexandria Perkins(heat) Abbey Harkin(heat)	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:25.30	3 Q	—		3:21.78
Bradley Woodward Samuel Williamson Brianna Throssell Shayna Jack Alexandria Perkins (heat) Abbey Harkin (heat)	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:45.54	2 Q	—		3:43.12

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 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	Croatia L 8–13	South Africa W 29–7	Spain L 9-15	3 QP	France L 8–11	—	United States L 10–16	China W 17–7	11
Australia	Women's tournament	Singapore W 32–1	New Zealand W 13–6	Hungary L 9–13	2 QP	Great Britain W 20–8	United States L 9–10	Canada W 10–8	Netherlands L 8-10	6

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 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 Milos Maksimovic FP
• 10 Timothy Putt FP
• 11 Chaz Poot FP
• 12 Blake Edwards FP
• 13 John Hedges GK
• 14 Marcus Berehulak FP
• 15 Samuel Slobodien FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	46	20	+26	9	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	3	2	0	0	1	48	24	+24	6	Playoffs
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	46	35	+11	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	18	79	−61	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
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.

5 February 2024 13:30	Report	Croatia	13–8	Australia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 4–2, 2–2, 2–3
		six players 2	Goals	Berehulak, Pavillard 2

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7 February 2024 13:30	Report	Australia	29–7	South Africa	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: David Couper (NZL), Cheng Beng Guan (SGP)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 8–1, 7–1, 8–3
		Edwards 6	Goals	Stone 2

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9 February 2024 13:30	Report	Australia	9–15	Spain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: György Kun (HUN), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 2–4, 2–5
		Mercep 3	Goals	three players 3

Playoffs

11 February 2024 16:00	Report	Australia	8–11	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Andreia Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–4, 1–2, 1–3
		Maksimović 2	Goals	Bouet 4

9–12th place semifinals

13 February 2024 13:30	Report	Australia	10–16	United States	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–5, 1–3, 2–4
		Pavillard 6	Goals	Bowen, Woodhead 3

11th place game

15 February 2024 09:00	Report	China	7–17	Australia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Andreia Stanojević (SRB), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2–8, 0–4, 1–4, 4–1
		Chen Z. 3	Goals	Maksimović, Mercep 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Australian roster. ^[6]

Head coach: Rebecca Rippon

• 1 Gabriella Palm GK
• 2 Keesja Gofers FP
• 3 Sienna Hearn FP
• 4 Bronte Halligan FP
• 5 Bridget Leeson-Smith FP
• 6 Abby Andrews FP
• 7 Charlize Andrews FP
• 8 Sofie Pontre FP
• 9 Zoe Arancini FP
• 10 Alice Williams FP
• 11 Matilda Kearns FP
• 12 Tenealle Fasala FP
• 13 Genevieve Longman GK
• 14 Sienna Green FP
• 15 Danijela Jackvoch FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	0	71	19	+52	9	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	0	0	1	54	20	+34	6	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	0	2	44	36	+8	3
4	Singapore	3	0	0	0	3	7	101	−94	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
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.

4 February 2024 13:30	Report	Australia	32–1	Singapore	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Lucas Letshabo (RSA)
		Score by quarters:7–1, 13–0, 6–0, 6–0
		Gofers 5	Goals	Wan 1

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6 February 2024 10:30	Report	New Zealand	6–13	Australia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–3, 1–4
		Doyle, Houghton 2	Goals	Williams 4

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8 February 2024 13:30	Report	Hungary	13–9	Australia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Xavi Buch (ESP), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 4–3, 3–1, 2–3
		Keszthelyi 5	Goals	Williams 3

Playoffs

10 February 2024 17:30	Report	Australia	20–8	Great Britain	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Yuri Maciel (BRA)
		Score by quarters:6–1, 6–2, 4–1, 4–4
		A. Andrews 6	Goals	Cutler, Falvey 2

Quarterfinals

12 February 2024 16:00	Report	United States	10–9	Australia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 3–0, 2–6
		Musselman 3	Goals	four players 2

5–8th place semifinals

14 February 2024 12:00	Report	Australia	10–8	Canada	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 0–2, 2–3, 5–2
		Williams 3	Goals	Wright 3

Fifth place game

16 February 2024 16:00	Report	Australia	8–10	Netherlands	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–1, 1–3, 1–4
		Kearns 3	Goals	Van de Kraats 3

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