The 14th FINA World Championships were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronized swimming. At this championships, synchronized swimmer Natalia Ishchenko, of Russia, was the most decorated competitor winning all six gold medals of her events, at solo, duet and team routines. These championships served as qualifying stages for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on 25 March at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.
The FINA World Junior Swimming Championships is a swimming championship event organized by FINA for girls aged 14–17 and boys aged 15–18 on 31 December of the year of the competition. It is held biennially, and has been held since 2006.
Semyon Viktorovich Belits-Geiman is a former Soviet freestyle swimmer. He set a world record in the 800 m freestyle, and won two Olympic medals.
The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 4.
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 6.
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
The NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships are annual college championship events in the United States.
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
The swimming events of the 15th FINA World Aquatics Championships were held July 28 – August 4, 2013, in Barcelona, Spain. The competition was held in a long course pool inside the Palau Sant Jordi. It featured 40 LCM events, split evenly between males and females. Swimming was one of the five aquatic disciplines at the championships.
The men's 400 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 28 July at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.
Zachary "Zach" Apple is an American professional swimmer who specializes in the sprint freestyle events. He currently swims for DC Trident in the International Swimming League. He won his first Olympic gold medal in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, swimming in the prelims and the final of the event, and later in the same Olympic Games won a gold medal and helped set a new world record and Olympic record in the 4x100-meter medley relay, swimming the freestyle leg of the relay in the final.
Kieran Smith is an American swimmer specializing in freestyle and individual medley events. He is the American record and US Open record holder in the 500 yard freestyle. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, Smith won a gold medal and set an American record as part of the 4×200 metre freestyle relay. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze Olympic medal in the 400 meter freestyle, placing sixth in the 200 meter freestyle and fourth in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay. At the 2017 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, he won the silver medal in the 200 meter individual medley. He competes collegiately for the Florida Gators.
