2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

10th Short Course Worlds
10th Short Course Worlds
Host city	Dubai, UAE
Date(s)	December 15–19, 2010
Venue(s)	Dubai Sports Complex
Nations participating	153
Athletes participating	780
Events	40
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The 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 15–19 December 2010. This swimming-only championships took place in the Dubai Sports Complex; all events were swum in a 25-meter (short-course) pool.

FINA announced on April 9, 2006 that Dubai had defeated the only other bidder Istanbul, Turkey, 11 votes to 10, after a meeting of the FINA Bureau in Shanghai, China.

The USA topped the medal standings with a total of 25 medals. A total of 57 Championship Records, and 4 World Records were set. American Ryan Lochte and Spaniard Mireia Belmonte were named swimmers of the competition. Lochte became the first individual ever to win 7 medals at a Short Course Worlds, and became the first individual to swim a World Record since suits-rule changes went into effect in January 2010. Belmonte won a total of four medals, tied for the most with American Rebecca Soni.

Participating nations

The entry list released on the FINA website before the championships contained 153 countries.^[1]

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Freestyle
50 free details	César Cielo Filho Brazil	20.51 CR,AM	Frédérick Bousquet France	20.81	Josh Schneider USA	20.88
100 free details	César Cielo Brazil	45.74 CR,SA	Fabien Gilot France	45.97	Nikita Lobintsev Russia	46.35
200 free details	Ryan Lochte USA	1:41.08 CR	Danila Izotov Russia	1:41.70	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	1:42.02
400 free details	Paul Biedermann Germany	3:37.06	Nikita Lobintsev Russia	3:37.84	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	3:38.17
1500 free details	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	14:24.16	Mads Glæsner Denmark	14:29.52	Gergely Gyurta Hungary	14:31.47
Backstroke
50 back details	Stanislav Donets Russia	22.93 CR	Sun Xiaolei China and Aschwin Wildeboer Spain	23.13	Not awarded
100 back details	Stanislav Donets Russia	49.07 CR	Camille Lacourt France	49.80	Aschwin Wildeboer Spain	50.04
200 back details	Ryan Lochte USA	1:46.68 CR	Tyler Clary USA	1:49.09	Markus Rogan Austria	1:49.69
Breaststroke
50 breast details	Felipe França Silva Brazil	25.95 CR	Cameron van der Burgh South Africa	26.03	Aleksander Hetland Norway	26.29
100 breast details	Cameron van der Burgh South Africa	56.80 CR	Fabio Scozzoli Italy	57.13	Felipe França Silva Brazil	57.39
200 breast details	Naoya Tomita Japan	2:03.12 CR	Dániel Gyurta Hungary	2:03.47	Brenton Rickard Australia	2:04.33
Butterfly
50 fly details	Albert Subirats Venezuela	22.40 CR	Andrii Govorov Ukraine	22.43	Steffen Deibler Germany	22.44
100 fly details	Yevgeny Korotyshkin Russia	50.23	Albert Subirats Venezuela	50.24	Kaio Almeida Brazil	50.33
200 fly details	Chad le Clos South Africa	1:51.56	Kaio Almeida Brazil	1:51.61	László Cseh Hungary	1:51.67
Individual Medley
100 IM details	Ryan Lochte USA	50.86	Markus Deibler Germany	51.69	Sergey Fesikov Russia	51.81
200 IM details	Ryan Lochte USA	1:50.08 WR	Markus Rogan Austria	1:52.90	Tyler Clary USA	1:53.56
400 IM details	Ryan Lochte USA	3:55.50 WR	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	3:57.40	Tyler Clary USA	3:57.56
Relays
4×100 Free Relay details	France Alain Bernard (46.78) Frédérick Bousquet (45.92) Fabien Gilot (45.75) Yannick Agnel (46.33)	3:04.78 CR	Russia Yevgeny Lagunov (46.68) Sergey Fesikov (45.87) Nikita Lobintsev (45.79) Danila Izotov (46.48)	3:04.82	Brazil Nicholas Santos (47.33) César Cielo (45.08) Marcelo Chierighini (47.02) Nicolas Oliveira (46.31)	3:05.74 SA
4×200 Free Relay details	Russia Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.10) Danila Izotov (1:42.15) Evgeny Lagunov (1:42.32) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47)	6:49.04 WR	USA Peter Vanderkaay (1:43.83) Ryan Lochte (1:40.48) Garrett Weber-Gale (1:42.89) Ricky Berens (1:42.38)	6:49.58	France Yannick Agnel (1:41.95) Fabien Gilot (1:42.55) Clément Lefert (1:45.01) Jérémy Stravius (1:43.54)	6:53.05
4×100 Medley Relay details	USA Nick Thoman (49.88) Mike Alexandrov (56.52) Ryan Lochte (49.17) Garrett Weber-Gale (45.42)	3:20.99 CR	Russia Stanislav Donets (48.95) CR Stanislav Lakhtyukhov (57.27) Evgeny Korotyshkin (49.39) Nikita Lobintsev (46.00)	3:21.61	Brazil Guilherme Guido (50.69) Felipe França Silva (57.21) Kaio Almeida (50.09) César Cielo (45.13) Henrique Martins^[a] Nicolas Oliveira^[a] Glauber Silva^[a]	3:23.12 SA

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Freestyle
50 free details	Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands	23.37	Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands	23.81	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas	24.04
100 free details	Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands	51.45 CR	Femke Heemskerk Netherlands	52.18	Natalie Coughlin USA	52.25
200 free details	Camille Muffat France	1:52.29 CR	Katie Hoff USA	1:52.91	Kylie Palmer Australia	1:52.96
400 free details	Katie Hoff USA	3:57.07 CR	Kylie Palmer Australia	3:58.39	Federica Pellegrini Italy	3:59.52
800 free details	Erika Villaécija Spain	8:11.61	Mireia Belmonte Spain	8:12.48	Kate Ziegler USA	8:12.84
Backstroke
50 back details	Zhao Jing China	26.27 CR	Rachel Goh Australia	26.54	Mercedes Peris Spain	26.80
100 back details	Natalie Coughlin USA	56.08 CR	Zhao Jing China	56.18	Gao Chang China	56.21
200 back details	Alexianne Castel France	2:01.67	Missy Franklin USA	2:02.01	Zhou Yanxin China	2:03.22
Breaststroke
50 breast details	Rebecca Soni USA	29.83	Leiston Pickett Australia	29.84	Zhao Jin China	29.90
100 breast details	Rebecca Soni USA	1:03.98 CR	Leisel Jones Australia	1:04.26	Ji Liping China	1:04.79
200 breast details	Rebecca Soni USA	2:16.39 CR	Sun Ye China	2:18.09	Rikke Pedersen Denmark	2:18.82
Butterfly
50 fly details	Therese Alshammar Sweden	24.87 CR	Felicity Galvez Australia	24.90	Jeanette Ottesen Denmark	25.24
100 fly details	Felicity Galvez Australia	55.43 CR	Therese Alshammar Sweden	55.73	Dana Vollmer USA	56.25
200 fly details	Mireia Belmonte Spain	2:03.59 CR	Jemma Lowe Great Britain	2:03.94	Petra Granlund Sweden	2:04.38
Individual Medley
100 IM details	Ariana Kukors USA	58.95	Kotuku Ngawati Australia	59.27	Hinkelien Schreuder Netherlands	59.53
200 IM details	Mireia Belmonte Spain	2:05.73 CR	Ye Shiwen China	2:05.94	Ariana Kukors USA	2:06.09
400 IM details	Mireia Belmonte Spain	4:24.21 CR	Ye Shiwen China	4:24.55	Li Xuanxu China	4:29.05
Relays
4×100 Free Relay details	Netherlands Femke Heemskerk (52.33) Inge Dekker (52.47) Hinkelien Schreuder (52.32) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.42)	3:28.54 CR	USA Natalie Coughlin (51.88) Katie Hoff (52.79) Jessica Hardy (53.03) Dana Vollmer (51.64)	3:29.34	China Tang Yi (52.27) Zhu Qianwei (52.60) Pang Jiaying (52.94) Li Zhesi (52.00)	3:29.81
4×200 Free Relay details	China Chen Qian (1:54.73) Tang Yi (1:53.54) Liu Jing (1:53.59) Zhu Qianwei (1:54.08)	7:35.94 WR	Australia Blair Evans (1:54.87) Jade Neilsen (1:54.87) Kelly Stubbins (1:55.41) Kylie Palmer (1:52.42)	7:37.57	France Camille Muffat (1:53.17) CR Coralie Balmy (1:53.71) Mylène Lazare (1:56.24) Ophélie Etienne (1:55.21)	7:38.33
4×100 Medley Relay details	China Zhao Jing (56.52) Zhao Jin (1:04.20) Liu Zige (55.80) Tang Yi (51.77)	3:48.29 CR	USA Natalie Coughlin (56.83) Rebecca Soni (1:03.73) Dana Vollmer (55.62) Jessica Hardy (52.18)	3:48.36	Australia Rachel Goh (57.39) Leisel Jones (1:03.76) Felicity Galvez (55.56) Marieke Guehrer (52.17)	3:48.88

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	12	6	7	25
2	Russia (RUS)	4	4	2	10
3	Spain (ESP)	4	2	2	8
4	China (CHN)	3	5	6	14
5	France (FRA)	3	3	2	8
6	Netherlands (NED)	3	2	1	6
7	Brazil (BRA)	3	1	4	8
8	South Africa (RSA)	2	1	0	3
9	Australia (AUS)	1	7	3	11
10	Tunisia (TUN)	1	1	2	4
11	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
11	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	1	3
13	Venezuela (VEN)	1	1	0	2
14	Japan (JPN)	1	0	0	1
15	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	2	3
15	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	2	3
17	Austria (AUT)	0	1	1	2
17	Italy (ITA)	0	1	1	2
19	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
19	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
21	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1
21	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		40	41	39	120

Highlights

For a list of day-by-day highlights from the 2010 Short Course Worlds, please see:

2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Highlights

Records

For a list of records set at the 2010 Short Course Worlds, please see this entry:

2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Records

Controversy

At the time of the event, Israel and the United Arab Emirates had no diplomatic relations; however, UAE officials said they would issue visas to the Israeli delegation attending the competition. As such, the Israeli delegation was eventually let into the country and were able to get to the Championships before racing actually started, but it was not without difficulties and several delays. Among the reported issue were that the Israelis were not issued visas nor were their passports stamped, and their arrival was delayed to just before competition started.^[5]^[6]

Notes and references

^ "Dubai 2010 - Team Entries". fina.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Official Lists of 2010 World Championship Rosters". theswimmerscircle.com. 2010-11-26. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-12-12. (Note: At best, this is a re-post of the official list.)
^ "Estonian swim team (in Estonian)". www.swimming.ee. 2010-12-14. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
^ "Pasaulio plaukimo čempionate lietuvius nori matyti pusfinaliuose (in Lithuanian)". sportas.delfi.lt. 2010-12-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ "Israeli Contingent Having Trouble Getting Into Dubai; Visa Finally Approved". Swimming World Magazine. 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
^ "Israeli flag waved for the first time in Dubai pool". The Jerusalem Post. 2010-12-14. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
^ "10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2010" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

Daily reports

Dubai, Day 1: China sets first WR of the year and Spain gets first gold ever. FINA. Retrieved on 2010-12-15.
Dubai, Day 2: Two more WR and tied match (3-3) between USA and Russia. FINA. Retrieved on 2010-12-16.
Dubai, Day 3: Lochte imperial sets WR in the 200m IM. FINA. Retrieved on 2010-12-17.
Dubai, Day 4: Belmonte Garcia (ESP), a new Star is born. FINA. Retrieved on 2010-12-18.
Dubai, Day 5: Lochte (USA), first ever with 7 medals in one championships. FINA. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.

References

[1] "Dubai 2010 - Team Entries". fina.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-11-29.

[roster-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "Official Lists of 2010 World Championship Rosters". theswimmerscircle.com. 2010-11-26. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-12-12. (Note: At best, this is a re-post of the official list.)

[3] "Estonian swim team (in Estonian)". www.swimming.ee. 2010-12-14. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10. Retrieved 2010-12-14.

[4] "Pasaulio plaukimo čempionate lietuvius nori matyti pusfinaliuose (in Lithuanian)". sportas.delfi.lt. 2010-12-13. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[5] "Israeli Contingent Having Trouble Getting Into Dubai; Visa Finally Approved". Swimming World Magazine. 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-12-13.

[6] "Israeli flag waved for the first time in Dubai pool". The Jerusalem Post. 2010-12-14. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2010-12-14.

[Omega-WSC_DUBAI-2010-7] "10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2010" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

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