United States at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

The United States competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

United States at the
2019 World Aquatics Championships
FINA codeUSA
National federationUnited States Aquatic Sports
Websiteusaquaticsports.org
in Gwangju, South Korea
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
15
Silver
11
Bronze
10
Total
36
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Nathan Adrian
Zach Apple
Michael Chadwick*
Caeleb Dressel
Townley Haas*
Blake Pieroni
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay July 21
  Gold Caeleb Dressel Swimming Men's 50 metre butterfly July 22
  Gold Lilly King Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke July 23
  Gold Caeleb Dressel Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle July 25
  Gold Olivia Smoliga Swimming Women's 50 metre backstroke July 25
  Gold United States women's national water polo team
Water polo Women's tournament July 26
  Gold Simone Manuel Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle July 26
  Gold Caeleb Dressel Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle July 27
  Gold Caeleb Dressel Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly July 27
  Gold Katie Ledecky Swimming Women's 800 m freestyle July 27
  Gold Regan Smith Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke July 27
  Gold Nathan Adrian*
Zach Apple
Mallory Comerford
Caeleb Dressel
Simone Manuel
Katie McLaughlin*
Blake Pieroni*
Abbey Weitzeil*
Swimming Mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay July 27
  Gold Lilly King Swimming Women's 50 metre breaststroke July 28
  Gold Simone Manuel Swimming Women's 50 metre freestyle July 28
  Gold Regan Smith
Lilly King
Kelsi Dahlia
Simone Manuel
Olivia Smoliga*
Melanie Margalis*
Katie McLaughlin*
Mallory Comerford*
Swimming Women's 4×100 metre medley relay July 28
  Silver Sarah Bacon Diving Women's 1 metre springboard July 13
  Silver Haley Anderson Open water swimming Women's 10 km July 14
  Silver Katie Ledecky Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle July 21
  Silver Mallory Comerford
Kelsi Dahlia
Margo Geer*
Simone Manuel
Lia Neal*
Allison Schmitt*
Abbey Weitzeil
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay July 21
  Silver Steven LoBue High diving Men's high diving July 24
  Silver Mallory Comerford*
Kelsi Dahlia*
Caeleb Dressel
Matt Grevers*
Lilly King
Simone Manuel
Ryan Murphy
Andrew Wilson*
Swimming Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay July 24
  Silver Hali Flickinger Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly July 25
  Silver Gabby DeLoof*
Katie Ledecky
Simone Manuel
Melanie Margalis
Katie McLaughlin
Allison Schmitt*
Leah Smith*
Swimming Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay July 25
  Silver Ryan Murphy Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke July 26
  Silver Jay Litherland Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley July 28
  Silver Ryan Murphy
Andrew Wilson
Caeleb Dressel
Nathan Adrian
Matt Grevers*
Michael Andrew*
Jack Conger*
Zach Apple*
Swimming Men's 4×100 metre medley relay July 28
  Bronze Samantha Bromberg
Katrina Young
Diving Women's 10 metre synchronized platform July 14
  Bronze Andrew Capobianco
Katrina Young
Diving Team event July 16
  Bronze Hannah Moore Open water swimming Women's 5 km July 17
  Bronze Delaney Schnell Diving Women's 10 metre platform July 17
  Bronze Haley Anderson
Michael Brinegar
Hannah Moore
Jordan Wilimovsky
Open water swimming Team relay July 18
  Bronze Leah Smith Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle July 21
  Bronze Olivia Smoliga Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke July 23
  Bronze Katie Drabot Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly July 25
  Bronze Chase Kalisz Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley July 25
  Bronze Zach Apple
Jack Conger*
Townley Haas
Jack LeVant*
Blake Pieroni
Andrew Seliskar
Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay July 26

Awards edit

Artistic swimming edit

Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Anita Alvarez Solo free routine 84.4667 12 Q 84.7333 12
Anita Alvarez
Ruby Remati
Duet technical routine 84.4615 12 Q 84.0190 12
Duet free routine 84.5000 12 Q 83.6333 12
Paige Areizaga
Nicole Goot
Hannah Heffernan
Daniella Ramirez
Ruby Remati
Abby Remmers
Lindi Schroeder
Emma Tchakmakjian
Team technical routine 84.4057 11 Q 84.0566 11
Anita Alvarez
Paige Areizaga
Nicole Goot
Hannah Heffernan
Daniella Ramirez
Ruby Remati
Abby Remmers
Lindi Schroeder
Team free routine 85.2667 11 Q 84.4000 11
Mixed
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Bill May
Natalia Vega
Duet technical routine 86.3969 4 Q 86.9235 4
Duet free routine 87.8667 4 Q 88.3000 4

Diving edit

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
David Boudia 3 m springboard 424.45 7 Q 464.20 4 Q 458.10 5
David Dinsmore 10 m platform 436.95 9 Q 483.60 5 Q 438.15 12
Briadam Herrera 1 m springboard 365.25 6 Q 399.90 6
Michael Hixon 1 m springboard 330.00 17 Did not advance
3 m springboard 423.05 8 Q 428.00 12 Q 449.95 7
Brandon Loschiavo 10 m platform 401.40 12 Q 433.70 9 Q 470.10 8
Andrew Capobianco
Michael Hixon
3 m synchronized springboard 374.97 7 Q 388.08 8
Benjamin Bramley
Steele Johnson
10 m synchronized platform 373.80 8 Q 383.79 8
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sarah Bacon 1 m springboard 240.00 6 Q 262.00  
3 m springboard 295.95 6 Q 282.65 14 Did not advance
Maria Coburn 1 m springboard 239.70 7 Q 237.75 10
Amelia Magana 10 m platform 318.10 7 Q 308.50 12 Q 305.00 11
Delaney Schnell 305.75 10 Q 317.35 8 Q 364.20  
Brooke Schultz 3 m springboard 241.45 29 Did not advance
Alison Gibson
Krysta Palmer
3 m synchronized springboard 274.44 5 Q 274.47 10
Samantha Bromberg
Katrina Young
10 m synchronized platform 295.38 4 Q 304.86  
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Briadam Herrera
Maria Coburn
3 m synchronized springboard 295.95 5
Zachary Cooper
Olivia Rosendahl
10 m synchronized platform 267.96 5
Andrew Capobianco
Katrina Young
Team 357.60  

High diving edit

Men
Athlete Event Points Rank
David Colturi Men's high diving 343.90 10
Andy Jones 365.85 6
Steven LoBue 433.65  
Women
Athlete Event Points Rank
Genevieve Bradley Women's high diving 280.80 4
Ellie Smart 209.85 10

Open water swimming edit

The United States qualified four male and five female open water swimmers.[3][4]

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Michael Brinegar Men's 5 km 53:37.1 12
Brennan Gravley Men's 5 km 53:37.8 14
Men's 25 km 4:57:17.5 15
David Heron Men's 10 km 1:49:57.6 25
Men's 25 km 4:55:11.8 14
Jordan Wilimovsky Men's 10 km 1:48:01.0 5
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Haley Anderson Women's 10 km 1:54:48.1  
Katy Campbell Women's 25 km 5:11:59.6 9
Hannah Moore Women's 5 km 57:58.0  
Erica Sullivan Women's 25 km 5:11:23.2 5
Ashley Twichell Women's 5 km 58:00.0 7
Women's 10 km 1:54:50.5 6
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Haley Anderson
Michael Brinegar
Hannah Moore
Jordan Wilimovsky
Team 53:59.0  

Swimming edit

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Michael Andrew 50 m backstroke 24.70 2 Q 24.76 7 Q 24.58 5
50 m breaststroke 27.02 11 Q 26.88 7 Q 26.88 7
100 m breaststroke 1:00.04 19 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 23.09 5 Q 22.95 5 Q 22.80 4
50 m freestyle 21.82 7 Q 21.77 8 Q 21.62 6
Jack Conger 100 m butterfly 51.96 9 Q 51.91 11 Did not advance
Abrahm DeVine 200 m individual medley 1:59.26 12 Q 1:57.91 7 Q 1:57.66 8
Caeleb Dressel 50 m butterfly 22.84 =1 Q 22.57 AM CR 1 Q 22.35 AM CR  
100 m butterfly 50.28 1 Q 49.50 WR 1 Q 49.66  
50 m freestyle 21.49 1 Q 21.18 1 Q 21.04 CR NR  
100 m freestyle 47.32 1 Q 47.32 1 Q 46.96 NR  
Matt Grevers 100 m backstroke 53.22 4 Q 52.82 4 Q 52.82 5
Zane Grothe 400 m freestyle 3:45.83 6 Q 3:45.78 8
800 m freestyle 7:50.14 11 Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:21.43 26 Did not advance
Townley Haas 200 m freestyle 1:46.85 13 Q 1:46.37 14 Did not advance
Zach Harting 200 m butterfly 1:56.42 8 Q 1:55.26 2 Q 1:55.69 6
Chase Kalisz 200 m individual medley 1:58.20 3 Q 1:57.34 4 Q 1:56.78  
400 m individual medley 4:15.62 10 Did not advance
Jay Litherland 4:13.78 3 Q 4:09.22  
Ryan Murphy 50 m backstroke 24.93 6 Q 24.64 4 Q 24.53 4
100 m backstroke 53.69 9 Q 52.44 =2 Q 52.78 4
200 m backstroke 1:56.61 1 Q 1:56.25 2 Q 1:54.12  
Jacob Pebley 1.58.07 16 Q 1:56.65 4 Q 1:56.72 6
Blake Pieroni 100 m freestyle 48.31 5 Q 47.87 5 Q 47.88 4
Josh Prenot 200 m breaststroke 2:09.68 =9 Q 2:08.77 13 Did not advance
Andrew Seliskar 200 m freestyle 1:46.74 12 Q 1:46.83 15 Did not advance
Grant Shoults 400 m freestyle 3:52.96 25 Did not advance
Jordan Wilimovsky 800 m freestyle 7:53.11 16 Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 14:59.94 11 Did not advance
Andrew Wilson 50 m breaststroke DNS Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 59.26 8 Q 58.95 5 Q 59.11 6
200 m breaststroke 2:09.61 8 Q 2:07.86 3 Q 2:08.10 6
Justin Wright 200 m butterfly 1:57.18 18 Did not advance
Nathan Adrian
Zach Apple
Michael Chadwick*
Caeleb Dressel
Townley Haas*
Blake Pieroni
4×100 m freestyle relay 3:11.31 1 Q 3:09.06 CR  
Zach Apple
Jack Conger*
Townley Haas
Jack LeVant*
Blake Pieroni
Andrew Seliskar
4×200 m freestyle relay 7:06.86 3 Q 7:01.98  
Ryan Murphy
Andrew Wilson
Caeleb Dressel
Nathan Adrian
Matt Grevers*
Michael Andrew*
Jack Conger*
Zach Apple*
4×100 m medley relay 3:31.93 2 Q 3:28.45  
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kathleen Baker 50 m backstroke 28.17 11 Q 27.62 1 Q 27.69 6
100 m backstroke 59.31 4 Q 59.03 4 Q 59.56 6
200 m backstroke 2:10.08 9 Q 2:09.68 9 Did not advance
Mallory Comerford 100 m freestyle 53.57 6 Q 53.10 5 Q 53.22 7
Kelsi Dahlia 50 m butterfly 25.70 2 Q 25.59 4 Q 25.48 =AM 4
100 m butterfly 57.22 5 Q 57.06 7 Q 57.11 6
Katie Drabot 200 m butterfly 2:08.33 5 Q 2:06.59 2 Q 2:07.04  
Ella Eastin 200 m individual medley 2:11.06 8 Q 2:10.72 =9 Did not advance
Hali Flickinger 200 m butterfly 2:05.96 1 Q 2:06.25 1 Q 2:06.95  
Brooke Forde 400 m individual medley 4:39.74 9 Did not advance
Lilly King 50 m breaststroke 30.18 2 Q 29.84 1 Q 29.84  
100 m breaststroke 1:06.31 1 Q 1:05.66 2 Q 1:04.93  
200 m breaststroke DSQ Did not advance
Katie Ledecky 200 m freestyle DNS Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:01.84 1 Q 3:59.97  
800 m freestyle 8:17.42 2 Q 8:13.58  
1500 m freestyle 15:48.90 1 Q WD
Simone Manuel 50 m freestyle 24.41 3 Q 24.21 4 Q 24.05  
100 m freestyle 53.10 1 Q 53.31 =7 Q 52.04 AM  
Melanie Margalis 200 m individual medley 2:09.69 3 Q 2:09.14 3 Q 2:08.91 4
Ally McHugh 400 m individual medley 4:38.32 5 Q 4:38.34 6
Katie McLaughlin 100 m butterfly 57.67 8 Q 57.23 9 Did not advance
Allison Schmitt 200 m freestyle 1:58.73 14 Q 1:58.27 14 Did not advance
Leah Smith 400 m freestyle 4:04.53 5 Q 4:01.29  
800 m freestyle 8:17.23 1 Q 8:17.10 5
Regan Smith 200 m backstroke 2:06.01 1 Q 2:03.35 1 Q WR 2:03.69  
Olivia Smoliga 50 m backstroke 27.96 6 Q 27.76 5 Q 27.33 NR  
100 m backstroke 59.55 5 Q 59.36 6 Q 58.91  
Micah Sumrall 100 m breaststroke 1:07.81 16 Q 1:07.94 16 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:25.17 =8 Q 2:25.41 11 Did not advance
Ashley Twichell 1500 m freestyle 15:56.22 5 Q 15:54.19 4
Abbey Weitzeil 50 m freestyle 24.47 6 Q 24.58 10 Did not advance
Mallory Comerford
Kelsi Dahlia
Margo Geer*
Simone Manuel
Lia Neal*
Allison Schmitt*
Abbey Weitzeil
4×100 m freestyle relay 3:36.13 4 Q 3:31.02 AM  
Gabby DeLoof*
Katie Ledecky
Simone Manuel
Melanie Margalis
Katie McLaughlin
Allison Schmitt*
Leah Smith*
4×200 m freestyle relay 7:51.58 2 Q 7:41.87 AM  
Regan Smith
Lilly King
Kelsi Dahlia
Simone Manuel
Olivia Smoliga*
Melanie Margalis*
Katie McLaughlin*
Mallory Comerford*
4×100 m medley relay 3:55.39 1 Q 3:50.40 WR  
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nathan Adrian*
Zach Apple
Mallory Comerford
Caeleb Dressel
Simone Manuel
Katie McLaughlin*
Blake Pieroni*
Abbey Weitzeil*
4×100 m freestyle relay 3:22.70 1 Q 3:19.40 WR  
Mallory Comerford*
Kelsi Dahlia*
Caeleb Dressel
Matt Grevers*
Lilly King
Simone Manuel
Ryan Murphy
Andrew Wilson*
4×100 m medley relay 3:41.23 1 Q 3:39.10  

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

Water polo edit

Men's tournament edit

Team roster[5]

Group play

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia 3 3 0 0 52 16 +36 6 Quarterfinals
2   United States 3 2 0 1 35 35 0 4 Playoffs
3   Australia 3 1 0 2 32 34 −2 2
4   Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 20 54 −34 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.
15 July 2019
11:10
Report United States   16–7   Kazakhstan Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 3–2, 5–2
four players 3 Goals seven players 1

17 July 2019
09:50
Report United States   7–17   Croatia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–5, 2–4, 1–4
Ramirez 2 Goals four players 3

19 July 2019
19:10
Report United States   12–11   Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Adrian Alxandrescu (ROU), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–3, 2–2, 3–3
Cupido 3 Goals four players 2

Playoffs

21 July 2019
15:30
Report Greece   11–9   United States Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–2, 2–2, 3–1
Genidounias 4 Goals three players 2

9th–12th place semifinals

23 July 2019
12:30
Report United States   20–3   South Africa Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 5–0, 8–1, 5–2, 2–0
three players 4 Goals three players 1

9th place game

25 July 2019
11:00
Report Montenegro   14–15   United States Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 6–4, 4–4, 2–3
Ivović 6 Goals Hooper 4

Women's tournament edit

Team roster[6]
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 60 13 +47 6 Quarterfinals
2   Netherlands 3 2 0 1 57 18 +39 4 Playoffs
3   New Zealand 3 1 0 2 26 41 −15 2
4   South Africa 3 0 0 3 5 76 −71 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.
14 July 2019
09:50
Report New Zealand   3–22   United States Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Jaume Teixido (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–4, 0–6, 2–4
Doyle 2 Goals Haralabidis 5

16 July 2019
19:10
Report United States   12–9   Netherlands Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 4–3, 4–2
Gilchrist, Musselman 3 Goals Keuning 2

18 July 2019
16:30
Report South Africa   1–26   United States Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Alessandro Severo (ITA), An Jin-yong (KOR)
Score by quarters: 0–7, 1–8, 0–6, 0–5
Meecham 1 Goals Musselman 5

Quarterfinals

22 July 2019
14:00
Report United States   15–5   Greece Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–2, 2–2, 5–1
Musselman 4 Goals Eleftheriadou, Xenaki 2

Semifinals

24 July 2019
17:00
Report United States   7–2   Australia Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–0, 1–1, 1–1
three players 2 Goals Halligan, Webster 1

Gold medal final

26 July 2019
18:30
Report United States   11–6   Spain Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 4–0, 2–3
Neushul 3 Goals Tarragó 3

References edit

  1. ^ "Gwangju 2019 In The Mirror: Numbers & Links To SW Coverage Of The World Championships". Swimming World. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. ^ "UNITED STATES WINS MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TEAM TROPHIES AT 2019 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". SwimSwam. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. ^ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Men's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  4. ^ "18th FINA World Championships Open water swimming – Women's entry list by nationality" (pdf). Omega Timing. 11 July 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Men's Water Polo Team Roster United States" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Women's Water Polo Team Roster United States" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 14 July 2019.