Swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 at the 2011 Summer Universiade was contested from August 13 to August 19 in Shenzhen

Shenzhen

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, China

People's Republic of China

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. The competition featured 40 long course (50m) pool events and 2 open water events events, held at the Universiade Center Aquatic Center and the Seven Star Bay, respectively. This edition marked the first time an open water event was held at a Universiade.

Participating nations

Countries with swimmers at the 2011 World University Games included:

Open water

Saturday, August 13, 2011: Men's 10 km marathon (8:00 a.m.), women's 10 km marathon (8:15 a.m.)

Pool

Date	Sunday August 14	Monday August 15	Tuesday August 16
Events	50m butterfly (w) 200m butterfly (m) 200m breaststroke (m) 800m freestyle (w) 200m backstroke (m) 4x100m Freestyle Relay (w)	50m butterfly (m) 400m freestyle (w) 800m freestyle (m) 100m backstroke (m) 200m Individual Medley (w) 100m freestyle (w) 4x100m Freestyle Relay (m)	50m backstroke (m) 400m Individual Medley (w) 100m freestyle (m) 100m breaststroke (m) 200m breaststroke (w) 200m freestyle (w) 4x200m Freestyle Relay (m)
Date	Wednesday August 17	Thursday August 18	Friday August 19
Events	50m breaststroke (w) 100m butterfly (w) 100m butterfly (m) 400m freestyle (m) 100m backstroke (w) 200m Individual Medley (m) 4x200m Freestyle Relay (w)	400m Individual Medley (m) 1500m freestyle (w) 50m backstroke (w) 50m breaststroke (m) 200m butterfly (w) 200m freestyle (m) 4x100m Medley Relay (w)	50m freestyle (w) 50m freestyle (m) 200m backstroke (w) 1500m freestyle (m) 100m breaststroke (w) 4x100m Medley Relay (m)

m= men's event, w= women's event

Preliminaries begin daily at 9:00 a.m., finals at 7:00 p.m. All events are preliminary/final, expect the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events, which are timed final events (all swim only once, fastest heat swims with finals).

Medal table

1		12	11	4	27
2		6	7	13	26
3		6	0	3	9
4		5	3	4	12
5		4	2	4	10
6		3	0	0	3
7		2	1	5	8
8		2	0	0	2
9		1	3	2	6
10		1	1	1	3
11		1	0	0	1
12		0	3	0	3
13		0	2	1	3
13		0	2	1	3
15		0	1	2	3
16		0	1	1	2
16		0	1	1	2
18		0	1	0	1
18		0	1	0	1
18		0	1	0	1
21		0	0	1	1
21		0	0	1	1
Total		43	41	44	128

Men's events

50 m freestyle		22.30		22.31		22.37
100 m freestyle		49.26		49.41		49.50
200 m freestyle		1:47.44		1:47.78		1:49.06
400 m freestyle		3:48.78		3:48.84		3:51.93
800 m freestyle		7:52.31		7:53.45		7:56.29
1500 m freestyle		15:00.57		15:04.86		15:06.17
50 m backstroke		25.11		25.21		25.42
100 m backstroke		54.71		54.94		55.21
200 m backstroke		1:56.01		1:58.66		1:58.74
50 m breaststroke		27.37 NR		27.60		27.80
100 m breaststroke		1:00.39		1:00.71		1:00.78
200 m breaststroke		2:10.85 NR	Not awarded			2:10.96
50 m butterfly		23.51		23.85		23.93
100 m butterfly		52.06		52.62		52.96
200 m butterfly		1:55.87		1:56.06		1:56.81
200 m individual medley		1:57.86		1:59.74		1:59.81
400 m individual medley		4:12.67		4:13.66		4:15.40
4x100 m freestyle relay	Jimmy Feigen Jimmy Feigen James "Jimmy" Feigen is an American swimmer who swims for the The University of Texas at Austin.-High School:...  (49.27) Tim Phillips Tim Phillips (swimmer) Timothy "Tim" Phillips is an American swimmer.-Swimming career:At the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships in Dubai, Phillips placed 21st in the 50 m butterfly and 14th in the 100 m butterfly....  (48.96) Kohlton Norys (48.73) Bobby Savulich (48.88)	3:15.84	Marcos Macedo (50.02) Marcelo Chierighini (48.86) Henrique Martins (50.34) Nicolas Oliveira Nicolas Oliveira Nicolas Nilo César de Oliveira is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer. He specializes in sprint events.-See also:*Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships...  (48.08)	3:17.30	Clément Lefert (49.56) Guillaume Strohmeyer (50.14) Joris Hustache (49.48) Lorys Bourelly (49.60)	3:18.78
4x200 m freestyle relay	Michael Klueh Michael Klueh Michael Klueh is an American swimmer. He is a eight-time medalist at the World University Games. Klueh competed for the University of Texas from 2005-2009.-External links:**...  (1:48.79) Dax Hill (1:48.89) Matt Bartlett (1:48.62) Matt McLean  (1:47.24)	7:13.54	Sho Sotodate (1:49.14) Yuya Horihata Yuya Horihata -References:*...  (1:48.08) Yuma Kosaka (1:49.30) Sho Uchida Sho Uchida is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.-Major achievements:2005 World Championships*200m freestyle 17th *400m freestyle 14th *800m freestyle 13th *4×200m freestyle relay 5th　2008 Beijing Olympics...  (1:48.14)	7:14.66	David McKeon (1:48.92) Mitchell Dixon Mitchell Dixon Mitchell Dixon is a freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Australia. He competed for Australia at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships. Dixon competed in the 4x200 Freestyle placing 5th and the 400 Freestyle placing 31st....  (1:49.58) Kristopher Taylor (1:49.76) Nic Ffrost Nic Ffrost Nicholas David Ffrost is an Australian freestyle swimmer and a Relay veteran, since 2006 he has contributed to the 4x200m freestyle relay to capture 8 international medals....  (1:49.32)	7:17.58
4x100 m medley relay	Ryosuke Irie Ryosuke Irie is a Japanese backstroke swimmer. He is a Kinki University student in Osaka.-History:He was born in Osaka prefecture and started his actual swimming carrier in his junior high school years. In 2005 he won the national high school championships in 200 meter backstroke when he was a first year grade...  (53.56) Ryo Tateishi (1:00.04) Masayuki Kishida (52.46) Shinri Shioura (48.96)	3:35.02	Rex Tullius (55.15) George Klein (1:01.17) Tim Phillips Tim Phillips (swimmer) Timothy "Tim" Phillips is an American swimmer.-Swimming career:At the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships in Dubai, Phillips placed 21st in the 50 m butterfly and 14th in the 100 m butterfly....  (52.55) Jimmy Feigen Jimmy Feigen James "Jimmy" Feigen is an American swimmer who swims for the The University of Texas at Austin.-High School:...   (49.05)	3:37.92	Gareth Kean (54.24) Glenn Snyders (59.63) Kurt Bassett (54.60) Matthew Stanley (50.28)	3:38.75
					Sebastiano Ranfagni (55.17) Mattia Pesce (1:01.16) Paolo Facchinelli (53.27) Luca Leonardi  (49.15)
10 km marathon		1:58:00.74		2:00:03.35		2:00:05.54

Women's events

50 m freestyle		24.66		25.12		25.17
100 m freestyle		54.24 GR		55.32		55.38
200 m freestyle		1:57.98		1:59.19		1:59.31
400 m freestyle		4:07.78		4:07.97		4:10.25
800 m freestyle		8:26.30 NR		8:27.11		8:33.66
1500 m freestyle		16:21.72		16:21.79		16:26.37
50 m backstroke		27.92 GR		27.93		28.37
100 m backstroke		1:00.28		1:00.50		1:00.91
200 m backstroke		2:09.75		2:11.12		2:11.24
50 m breaststroke		31.13		31.45		31.74
100 m breaststroke		1:07.53		1:08.24		1:08.45
200 m breaststroke		2:24.63		2:26.18		2:26.67
50 m butterfly		25.98		26.24		26.53
100 m butterfly		57.86 GR		59.08		59.11
200 m butterfly		2:08.91		2:08.94		2:09.35
200 m individual medley		2:13.52		2:14.17		2:14.3
400 m individual medley		4:40.79		4:42.28		4:43.30
4x100 m freestyle relay	Cate Campbell Cate Campbell Cate Campbell is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming...  (55.26) Alice Mills Alice Mills Alice Mary Mills OAM is an Australian sprint freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer who represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics, winning two relay gold medals....  (55.35) Jessica Morrison (55.82) Marieke Guehrer Marieke Guehrer Marieke Katherine Guehrer is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds...  (53.60)	3:40.03 GR	Kate Dwelley (55.22) Felicia Lee (55.22) Shannon Vreeland (55.46) Megan Romano (54.13)	3:40.19	Zhu Qianwei Zhu Qianwei Zhu Qianwei is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5357...  (55.31) Lu Ying Lu Ying -External links:*Swim Rankings *...  (55.94) Liu Jing (55.67) Tang Yi Tang Yi Tang Yi is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.She has won six gold medals at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore.-Major achievements:...  (53.37)	3:40.29
4x200 m freestyle relay	Karlee Bispo (2:00.19) Chelsea Nauta (1:58.66) Kate Dwelley (1:58.76) Megan Romano (1:57.41)	7:55.02 GR	Natasha Hind (2:00.57) Melissa Ingram Melissa Ingram Melissa Ingram is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Lauren Boyle, Helen Norfolk and Alison Fitch in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....  (2:00.56) Amaka Gessler (1:59.87) Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....  (1:58.60)	7:59.60	Tang Yi Tang Yi Tang Yi is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.She has won six gold medals at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore.-Major achievements:...  (1:58.17) Zhu Qianwei Zhu Qianwei Zhu Qianwei is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5357...  (1:57.88) Liu Jing (2:00.88) Lu Ying Lu Ying -External links:*Swim Rankings *...  (2:02.69)	7:59.62
4x100 m medley relay	Gao Chang Gao Chang Gao Chang is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and who was a part of China's 2008 Olympic Team...  (1:01.59) Sun Ye Sun Ye Sun Ye is an Olympic-medalist swimmer from China. She swam for China at the 2008 Olympics, where she was part of China's 400 Medley Relay which finished 3rd.-Major achievements:*2008 Olympics - 7th 100m breast, 3rd 400m Medley Relay...  (1:06.81) Lu Ying Lu Ying -External links:*Swim Rankings *...  (57.52) Tang Yi Tang Yi Tang Yi is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.She has won six gold medals at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore.-Major achievements:...  (53.23)	3:59.15 GR	Jenny Connolly (1:00.21 GR) Annie Chandler (1:07.40) Lyndsay DePaul Lyndsay DePaul Lyndsay DePaul is an American swimmer.-Career:At the 2009 World University Games, DePaul won a silver medal in the 400 m individual medley and 200 m butterfly...  (58.84) Megan Romano (53.70)	4:00.15	Shiho Sakai Shiho Sakai is a Japanese backstroke swimmer.-Major achievements:2009 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships* 100m backstroke 1st * 200m backstroke 2nd -Personal bests:In long course* 50m backstroke: 27.88...  (1:00.41) Satomi Suzuki (1:07.38) Tomoyo Fukuda (58.92) Yayoi Matsumoto (54.27)	4:00.98
10 km marathon		2:06:49.31		2:07:29.21		2:08:42.77