2007 FINA World Swimming Championships - Look at the Numbers

The 2007 FINA World Championships was arguably one of the most successful World Championships for Team USA since the meet’s advent in 1973. How does it stack up? Look at the numbers and decide for yourself.

• Medal Counts
  • U.S. Medal Count in Melbourne: 36 total – 20 gold, 13 silver, 3 bronze (Best in history of World Champs).
  • Next Closest Team (Australia): 19 total – 8 gold, 6 silver, 5 bronze.

  • U.S. Medal Count at 2005 World Champs: 32 total – 15 gold, 11 silver, 6 bronze (third best showing in history of World Champs).
  • U.S. Medal Count at 1978 World Champs: 36 total – 20 gold, 12 silver, 4 bronze (Previous best in history of World Champs).
  • Highest Medal Count by Another Country in History of World Champs: East Germany, 1986. 30 total – 14 gold, 12 silver, 4 bronze.

  • Michael Phelps’ Medal Count in Melbourne: 7 total, all gold (200m free, 100m fly, 200m fly, 200m IM, 400m IM, 400m free relay, 800m free relay).
  • Michael Phelps’ Medal Count in Montreal (2005): 5 total – 5 gold, 1 silver.
  • Michael Phelps’ Medal Count in Barcelona (2003): 6 total – 4 gold, 2 silver.

  • Rounding Out Team USA’s Top 3 Performers in Melbourne:
    • Ryan Lochte, 5 medals – 2 gold, 3 silver
    • Natalie Coughlin, 5 medals – 2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze.

  • Number of Times Team USA Went 1-2 in Melbourne: 6, in the men’s 50m free, 100m back, 200m back, 100m fly, 200m IM and 400m IM.
  • Number of Times Team USA Went 1-2 in 1978: 7, in the men’s 100m free, 200m free, 100m back, 100m fly and 200m fly, and in the women’s 200m fly and 200m IM.
  • Number of Times Team USA Went 1-2 in 2005: 2, in the men’s 100m back and 100m fly.

• World Records
  • Number of World Records Set in Melbourne: 15
  • Number of World Records Set by American Swimmers: 12
  • Number of World Records Set by American Swimmers at the 2005 World Championships: 3
  • Number of Individual World Records Set by Michael Phelps in Melbourne: 4

  • American Swimmers Who Set World Records:
    • Michael Phelps (200m free, 1:43.86; 200m fly, 1:52.09; 200m IM, 1:54.98; and 400m IM, 4:06.22)
    • Natalie Coughlin (100m back, 59.44)
    • Katie Hoff (400m IM, 4:32.89)
    • Ryan Lochte (200m back, 1:54.32)
    • Aaron Peirsol (100m back, 52.98)
    • Leila Vaziri (50m back, 28.16 – twice)
    • Men’s 800m Free Relay (Michael Phelps, Klete Keller, Peter Vanderkaay, Ryan Lochte, 7:03.24)
    • Women’s 800m Free Relay (Natalie Coughlin, Dana Vollmer, Lacey Nymeyer, Katie Hoff, 7:50.09).

  • Who Accounted for the Other World Records:
    • Federica Pellegrini (women’s 200m free, 1:56.47)
    • Laure Manaudou (women’s 200m free, 1:55.52)
    • Australia (400m medley relay, 3:55.74).

• American Records
  • Number of American Records Set in Melbourne (Not Counting World Records): 8

  • American Record Setters:
    • Natalie Coughlin (100m free, 53.40; 200m free, 1:56.43; 100m fly, 57.34)
    • Margaret Hoelzer (200m back, 2:07.70; 200m back, 2:07.16)
    • Katie Hoff (200m free, 1:57.29; 200m free, 1:57.09)
    • Women’s 400m Free Relay (Natalie Coughlin, Lacey Nymeyer, Amanda Weir, Kara Lynn Joyce, 3:35.68).

• Championship Records
  • Number of Championship Records Set in Melbourne (Not Counting World Records): 16
  • Number of Championship Records Set by Americans (Not Counting World Records): 8

  • Americans Who Set Championship Records:
    • Ryan Lochte (100m back, 53.51)
    • Natalie Coughlin (100m free, 53.40)
    • Kate Ziegler (800m free, 8:18.52; 1500m free, 15:53.05)
    • Leila Vaziri (50m back, 28.25)
    • Margaret Hoelzer (200m back, 2:07.16)
    • Katie Hoff (200m IM, 2:10.13)
    • Men’s 400m Free Relay (Michael Phelps, Neil Walker, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak, 3:12.72).

  • Who Accounted for the Other Championship Records:
    • Lisbeth Lenton, Australia (100m free, 53.42, 100m free, 53.40; 100m fly, 57.15)
    • Laure Manaudou, France (400m free, 4:05.29; 400m free, 4:02.61)
    • Leisel Jones, Australia (100m Breast, 1:05.72)
    • Therese Alshammar, Sweden (50 fly, 25.82)
    • Australia (400m free relay, 3:35.48).

• FINA Trophies
  • 2007 Male Swimmer of the Meet: Michael Phelps
  • 2007 Female Swimmer of the Meet: Laure Manaudou, France
  • 2007 Team: USA

More on the 2007 FINA World Championships - Melbourne, 17 March - 1 April 2007 - Including links to full results.

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