Lochte broke his own world record in the final of the men's 100m I.M. with a time of 51.15. Lochte, who had competed in the 200m back final earlier in the night, surged ahead in the final 25 meters of the I.M. to overtake Slovenia's Peter Mankoc, who finished second in 52.21. Great Britain's Liam Tancock won the bronze in 52.22. "The 200 back takes a lot out of you," Lochte said. "So I'm glad I could step back up for this race."
Lochte placed second and broke his own American record in the men's 200m back. He dropped more than a second of his own world record, however, Austria's Markus Rogan won the race in 1:47.84 to win the gold and claim the world mark. Lochte earned silver in 1:47.91 and Russia's Stanislav Donets won the bronze in 1:50.45. Randall Bal (Fair Oaks, Calif.) placed seventh in 1:52.05.
Rachel Komisarz (Louisville, Ky.) broke the American record and won silver in the women's 100m fly. Komisarz's time of 56.32, bested the previous record by two one-hundredths of a second. Australia's Felicity Galvez broke the world record and won gold with her time of 55.89, and Great Britain's Jemma Lowe won bronze in 56.84. "That race felt really great," Komisarz said. "I didn't really rest before the meet so it was nice to do a really fast swim after all my training."
In the men's 100m free, Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.) won gold and set a Championship record with a time of 46.67. Adrian, competing in lane one, touched the wall just ahead of Italy's Filippo Magnini, who won silver in 46.70. Croatia's Duje Draganja won bronze in 46.83 and Bryan Lundquist (Marrieta, Ga.) was seventh in 48.01.
Mark Gangloff (Akron, Ohio) earned a silver medal in the men's 50m breast, swimming a personal best time of 26.54. Ukraine's Oleg Lisogar won the gold in 26.46 and South African Cameron Van der Burgh took home the bronze in 26.67.
The men's 400m medley relay set an American record and earned a silver medal with a time of 3:24.38. The team of Bal, Gangloff, Lochte, and Adrian finished the race under the world record but were beaten by Russia, who finished in 3:24.29. New Zealand earned the bronze in 3:27.15.
In the men's 200m fly, Nick Walkotten (Hudsonville, Mich.) placed fifth with a time of 1:53.02. New Zealand's Moss Burmester won gold in 1:51.05, Russia's Nikolay Skvortsov claimed silver in 1:51.83, and Poland's Pawel Korzeniowski won the bronze in 1:52.25.
Jessica Hardy (Long Beach, Calif.) just missed making the medal stand in the women's 50m free, finishing fourth in 24.28. In the men's 1500m free, Larsen Jensen (Bakersfield, Calif.) placed fourth with a time of 14.44.21 and Robert Margalis (Flushing, N.Y.) finished seventh in 14:56.45. Elizabeth Tinnon (Bowling Green, Ky.) placed eighth in the 200m breast, finishing the race in 2:24.35. In the women's 200m free, Erin Reilly (Sacramento, Calif.) was fifth in 1:56.10 and Mary Descenza (Naperville, Ill.) finished eighth with a time of 1:57.78.
Throughout the five day competition, Team USA swimmers combined for a total of 17 medals. Australia finished the meet with 19 medals and Great Britain earned a total of 24 medals. The U.S. team earned the most gold medals of any country at World Championships and the team combined for a total of six world records and 10 championship records throughout the duration of the competition. The U.S. women swam to four gold, one silver, and one bronze medal, while the U.S. men took home six gold and five silver medals.
