2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- When: Pool Swimming: Saturday, June 18 – Saturday, June 25
- Open Water: June 26 – June 30
- Where: Duna Arena
- Heats: 9 AM / Semi-finals & Final: 6 PM
- Meet Central
- Full Aquatics Schedule
As we countdown the days until the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, we will be previewing all 42 of the events that are set to take place at the meet. From individual events to relays to sprint backstroke to distance freestyle, we’re covering it all.
Previews will go up daily so check in regularly to make sure you don’t miss out on any of them. We will update this index each time a preview goes up so that you can find links to all of the previews in one spot.
EVENT PREVIEWS
MEDALIST PREDICTIONS
Women:
| EVENT | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 50 Free | Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) | Shayna Jack (AUS) | Kasia Wasick (POL) |
| 100 Free | Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) | Siobhan Haughey (HKG) | Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) |
| 200 Free | Siobhan Haughey (HKG) | Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) | Tang Muhan (CHN) |
| 400 Free | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Summer McIntosh (CAN) | Li Bingjie (CHN) |
| 800 Free | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Leah Smith (USA) | Simona Quadarella (ITA) |
| 1500 Free | Katie Ledecky (USA) | Katie Grimes (USA) | Lani Pallister (AUS) |
| 50 Back | Kaylee McKeown (AUS) | Katharine Berkoff (USA) | Kylie Masse (CAN) |
| 100 Back | Regan Smith (USA) | Kaylee McKeown (AUS) | Kylie Masse (CAN) |
| 200 Back | Kaylee McKeown (AUS) | Phoebe Bacon (USA) | Kylie Masse (CAN) |
| 50 Breast | Lilly King (USA) | Benedetta Pilato (ITA) | Arianna Castiglioni (ITA) |
| 100 Breast | Lilly King (USA) | Reona Aoki (JPN) | Benedetta Pilato (ITA) |
| 200 Breast | Lilly King (USA) | Molly Renshaw (GBR) | Kate Douglass (USA) |
| 50 Fly | Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) | Melanie Henique (FRA) | Claire Curzan (USA) |
| 100 Fly | Zhang Yufei (CHN) | Torri Huske (USA) | Claire Curzan (USA) |
| 200 Fly | Zhang Yufei (CHN) | Hali Flickinger (USA) | Regan Smith (USA) |
| 200 IM | Alex Walsh (USA) | Kaylee McKeown (AUS) | Yui Ohashi (JPN) |
| 400 IM | Yui Ohashi (JPN) | Summer McIntosh (CAN) | Emma Weyant (USA) |
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4×100 Free Relay
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Australia | Canada | USA |
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4×200 Free Relay
|
Canada | China | Australia |
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4×100 Medley Relay
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USA | Australia | Canada |
Men:
| EVENT | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 50 Free | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | Bruno Fratus (BRA) | Josh Liendo (CAN) |
| 100 Free | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | David Popovici (ROU) | Maxime Grousset (FRA) |
| 200 Free | Duncan Scott* (GBR) | Tom Dean (GBR) | Kieran Smith (USA) |
| 400 Free | Lukas Märtens (GER) | Elijah Winnington (AUS) | Ahmed Hafnaoui* (TUN) |
| 800 Free | Florian Wellbrock (GER) | Bobby Finke (USA) | Lukas Martens (GER) |
| 1500 Free | Florian Wellbrock (GER) | Bobby Finke (USA) | Lukas Märtens (GER) |
| 50 Back | Hunter Armstrong (USA) | Justin Ress (USA) | Isaac Cooper (AUS) |
| 100 Back | Hunter Armstrong (USA) | Ryan Murphy (USA) | Thomas Ceccon (ITA) |
| 200 Back | Ryan Murphy (USA) | Luke Greenbank (GBR) | Shaine Casas (USA) |
| 50 Breast | Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) | Nic Fink (USA) | Michael Andrew (USA) |
| 100 Breast | Arno Kamminga (NED) | Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) | Michael Andrew (USA) |
| 200 Breast | Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS) | Arno Kamminga (NED) | Nic Fink (USA) |
| 50 Fly | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | Nicholas Santos (BRA) | Szebasztian Szabo (HUN) |
| 100 Fly | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | Kristof Milak (HUN) | Noe Ponti (SUI) |
| 200 Fly | Kristof Milak (HUN) | Tomoru Honda (JPN) | Tamas Kenderesi (HUN) |
| 200 IM | Wang Shun (CHN) | Daiya Seto (JPN) | Duncan Scott (GBR) |
| 400 IM | Carson Foster (USA) | Daiya Seto (JPN) | Leon Marchand (FRA) |
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4×100 Free Relay
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United States | Italy | Great Britain |
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4×200 Free Relay
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Great Britain | United States | Australia |
|
4×100 Medley Relay
|
United States | Italy | Japan |
*After these picks were made, it was revealed that Duncan Scott and Ahmed Hafnaoui, among others, would not compete.
Mixed:
| EVENT | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 4×100 Freestyle Relay | Australia | USA | Great Britain |
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4×100 Medley Relay
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USA | China | Australia |
PROJECTED MEDAL TABLE
Here’s a look at how the medal table would shake out based on our medalist picks in each event:
| SWIMSWAM NEWS – 2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||||
| Pool Swimming Predicted Medal Table | ||||
| Nation | Total Medals | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| USA | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 |
| Australia | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Canada | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Italy | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Great Britain | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| China | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Japan | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Hungary | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Brazil | 2 | 2 | ||
| Romania | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tunisia | 1 | 1 | ||
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | ||
| Poland | 1 | 1 | ||
Channel 9 have aquired rights to broadcast 2022 Fina Swim Champs. Will be live streamed on 9 Now & broadcast daily on 9 or 9 Gem. Heats 5pm Aus EST & Finals 2am EST.
Finals is gonna be rough.. I hope they do replays
Surely they will. They won’t only broadcast it live at 2am with no chance to replay.
I haven’t had a reply from Fina regarding details of updated version of Fina TV but I believe it is Fina Utube which can be accessed from Fina.org website where an Official Trailer was loaded on June 3rd.
Thanks SwimSwam for all the analysis, information, opinion, chat. You’re a great focus for swim fans worldwide.
Swimswam already put photo curse on Lilly King 😬
A good interview with Mollie O
https://www.codesports.com.au/commonwealth-games/swimmer-mollie-ocallaghan-is-greater-springfields-secondbest-sportswoman-after-ash-barty/news-story/837076a6609840e62b5b6a7aa9280321
Did you just underestimate SM?!
I love Ohashi, but Summer is taking this one.
😉
Why Ohashi over McIntosh in the 400 IM?
Love the write-ups!
Keep up the good work!
I love the way the Americans choose to use ‘Total Medals’ as if all medals are equal…. lol….
In case they haven’t noticed – a gold is worth the most; silver next; then bronze…
They are also different colours – one gold, one silver and one bronze.
(P.S. The clue is in the name…..)