Aquatics
- January 16–29: 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 1 ! Serbia, 2 ! Montenegro, 3 ! Hungary.
- January 18–28: 2012 Women's European Water Polo Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 1 ! Italy, 2 ! Greece, 3 ! Hungary.
- February 20–26: 2012 FINA Diving World Cup in London, U.K.
- May 14–27: 2012 European Aquatics Championships in Antwerp and Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Aquatics at the 2012 Olympics in London, United Kingdom:
- Swimming 28 July - 10 August. American swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, by surpassing soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. Phelps has won 22 Olympic medals (18 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) . The Swimming Medal Table was won by United States with 16 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze. China was second with 5 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze. France was third with 4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze.
Results:
Men's events:
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle details |
Florent Manaudou France (FRA) |
21.34 | Cullen Jones United States (USA) |
21.54 | César Cielo Brazil (BRA) |
21.59 |
| 100 m freestyle details |
Nathan Adrian United States (USA) |
47.52 | James Magnussen Australia (AUS) |
47.53 | Brent Hayden Canada (CAN) |
47.80 |
| 200 m freestyle details |
Yannick Agnel France (FRA) |
1:43.14 NR | Sun Yang China (CHN) Park Tae-Hwan South Korea (KOR) |
1:44.93 NR (For CHN) |
Not awarded, |
|
| 400 m freestyle details |
Sun Yang China (CHN) |
3:40.14 OR, AS | Park Tae-Hwan South Korea (KOR) |
3:42.06 | Peter Vanderkaay United States (USA) |
3:44.69 |
| 1500 m freestyle details |
Sun Yang China (CHN) |
14:31.02 WR | Ryan Cochrane Canada (CAN) |
14:39.63 AM | Oussama Mellouli Tunisia (TUN) |
14:40.31 |
| 100 m backstroke details |
Matt Grevers United States (USA) |
52.16 OR | Nick Thoman United States (USA) |
52.92 | Ryosuke Irie Japan (JPN) |
52.97 |
| 200 m backstroke details |
Tyler Clary United States (USA) |
1:53.41 OR | Ryosuke Irie Japan (JPN) |
1:53.78 | Ryan Lochte United States (USA) |
1:53.94 |
| 100 m breaststroke details |
Cameron van der Burgh South Africa (RSA) |
58.46 WR | Christian Sprenger Australia (AUS) |
58.93 | Brendan Hansen United States (USA) |
59.49 |
| 200 m breaststroke details |
Dániel Gyurta Hungary (HUN) |
2:07.28 WR | Michael Jamieson Great Britain (GBR) |
2:07.43 NR | Ryo Tateishi Japan (JPN) |
2:08.29 |
| 100 m butterfly details |
Michael Phelps United States (USA) |
51.21 | Chad le Clos South Africa (RSA) Yevgeny Korotyshkin Russia (RUS) |
51.44 | Not awarded, |
|
| 200 m butterfly details |
Chad le Clos South Africa (RSA) |
1:52.96 AF | Michael Phelps United States (USA) |
1:53.01 | Takeshi Matsuda Japan (JPN) |
1:53.21 |
| 200 m I.M. details |
Michael Phelps United States (USA) |
1:54.27 | Ryan Lochte United States (USA) |
1:54.90 | László Cseh Hungary (HUN) |
1:56.22 |
| 400 m I.M. details |
Ryan Lochte United States (USA) |
4:05.18 | Thiago Pereira Brazil (BRA) |
4:08.86 =SA | Kosuke Hagino Japan (JPN) |
4:08.94 AS |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle details |
France (FRA) Amaury Leveaux (48.13) Fabien Gilot (47.67) Clément Lefert (47.39) Yannick Agnel (46.74) Alain Bernard Jérémy Stravius |
3:09.93 | United States (USA) Nathan Adrian (47.89) Michael Phelps (47.15) Cullen Jones (47.60) Ryan Lochte (47.74) Jimmy Feigen Matt Grevers Ricky Berens Jason Lezak |
3:10.38 | Russia (RUS) Andrey Grechin (48.57) Nikita Lobintsev (47.39) Vladimir Morozov (47.85) Danila Izotov (47.60) Yevgeny Lagunov Sergey Fesikov |
3:11.41 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle details |
United States (USA) Ryan Lochte (1:45.15) Conor Dwyer (1:45.23) Ricky Berens (1:45.27) Michael Phelps (1:44.05) Charlie Houchin Matt McLean Davis Tarwater |
6:59.70 | France (FRA) Amaury Leveaux (1:46.70) Grégory Mallet (1:46.83) Clément Lefert (1:46.00) Yannick Agnel (1:43.24) Jérémy Stravius |
7:02.77 NR | China (CHN) Hao Yun (1:47.12) Li Yunqi (1:46.46) Jiang Haiqi (1:47.17) Sun Yang (1:45.55) Lü Zhiwu Dai Jun |
7:06.30 |
| 4 × 100 m medley details |
United States (USA) Matt Grevers (52.58) Brendan Hansen (59.19) Michael Phelps (50.73) Nathan Adrian (46.85) Nick Thoman Eric Shanteau Tyler McGill Cullen Jones |
3:29.35 | Japan (JPN) Ryosuke Irie (52.92) Kosuke Kitajima (58.64) Takeshi Matsuda (51.20) Takuro Fujii (48.50) |
3:31.26 | Australia (AUS) Hayden Stoeckel (53.71) Christian Sprenger (59.05) Matt Targett (51.60) James Magnussen (47.22) Brenton Rickard Tommaso D'Orsogna |
3:31.58 |
| 10 km marathon details |
Oussama Mellouli Tunisia (TUN) |
1:49:55.1 | Thomas Lurz Germany (GER) |
1:49:58.5 | Richard Weinberger Canada (CAN) |
1:50:00.3 |
- a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals
Women's events:
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle details |
Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands (NED) |
24.05 OR | Aliaksandra Herasimenia Belarus (BLR) |
24.28 NR | Marleen Veldhuis Netherlands (NED) |
24.39 |
| 100 m freestyle details |
Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands (NED) |
53.00 OR | Aliaksandra Herasimenia Belarus (BLR) |
53.38 | Tang Yi China (CHN) |
53.44 |
| 200 m freestyle details |
Allison Schmitt United States (USA) |
1:53.61 OR, AM | Camille Muffat France (FRA) |
1:55.58 | Bronte Barratt Australia (AUS) |
1:55.81 |
| 400 m freestyle details |
Camille Muffat France (FRA) |
4:01.45 OR | Allison Schmitt United States (USA) |
4:01.77 AM | Rebecca Adlington Great Britain (GBR) |
4:03.01 |
| 800 m freestyle details |
Katie Ledecky United States (USA) |
8:14.63 AM | Mireia Belmonte García Spain (ESP) |
8:18.76 NR | Rebecca Adlington Great Britain (GBR) |
8:20.32 |
| 100 m backstroke details |
Missy Franklin United States (USA) |
58.33 AM | Emily Seebohm Australia (AUS) |
58.68 | Aya Terakawa Japan (JPN) |
58.83 AS |
| 200 m backstroke details |
Missy Franklin United States (USA) |
2:04.06 WR | Anastasia Zuyeva Russia (RUS) |
2:05.92 | Elizabeth Beisel United States (USA) |
2:06.55 |
| 100 m breaststroke details |
Rūta Meilutytė Lithuania (LTU) |
1:05.47 | Rebecca Soni United States (USA) |
1:05.55 | Satomi Suzuki Japan (JPN) |
1:06.46 |
| 200 m breaststroke details |
Rebecca Soni United States (USA) |
2:19.59 WR | Satomi Suzuki Japan (JPN) |
2:20.72 =AS | Yuliya Yefimova Russia (RUS) |
2:20.92 ER |
| 100 m butterfly details |
Dana Vollmer United States (USA) |
55.98 WR | Lu Ying China (CHN) |
56.87 | Alicia Coutts Australia (AUS) |
56.94 |
| 200 m butterfly details |
Jiao Liuyang China (CHN) |
2:04.06 OR | Mireia Belmonte García Spain (ESP) |
2:05.25 NR | Natsumi Hoshi Japan (JPN) |
2:05.48 |
| 200 m I.M. details |
Ye Shiwen China (CHN) |
2:07.57 OR, AS | Alicia Coutts Australia (AUS) |
2:08.15 | Caitlin Leverenz United States (USA) |
2:08.95 |
| 400 m I.M. details |
Ye Shiwen China (CHN) |
4:28.43 WR | Elizabeth Beisel United States (USA) |
4:31.27 | Li Xuanxu China (CHN) |
4:32.91 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle details |
Australia (AUS) Alicia Coutts (53.90) Cate Campbell (53.19) Brittany Elmslie (53.41) Melanie Schlanger (52.65) Emily Seebohm Yolane Kukla Libby Trickett |
3:33.15 OR | Netherlands (NED) Inge Dekker (54.67) Marleen Veldhuis (53.80) Femke Heemskerk (53.39) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (51.93) Hinkelien Schreuder |
3:33.79 | United States (USA) Missy Franklin (53.52) Jessica Hardy (53.53) Lia Neal (53.65) Allison Schmitt (53.54) Amanda Weir Natalie Coughlin |
3:34.24 AM |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle details |
United States (USA) Missy Franklin (1:55.96) Dana Vollmer (1:56.02) Shannon Vreeland (1:56.85) Allison Schmitt (1:54.09) Lauren Perdue Alyssa Anderson |
7:42.92 OR, AM | Australia (AUS) Bronte Barratt (1:55.76) Melanie Schlanger (1:55.62) Kylie Palmer (1:56.91) Alicia Coutts (1:56.12) Brittany Elmslie Angie Bainbridge Jade Neilsen Blair Evans |
7:44.41 | France (FRA) Camille Muffat (1:55.51) Charlotte Bonnet (1:57.78) Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne (1:58.05) Coralie Balmy (1:56.15) Margaux Farrell Mylène Lazare |
7:47.49 NR |
| 4 × 100 m medley details |
United States (USA) Missy Franklin (58.50) Rebecca Soni (1:04.82) Dana Vollmer (55.48) Allison Schmitt (53.25) Rachel Bootsma Breeja Larson Claire Donahue Jessica Hardy |
3:52.05 WR | Australia (AUS) Emily Seebohm (59.01) Leisel Jones (1:06.06) Alicia Coutts (56.41) Melanie Schlanger (52.54) Brittany Elmslie |
3:54.02 | Japan (JPN) Aya Terakawa (58.99) Satomi Suzuki (1:05.96) Yuka Kato (57.36) Haruka Ueda (53.42) |
3:55.73 |
| 10 km marathon details |
Éva Risztov Hungary (HUN) |
1:57:38.2 | Haley Anderson United States (USA) |
1:57:38.6 | Martina Grimaldi Italy (ITA) |
1:57:41.8 |
- b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
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- Diving 29 July - 11 August
- Water Polo
- Synchronized Swimming
5–10 August
- 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup in eight different cities in October and November:
- October 2–3 Dubai, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
- October 6–7 Doha, Qatar Qatar
- October 13–14 Stockholm, Sweden Sweden
- October 17–18 Moscow, Russia Russia
- October 20–21 Berlin, Germany Germany
- November 2–3 Beijing, China China
- November 6–7 Tokyo, Japan Japan
- November 10–11 Singapore Singapore.
Kenneth To from Australia won the mens race, while Katinka Hosszú from Hungary won the women's race
- December 12–16: 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul, Turkey. United States won the medal table with 11 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze, while China was second with 3 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze and Hungary was third with 3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze.
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