The 11th

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World Swimming Championships (25m) was held in

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on 12–16 December 2012. This swimming-only championships took place in the

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; all events were swum in a 25-meter ( short-course) pool. The United States topped the medal standings with a total of 27 medals and had the most gold medals with 11. A total of 18 championship records were set and 2

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(both set by American Ryan Lochte) broken. Lochte and Hungarian

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were named the best male and female swimmers of the competition. Lochte finished the meet with 8 total medals (breaking his previous record of 7 set in 2010) and Hosszú had 5 total medals.

Bidding process

announced on 12 April 2008 that

had defeated the only other bidder

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after a meeting of the FINA Bureau in

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, UK.

Venue

The events took place at the

, which has a seating capacity of 22,500.

Events

The swimming competition featured races in a short course (25 m) pool in 40 events (20 for males, 20 for females; 17 individual events and 3 relays for each gender). Prelim events were held in the morning session and semi-finals/final events were held in the evening session. * Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women), and 1,500 (men); *

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: 50, 100, and 200; *

Breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

: 50, 100, and 200; *

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: 50, 100, and 200; *

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: 100, 200, and 400; *Relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free; 4 × 100 medley

Schedule

Medal summary

Changes in medal standings

In June 2013, Danish swimmer

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was stripped by FINA of a gold and bronze medal from the 400- and 1500-meter freestyle after testing positive for

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. In January 2014 the

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partially overturned FINA's ruling and returned the gold medal in 1500 m freestyle.

Results

Men's events

: Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

: Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Championship and world records broken

Men

Women

*All world records (WR) are subsequently championship records (CR). : Morozov broke the championship record in the 100 m freestyle as the lead-off leg in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.

Broadcasting rights

* Europe –

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* Finland –

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* Hungary – M2; Kossuth Rádió * Lithuania –

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* Turkey –

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Participating nations

161 nations entered the competition.

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

, currently suspended by FINA due to government interference, participated under the FINA flag.

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later withdrew.

References

External links

Official website

Competition results
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