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competition at the 11th

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consisted of 40

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events, swum July 24–31, 2005 at pools in

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.2005 FINA World Championships: Swimming
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, last updated in 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-01. * freestyle (free): 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500; *

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(back): 50, 100 and 200; * breaststroke (breast): 50, 100 and 200; *

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(fly): 50, 100 and 200; *

Individual Medley Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual m ...

(IM): 200 and 400; and *

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: 4×100 and 4×200 freestyle, and 4×100 medley.

Event schedule

Results

Men

Legend:

Women

Medal standings

Records

World records

Nine

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were set at the 2005 World Championships.

Championships records

Fifteen Championships (or meet) records were set at the 2005 World Championships.
''Note: Results followed by an asterisk (*) denote that the record was subsequently re-broken during the competition.''

References

External links

Full swimming results
posted on OmegaTiming.com
PDF
of all swimming results {{Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships 2005 World Aquatics Championships

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Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships