MISSILE'S SILVER TOUCH AS RICE TAKES BRONZE

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Swimming July 31:Australia has completed it's FINA World Championships campaign in Shanghai with a final night silver to the fast finishing men's 4x100m medley relay team and a bronze to Olympic champion Stephanie Rice in the 400m individual medley.

The men's relay came agonisingly close to gold, with "The Missile" James Magnussen flying home in the final freestyle leg in a sizzling 47.00 to miss the gold by just two-one-hundredths of a second.

The Australians were led off by backstroker Hayden Stoeckel in 54.22, followed by the fastest breaststroke split of the final by Brenton Rickard (59.32) and Geoff Huegill's 51.72 against Michael Phelps, leaving it up to Magnussen to challenge US freestyler Nathan Adrian - and the "man of the moment" Magnussen almost pulled off "a Thorpey" in a magnificent anchor leg.

Gold will be on the menu for the Aussie quartet in London - and despite her bronze it could also be beckoning for Rice who produced a brave effort to try and snach gold in the gruelling 400IM after she led through the butterfly and backstroke, only to be overtaken by American Elizabeth Beisel and then in the last stroke by Hannah Miley (GBR) in the race for silver - Australia's eighth for the meet - and the seventh in an Olympic event.

On Saturday night, Albury's AIS-based Belinda Hocking smashed her own Australian record to win silver in the 200m backstroke, clocking 2:06.06 behind latest US hotshot Missy Franklin (2:05.10) with fellow Australian Meagen Nay sixth in 2:08.69.

The Americans dominated the meet - with the USA winning 15 of the 32 Olympic events on the program, with the vastly improved China winning four gold and the Magnussen inspired Australians two.

Meanwhile the latest Denis Cotterell trained superstar Sun Yang led the Chinese men with an astonishing world record swim in the men's 1500m freestyle - breaking Grant Hackett's 2001 world mark set at the World Championships in Fukuoka.

Sun clocked 14:34.14 to take 0.42 off Hackett's extraordinary swim a decade ago.

GOLDEN BOND FOR AUSSIE JAMES

The Australian Swim Team has a new king in 20-year-old James Magnussen who has taken the swimming world by storm with his amazing gold medal swim at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai.

Magnussen becomes the first Australian to win the coveted blue ribband event since the first World Championships in Belgrade in 1973, which saw 1968 Olympic champion Mike Wenden take the bronze.

Since then many of Australia's biggest names, including Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe and Eamon Sullivan have tried and not quite got to the top of the podium.

But the Port Macquarie Missile has launched himself onto the international swimming scene in a big way, sending a clear message to his opponents that they'll have a race on their hands come London 2012.

Magnussen blasted his opponents out of the pool in a sizzling 47.63 after turning fifth at the 50m mark in 22.94 and turning on the after-burners to swim past the world record holder and defending and Olympic champion, Brazil's Cesar Cielo, who faded to finish fourth.

Canada's celebrated 2007 world champion Brent Hayden won silver in 47.95 with the first of the two Frenchmen William Meynard taking bronze in 48.00.

But none were a match for Magnussen who held the sprinting world in palms of his hands - and then smashed the water with joy and relief in a wondrous celebration.

It was the arrival of another swimming star and his timing could not have been better - 12 months almost to the day before the Olympic Opening Ceremony in London.

Australia also won its sixth silver medal of the meet last night with the 4x200m freestyle relay girls - Bronte Barratt (1:56.86), Blair Evans (1:57.69), Angie Bainbridge (1:57.36) and Kylie Palmer (1:55.51) finished a fast finishing second to the might of the USA.

The Missy Franklin (1:55.06) led Americans led from the outset and were never headed, taking the gold in 7:46.14 to Australia (7:47.42), with Palmer keeping China (7:47.66) at bay, with Tang Yi clocking 1:55.47.

In other finals last night Stephanie Rice (2:06.08pb) and defending champion Jess Schipper (2:06.64) were a close up fifth and equal seventh in the 200m butterfly with only 1.09 separating China's Jiao Liuyang (2:05.55) and Schipper.

There was also a brave performance from Sydney's Kenneth To who finished a creditable seventh (1:59.26pb) in the Ryan Lochte 200IM world record race.

Lochte and Michael Phelps put on an amazing exhibition of medley swimming in the race of the meet, Lochte winning in 1:54.00 - 0.10 faster than his time in Rome - with Phelps also clocking a personal best of 1:54.16 with Hungary's ever present Laszlo Cseh taking bronze in 1:57.69 - 3.69 behind the winner.

It was To's first major international open final and places him in a great position just 12 months out from the Olympics.

Luckless backstroker Emily Seebohm was a fast-finishing fifth in a helter-skelter 50m backstroke final 28.07 - just 0.28 away from gold, won by Russian Anastasia Zueva (27.79). - Ian Hanson.

MAGNUSSEN INSPIRES MEN'S RELAY GOLD

Australia's men turned back the clock 10 years to capture gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay on a thrilling opening night at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai.

The team of James Magnussen 47.49, Matthew Targett 47.87, Matthew Abood 47.92, Eamon Sullivan 47.72 held off the fast finishing French team with the Michael Phelps USA taking bronze.

Magnussen's lead off time of 47.49 is the fastest-ever textile suit swim and places him in a great position for the individual event later in the week.

Beijing relay golden girl Kylie Palmer swam an outstanding race to finish just off the pace, fourth, in the women's 400m freestyle.

We will keep the results updated on this page for the duration of the Championships. - Ian Hanson.

COUTTS LEAD MEDAL RUSH

It was a successful yet heartbreaking night for the Australian Swim Team on night two of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai with the team winning three silver medals and a bronze.

There was excitement all round with Matt Targett adding silver to his night one relay gold behind former Auburn training partner, Brazilian Cesar Cielo in the 50m butterfly which also saw comeback king Geoff Huegill claim bronze.

It completed a full set of medals in this event for "Skippy" who had won gold in Fukuoka in 2001 and bronze in Barcelona behind Matt Welsh in 2003 and for Targett it was his second straight silver.

The heartbreak came for Commonwealth Games golden girl Alicia Coutts who had to settle for two brave "fingernail" silvers to Dana Vollmer (USA) in the 100m butterfly and then 30 minutes later, second again to Chinese 15-year-old Ye Shiwen in the 200IM, with Olympic champion Stephanie Rice fourth. - Ian Hanson.

SILVER LINING FOR JONES

Leisel Jones was the lone Australian medallist on night three of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai when the 2005 and 2007 World Champion and 2008 Olympic champion finished with silver behind American Rebecca Soni in the 100m breaststroke.

Jones had to wait until the last final of the night to fly the Australian flag but was no match for the fast-rating Californian, who won the gold in 1:05.05 with Jones second in 1:06.25 and China's Ji Liping third in 1:06.52.

Soni's rating saw her split 30.70 to Jones 31.15 and she has certainly set the bar in the swim ton London where Jones is hoping to become the first Australian swimmer to represent at four Olympics.

Jones career began in Sydney 2000 with silver in the 100m breaststroke, before bronze in Athens in 2004 and gold in Beijing.

In other finals, Emily Seebohm, who has had a troubled year with sickness only just missed the medals, taking fourth in 100m backstroke in 59.21 - just 0.06secs behind Natalie Coughlin (USA) and bronze.

Fellow Australian Belinda Hocking was a close up sixth in a pb59.53 - in a final which saw just 0.48 separate gold and sixth.

The only other finalist for Australia was Open water Olympian Melissa Gorman, who was fifth in the 1500m freestyle in 16:05.98. - Ian Hanson.

KYLIE'S BARNSTORMING SILVER

Olympic relay gold medallist from Beijing Kylie Palmer has added to Australia's silver lining on night four of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Shanghai.

Palmer 1:56.04 stormed home from seventh at the 150 metre mark to finish second in the 200m freestyle behind defending champion, Italy's Federica Pellegrini 1:58.58,with 400m bronze medallist Camille Muffat (FRA) again taking third 1:56.10 - Australia's fifth silver medal.

The young Stephan Widmer coached Queenslander will take enormous confidence into Australia's 4x200 and more importantly into next year's Olympics in London.

With the One Year To Go Countdown featuring in Sydney and London it was certainly a timing performance from Palmer and new freestyle star James Magnussen who were the talk of the official Countdown dinner at the Sydney Convention Centre.

Magnussen, just 20, will swim for gold in the 100 metres freestyle final tonight when he takes on the cream of the world's fastest sprinters, including controversial Brazilian Olympic and defending champion Cesar Cielo.

Victory will see him become the first Australian world champion in the blue ribband event. - Ian Hanson.

FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS, Shanghai, FINAL RESULTS

Swimming results:

MEN

Freestyle

50m free

  1. Cesar Cielo (BRA) 21.52
  2. Luca Dotto (ITA) 21.90
  3. Alain Bernard (FRA) 21.92
  4. Nathan Adrian (USA) 21.93
  5. Bruno Fratus (BRA) 21.96
  6. Krisztian Takacs (HUN) 21.99
  7. George Bovell (TRI) 22.04
  8. Gideon Louw (RSA) 22.11

100m

  1. James Magnussen (AUS) 47.63
  2. Brent Hayden (CAN) 47.95
  3. William Meynard (FRA) 48.00
  4. Cesar Cielo (BRA) 48.00
  5. Fabien Gilot (FRA) 48.13
  6. Nathan Adrian (USA) 48.23
  7. Luca Dotto (ITA) 48.24
  8. Sebastiaan Versschren (NED) 48.27

200m

  1. Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:44.44
  2. Michael Phelps (USA) 1:44.79
  3. Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:44.88
  4. Park Tae Hwan (KOR) 1:44.92
  5. Yannick Agnel (FRA) 1:44.99
  6. Nikita Lobintsev (RUS) 1:45.57
  7. Dominik Meichtry (SUI) 1:47.02
  8. Danila Izotov (RUS) 1:47.46

400m

  1. Park Tae Hwan (KOR) 3:42.04
  2. Sun Yang (CHN) 3:43.24
  3. Paul Biedermann (GER) 3:44.14
  4. Peter Vanderkay (USA) 3:44.83
  5. Ryan Cochrane (CAN) 3:45.17
  6. Yannick Agnel (FRA) 3:45.24
  7. Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 3:45.31
  8. Sebastien Rouault (FRA) 3:47.66

800m

  1. Sun Yang (CHN) 7:38.57
  2. Ryan Cochrane (CAN) 7:41.86
  3. Gergo Kis (HUN) 7:44.94
  4. Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 7:45.99
  5. Pal Joensen (FAR) 7:46.51
  6. Chad La Tourette (USA) 7:46.52
  7. Peter Vanderkaay (USA) 7:46.64
  8. Sebastien Rouault (FRA) 7:55.91

1500m

  1. Sun Yang (CHN) 14:34.14WR
  2. Ryan Cochrane (CAN) 14:44.46
  3. Gergo Kis (HUN) 14:45.66
  4. Pal Joensen (FAR) 14:46.33
  5. Chad La Tourette (USA) 14:52.36
  6. Peter Vanderkaay (USA) 15:00.47
  7. Samuel Pizzetti (ITA) 15:15.81
  8. Yohsuke Miyamoto (JPN) 15:20.67

Backstroke

50m

  1. Liam Tancock (GBR) 24.50
  2. Camille Lacourt (FRA) 24.57
  3. Gerhard Zandberg (RSA) 24.66
  4. Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (ESP) 24.82
  5. David Plummer (USA) 24.92
  6. Nicholas Thoman (USA) 25.01
  7. Guy Barnea (ISR) 25.01
  8. Flori Lang (SUI) 25.15

100m

  1. Camille Lacourt (FRA) 52.76 DH 1st
  2. Jeremy Stravius (FRA) 52.76 DH 1st
  3. Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 52.98
  4. Nicholas Thoman (USA) 53.01
  5. David Plummer (USA) 53.04
  6. Liam Tancock (GBR) 53.25
  7. Helge Meew (GER) 53.28
  8. Gareth Kean (NZL) 53.50

200m backstroke

  1. Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:52.96
  2. Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:54.11
  3. Tyler Clary (USA) 1:54.69
  4. Zhang Fenglin (CHN) 1:56.39
  5. Radoslaw Kawecki (POL) 1:57.33
  6. Stanislav Donets (RUS) 1:57.36
  7. Sebastiano Ranfagni (ITA) 1:57.49
  8. Kazuki WSatanabe (JPN) 1:57.82

Breaststroke

50m

  1. Felipe Alves Frana Da Silva (BRA) 27.01
  2. Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) 27.17
  3. Cameron Van Der Burgh (RSA) 27.19
  4. Hendrik Feldwehr (GER) 27.41
  5. Alexander Dale Oen (NOR) 27.43
  6. Mark Gangloff (USA) 27.58
  7. Lennart Stekelenburg (NED) 27.65
  8. Damir Dugonjic (SLO) 28.00

100m

  1. Alexander Dale Oen (NOR) 58.71
  2. Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) 59.42
  3. Cameron Van Der Burgh (RSA) 59.49
  4. Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 1:00.03
  5. Brenton Rickard (AUS) 1:00.11
  6. Daniel Gyurta (HUN) 1:00.25
  7. Giedrius Titenis (LTU) 1:00.25
  8. Mark Gangloff (USA) 1:00.52

200m

  1. Daniel Gyurta (HUN) 2:08.41
  2. Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 2:08.63
  3. Christian Vom Lehn (GER) 2:09.06
  4. Eric Shanteau (USA) 2:09.28
  5. Michael Jamieson (GBR) 2:10.67
  6. Giedrius Titenis (LTU) 2:11.07
  7. Choi Kyu Woong (KOR) 2:11.17
  8. Andrew Willis (GBR) 2:11.29

Butterfly

50m

  1. Cesar Cielo (BRA) 23.10
  2. Matt Targett (AUS) 23.28
  3. Geoff Huegill (AUS) 23.35
  4. Frederick Bousquet (FRA) 23.38
  5. Florent Manaudou (FRA) 23.49
  6. Steffen Deibler (GER) 23.55
  7. Jason Dunford (KEN) 23.60
  8. Andriy Govorov (UKR) 23.64

100m butterfly

  1. Michael Phelps (USA) 50.71
  2. Konrad Czerniak (POL) 51.15
  3. Tyler McGill (USA) 51.26
  4. Jason Dunford (KEN) 51.59
  5. Takuro Fujii (JPN) 51.75
  6. Evgeny Korotzshkin (RUS) 51.86
  7. Joeri Verlinden (NED) 52.21
  8. Geoff Huegill (AUS) 52.36

200m

  1. Michael Phelps (USA) 1:53.34
  2. Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) 1:54.01
  3. Wu Peng (CHN) 1:54.67
  4. Chen Yin (CHN) 1:55.00
  5. Chad Le Clos (RSA) 1:55.07
  6. Pawel Korzeniowski (POL) 1:55.39
  7. Dinko Jukic (AUT) 1:55.48
  8. Bence Biczo (HUN) 1:55.53

Individual Medley

200m

  1. Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:54.00 WR
  2. Michael Phelps (USA) 1:54.16
  3. Laszlo Cseh (HUN) 1:57.69
  4. James Goddard (GBR) 1:57.79
  5. Markus Rogan (AUT) 1:58.14
  6. Thiago Pereira (BRA) 1:59.00
  7. Kenneth To (AUS) 1:59.26
  8. Yuya Horihata (JPN) 1:59.52

400 IM

  1. Ryan Lochte (USA) 4:07.13
  2. Tyler Clary (USA) 4:11.17
  3. Yuya Horihata (JPN) 4:11.98
  4. Chaosheng Huang (CHN) 4:13.62
  5. Ioasnnis Drymonakos (GRE) 4:14.62
  6. David Verraszto (HUN) 4:15.67
  7. Wang Cheng Xiang (CHN) 4:15.89
  8. Roberto Pavoni (GBR) 4:19.85

4x100m relay

  1. Australia (James Magnussen 47.49, Matthew Targett 47.87, Matthew Abood 47.92, Eamon Sullivan 47.72) 3:11.00
  2. France 3:11.14
  3. USA 3:11.96
  4. Italy 3:12.39
  5. Russia 3:12.99
  6. RSA 3:13.38
  7. Germany 3:15.01
  8. Great Britain 3:15.03

4x200m relay

  1. USA 7:02.67
  2. FRA 7:04.81
  3. CHN 7:05.67
  4. GER 7:08.32
  5. AUS 7:08.48 (Thomas Fraser Holmes 1:48.35; Kenrick Monk 1:45.84 Jaarrod Killey 1.48.01; Ryan Napoleon 1:46.28)
  6. GBR 7:10.84
  7. JPN 7:10.92
  8. ITA 7:12.26

4x100m medley relay

  1. USA 3:32.06
  2. AUS (Hayden Stoeckel 54.22, Brenton Rickard 59.32, Geoff Huegill 51.72, James Magnussen 47.00) 3:32.26
  3. Germany 3:32.60
  4. Japan 3:32.89
  5. Netherlands 3:34.11
  6. Great Britain 3:36.80
  7. Canada 3:37.44
  8. Poland 3:37.44

WOMEN

Freestyle

50m

  1. Therese Alshammar (SWE) 24.14
  2. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 24.27
  3. Marleen Veldhuis (NED) 24.49
  4. Francesca Halsall (GBR) 24.60
  5. Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) 24.65
  6. Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) 24.67
  7. Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (BAH) 24.79
  8. Jessica Hardy (USA) 24.87

100m

  1. Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) 53.45 DH
  2. Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) 53.45 DH
  3. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 53.66
  4. Francesca Halsall (GBR) 53.72
  5. Femke Heemskerk (NED) 53.72
  6. Alicia Coutts (AUS) 53.81
  7. Dana Volmer (USA) 54.19
  8. Natalie Coughlin (USA) 54.22
 200m
  1. Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 1:58.58
  2. Kylie Palmer (AUS) 1:56.04
  3. Camille Muffat (FRA) 1:56.10
  4. Sarah Sjoestroem (SWE) 1:56.41
  5. Bronte Barratt (AUS) 1:56.60
  6. Allison Schmitt (USA) 1:56.98
  7. Femke Heemskerk (NED) 1:57.63
  8. Silke Lippok (GER) 1:58.26

400m

  1. Federica Pellegrini (ITA) 4:01.97
  2. Rebecca Adlington (GBR) 4:04.01
  3. Camille Muffat (FRA) 4:04.06
  4. Kylie Palmer (AUS) 4:04.62
  5. Lotte Fris (DEN) 4:04.68
  6. Lauren Boyle (NZL) 4:06.11
  7. Kathyrn Hoff (USA) 4:08.22
  8. Melania Costa Schmid (ESP) 4:09.66

800m

  1. Rebecca Adlington (GBR) 8:17.51
  2. Lotte Friis (DEN) 8:18.20
  3. Kate Ziegler (USA) 8:23.36
  4. Chloe Sutton (USA) 8:24.05
  5. Boglarka Kapas (HUN) 8:24.79
  6. Katie Goldman (AUS) 8:29.20
  7. Wendy Trott (RSA) 8:30.45
  8. Lauren Boyle (NZL) 8:32.72

1500m

  1. Lotte Friis (DEN) 15:49.59
  2. Kate Ziegler (USA) 15:55.60
  3. Li Xuanxu (CHN) 15:58.02
  4. Kristel Kobrich (CHI) 16:05.11
  5. Melissa Gorman (AUS) 16:05.98
  6. Wendy Trott (RSA) 16:06.02
  7. Erika Villaecija Garcia (ESP) 16:09.71
  8. Shao Yiwen (CHN) 16:12.01

Breaststroke

50m

  1. Jessica Hardy (USA) 30.19
  2. Yuliya Efimova (RUS) 30.49
  3. Rebecca Soni (USA) 30.58
  4. Leiston Pickett (AUS) 30.74
  5. Jennie Johansson (SWE) 30.89
  6. Leisel Jones (AUS) 31.01
  7. Moniek Nijhuis (NED) 31.33
  8. Rebecca Ejdervik (SWE) 31.45

100m

  1. Rebecca Soni (USA) 1:05.05
  2. Leisel Jones (AUS) 1:06.25
  3. Ji Liping (CHN) 1:06.52
  4. Yuliya Efimova (RUS) 1:06.56
  5. Sun Ye (CHN) 1:07.08
  6. Rikke Pedersen (Denmark) 1:07.28
  7. Jillian Tyler (CAN) 1:07.64
  8. Moniek Nijhuis (NED) 1:07.97

200m

  1. Rebecca Soni (USA) 2:21.47
  2. Yuliya Efimova (RUS) 2:22.22
  3. Martha McCabe (CAN) 2:24.81
  4. Sun Ye (CHN) 2:25.09
  5. Kaneto Rie (JPN) 2:25.36
  6. Nadja Higl (SRB) 2:25.93
  7. Rikke Pedersen (DEN) 2:26.56
  8. Annamay Pierse (CAN) 2:27.00

Butterfly

50m

  1. Inge Dekker (NED) 25.71
  2. Therese Alshammar (SWE) 25.76
  3. Melanie Henique (FRA) 25.86
  4. Lu Ying (CHN) 25.87
  5. Sarah Sjoestroem (SWE) 25.87 (dh)
  6. Yuka Kato (JPN) 26.02
  7. Dana Vollmer (USA) 26.06
  8. Marieke Guehrer (AUS) 26.21

100m

  1. Danna Vollmer (USA) 56.87
  2. Alicia Coutts (AUS) 56.94
  3. Lu Ying (CHN) 57.06
  4. Sarah Sjoestroem (SWE) 57.06
  5. Ellen Gandy (GBR) 57.55
  6. Liu Zige (CHN) 57.57
  7. Jessicah Schipper (AUS) 57.95
  8. Jemma Lowe (GBR) 57.96

200m

  1. Jiao Liuyang (CHN) 2:05.55
  2. Ellen Gandy (GBR) 2:05.59
  3. Liu Zige (CHN)  2:05.90
  4. Natsumi Hoshi (JPN) 2:05.91
  5. Stephanie Rice (AUS) 2:06.08
  6. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) 2:06.35
  7. Jemma Lowe (GBR) 2:06.64 and Jessicah Schipper (AUS) 2:06.64

Backstroke

50m

  1. Anastasia Zueva (RUS) 27.79
  2. Aya Terakawa (JPN) 27.93
  3. Melissa Franklin (USA) 28.01
  4. Gao Chang (CHN) 28.06
  5. Emily Seebohm (AUS) 28.07
  6. Julia Wilkinson (CAN) 28.09
  7. Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) 28.09
  8. Mercedes Peris Minguet (ESP) 28.4

 100m

  1. Zhao Jing (CHN) 59.05
  2. Anastasia Zueva (RUS) 59.06
  3. Natalie Coughlin (USA) 59.15
  4. Emily Seebohm (AUS) 59.21
  5. Aya Terakawa (JPN) 59.35
  6. Belinda Hocking (AUS) 59.53
  7. Elizabeth Simmonds (GBR) 59.89
  8. Sinead Russell (CAN) 1:00.20

200m

  1. Melissa Franklin (USA) 2:05.10
  2. Belinda Hocking (AUS) 2:06.06
  3. Sharon Van Rouwendaal (NED) 2:07.78
  4. Daryna Zevina (UKR) 2:07.82
  5. Elizabeth Beisel (USA) 2:08.16
  6. Meagen Nay (AUS) 2:08.69
  7. Elizabeth Simmonds (GBR) 2:08.76
  8. Alexianne Castel (FRA) 2:09.07

Individual Medley

200m

  1. Ye Shiwen (CHN) 2:08.90
  2. Alicia Coutts (AUS) 2:09.00
  3. Ariana Kukors (USA) 2:09.12
  4. Stephanie Rice (AUS) 2:09.65
  5. Caitlin Leverenz (USA) 2:10.40
  6. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:11.24
  7. Hannah Miley (GBR) 2:11.36
  8. Julia Wilkinson (CAN) 2:16.18

400m

  1. Elizabeth Beisel (USA) 4:31.78
  2. Hannah Miley (GBR) 4:34.22
  3. Stephanie Rice (AUS) 4:34.23
  4. Mireia Belmont Garcia (ESP) 4:34.94
  5. Ye Shiwen (CHN) 4:35.15
  6. Li Xuanxa (CHN) 4:35.78
  7. Barbora Zavadova (CZE) 4:38.04
  8. Caitlin Leverenz (USA) 4:38.80

4x100m freestyle relay

  1. Netherlands 3:33.96
  2. USA 3:34.47
  3. Germany 3:36.05
  4. China 3:36.36
  5. Australia (Bronte Barratt 54.81, Marieke Guehrer 54.37, Merindah Dingjan 54.14, Alicia Coutts 53.43) 3:36.75
  6. Canada 3:38.42
  7. Japan 3:39.55
  8. Denmark 3:39.74

4x200m freestyle relay

  1. USA 7:46.14
  2. AUS (Bronte Barratt 1:56.86; Blair Evans 1:57.69; Angie Bainbridge 1:57.36; Kylie Palmer 1:55.51) 7:47.42
  3. CHN 7:47.66
  4. FRA 7:52.22
  5. HUN 7:52.39
  6. GBR 7:53.51
  7. CAN 7:53.62
  8. NZL 7:56.55

4x100m medley relay

  1. USA (3:52.36
  2. CHN 3:55.61
  3. AUS (Belinda Hocking 59.91, Leisel Jones 1:06.18, Alicia Coutts 56.69, Merindah Dingjan 54.35) 3:57.13
  4. Russia 3:57.38
  5. Japan 3:57.84
  6. Great Britain 4:01.09
  7. Canada DQ
  8. Germany DQ