2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

{{Short description|Water sport tournament in Istanbul}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}

{{Infobox swimming meet

|name = 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

|image = 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) logo.png

|imagesize = 240px

|hostcity = Istanbul, Turkey

|teams =

|nations = 161

|athletes = 958

|events = 40

|dates = 12–16 December 2012

|venues = Sinan Erdem Dome

|previous = 2010 Dubai

|next = 2014 Doha

}}

{{2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)}}

The 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 12–16 December 2012. This swimming-only championships took place in the Sinan Erdem Dome; 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 world records (both set by American Ryan Lochte) broken. Lochte and Hungarian Katinka Hosszú were named the best male and female swimmers of the competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3325:pr-81-istanbul-consecrates-ryan-lochte-usa-and-katinka-hosszu-hun&catid=341:2012&Itemid=246|title=Istanbul consecrates Ryan Lochte (USA) and Katinka Hosszu (HUN)|date=16 December 2012|publisher=FINA|access-date=16 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221021554/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3325%3Apr-81-istanbul-consecrates-ryan-lochte-usa-and-katinka-hosszu-hun&catid=341%3A2012&Itemid=246|archive-date=21 December 2012|url-status=dead}} 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

FINA announced on 12 April 2008 that Istanbul had defeated the only other bidder Vienna, Austria after a meeting of the FINA Bureau in Manchester, UK.

Venue

The events took place at the Sinan Erdem Dome, which has a seating capacity of 22,500.{{cite web |url=http://www.wscistanbul2012.com/content/11th-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m-istanbul-2012-will-take-place-at-sinan-erdem-dome |title=11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Istanbul 2012 will take place at Sinan Erdem Dome! – FINA ISTANBUL 2012 |publisher=Wscistanbul2012.com |access-date=2012-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216042501/http://www.wscistanbul2012.com/content/11th-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m-istanbul-2012-will-take-place-at-sinan-erdem-dome |archive-date=16 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}

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 in the evening session.

Schedule

class=wikitable
Date

!Morning session
Preliminary heats
(10:00 EET)

!Evening session
Semi-finals and finals
(19:00 EET)

Wednesday
12 December
Men's 200 freestyle
Women's 50 breaststroke
Men's 100 backstroke
Women's 200 butterfly
Men's 100 breaststroke
Women's 100 backstroke
Men's 100 butterfly
Women's 400 medley
Men's 4 × 100 freestyle
Women's 4 × 200 freestyle

| Men's 200 freestyle (final)
Women's 50 breaststroke (semi-finals)
Men's 100 backstroke (semi-finals)
Women's 200 butterfly (final)
Men's 100 breaststroke (semi-finals)
Women's 100 backstroke (semi-finals)
Men's 100 butterfly (semi-finals)
Women's 400 medley (final)
Men's 4 × 100 freestyle (final)
Women's 4 × 200 freestyle (final)

Thursday
13 December
Women's 100 freestyle
Men's 400 medley
Women's 50 butterfly
Men's 50 freestyle
Women's 100 medley
Men's 4 × 200 freestyle
Women's 800 freestyle (slower heats)

| Women's 100 freestyle (semi-finals)
Men's 400 medley (final)
Women's 50 breaststroke (final)
Men's 100 backstroke (final)
Women's 50 butterfly (semi-finals)
Men's 50 freestyle (semi-finals)
Women's 100 backstroke (final)
Men's 100 breaststroke (final)
Women's 100 medley (semi-finals)
Men's 100 butterfly (final)
Women's 800 freestyle (final)
Men's 4 × 200 freestyle (final)

Friday
14 December
Men's 50 backstroke
Women's 200 backstroke
Men's 50 butterfly
Women's 100 breaststroke
Men's 400 freestyle
Men's 200 medley
Women's 400 freestyle
Men's 200 breaststroke
Women's 4 × 100 medley

| Men's 50 backstroke (semi-finals)
Women's 100 freestyle (final)
Men's 50 butterfly (semi-finals)
Women's 200 backstroke (final)
Men's 200 breaststroke (final)
Women's 50 butterfly (final)
Men's 400 freestyle (final)
Women's 100 breaststroke (semi-finals)
Women's 400 freestyle (final)
Men's 50 freestyle (final)
Men's 100 medley (final)
Men's 200 medley (final)
Women's 4 × 100 medley (final)

Saturday
15 December
Women's 50 backstroke
Men's 100 freestyle
Women's 100 butterfly
Men's 100 medley
Women's 50 freestyle
Women's 200 medley
Men's 50 breaststroke
Women's 4 × 100 freestyle

| Women's 100 breaststroke (final)
Men's 50 backstroke (final)
Women's 50 backstroke (semi-finals)
Men's 100 freestyle(semi-finals)
Women's 50 freestyle (semi-finals)
Men's 50 butterfly (final)
Women's 100 butterfly(semi-finals)
Men's 100 medley (semi-finals)
Women's 200 medley (final)
Men's 50 breaststroke(semi-finals)
Women's 4 × 100 freestyle (final)

Sunday
16 December
Men's 200 backstroke
Women's 200 breaststroke
Men's 200 butterfly
Women's 200 freestyle
Men's 4 × 100 medley
Men's 1500 freestyle (slower heats)

| Men's 100 freestyle (final)
Women's 50 backstroke (final)
Men's 200 backstroke (final)
Women's 200 breaststroke (final)
Men's 100 medley (final)
Women's 100 butterfly (final)
Men's 50 breaststroke (final)
Women's 50 freestyle (final)
Men's 200 butterfly (final)
Men's 1500 freestyle (final)
Women's 200 freestyle (final)
Men's 4 × 100 medley (final)

Medal summary

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_USA = 11 | silver_USA = 8 | bronze_USA = 8

| gold_CHN = 3 | silver_CHN = 5 | bronze_CHN = 3

| gold_HUN = 3 | silver_HUN = 4 | bronze_HUN = 3

| gold_DEN = 3 | silver_DEN = 2 | bronze_DEN = 4

| gold_RUS = 2 | silver_RUS = 3 | bronze_RUS = 4

| gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 2 | bronze_ITA = 0

| gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1

| gold_JPN = 2 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 1

| gold_LTU = 2 | silver_LTU = 1 | bronze_LTU = 0

| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 5 | bronze_AUS = 3

| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 2 | bronze_GBR = 3

| gold_RSA = 1 | silver_RSA = 1 | bronze_RSA = 0

| gold_NZL = 1 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 2

| gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 0 | bronze_ESP = 2

| gold_BRA = 1 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 1

| gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1

| gold_BLR = 1 | silver_BLR = 0 | bronze_BLR = 0

| gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 0

| gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 0

| gold_JAM = 0 | silver_JAM = 2 | bronze_JAM = 0

| gold_SVN = 0 | silver_SVN = 2 | bronze_SVN = 0

| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 1

| gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 1

| gold_FRO = 0 | silver_FRO = 0 | bronze_FRO = 1

| gold_TRI = 0 | silver_TRI = 0 | bronze_TRI = 1

}}

=Changes in medal standings=

In June 2013, Danish swimmer Mads Glæsner was stripped by FINA of a gold and bronze medal from the 400- and 1500-meter freestyle after testing positive for levomethamphetamine.{{cite news |title=FINA Doping Panel Decision: Mr. Mads Glaesner (DEN) |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3850:pr-47-fina-doping-panel-decision-mr-mads-glaesner-den&catid=368:2013&Itemid=246 |publisher=FINA |date=2013-06-17 |access-date=2013-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701040150/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3850:pr-47-fina-doping-panel-decision-mr-mads-glaesner-den&catid=368:2013&Itemid=246 |archive-date=1 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}

In January 2014 the Court of Arbitration for Sport partially overturned FINA's ruling and returned the gold medal in 1500 m freestyle.{{cite news|title=CAS Arbitral Award: Mr. Mads Glaesner v. FINA|url=http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/7320/5048/0/Award203274%28FINAL%2920internet.pdf|publisher=CAS|date=2014-02-04|access-date=2014-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222150714/http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/7320/5048/0/Award203274%28FINAL%2920internet.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}

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|+List of changes in medal standings

Ruling dateEventNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
rowspan=2 | 17 June 2013

| rowspan=2 | Men's 400 metre freestyle

| align=left | {{DEN}}

−1−1
align=left | {{NZL}}+1+1
rowspan=4 | 17 June 2013

| rowspan=4 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle

| align=left | {{DEN}}

−1−1
align=left | {{ITA}}+1−10
align=left | {{FRO}}+1−10
align=left | {{POL}}+1+1
rowspan=4 | 31 January 2014

| rowspan=4 | Men's 1500 metre freestyle

| align=left | {{DEN}}

+1+1
align=left | {{ITA}} |
1+10
align=left | {{FRO}}|
1+10
align=left | {{POL}}|
1-1

Results

=Men's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
bgcolor="#cccccc"

| colspan=7 |   Freestyle

50 m freestyle
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle}}

|Vladimir Morozov
 {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

20.55 NR

|Florent Manaudou
 {{flagicon|FRA}} France

20.88

|Anthony Ervin
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

20.99
100 m freestyle
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre freestyle}}

|Vladimir Morozov
 {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

45.65

|Tommaso D'Orsogna
 {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

46.80

|Yevgeny Lagunov
 {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

46.81
200 m freestyle
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre freestyle}}

|Ryan Lochte
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

1:41.92

|Paul Biedermann
 {{flagicon|GER}} Germany

1:42.07

|Conor Dwyer
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

1:43.78
400 m freestyle
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 400 metre freestyle}}

|Paul Biedermann
 {{flagicon|GER}} Germany

3:39.15

|Hao Yun
 {{flagicon|CHN}} China

3:39.48

|Matthew Stanley
 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand

3:41.01
1500 m freestyle
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 1500 metre freestyle}}

|Mads Glæsner
 {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

14:30.01

|Gregorio Paltrinieri
 {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

14:31.13

|Pál Joensen
 {{flagicon|Faroe Islands}} Faroe Islands

14:36.93
bgcolor="#cccccc"

| colspan=7 |   Backstroke

50 m backstroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre backstroke}}

|Robert Hurley
 {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

23.04

|Matt Grevers
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

23.17

|Stanislav Donets
 {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

23.19
100 m backstroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre backstroke}}

|Matt Grevers
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

49.89

|Stanislav Donets
 {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

49.91

|Guilherme Guido
 {{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil

50.50
200 m backstroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre backstroke}}

|Radosław Kawęcki
 {{flagicon|POL}} Poland

1:48.48

|Ryan Lochte
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

1:48.50

|Ryan Murphy
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

1:48.86
bgcolor="#cccccc"

| colspan=7 |   Breaststroke

50 m breaststroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre breaststroke}}

|Aleksander Hetland
 {{flagicon|NOR}} Norway

26.30

|Damir Dugonjič
 {{flagicon|SLO}} Slovenia

26.32

|Florent Manaudou
 {{flagicon|FRA}} France

26.33
100 m breaststroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre breaststroke}}

|Fabio Scozzoli
 {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

57.10

|Damir Dugonjič
 {{flagicon|SLO}} Slovenia

57.32

|Kevin Cordes
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

57.83
200 m breaststroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke}}

|Dániel Gyurta
 {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

2:01.35 CR

|Michael Jamieson
 {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

2:03.00

|Viatcheslav Sinkevich
 {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

2:03.08
bgcolor="#cccccc"

| colspan=7 |   Butterfly

50 m butterfly
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre butterfly}}

|Nicholas Santos
 {{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil

22.22 CR

|Chad le Clos
 {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa

22.26

|Tom Shields
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

22.46 NR
100 butterfly
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre butterfly}}

|Chad le Clos
 {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa

48.82 CR, AF

|Tom Shields
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

49.54

|Ryan Lochte
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

49.59
200 m butterfly
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre butterfly}}

|Kazuya Kaneda
 {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan

1:51.01 CR

|László Cseh
 {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

1:51.66

|Nikolay Skvortsov
 {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

1:52.33
bgcolor="#cccccc"

| colspan=7 |   Individual medley

100 m
individual medley
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre individual medley}}

|Ryan Lochte
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

51.21

|Kenneth To
 {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

51.38

|George Bovell
 {{flagicon|TRI}} Trinidad and Tobago

51.66
200 m
individual medley
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 200 metre individual medley}}

|Ryan Lochte
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

1:49.63 WR

|Daiya Seto
 {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan

1:52.80

|László Cseh
 {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

1:52.89
400 m
individual medley
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 400 metre individual medley}}

|Daiya Seto
 {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan

3:59.15 AS

|László Cseh
 {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

4:00.50

|Dávid Verrasztó
 {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

4:02.87
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| colspan=7 |   Relays

4×100 m
freestyle relay
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States
 Anthony Ervin (47.28)
 Ryan Lochte (45.64)
 Jimmy Feigen (47.25)
 Matt Grevers (46.23)
Garrett Weber-Gale{{ref label|a|a|a}}
Tyler Reed{{ref label|a|a|a}}

3:06.40

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Italy
 Luca Dotto (46.84)
 Marco Orsi (45.94)
 Michele Santucci (47.46)
 Filippo Magnini (46.83)

3:07.07

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
 Tommaso D'Orsogna (46.68)
 Kyle Richardson (46.92)
 Travis Mahoney (47.32)
 Kenneth To (46.35)

3:07.27
4×200 m
freestyle relay
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States
 Ryan Lochte (1:41.17)
 Conor Dwyer (1:43.04)
 Michael Klueh (1:43.04)
 Matt McLean (1:43.99)
Garrett Weber-Gale{{ref label|a|a|a}}
Michael Weiss{{ref label|a|a|a}}

6:51.40

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
 Tommaso D'Orsogna (1:42.49)
 Jarrod Killey (1:42.82)
 Kyle Richardson (1:44.59)
 Robert Hurley (1:42.39)
Travis Mahoney{{ref label|a|a|a}}

6:52.29

|{{flagicon|GER}} Germany
 Paul Biedermann (1:41.93)
 Dimitri Colupaev (1:42.96)
 Christoph Fildebrandt (1:45.40)
 Yannick Lebherz (1:42.93)

6:53.22
4×100 m
medley relay
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States
 Matt Grevers (50.00)
 Kevin Cordes (57.15)
 Tom Shields (48.66)
 Ryan Lochte (45.22)
Ryan Murphy{{ref label|a|a|a}}
Mihail Alexandrov{{ref label|a|a|a}}
Anthony Ervin{{ref label|a|a|a}}

3:21.03

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia
 Stanislav Donets (50.10)
 Viatcheslav Sinkevich (57.54)
 Nikolay Skvortsov (50.27)
 Vladimir Morozov (44.95)
Viacheslav Prudnikov{{ref label|a|a|a}}
Yevgeny Lagunov{{ref label|a|a|a}}

3:22.86

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
 Robert Hurley (50.44)
 Kenneth To (57.44)
 Grant Irvine (50.75)
 Tommaso D'Orsogna (46.14)
Kyle Richardson{{ref label|a|a|a}}

3:24.77

:{{note label|a|a|a}} Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

=Women's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
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| colspan=7 |   Freestyle

50 m freestyle
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre freestyle}}

|Aleksandra Gerasimenya
 {{flagicon|BLR}} Belarus

23.64

|Francesca Halsall
 {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

23.87

|Jeanette Ottesen
 {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

24.00
100 m freestyle
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle}}

|Britta Steffen
 {{flagicon|GER}} Germany

52.31

|Megan Romano
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

52.48

|Tang Yi
 {{flagicon|CHN}} China

52.73
200 m freestyle
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre freestyle}}

|Allison Schmitt
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

1:53.59

|Katinka Hosszú
 {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

1:54.31

|Melanie Costa
 {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain

1:54.45
400 m freestyle
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre freestyle}}

|Melanie Costa
 {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain

4:01.18

|Chloe Sutton
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

4:01.20

|Lauren Boyle
 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand

4:01.24
800 m freestyle
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 800 metre freestyle}}

|Lauren Boyle
 {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand

8:08.62 OC

|Lotte Friis
 {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

8:10.99

|Chloe Sutton
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

8:15.53
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| colspan=7 |   Backstroke

50 m backstroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre backstroke}}

|Zhao Jing
 {{flagicon|CHN}} China

25.95 CR

|Olivia Smoliga
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

26.13 NR

|Aleksandra Urbanczyk
 {{flagicon|POL}} Poland

26.50
100 m backstroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre backstroke}}

|Olivia Smoliga
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

56.64

|Mie Nielsen
 {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

57.07 NR

|Simona Baumrtová
 {{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic

57.18 NR
200 m backstroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre backstroke}}

|Daryna Zevina
 {{flagicon|UKR}} Ukraine

2:02.24

|Bonnie Brandon
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

2:03.19

|Duane Da Rocha
 {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain

2:04.15
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| colspan=7 |   Breaststroke

50 m breaststroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke}}

|Rūta Meilutytė
 {{flagicon|LTU}} Lithuania

29.44 CR, ER

|Alia Atkinson
 {{flagicon|JAM}} Jamaica

29.67 NR

|Sarah Katsoulis
 {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

29.94
100 m breaststroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke}}

|Rūta Meilutytė
 {{flagicon|LTU}} Lithuania

1:03.52 CR, ER

|Alia Atkinson
 {{flagicon|JAM}} Jamaica

1:03.80 NR

|Rikke Møller Pedersen
 {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

1:04.05
200 m breaststroke
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke}}

|Rikke Møller Pedersen
 {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

2:16.08 CR

|Laura Sogar
 {{flagicon|USA}} United States

2:16.93

|Kanako Watanabe
 {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan

2:19.39
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| colspan=7 |   Butterfly

50 m butterfly
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre butterfly}}

|Lu Ying
 {{flagicon|CHN}} China

25.14

|Jiao Liuyang
 {{flagicon|CHN}} China

25.23

|Jeanette Ottesen
 {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

25.55
100 butterfly
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre butterfly}}

|Ilaria Bianchi
 {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

56.13

|Liu Zige
 {{flagicon|CHN}} China

56.58

|Jemma Lowe
 {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

56.66
200 m butterfly
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly}}

|Katinka Hosszú
 {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

2:02.20 CR, ER

|Jiao Liuyang
 {{flagicon|CHN}} China

2:02.28

|Jemma Lowe
 {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

2:03.19
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| colspan=7 |   Individual medley

100 m
individual medley
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre individual medley}}

|Katinka Hosszú
 {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

58.49 CR

|Rūta Meilutytė
 {{flagicon|LTU}} Lithuania

58.79 NR

|Zhao Jing
 {{flagicon|CHN}} China

58.80
200 m
individual medley
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre individual medley}}

|Ye Shiwen
 {{flagicon|CHN}} China

2:04.64 CR

|Katinka Hosszú
 {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

2:04.72

|Hannah Miley
 {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

2:07.12
400 m
individual medley
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 400 metre individual medley}}

|Hannah Miley
 {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain

4:23.14 CR, ER

|Ye Shiwen
 {{flagicon|CHN}} China

4:23.33 AS

|Katinka Hosszú
 {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary

4:25.95
bgcolor="#cccccc"

| colspan=7 |   Relays

4×100 m
freestyle relay
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States
 Megan Romano (52.86)
 Jessica Hardy (53.32)
 Lia Neal (52.44)
 Allison Schmitt (52.39)
Shannon Vreeland{{ref label|b|b|b}}
Olivia Smoliga{{ref label|b|b|b}}

3:31.01

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
 Angie Bainbridge (53.04)
 Marieke Guehrer (52.32)
 Brianna Throssell (54.19)
 Sally Foster (53.35)

3:32.90

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark
 Mie Nielsen (53.07)
 Pernille Blume (53.61)
 Kelly Rasmussen (54.59)
 Jeanette Ottesen (52.24)

3:33.51
4×200 m
freestyle relay
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States
 Megan Romano (1:56.03)
 Chelsea Chenault (1:54.78)
 Shannon Vreeland (1:55.43)
 Allison Schmitt (1:53.01)
Jasmine Tosky{{ref label|b|b|b}}

7:39.25

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia
 Veronika Popova (1:55.36)
 Elena Sokolova (1:55.61)
 Daria Belyakina (1:55.73)
 Ksenia Yuskova (1:56.07)

7:42.77

|{{flagicon|CHN}} China
 Qiu Yuhan (1:57.30)
 Pang Jiaying (1:56.72)
 Guo Junjun (1:55.91)
 Tang Yi (1:53.33)
Wang Fei{{ref label|b|b|b}}

7:43.26
4×100 m
medley relay
  {{detailslink|2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark
 Mie Nielsen (56.73)
 Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:03.48)
 Jeanette Ottesen (56.49)
 Pernille Blume (53.17)

3:49.87

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
 Rachel Goh (58.16)
 Sarah Katsoulis (1:03.89)
 Marieke Guehrer (56.36)
 Angie Bainbridge (52.47)
Grace Loh{{ref label|b|b|b}}
Samantha Marshall{{ref label|b|b|b}}
Brianna Throssell{{ref label|b|b|b}}
Sally Foster{{ref label|b|b|b}}

3:50.88

|{{flagicon|USA}} United States
 Olivia Smoliga (57.25)
 Jessica Hardy (1:04.61)
 Claire Donahue (57.67)
 Megan Romano (51.90)
Laura Sogar{{ref label|b|b|b}}
Christine Magnuson{{ref label|b|b|b}}
Lia Neal{{ref label|b|b|b}}

3:51.43

:{{note label|b|b|b}} Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Championship and world records broken

= Men =

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
scope="col" class="unsortable" | Event

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Round

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name

! scope="col" | Nationality

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Time

! scope="col" |Record

! scope="col" |Day

Men's 100 m freestyle{{ref label|c|c|c}}

| 12 December

FinalVladimir Morozovalign=left | {{flagicon|RUS}} Russia45.52align=center|CRalign=center|1
Men's 100 m butterfly

| 13 December

FinalChad le Closalign=left | {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa48.82align=center|CRalign=center|2
Men's 50 m butterfly

| 14 December

HeatsNicholas Santosalign=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil22.40align=center|=CRalign=center|3
|Men's 50 m butterfly

| 14 December

SemifinalNicholas Santosalign=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil22.23align=center|CRalign=center|3
Men's 200 m breaststroke

| 14 December

FinalDániel Gyurtaalign=left | {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary2:01.35align=center|CRalign=center|3
Men's 200 m medley

| 14 December

FinalRyan Lochtealign=left | {{flagicon|USA}} United States1:49.63align=center|WRalign=center|3
|Men's 50 m butterfly

| 15 December

FinalNicholas Santosalign=left | {{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil22.22align=center|CRalign=center|4
Men's 100 m medley

| 15 December

SemifinalRyan Lochtealign=left | {{flagicon|USA}} United States50.71align=center|WRalign=center|4
Men's 200 m butterfly

| 16 December

FinalKazuya Kanedaalign=left | {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan1:51.01align=center|CRalign=center|5

= Women =

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
scope="col" class="unsortable" | Event

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Round

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Name

! scope="col" | Nationality

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Time

! scope="col" |Record

! scope="col" |Day

Women's 50 m breaststroke

| 12 December

HeatsRūta Meilutytėalign=left | {{flagicon|LTU}} Lithuania29.56align=center|CRalign=center|1
Women's 50 m breaststroke

| 12 December

SemifinalRūta Meilutytėalign=left | {{flagicon|LTU}} Lithuania29.51align=center|CRalign=center|1
Women's 200 m butterfly

| 12 December

FinalKatinka Hosszúalign=left | {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary2:02.20align=center|CRalign=center|1
Women's 400 m medley

| 12 December

FinalHannah Mileyalign=left | {{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain4:23.14align=center|CRalign=center|1
Women's 50 m breaststroke

| 13 December

FinalRūta Meilutytėalign=left | {{flagicon|LTU}} Lithuania29.44align=center|CRalign=center|2
Women's 100 m medley

| 14 December

FinalKatinka Hosszúalign=left | {{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary58.49align=center|CRalign=center|3
Women's 100 m breaststroke

| 15 December

FinalRūta Meilutytėalign=left | {{flagicon|LTU}} Lithuania1:03.52align=center|CRalign=center|4
Women's 50 m backstroke

| 15 December

SemifinalZhao Jingalign=left | {{flagicon|CHN}} China26.11align=center|CRalign=center|4
Women's 200 m medley

| 15 December

FinalYe Shiwenalign=left | {{flagicon|CHN}} China2:04.64align=center|CRalign=center|4
Women's 50 m backstroke

| 16 December

FinalZhao Jingalign=left | {{flagicon|CHN}} China25.95align=center|CRalign=center|5
Women's 200 m breaststroke

| 16 December

FinalRikke Møller Pedersenalign=left | {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark2:16.08align=center|CRalign=center|5

  • All world records (WR) are subsequently championship records (CR).

:{{note label|c|c|c}} 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 – Eurosport
  • Finland – Yle
  • Hungary – M2; Kossuth Rádió{{cite web|url=http://www.mtva.hu/hu/sajtoszoba-main/szines-hirek/musorajanlok/2870-musorajanlo-roevidpalyas-uszo-vb-a-koezmediaban|title=Műsorajánló: Rövidpályás úszó vb a közmédiában|publisher=MTVA|access-date=12 December 2012|language=hu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211045223/http://mtva.hu/hu/sajtoszoba-main/szines-hirek/musorajanlok/2870-musorajanlo-roevidpalyas-uszo-vb-a-koezmediaban|archive-date=11 February 2013|url-status=dead}}
  • Lithuania – LRT televizija[http://sportas.delfi.lt/kitos-sporto-sakos/rmeilutytes-startai-pasaulio-plaukimo-cempionate-per-lrt-televizija.d?id=60101609 R.Meilutytės startai pasaulio plaukimo čempionate – per LRT televiziją]
  • Turkey – TRT SPOR

Participating nations

161 nations entered the competition. Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA due to government interference, participated under the FINA flag.{{cite web |url=http://www.swimnews.com/news/view/9831 |publisher=SwimNews |title=FINA Bars Ecuador; Masters at Elite Champs |access-date= 2012-12-13 }} Venezuela later withdrew.

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