Great Britain at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Great Britain competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia between 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Great Britain at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
FINA codeGBR
National federationBritish Swimming
Websitewww.swimming.org/britishswimming
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors50 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
7
Silver
1
Bronze
6
Total
14
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Tom Daley and Rebecca Gallantree became the first ever winners of the Mixed team event. In doing so, Daley became the first British diver to win multiple medals across World Championships, and the first British double world champion.[1] Gallantree became the first female British diver to win a World Championship medal of any colour, and the first female British World Champion.[2] With bronze in the Men's 10 m platform, Daley would go on to become the first British diver to win three World Championship medals.

Jack Laugher, with his bronze medal in both the Men's 3 m springboard event, and Men's 3 m synchronized springboard with Chris Mears, became the first British diver to win two World championship medals at one edition, later equalled by Daley.[3] With a gold and three bronze medals, the 2015 edition was by some margin the most successful World Championships[2] in diving for Great Britain since the championships began.

With Great Britain's first gold medal in Men's high diving, Gary Hunt brought the Great Britain overall tally to ten medals, the highest ever for the nation at a FINA World Aquatics Championships. Simultaneously, with his silver medal from 2013, Hunt became the most successful male high diver since the event was brought into the World Aquatics Championships.

Adam Peaty became the first British swimmer to ever win three gold medals at a global championships, Worlds or Olympic, with victories in the 50 metre and 100 metre breaststroke events and the 4 x 100 metre mixed medley relay. James Guy won the first ever gold medal in male freestyle for Great Britain at a World Championships in the 200 metres freestyle, and then anchored the Great Britain Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team to its first ever victory in the event.

The bronze medal won by Jaz Carlin in the Women's 800 m freestyle brought the tally of swimming medals to five golds, a silver and three bronzes, at nine medals, the best return for Great Britain in the swimming portion of a World Aquatics Championships, having already achieved the best results in their history in diving and high diving. The full tally of seven golds, one silver and six bronze was also an historic high for the championships as a whole.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
 GoldTom Daley
Rebecca Gallantree
DivingMixed teamJuly 29
 GoldAdam PeatySwimmingMen's 100 m breaststrokeAugust 3
 GoldJames GuySwimmingMen's 200 m freestyleAugust 4
 GoldGary HuntHigh divingMen's high divingAugust 5
 GoldAdam PeatySwimmingMen's 50 m breaststrokeAugust 5
 GoldFran Halsall
Rachael Kelly*
Ross Murdoch*
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor
Adam Peaty
Chris Walker-Hebborn
SwimmingMixed 4 × 100 m medley relayAugust 5
 GoldNicholas Grainger*
James Guy
Calum Jarvis
Robbie Renwick
Duncan Scott*
Daniel Wallace
SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relayAugust 7
 SilverJames GuySwimmingMen's 400 m freestyleAugust 2
 BronzeJack Laugher
Chris Mears
DivingMen's 3 m synchronized springboardJuly 28
 BronzeJack LaugherDivingMen's 3 m springboardJuly 31
 BronzeTom DaleyDivingMen's 10 m platformAugust 2
 BronzeRoss MurdochSwimmingMen's 100 m breaststrokeAugust 3
 BronzeSiobhan-Marie O'ConnorSwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medleyAugust 3
 BronzeJazmin CarlinSwimmingWomen's 800 m freestyleAugust 8

Diving

British divers qualified for the individual spots and the synchronized teams at the World Championships. Nine divers have been nominated to the roster for Team GB at the Worlds, including 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Tom Daley.[4]

Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was a qualification event for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Great Britain, with a top three finish in the 3 m synchronized springboard for Jack Laugher and Chris Mears, achieved a quota place for a team at the Rio games. In the individual events, Tom Daley (10m platform) and Jack Laugher (3m springboard) both won bronze medals, and they, along with finalists Rebecca Gallantree (3 metre springboard) and Tonia Couch (10 metre platform), won a single quota place for Great Britain in each of the four individual diving events in Rio.

Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
James Denny1 m springboard309.6026did not advance
Jack Laugher3 m springboard450.807 Q490.905 Q528.90
Chris Mears419.2018 Q422.5015did not advance
Tom Daley10 m platform466.559 Q524.703 Q537.95
Matthew Lee437.3514 Q357.6018did not advance
Jack Laugher
Chris Mears
3 m synchronized springboard417.334 Q445.20
James Denny
Matthew Lee
10 m synchronized platform379.8612 Q396.849
Women
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Alicia Blagg3 m springboard262.5526did not advance
Rebecca Gallantree294.1513 Q305.108 Q289.0010
Sarah Barrow10 m platform308.9017 Q283.1018did not advance
Tonia Couch328.709 Q339.707 Q340.308
Alicia Blagg
Rebecca Gallantree
3 m synchronized springboard287.404 Q286.8610
Sarah Barrow
Tonia Couch
10 m synchronized platform302.524 Q308.406
Mixed
AthleteEventFinal
PointsRank
Tom Daley
Rebecca Gallantree
Team434.65

High diving

Great Britain has qualified two high divers at the World Championships.[5]

AthleteEventPointsRank
Blake AldridgeMen's high divingdid not finish
Gary Hunt629.30

Open water swimming

Great Britain fielded a full team of seven swimmers to compete in the open water marathon.[6]

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Tom Allen5 km55:32.023
Jack Burnell10 km1:50:05.85
Daniel Fogg1:50:39.714
Caleb Hughes5 km55:21.97
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Alice Dearing5 km1:00:53.323
Danielle Huskisson10 km2:00:57.335
Keri-Anne Payne1:58:53.615

Swimming

British swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[7] All British swimmers must qualify by finishing in the top two of the national championships, having gained the GB qualifying A standard set by British Swimming in the relevant final.

Great Britain consists of 30 swimmers (16 men and 14 women). Among the official roster featured European and Commonwealth Games champions Jazmin Carlin, Chris Walker-Hebborn, and Adam Peaty, who overhauled the 58-second barrier to set a new world record in the 100 m breaststroke at the national trials.[8][9]

The championships were a qualification event for the relay races at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Great Britain qualified for five of the six relays in Rio, the women's 4 x 100 freestyle being the exception, where they did not field a team in Kazan.

Great Britain's total of five golds and nine medals in the swimming pool are the best returns in golds and medals for Great Britain in the history of the Championships.[10]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Adam Barrett100 m butterfly52.3317did not advance
Nick Grainger400 m freestyle3:47.9514did not advance
James Guy200 m freestyle1:46.102 Q1:45.43 NR2 Q1:45.18 NR
400 m freestyle3:45.372 Q3:43.75 NR
Calum Jarvis100 m freestyle49.6832did not advance
200 m freestyle1:46.615 Q1:47.6414did not advance
Tom Laxton100 m butterfly52.3719did not advance
Stephen Milne800 m freestyle7:46.413 Q7:49.867
1500 m freestyle14:55.174 Q14:58.625
Ross Murdoch100 m breaststroke59.484 Q59.758 Q59.09
Roberto Pavoni200 m individual medley1:59.299 Q1:58:54=8did not advance
400 m individual medley4:13.917 Q4:13.817
Adam Peaty50 m breaststroke26.682 Q26.42 WR1 Q26.51
100 m breaststroke58.52 CR1 Q58.18 CR1 Q58.52
200 m breaststroke2:13.2426did not advance
Benjamin Proud50 m freestyle22.137 Q21.885 Q22.048
100 m freestyle49.3523did not advance
50 m butterfly23.5811 Q23.246 Q23.398
Liam Tancock50 m backstroke24.916 Q24.755 Q24.887
100 m backstroke53.354 Q53.197 Q53.378
Chris Walker-Hebborn100 m backstroke53.647 Q53.396 Q53.025
Daniel Wallace200 m individual medley1:58.282 Q1:57.774 Q1:57.564
400 m individual medley4:13.075 Q4:13.776
Andrew Willis200 m breaststroke2:09.352 Q2:08.725 Q2:08.524
Calum Jarvis
Benjamin Proud
Robbie Renwick
Duncan Scott
4 × 100 m freestyle relay3:15.7010did not advance
Dan Wallace
Robbie Renwick
Calum Jarvis
James Guy
Nick Grainger*
Duncan Scott*
4 × 200 m freestyle relay7:09.003 Q7:04.33 NR
Adam Barrett*
James Guy
Ross Murdoch*
Adam Peaty
Benjamin Proud
Chris Walker-Hebborn
4 × 100 m medley relay3:33.376 Q3:30.67 NR4
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jazmin Carlin400 m freestyle4:07.15=6 Q4:03.744
800 m freestyle8:23.835 Q8:18.15
Francesca Halsall50 m freestyle24.808 Q24.507 Q24.517
50 m butterfly25.865 Q25.713 Q25.856
Rachael Kelly100 m butterfly58.48=16 Q58.2712did not advance
Jemma Lowe100 m butterfly58.7419did not advance
Hannah Miley200 m butterfly2:09.4413 Q2:09.21=14did not advance
200 m individual medley2:12.227 Q2:11.197 Q2:10.195
400 m individual medley4:36.114 Q4:34.794
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor200 m freestyle1:58.2711 Q1:57.3010did not advance
200 m individual medley2:08.922 Q2:08.452 Q2:08.77
Lauren Quigley50 m freestyle25.5328did not advance
50 m backstroke27.946 Q27.887 Q27.997
100 m backstroke1:00.14=7 Q59.718 Q59.787
Molly Renshaw200 m breaststroke2:26.3218did not advance
Elizabeth Simmonds100 m backstroke1:00.3811 Q1:00.4013did not advance
200 m backstroke2:10.4813 Q2:10.5712did not advance
Jessica Thielmann800 m freestyle2:36.8815did not advance
1500 m freestyle16:21.2110did not advance
Aimee Willmott200 m butterfly2:10.0719did not advance
400 m individual medley4:36.827 Q4:38.757
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor
Jazmin Carlin
Rebecca Turner
Hannah Miley
Eleanor Faulkner*
4 × 200 m freestyle relay7:54.997 Q7:50.605
Rachael Kelly
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor
Lauren Quigley
Rebecca Turner
4 × 100 m medley relay4:00.027 QDSQ
Mixed
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Chris Walker-Hebborn
Adam Peaty
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor
Francesca Halsall
Ross Murdoch*
Rachael Kelly*
4 × 100 m medley relay3:44.392 Q3:41.71 WR

Synchronized swimming

Great Britain has qualified two synchronized swimmers in the women's duet events.

AthleteEventPreliminariesFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Jodie Cowie
Genevieve Randall
Duet technical routine74.651224did not advance
Duet free routine76.033324did not advance

References