{"id":385063,"date":"2019-07-29T12:44:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T19:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=385063"},"modified":"2019-07-31T06:28:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T13:28:01","slug":"gwangju-2019-in-the-mirror-numbers-links-to-sw-coverage-of-the-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/gwangju-2019-in-the-mirror-numbers-links-to-sw-coverage-of-the-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwangju 2019 In The Mirror: Numbers & Links To SW Coverage Of The World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Swimming Championships (Gwangju 2019 In The Mirror)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We hope you enjoyed our coverage of the World Championships and the efforts of Liz Byrnes, Andy Ross, David Rieder, John Lohn and Craig Lord and appreciated the work unseen put in by our colleagues in the USA, including Brent Rutemiller, Taylor O’Brien, Dan D’Addona and others. Here’s an overview of the numbers and links to all the finals in Gwangju. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The racing is done, the USA is the top team once more, weaker than it has often been but dominant yet and bolstered by the pioneering efforts of Caeleb Dressel,\u00a0<\/strong>Regan Smith, Simone Manuel and Lilly King<\/strong>, the illness of Katie Ledecky<\/strong> significant to her and to the overall team outcome.<\/p>\n

Budapest 2017 marked one of the most dominant American shows of force in the history of world championships, challenging but nor surpassing the best outcome ever, that at\u00a0Melbourne 2007, when Michael Phelps\u00a0<\/strong>won seven golds, including 5 solos and 4 world records and there were no mixed relays: 20 gold, 13 silver and 3 bronzes for 36 in all before a time of further bloating of the program and the likes of mixed relays.<\/p>\n

In Budapest it was 18 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze for 38 for the USA; in Gwangju, it was 14 gold, 8 silver, 5 bronze, for 27.<\/p>\n

The only team that came close was Australia, the Dolphins having a tremendous meet, with 5 gold, 9 silver, 5 bronze for 19 medals overall.<\/p>\n

As Swimming World<\/em>‘s John Lohn noted,<\/a> there is much potential back home and no need to panic in terms of Tokyo 2020. Fact: the USA, for all the weaknesses real and relative, remains the global swimming powerhouse.<\/p>\n

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Caeleb Dressel – Photo Courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer<\/p><\/div>\n

The overall League of Swim Nations has not shifted significantly, the following numbers close to what we’ve seen anytime in the past 20, and on some measures, 30 years:<\/p>\n