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2025 World Championships
July 27 – August 3, 2025 (pool swimming) Singapore, Singapore World Aquatics Championships Arena LCM (50m) Meet Central How To Watch SwimSwam Preview Index Entry Book Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8The 2025 World Championships’ pool and open water swimming medal tables are characterized by variety. A whopping 15 different national anthems have played for gold medal winners, and non-powerhouse nations such as Kyrgyzstan, Monaco, and Belarus (under a neutral flag) found their way to minor medals.
Notably absent from this spread, however, is Brazil. This marks the first long course World Championships since 2007 that no swimmer from the nation earned a medal.
The second largest nation in the western hemisphere, Brazil has had a consistent podium presence in the sport dating back to Cesar Cielo’s sprint dominance during the 2008-2009 supersuit era. The country’s peak medal count occurred at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, where Cielo, Thiago Pereira, Poliana Okimoto, Felipe Lima, and others brought home 10 medals.
This year, that number was zero.
Gui Caribe came as close as one can come to the podium, placing fourth in the 100 freestyle. The event is perhaps the most competitive that it has ever been.
Open water legend Ana Marcela Cunha also had two top eight showings in the 5k and 10k. The former race might have resulted differently if she hadn’t suffered a serious cut in her arm mid-race.
Apart from Caribe, no Brazilians made a final in the pool. Middle-distance freestylers Guilherme Costa and Maria Fernanda Costa were strong contenders to repeat their 400 freestyle finals appearances from Paris last year, but both failed to do so. All of the country’s top stars, including both Costas, Caribe, and Stephanie Balduccini, added time in their premier events compared to Brazil’s nationals meet in April.
Zooming out, no Latin American or Caribbean swimmers stood on the podium in Singapore. The last time this happened was the 2005 World Championships in Montreal. Brazil typically wins the lion’s share of the region’s swimming medals.
There might be something to be said about the location, especially towards the beginning of the meet. No direct passenger flights exist between South America and Singapore, and travel can take well over 24 hours. That being said, though, Brazil has been trending downward in medal count for the last couple of years. The country walked away from the Paris Olympics empty-handed, and at the 2023 and 2024 Long Course Worlds, Cunha was the nation’s only hardware winner.
Brazilian swimming still holds promise. Cunha is in the twilight of her career, hinting at imminent retirement in Singapore. Swimmers such as Caribe and Balduccini, on the other hand, are still in their prime. Balduccini had a stellar sophomore NCAA campaign, and Caribe picked up double silvers at the 2024 Short Course World Championships in Budapest. At Brazilian Nationals, Balduccini dropped over a second from her 200 free down to 1:56.43, joining Maria Fernanda Costa in the 1:56 club and making their 4×200 relay that much more competitive. Even more promising, Caribe threw down a 21.43/47.10 50/100 free at their nationals, both times that would’ve medaled if swum this week. Their trajectories indicate that in two years’ time, the country has a chance at getting back on the medal table.
Overall Medal Table Through Day Eight of 2025 World Championships (Pool Only)
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 U.S. 9 11 9 29 2 Australia 8 6 6 20 3 France 4 1 3 8 4 Canada 4 0 4 8 5 NAB 3 4 1 8 6 China 2 6 6 14 7 Germany 2 2 1 5 8 Romania 2 0 0 2 8 Tunisia 2 0 0 2 10 Italy 1 4 2 7 11 South Africa 1 2 1 4 12 Great Britain 1 1 0 2 13 Netherlands 1 0 2 3 14 Hungary 1 0 1 2 15 Lithuania 1 0 0 1 16 Japan 0 3 1 4 17 Switzerland 0 2 0 2 18 Belgium 0 1 1 2 19 Poland 0 1 0 1 20 Kyrgyzstan 0 0 1 1 20 South Korea 0 0 1 1 20 NAA 0 0 1 1Read the full story on SwimSwam: Brazil Fails To Earn Worlds Swimming Medal For First Time Since 2007
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