Olivia Smoliga played a starring role as the USA dominated the 2018 FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships in China.

Smoliga claimed an unprecedented eight gold medals at the SC Worlds, which was held across six days in Hangzhou, surpassing the seven golds won by American team mate Caeleb Dressel in Budapest last year.

In addition to victories in the 50m and 100m backstroke, Smoliga was part of the USA’s victorious relay teams in the women’s 4x50m and 4x100m freestyle, along with the 4x50m and 4×100 medley.

She also claimed gold in the two mixed relays for a USA squad that was unsurprisingly named as the Team of the Championships.

Smoliga is part of Team FINIS and races in the FINIS Rival, a tech suit which she has helped to develop alongside British swimmer James Guy.

Fellow USA swimmer Kelsi Dahlia went one better in China with nine medals, but with one gold less than Smoliga. Dahlia’s haul was completed with a silver and a bronze.

Individually, it was South Africa’s Chad Le Clos and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu who were named as best male and best female in China.

Hosszu claimed four golds, with a victory in the 200m butterfly backing up a clean sweep of the women’s medley events.

Meanwhile, Le Clos won gold in the 100m fly, silver in the 50m and 200m fly, and bronze in the 100m free as part of his four-medal haul.

There were nine new world records set during the six days of competition in Hangzhou, including six in the relays (five for the dominant USA team, and one for Brazil).

In individual action, Australia’s Ariarne Titmus set a new world’s best of 3:53.92 in the women’s 400m free, Russian Kirill Prigoda swam 2:00.16 in the men’s 200m breaststroke, and Japan’s Daiya Seto clocked 1:48.24 in the men’s 200m butterfly.

2018 FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships – Results / Medal Winners

WOMEN

Women’s 50m Freestyle
GOLD: Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Netherlands) 23.19 (CR)
SILVER: Femke Heemskerk (Netherlands) 23.67
BRONZE: Etiene Medeiros (Brazil) 23.76

Women’s 100m Freestyle
GOLD: Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Netherlands) 51.14 (CR)
SILVER: Femke Heemskerk (Netherlands) 51.60
BRONZE: Mallory Comerford (USA) 51.63

Women’s 200m Freestyle
GOLD: Ariarne Titmus (Australia) 1:51.38 (OC)
SILVER: Mallory Comerford (USA) 1:51.81
BRONZE: Femke Heemskerk (Netherlands) 1:52.36

Women’s 400m Freestyle
GOLD: Ariarne Titmus (Australia) 3:53.92 (WR)
SILVER: Jianjiahe Wang (China) 3:54.56
BRONZE: Bingjie Li (China) 3:57.99

Women’s 800m Freestyle
GOLD: Jianjiahe Wang (China) 8:04.35
SILVER: Simona Quadarella (Italy) 8:08.03
BRONZE: Leah Smith (USA) 8:08.75

Women’s 50m Backstroke
GOLD: Olivia Smoliga (USA) 25.88
SILVER: Caroline Pilhatsch (Austria) 25.99
BRONZE: Holly Barratt (Australia) 26.04

Women’s 100m Backstroke
GOLD: Olivia Smoliga (USA) 56.19
SILVER: Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 56.26
BRONZE: Georgia Davies (Britain) 56.74

Women’s 200m Backstroke
GOLD: Lisa Bratton (USA) 2:00.71
SILVER: Kathleen Baker (USA) 2:00.79
BRONZE: Emily Seebohm (Australia) 2:01.37

Women’s 50m Breaststroke
GOLD: Alia Atkinson (Jamaica) 29.05
SILVER: Ruta Meilutyte (Lithuania) 29.38
BRONZE: Martina Carraro (Italy) 29.59

Women’s 100m Breaststroke
GOLD: Alia Atkinson (Jamaica) 1:03.51
SILVER: Katie Meili (USA) 1:03.63
BRONZE: Jessica Hansen (Australia) 1:04.61

Women’s 200m Breaststroke
GOLD: Annie Lazor (USA) 2:18.32
SILVER: Bethany Galat (USA) 2:18.62
BRONZE: Fanny Lecluyse (Belgium) 2:18.85

Women’s 50m Butterfly
GOLD: Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Netherlands) 24.47 (CR)
SILVER: Holly Barratt (USA) 24.80
BRONZE: Kelsi Dahlia (USA) 24.97

Women’s 100m Butterfly
GOLD: Kelsi Dahlia (USA) 55.01
SILVER: Kendyl Stewart (USA) 56.22
BRONZE: Daiene Dias (Brazil) 56.31

Women’s 200m Butterfly
GOLD: Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 2:01.60
SILVER: Kelsi Dahlia (USA) 2:01.73
BRONZE: Suzuka Hasegawa (Japan) 2:04.04

Women’s 100m Medley
GOLD: Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 57.26
SILVER: Runa Imai (Japan) 57.85
BRONZE: Alia Atkinson (Jamaica) 58.11

Women’s 200m Medley
GOLD: Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 2:03.25
SILVER: Melanie Margalis (USA) 2:04.62
BRONZE: Kathleen Baker (USA) 2:05.54

Women’s 400m Medley
GOLD: Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) 4:21.40
SILVER: Melanie Margalis (USA) 4:25.84
BRONZE: Fantine Lesaffre (France) 4:27.31

Women’s 4x50m Freestyle Relay
GOLD: USA 1:34.03 (CR)
SILVER: Netherlands 1:34.55
BRONZE: Australia 1:36.34

Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
GOLD: USA 3:27.78
SILVER: Netherlands 3:28.02
BRONZE: China 3:30.92

Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
GOLD: China 7:34.08
SILVER: USA 7:35.30
BRONZE: Australia 7:36.40

Women’s 4x50m Medley Relay
GOLD: USA 1:42.38 (WR)
SILVER: China 1:44.31
BRONZE: Netherlands 1:44.57

Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay
GOLD: USA 3:45.58 (CR)
SILVER: China 3:48.80
BRONZE: Italy 3:51.38

MEN

Men’s 50m Freestyle
GOLD: Vladimir Morozov (Russia) 20.33
SILVER: Caeleb Dressel (USA) 20.54
BRONZE: Bradley Tandy (South Africa) 20.94

Men’s 100m Freestyle
GOLD: Caeleb Dressel (USA) 45.62
SILVER: Vladimir Morozov (Russia) 45.65
BRONZE: Chad le Clos (South Africa) 45.89

Men’s 200m Freestyle
GOLD: Blake Pieroni (USA) 1:41.49
SILVER: Danas Rapsys (Lithuania) 1:41.78
BRONZE: Alexander Graham (Australia) 1:42.28

Men’s 400m Freestyle
GOLD: Danas Rapsys (Lithuania) 3:34.01 (CR)
SILVER: Henrik Christiansen (Norway) 3:36.64
BRONZE: Gabriele Detti (Italy) 3:37.54

Men’s 1500m Freestyle
GOLD: Mykhailo Romanchuk (Ukraine) 14:09.14 (CR)
SILVER: Gregorio Paltinieri (Italy) 14:09.87
BRONZE: Henrik Christiansen (Norway) 14:19.39

Men’s 50m Backstroke
GOLD: Evgeny Rylov (Russia) 22.58
SILVER: Ryan Murphy (USA) 22.63
BRONZE: Shane Ryan (Ireland) 22.76

Men’s 100m Backstroke
GOLD: Ryan Murphy (USA) 49.23
SILVER: Jiayu Xu (China) 49.26
BRONZE: Kliment Kolesnikov (Russia) 49.40

Men’s 200m Backstroke
GOLD: Evgeny Rylov (Russia) 1:47.02
SILVER: Ryan Murphy (USA) 1:47.34
BRONZE: Radoslaw Kawecki (Poland) 1:48.25

Men’s 50m Breaststroke
GOLD: Cameron Van Der Burgh (South Africa) 25.41 (CR)
SILVER: Ilya Sjhymanovich (Belarus) 25.77
BRONZE: Felipe Lima (Brazil) 25.80

Men’s 100m Breaststroke
GOLD: Cameron Van Der Burgh (South Africa) 56.01 (CR)
SILVER: Ilya Sjhymanovich (Belarus) 56.10
BRONZE: Yasuhiro Koseki (Japan) 56.13

Men’s 200m Breaststroke
GOLD: Kirill Prigoda (Russia) 2:00.16 (WR)
SILVER: Haiang Qin (China) 2:01.15
BRONZE: Marco Koch (Germany) 2:01.42

Men’s 50m Butterfly
GOLD: Nicholas Santos (Brazil) 21.81 (CR)
SILVER: Chad le Clos (South Africa) 21.97
BRONZE: Dylan Carter (Trinidad & Tobago) 22.38

Men’s 100m Butterfly
GOLD: Chad le Clos (South Africa) 48.50
SILVER: Caleb Dressel (USA) 48.71
BRONZE: Zhuhao Li (China) 49.25

Men’s 200m Butterfly
GOLD: Daiya Seto (Japan) 1:48.24 (WR)
SILVER: Chad le Clos (South Africa) 1:48.32
BRONZE: Zhuhao Li (China) 1:50.39

Men’s 100m Medley
GOLD: Kliment Kolesnikov (Russia) 50.63 (WJ, CR)
SILVER: Marco Orsi (Italy) 51.03
BRONZE: Hiromasa Fujimori (Japan) 51.53

Men’s 200m Medley
GOLD: Shun Wang (China) 1:51.01
SILVER: Josh Prenot (USA) 1:52.69
BRONZE: Hiromasa Fujimori (Japan) 1:52.73

Men’s 400m Medley
GOLD: Daiya Seto (Japan) 3:56.43
SILVER: Thomas Fraser-Holmes (Australia) 4:02.74
BRONZE: Brandonn Almeida (Brazil) 4:03.71

Men’s 4x50m Freestyle Relay
GOLD: USA 1:21.80 (WR)
SILVER: Russia 1:22.22
BRONZE: Italy 1:22.90

Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
GOLD: USA 3:03.03 (WR)
SILVER: Russia 3:03.11
BRONZE: Brazil 3:05.15

Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
GOLD: Brazil 6:46.81 (WR)
SILVER: Russia 6:46.84
BRONZE: China 6:47.53

Men’s 4x50m Medley Relay
GOLD: Russia 1:30.54
SILVER: USA 1:30.90
BRONZE: Brazil 1:31.49

Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay
GOLD: USA 3:19.98
SILVER: Russia 3:20.61
BRONZE: Japan 3:21.07

MIXED

Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay
GOLD: USA 1:27.89 (WR)
SILVER: Netherlands 1:28.51
BRONZE: Russia 1:28.73

Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay
GOLD: USA 1:36.40
SILVER: Netherlands 1:37.05
BRONZE: Russia 1:37.33