World Aquatics Championships 2025 - Swimming: Schedule, order of events, how and where to watch

The World Aquatics Championships for the swimming community is all set to start on July 27 and will conclude on August 3, 2025. The event is slated to take place at the new World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub.

This championship is held every two years with a lineup of several renowned athletes all set to compete. From swimming to water polo to diving, the World Aquatics Championships features all the water sports, and after the conclusion of all other events, swimming and diving will now take place for the coming two weeks.

The World Aquatics Championships will be featuring several events, including the 100m butterfly, 50m butterfly, 400m freestyle, 100m breaststroke, and more. Along with this, multiple top-notch swimmers, including Katie Ledecky, Leon Marchand, and more, will be headlining the event.

Let's have a look at the schedule of the swimming events at the World Aquatics Championships and dive into the details about where to watch them and more:

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Schedule of World Aquatics Championships 2025

Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships - Day 16: High Diving - Source: Getty

Here is the detailed information about the day-by-day events of the World Aquatics Championships 2025.

July 27

1. Women 200m medley (heats) - 7:32am
2. Men 400m freestyle (heats) - 7:50 am
3. Women 100m butterfly (heats) - 8:21am
4. Men 50m butterfly (heats) - 8:41am
5. Women 400m freestyle (heats) - 9:10am
6. Men 100m breaststroke (heats) - 9:36am
7. Women 4x100m freestyle relay (heats) - 10:02am
8. Men 4x100m freestyle rekay (heats) - 10:15am
9. Men 400m freestyle (Finals) - 4:32 pm
10. Women 100m butterfly (semi-finals) - 4:43 pm
11. Men 50m butterfly (semi-finals) - 4:53pm
12. Women 400m freestyle (finals) - 5:02 pm
13. Men 100m breaststroke (semifinals) - 5:18pm
14. Women 200m medley - (semifinals) - 5:29pm
15. Women 4x100m freestyle realy - (finals) - 5:46pm
16. Men 4x100m freestyle relay (finals) - 5:57pm

July 28

1. Women 100m Backstroke (Heats) - 7:32 AM
2. Men 100m Backstroke (Heats) - 7:53 AM
3. Women 100m Breaststroke (Heats) - 8:14 AM
4. Men 200m Freestyle (Heats) - 8:34 AM
5. Women 1500m Freestyle (Heats) - 8:59 AM
6. Men 100m Breaststroke (Finals) - 4:32 PM
7. Women 100m Butterfly (Finals) - 4:40 PM
8. Men 100m Backstroke (semifinals) - 4:48 PM
9. Women 100m Breaststroke (semifinals) - 4:58 PM
10. Men 50m Butterfly (Finals) - 5:15 PM
11. Women 100m Backstroke (semifinals) - 5:22 PM
12. Men 200m Freestyle (semifinals) - 5:37 PM
13. Women 200m Medley (Finals) - 5:49 PM

July 29

1. Men 50m Breaststroke (Heats) - 7:32 AM
2. Women 200m Freestyle (Heats) - 7:56 AM
3. Men 200m Butterfly (Heats) - 8:17 AM
4. Men 800m Freestyle (Heats) - 8:35 AM
5. Men 200m Freestyle (Finals) - 4:32 PM
6. Women 1500m Freestyle (Finals) - 4:41 PM
7. Men 50m Breaststroke (semifinals) - 5:04 PM
8. Women 100m Backstroke (Finals) - 5:18 PM
9. Men 100m Backstroke (Finals) - 5:26 PM
10. Women 200m Freestyle (semifinals) - 5:39 PM
11. Men 200m Butterfly (Semifinals) - 5:56 PM
12. Women 100m Breaststroke (Finals) - 6:08 PM

July 30

1. Women 50m Backstroke (Heats) - 7:32 AM
2. Men 100m Freestyle (Heats) - 7:52 AM
3. Men 200m Medley (Heats) - 8:30 AM
4. Women 200m Butterfly (Heats) - 8:51 AM
5. Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay (Heats) - 9:06 AM
6. Men 800m Freestyle (Finals) - 4:32 PM
7. Women 200m Freestyle (Finals) - 4:47 PM
8. Men 100m Freestyle (Semifinals) - 4:56 PM
9. Women 50m Backstroke (Semifinals) - 5:06 PM
10. Men 200m Butterfly (Finals) - 5:20 PM
11. Men 50m Breaststroke (Finals) - 5:29 PM
12. Women 200m Butterfly (Semifinals) - 5:41 PM
13. Men 200m Medley (Semifinals) - 5:59 PM
14. Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay (Finals) - 6:11 PM

July 31

1. Women 100m Freestyle (Heats) - 7:32 AM
2. Men 200m Backstroke (Heats) - 8:01 AM #
3. Women 200m Breaststroke (Heats) - 8:23 AM
4. Men 200m Breaststroke (Heats) - 8:42 AM
5. Women 4x200m Freestyle Relay (Heats) - 9:05 AM
6. Women 200m Butterfly (Finals) - 4:32 PM
7. Women 100m Freestyle (Semifinals) - 4:41 PM
8. Men 200m Medley (Finals) - 4:51 PM
9. Men 100m Freestyle (Finals) - 5:00 PM
10. Women 200m Breaststroke (Semifinals) - 5:13 PM
11. Women 50m Backstroke (Finals) - 5:26 PM
12. Men 200m Breaststroke (Semifinals) - 5:38 PM
13. Men 200m Backstroke (Semifinals) - 5:56 PM
14. Women 4x200m Freestyle Relay (Finals) - 6:08 PM

August 1

1. Men 100m butterfly - (heats) - 7:32am
2. Women 200m backstroke - (h:eats) - 7:57am
3. Men 50m freestyle - (heats) - 8:21am
4. Women 50m butterfly - (heats)- 8:55am
5. Men 4x200m freestyle relay - (heats) - 9:19am
6. Women 800m freestyle - (heats) - 9:41am
7. Women 100m freestyle - (finals) - 4:32 pm
8. Men 100m butterfly - (semifinals) - 4:40pm
9. Women 200m backstroke - (semifinals) - 4:50 pm
10. Men 50m freestyle - (semifinals) - 5:03pm
11. Men 200m breaststroke - (Finals) - 5:12pm
12. Men 200m backstroke - (finals) - 5:26pm
13. Women 200m breaststroke - (finals) - 5:35pm
14. Women 50m butterfly - (semifinals)- 5:50pm
15. Men 4x200m freestyle relay - (finals) - 6:04pm

August 2

1. Women 50m freestyle - Heats - 7:32am
2. Men 50m backstroke - Heats - 8:01am
3. Women 50m breaststroke - Heats - 8:22am
4. Mixed 4x100m freestyle realy - Heats - 8:39am
5. Men 1500m freestyle - Heats - 9:04am
6. Women 50m butterfly - Finals - 4:32 pm
7. Men 50m freestyle - Finals - 4:39pm
8. Women 200m backstroke - Finals - 4:47pm
9. Women 50m breaststroke - semifinals - 4:56pm
10. Men 100m butterfly - finals - 5:10pm
11. Women 50m freestyle - Semifinals - 5:18pm
12. Men 50m bacstroke - semifinals - 5:33pm
13. Women 800m freestyle - Finals - 5:47pm
14. Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay - Finals - 6:07pm

August 3

1. Men 400m Medley - Heats 7:32am
2. Women 400m Medley - Heats - 7:58am
3. Men 4x100m medley realay - Heats - 8:19am
4. Women 4x100m medley realay - Heats - 8:38am
5. Men 50m backstroke - Finals - 4:32pm
6. Women’s 50m breaststroke - Finals - 4:39pm
7. Women’s 50m freestyle - Finals - 4:47pm
8. Men’s 1500m freestyle - Finals - 4:59pm
9. Men’s 400m medley- Finals - 5:26pm
10. Women’s 400m medley - Finals - 5:42pm
11. Men’s 4x100m medley relay - Finals - 5:58pm
12. Women’s 4x100 medley relay - Finals - 6:13pm

How and where to watch the World Aquatics Championships 2025?

The World Aquatics Championships 2025 will be streamed live all around the world in various channels, with the World Aquatics Recast channel providing a central hub. From NEP Singapore to Peacock to CBC, multiple major platforms will be broadcasting the event for a fee. Here is the list of where to watch the event:

1. Singapore - NEP Singapore
2. United States - NBC and Peacock
3. Canada - CBC
4. Australia - Nine Network
5. Europe - France - France televisions, Italy - Sky Italia, Hungary - RAI, MTCA, and Serbia- RTS
6. Africa- SuperSport.

All the swimming enthusiasts in the European territories, who do not have national broadcast partners will be able to watch the World Aquatics Championships events live on Eurovision Sport.