2011 Duel in the Pool

The 2011 Duel in the Pool was a swimming meet held December 16 and 17, 2011 at the Georgia Tech Aquatics Center in Atlanta. It was a short course (25m), dual meet between a team from the United States and a European All-Star team featuring swimmers from 18 nations. It was the sixth meet held under the Duel in the Pool name and the second between the United States and a European team.

The United States prevailed by 181½ points to 80½.

United States
The United States team featured 17 men and 18 women.


 * Men
 * Mike Alexandrov
 * Ricky Berens
 * Tyler Clary
 * Conor Dwyer
 * Jimmy Feigen
 * Mark Gangloff
 * Matt Grevers
 * Brendan Hansen
 * Michael Klueh
 * Ryan Lochte
 * Tyler McGill
 * Matt McLean
 * Eric Shanteau
 * Davis Tarwater
 * Nick Thoman
 * Peter Vanderkaay
 * Garrett Weber-Gale


 * Women
 * Amanda Beard
 * Elizabeth Beisel
 * Elaine Breeden
 * Natalie Coughlin
 * Missy Franklin
 * Katy Freeman
 * Jessica Hardy
 * Kathleen Hersey
 * Katie Hoff
 * Dagny Knutson
 * Elizabeth Pelton
 * Julia Smit
 * Rebecca Soni
 * Ashley Steenvoorden
 * Chloe Sutton
 * Dana Vollmer
 * Amanda Weir
 * Kate Ziegler

European All-Stars
The European team consisted of 22 men and 19 women.


 * Men
 * 🇭🇺 Péter Bernek (HUN)
 * 🇭🇺 Bence Biczó (HUN)
 * 🇬🇧 Adam Brown (GBR)
 * 🇭🇺 László Cseh (HUN)
 * 🇵🇱 Konrad Czerniak (POL)
 * Mads Glæsner
 * 🇭🇺 Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
 * 🇧🇪 François Heersbrandt (BEL)
 * 🇫🇴 Pál Joensen (FRO)
 * 🇦🇹 Dinko Jukić (AUT)
 * 🇵🇱 Radosław Kawęcki (POL)
 * 🇭🇺 Gergő Kis (HUN)
 * 🇵🇱 Paweł Korzeniowski (POL)
 * 🇬🇧 Marco Loughran (GBR)
 * Dominik Meichtry
 * 🇷🇺 Vladimir Morozov (RUS)
 * 🇬🇧 Robbie Renwick (GBR)
 * 🇦🇹 Markus Rogan (AUT)
 * 🇭🇺 Krisztián Takács (HUN)
 * 🇱🇹 Giedrius Titenis (LTU)
 * 🇭🇺 Dávid Verrasztó (HUN)
 * 🇩🇪 Christian vom Lehn (GER)


 * Women
 * Lotte Friis
 * 🇸🇪 Martina Granström (SWE)
 * 🇬🇧 Francesca Halsall (GBR)
 * 🇧🇾 Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR)
 * 🇭🇺 Katinka Hosszú (HUN)
 * 🇭🇺 Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN)
 * 🇸🇮 Anja Klinar (SVN)
 * Ranomi Kromowidjojo
 * Rikke Møller Pedersen
 * 🇮🇪 Gráinne Murphy (IRL)
 * Moniek Nijhuis
 * Jeanette Ottesen
 * 🇬🇧 Elizabeth Simmonds (GBR)
 * 🇬🇧 Gemma Spofforth (GBR)
 * Marleen Veldhuis
 * 🇭🇺 Evelyn Verrasztó (HUN)
 * Sharon van Rouwendaal
 * 🇨🇿 Barbora Závadová (CZE)
 * 🇺🇦 Daryna Zevina (UKR)

Format
All events were held in a short course pool (25 m). Up to four swimmers per team took part in each of the twenty-six individual events. Five points were given to the winner, three to the runner-up and one for the third-place finisher, while fourth, fifth and sixth place received no points. In relay events, the winning team was awarded seven points and the losing team none.

Events were held in the following order with women's events first and men's events afterwards:


 * Day 1 (16 December, evening session)
 * 4 × 100 m medley relay
 * 400 m individual medley
 * 100 m freestyle
 * 200 m backstroke
 * 200 m breaststroke
 * 100 m butterfly
 * 400 m freestyle


 * Day 2 (17 December, afternoon session)
 * 800 m freestyle
 * 200 m freestyle
 * 100 m backstroke
 * 100 m breaststroke
 * 200 m butterfly
 * 50 m freestyle
 * 200 m individual medley
 * 4 × 100 m freestyle

Results
The full results of the competition are listed below. One world record was set during the meet, in the women's 4 × 100 m medley relay, while five American records and one European record were beaten. The European relay teams were not eligible to set new records as they did not represent a single nation. Therefore, the European women's team did not set a new world record in the 4 × 100 m freestyle with their time of 3:27.53, even though they beat the standing record set by the Netherlands of 3:28.22.

4 × 100 m medley relay
Natalie Coughlin set new American records for 50 m backstroke (26.98) and 100 m backstroke (55.97) with her split times.
 * Women


 * Men

400 m individual medley

 * Women


 * Men

100 m freestyle

 * Women


 * Men

200 m backstroke

 * Women


 * Men

200 m breaststroke

 * Women


 * Men

100 m butterfly

 * Women


 * Men

400 m freestyle

 * Women


 * Men

Legend: WR – World record; AM – United States record; ER – European record

800 m freestyle

 * Women


 * Men

200 m freestyle

 * Women


 * Men

100 m backstroke

 * Women


 * Men

100 m breaststroke

 * Women


 * Men

200 m butterfly

 * Women


 * Men

50 m freestyle

 * Women


 * Men

200 m individual medley

 * Women


 * Men

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

 * Women


 * Men

Legend: WR – World record; AM – United States record; ER – European record