Date(s) 16–17 December 2011 Athletes participating 76 | Nations participating 19 | |
Host city Atlanta, Georgia, United States Venue(s) Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Teams United States
European All-Stars | ||
The 2011 Duel in the Pool was a swimming meet held December 16 and 17, 2011 at the Georgia Tech Aquatics Center in Atlanta, Georgia. 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.
Contents
The United States prevailed by 181½ points to 80½.
United States
The United States team featured 17 men and 18 women.
European All-Stars
The European team consisted of 22 men and 19 women.
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:
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.
400 m freestyle
Legend: WR – World record; AM – United States record; ER – European record
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Legend: WR – World record; AM – United States record; ER – European record