On June 18, Beijing time, the 2022 Swimming World Championships began in Budapest, Hungary, Zhang Yufei easily won the first place in the group in the women's 100m butterfly preliminaries, Yan Zibei entered the men's 100m breaststroke semifinals, and Wang Shun ranked 14th in the men's 400m medley preliminaries and did not qualify for the final. Li Bingjie missed the women's 400m freestyle final.
The Swimming World Championships were originally scheduled to be held in 2021, but because the Tokyo Olympics were postponed to 2021, the time conflicted with the original schedule of the World Championships, so the event was postponed to 2022. Later, the Fukuoka Organizing Committee postponed the event to 2023 due to the epidemic, and FINA announced that it would host a swimming world championship in Budapest in 2022, and Fukuoka would host the world championships in 2023.
The Chinese team was originally scheduled to arrange the selection of the World Championships and the Asian Games in May, but due to the impact of the epidemic, the competition was eventually postponed, and the Chinese Swimming Association determined the participating teams of the World Championships according to the National Games and previous results, led by Olympic champions such as Wang Shun and Zhang Yufei, who wanted to lead the Chinese swimmers to have a better performance in Budapest.
The first preliminary event of this swimming competition was the women's 200m medley, Ge Chutong appeared in group 4, she swam 2 minutes 12.98 seconds to rank 6th in the group, and ranked 14th after combining the results of each group, and she successfully reached the semifinals. The two Americans had the best results in the preliminaries, with Walsh finishing first in 2:09.41 and Hayes following in 2:09.81.
Next up is the men's 400m freestyle preliminaries, with Ji Xinjie and Zhang Ziyang competing on the Chinese team. Ji Xinjie appeared in the 4th group, he was in the same group as Austria's Oberock, the United States' Smith and others, he only swam 3:51.84 to rank 8th in the group, Lithuanian star Lapses also had a mediocre result, 3:50.03 in the group 7th. Zhang Ziyang played in group 5, swimming only 3 minutes 53 seconds 55 seconds to rank 10th.
Combining the results of each group, Ji Xinjie ranked 23rd and Zhang Ziyang ranked 25th, and they all missed the final. Oberock advanced first in 3:43.83, while Australia's Winnington was second in 3:44.42.
In the women's 100m butterfly competition, Zhang Yufei appeared in the 4th group, and she quickly established a leading position in the first 50 meters, turning around with a time of 26.41 seconds. After turning around, Zhang Yufei did not fully exert her strength and maintained a steady swimming speed, and she successfully won the first place in the group, with a score of 57.37 seconds. Sweden's Hansen finished second in the group in 57.53 seconds.
In Group 3, Usa's Husk finished first in 56.82 seconds, and she also qualified first in the preliminaries. Zhang Yufei ranked 3rd and successfully reached the semi-finals.
In the men's 50m butterfly preliminaries, Carter of Trinidad and Tobago finished first in 22.87 seconds. China's Sun Jiajun swam 23.83 seconds to finish 32nd and missed the semifinals. Women's 400m freestyle preliminaries, the Chinese team has Tang Muhan and Li Bingjie two participants, Tang Muhan swam 4 minutes 06 seconds 29 seconds in the preliminary round of the 7th place to advance, Li Bingjie only swam 4 minutes 08 seconds 25 seconds to rank 10th, she regretted not to qualify for the final. American Ledecky finished first in the final with a time of 3:59.79. In the men's 100m breaststroke preliminaries, Yan Zibei appeared in group 5, he swam 59.83 seconds to rank second in the group, and finally ranked 5th in the preliminaries to enter the semifinals. Holland's Cumminga finished first in 58.69 seconds to reach the semifinals.
In the men's 400m medley preliminaries, Wang Shun appeared in group 3, he only swam 4 minutes 17.85 seconds to rank 6th in the group, and France's Machard was first in the group with 4:09.09. Japan's Daiya Seto took the lead in Group 4, finishing first in 4:10.51 and China's Liu Zongyu in 10th place in 4:20.53. Combining the results of each group, Wang Shun ranked 14th in the tie and did not qualify for the final, and Liu Zongyu ranked 19th. Machad was 1st in the preliminaries and Daisuke Seto was also in 4th place, and they both reached the final.
In the women's 4×100m freestyle relay preliminaries, the Chinese team sent Zhu Menghui, Ai Yanhan, Lau Lihui and Cheng Yujie to compete, and they followed the leading Canadian team and finally finished second in the first group in 3 minutes 36.66 seconds. Canada finished first in the group in 3:35.34. In the second group, Australia ranked first in 3:33.74, and they also advanced to the first place in the preliminary round, and the Chinese team ranked fifth to reach the final.
In the men's 4×100m freestyle relay preliminaries, the Chinese team sent Yang Jintong, Hou Yujie, Hong Jinquan and Pan Zhanle to compete, and finally swam 3 minutes 15.39 seconds to rank 7th in the second group, and the United States team won the first place in the group with 3 minutes 10.80 seconds. Combining the results of the two groups, the Chinese team ranked 10th and did not qualify for the final.