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.
Roster
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
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:
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.
Day 1
4 × 100 m medley relay
Women
Natalie Coughlin set new American records for 50 m backstroke (26.98) and 100 m backstroke (55.97) with her split times.