With the methods of documentation, expert interview, video observation and mathematical statistics, it analysed the results of the 14th FINA World Championships. The results showed that the gold medals have distributed in more countries such as Asian and European nowadays except the US swimmers, this made the situation more competitive. The old world swimming pattern has been broken and replaced by a new one： the United States and Australia were two leading swimming countries, but now, only the U.S. still maintained the leading position; the European countries are rising rapidly; the Asian swimming situation is unsteady. Due to the banned use of high - tech swimwear, the frequency of breaking the world record reduced. The Chinese swimming has made a greater progress and the men＇ s team had some breakthrough. The authors suggested that during the preparation for London Olympic Games, the Chinese swimming team should keep an eye on Britain and France and other European countries as well as the United States, and also consider the reasons why the Australian swimming performance decline, so as to explore a new training mode, which suits the Chinese swimmers the most.%通过文献资料、专家访谈、录像观察及数理统计等方法对2011年第14届上海游泳世锦赛成绩进行对比分析，管窥当前世界泳坛竞争格局。结果表明：金牌分布更为广泛，美国金牌被亚欧分流，泳坛竞争更加激烈；美国与澳大利亚两强争霸的世界泳坛格局已经消失，取而代之的是美国霸主地位稳固，欧洲诸强迅速崛起，亚洲泳坛动荡的新格局。高科技泳衣禁用后，世界纪录刷新速度放缓；中国游泳进步较大，男队成绩有所突破。明年伦敦奥运会，中国游泳除了关注传统强队美国之外，英国和法国等欧洲国家也需要格外注意。
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