Hosszú made history as she earned a total of eight individual medals at this year's event, the highest tally ever among women and only equalling American Ryan Lochte's 2012 performance in Istanbul in the men's field.

She also put on four world record performances in the 100 metres and 200m backstroke, 100m and 200m individual medley, silver medals in the 200m freestyle, 200m butterfly and 400m individual medley, and one bronze in the 50m backstroke.

"I'm definitely excited about how I did at this meet and these eight medals," Hosszú said.

"I really tried to push myself even more so I'm just really happy about the result."

Chad Le Clos has become the first male swimmer ever to win the three butterfly events in a single edition of the World Short-Course Swimming Championships ©Getty Images


Le Clos, meanwhile, leaves Doha with four individual titles, in the 200m freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly - which makes him the first male swimmer ever to win the three butterfly events in a single edition of the Championships, and a world record in the 100m.

This year's Championships has in itself been record-breaking thanks to the 23 world records and 24 Championships records that were set during the five-day competition.

This tally far exceeds the previous best of 18 world best times established in Manchester in 2008.

In terms of nations, Brazil topped the overall medals table, with a total of 10 awards - seven of them were gold - thanks to the likes of Felipe França Silva, who won the 50m and 100m breaststroke and was also part of the victorious 4x50m medley, 4x100m medley and mixed 4x50m medley squads.

Brazil topped the overall medals table with a total of 10 awards ©Getty Images


Hungary finished second, with six gold, three silver and two bronze medals, while The Netherlands came third with five gold, one silver and six bronze.

The fifth and final evening of swimming saw five world records set, including in the women's 4x50m free relay, which was won by The Netherlands in a time of 1min 34.24sec.

Brazilian César Cielo also secured victory on the final day in the men's 100m free and his compatriot Etiene Medeiros won the women's 50m backstroke in a world record time of 25.67sec.

Meanwhile, Germany's Markus Deibler claimed gold in a world record time of 50.66 in the men's 100m individual medley, as did Sweden's Sarah Sjöström in the women's 100m fly and 200m free, with times of 54.61 and 1:50.78 respectively.

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