Seven Hong Kong national short-course records were set in the first leg of the Epson World Cup swimming meet at the Kowloon Park Pool - but there were no medals for the territory.
The closest Hong Kong came to winning a medal in this event, where some of the world's top swimmers were competing, was when Arthur Li Kai-yin finished fourth in the men's 100 metres freestyle, the blue riband event of the meet.
Overall, Hong Kong acquitted itself well.
Among the records to go was the 100 m butterfly, when Li trimmed his old mark by 0.09 seconds with a time of 55.96. Despite his game efforts, he could only finish seventh in the final.
Hong Kong's Michael Scott broke another national record, clocking 1:05.04 in the men's 100 m breaststroke which beat the old mark set by Tam Chi-kin at 1:05.42. Billy Kwok Sze-wai set a men's 50 m backstroke record of 27.25 seconds.
Australia emerged as the top country in the meet after winning nine golds, thanks largely to the efforts of 19-year-old Mike Klim, who won four golds at the weekend.