Rebecca Adlington in talks with British Swimming’s David Sparkes

A British Swimming statement said a “healthy debate took place where Sparkes listened to and responded to issues raised by Becky”.

Sparkes is set to meet a group of senior swimmers next month.

Team GB’s only medals in the pool came from Michael Jamieson, who won a silver, and Adlington, who claimed two bronze.

Pursley resigned because the team missed their target of five but a British Swimming review found that there was no need for an overhaul of the system.

Performance director Michael Scott also quit last month following the publication of the review, leaving two key roles vacant.

Adlington, whose bronze medals in London follow the two gold medals she won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, disagreed with the review’s outcome, claiming the sport was in a “mess” and said swimmers felt lost because they have no central figure.

British Swimming announced on Tuesday that Mark Perry, head of development and open water swimming, would become technical leader in a caretaker capacity, while Ian Mason, overall world class director of operations for aquatics programmes, concentrated on swimming.

The British Swimming statement read: “British Swimming chief executive David Sparkes has held initial discussions with Olympic swimmer Becky Adlington to listen to concerns raised following this week’s publication of the London 2012 performance debrief report.”