2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
DAY 4 Finals HEAT SHEET
Day 4 Relay Line-Ups
Bonsoir mes amis nageurs. La quatrième nuit de natation begin maintenant.
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Good Night, my swim buddies. The fourth night time of swimming is about to begin, and it’s a busy one. There are 4 semifinals and three finals on the schedule for tonight.
DAY 4 FINALS SCHEDULE
It’s an incredible set of occasions tonight, as we now have a superb mixture of sprints and longer distances. We begin with two males’s semifinals, the boys’s 100 free and the boys’s 200 butterfly. Within the dash occasion, American Jack Alexy leads the sector along with his 47.57 from this morning’s prelims. However the American might be hard-pressed as Maxime Grousset could have the house crowd behind him as he leads out the primary semifinal. World report holder Pan Zhanle snuck into the semifinals in a three-way tie for thirteenth place, and there could possibly be some exterior smoke. Final night time’s 200 freestyle champion, David Popovici, finds himself because the third seed and certain has way more left within the tank after swimming 47.92 this morning.
The 200 Fly sees World report holder Kristof Milak look to repeat as Olympic Champion as he leads the sector in tonight’s semifinal. Posting a time of 1:53.92 this morning, the Hungarian sits simply .14 forward of Canada’s Ilya Kharun. Leon Marchand, the highest seed, certified sixth into the semifinal and certain performed it conservatively this morning as he additionally had the prelims of the 200 breaststroke to swim.
It’s a lopsided night as there are simply two ladies’s occasions in comparison with the 5 for the boys, however the ladies’s occasions actually convey the star energy. In tonight’s 100-back last, 4 of the 5 quickest performers take to the water and three World report holders. Regan Smith, the present holder, will take lane 4 this night and might be flanked by rival Kaylee McKeown on one aspect and compatriot Katharine Berkoff on the opposite. It’s a novel last as simply 4 nations are represented, and people three swimmers might be joined by McKeown’s fellow Australian Iona Anderson, two swimmers from Canada, together with former WR holder Kylie Masse, and two from house nation France.
The second and solely different particular person last of the night is up subsequent as the boys’s 800 free takes to the pool. Defending Olympic Champion Bobby Finke will look so as to add a 3rd particular person gold medal to his identify, however first should overcome competitors each new and previous. Ahmed Jaouadi of Tunisian dropped a large period of time to put 2nd into the ultimate, however could have his work reduce out to attempt to run down prime seed Daniel Wiffen. The Irishman is the defending World Champion within the occasion and likewise holds the SCM world report.
From the 800, we velocity issues up once more with the ladies’s 100 free. It’s a world-class discipline led by WR holder Sarah Sjostrom, who swam the one sub-53 time this morning, stopping the clock in 52.99. Simply behind her is the season’s quickest swimmer, Siobhan Haughey, who claimed a bronze in final night time’s 200 freestyle. Beating the Hong Kong swimmer in that occasion was Mollie O’Callaghan, who claimed her first particular person gold medal because the Olympics. The Australian, who was the 2023 World Champion on this occasion, sits fifth after prelims in a time of 53.27. The USA’s Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh will look to remain in competition for tomorrow’s last after posting the seventh and eighth quickest instances this morning.
Leon Marchand concludes his double-double of particular person 200s as he’s the third seed within the 200 breast. Korea’s Cho Sung Jae leads the sector along with his 2:09.45 however is simply .04 forward of Australia’s Zac Stubblety-Prepare dinner. ZSC fellow former world report holder Ippei Watanabe additionally safely moved by means of because the fifth seed, however its the current world report holder Qin Haiyang who seems to be in a spot of hassle as he completed simply fifteenth this morning. Additionally on the skin trying in are Individuals Josh Matheny and Matt Fallon, who completed tenth and eleventh this morning.
We conclude the night with the boys’s 4×200 freestyle relay, the place defending Olympic Champion Nice Britain finds itself within the center lanes after posting the highest time this morning. The USA and France will flank the Brits and might be hungry for a medal, because the Individuals didn’t get on the rostrum in 2021 and the French will look to provide the house crowd one thing to cheer about. Nice Britain returns their total line-up from Tokyo however faces off in opposition to a re-vamped US staff.
Watch together with SwimSwam’s Coleman Hodges and particular visitor stars Nathan Adrien and Katilin Sandeno
MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – Semifinals
- World File: 46.80 – Pan Zhanle, CHN (2024)
- World Junior File: 46.86 – David Popovici, ROU (2022)
- Olympic File: 46.92 – Pan Zhanle, CHN (2024)
- 2021 Profitable Time: 47.02 – Caeleb Dressel, USA
- 2021 Time to Advance to Finals: 47.82
Prime 8
- Pan Zhanle (CHN) – 47.21
- Kyle Chalmers (AUS) – 47.58
- Nandor Nemeth (HUN) – 47.61
- Maxime Grousset (FRA) – 47.63
- David Popovici (ROU) – 47.66
- Jack Alexy (USA) – 47.68
- Chris Guiliano (USA) – 47.72
- Josha Salchow (GER) – 47.94
The primary semifinal noticed France’s Maxime Grousset take the race out in 22.57 forward of Nandor Nemeth’s 22.71. Grousset, urged on by a partisan Parisian crowd seemed stong heading down the again 50, however Nemeth and 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Kyle Chalmers gave the impression to be gaining on the frenchmen with each stroke. Chalmers, who needed to accept the silver in 2021, was simply 4th on the 50 flip, flipping in 22.91 turned on the after burners to get to the wall first.
Touching in 47.58, King Kyle, who closed in 22.91, confirmed off these lengthy arms as he out-touched Nemeth by .03 and Grousset by .05. The USA Chris Guiliano, who the US Trials in 47,38 positioned 4th within the warmth in a time of 47.72. Matthew Richards of Nice Britain was out in a speedy 22.87, touching third, however fell away from the leaders to complete sixth within the warmth in a time of 48.09.
Jack Alexy had the early lead taking the primary 50 out in 22.58, .11 forward of WR holder Pan Zhanle, who was 22.69. Pan had a tough swim this morning and was in a three-way tie for thirteenth and swam out of lane 8 this night.
Pan had the quickest 2nd 50 of 24.52 and took the win from the underside of the pool, in the end touching in 47.21. This week Pan has been as quick as 46.92, when he broke the Olympic report within the occasion main off China’s 4×100 free relay.
Very like Grousset within the earlier warmth, the early chief, Alexy, fell to third on the end, with Romania’s David Popovici additionally passing the tall American within the closing meters. Popovici, the winner of the 200 free, was sixth on the 50 flip (23.02) however surged house in 24.64 (Alexy was 25.10) to take second in 47.66, simply .02 forward of Alexy.
Kyle Chalmers taking the 2nd seed for the ultimate tomorrow, could also be an indication of fine fortune to return, because the final 5 Olympic Champions within the occasion have come from lane 5.
MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – Semifinals
Prime 8
- Kristof Milak (HUN) – 1:52.72
- Leon Marchand (FRA) -1:53.50
- Ilya Kharun (CAN) – 1:54.01
- Noe Ponti (SUI) – 1:54.14
- Kregor Zirk (EST) – 1:54.22
- Krysztof Chmielewski (POL) – 1:54.28
- Alberto Razzetti (ITA) – 1:54.51
- Martin Espernberger (AUT) – 1:54.62
The primary semifinal was a masterclass on swim the 200 fly. France’s Leon Marchand, strolling out to an enormous cheer, by no means seemed again and led the race from begin to end. The Frenchman, who’s coached by Bob Bowman, was 53.17 on the 100 flip, greater than half a second forward of Estonia’s Kregor Zirk. By the 150 mark, the distinction has opened to a few quarters of second.
Marchand would in the end contact in 1:53.50, nevertheless it was not Zirk who was second however Canadian Ilya Kharun. Kharun, who was coaching companions with Marchand at ASU, was 4th on the 100, hitting the wall in 53.98. He had slipped to fifth on the 150 flip however closed in swift 29.85 to take 2nd. His final break up of 29.85 was the one sub-30 break up of the semifinal, and Kharun put himself into good place to make the ultimate tomorrow. In the end, he touched in 1:54.01, .05 of a second quicker than this morning.
Warmth 2 was a really comparable story to the primary warmth. Kristof Milak, the defending Olympic Gold medalist and WR holder, led from begin to end. Out in 53.34, the Hungarian famous person had a lead of .85 over the younger American Thomas Heilman.
Milak stored up the strain, splitting 29.29 and 30.09 on the final two 50 to the touch the wall in 1:52.72, greater than a second quicker than his prelims swim of 1:53.92 and the one swim beneath 1:53. Heilman who tried to maintain in touch with Milak, slipped again to sixth within the semi, in the end touching in 1:54.87.
Taking Heilman’s place behind Milak was Swiss star Noe Ponti. Ponti, who gained bronze within the 100 fly in Tokyo, was simply 4th on the 100 however surged on the backhalf and, like Kharun, closed in sub-30 (29.95) to the touch in second behind the Hungarian in a time of 1:54.14.
It was to not be a household affair within the last tomorrow as brothers Krysztof Chmielewski and Michael Chmielewski completed third and fifth within the 2nd semifinal, however Michal ended up ninth, .02 away from tying for eighth.
WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE—FINALS
Podium
- Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 57.33 ***NEW OLYMPIC RECORD***
- Regan Smith (USA) – 57.66
- Katharine Berkoff (USA) -57.98
- Kylie Masse (CAN) – 58.29
- Iona Anderson (AUS) – 58.98
- Ingrid Wilm (CAN) – 59.25
- Emma Terebo (FRA) – 59.40
- Beryl Gastaldello (FRA) – 59.80
The race lived as much as the hype and, maybe on the 50, was nearer than anticipated. World File holder Regan Smith, who had lane 4 within the last, took the race out in 28.02. Kylie Masse, a former World File holder within the occasion, was equal on 28.02 with Smith. American Katharine Berkoff, who joined the sub-58 membership this previous June and had posted the quickest time within the discipline within the prelims, was third in 28.05.
Australian star Kaylee McKeown was simply 4th on the 50 however was simply .06 again of the 2 leaders. Because the quartet got here off the wall, the trio of Berkoff, Smith, and McKeown, swimming in lanes 3 ,4, and 5, separated themselves from Masse and surged forward. With about 25 meters to go, it seemed like Berkoff was set to drag off the upset of the meet, however Smith and McKeown surged into one other gear and commenced a drag race during the last 25.
McKeown, who has gotten one of the best of Smith in nearly each race the 2 have competed in, wouldn’t be denied her back-to-back to victory. Growing the tempo of her arms and pounding her kick, McKeown pulled away from Smith and gained by a wholesome margin of .33. Her time of 57.33 marks a brand new Olympic report, breaking her personal mark from 2021 and tying her private greatest. Smith would declare silver within the occasion in a time of 57.66, enhancing upon her bronze from 2021, whereas her compatriot Berkoff would publish one other sub-58 break up to say her first Olympic medal in a time of 57.98.
Males’s 800 Freestyle —Finals
Podium
- Daniel Wiffen (IRE) – 7:38.19 ***NEW OLYMPIC RECORD***
- Bobby Finke (USA) – 7:38.75
- Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) – 7:39.38
- Ahmed Jaouadi (TUN) – 7:42.83
- Sven Schwarz (GER)/David Aubry (FRA) – 7:43.59
- Luca de Tullio (ITA) – 7:46.16
- Elijah Winnington (AUS) – 7:48.36
What a last. Whereas not all of it was coated on American tv, the race was actually an entertaining one. Australia’s Elijah Winnington set the early tempo main up by means of the 350 mark. Winner of the silver medal within the 400 free on night time one, Winnington began to slide again and by the five hundred meter mark had slipped to sixth.
Taking Winnington’s place on the entrance of the sector was Eire’s Daniel Wiffen. Wiffern, who gained this occasion in Doha the previous February, was 3:48.82 on the 400 mark, main out Bobby Finke (3:48.89) and Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri (3:49.42). The trio, with Winnington falling again, would set up themselves because the one to beat as they traded positions atop the pack over the subsequent 300 meters.
With the bell sounding and 100 meters left, Paltrinieri led the trio with a break up of 6:42.08, forward of Wiffen’s 6:42.86 and Finke’s 6:43.45. With simply 50 meters left, the lead had closed to only .10 because the Irishman constructed velocity into the ultimate flip and exploded down the house straight. Finke tried to make use of his trademark final 50 however may solely run down the Italian.
Wiffen closing in 26.94 would contact the wall first in 7:38.19, erasing each the Olympic and European information within the occasion. Finke, who closed in 26.47, needed to accept the silver in 7:38.75 and Paltrinieri the bronze in 7:39.38
WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – Semifinals
Prime 8
- Siobhan Haughey (HKG)- 52.64
- Shayna Jack (AUS) – 52.72
- Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) – 52.75
- Yang Junxuan (CHN) – 52.81
- Marrit Steenbergen (NED) – 52.86
- Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) – 52.87
- Torri Huske (USA) – 52.99
- Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 53.18
The primary semifinal was a battle of these with closing velocity and people with early velocity. The USA’s Gretchen Walsh led on the 50 in 25.05, forward of Shayna Jack’s 25.18. Walsh, who gained silver within the ladies’s 100 fly and is likely one of the best brief course yards sprinters ever, would do her greatest to remain in entrance of the pack, however Siobhan Hauughy’s power within the closing meters would reel her in.
Haughey was .45 again on the 50, however surged house in 27.14 to the touch first in 52.64. Additionally using an incredible final 50 was Dutch star Marrit Steenbergen. Regardless of being simply seventh on the 50 flip and .67 again of Walsh equaled Haughey’s final 50 of 27.14 to move 4 different swimmers, together with Walsh to complete third in 52.86. Australian Shayna Jack didn’t let up on the again half, coming house in 27.54 and touched in 2nd in 52.72, holding off Steenbergen by .14. Walsh would in the end end 4th in 53.18 and should wait nervously to see if its sufficient to make it again.
Walsh’s time was sufficient to earn her a spot within the last tomorrow as solely 4 swimmers within the 2nd semifinal have been quicker than her. Very like the primary warmth, the US’s Torri Huske was out quick, flipping in second in 25.24, simply .02 behind early chief Wu Qingfeng.
Very like within the first semi, the backhalf expertise of Mollie O’Callaghan and Yang Junxuan propelled them to the forefront. The Australian was simply sixth because the 50, flipping in 25.89, however pulled out the one sub-27 final 50 of your entire discipline to return house in 26.86 and win the warmth in 52.75. Yang, the latest Chinese language report holder on this occasion, was 4th on the 50 however pulled previous Huske and Sarah Sjostrom to complete in 2nd in 52.81
Simply .06 again of Yang was the WR holder, Sjostrom. The Swede initially made it clear that she would solely contest the 50 free, however added the 100 late and has been rewarded with a spot within the last, as she completed third within the warmth in 52.87, forward of Huske’s 52.99.
MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE – Semifinals
Prime 8
- Leon Marchand (FRA) – 2:08.11
- Zac Stubblety-Prepare dinner (AUS) – 2:08.57
- Dong Zhihao (CHN) – 2:08.99
- Caspar Cobeau (NED) – 2:09.52
- Ippei Watanabe (JPN) – 2:09.62
- Josh Matheny (USA) – 2:09.70
- Yu Hanaguruma (JPN) – 2:09.72
- Joshua Yong (AUS) – 2:09.89
Zac Stubblety-Prepare dinner, the reigning Olympic champion within the occasion, swam the primary semifinal in a really uncommon means, no less than for him. The Australian, identified for a large backhalf was 4th on the 100, splitting 1:02.64 however was solely half a second again of the early lead. Stubblety-Prepare dinner, who can be a former world report holder within the occasion, moved up from 4th to 2nd by the 150 turns and, utilizing a swift 32.55 final 50, his quickest 50 apart from his first, touched first in 2:08.57, all however guaranteeing his spot within the last tomorrow.
American Josh Matheny was that early chief, out in 1:02.14 however began to maneuver again into the sector, hitting the wall second on the 150 flip and coming house in 33.68 to complete 4th in 2:09.70.
Ending between the Australian and American have been China’s Dong Zhihao and Dutchmen Caspar Corbeau. Corbeau, who swam collegiately at Texas, was up within the mixture of issues over the entire 200, hitting the wall in third on the midway mark and taking the lead on the 150 mark, however ZSC and Dong’s final 50 have been an excessive amount of, and Corbeau needed to accept third within the warmth in 2:09.52.
Dong, the World junior report holder, was simply sixth on the 150 flip however got here house in a blistering 32.37 to complete .42 again of ZSC in 2:08.99
Whereas the second semifinal had a quicker general time, it was a slower warmth, with simply three swimmers advancing to the ultimate. Leon Marchand, a bit of greater than an hour after his efficiency within the 200 fly, walked out for his fourth 200 of the day to the sound of thunderous cheering.
Very like in his 200 fly semi-swim, Marchand by no means seemed again and led the race from begin to end. Out in 28.48, Marchand was 1:00.85, over a second quicker than Matheny’s time from the primary warmth however simply .27 forward of the World File holder Qin Haiyang. Haiyang, who swept the breaststroke occasions on the 2023 World Championships, had a tough 100 breaststroke on night time 2, ending off the rostrum.
Whereas Marchand stayed on the entrance of the pack and seemed to let up over the closing meters, ending with splits of 33.05 and 34.21 to the touch in 2:08.11, Qin actually fell off the tempo, closing in 33.69 and 35.15 to the touch in fifth within the warmth in a time of two:09.96. Between the 2 pre-meet favorites, Japan’s two entrants, Ippei Watanabe and Yu Hanaguruma, have been capable of sneak their means into the ultimate, ending 2nd and third within the warmth however in fifth and seventh general. Watanabe, like Stubbelty-Prepare dinner, is a former WR holder, and whereas he completed 2nd to Marchand, he was unable to match Marchand’s earlier velocity and nonetheless completed over a second and a half again.
American File holder Matt Fallon would find yourself tying for fifth within the second semi-final in a time of two:09.96, equal with Qin, however each miss out on tomorrow’s last as they end tenth general, simply .07 again of eighth.
MEN’S 4×200 FREESTYLE RELAY – Last
- World File: 6:58.55 – USA (2009)
- Olympic File: 6:58.56 – USA (2008)
- 2021 Profitable Time: 6:58.58 – Nice Britain
- 2021 Time to Win Bronze: 7:01.84
Podium
- Nice Britain (Man, Dean, Richards, Scott) – 6:59.43
- USA (Hobson, Foster, Kibler, Smith) – 7:00.78
- Australia (Giuliani, Southam, Winnington, Neill) – 7:01.98
- China – 7:04.37
- France – 7:04.80
- Korea – 7:07.26
- Japan – 7:07.48
- Germany – 7:09.56
- Israel – 7:10.22
When the identical staff from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics appeared behind the blocks for Crew GB, there was a quiet confidence because the quartet seemed poised to repeat as champions and the opening of the race did nothing to disprove this reality.
James Man as soon as once more led the brits off in 1:45.09, just some hundredths off his prelim swim. Man, who had an off-meet on the British Trials and solely made the staff as a part of this relay, was rewarded for his efficiency as he gave the Brits a lead of .26 over the Germans.
Germany, led by Lukas Martens, the gold medal winner within the 400 free, briefly took the lead as Rafael Miroslaw flipped on the 250 mark however fell again by means of the sector after that, in the end ending in eighth. Flynn Southam, Australia’s younger star, took cost within the 2nd leg however was in the end overtaken by Carson Foster and Tom Dean on the final 50.
Tom Dean, the 200 Olympic Champion in Tokyo, was 1:45.28 and pulled the Brits again into the lead simply forward of Carson Foster’s 1:45.31. From the 400-meter mark on, the Brits by no means stopped being within the lead as Matthew Richards, the reigning silver medalist within the occasion, took over for Dean, splitting 1:45.11. The US counted with Drew Kibler, who had a robust lead-off swim this morning however was flexed to the third leg and couldn’t shut the hole on Richards, albeit splitting simply .01 slower than Richards.
With a lead of precisely half a second, Crew GB’s Duncan Scott dove in forward of Kieran Smith. Scott, who completed off the rostrum within the 200 left nothing to probability and attacked the anchor leg with no abandon. Splitting a speedy 1:43.95, Scott opened up the benefit to 1.35 seconds as Smith couldn’t sustain along with his blistering tempo. For his half, Smith had the quickest 200 of all of Crew USA, coming house in 1:44.80 and serving to his staff earn the silver medal, a robust return to the rostrum after the squad completed off the rostrum in 2021.
The Australians earned their second straight Olympic bronze medal within the occasion, ending 7:01.98, 2.55 seconds behind the British.
