2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
Day 1 Finals Warmth Sheet
Ladies’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay Lineups
Males’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay Lineups
It’s time for the primary night time of finals on the 2024 Paris Olympics. We’ve were given 4 medal rounds on faucet: the boys’s and ladies’s 400 freestyle, and the boys’s and ladies’s 4×100 freestyle relay ultimate. As well as, there are two semifinals at the agenda with the ladies’s 100 butterfly beginning the consultation and the boys’s 100 breaststroke wrapping up the consultation’s person occasions.
Day 1 Finals Agenda
Ladies’s 100 butterfly semifinals — best seed: Zhang Yufei (CHN) – 56.50
Males’s 400 freestyle ultimate — best seed: Lukas Märtens (GER) – 3:44.13
Ladies’s 400 freestyle ultimate — best seed: Katie Ledecky (USA) – 4:02.19
Males’s 100 breaststroke semifinals — best seed: Caspar Corbeau (NED) – 59.04
Ladies’s 4×100 freestyle relay ultimate — best seed: Australia – 3:31.57
Males’s 4×100 freestyle relay ultimate — best seed: China – 3:11.62
The lads’s 400 freestyle is the primary ultimate of the Video games. Lukas Märtens grew to become heads previous this season with a three:40.33, coming simply .26 seconds clear of Paul Biedermann‘s super-suited international list. Swimming in the similar warmth, Märtens and Elijah Winnington flipped on the 200-meter mark beneath that international list tempo. They fell off at the again part, however Märtens held directly to submit the highest time of the morning in 3:44.13. 4 different swimmers broke 3:45 within the heats: Guilherme Costa (3:44.23), Fei Liwei (3:44.60), Winnington (3:44.60), and Sam Brief (3:44.88), promising a quick Olympic ultimate the place handiest Winnington returns from the Tokyo box.
Then it’s time for the ladies’s 400 freestyle ultimate, the place we’ll see a rematch of the highest 4 from the 2023 Global Championships. It’s Katie Ledecky who leads Ariarne Titmus, Erika Fairweather, and Summer season McIntosh into the general. Ledecky swam 4:02.19; the others had been additionally within the 4:02 vary as everybody saved their playing cards as regards to their chests for the general. Titmus, the sector list holder, has no longer misplaced this race across the world since 2019 and is the heavy favourite for the win. In the meantime, each McIntosh and Fairweather are aiming for his or her first Olympic medals.
It’s all about Australia within the ladies’s 4×100 freestyle relay. The arena list holders on this tournament, they’re the one country that’s been sooner than 3:31 on this tournament. Nonetheless, they may be able to’t come up with the money for any errors as the US has a robust quartet as smartly. Emma McKeon and Sarah Sjöström had been the spotlight of this tournament within the morning, each striking up sub-52 splits. McKeon posted a 51.94, the most productive she’s appeared in years, and Sjöström clocked 51.99 on Sweden’s relay.
China swam the quickest prelims time of the boys’s 4×100 freestyle relay (3:11.62), powered by way of international list holder Pan Zhanle‘s 46.98 anchor leg. The highest 4–China, Australia, Nice Britain, and the US–are separated by way of lower than a moment after prelims, foreshadowing the chaos to return on this race. On paper, the US is the crew to overcome however China, Nice Britain, Australia, and Italy are all sturdy applicants for a podium end as smartly. As at all times, the relay lineup and order shall be an important.
WOMEN’S 100-Meter BUTTERFLY – Semifinals
Global Document: 55.18 – Gretchen Walsh, USA (2024)
Global Junior Document: 56.43 – Claire Curzan, USA (2021)
Olympic Document: 55.48 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2016)
2021 Successful Time: 55.59 – Maggie MacNeil, CAN
2021 Time to Advance to Semis: 57.19
Advancing to Finals:
Gretchen Walsh (USA), 55.38 OR
Torri Huske (USA), 56.00
Zhang Yufei (CHN), 56.15
Angelina Kohler (GER)/Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 56.55
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Emma McKeon (AUS), 56.74
Mizuki Hirai (JPN), 56.80
Louise Hansson (SWE), 56.93
Gretchen Walsh introduced the gang to their toes in the first actual warmth of the consultation. On the U.S. Olympic Trials, Walsh broke the 100 butterfly international list within the semifinals. On this semifinal she put in combination some other record-breaking efficiency, taking down Sarah Sjostrom‘s Olympic list on this tournament by way of a 10th. Walsh was once out beneath her international list tempo, turning at 25.29. She introduced it house in 30.09, touching in 55.38 for a brand new Olympic list and the third-fastest swim of her occupation.
The second one semifinal noticed the highest 4 swimmers from Tokyo reconvene. Torri Huske, who was once fourth at the ones Video games, led the race from begin to end. She grew to become in 25.69, four-tenths off Walsh’s tempo from the primary semifinal. Huske hung on towards the protecting champion Maggie MacNeil, Zhang Yufei, and Emma McKeon to snatch the win in the second one semifinal. Along with her 56.00, the American citizens take the highest two seeds heading into the general.
Zhang strikes thru in 1/3, whilst MacNeil tied with Angelina Koehler from the primary semifinal in 56.00.
It took sub-57 seconds to make the Olympic ultimate on this tournament, smartly beneath the 57.19 it took in Tokyo.
MEN’S 400-Meter FREESTYLE – Ultimate
Global Document: 3:40.07 — Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)
Global Junior Document: 3:44.31 — Petar Mitsin, BUL (2023)
Olympic Document: 3:40.14 — Solar Yang, CHN (2012)
2021 Successful Time: 3:43.36 – Ahmed Hafnaoui, TUN
2021 Bronze Medal Successful Time: 3:43.94
Ultimate:
GOLD: Lukas Märtens (GER), 3:41.78
SILVER: Elijah Winnington (AUS), 3:42.28
BRONZE: Kim Woo-Min (KOR), 3:42.50
Sam Brief (AUS), 3:42.64
Guilherme Costa (BRA), 3:42.76
Fei Liwei (CHN), 3:44.24
Oliver Klemet (GER), 3:46.59
Aaron Shackell (USA), 3:47.00
This race was once all about Lukas Märtens. He stamped his authority at the race from the start, surroundings the tempo early and flipping on the first 100 meters in 52.01. The German become the primary German to win gold on this tournament since 1988. After the outlet 100 meters, he saved in line with 28-point splits for all of the race. Despite the fact that he was once off his 3:40.33 lifetime perfect from previous this season, he nonetheless claimed gold in 3:41.78. Märtens has been so constant on this race for the remaining two years, medalling at every Worlds however hadn’t controlled to assert gold till right here on the Video games.
Each Märtens and Kim Woo-Min, the 2024 international champion, had been smartly beneath international list tempo on the 200-meter mark. The Australian duo of Elijah Winnington and Sam Brief started to push at the 1/3 100 as Kim, Winnington, and Brief all grew to become at 3:14. Kim had held moment for almost all of the race, however was once not able to carry off Winnington’s past due fee. Winnington tore house in 27.33 at the ultimate 50 and moved up from 4th on the ultimate flip to take silver in 3:42.28. Winnington was once seventh on this tournament in Tokyo.
Kim held directly to take bronze in 3:42.50, withstanding Brief’s 27.83 ultimate 50. Brief, the 2023 international champion, simply ignored the medals in 3:42.64, .14 seconds in the back of Kim.
Guilherme Costa was once visibly emotional after his Fifth-place end. He swam 3:42.76, surroundings a brand new Americas list.
WOMEN’S 400-Meter FREESTYLE – Ultimate
Ultimate:
GOLD: Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 3:57.49
SILVER: Summer season McIntosh (CAN), 3:58.37
BRONZE: Katie Ledecky (USA), 4:00.86
Erika Fairweather (NZL), 4:01.12
Isabel Gose (GER), 4:02.14
Paige Madden (USA), 4:02.26
M.F Costa (BRA), 4:03.53
Jamie Perkins (AUS), 4:04.96
Like Märtens within the males’s 400 freestyle ultimate, Ariarne Titmus didn’t wait to take keep an eye on of the ladies’s 400 freestyle ultimate. She cut up 56.92 at the first 100 meters, with 17-year-old Summer season McIntosh working moment and Erika Fairweather in 1/3. McIntosh were given inside of .35 seconds of Titmus on the midway level as the 2 grew to become in 1:56.97 and 1:57.27.36.
Titmus prolonged her lead with a 59.95 1/3 100, making a .82 moment hole to McIntosh, who was once the one one inside the realm of difficult her at that time within the race. Titmus outsplit McIntosh once more at the ultimate 100 and clocked a three:57.49 to protect her Olympic name on this tournament and stay her successful streak alive.
After lacking the medals in Fukuoka, McIntosh bounced again with a three:58.37 for silver and claimed her first person Olympic medal. She and Titmus had been the one two swimmers sub-4:00. Each Ledecky and Fairweather were beneath that barrier a couple of instances however neither cleared it on this ultimate. After turning 4th on the 100, Ledecky moved into third position on the 250m mark and stayed there, by no means in reality ready to mount a problem to tackle Titmus or McIntosh. Fairweather completed 4th in 4:01.12.
Isabel Gose set a German list of four:02.14 for Fifth, catching Paige Madden at the ultimate 50 meters. Madden made the general flip in 4th however ended up sixth in 4:02.26, .12 seconds in the back of Gose.
MEN’S 100-Meter BREASTSTROKE – Semifinals
Global Document: 56.88 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2019)
Global Junior Document: 59.01 – Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA (2017)
Olympic Document: 57.13 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2016)
2021 Successful Time: 57.37 – Adam Peaty, GBR
2021 Time to Advance to Semis: 59.18
Advancing to Finals:
Adam Peaty (GBR), 58.86
Qin Haiyang (CHN), 58.93
Arno Kamminga (NED), 59.12
Nic Fink (USA), 59.16
Caspar Corbeau (NED), 59.24
Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 59.28
Lucas Matzerath (GER), 59.31
Melvin Imoudu (GER)/Ludovico Viberti (ITA), 59.38*
*Swim-off required
The time to advance to finals continues to be slower than it was once in Tokyo, however we’ve gotten our first sub-59s of the Video games within the males’s 100 breaststroke. Adam Peaty were given the ball rolling within the first semifinal, clocking a 58.86. That point held up over the second one semifinal because the quickest time, so Peaty may have lane 4 as he is going for his three-peat within the tournament all through the following day’s finals consultation.
Nic Fink took moment within the first semifinal, clocking a 59.16 that strikes him thru to the general in 4th and bettering at the 59.66 he swam in prelims.
Qin Haiyang, the 2023 international champion, received the second one semifinal in 58.93, becoming a member of Peaty beneath the 59-second mark. He’s the person maximum in a position to disrupting Peaty’s Olympic successful streak on this tournament, and the 2 shall be swimming proper subsequent to one another within the ultimate. Evaluating the 2 semifinal swims, Peaty was once out sooner, splitting 26.90 at the first 50 meters. Qin opened in 27.12 however closed the space to Peaty with a 31.81 last cut up.
Arno Kamminga and Caspar Corbeau touched moment and 1/3 in the second one semifinal, making sure that there shall be two Dutch swimmers within the ultimate.
There can also be two Germans, however we’ll wish to wait somewhat longer to understand needless to say. That’s as a result of we’ve were given a swim-off for the general, as Melvin Imoudo and Ludovico Viberti tied for eighth in 59.38. Information about the swim-off are drawing close.
WOMEN’S 4×100-Meter FREESTYLE RELAY – Ultimate
Global Document: 3:27.96 – Australia (M. O’Callaghan, S. Jack, M. Harris, E. McKeon), 2023
Global Junior Document: 3:36.19 – Canada (T. Ruck, P. Oleksiak, R. Smith, Okay. Sanchez), 2017
Olympic Document: 3:29.69 – Australia (B. Campbell, C. Campbell, M. Harris, E. McKeon), 2021
2021 Successful Time: 3:29.69 – Australia (B. Campbell, C. Campbell, M. Harris, E. McKeon)
2021 Bronze Medal Successful Time: 3:32.81
Ultimate:
GOLD: Australia (O’Callaghan, Jack, McKeon, Harris), 3:28.92 OR
SILVER: USA (Douglass, G. Walsh, Huske, Manuel), 3:30.20
BRONZE: China (Yang, Cheng, Zhang, Wu), 3:30.30
Canada, 3:32.99
Sweden, 3:33.79
France, 3:34.99
Nice Britain, 3:35.25
Italy, 3:36.51
The Australian ladies went to paintings within the ladies’s 4×100 freestyle relay. Mollie O’Callaghan took over the lead early, posting the quickest lead-off at 52.24. China was once in 2d position on the first change after Yang Junxuan opened in 52.48, getting the simpler of Sjostrom (52.53), and Kate Douglass (52.98).
The Australian ladies didn’t path on this race, as Shayna Jack (52.35), Emma McKeon (52.39), and Meg Harris (51.94) adopted O’Callaghan, giving the Australians the gold medal in an Olympic list time of three:28.92. That was once an enormous swim from Harris, matching the cut up that McKeon publish at the prelims relay.
The American citizens had been nonetheless working 4th on the midway level after a 52.55 from G. Walsh, however Huske moved them into 2d position with a 52.06, an improbable cut up for her. Each she and G. Walsh swam the 100 butterfly semifinals previous on this consultation, the place they took the highest two instances for the general. Simone Manuel anchored the American citizens with a 52.61, preventing the clock at 3:30.20 for a silver medal in an Americas list time. That’s the primary time the U.S. has been sub-3:31 on this relay.
China was once only a 10th in the back of the US, swimming an Asian list of three:30.20 for the bronze medal. After Yang’s Chinese language list lead-off, Cheng Yujie cut up 52.76, Zhang cut up 52.75, and Wu Qingfeng anchored in 52.31.
MEN’S 4×100-Meter FREESTYLE RELAY – Ultimate
Global Document: 3:08.24 — United States: M. Phelps, G. Weber-Gale, C. Jones, J. Lezak (2008)
Global Junior Document: 3:15.49 — United States: D. Diehl, M. Williamson, H. Williams, J. Zhao (2023)
Olympic Document: 3:08.24 — United States: M. Phelps, G. Weber-Gale, C. Jones, J. Lezak (2008)
2021 Successful Time: 3:08.97 — United States: C. Dressel, B. Pieroni, B. Becker, Z. Apple
2021 Bronze Medal Successful Time: 3:10.22
Ultimate:
GOLD: United States (Alexy, Guiliano, Armstrong, Dressel), 3:09.28
SILVER: Australia (Cartwright, Southam, Taylor, Chalmers), 3:10.35
BRONZE: Italy (Miressi, Ceccon, Conte, Frigo), 3:10.70
China, 3:11.28
Nice Britain, 3:11.61
Canada, 3:12.18
Germany, 3:12.29
Hungary, 3:13.11
Pan Zhanle were given the celebration began within the males’s 4×100 freestyle relay ultimate. He anchored the relay in prelims, however the Chinese language coaches moved him onto the lead-off for the general. There, he fired off a 46.92, transferring one forward of David Popovici for many sub-47 swims. It’s the Fifth quickest swim in historical past.
The American citizens had been moment after the primary change, with Jack Alexy swimming 47.67 to get forward of Hungary’s Nandor Nemeth (47.76) and Matt Richards (47.83). Chris Guiliano dove in for the American citizens on the second one leg and grabbed the lead with a 47.33 cut up. Hunter Armstrong prolonged their lead with an enormous 46.75 cut up, and Caeleb Dressel anchored in 47.53, bringing the American citizens their first gold medal of the meet with an total time of three:09.28.
Australia began the relay in sixth position with a 48.03 from Jack Cartwright, however they made their manner in the course of the box after that. Flynn Southam moved them into Fifth (48.00), Kai Taylor swam 47.73 to place them in 4th position and Kyle Chalmers utterly took over after that, splitting a 46.59 to place them onto the rostrum with the silver medal in 3:10.35. That’s the eighth quickest 100 loose relay cut up of all-time.
Italy rounded out the rostrum in 3:10.70. They, like Australia, had been within the again part of the race after the primary 100 meters with Alessandro Miressi swimming 48.04. Thomas Ceccon (47.44), Paolo Bonin Conte (48.16), and Manuel Frigo (47.06) blended with Miressi to earn bronze, returning to the rostrum after a silver in Tokyo.
MEN’S 100-Meter BREASTSTROKE – Swim-Off
Melvin Imoudu (GER), 59.69
Ludovico Viberti (ITA, 59.90
Germany’s Melvin Imoudu received the boys’s 100 breaststroke swim-off, securing his position in the following day’s ultimate. He lead from begin to end, making the flip .17 seconds forward of Italy’s Ludovico Viberti. However the Italian installed an enormous push down the last meters, pulling himself stage with Imoudu. On the contact, Imoudu was once ready to place in a past due dig and lengthen into the end, which made the variation.
Imoudu touched in 59.69, slower than what each he and Viberti went within the unique semifinal. Viberti swam 59.90. Because of this there shall be two Germans within the 100 breaststroke ultimate as Imoudu joins Matzerath.
