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Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification
The qualifying phase for swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics occurred between 1 March 2023, and 23 June 2024. 852 athletes qualified for 35 swimming pool events at the Games, with 57 more qualifying for the 10-kilometre open water marathon swims. Athletes qualified for the individual swimming pool events through achieving World Aquatics' specified time standards, or through universality places to ensure a wide range of nations were included. National teams qualified for the relay events through their performances at the 2023 or 2024 World Championships, as did the individual qualifiers for the marathon swimming events. Pool swimming Qualification processes Individual events Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). After accepting the two athletes from each NOC who achieved the OQT, World Aquatics considered athletes w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics
The swimming competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 27 July to 9 August 2024. There were 35 swimming events in the pool and two marathon swimming events in the open water. The pool events took place from 27 July to 4 August at the Paris La Défense Arena, and the marathon swimming events took place from 8 to 9 August between Pont Alexandre III and Pont de l'Alma in the Seine river. France's Léon Marchand won all four individual events he entered at the Games. Four world records were broken, by: Pan Zhanle in the men's 100m freestyle, Bobby Finke in the men's 1500 metre freestyle, and team United States in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley and mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relays. Some slower than expected performances contributed to media speculation that the Paris 2024 pool was slow. Events Pool swimming Pool swimming featured a total of 35 events (17 each for men and women and one mixed event). All pool events were contested in a long c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 Metre Butterfly
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 30 to 31 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Going into the event, Kristóf Milák was considered the most likely to win by ''SwimSwam'' and ''Swimming World'', but he had taken a break from swimming in 2023, and the Hungarian national head coach had reported that Milák had been training inconsistently. Second in contention was France's Léon Marchand. In the heats (preliminary rounds), Japan's Tomoru Honda, the silver medalist at the previous Olympics, was eliminated. In the semifinals, Kregor Zirk broke the Estonian national record, and Noè Ponti broke the Swiss national record. In the finals, Milák and Marchand led the race, remaining in the first two places from 15 metres to the end of the race. Marchand was faster on every turn and underwater, while Milák was faster during the butterfly parts up until the last length. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metre Butterfly
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 28 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Going into the competition, Gretchen Walsh of the US was the favourite, having set the event's world record at the Olympic Trials. Also among the favourites were China's Zhang Yufei and US' Torri Huske, while Canada's Maggie Mac Neil was the defending champion. In the semifinals, Walsh set a new Olympic record, but in the finals, Huske won by 0.04 seconds after coming back from over half a second behind over the last 35 metres. Walsh finished second, and Zhang finished third. ''Swimming World'' called Huske's win a "stunning victory", and it was the first time the US had won gold and silver in the event since 1984. Two national records were set during the event: Barbora Seemanová broke the Czech Republic's record in the heats, and Roos Vanotterdijk broke Belgium's in the semifinals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metre Breaststroke
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 31 July to 1 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. South Africa's Tatjana Smith and the US' Kate Douglass were considered by ''Swimming World'' and ''SwimSwam'' to be the most likely to win the race, while the Netherlands' Tes Schouten and the US' Lilly King were also considered likely to win medals. All four of them qualified for the final. In the final, Smith and Douglass swam close to each other the entire race, but Douglass finished first to win gold with a time of 2:19.24. Smith won silver with 2:19.60 and Schouten won bronze with 2:21.05. Douglass' swim broke her own American record by 0.06. Smith retired from swimming after the race. Background South Africa's Tatjana Smith won the event at the previous Olympics. She also won the event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and at the 2023 World Championships, and had the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 28 to 29 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. China's Tang Qianting was the favourite to win, though Lithuania's Rūta Meilutytė, the US's Lilly King, Italy's Benedetta Pilato and South Africa's Tatjana Smith were also in contention to win medals. All except Meilutytė qualified for the final. In the semifinals, national records for Ireland and Belarus were broken. In the final, Smith won gold with the winning time of 1:05.28. Tang finished second with 1:05.54 and Ireland's Mona McSharry won bronze with 1:05.59, 0.01 seconds ahead of both Pilato and King, who tied for fourth with 1:05.60. McSharry's bronze made her Ireland's first swimming medallist since 1996 and second swimming medallist ever. Background China's Tang Qianting won the event at the 2024 World Championships, and had the fastest qualifying time of 1:04.39. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metre Backstroke
The women's 200 metre backstroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 2 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Australia's defending Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown and the US' Regan Smith were the favourites to win the event, with other contenders including Canada's Kylie Masse and the US' Phoebe Bacon. All four of those progressed through the heats and semifinals to qualify for the final. McKeown won the final with a new Olympic record of 2:03.73, making her the first female athlete to win both backstroke events at consecutive Olympics, and the first Australian athlete to win four individual gold medals. Smith finished second with 2:04.26 and Masse finished third with 2:05.57, 0.04 seconds ahead of Bacon in fourth. Background Prior to the event, the world record was 2:03.14, set by defending champion Kaylee McKeown of Australia in 2023. The Olympic record was 2:04.06, set by Missy Franklin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metre Backstroke
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 29 to 30 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. The US' Regan Smith and Australia's Kaylee McKeown were the favourites to win the event, with Canada's Kylie Masse and the US' Katharine Berkoff also likely medallists. In the heats, Spain's Carmen Weiler set her country's national record at 59.57. In the final, Smith and Masse led at the halfway point, but McKeown ended up winning the gold with a new Olympic record of 57.33. Smith won silver and Berkoff won bronze. Background The US' defending Olympic bronze medallist and 2022 World Champion Regan Smith broke the world record at the 2024 US Olympic Trials with a time of 57.13. Defending Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown from Australia held the previous world record, and won the event at the 2023 World Championships. She swam 57.41 at the Australian Olympic Trials. Canada's Kylie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 Metre Freestyle
The women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 and 31 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Defending Olympic champion Katie Ledecky of the US was the favourite to win the event, while Italy's Simona Quadrella, Li Bingjie of China, Anastasiya Kirpichnikova of France, Australian Lani Pallister and the US' Katie Grimes were also considered medal contenders. Pallister withdrew from the event in the heats due to testing positive for COVID-19, and Grimes did not qualify for the finals. In the final, Ledecky led from beginning to end to win the gold medal with a new Olympic record of 15:30.02. Her win made her the first female swimmer to win gold at four Olympics, and gave her the top twenty fastest times ever in the event. Kirpichnikova finished second with 15:40.35 and Germany's Isabel Gose finished third with 15:53.27. Background The US' Katie Ledecky won the event at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 Metre Freestyle
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 2 to 3 August 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. The US' defending Olympic champion Katie Ledecky was considered the favourite for the event, having won it at the previous three Olympics. Other competitors included Australia's Ariarne Titmus, Italy's Simona Quadarella, the US' Paige Madden, Australia's Lani Pallister and China's Li Bingjie. All except Li qualified for the final. In the final, Ledecky led from beginning to end to win with a time of 8:11.04. Titmus finished second with a new Oceanic record of 8:12.29, Madden finished third with 8:13.00 and Quadarella finished fourth with a new Italian record of 8:14.55. Ledecky's win made her the first female Olympic swimmer to win the same event at four successive Olympics, and gave her her ninth gold medal, which meant she became tied for the female Olympian with the most gold meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metre Freestyle
The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 27 July at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Australia's defending Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus, Canada's Summer McIntosh and the US' Katie Ledecky were the favourites going into the event. In the final, Titmus led from beginning to end to claim Australia's first gold of the Games, while McIntosh won silver and Ledecky won bronze. Isabel Marie Gose set a new German national record of 4:02.14 to finish in fifth. Background Ariarne Titmus of Australia was the defending champion in the event, while the US' Katie Ledecky was runner up at the previous Olympics. Ledecky also held the Olympic record of 3:56.46 from Rio 2016 and won the event at the 2022 World Championships. Early in 2023, Canadian Summer McIntosh broke the world record in the event, and at the 2023 World Championships, Titmus finished first with another new world record o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metre Freestyle
The women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 28 and 29 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. Australia's defending Olympic champion and world record holder Ariarne Titmus and fellow Australian Mollie O'Callaghan were considered the favourites for the event. Other contenders included Hong Kong's Siobhán Haughey and China's Yang Junxuan. All four progressed through the heats (preliminary rounds) and semifinals to the final. In the final, Haughey led the race for the first 150 metres, but on the final length she was overtaken by Titmus and O'Callaghan. O'Callaghan won with a new Olympic record of 1:53.27, Titmus finished second with 1:53.81 and Haughey finished third with 1:54.55. Background Australia's Ariarne Titmus won the event at the previous Olympics, while fellow Australian Mollie O'Callaghan won it at the 2023 World Championships. At the 2024 Australian Olympic Tria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metre Freestyle
The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 and 31 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to an Olympic 50m swimming pool for the swimming events. Australian Mollie O'Callaghan was the favourite to win the event, though Hong Kong's Siobhán Haughey, the Netherlands' Marrit Steenbergen, Sweden's Sarah Sjöström and Australia's Shayna Jack were also in contention. All of those swimmers progressed through to the final. In the final, Sjöström won gold with a time of 52.16, the US' Torri Huske swam 52.29 for silver and Haughey won bronze with 52.33—0.01 seconds ahead of O'Callaghan who finished fourth with 52.34. Sjöström's win made her the first person to win medals in this event at non-consecutive Olympics, and she was also more than four years older than the second-oldest competitor in the final. ''The Guardian'' called it an "exceptionally close race". Background Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan won the event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
