2024 Olympic Games: Official SwimSwam Preview Index

2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games

  • Pool Swimming: July 27 – August 4, 2024
    • Open Water Swimming: August 8 – 9, 2024
  • La Défense Arena — Paris, France
  • LCM (50 meters)
  • Meet Central
  • Full Schedule

In one month, the lights in La Défense arena will flick on for swimming’s biggest stage–the Olympics. Pool swimming at the 2024 Games in Paris, France runs from July 27 through August 4, and SwimSwam will bring you coverage every step of the way.

Before the first heat dives in, we are previewing all 35 of the pool events that are set to take place at the meet, projecting our medalists and top 8 finishers for each and every race.

Follow along below with SwimSwam’s picks, previews, and projected pool swimming medal table for the upcoming Paris Games.

Note: To see our full top eight picks for each event, click on the linked article under the event header.

Women’s Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 freestyle Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) Kasia Wasick (POL) Gretchen Walsh (USA)
100 freestyle Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) Siobhan Haughey (HKG)
200 freestyle Ariarne Titmus (AUS) Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS) Siobhan Haughey (HKG)
400 freestyle Ariarne Titmus (AUS) Katie Ledecky (USA) Summer McIntosh (CAN)
800 freestyle Katie Ledecky (USA) Ariarne Titmus (AUS) Lani Pallister (AUS)
1500 freestyle Katie Ledecky (USA) Simona Quadarella (ITA) Katie Grimes (USA)
100 backstroke Regan Smith (USA) Kaylee McKeown (AUS) Katharine Berkoff (USA)
200 backstroke Kaylee McKeown (AUS) Regan Smith (USA) Phoebe Bacon (USA)
100 breaststroke Tang Qianting (CHN) Tatjana Smith (RSA) Lilly King (USA)
200 breaststroke Tatjana Smith (neé Schoenmaker) (RSA) Kate Douglass (USA) Tes Schouten (NED)
100 butterfly Gretchen Walsh (USA) Torri Huske (USA) Maggie MacNeil (CAN)
200 butterfly Summer McIntosh (CAN) Regan Smith (USA) Elizabeth Dekkers (AUS)
200 IM Kaylee McKeown (AUS) Kate Douglass (USA) Summer McIntosh (CAN)
400 IM Summer McIntosh (CAN) Katie Grimes (USA) Emma Weyant (USA)
4×100 freestyle relay Australia United States China
4×200 freestyle relay Australia China United States
4×100 medley relay United States Australia China

Men’s Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 freestyle Cam McEvoy (AUS) Ben Proud (GBR) Florent Manaudou (FRA)
100 freestyle Kyle Chalmers (AUS) Maxime Grousset (FRA) David Popovici (ROU)
200 freestyle David Popovici (ROU) Lukas Märtens (GER) Hwang Sun-Woo (KOR)
400 freestyle Sam Short (AUS) Lukas Märtens (GER) Kim Woo-min (KOR)
800 freestyle Sam Short (AUS) Bobby Finke (USA) Daniel Wiffen (IRL)
1500 freestyle Bobby Finke (USA) Daniel Wiffen (IRL) Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA)
100 backstroke Thomas Ceccon (ITA) Ryan Murphy (USA) Hunter Armstrong (USA)
200 backstroke Ryan Murphy (USA) Hubert Kos (HUN) Hugo Gonzalez (ESP)
100 breaststroke Qin Haiyang (CHN) Adam Peaty (GBR) Nic Fink (USA)
200 breaststroke Qin Haiyang (CHN) Leon Marchand (FRA) Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS)
100 butterfly Caeleb Dressel (USA) Josh Liendo (CAN) Noe Ponti (SUI)
200 butterfly Kristof Milak (HUN) Leon Marchand (FRA) Ilya Kharun (CAN)
200 IM Leon Marchand (FRA) Wang Shun (CHN) Duncan Scott (GBR)
400 IM Leon Marchand (FRA) Carson Foster (USA) Lewis Clareburt (NZL)
4×100 freestyle relay United States Great Britain Australia
4×200 freestyle relay Great Britain United States South Korea
4×100 medley relay China United States Great Britain

Mixed Event

Event Gold Silver Bronze
4×100 medley relay United States China Australia

PROJECTED POOL SWIMMING MEDAL TABLE

Here’s how the medal table would shake out based on our medalist picks in each event:

Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
Australia 11 4 5 20
USA 10 14 9 33
China 4 2 2 8
France 2 3 1 6
Canada 2 1 4 7
Great Britain 1 3 2 6
Italy 1 1 1 3
Hungary 1 1 0 2
South Africa 1 1 0 2
Sweden 1 1 0 2
Romania 1 0 1 2
Germany 0 2 0 2
Ireland 0 1 1 2
Poland 0 1 0 1
South Korea 0 0 3 3
Hong Kong 0 0 2 2
Netherlands 0 0 1 1
New Zealand 0 0 1 1
Spain 0 0 1 1
Switzerland 0 0 1 1

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David
4 months ago

Looking back, the best call is getting 50m podium correct.

Matt N.
4 months ago

I know very little about swimming, but was looking for a website that would provide background heading into the Olympics. After one hour of searching, I could not find a source that came close to swimswam.com. With more information you could ever need, laid out in a logical and engaging format, swimswam is incredibly user-friendly. I am a huge fan!

Admin
Reply to  Matt N.
4 months ago

Well thank you Matt, that’s very kind of you to say!

Matt Nilles
4 months ago

I know very little about swimming but wanted to find a website that could provide preview information heading into the Olympics. After one hour of searching, there is no question that swimswam.com was by far the best. Easy to manipulate, with all the information you could want, laid out in a super logical and engaging format, I am a huge fan of swimswam!

Oceanian
4 months ago

How does 4/2/2 for China add up to 9?

WADA needs to investigate this…

Oceanian
Reply to  Oceanian
4 months ago

And 10/14/9 for US add up to 32?

Is someone’s calculator broken?

Tencor
4 months ago

Wait who does SwimSwam have winning the Mixed Medley? The article still had USA but it changed to China here for some reason

Admin
Reply to  Tencor
4 months ago

USA.

Tencor
Reply to  Braden Keith
4 months ago

👍

chickenlamp
4 months ago

The mixed medley preview article picked USA to win and China second. You have it flipped in the index

Barty’s Bakery
4 months ago

With the final article out, SwimSwam picks Australia to top the medal tally with 11 gold to USA’s 10. I was not expecting that

SwimFan2024
4 months ago

Assuming Men’s Medley gold (?),

US Medal Prediction Totals
Women – 5 gold 8 silver 7 bronze
Men – 5 gold 4 silver 2 bronze
Mixed – 1 gold
Total – 11 gold 12 silver 9 bronze

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