Watch: Marchand Dominates Men’s 400 IM In Front of Home Crowd (Day 2 Race Videos)

2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

Tonight Leon Marchand, Torri Huske, and Nicolo Martinenghi each claimed their first individual Olympic gold medals. Night 2 proved to be an exciting night with upsets in both the women’s 100 butterfly and men’s 100 breaststroke, along with an Olympic Record in the men’s 400 IM. 

We’ve done our best to gather footage of all of the races contested on night 2. Be advised that some of these videos are only accessible in certain countries. We recommend using a VPN to view them. 

Men’s 400-Meter Individual Medley – Finals

Podium:

  1. Leon Marchand (France) – 4:02.95 Olympic Record
  2. Tomoyuki Matsushita (Japan) – 4:08.62
  3. Carson Foster (USA) – 4:08.66

Race Videos:

United States (via NBC): 

France (via FranceTVSport):

Women’s 100-Meter Butterfly – Finals

Podium:

  1. Torri Huske (USA) – 55.59
  2. Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 55.63
  3. Zhang Yufei (China) – 56.21

Race Videos:

United States (via NBC): https://www.nbcolympics.com/videos/usas-huske-and-walsh-go-1-2-womens-100m-butterfly-final

MEN’S 100-Meter BREASTSTROKE – Finals

Podium:

  1. Nicolo Martinenghi (Italy) – 59.03
  2. Adam Peaty (Great Britain)/Nic Fink (USA) – 59.05 (TIE)

Race Videos: 

United States (via NBC): 

Europe (via BBC Sport):

Italy (via Eurosport Italy):

Men’s 200-Meter Freestyle – Semifinals

Finals Qualifiers:

  1. David Popovici (Romania) – 1:44.53
  2. Duncan Scott (Great Britain) – 1:44.94
  3. Luke Hobson (USA) – 1:45.19
  4. Lukas Märtens (Germany) – 1:45.36
  5. Maximillian Giuliani (Australia) – 1:45.37
  6. Danas Rapsys (Lithuania) – 1:45.48
  7. Matt Richards (Great Britain) – 1:45.63
  8. Katsuhiro Matsumoto (Japan) – 1:45.88

Race Videos:

Great Britain (via BBC Sport):

Women’s 100-Meter Breaststroke – Semifinals

Finals Qualifiers:

  1. Tajana Smith (South Africa) – 1:05.00
  2. Mona McSharry (Ireland) – 1:05.51 Irish Record
  3. Lilly King (USA) – 1:05.64
  4. Tang Qianting (China) – 1:05.83
  5. Alina Zmushka (AIN) – 1:05.93
  6. Angharad Evans (Great Britain) – 1:05.99
  7. Benedetta Pilato (Italy) – 1:06.12
  8. Eneli Jefimova (Estonia) – 1:06.23

Race Videos:

Italy (via Eurosport Italy):

South Africa (can be accessed within the US, via SABC Sport): 

Men’s 100-Meter Backstroke – Semifinals

Finals Qualifiers: 

  1. Xu Jiayu (China) – 52.02
  2. Thomas Ceccon (Italy) – 52.58
  3. Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (France)/Pieter Coetze – 52.63 (TIE)
  4. Ryan Murphy (USA) – 52.72
  5. Apostolos Christou (Greece) – 52.77
  6. Oliver Morgan (Great Britain) – 52.85
  7. Hugo Gonzalez (Spain) – 52.95

Race Videos:

Italy (via Eurosport Italy):

South Aftica (can be accessed within the US, via SABC Sport):

Women’s 200-Meter Freestyle – Semifinals

Finals Qualifiers:

  1. Ariarne Titmus (Australia) – 1:54.64
  2. Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia) – 1:54.70
  3. Claire Weinstein (USA) – 1:55.24
  4. Siobhan Haughey (Hong Kong) – 1:55.51
  5. Yang Junxuan (China) – 1:55.90
  6. Barbora Seemanova (Czech Republic) – 1:56.06
  7. Erika Fairweather (New Zealand) – 1:56.31
  8. Mary-Sophie Harvey (Canada) – 1:56.37

Race Videos:

South Africa (can be accessed within the US, via SABC Sport):

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Thomas The Tank Engine
2 hours ago

Paris should be banned from hosting future swim meets.

Marchand would have decimated the WR in any other decent pools.

Joel
3 hours ago

Can anyone explain what line I was watching during Leon’s race? The timing system kept saying he was 2 seconds in front of the WR during the race but the line didn’t agree. Watching in Australia.

Scuncan Dott V2
Reply to  Joel
2 hours ago

Olympic record I think

Thomas The Tank Engine
Reply to  Joel
2 hours ago

Olympic record.

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