2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
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MEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – FINAL
- World Record: 1:54.00 – Ryan Lochte, USA (2011)
- World Junior Record: 1:56.99 – Hubert Kos, HUN (2021)
Olympic Record: 1:54.23 – Michael Phelps, USA (2008)- 2021 Winning Time: 1:55.00 – Wang Shun, CHN
- 2021 Time to Win Bronze: 1:56.17
- Leon Marchand (France) – 1:54.06 (Olympic Record)
- Duncan Scott (Great Britain) – 1:55.31
- Wang Shun (China) – 1:56.00
- Carson Foster (United States) – 1:56.10
- Tom Dean (United States) – 1:56.46
- Alberto Razzetti (Italy) – 1:56.82
- Daiya Seto (Japan) – 1:57.21
- Finlay Knox (Canada) – 1:57.26
Leon Marchand of France swam to his 4th individual Olympic gold medal in Paris, swimming a 1:54.06 in the 200 IM. That swim broke the Olympic Record of a 1:54.23 that Michael Phelps set back in 2008. The swim also was the 2nd fastest performance all-time.
Split Comparison
| Marchand 2024 | Phelps 2008 | Marchand 2023 (Old French/European Records) | Lochte 2011 | |
| 50 | 24.74 | 24.59 | 24.94 | 24.89 |
| 100 | 28.83 | 28.81 | 28.66 | 28.59 |
| 150 | 32.36 | 33.5 | 32.94 | 33.03 |
| 200 | 28.15 | 27.33 | 28.28 | 27.49 |
| 1:54.06 | 1:54.23 | 1:54.82 | 1:54.00 |
The biggest difference tonight for Marchand was his breaststroke leg. He was over half a second faster today than his own previous French and European Record and also over a second faster on the breaststroke leg than Phelps was in 2008.
All-Time Top Performances 200 IM
- Ryan Lochte (USA), 1:54.00 (2011)
- Leon Marchand (France), 1:54.06 (2024)
- Ryan Lochte (USA), 1:54.10 (2009)
- Michael Phelps (USA), 1:54.16 (2011)
- Michael Phelps (USA), 1:54.23 (2008)
Marchand’s previous best time of a 1:54.82 was the 12th fastest performance of all-time but his time tonight propels him up the rankings to sit as the 2nd fastest performance all-time. He just missed Ryan Lochte‘s record of 1:54.00.
Heard Marchand refused to shake hands with Wang Shun’s coach. Can we get a story and more details on this?
after the chalmers/alexy non-story, absolutely verify this before publishing
Someone posted a video in another article but also looks like it could be unintentional
Can I see the video?
Saw a video and he did but it wasn’t exactly the best time to go for a hand shake and was very much like the coach was trying to shake hands with someone who was walking fast past him. Plus why would Leon even know who that is.
We also know Wang Shun failed a drug test so if Leon did know who it was it could be seen as acceptable. It is different to Pan who is clean.
His free is good
But it needs to be great
Could he have won the 100 breast and/or 200 free? Based off the winning times in these events, I think probably
Interested to see what he splits on the medley.
200 free, idk. His best time there isn’t great, no? (But also he’s on fire this week, sooo.)
Not sure what his best is. Probably hasn’t swam it much. But with a 402/128 at NCAAs, I have to think he would have been right there with Pop and the others, and the way the rest of his meet is going, it’s just hard to imagine he couldn’t have taken it. That 400 medley is gonna be fun
what were the michael andrew splits in his best 200 IM ? i think he is the only one that could go faster than marchand in the breast split and in the 150m split
Semi finals at 2020(21) trials: 23.90 / 53:09 (29.19) / 1:25.30 (32.21) / 1:55.26 (29.96)
you got to love that 29.9 free split
Ye shiwen would have broken the WR on the last 50.
I don’t know French swimming well, but he’s the best French swimmer in history right?
the best swimmers before this year were the manaudou siblings.
flo is a specialist with longevity. laure was versatile with a small window of success, which included 3 medals in athens (gold, silver and bronze) and 3 wc golds. not to mention she broke evans long-standing 400 free wr.
leon has won more gold medals in laure’s timeframe, while also breaking a wr of similar status. I’d say he’s better than flo at this point, but he’ll probably need to win in LA to quash the longevity argument
There’s only about 5 guys arguably better than him in history and they aren’t French
Bro rly threaded the needle for another #2 all time bruh
I was joking when I pointed out how small it was yesterday…
That breast split was insane. Excitad to see what he does in the medley relay