Women’s 200 IM Final Sees Much Faster Semifinals Than In Tokyo (Day 7 Analysis)

The women’s 200 IM was much faster in tonight’s semifinals than it was in the semifinals in Tokyo. All of the swimmers were a 2:09.2-2:10.5 in Tokyo while three swimmers dipped under the 2:09 mark today.

Alex Walsh led the way tonight in a 2:07.45, over two seconds from her time of a 2:09.57 in Tokyo before she went on to win silver. Summer McIntosh of Canada did not swim the event in Tokyo but was a 2:08.30 today. Kate Douglass led the way in Tokyo with a 2:09.21 before going on to win bronze and was 3rd tonight in a 2:08.59.

Both the women’s 200 back and men’s 200 IM podiums were faster today than in Tokyo and notably 8th today in the men’s 200 IM would have been 5th in the final in Tokyo.

The gold medal time in the men’s 50 free was slightly slower this year but the rest of the final got faster. 3rd through 8th were only separated by 0.08 seconds.

Day 2 Finals Data

Women’s 200 IM, Semifinals

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Kate Douglass United States 2:09.21 1 Alexandra Walsh United States 2:07.45
2 Abbie Wood Great Britain 2:09.56 2 Summer McIntosh Canada 2:08.30
3 Alex Walsh United States 2:09.57 3 Kate Douglass United States 2:08.59
4 Yu Yiting China 2:09.72 4 Abbie Wood Great Britain 2:09.64
5 Yui Ohashi Japan 2:09.79 5 Sydney Pickrem Canada 2:09.65
6 Sydney Pickrem Canada 2:09.94 6 Yu Yiting China 2:09.74
7 Katinka Hosszú Hungary 2:10.22 7 Kaylee McKeown Australia 2:09.97
8 Alicia Wilson Great Britain 2:10.59 8 Ella Ramsay Australia 2:10.16

Men’s 50 free, final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Caeleb Dressel United States 21.07 1 Cameron McEvoy Australia 21.25
2 Florent Manaudou France 21.55 2 Ben Proud Great Britain 21.3
3 Bruno Fratus Brazil 21.57 3 Florent Manaudou France 21.56
4 Michael Andrew United States 21.6 4 Josh Liendo Canada 21.58
5
Benjamin Proud Great Britain
21.72
5 Kristian Gkolomeev Greece 21.59
Kristian Gkolomeev Greece 6 Caeleb Dressel United States 21.61
7 Lorenzo Zazzeri Italy 21.78 7 Leonardo Deplano Italy 21.62
8 Thom de Boer Netherlands 21.79 8 Jordan Crooks Cayman Islands 21.64

Women’s 200 back, final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Kaylee McKeown Australia 2:04.68 1 Kaylee McKeown Australia 2:03.73
2 Kylie Masse Canada 2:05.42 2 Regan Smith United States 2:04.26
3 Emily Seebohm Australia 2:06.17 3 Kylie Masse Canada 2:05.57
4 Rhyan White United States 2:06.39 4 Phoebe Bacon United States 2:05.61
5 Phoebe Bacon United States 2:06.40 5 Katie Shanahan Great Britain 2:07.53
6 Taylor Ruck Canada 2:08.24 6 Peng Xuwei China 2:07.96
7 Peng Xuwei China 2:08.26 7 Honey Osrin Great Britain 2:08.16
8 Liu Yaxin China 2:08.48 8 Anastasiya Shkurdai Individual Neutral Athletes 2:10.23

Men’s 200 IM, final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Name Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Wang Shun China 1:55.00 1 Léon Marchand France 1:54.06
2 Duncan Scott Great Britain 1:55.28 2 Duncan Scott Great Britain 1:55.31
3 Jérémy Desplanches Switzerland 1:56.17 3 Wang Shun China 1:56.00
4 Daiya Seto Japan 1:56.22 4 Carson Foster United States 1:56.10
5 Michael Andrew United States 1:57.31 5 Tom Dean Great Britain 1:56.46
6 Kosuke Hagino Japan 1:57.49 6 Alberto Razzetti Italy 1:56.82
7 László Cseh Hungary 1:57.68 7 Daiya Seto Japan 1:57.21
8 Lewis Clareburt New Zealand 1:57.70 8 Finlay Knox Canada 1:57.26

Men’s 100 fly, semifinals

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Caeleb Dressel United States 49.71 1 Kristof Milak Hungary 50.38
2 Kristóf Milák Hungary 50.31 2 Maxime Grousset France 50.41
3 Noè Ponti Switzerland 50.76 3 Josh Liendo Canada 50.42
4 Josif Miladinov Bulgaria 51.06 4 Nyls Korstanje Netherlands 50.59
5 Andrey Minakov ROC 51.11 5 Noe Ponti Switzerland 50.6
6 Matthew Temple Australia 51.12 6 Ilya Kharun Canada 50.68
7 Jakub Majerski Poland 51.24 7 Matthew Temple Australia 50.95
8 Luis Martínez Guatemala 51.3 8 Naoki Mizunuma Japan 51.08

Day 7 Prelims Data

Men’s 100 fly

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Caeleb Dressel United States 50.39 1 Kristof Milak Hungary 50.19
2 Kristóf Milák Hungary 50.62 2 Josh Liendo Canada 50.55
3 Jakub Majerski Poland 50.97 3 Noe Ponti Switzerland 50.65
4 Andrey Minakov ROC 51 3 Maxime Grousset France 50.65
5 Noè Ponti Switzerland 51.24 5 Ilya Kharun Canada 50.71
6 Josif Miladinov Bulgaria 51.28 6 Caeleb Dressel United States 50.83
7 Luis Martínez Guatemala 51.29 7 Matthew Temple Australia 50.89
8 Matthew Temple Australia 51.39 8 Nyls Korstanje Netherlands 51.17
9 Joshua Liendo Canada 51.52 9 Jakub Majerski Poland 51.18
10 Mehdy Metella France 51.53 10 Gal Cohen Groumi Israel 51.3
11 Nyls Korstanje Netherlands 51.54 11 Ben Armbruster Australia 51.33
12
Naoki Mizunuma Japan
51.57
12 Katsuhiro Matsumoto Japan 51.43
Tom Shields United States 13 Simon Bucher Austria 51.55
14
Youssef Ramadan Egypt
51.67
14 Hubert Kós Hungary 51.58
Szebasztián Szabó Hungary 15 Naoki Mizunuma Japan 51.62
16 Sun Jiajun China 51.74 15 Clement Secchi France 51.62

Women’s 200 IM

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Kate Douglass United States 2:09.16 1 Summer McIntosh Canada 2:09.90
2 Katinka Hosszú Hungary 2:09.70 2 Yu Yiting China 2:10.28
3
Abbie Wood Great Britain
2:09.94
3 Alexandra Walsh United States 2:10.48
Alex Walsh United States 4 Sydney Pickrem Canada 2:10.63
5 Maria Ugolkova Switzerland 2:10.04 5 Kate Douglass United States 2:10.70
6 Sydney Pickrem Canada 2:10.13 6 Ella Ramsay Australia 2:10.75
7 Anastasia Gorbenko Israel 2:10.21 7 Abbie Wood Great Britain 2:10.95
8 Yu Yiting China 2:10.22 8 Ye Shiwen China 2:10.96
9 Alicia Wilson Great Britain 2:10.39 9 Kaylee McKeown Australia 2:11.26
10 Yui Ohashi Japan 2:10.77 10 Charlotte Bonnet France 2:11.47
11 Cyrielle Duhamel France 2:11.11 11 Anastasia Gorbenko Israel 2:11.53
12 Miho Teramura Japan 2:11.22 12 Emma Carrasco Spain 2:11.54
13 Ilaria Cusinato Italy 2:11.41 13 Shiho Matsumoto Japan 2:11.67
14 Sara Franceschi Italy 2:11.47 14 Yui Ohashi Japan 2:11.70
15 Kim Seo-yeong South Korea 2:11.54 15 Ellen Walshe Ireland 2:11.81
16 Kristýna Horská Czech Republic 2:12.21 16 Rebecca Meder South Africa 2:11.96

Women’s 800 Free

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Katie Ledecky United States 8:15.67 1 Katie Ledecky United States 8:16.62
2 Katie Grimes United States 8:17.05 2 Paige Madden United States 8:18.48
3 Simona Quadarella Italy 8:17.32 3 Ariarne Titmus Australia 8:19.87
4 Sarah Köhler Germany 8:17.33 4 Lani Pallister Australia 8:20.21
5 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova ROC 8:18.77 5 Isabel Marie Gose Germany 8:20.63
6 Ariarne Titmus Australia 8:18.99 6 Simona Quadarella Italy 8:20.89
7 Kiah Melverton Australia 8:20.45 7 Erika Fairweather New Zealand 8:22.22
8 Wang Jianjiahe China 8:20.58 8 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova France 8:22.99

Mixed 4×100 medley relay

Tokyo Paris
Rank Nation Time Rank Nation Time
1 Great Britain 3:38.75 1 United States 3:40.98
2 United States 3:41.02 2 Australia 3:41.42
3 China 3:42.29 3 China 3:42.26
4 Australia 3:42.35 4 Netherlands 3:43.60
5 Italy 3:42.65 5 Great Britain 3:43.73
6 Netherlands 3:43.25 6 Canada 3:43.87
7 ROC 3:43.73 7 France 3:43.99
8 Israel 3:43.94 8 Japan 3:44.25

 

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ScovaNotiaSwimmer
4 months ago

If you had told me a year ago that Kylie Masse would be only 0.1 second slower than her PB from Tokyo, I would not have believed it.

SJS
4 months ago

Walsh looked very good. SM dropped off at the end, but I think she won’t in the final.

Still favoring SM ever so slightly.

Awsi Dooger
Reply to  SJS
4 months ago

McIntosh really knows how to swim the rounds. She establishes then backs off. She only pushed when she wanted to reassert pecking order vs Regan at 200 butterfly

Luis
4 months ago

This one has Alex written all over it. Fresh as a bun. When you can’t decide between three, think outside the box!

cheese
4 months ago

I feel like Walsh has been written off considerably heading into the Games considering her competition (who could be argued to be of a higher pedigree on the basis of medaling in different events) but the fact that’s she’s a full 2 seconds faster than she was in Paris at this stage and she seems to have been incredibly smooth in that race makes me think she’s gonna be dangerous tomorrow.

Swammer
Reply to  cheese
4 months ago

Agreed, her last 2 50s looked really good

MTK
Reply to  cheese
4 months ago

Yeah, given the way she tends to progress through the rounds, I’m expecting sub 2:07 tomorrow as long as she doesn’t over-swim the first half. She probably was happy to focus on 1 event in her leadup to this meet.

Last edited 4 months ago by MTK

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