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All Times During Men’s 200 Butterfly Final Faster Than In Tokyo (Day 5 Analysis)

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The men’s 200 butterfly saw a whole final that was much faster this year than in Tokyo. Each time and its respective finish was faster here. In addition, the top six swimmers this year would have made the podium with their time if they swam that time in Tokyo.

No World Records had been broken so far this week until tonight, and night 5 paints a different picture that the pool might not be  “slow,” at least with the top swimmers from tonight. Four Olympic Records went down tonight, with Leon Marchand breaking the men’s 200 fly and 200 breast while Katie Ledecky broke her own record in the 1500 freestyle. In addition, Pan Zhanle of China set new World and Olympic Records in the men’s 100 free.

The biggest event that shows faster swims today is the men’s 200 fly, where as stated above, all 8 men were faster here than their respective places in Tokyo. The rest of events tonight though, lack the depth that the 200 butterfly had as far as improvement. Gold and silver were faster today in the men’s 200 breast than it took for both in Tokyo but 3rd-8th were all slower.

Pan’s record in the 100 free was also the only big stand out swim as tonight’s silver-winning time of a 47.48 from Kyle Chalmers would have missed the podium in Tokyo. Notably though, both the men’s and women’s 100 freestyle got faster by “last place finisher.”

Day 5 Finals Data

Men’s 200 Fly, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Name Nation Time Rank Name Country Time
1 Kristóf Milák Hungary 1:51.25 1 Leon Marchand France 1:51.21
2 Tomoru Honda Japan 1:53.73 2 Kristof Milak Hungary 1:51.75
3 Federico Burdisso Italy 1:54.45 3 Ilya Kharun Canada 1:52.80
4 Tamás Kenderesi Hungary 1:54.52 4 Krzysztof Chmielewski Poland 1:53.90
5 Chad le Clos South Africa 1:54.93 5 Noe Ponti Switzerland 1:54.14
6 Leonardo de Deus Brazil 1:55.19 6 Martin Espernberger Austria 1:54.17
7 Gunnar Bentz United States 1:55.46 7 Kregor Zirk Estonia 1:54.55
8 Krzysztof Chmielewski Poland 1:55.88 8 Alberto Razzetti Italy 1:54.85

Men’s 200 Breast, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Name Country Time
1 Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia 2:06.38 1 Leon Marchand France 2:05.85
2 Arno Kamminga Netherlands 2:07.01 2 Zac Stubblety-Cook Australia 2:06.79
3 Matti Mattsson Finland 2:07.13 3 Caspar Corbeau Netherlands 2:07.90
4 Anton Chupkov ROC 2:07.24 4 Dong Zhihao China 2:08.46
5 Nic Fink United States 2:07.93 5 Yu Hanaguruma Japan 2:08.79
6 James Wilby Great Britain 2:08.19 6 Ippei Watanabe Japan 2:08.83
7 Ryuya Mura Japan 2:08.42 7 Josh Matheny United States 2:09.52
8 Erik Persson Sweden 2:08.88 8 Joshua Yong Australia 2:11.44

Women’s 200 Fly, Semifinals

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Name Country Time
1 Zhang Yufei China 2:04.89 1 Summer McIntosh Canada 2:04.87
2 Hali Flickinger United States 2:06.23 2 Regan Smith United States 2:05.39
3 Boglárka Kapás Hungary 2:06.59 3 Zhang Yufei China 2:06.09
4 Regan Smith United States 2:06.64 4 Elizabeth Dekkers Australia 2:06.17
5 Yu Liyan China 2:07.04 5 Alex Shackell United States 2:06.46
6 Brianna Throssell Australia 2:08.41 6 Helena Bach Denmark 2:06.65
7 Svetlana Chimrova ROC 2:08.62 7 Abbey Lee Connor Australia 2:07.10
8 Alys Thomas Great Britain 2:09.07 8 Laura Stephens Great Britain 2:07.53

Men’s 200 Back, Semifinals

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Name Country Time
1 Evgeny Rylov ROC 1:54.45 1 Hubert Kos Hungary 1:55.96
2 Luke Greenbank Great Britain 1:54.98 2 Roman Mityukov Switzerland 1:56.05
3 Ryan Murphy United States 1:55.38 3 Pieter Coetze South Africa 1:56.09
4 Ádám Telegdy Hungary 1:56.19 4 Lukas Martens Germany 1:56.33
5 Nicolás García Spain 1:56.35 4 Apostolos Christou Greece 1:56.33
6 Bryce Mefford United States 1:56.37 6 Keaton Jones United States 1:56.39
7 Radosław Kawęcki Poland 1:56.68 7 Mewen Tomac France 1:56.43
8 Ryosuke Irie Japan 1:56.69 8 Hugo Gonzalez Spain 1:56.52

Women’s 200 Breast, Semifinals

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Name Country Time
1 Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa 2:19.33 1 Kate Douglass United States 2:19.74
2 Evgenia Chikunova ROC 2:20.57 2 Tatjana Smith South Africa 2:19.94
3 Annie Lazor United States 2:21.94 3 Tes Schouten Netherlands 2:22.74
4 Kaylene Corbett South Africa 2:22.08 4 Kaylene Corbett South Africa 2:22.87
5 Lilly King United States 2:22.27 5 Ye Shiwen China 2:23.13
6 Abbie Wood Great Britain 2:22.35 6 Lilly King United States 2:23.25
7 Molly Renshaw Great Britain 2:22.70 7 Kotryna Teterevkova Lithuania 2:23.42
8 Fanny Lecluyse Belgium 2:23.73 8 Satomi Suzuki Japan 2:23.54

Women’s 100 Free, Finals

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Name Country Time
1 Emma McKeon Australia 51.96 1 Sarah Sjostrom Sweden 52.16
2 Siobhán Haughey Hong Kong 52.27 2 Torri Huske United States 52.29
3 Cate Campbell Australia 52.52 3 Siobhan Haughey Hong Kong 52.33
4 Penny Oleksiak Canada 52.59 4 Mollie O’Callaghan Australia 52.34
5 Sarah Sjöström Sweden 52.68 5 Shayna Jack Australia 52.72
6 Femke Heemskerk Netherlands 52.79 6 Yang Junxuan China 52.82
7 Anna Hopkin Great Britain 52.83 7 Marrit Steenbergen Netherlands 52.83
8 Abbey Weitzeil United States 53.23 8 Gretchen Walsh United States 53.04

Women’s 1500 Free, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Name Nation Time Rank Name Country Time
1 Katie Ledecky United States 15:37.34 1 Katie Ledecky United States 15:30.02
2 Erica Sullivan United States 15:41.41 2 Anastasiia Kirpichnikova France 15:40.35
3 Sarah Köhler Germany 15:42.91 3 Isabel Gose Germany 15:41.16
4 Wang Jianjiahe China 15:46.37 4 Simona Quadarella Italy 15:44.05
5 Simona Quadarella Italy 15:53.97 5 Li Bingjie China 16:01.03
6 Kiah Melverton Australia 16:00.36 6 Moesha Johnson Australia 16:02.70
7 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova ROC 16:00.38 7 Beatriz Dizotti Brazil 16:02.86
8 Maddy Gough Australia 16:05.81 8 Leonie Martens Germany 16:12.57

Men’s 100 Free, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Name Country Time
1 Caeleb Dressel United States 47.02 1 Pan Zhanle China 46.4
2 Kyle Chalmers Australia 47.08 2 Kyle Chalmers Australia 47.48
3 Kliment Kolesnikov ROC 47.44 3 David Popovici Romania 47.49
4 Maxime Grousset France 47.72 4 Nandor Nemeth Hungary 47.5
5 Hwang Sun-woo South Korea 47.82 5 Maxime Grousset France 47.71
6 Alessandro Miressi Italy 47.86 6 Josha Salchow Germany 47.8
7 David Popovici Romania 48.04 7 Jack Alexy United States 47.96
8 Nándor Németh Hungary 48.1 8 Chris Guiliano United States 47.98

Day 5 Prelims Data

Women’s 200 Breast

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Name Country Time
1 Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa 2:19.16 1 Tatjana Smith RSA 2:21.57
2 Lilly King United States 2:22.10 2 Tes Schouten Netherlands 2:23.08
3 Evgenia Chikunova ROC 2:22.16 3 Kate Douglass USA 2:23.44
4 Kaylene Corbett South Africa 2:22.48 4 Ye Shiwen CHN 2:23.67
5 Annie Lazor United States 2:22.76 5 Satomi Suzuki JPN 2:23.80
6 Molly Renshaw Great Britain 2:22.99 6 Kaylene Corbett RSA 2:23.85
7 Maria Temnikova ROC 2:23.13 7 Mona McSharry IRL 2:23.98
8 Yu Jingyao China 2:23.17 8 Jenna Strauch AUS 2:24.38
9 Jenna Strauch Australia 2:23.30 9 Jessica Vall ESP 2:24.52
10 Jessica Vall Spain 2:23.31 10 Kotryna Teterevkova LTU 2:24.59
11 Fanny Lecluyse Belgium 2:23.42 11 Lilly King USA 2:24.91
12 Sophie Hansson Sweden 2:23.82 12 Kelsey Wog CAN 2:25.11
13 Francesca Fangio Italy 2:23.89 13 Sydney Pickrem CAN 2:25.45
14 Lisa Mamié Switzerland 2:23.91 14 Ella Ramsey AUS 2:25.61
15 Abbie Wood Great Britain 2:24.13 15 Francesca Fangio ITA 2:25.85
16 Kelsey Wog Canada 2:24.27 16 Kristyna Horska CZE 2:26.28

Men’s 200 Back

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Name Country Time
1 Luke Greenbank Great Britain 1:54.63 1 Roman Mityukov SUI 1:56.62
2 Evgeny Rylov ROC 1:56.02 2 Lukas Martens GER 1:56.89
3 Bryce Mefford United States 1:56.37 3 Pieter Coetze RSA 1:56.92
4 Lee Ju-ho South Korea 1:56.77 4 Hubert Kos HUN 1:57.01
5 Grigory Tarasevich ROC 1:56.82 5 Ryan Murphy USA 1:57.03
6 Radosław Kawęcki Poland 1:56.83 6 Hugo Gonzalez ESP 1:57.08
7 Ryan Murphy United States 1:56.92 7 Apostolos Christou GRE 1:57.18
8 Ryosuke Irie Japan 1:56.97 8 Hidekazu Takehara JPN 1:57.23
9 Keita Sunama Japan 1:57.07 9 Apostolos Siskos GRE 1:57.26
10 Tristan Hollard Australia 1:57.24 10 Juho Lee KOR 1:57.39
11 Roman Mityukov Switzerland 1:57.45 11 Keaton Jones USA 1:57.54
12 Brodie Williams Great Britain 1:57.48 12 Oliver Morgan GBR 1:57.56
13 Nicolás García Spain 1:57.62 13 Mewan Tomac FRA 1:57.62
14 Ádám Telegdy Hungary 1:57.70 14 Thomas Ceccon ITA 1:57.69
15 Xu Jiayu (Scratch) China 1:57.76 15 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard FRA 1:57.92
16 Markus Thormeyer Canada 1:57.85 16 Adam Telegdy HUN 1:57.98
17 Yohann Ndoye-Brouard France 1:57.96

Women’s 200 Fly

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Name Country Time
1 Zhang Yufei China 2:07.50 1 Zhang Yufei CHN 2:06.55
2 Hali Flickinger United States 2:08.31 2 Regan Smith USA 2:06.99
3 Yu Liyan China 2:08.36 3 Abbey Lee Connor AUS 2:07.13
4 Regan Smith United States 2:08.46 4 Helena Bach DEN 2:07.34
5 Boglárka Kapás Hungary 2:08.58 5 Alex Shackell USA 2:07.49
6 Svetlana Chimrova ROC 2:08.84 6 Summer McIntosh CAN 2:07.70
7 Laura Stephens Great Britain 2:09.00 7 Keanna MacInnes GBR 2:08.46
8 Alys Thomas Great Britain 2:09.06 8 Elizabeth Dekkers AUS 2:08.97
9 Brianna Throssell Australia 2:09.34 9 Airi Mitsui JPN 2:09.12
10 Helena Bach Denmark 2:09.37 10 Boglarka Kapas HUN 2:09.28
11 Franziska Hentke Germany 2:09.98 11 Chen Luying CHN 2:09.31
12 Defne Taçyıldız Turkey 2:10.00 12 Lana Pudar BIH 2:09.32
13 Suzuka Hasegawa Japan 2:10.43 13 Georgia Damasioti GRE 2:09.55
14 Ana Monteiro Portugal 2:11.45 14 Laura Stephens GBR 2:10.46
15 Remedy Rule Philippines 2:12.23 15 Hiroko Makino JPN 2:10.79
16 Julimar Ávila Honduras 2:15.36 16 Laura Cabanes ESP 2:10.82

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David S
4 months ago

It’s a fast pool that’s why

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Barty’s Bakery
4 months ago

Did Big Gretch rob us of the first all 52 race?

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JimSwim22
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4 months ago

Did the Aussies get one at trials?

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LBSWIM
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4 months ago

I don’t think the Aussies have 8 swimmers under 53

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skip
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4 months ago

3 under 53 at aussie trials, 8 under 54

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AndyB
4 months ago

Wow someone must have left the water on.

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Aragon Son of Arathorne
4 months ago

Respect to the King. That double was crazy and he made it look easy. MVP thus far. Happy to see it in his own country.

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Lpman
4 months ago

Fake news. Slow pool. You heard it here first

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