Opinion

SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2023: Full Women’s Rankings

Our top two female swimmers for 2023, Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh, are slated for a number of memorable battles this year.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2023: Men’s #10-1

Having broken the 200 fly WR, winning the 100 fly world title and establishing himself as an elite freestyler last year, Kristof Milak lands the #1 spot.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 47.8% Think Marchand Will Own Both IM World Records Within 18 Months

Nearly 94 percent of SwimSwam readers believe Marchand will break the 400 IM world record by Paris 2024, and many think he’ll also take the 200 IM mark.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2023: Women’s #10-1

After a standout year that saw her ranked top-six in the world in six different events, Summer McIntosh is poised for a sensational 2023.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2023: Men’s #20-11

Adam Peaty, Nicolo Martinenghi and Arno Kamminga will all be vying for breaststroke glory in 2023.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2023: Women’s #20-11

Lilly King remains among the favorites for gold in all three women’s breaststroke events heading into the 2023 World Championships.

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Yanyan’s Opinions On Which Swimmers Will Make The 2024 U.S. Olympic Team

In this article, SwimSwam writer Yanyan Li breaks down some of her predictions for who will qualify on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2023: Men’s #30-21

Tom Dean took on a massive workload in 2022 and it paid off as he won 14 medals across the World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Games.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2023: Women’s #30-21

After a quiet 2022, Olympic champion and world record holder Tatjana Schoenmaker aims to reclaim her place as the world’s top 200 breaststroker in 2023.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2023: Men’s #40-31

Back with Bob Bowman, Chase Kalisz is coming off his fastest 400 IM showing in five years and will be tough to keep off the medal stand in Fukuoka.

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SwimSwam’s Way-Too-Early 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Picks

All seven writers making predictions picked Katie Ledecky to sweep the 200, 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle events at the 2024 U.S. Olympic team trials.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 38.2% Pick Big Ten As Most Wide Open Men’s Conference This Season

Indiana is coming in as the defending Big Ten champions after topping OSU by 93 points last season, giving the Hoosiers their fourth title in six seasons.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2023: Women’s #40-31

Phoebe Bacon emerged as the world’s #2 200 backstroker last year, a position she’ll fight to maintain as the U.S. is absolutely loaded in the event.

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SwimSwam’s Top 100 For 2023: Men’s #50-41

Chad Le Clos had a resurgence last year during the short course season, but it remains to be seen if he can still be one of the world’s best in long course.

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Dual Meets Are Cool Again After Spectacular Day of Racing

Dual meets are back: In one day of dual meet action, we saw five nation-leading times swum, showing that you don’t have to wait until March to be fast.

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