The final night of Olympic swimming in Paris saw the men’s 1500 freestyle get much faster than it was in Tokyo. Bobby Finke won gold in a 14:39.65 in Tokyo, a time that would have been 4th tonight in Paris. Daniel Wiffen of Ireland was 3rd today in a 14:39.63.
In addition to the podium getting much faster in the men’s 1500 free, the whole final was faster. 8th place today in Paris was a 14:52.61, a time that would have been 5th in Tokyo.
The women’s 50 freestyle also was faster than in Tokyo. Each of the respective medal winning times from today were faster than they were in Tokyo. Gretchen Walsh‘s 24.21 for 4th today would have won bronze in Tokyo.
The women’s 4×100 medley relay today saw gold get almost two seconds faster as the US swam a World and Olympic Record today. Silver and bronze though got slower as they both were above the 3:53 mark today compared to a 3:51.73 for silver in Tokyo and a 3:52.60 for bronze.
The men’s 4×100 medley relay was faster in Tokyo overall. The only time that was faster in Paris was what it took for bronze as Italy won bronze in a 3:29.17 in Tokyo compared to a 2:28.38 for France today.
Day 9 Finals Data
Men’s 1500 Freestyle
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Robert Finke | United States | 14:39.65 | 1 | Bobby Finke | United States | 14:30.67 |
| 2 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 14:40.66 | 2 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:34.55 |
| 3 | Florian Wellbrock | Germany | 14:40.91 | 3 | Daniel Wiffen | Ireland | 14:39.63 |
| 4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:45.01 | 4 | Dávid Betlehem | Hungary | 14:40.91 |
| 5 | Daniel Jervis | Great Britain | 14:55.48 | 5 | Kuzey Tunçelli | Turkey | 14:41.22 |
| 6 | Kirill Martynychev | ROC | 14:55.85 | 6 | Ahmed Jaouadi | Tunisia | 14:43.35 |
| 7 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 15:03.47 | 7 | David Aubry | France | 14:44.66 |
| 8 | Serhiy Frolov | Ukraine | 15:04.26 | 8 | Damien Joly | France | 14:52.61 |
Women’s 50 Free
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Emma McKeon | Australia | 23.81 | 1 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 23.71 |
| 2 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden | 24.07 | 2 | Meg Harris | Australia | 23.97 |
| 3 | Pernille Blume | Denmark | 24.21 | 3 | Zhang Yufei | China | 24.2 |
| 4 | Ranomi Kromowidjojo | Netherlands | 24.3 | 4 | Gretchen Walsh | United States | 24.21 |
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Katarzyna Wasick | Poland |
24.32
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5 | Katarzyna Wasick | Poland | 24.33 |
| Wu Qingfeng | China | 6 | Neža Klančar | Slovenia | 24.35 | ||
| 7 | Cate Campbell | Australia | 24.36 | 7 | Wu Qingfeng | China | 24.37 |
| 8 | Abbey Weitzeil | United States | 24.41 | 8 | Shayna Jack | Australia | 24.39 |
Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||
| Rank | Nation | Time | Rank | Nation | Time |
| 1 | United States | 3:26.78 | 1 | China | 3:27.46 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3:27.51 | 2 | United States | 3:28.01 |
| 3 | Italy | 3:29.17 | 3 | France | 3:28.38 |
| 4 | ROC | 3:29.22 | 4 | Great Britain | 3:29.60 |
| 5 | Australia | 3:29.60 | 7 | Canada | 3:31.27 |
| 6 | Japan | 3:29.91 | 5 | Australia | 3:31.86 |
| 7 | Canada | 3:32.42 | 6 | Germany | 3:32.46 |
| China | DSQ | 8 | Netherlands | 3:32.52 |
Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||
| Rank | Nation | Time | Rank | Country | Time |
| 1 | Australia | 3:51.60 | 1 | USA | 3:49.63 |
| 2 | United States | 3:51.73 | 2 | Australia | 3:53.11 |
| 3 | Canada | 3:52.60 | 3 | China | 3:53.23 |
| 4 | China | 3:54.13 | 4 | Canada | 3:53.91 |
| 5 | Sweden | 3:54.27 | 5 | Japan | 3:56.17 |
| 6 | Italy | 3:56.68 | 6 | France | 3:56.29 |
| 7 | ROC | 3:56.93 | 7 | Sweden | 3:56.92 |
| 8 | Japan | 3:58.12 | 8 | Netherlands | 3:59.52 |
I watched ALL of Swimming coverage on the Peacock World feed (Nicole Livingston).
QUESTION: did the NBC feed of the men’s 1,500 free SHOW THE ENTIRE RACE? Or did it break away for ads?
Thanks for your answers.
NBC (Gaines) did straight through. I streamed live off the Peacock App tho.
I think Beisel actually did most of the call on the 1500.
Braden: my sense is that watching the Super Bowl on TV is a better experience than in person (I’ve only attended one Super Bowl in person).
That’s because you get better camera angles, closeups, replays, analyis, etc.
Similarly, was it easier for the Swim Swam team to cover the Olympics via the various feeds, rather than being live in the Arena?
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Of course, being in the La Defense arena would have been a wonderful time!
Thanks!
I’m not sure why the world & Olympic record being broken by Finke isn’t also mentioned since the medley was. Breaking a WR from Sun is kind of a big deal.