2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
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WOMEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – FINAL
- World Record: 2:06.12 – Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2015)
World Junior Record: 2:06.89 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2023)Olympic Record: 2:06.58 – Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2016)- 2021 Winning Time: 2:08.52 – Yui Ohashi, JPN
- 2021 Time to Win Bronze: 2:09.04
- Summer McIntosh (Canada) – 2:06.56 (Olympic Record, World Junior Record)
- Kate Douglass (United States) – 2:06.92
- Kaylee McKeown (Australia) – 2:08.08
- Yu Yiting (China) – 2:08.49
- Abbie Wood (Great Britain) – 2:09.51
- Sydney Pickrem (Canada) – 2:09.74
- Alex Walsh (United States) – DQ
- Ella Ramsay (Australia) – Scratch
Summer McIntosh of Canada swam to a new Olympic Record touching in a 2:06.56 to win the women’s 200 IM in Paris. McIntosh broke the previous record of a 2:06.58 that Katinka Hosszu swam at the 2016 Rio Olympics. McIntosh also had the 3rd fastest performance of all-time today.
Split Comparison
| McIntosh | Hosszu- 2016 (Old Olympci Record) | Hosszu-2015 (World Record) | McIntosh-2023 (Old WJR) | |
| Fly | 26.8 | 27.23 | 27.3 | 26.8 |
| Back | 31.8 | 31.66 | 31.64 | 31.83 |
| Breast | 37.53 | 36.83 | 36.7 | 38.63 |
| Free | 30.43 | 30.86 | 30.48 | 29.63 |
| 2:06.56 | 2:06.58 | 2:06.12 | 2:06.89 |
McIntosh was faster today on the butterfly leg compared to Hosszu, out in a 26.80 which notably was what she went out in her old best time and former World Junior Record. Although McIntosh was slower on the breaststroke leg compared to Hosszu, she was over a second faster on breaststroke today than her previous best time.
She also just missed Hosszu’s World Record of a 2:06.12 from the 2015 World Championships.
Women’s 200 IM All-Time Top Performances
- Katinka Hosszu, 2:06.12 (2015)
- Ariana Kukors, 2:06.15 (2009)
- Summer McIntosh, 2:06.56 (2024)
- Katinka Hosszu, 2:06.58 (2016)
- Kaylee McKeown, 2:06.63 (2024)
As a huge fan of her I wanted her to win one silver (I knew Titmus was almost impossible to beat), 2 golds and a medal of any kind in this race. She went beyond expectations, when I saw she managed to stay not too far behind after the breaststroke I knew she would win
She isn’t going anywhere!!!! Coach Brent has done an incredible job and if anything they will start a pro group there
37.5 is a very legit BR split, it won her the gold.
I thought she would break the WR at the 150 with sub-30 free split, especially as she surged past Walsh. Maybe with fresher legs she could have.
Still the gold is what matters most. Female swimmer of the Olympics locked up.
Incredible Olympics for Summer!
Full credit to Summer and coach Brent for having her so prepared for these games! As well kudos to her family for the wonderful support they have given Summer over the years which I’m sure has played a huge part in the success that she has experienced so far!
I believe this is a new Commonwealth record too.
No
She’s only 17 & will no doubt be a major headliner in 2028, but being a swimmer just swimming in SarasotaFlorida, Murica ain’t a life plan for a young woman.
I hope she goes into the NCAA system. Get a degree, have enjoyment in a social life setting, lifetime friendships. And, of course, keep getting better at swimming.
I think missing that life experience chapter would be an unfortunate thing for anyone.
She won’t do NCAA since she is a pro already. This is exactly what I have been thinking, she trains with other HS kids, but soon enough she needs to move on a swim with a pro team somewhere. Imagine her training under Bowman ?
I’ve also wondered what the long-term plan is. Once all her teammates on the Sharks move on, it’s not going to be the same fun environment for her.
I’m confident that this family has already been thinking of this though and there is a long-term plan.
Summer is a Pro. She has sponsorships with Funkita, lululemon, Tag and Red Bull which are her biggest sponsors. She also has private sponsorships from other groups. She wouldn’t of been able to do this at the NCAA level. She needed to go pro and by doing this got the exposure. She has World Wide brands supporting her.
Think about it, Red Bull has never sponsored a swimmer before. Summer is the first one to ever be sponsored. My hope that Marchand will get one as well after these Olympics.
Can’t swim for NCAA- she’s a pro
Not sure she will ever finish HS (why would she? Her family is affluent, she’s making tons of $$)
Red Bull sponsorship is not cool- she’s a minor and is peddling a very unhealthy product and all the little kids who look up to her will now start looking at that product as being “legitimate” for incorporating into their training. Does Summer actually drink it???
The best thing she could do is use her fame and position to influence the Canadian government to invest in aquatic infrastructure. She is uniquely positioned to do this and they (the gov’t) will be forced to listen to her as she’s “famous” now. Who knows… Read more »
She doesn’t have a responsibility to anyone.
And any comparisons of her 13-14 year old times are moot because she didn’t have a chance to race basically at all during that time due to COVID.
She’s essentially on a trajectory like Phelps so no she does not need to join the NCAA’s. Two OR’s, 3 individual gold medals, and she will definitely continue to achieve more golds and break more records in this upcoming Olympic cycle.
She doesn’t need NCAA for swimming reasons. Regardless of all else she will earn a fabulous amount of money going into & through the LA Games. Likely well beyond that too.
My concern is simply having a life plan at 17 which is swimming 6 hours a day in Sarasota Florida is severely limiting. Maybe a pro group elsewhere, maybe at a US university where she can also have a college experience & get a degree.
Jill Mcintosh said in an interview that Summer likes the variety of life so I wouldn’t be shocked to see her leave the sharks in a few years and try somewhere new (maybe around a NCAA system if she so chooses). I believe Jill herself swam for University of Florida which was one of the reasons why she moved down to Florida during the pandemic.
She also mentioned that Summer may very well pick other events in the next quad but she didn’t say which ones, so we may see her do the 800 free, 100 fly, 200 back as well. Sky is the limit I suppose!
She can get a degree any time she wants without doing NCAA.
She hasn’t even finished high school, or has just finished. She has accomplished farmore than most of us by age 17. I am sure her life plans are working out In a very fulfilling manner.
I’ll say this – the swimmers that qualify for being in the GOAT conversation tend to walk a very different path than even the other elites. Michael Phelps didn’t do much of the stuff you’re talking about – now we can debate if that was a good thing for him mentally, but career success no doubt it worked. Maybe there’s an opportunity for Summer to join a pro-group somewhere and work on a degree on the side. She doesn’t HAVE to be in the NCAA though. If she’s interested in having the greatest female swimming career of all-time (like 12+ individual Olympic medals) then doing what everyone else is doing is likely not the correct path.
First Canadian ever to win 3 gold medals at a single Olympics.
She’s also now tied for the most total gold medals for a Canadian at the Summer Olympics, matching the three that rowing greats Heddle & McBean won in Barcelona and Atlanta.