Coleman's fantasy team had a huge day 6, amassing 21 points over the 4 finals and making things very interesting with Barry's Chicago Current Current photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
In preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games, SwimSwam drafted fantasy teams to see who was truly the superior swim fan. Yanyan Li, Loretta Race, David Clossy, Barry Revzin, and Coleman Hodges all drafted 8-swimmer teams (see below) according to the scoring rules (also see below). Follow along each day for live updates on where we all stand as the Games continue.
Scoring System for the 2024 SwimSwam Fantasy Draft
Individual Gold Medal: 6 points
Individual Silver Medal: 5 points
Individual Bronze Medal: 4 points
Relay Gold Medal, Swam in Finals: 4 points
Relay Silver Medal, Swam in Finals: 3 points
Relay Bronze Medal, Swam in Finals: 2 points
Any relay medal, Only Swam in Prelims: 1 point
Made an Individual Final, Didn’t Medal: 1 point
World Record Bonus: 3 points
Relay World Record Bonus: 2 points (finals swimmers only)
DQ: -2 points
In addition to the live team scores at the top of this post, you can see an event-by-event breakdown as well as individual swimmer rankings, which we’ll update as the meets occur.
EVENT-BY-EVENT BREAKDOWN
MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Costa: 1
Short: 1
Martens: 6
Total
1
1
6
WOMEN’S 400 FREESTYLE
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
McIntosh: 5
Titmus: 6
Ledecky: 4
Total
1
10
6
6
WOMEN’S 4×100 FREE RELAY
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
O’Callaghan: 4
Jack: 4
Douglass: 3
Walsh: 3
Zhang: 2
Huske: 3
Manuel: 3
Total
5
10
10
14
6
MEN’S 4×100 FREE RELAY
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Dressel: 4
Ceccon: 2
Armstrong: 4
Chalmers: 3
Alexy: 4
Guiliano: 4
Total
13
12
10
18
13
MEN’S 400 IM
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Foster: 4
Marchand: 6
Total
13
12
10
22
19
WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Zhang: 4
Huske: 6
Walsh: 5
Total
13
12
10
26
30
MEN’S 100 BREAST
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Qin: 1
Total
13
13
10
26
30
WOMEN’S 400 IM
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
McIntosh: 6
Total
13
19
10
26
30
MEN’S 200 FREE
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Popovici: 6
Scott: 1
Richards: 5
Martens: 1
Total
13
25
12
31
30
MEN’S 100 BACK
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Murphy: 4
Ceccon: 6
Coetze: 1
Total
17
31
13
31
30
WOMEN’S 100 BREAST
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Smith: 6
Total
17
31
13
37
30
WOMEN’S 200 FREE
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
O’Callaghan: 6
Titmus: 5
Haughey: 4
Total
23
31
13
42
34
WOMEN’S 100 BACK
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
McKeown: 6
Smith: 5
Total
23
31
19
42
39
MEN’S 800 FREE
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Finke: 5
Total
23
31
24
42
39
MEN’S 4×200 FREE RELAY
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Scott: 4
Richards: 4
Guiliano: 1
Foster: 3
Total
23
31
28
49
40
WOMEN’S 100 FREE
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
O’Callaghan: 1
Jack: 1
Walsh: 1
Huske: 5
Haughey: 4
Total
24
31
29
49
50
MEN’S 200 FLY
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Milak: 5
Marchand: 6
Total
29
31
29
49
56
WoMEN’S 1500 FREE
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Ledecky: 6
Total
29
37
29
49
56
MEN’S 200 BREAST
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Marchand: 6
Total
29
37
29
49
62
MEN’S 100 FREE
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Grousset: 1
Popovici: 4
Pan: 9
Guiliano: 1
Alexy: 1
Chalmers: 5
Total
31
41
38
49
68
WOMEN’S 200 FLY
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Summer: 6
Zhang: 4
Smith: 5
Total
31
47
38
53
73
MEN’S 200 BACK
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Coetze: 1
Martens: 1
Total
31
47
40
53
73
WOMEN’S 200 BREAST
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Douglass: 6
Smith: 5
Total
31
47
40
64
73
WOMEN’S 4×200 FREE RELAY
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
O’Callaghan: 4
Ledecky: 3
Jack: 1
Titmus: 4
Li: 2
Manuel: 1
Total
37
50
41
69
73
***I’m doing this math all by hand. Please feel free to check it & let me know in the comments if I’ve missed anything. Thank you and enjoy!***
Coleman started his journey in the water at age 1, and although he actually has no memory of that, something must have stuck. A Missouri native, he joined the Columbia Swim Club at age 9, where he is still remembered for his stylish dragon swim trunks. After giving up on …
How did Titmus get 6 for the 4×200 but O’Callaghan only got 4? You doing that special math again?
Listen… at least when I try to cheat, it’s transparent😂
Fixed now. Thank you!
It was a good evening for my best of the rest team too, mostly thanks to Hubert and Lani. Now sitting at 34
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NA: Lily King 1 pt – (100 Breast 4th, 1pt)
AS/AF: Maria Fernanda de Costa 1 pt – (400 Free 7th, 1pt)
EUR: Hubert Kos 6 pt – (200 Back 1st, 6pt)
Asia: Junxuan Yang 6 pt – (200 Free 5th, 1pt; 4×100 3rd, 2pt; 100 free 6th, 1pt; 4×200 3rd, 2pt)
OCEAN: Lani Pallister 4 pt – (4×200 1st, 4pt)
Wild1: Sara Sjoestrom 6 pt – (100 Free 1st, 6pt)
Wild2: Qianting Tang 5 pt – (100 Breast 2nd, 5pt)
Wild3: Nic Fink 5 pt – (100 Breast 2nd, 5pt)