2024 JAPANESE OLYMPIC TRIALS
- Sunday, March 17th – Sunday, March 24th
- Tokyo Aquatics Center
- LCM (50m)
- Japan’s Olympic Selection Criteria
- Entries
- SwimSwam Entries Post
- Preview #1 / Preview #2
- Day 1 Prelims Recap | Day 1 Finals Recap
- Day 2 Prelims Recap|Day 2 Finals Recap
- Live Result
- Livestream
After a somber night one where no swimmer earned an Olympic qualification time, the Japanese Olympic Trials saw a turnaround this evening in Tokyo.
A trio of athletes made the grade, including Tomoyuki Matsushita in the men’s 400m IM, along with Mizuki Hirai and Rikako Ikee in the women’s 100m fly.
The surprises were that Tomoru Honda missed the men’s 400m IM final while Daiya Seto missed the qualification time when finishing with the silver behind Matsushita.
Also disappointing was the fact that, despite the top 4 finishers in the men’s 100m breast all clocking sub-minute results, none reached the selection standard.
Among the races tomorrow night, we’ll see national record holder Katsuhiro Matsumoto vie for an Olympic spot in the men’s 200m free while 3-time Olympian Ryosuke Irie will try to make it 4 consecutive Games appearances in the men’s 100m backstroke.
Japanese Individual Olympic Qualifiers Through Day 2 of Trials
- Tomoyuki Matsushita – Men’s 400m IM, 4:10.04
- Mizuki Hirai – Women’s 100m fly, 56.91
- Rikako Ikee – Women’s 100m fly, 57.30
I would have thought that one builds “through” one Olympics to the next precisely by having competitors see multiple Olympics. However, JASF has clearly maintained that it ONLY wants ‘medal contenders’ to represent Japan. OK, but it looks like that’s going to be a much smaller number, indeed. What big names are going to be left in the warm-up pool this cycle?