Top 3 Junior Swimmers in Each Event Through Rio Day 5

2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES

• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Swimming: August 6-13
• Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Barra Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro
• Prelims – 9:00 a.m/12:00 p.m PST/EST (1:00 p.m local), Finals – 6:00 p.m/9:00 p.m PST/EST (10:00 p.m local)
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While swimmers like Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte continue to add to their Olympic medal career totals, the Rio Olympic Games serve as a first chance for many young swimmers to represent their respective nations on the Olympic stage. Some of the top junior swimmers for their respective countries are in Rio, so we’ve compiled lists of the top three 18-&-under swimmers in each race to give you a look at some of the swimmers who could possibly be the future of Olympic swimming.

This includes all swimmers who are 18 years old or younger as of the day of the race. In some of the races, there were less than 3 junior swimmers entered (M 400 IM, M 100 BR, M 200 FL). For those that advanced to semis and finals, we’ve used their fastest time of all 3 rounds.

Swimmers who finished in the top 8 overall are in bold.

MEN

400 IM

1. Johannes Hintze (GER), 4:18.25
2. Luis Emigdio Vega (CUB), 4:27.27

400 Free

1. Ziao Qiu (CHN), 3:49.45
2. Alex Sobers (BAR), 3:59.97
3. Haris Bandey (PAK), 4:33.13

200 Free

1. Khader Ghetrich Baqlah (JOR), 1:48.42
2. Alexei Sancov (MDA), 1:48.85
3. Noah Mascoll-Gomes (ANT), 1:53.16

100 Back

1. Javier Acevedo (CAN), 54.11
2. Hugo Gonzalez de Oliveira (ESP), 54.18
3. Won Yongjun (KOR), 55.05

200 Fly

1. Li Zhuhao (CHN), 1:56.72
2. Daniil Pakhomov (RUS), 1:57.62

200 Breast

1. Basten Caertz (BEL), 2:13.44
2. Denis Petrashov (KGZ), 2:16.57
3. Arya Nasimi Shad (IRI), 2:20.18

100 Free

1. Kyle Chalmers (AUS, Gold Medalist), 47.58
2. Jhonny Perez Urena (DOM), 51.50
3. Sirish Gurung (NEP), 57.76

WOMEN

400 IM

1. Emily Overholt (CAN), 4:34.70
2. Viktoria Gunes (TUR), 4:41.79
3. Anja Crevar (SRB), 4:43.19

100 Fly

1. Penny Oleksiak (CAN, Silver Medal), 56.46
2. Xinyi Chen (CHN), 56.72
3. Rikako Ikee (JPN), 56.86

400 Free

1. Tamsin Cook (AUS), 4:04.36
2. Arina Openysheva (RUS), 4:11.83
3. Ajna Kesely (HUN), 4:12.40

100 Back

1. Xueer Wang (CHN), 1:00.59
2. Daria Ustinova (RUS), 1:01.45
3. Natsumi Sakai (JPN), 1:01.74

100 Breast

1. Viktoria Gunes (TUR), 1:07.14
2. Arianna Castiglioni (ITA), 1:07.32
3. Sophie Hansson (SWE), 1:08.67

200 Free

1. Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 1:56.91
2. Ai Yanhan (CHN), 1:57.41
3. Arina Openysheva (RUS), 1:58.05

200 IM

1. Runa Imai (JPN), 2:11.78
2. Zhou Min (CHN), 2:14.81
3. Africa Zamorano Sanz (ESP), 2:14.87

200 Fly

1. Yufei Zhang (CHN), 2:06.95
2. Suzaka Hasegawa (JPN), 2:07.33
3. Maria Far (PAN), 2:23.89