2024 AQUATICS GB SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (OLYMPIC TRIALS)
- Tuesday, April 2nd – Sunday, April 7th
- Prelims at 10 am local (5 am EDT), Finals at 7 pm local (2 pm EDT)
- London Aquatics Centre
- LCM (50m)
- British Swimming Olympic Selection Policy
- Meet Central
- SwimSwam Preview
- Entries
- Prelims: Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap/Day 5 Recap/Day 6 Recap
- Finals: Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap/Day 3 Recap/Day 4 Recap/Day 5 Recap/Day 6 Recap
- Results
- Livestream: Channel 4 YouTube coverage
The final race on the final night of the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships (Olympic Trials) was an absolute barn burner.
The 4 fastest British men in history were all among the field, as Olympic champion Tom Dean, Olympic silver medalist Duncan Scott, the 2023 world champion Matt Richards and the 2015 world champion James Guy all dove in for battle.
Great Britain’s Top 5 Men’s LCM 200m Freestyler Performers All-Time
- Tom Dean – 1:44.22, 2020 Olympic Games
- Duncan Scott – 1:44.26, 2020 Olympic Games
- Matt Richards – 1:44.30, 2023 World Championships
- James Guy – 1:45.14, 2015 World Championships
- Robbie Renwick – 1:45.99, 2009 World Championships
With individual and relay qualification on the line, 28-year-old Guy busted out to the front of the pack with a swift 50.58 opener. He attacked the front half a la Chad Le Clos at the 2016 Olympic Games and tried to hold on as the rest of the field caught up with the Olympic relay champion on the final 50m.
Richards ultimately touched first, ripping a season-best of 1:44.69 to add this event to the 100m free he won earlier in the competition.
Scott was next in 1:44.75 while Dean touched in 1:45.09 and Guy’s gutsiness paid off with a result of 1:45.28 to place 4th and book his ticket to Paris on the relay.
The top 4 finishers each easily cleared the 1:45.96 Aquatics GB-mandated selection standard and collectively clocked 6:59.81 to crush the 4x200m free relay benchmark of 7:07.40.
Additionally, Richards, Scott, Dean and Guy now occupy 4 slots of the top 10 performers in the world this season. Only Korea’s Hwang Sunwoo has been quicker than Richards.
2023-2024 LCM Men 200 Free
MARTENS
1:44.14
| 2 | Sunwoo HWANG | KOR | 1:44.40 | 09/27 |
| 3 | Matthew RICHARDS | GBR | 1:44.69 | 04/07 |
| 4 | Duncan SCOTT | GBR | 1:44.75 | 04/07 |
| 5 | Maximillian GIULIANI | AUS | 1:44.79 | 12/12 |
| 6 | Danas RAPSYS | LTU | 1:44.96 | 02/12 |
| 7 | Thomas DEAN | GBR | 1:45.09 | 04/07 |
| 8 | David POPOVICI | ROU | 1:45.10 | 04/18 |
| 9 | Luke HOBSON | USA | 1:45.26 | 02/13 |
| 10 | James GUY | GBR | 1:45.28 | 04/07 |
Top 8:
- Matt Richards (Millfield) – 1:44.69: 2nd best time of his career
- Duncan Scott (Uni of Stirling) – 1:44.75: 4th best time of his career
- Tom Dean (Bath PC) – 1:45.09: 6th-best time of his career
- James Guy (Millfield) – 1:45.28: best time since 2017
- Jack McMillan (Uni of Stirling) – 1:46.19: PB by over half a second
- Kieran Bird (Bath PC) – 1:46.99: Had never been under 1:48 before this competition
- Luke Turley (Bath PC) – 1:47.75
- Joe Litchfield (L’borogh PC) – 1:49.73
Kudos to McMillan, his switch looks to have paid off!
They all have the same technique!
Not true at all, Scott is very hip driven compared to Dean
As in ‘they all move their arms and legs’?
GBR m4x200 will be hard to beat in Fukuoka.
It will require WR to beat them
Imagine being 4th in your nation and top 10 in the world. It’s like the US in women’s backstroke.
It’s like Australia in women’s 100 free.
That’s more like “imagine being 5th best in your nation and top 10 in the history of the world”
that’s a pretty strong relay, will be hard to beat with those top 4
On paper at this point in time, sure. But this assumption that those four are going to be at their best and that no other country will outperform previous bests should cease.
‘Pretty strong’?
Richards 21.8 50 Free and 1:44.6 200 Free at these champs, there was definitely more than a 47.8 in him in that 100.
I dunno, 47.8 seems about on par with those times. Maybe 47.5-47.6 but that’s kinda splitting hairs.
47.8 is better tham 21.8 but worse than 1.44. Thanks for listening to my TED talk.
I think he is the first (or one of a few) to achieve sub 22, sub 48 and sub 1:45. But has he or anyone else done it in the same competition?
Pan was the first to reach it, but Richards is the first to do in same competition
Pretty sure Richards was first to do it at last years trials. Wasn’t there an article about it?
Yup. Article here: https://swimswam.com/matt-richards-completes-historic-trio-of-freestyle-times-with-200-free-win-in-144-83/
For Pan it’s sub 22 sub 47 sub145