Women’s 200 Butterfly Podium Faster In Paris Than In Tokyo (Day 6 Analysis)

The women’s 200 butterfly podium all got faster this year than it took to win the respective medals in Tokyo. Summer McIntosh led the way with an Olympic Record of a 2:03.03, faster than the 2:03.86 it took to win in Tokyo.

Regan Smith won silver again, winning in a 2:05.30 in Tokyo but was much faster today in a 2:03.84. Zhang Yufei was back on the podium after winning in Tokyo and swam a 2:05.09 today.

Not all of the finals tonight were faster tonight though. Tonight’s winning time in the men’s 200 backstroke of a 1:54.26 would have only won bronze in Tokyo.

The semifinals data did not change much. The men’s 50 free and 200 IM got slightly faster overall to make the final while the women’s 200 backstroke was slightly slower.

Day 6 Finals Data

Women’s 200 Fly, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Name Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Zhang Yufei China 2:03.86 1 Summer McIntosh Canada 2:03.03
2 Regan Smith United States 2:05.30 2 Regan Smith United States 2:03.84
3 Hali Flickinger United States 2:05.65 3 Zhang Yufei China 2:05.09
4 Boglárka Kapás Hungary 2:06.53 4 Elizabeth Dekkers Australia 2:07.11
5 Svetlana Chimrova ROC 2:07.70 4 Helena Rosendahl Bach Denmark 2:07.11
6 Yu Liyan China 2:07.85 6 Alex Shackell United States 2:07.73
7 Alys Thomas Great Britain 2:07.90 7 Abbey Connor Australia 2:08.15
8 Brianna Throssell Australia 2:09.48 8 Laura Stephens Great Britain 2:08.82

Men’s 200 Back, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Evgeny Rylov ROC 1:53.27 1 Hubert Kos Hungary 1:54.26
2 Ryan Murphy United States 1:54.15 2 Apostolos Christou Greece 1:54.82
3 Luke Greenbank Great Britain 1:54.72 3 Roman Mityukov Switzerland 1:54.85
4 Bryce Mefford United States 1:55.49 4 Mewen Tomac France 1:55.38
5 Ádám Telegdy Hungary 1:56.15 5 Keaton Jones United States 1:55.39
6 Radosław Kawęcki Poland 1:56.39 6 Hugo González Spain 1:55.47
7 Ryosuke Irie Japan 1:57.32 7 Pieter Coetze South Africa 1:55.60
8 Nicolás García Spain 1:59.06 8 Lukas Märtens Germany 1:55.97

Women’s 200 breast, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Name Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa 2:18.95 1 Kate Douglass United States 2:19.24
2 Lilly King United States 2:19.92 2 Tatjana Smith South Africa 2:19.60
3 Annie Lazor United States 2:20.84 3 Tes Schouten Netherlands 2:21.05
4 Evgenia Chikunova ROC 2:20.88 4 Satomi Suzuki Japan 2:22.54
5 Kaylene Corbett South Africa 2:22.06 5 Kotryna Teterevkova Lithuania 2:23.75
6 Molly Renshaw Great Britain 2:22.65 6 Ye Shiwen China 2:24.31
7 Abbie Wood Great Britain 2:23.72 7 Kaylene Corbett South Africa 2:24.46
8 Fanny Lecluyse Belgium 2:24.57 8 Lilly King United States 2:25.91

Men’s 50 Free, Semifinals

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Caeleb Dressel United States 21.42 1 Benjamin Proud Great Britain 21.38
2 Florent Manaudou France 21.53 1 Cameron McEvoy Australia 21.38
3
Bruno Fratus Brazil
21.6
3 Leonardo Deplano Italy 21.5
Kristian Gkolomeev Greece 4 Jordan Crooks Cayman Islands 21.54
5
Benjamin Proud Great Britain
21.67
5 Caeleb Dressel United States 21.58
Michael Andrew United States 6 Maxime Grousset France 21.6
7 Lorenzo Zazzeri Italy 21.75 7 Kristian Gkolomeev Greece 21.62
8 Thom de Boer Netherlands 21.78 8 Florent Manaudou France 21.64

Women’s 200 back, Semifinals

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Emily Seebohm Australia 2:07.09 1 Phoebe Bacon United States 2:07.32
2 Phoebe Bacon United States 2:07.10 2 Kaylee McKeown Australia 2:07.57
3 Rhyan White United States 2:07.28 3 Honey Osrin Great Britain 2:07.84
4 Kylie Masse Canada 2:07.82 4 Peng Xuwei China 2:07.86
5 Kaylee McKeown Australia 2:07.93 5 Kylie Masse Canada 2:07.92
6 Liu Yaxin China 2:08.65 6 Regan Smith United States 2:08.14
7 Taylor Ruck Canada 2:08.73 7 Katie Shanahan Great Britain 2:08.52
8 Peng Xuwei China 2:08.76 8 Anastasiya Shkurdai Individual Neutral Athletes 2:08.79

Men’s 200 IM, Semifinals

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Wang Shun China 1:56.22 1 Léon Marchand France 1:56.31
2 Duncan Scott Great Britain 1:56.69 2 Carson Foster United States 1:56.37
3 Daiya Seto Japan 1:56.86 3 Duncan Scott Great Britain 1:56.49
4 Michael Andrew United States 1:57.08 4 Wang Shun China 1:56.54
5 Jérémy Desplanches Switzerland 1:57.38 5 Daiya Seto Japan 1:56.59
6 Kosuke Hagino Japan 1:57.47 6 Tom Dean Great Britain 1:56.92
7 Lewis Clareburt New Zealand 1:57.55 7 Alberto Razzetti Italy 1:57.10
8 László Cseh Hungary 1:57.64 8 Finlay Knox Canada 1:57.76

Women’s 4×200 free relay, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Nation Time Rank Team Time
1 China 7:40.33 1 Australia 7:38.08
2 United States 7:40.73 2 United States 7:40.86
3 Australia 7:41.29 3 China 7:42.34
4 Canada 7:43.77 4 Canada 7:46:05
5 ROC 7:52.15 5 Great Britain 7:48.23
6 Germany 7:53.89 6 Hungary 7:50.52
7 Hungary 7:56.62 7 Brazil 7:52.90
8 France 7:58.15 8 New Zealand 7:55.89

Day 6 Prelims Data

Women’s 200 backstroke

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Kaylee McKeown Australia 2:08.18 1 Peng Xuwei China 2:08.29
2
Kylie Masse Canada
2:08.23
2 Kylie Masse Canada 2:08.54
Rhyan White United States 3 Kaylee McKeown Australia 2:08.89
4 Phoebe Bacon United States 2:08.30 4 Phoebe Bacon United States 2:09.00
5 Liu Yaxin China 2:08.36 5 Honey Osrin Great Britain 2:09.57
6 Taylor Ruck Canada 2:08.87 6 Regan Smith United States 2:09.61
7 Peng Xuwei China 2:09.03 7 Anastasiya Shkurdai Individual Neutral Athletes 2:09.64
8
Emily Seebohm Australia
2:09.10
8 Emma Terebo France 2:09.66
Katalin Burián Hungary 9 Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy Hungary 2:09.72
10 Lena Grabowski Austria 2:09.77 10 Lee Eun-ji South Korea 2:09.88
11 Tatiana Salcuțan Moldova 2:09.98 11 Katie Shanahan Great Britain 2:09.92
12 Margherita Panziera Italy 2:10.26 12 Carmen Weiler Spain 2:10.09
13 Laura Bernat Poland 2:10.37 13 Anastasia Gorbenko Israel 2:10.29
14 África Zamorano Spain 2:10.72 14 Pauline Mahieu France 2:10.30
15 Aviv Barzelay Israel 2:11.13 15 África Zamorano Spain 2:10.40
16 Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands 2:11.24 16 Dóra Molnár Hungary 2:10.51

Men’s 50 Free

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Caeleb Dressel United States 21.32 1 Cameron McEvoy Australia 21.32
2 Florent Manaudou France 21.65 2 Jordan Crooks Cayman Islands 21.51
3 Kristian Gkolomeev Greece 21.66 3 Florent Manaudou France 21.54
4 Bruno Fratus Brazil 21.67 4 Lorenzo Zazzeri Italy 21.64
5 Vladyslav Bukhov Ukraine 21.73 5 Benjamin Proud Great Britain 21.7
6 Thom de Boer Netherlands 21.75 6 Tom Fannon Ireland 21.79
7 Jesse Puts Netherlands 21.84 6 Leonardo Deplano Italy 21.79
8 Brent Hayden Canada 21.85 8 Ben Armbruster Australia 21.86
9 Lorenzo Zazzeri Italy 21.86 8 Kristian Gkolomeev Greece 21.86
10 Kliment Kolesnikov ROC 21.88 10 Meiron Cheruti Israel 21.88
11 Michael Andrew United States 21.89 11 Vladyslav Bukhov Ukraine 21.89
12 Vladimir Morozov ROC 21.92 11 Gabriel Castaño Mexico 21.89
13 Benjamin Proud Great Britain 21.93 13 Diogo Ribeiro Portugal 21.91
14 Alberto Mestre Venezuela 21.96 13 Caeleb Dressel United States 21.91
15
Maxime Grousset France
21.97
15 Joshua Liendo Canada 21.92
Paweł Juraszek Poland 16 Maxime Grousset France 21.94

Men’s 200 IM

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Michael Andrew United States 1:56.40 1 Daiya Seto Japan 1:57.48
2 Jérémy Desplanches Switzerland 1:56.89 2 Duncan Scott Great Britain 1:57.77
3 Lewis Clareburt New Zealand 1:57.27 3 Léon Marchand France 1:57.86
4 Chase Kalisz United States 1:57.38 4 Alberto Razzetti Italy 1:58.00
5
Kosuke Hagino Japan
1:57.39
5 Shaine Casas United States 1:58.04
Duncan Scott Great Britain 6 Wang Shun China 1:58.09
7 Wang Shun China 1:57.42 7 Ron Polonsky Israel 1:58.30
8 Alberto Razzetti Italy 1:57.46 7 Tom Dean Great Britain 1:58.30
9 Mitch Larkin Australia 1:57.50 9 Jérémy Desplanches Switzerland 1:58.46
10 László Cseh Hungary 1:57.51 10 Carson Foster United States 1:58.63
11 Hugo González Spain 1:57.61 11 Lewis Clareburt New Zealand 1:58.84
12 Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas Norway 1:57.64 11 William Petric Australia 1:58.84
13 Philip Heintz Germany 1:57.72 13 Finlay Knox Canada 1:58.97
14 Andrey Zhilkin ROC 1:57.94 14 Thomas Neill Australia 1:59.13
15 Matthew Sates South Africa 1:58.08 15 Jaouad Syoud Algeria 1:59.41
16 Daiya Seto Japan 1:58.15 16 Apostolos Papastamos Greece 2:00.79

Women’s 4×200 Free Relay

Tokyo Paris
Rank Nation Time Rank Nation Time
1 Australia 7:44.61 1 Australia 7:45.63
2 United States 7:47.57 2 Hungary 7:52.25
3 China 7:48.98 3 China 7:52.36
4 Canada 7:51.52 4 United States 7:52.72
5 ROC 7:52.04 5 Brazil 7:52.81
6 Germany 7:52.06 6 Canada 7:53.03
7 France 7:55.05 7 Great Britain 7:53.49
8 Hungary 7:56.16 8 New Zealand 7:54.37

 

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Oldbear
3 months ago

Mary T. would have placed 4th with her 1981 goggle-less, no SDK, Lycra- suited swim. Crazy.

Lpman
3 months ago

#slowpool

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