The women’s 200 IM was much faster in tonight’s semifinals than it was in the semifinals in Tokyo. All of the swimmers were a 2:09.2-2:10.5 in Tokyo while three swimmers dipped under the 2:09 mark today.
Alex Walsh led the way tonight in a 2:07.45, over two seconds from her time of a 2:09.57 in Tokyo before she went on to win silver. Summer McIntosh of Canada did not swim the event in Tokyo but was a 2:08.30 today. Kate Douglass led the way in Tokyo with a 2:09.21 before going on to win bronze and was 3rd tonight in a 2:08.59.
Both the women’s 200 back and men’s 200 IM podiums were faster today than in Tokyo and notably 8th today in the men’s 200 IM would have been 5th in the final in Tokyo.
The gold medal time in the men’s 50 free was slightly slower this year but the rest of the final got faster. 3rd through 8th were only separated by 0.08 seconds.
Day 2 Finals Data
Women’s 200 IM, Semifinals
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:09.21 | 1 | Alexandra Walsh | United States | 2:07.45 |
| 2 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:09.56 | 2 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 2:08.30 |
| 3 | Alex Walsh | United States | 2:09.57 | 3 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:08.59 |
| 4 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:09.72 | 4 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:09.64 |
| 5 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:09.79 | 5 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:09.65 |
| 6 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:09.94 | 6 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:09.74 |
| 7 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:10.22 | 7 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:09.97 |
| 8 | Alicia Wilson | Great Britain | 2:10.59 | 8 | Ella Ramsay | Australia | 2:10.16 |
Men’s 50 free, final
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 21.07 | 1 | Cameron McEvoy | Australia | 21.25 |
| 2 | Florent Manaudou | France | 21.55 | 2 | Ben Proud | Great Britain | 21.3 |
| 3 | Bruno Fratus | Brazil | 21.57 | 3 | Florent Manaudou | France | 21.56 |
| 4 | Michael Andrew | United States | 21.6 | 4 | Josh Liendo | Canada | 21.58 |
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5
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Benjamin Proud | Great Britain |
21.72
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5 | Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | 21.59 |
| Kristian Gkolomeev | Greece | 6 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 21.61 | ||
| 7 | Lorenzo Zazzeri | Italy | 21.78 | 7 | Leonardo Deplano | Italy | 21.62 |
| 8 | Thom de Boer | Netherlands | 21.79 | 8 | Jordan Crooks | Cayman Islands | 21.64 |
Women’s 200 back, final
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:04.68 | 1 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:03.73 |
| 2 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:05.42 | 2 | Regan Smith | United States | 2:04.26 |
| 3 | Emily Seebohm | Australia | 2:06.17 | 3 | Kylie Masse | Canada | 2:05.57 |
| 4 | Rhyan White | United States | 2:06.39 | 4 | Phoebe Bacon | United States | 2:05.61 |
| 5 | Phoebe Bacon | United States | 2:06.40 | 5 | Katie Shanahan | Great Britain | 2:07.53 |
| 6 | Taylor Ruck | Canada | 2:08.24 | 6 | Peng Xuwei | China | 2:07.96 |
| 7 | Peng Xuwei | China | 2:08.26 | 7 | Honey Osrin | Great Britain | 2:08.16 |
| 8 | Liu Yaxin | China | 2:08.48 | 8 | Anastasiya Shkurdai | Individual Neutral Athletes | 2:10.23 |
Men’s 200 IM, final
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Wang Shun | China | 1:55.00 | 1 | Léon Marchand | France | 1:54.06 |
| 2 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 1:55.28 | 2 | Duncan Scott | Great Britain | 1:55.31 |
| 3 | Jérémy Desplanches | Switzerland | 1:56.17 | 3 | Wang Shun | China | 1:56.00 |
| 4 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:56.22 | 4 | Carson Foster | United States | 1:56.10 |
| 5 | Michael Andrew | United States | 1:57.31 | 5 | Tom Dean | Great Britain | 1:56.46 |
| 6 | Kosuke Hagino | Japan | 1:57.49 | 6 | Alberto Razzetti | Italy | 1:56.82 |
| 7 | László Cseh | Hungary | 1:57.68 | 7 | Daiya Seto | Japan | 1:57.21 |
| 8 | Lewis Clareburt | New Zealand | 1:57.70 | 8 | Finlay Knox | Canada | 1:57.26 |
Men’s 100 fly, semifinals
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 49.71 | 1 | Kristof Milak | Hungary | 50.38 |
| 2 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 50.31 | 2 | Maxime Grousset | France | 50.41 |
| 3 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 50.76 | 3 | Josh Liendo | Canada | 50.42 |
| 4 | Josif Miladinov | Bulgaria | 51.06 | 4 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 50.59 |
| 5 | Andrey Minakov | ROC | 51.11 | 5 | Noe Ponti | Switzerland | 50.6 |
| 6 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 51.12 | 6 | Ilya Kharun | Canada | 50.68 |
| 7 | Jakub Majerski | Poland | 51.24 | 7 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 50.95 |
| 8 | Luis Martínez | Guatemala | 51.3 | 8 | Naoki Mizunuma | Japan | 51.08 |
Day 7 Prelims Data
Men’s 100 fly
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 50.39 | 1 | Kristof Milak | Hungary | 50.19 |
| 2 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 50.62 | 2 | Josh Liendo | Canada | 50.55 |
| 3 | Jakub Majerski | Poland | 50.97 | 3 | Noe Ponti | Switzerland | 50.65 |
| 4 | Andrey Minakov | ROC | 51 | 3 | Maxime Grousset | France | 50.65 |
| 5 | Noè Ponti | Switzerland | 51.24 | 5 | Ilya Kharun | Canada | 50.71 |
| 6 | Josif Miladinov | Bulgaria | 51.28 | 6 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 50.83 |
| 7 | Luis Martínez | Guatemala | 51.29 | 7 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 50.89 |
| 8 | Matthew Temple | Australia | 51.39 | 8 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 51.17 |
| 9 | Joshua Liendo | Canada | 51.52 | 9 | Jakub Majerski | Poland | 51.18 |
| 10 | Mehdy Metella | France | 51.53 | 10 | Gal Cohen Groumi | Israel | 51.3 |
| 11 | Nyls Korstanje | Netherlands | 51.54 | 11 | Ben Armbruster | Australia | 51.33 |
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12
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Naoki Mizunuma | Japan |
51.57
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12 | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Japan | 51.43 |
| Tom Shields | United States | 13 | Simon Bucher | Austria | 51.55 | ||
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14
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Youssef Ramadan | Egypt |
51.67
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14 | Hubert Kós | Hungary | 51.58 |
| Szebasztián Szabó | Hungary | 15 | Naoki Mizunuma | Japan | 51.62 | ||
| 16 | Sun Jiajun | China | 51.74 | 15 | Clement Secchi | France | 51.62 |
Women’s 200 IM
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:09.16 | 1 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 2:09.90 |
| 2 | Katinka Hosszú | Hungary | 2:09.70 | 2 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:10.28 |
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3
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Abbie Wood | Great Britain |
2:09.94
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3 | Alexandra Walsh | United States | 2:10.48 |
| Alex Walsh | United States | 4 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:10.63 | ||
| 5 | Maria Ugolkova | Switzerland | 2:10.04 | 5 | Kate Douglass | United States | 2:10.70 |
| 6 | Sydney Pickrem | Canada | 2:10.13 | 6 | Ella Ramsay | Australia | 2:10.75 |
| 7 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:10.21 | 7 | Abbie Wood | Great Britain | 2:10.95 |
| 8 | Yu Yiting | China | 2:10.22 | 8 | Ye Shiwen | China | 2:10.96 |
| 9 | Alicia Wilson | Great Britain | 2:10.39 | 9 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia | 2:11.26 |
| 10 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:10.77 | 10 | Charlotte Bonnet | France | 2:11.47 |
| 11 | Cyrielle Duhamel | France | 2:11.11 | 11 | Anastasia Gorbenko | Israel | 2:11.53 |
| 12 | Miho Teramura | Japan | 2:11.22 | 12 | Emma Carrasco | Spain | 2:11.54 |
| 13 | Ilaria Cusinato | Italy | 2:11.41 | 13 | Shiho Matsumoto | Japan | 2:11.67 |
| 14 | Sara Franceschi | Italy | 2:11.47 | 14 | Yui Ohashi | Japan | 2:11.70 |
| 15 | Kim Seo-yeong | South Korea | 2:11.54 | 15 | Ellen Walshe | Ireland | 2:11.81 |
| 16 | Kristýna Horská | Czech Republic | 2:12.21 | 16 | Rebecca Meder | South Africa | 2:11.96 |
Women’s 800 Free
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Katie Ledecky | United States | 8:15.67 | 1 | Katie Ledecky | United States | 8:16.62 |
| 2 | Katie Grimes | United States | 8:17.05 | 2 | Paige Madden | United States | 8:18.48 |
| 3 | Simona Quadarella | Italy | 8:17.32 | 3 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 8:19.87 |
| 4 | Sarah Köhler | Germany | 8:17.33 | 4 | Lani Pallister | Australia | 8:20.21 |
| 5 | Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | ROC | 8:18.77 | 5 | Isabel Marie Gose | Germany | 8:20.63 |
| 6 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia | 8:18.99 | 6 | Simona Quadarella | Italy | 8:20.89 |
| 7 | Kiah Melverton | Australia | 8:20.45 | 7 | Erika Fairweather | New Zealand | 8:22.22 |
| 8 | Wang Jianjiahe | China | 8:20.58 | 8 | Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | France | 8:22.99 |
Mixed 4×100 medley relay
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||
| Rank | Nation | Time | Rank | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Great Britain | 3:38.75 | 1 | United States | 3:40.98 |
| 2 | United States | 3:41.02 | 2 | Australia | 3:41.42 |
| 3 | China | 3:42.29 | 3 | China | 3:42.26 |
| 4 | Australia | 3:42.35 | 4 | Netherlands | 3:43.60 |
| 5 | Italy | 3:42.65 | 5 | Great Britain | 3:43.73 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 3:43.25 | 6 | Canada | 3:43.87 |
| 7 | ROC | 3:43.73 | 7 | France | 3:43.99 |
| 8 | Israel | 3:43.94 | 8 | Japan | 3:44.25 |
I feel like Walsh has been written off considerably heading into the Games considering her competition (who could be argued to be of a higher pedigree on the basis of medaling in different events) but the fact that’s she’s a full 2 seconds faster than she was in Paris at this stage and she seems to have been incredibly smooth in that race makes me think she’s gonna be dangerous tomorrow.
Agreed, her last 2 50s looked really good