2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
- Pool Swimming: July 27 – August 4, 2024
- Open Water Swimming: August 8 – 9, 2024
- La Défense Arena — Paris, France
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Day 8 Finals Event Lineup
- Men’s 100 fly- Final
- Women’s 50 Free- Semifinals
- Women’s 200 IM- Final
- Women’s 800 Free- Final
- Mixed 4×100 medley relay- Final
The men’s 100 butterfly features Kristof Milak of Hungary as the top seed as he swam a 50.38 last night. Milak won silver in the 200 butterfly this week and is the defending silver medalist in the 100 after finishing behind Caeleb Dressel (USA) in Tokyo. Frenchman Maxime Grousset was just off of the podium in the 100 free this week and will look to medal in the 100 fly after a 50.41 in semifinals.
2020 Tokyo bronze medalist Noe Ponti of Switzerland will also be in the final after a 50.60 last night. A pair of Canadians are in the final as well with Josh Liendo swimming a 50.42 yesterday and Ilya Kharun with a 50.68. Liendo just missed the podium in the 50 free last night, which he swam about 30 minutes before the 100 fly semifinal so he will be fresh tonight.
World Record holder Sarah Sjostrom clocked the fastest time in prelims of the women’s 50 free with a 23.85. Sjostrom already won gold in the 100 free this week and will look to add to her legacy. Kasia Wasick of Poland is in her 5th Olympics and will look to make the final after swimming a 24.27 for the 2nd fastest time of the morning.
The women’s 200 IM looks to be an exciting race. Alex Walsh of the US led the way through semifinals with a 2:07.45. This is her only event of the week but she looks to make the podium again after silver in Tokyo.
The final also features three women who have already won individual gold. Summer McIntosh of Canada is in search of her 3rd individual gold this week after already winning the 400 IM and 200 fly. McIntosh had the 2nd fastest time last night with a 2:08.30. Kate Douglass of the US won the 200 breast this week and won bronze in Tokyo. She swam the 3rd fastest time last night with a 2:08.59. Australia’s Kaylee McKeown doubled up last night with the 200 backstroke final and swam a 2:09.97 so she will swim out of lane 1. McKeown won the 100 and 200 backstrokes this week.
Katie Ledecky posted the top time in prelims of the 800 free and enters with a 8:16.62. She is searching for her 4th title in a row after winning in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Paige Madden of the US is the #2 seed after a personal best of a 8:18.48 yesterday morning. Madden is looking for an individual medal after helping the US women to silver in the 4×200 free relay this week.
Australian’s Ariarne Titmus and Lani Pallister are the #3 and #4 seeds. Titmus won the 400 at the start of the meet and swam a 8:19.47 in prelims while Pallister is coming off of COVID but already had big splits on the 4×200 free relay and swam a 8:20.21 in prelims.
The mixed 4×100 medley relay concludes the night. The US led the way by about half a second over Australia in prelims, but lineup changes are expected for tonight.