In preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games, SwimSwam drafted fantasy teams to see who was truly the superior swim fan. Current photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
In preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games, SwimSwam drafted fantasy teams to see who was truly the superior swim fan. Yanyan Li, Loretta Race, David Clossy, Barry Revzin, and Coleman Hodges all drafted 8-swimmer teams (see below) according to the scoring rules (also see below). Follow along each day for live updates on where we all stand as the Games continue.
Scoring System for the 2024 SwimSwam Fantasy Draft
Individual Gold Medal: 6 points
Individual Silver Medal: 5 points
Individual Bronze Medal: 4 points
Relay Gold Medal, Swam in Finals: 4 points
Relay Silver Medal, Swam in Finals: 3 points
Relay Bronze Medal, Swam in Finals: 2 points
Any relay medal, Only Swam in Prelims: 1 point
Made an Individual Final, Didn’t Medal: 1 point
World Record Bonus: 3 points
Relay World Record Bonus: 2 points (finals swimmers only)
DQ: -2 points
In addition to the live team scores at the top of this post, you can see an event-by-event breakdown as well as individual swimmer rankings, which we’ll update as the meets occur.
EVENT-BY-EVENT BREAKDOWN
MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Costa: 1
Short: 1
Martens: 6
Total
1
1
6
WOMEN’S 400 FREESTYLE
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
McIntosh: 5
Titmus: 6
Ledecky: 4
Total
1
10
6
6
WOMEN’S 4×100 FREE RELAY
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
O’Callaghan: 4
Jack: 4
Douglass: 3
Walsh: 3
Zhang: 2
Huske: 3
Manuel: 3
Total
5
10
10
14
6
MEN’S 4×100 FREE RELAY
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Dressel: 4
Ceccon: 2
Armstrong: 4
Chalmers: 3
Alexy: 4
Guiliano: 4
Total
13
12
10
18
13
MEN’S 400 IM
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Foster: 4
Marchand: 6
Total
13
12
10
22
19
WOMEN’S 100 BUTTERFLY
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Zhang: 4
Huske: 6
Walsh: 5
Total
13
12
10
26
30
MEN’S 100 BREAST
YANYAN
DAVID
LORETTA
COLEMAN
BARRY
Qin: 1
Total
13
13
10
26
30
***I’m doing this math all by hand. Please feel free to check it & let me know in the comments if I’ve missed anything. Thank you and enjoy!***
I thought David would win but having Qin and Short both off basically ruins his chances altogether
Joel
3 months ago
I said Barry looked the best!
Btw- you’ve got Yanyan twice in the first table – I know she’s fantastic but I don’t think she’s cloned.😁. Although that would be handy.
Also David should only have 9 points from 400 free, not 10 I think – oh I see now – it’s a cumulative total.
Coleman started his journey in the water at age 1, and although he actually has no memory of that, something must have stuck. A Missouri native, he joined the Columbia Swim Club at age 9, where he is still remembered for his stylish dragon swim trunks. After giving up on …
I thought David would win but having Qin and Short both off basically ruins his chances altogether
I said Barry looked the best!
Btw- you’ve got Yanyan twice in the first table – I know she’s fantastic but I don’t think she’s cloned.😁. Although that would be handy.
Also David should only have 9 points from 400 free, not 10 I think – oh I see now – it’s a cumulative total.