2024 SINGAPORE NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, June 12th – Saturday, June 15th
- OCBC Aquatic Centre
- LCM (50m)
- Olympic Qualifying Event
- Recap #1 | Recap #2
- Results
The 2024 Singapore National Swimming Championships wrapped up today from the OCBC Aquatic Centre but not before additional meet records bit the dust.
The men’s 100m fly was one such event, with Quah Zheng Wen producing a winning effort of 52.10.
Splitting 24.11/27.99, Quah’s effort came within striking distance of his own lifetime best of 51.87, a mark he put on the books at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games to become Singapore’s #2 performer of all time.
The women’s 100m fly saw visiting Japanese athlete Chiharu Iitsuka get it done for gold, producing a result of 58.16 to top the podium.
Iitsuka’s outing surpassed the previous meet standard of 58.95 Tao Li logged over a decade ago in 2011.
The top Singaporean athlete in the race was represented by Quah Jing Wen who snared silver in 59.30 while Levenia Sim bagged bronze in 1:00.34.
Already a medalist in the 1500m free at these championships, 21-year-old Ching Hwee Gan grabbed another gold in the 400m free.
The Singapore Swimming Club athlete posted a mark of 4:12.31, establishing a new championship record in the process.
She remains the nation’s #2 performer of all time, improving upon her previous lifetime best of 4:13.10 from the heats of the 2023 World Championships.
Earlier in the competition, 20-year-old Junhao Chan became the #2 Singaporean 200m breast performer in history. Tonight, he logged a mark of 27.72 to establish a new national record in the 50m breast.
Although Chan earned silver behind Namibia’s Ronan Zuberg Wantenaar who touched first in 27.54, Chan’s effort of 27.72 surpassed his own previous national record Nicholas Mahabir established at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games.
Additional Notes
- Letitia Sim posted a result of 2:14.80 to take the women’s 200mIM, improving upon her own previous meet standard of 2:18.50 from last year’s edition of this competition.
- Amanda Lim touched in 24.94 to win the women’s 50m free, lowering her previous meet record of 25.11 to come within .02 of Quah Ting Wen‘s national record.
I feel heartbroken for Amanda and Mikkel, both clinched PBs and were given a chance to re-swim to qualify for olympics
this was heartbreaking. I remember for Tokyo, Jonathan did the last ditch swim, and this time, it was Amanda and Mikkel. They missed, but I was proud of them for trying so hard.
Amanda seems to have all but announced her retirement (not surprising), but Mikkel should use this to fuel him moving forward. I still cannot forget his 47.25s split at the Asian Games last year. Jonathan failed to make Tokyo and made Paris on his right, Mikkel can do the same 4 years later.
Happy that Zheng has declared he’s carrying on. Our butterfly still needs him for awhile.
It should be #2 performer with 100m Breaststroke, not 200m (for Chan JunHao