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Bronze Today Would Have Won Gold In Tokyo In Women’s 200 IM (Day 8 Analysis)

The women’s 200 IM saw a faster podium today than it did in Tokyo. Kaylee McKeown of Australia swam a 2:08.08 which won bronze, but that time was faster than the winning time of a 2:08.65 from Tokyo.

The 200 IM was expected to be one of the biggest races of the meet. It lived up to the hype and featured three already-Olympic gold medalists add to their medal tally. Summer McIntosh had already won gold in the 400 IM and 200 fly and added another gold. Kate Douglass won the 200 breast and won silver while McKeown won gold in the 100 and 200 back and won bronze.

The women’s 800 freestyle also saw its final get faster. It took a 8:18.35 for bronze in Tokyo, a time that the top five swimmers were under tonight. Paige Madden of the US was significantly under that mark as she won bronze today swimming a 8:13.00.

The men’s 1500 freestyle this morning was also significantly faster than it was in prelims in Tokyo. It took seven seconds faster to make the final in Paris than in Tokyo. Daniel Wiffen heads in as the top seed tomorrow night, over five seconds faster than Mykhailo Romanchuk was when he entered as the top seed in Tokyo.

Day 8 Finals Data

Women’s 200 IM, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Time
1 Yui Ohashi Japan 2:08.52 1 Summer McIntosh 2:06.56
2 Alex Walsh United States 2:08.65 2 Kate Douglass 2:06.92
3 Kate Douglass United States 2:09.04 3 Kaylee McKeown 2:08.08
4 Abbie Wood Great Britain 2:09.15 4 Yu Yiting 2:08.49
5 Yu Yiting China 2:09.57 5 Abbie Wood 2:09.51
6 Sydney Pickrem Canada 2:10.05 6 Sydney Pickrem 2:09.74
7 Katinka Hosszú Hungary 2:12.38 Ella Ramsay DNS
8 Alicia Wilson Great Britain 2:12.86 Alexandra Walsh DSQ

Men’s 100 fly, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Caeleb Dressel United States 49.45 1 Kristof Milak Hungary 49.9
2 Kristóf Milák Hungary 49.68 2 Joshua Liendo Canada 49.99
3 Noè Ponti Switzerland 50.74 3 Ilya Kharun Canada 50.45
4 Andrey Minakov ROC 50.88 4 Noe Ponti Switzerland 50.55
5
Jakub Majerski Poland
50.92
5 Maxime Grousset France 50.75
Matthew Temple Australia 6 Nyls Korstanje Netherlands 50.83
7 Luis Martínez Guatemala 51.09 7 Matthew Temple Australia 51.1
8 Josif Miladinov Bulgaria 51.49 8 Naoki Mizunuma Japan 51.11

Women’s 800 Free, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Katie Ledecky United States 8:12.57 1 Katie Ledecky United States 8:11.04
2 Ariarne Titmus Australia 8:13.83 2 Ariarne Titmus Australia 8:12.29
3 Simona Quadarella Italy 8:18.35 3 Paige Madden United States 8:13.00
4 Katie Grimes United States 8:19.38 4 Simona Quadarella Italy 8:14.55
5 Wang Jianjiahe China 8:21.93 5 Isabel Marie Gose Germany 8:17.82
6 Kiah Melverton Australia 8:22.25 6 Lani Pallister Australia 8:21.09
7 Sarah Köhler Germany 8:24.56 7 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova France 8:22.80
8 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova ROC 8:26.30 8 Erika Fairweather New Zealand 8:23.27

Women’s 50 Free, semifinals

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Emma McKeon Australia 24 1 Sarah Sjöström Sweden 23.66
2 Pernille Blume Denmark 24.08 2 Gretchen Walsh United States 24.17
3 Sarah Sjöström Sweden 24.13 3 Katarzyna Wasick Poland 24.23
4 Abbey Weitzeil United States 24.19 4 Zhang Yufei China 24.24
5 Katarzyna Wasick Poland 24.26 5 Shayna Jack Australia 24.29
6 Cate Campbell Australia 24.27 6 Meg Harris Australia 24.33
7 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands 24.29 7 Wu Qingfeng China 24.4
8
Wu Qingfeng China
24.32
7 Neža Klančar Slovenia 24.4
Zhang Yufei China

Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay, Final

Tokyo Paris
Rank Nation Time Rank Team Time
1 Great Britain 3:37.58 1 United States 3:37.43
2 China 3:38.86 2 China 3:37.55
3 Australia 3:38.95 3 Australia 3:38.76
4 Italy 3:39.28 4 France 3:40.96
5 United States 3:40.58 5 Canada 3:41.41
6 Netherlands 3:41.25 6 Netherlands 3:43.12
7 ROC 3:42.45 7 Great Britain 3:44.31
8 Israel 3:44.77 8 Japan 3:45.17

Day 8 Prelims Data

Women’s 50 Free

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Emma McKeon Australia 24.02 1 Sarah Sjöström Sweden 23.85
2 Pernille Blume Denmark 24.12 2 Katarzyna Wasick Poland 24.27
3 Cate Campbell Australia 24.15 3 Gretchen Walsh United States 24.37
4 Sarah Sjöström Sweden 24.26 4 Shayna Jack Australia 24.38
5 Katarzyna Wasick Poland 24.31 5 Meg Harris Australia 24.5
6 Zhang Yufei China 24.36 6 Zhang Yufei China 24.54
7 Abbey Weitzeil United States 24.37 7 Michelle Coleman Sweden 24.55
8 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Netherlands 24.41 8 Wu Qingfeng China 24.57
9 Arina Surkova ROC 24.52 8 Taylor Ruck Canada 24.57
10 Wu Qingfeng China 24.55 10 Béryl Gastaldello France 24.6
11
Simone Manuel United States
24.65
11 Julie Kepp Jensen Denmark 24.64
Emma Chelius South Africa 11 Neža Klančar Slovenia 24.64
13 Mélanie Henique France 24.69 13 Sara Curtis Italy 24.67
14 Julie Kepp Jensen Denmark 24.7 14 Florine Gaspard Belgium 24.69
15 Siobhán Haughey Hong Kong 24.75 15 Anna Hopkin Great Britain 24.72
16 Femke Heemskerk Netherlands 24.77 15 Valerie van Roon Netherlands 24.72
17 Fanny Teijonsalo Finland 24.79
18 Marie Wattel France 24.82

Men’s 1500 Free

Tokyo Paris
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Rank Swimmer Nation Time
1 Mykhailo Romanchuk Ukraine 14:45.99 1 Daniel Wiffen Ireland 14:40.34
2 Robert Finke United States 14:47.20 2 Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy 14:42.56
3 Florian Wellbrock Germany 14:48.53 3 Ahmed Jaouadi Tunisia 14:44.20
4 Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy 14:49.17 4 David Aubry France 14:44.90
5 Daniel Jervis Great Britain 14:50.22 5 Kuzey Tunçelli Turkey 14:45.27
6 Sergii Frolov Ukraine 14:51.83 6 Robert Finke United States 14:45.31
7 Felix Auböck Austria 14:51.88 7 Damien Joly France 14:45.22
8 Kirill Martynychev ROC 14:52.66 8 Dávid Betlehem Hungary 14:45.59

Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay

Tokyo Paris
Rank Nation Time Rank Nation Time
1 Italy 3:30.02 1 France 3:31.36
2 Great Britain 3:31.47 2 China 3:31.58
3 ROC 3:31.66 3 United States 3:31.62
4 China 3:31.72 4 Netherlands 3:31.80
5 Japan 3:32.02 5 Great Britain 3:32.13
6 Australia 3:32.08 6 Australia 3:32.24
7 United States 3:32.29 7 Canada 3:32.33
8 Canada 3:32.37 8 Germany 3:32.51

Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay

Tokyo Paris
Rank Nation Time Rank Nation Time
1 Canada 3:55.17 1 Australia 3:54.81
2 United States 3:55.18 2 Canada 3:56.10
3 Australia 3:55.39 3 China 3:56.34
4 Italy 3:55.79 4 United States 3:56.40
5 Sweden 3:56.23 5 Japan 3:56.52
6 Japan 3:57.17 6 Sweden 3:57.33
7 ROC 3:57.36 7 France 3:57.40
8 China 3:57.70 8 Netherlands 3:57.48

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David S
3 months ago

Slow pool + crowd > fast pool + empty stadium ??

Michael Andrew Wilson
3 months ago

If Romanchuk had swum his top qualifying time from 2021 today, he would have missed the final.

JVW
3 months ago

Man, a 16-year-old Turkish kid in the final of the men’s mile with a 14:45? That’s impressive!

WillisAlexander
3 months ago

Very interesting article and surprising comparisons! Wonder why the 200 IM was so slow in Tokyo, considering the times were fast in Rio 2016 with Katinka’s 2:06.58 and Siobhan Marie’s 2:06:88.

Forgot that USA shockingly came 5th in the Mixed Medley in Tokyo – but can’t remember what happened?

Also, just realised that the final night of swimming starts 2 hours ealier tmrw? Is that always the case, or is this an anomaly?

Joel
Reply to  WillisAlexander
3 months ago

Jacob’s lost her goggles down her face I think in Tokyo. And they chose the incorrect team.

Facts
Reply to  WillisAlexander
3 months ago

It was slow cuz it was during the brief period where age was finally catching up to Hosszu, while the younger generation of IMers like Walsh, Douglass, and McIntosh were relatively young and inexperienced and not ready to take over the event yet. Plus Mckeown skipped the event.

Last edited 3 months ago by Facts
JVW
Reply to  WillisAlexander
3 months ago

The U.S. was the only mixed relay in Tokyo who made the mistake of not putting a male breaststroker up against Adam Peaty. Breaststroke was the biggest differential in time between male and female swimmers, and after Ryan Murphy got a 6.5 second lead over the British female backstroker, Peaty beat Lydia Jacoby by 8.3 seconds. It wasn’t her fault; her split on the mixed medley was faster than any female split on the women’s medley relay, it’s just that they shouldn’t have used a woman in that slot given how dominant Peaty was.

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