The men’s 200 butterfly saw a whole final that was much faster this year than in Tokyo. Each time and its respective finish was faster here. In addition, the top six swimmers this year would have made the podium with their time if they swam that time in Tokyo.
No World Records had been broken so far this week until tonight, and night 5 paints a different picture that the pool might not be “slow,” at least with the top swimmers from tonight. Four Olympic Records went down tonight, with Leon Marchand breaking the men’s 200 fly and 200 breast while Katie Ledecky broke her own record in the 1500 freestyle. In addition, Pan Zhanle of China set new World and Olympic Records in the men’s 100 free.
The biggest event that shows faster swims today is the men’s 200 fly, where as stated above, all 8 men were faster here than their respective places in Tokyo. The rest of events tonight though, lack the depth that the 200 butterfly had as far as improvement. Gold and silver were faster today in the men’s 200 breast than it took for both in Tokyo but 3rd-8th were all slower.
Pan’s record in the 100 free was also the only big stand out swim as tonight’s silver-winning time of a 47.48 from Kyle Chalmers would have missed the podium in Tokyo. Notably though, both the men’s and women’s 100 freestyle got faster by “last place finisher.”
Day 5 Finals Data
Men’s 200 Fly, Final
Tokyo
Paris
Rank
Name
Nation
Time
Rank
Name
Country
Time
1
Kristóf Milák
Hungary
1:51.25
1
Leon Marchand
France
1:51.21
2
Tomoru Honda
Japan
1:53.73
2
Kristof Milak
Hungary
1:51.75
3
Federico Burdisso
Italy
1:54.45
3
Ilya Kharun
Canada
1:52.80
4
Tamás Kenderesi
Hungary
1:54.52
4
Krzysztof Chmielewski
Poland
1:53.90
5
Chad le Clos
South Africa
1:54.93
5
Noe Ponti
Switzerland
1:54.14
6
Leonardo de Deus
Brazil
1:55.19
6
Martin Espernberger
Austria
1:54.17
7
Gunnar Bentz
United States
1:55.46
7
Kregor Zirk
Estonia
1:54.55
8
Krzysztof Chmielewski
Poland
1:55.88
8
Alberto Razzetti
Italy
1:54.85
Men’s 200 Breast, Final
Tokyo
Paris
Rank
Swimmer
Nation
Time
Rank
Name
Country
Time
1
Zac Stubblety-Cook
Australia
2:06.38
1
Leon Marchand
France
2:05.85
2
Arno Kamminga
Netherlands
2:07.01
2
Zac Stubblety-Cook
Australia
2:06.79
3
Matti Mattsson
Finland
2:07.13
3
Caspar Corbeau
Netherlands
2:07.90
4
Anton Chupkov
ROC
2:07.24
4
Dong Zhihao
China
2:08.46
5
Nic Fink
United States
2:07.93
5
Yu Hanaguruma
Japan
2:08.79
6
James Wilby
Great Britain
2:08.19
6
Ippei Watanabe
Japan
2:08.83
7
Ryuya Mura
Japan
2:08.42
7
Josh Matheny
United States
2:09.52
8
Erik Persson
Sweden
2:08.88
8
Joshua Yong
Australia
2:11.44
Women’s 200 Fly, Semifinals
Tokyo
Paris
Rank
Swimmer
Nation
Time
Rank
Name
Country
Time
1
Zhang Yufei
China
2:04.89
1
Summer McIntosh
Canada
2:04.87
2
Hali Flickinger
United States
2:06.23
2
Regan Smith
United States
2:05.39
3
Boglárka Kapás
Hungary
2:06.59
3
Zhang Yufei
China
2:06.09
4
Regan Smith
United States
2:06.64
4
Elizabeth Dekkers
Australia
2:06.17
5
Yu Liyan
China
2:07.04
5
Alex Shackell
United States
2:06.46
6
Brianna Throssell
Australia
2:08.41
6
Helena Bach
Denmark
2:06.65
7
Svetlana Chimrova
ROC
2:08.62
7
Abbey Lee Connor
Australia
2:07.10
8
Alys Thomas
Great Britain
2:09.07
8
Laura Stephens
Great Britain
2:07.53
Men’s 200 Back, Semifinals
Tokyo
Paris
Rank
Swimmer
Nation
Time
Rank
Name
Country
Time
1
Evgeny Rylov
ROC
1:54.45
1
Hubert Kos
Hungary
1:55.96
2
Luke Greenbank
Great Britain
1:54.98
2
Roman Mityukov
Switzerland
1:56.05
3
Ryan Murphy
United States
1:55.38
3
Pieter Coetze
South Africa
1:56.09
4
Ádám Telegdy
Hungary
1:56.19
4
Lukas Martens
Germany
1:56.33
5
Nicolás García
Spain
1:56.35
4
Apostolos Christou
Greece
1:56.33
6
Bryce Mefford
United States
1:56.37
6
Keaton Jones
United States
1:56.39
7
Radosław Kawęcki
Poland
1:56.68
7
Mewen Tomac
France
1:56.43
8
Ryosuke Irie
Japan
1:56.69
8
Hugo Gonzalez
Spain
1:56.52
Women’s 200 Breast, Semifinals
Tokyo
Paris
Rank
Swimmer
Nation
Time
Rank
Name
Country
Time
1
Tatjana Schoenmaker
South Africa
2:19.33
1
Kate Douglass
United States
2:19.74
2
Evgenia Chikunova
ROC
2:20.57
2
Tatjana Smith
South Africa
2:19.94
3
Annie Lazor
United States
2:21.94
3
Tes Schouten
Netherlands
2:22.74
4
Kaylene Corbett
South Africa
2:22.08
4
Kaylene Corbett
South Africa
2:22.87
5
Lilly King
United States
2:22.27
5
Ye Shiwen
China
2:23.13
6
Abbie Wood
Great Britain
2:22.35
6
Lilly King
United States
2:23.25
7
Molly Renshaw
Great Britain
2:22.70
7
Kotryna Teterevkova
Lithuania
2:23.42
8
Fanny Lecluyse
Belgium
2:23.73
8
Satomi Suzuki
Japan
2:23.54
Women’s 100 Free, Finals
Tokyo
Paris
Rank
Swimmer
Nation
Time
Rank
Name
Country
Time
1
Emma McKeon
Australia
51.96
1
Sarah Sjostrom
Sweden
52.16
2
Siobhán Haughey
Hong Kong
52.27
2
Torri Huske
United States
52.29
3
Cate Campbell
Australia
52.52
3
Siobhan Haughey
Hong Kong
52.33
4
Penny Oleksiak
Canada
52.59
4
Mollie O’Callaghan
Australia
52.34
5
Sarah Sjöström
Sweden
52.68
5
Shayna Jack
Australia
52.72
6
Femke Heemskerk
Netherlands
52.79
6
Yang Junxuan
China
52.82
7
Anna Hopkin
Great Britain
52.83
7
Marrit Steenbergen
Netherlands
52.83
8
Abbey Weitzeil
United States
53.23
8
Gretchen Walsh
United States
53.04
Women’s 1500 Free, Final
Tokyo
Paris
Rank
Name
Nation
Time
Rank
Name
Country
Time
1
Katie Ledecky
United States
15:37.34
1
Katie Ledecky
United States
15:30.02
2
Erica Sullivan
United States
15:41.41
2
Anastasiia Kirpichnikova
France
15:40.35
3
Sarah Köhler
Germany
15:42.91
3
Isabel Gose
Germany
15:41.16
4
Wang Jianjiahe
China
15:46.37
4
Simona Quadarella
Italy
15:44.05
5
Simona Quadarella
Italy
15:53.97
5
Li Bingjie
China
16:01.03
6
Kiah Melverton
Australia
16:00.36
6
Moesha Johnson
Australia
16:02.70
7
Anastasiya Kirpichnikova
ROC
16:00.38
7
Beatriz Dizotti
Brazil
16:02.86
8
Maddy Gough
Australia
16:05.81
8
Leonie Martens
Germany
16:12.57
Men’s 100 Free, Final
Day 5 Prelims Data
Women’s 200 Breast
Tokyo
Paris
Rank
Swimmer
Nation
Time
Rank
Name
Country
Time
1
Tatjana Schoenmaker
South Africa
2:19.16
1
Tatjana Smith
RSA
2:21.57
2
Lilly King
United States
2:22.10
2
Tes Schouten
Netherlands
2:23.08
3
Evgenia Chikunova
ROC
2:22.16
3
Kate Douglass
USA
2:23.44
4
Kaylene Corbett
South Africa
2:22.48
4
Ye Shiwen
CHN
2:23.67
5
Annie Lazor
United States
2:22.76
5
Satomi Suzuki
JPN
2:23.80
6
Molly Renshaw
Great Britain
2:22.99
6
Kaylene Corbett
RSA
2:23.85
7
Maria Temnikova
ROC
2:23.13
7
Mona McSharry
IRL
2:23.98
8
Yu Jingyao
China
2:23.17
8
Jenna Strauch
AUS
2:24.38
9
Jenna Strauch
Australia
2:23.30
9
Jessica Vall
ESP
2:24.52
10
Jessica Vall
Spain
2:23.31
10
Kotryna Teterevkova
LTU
2:24.59
11
Fanny Lecluyse
Belgium
2:23.42
11
Lilly King
USA
2:24.91
12
Sophie Hansson
Sweden
2:23.82
12
Kelsey Wog
CAN
2:25.11
13
Francesca Fangio
Italy
2:23.89
13
Sydney Pickrem
CAN
2:25.45
14
Lisa Mamié
Switzerland
2:23.91
14
Ella Ramsey
AUS
2:25.61
15
Abbie Wood
Great Britain
2:24.13
15
Francesca Fangio
ITA
2:25.85
16
Kelsey Wog
Canada
2:24.27
16
Kristyna Horska
CZE
2:26.28
Men’s 200 Back
Tokyo
Paris
Rank
Swimmer
Nation
Time
Rank
Name
Country
Time
1
Luke Greenbank
Great Britain
1:54.63
1
Roman Mityukov
SUI
1:56.62
2
Evgeny Rylov
ROC
1:56.02
2
Lukas Martens
GER
1:56.89
3
Bryce Mefford
United States
1:56.37
3
Pieter Coetze
RSA
1:56.92
4
Lee Ju-ho
South Korea
1:56.77
4
Hubert Kos
HUN
1:57.01
5
Grigory Tarasevich
ROC
1:56.82
5
Ryan Murphy
USA
1:57.03
6
Radosław Kawęcki
Poland
1:56.83
6
Hugo Gonzalez
ESP
1:57.08
7
Ryan Murphy
United States
1:56.92
7
Apostolos Christou
GRE
1:57.18
8
Ryosuke Irie
Japan
1:56.97
8
Hidekazu Takehara
JPN
1:57.23
9
Keita Sunama
Japan
1:57.07
9
Apostolos Siskos
GRE
1:57.26
10
Tristan Hollard
Australia
1:57.24
10
Juho Lee
KOR
1:57.39
11
Roman Mityukov
Switzerland
1:57.45
11
Keaton Jones
USA
1:57.54
12
Brodie Williams
Great Britain
1:57.48
12
Oliver Morgan
GBR
1:57.56
13
Nicolás García
Spain
1:57.62
13
Mewan Tomac
FRA
1:57.62
14
Ádám Telegdy
Hungary
1:57.70
14
Thomas Ceccon
ITA
1:57.69
15
Xu Jiayu (Scratch)
China
1:57.76
15
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard
FRA
1:57.92
16
Markus Thormeyer
Canada
1:57.85
16
Adam Telegdy
HUN
1:57.98
17
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard
France
1:57.96
Women’s 200 Fly
Tokyo
Paris
Rank
Swimmer
Nation
Time
Rank
Name
Country
Time
1
Zhang Yufei
China
2:07.50
1
Zhang Yufei
CHN
2:06.55
2
Hali Flickinger
United States
2:08.31
2
Regan Smith
USA
2:06.99
3
Yu Liyan
China
2:08.36
3
Abbey Lee Connor
AUS
2:07.13
4
Regan Smith
United States
2:08.46
4
Helena Bach
DEN
2:07.34
5
Boglárka Kapás
Hungary
2:08.58
5
Alex Shackell
USA
2:07.49
6
Svetlana Chimrova
ROC
2:08.84
6
Summer McIntosh
CAN
2:07.70
7
Laura Stephens
Great Britain
2:09.00
7
Keanna MacInnes
GBR
2:08.46
8
Alys Thomas
Great Britain
2:09.06
8
Elizabeth Dekkers
AUS
2:08.97
9
Brianna Throssell
Australia
2:09.34
9
Airi Mitsui
JPN
2:09.12
10
Helena Bach
Denmark
2:09.37
10
Boglarka Kapas
HUN
2:09.28
11
Franziska Hentke
Germany
2:09.98
11
Chen Luying
CHN
2:09.31
12
Defne Taçyıldız
Turkey
2:10.00
12
Lana Pudar
BIH
2:09.32
13
Suzuka Hasegawa
Japan
2:10.43
13
Georgia Damasioti
GRE
2:09.55
14
Ana Monteiro
Portugal
2:11.45
14
Laura Stephens
GBR
2:10.46
15
Remedy Rule
Philippines
2:12.23
15
Hiroko Makino
JPN
2:10.79
16
Julimar Ávila
Honduras
2:15.36
16
Laura Cabanes
ESP
2:10.82
It’s a fast pool that’s why
Did Big Gretch rob us of the first all 52 race?
Did the Aussies get one at trials?
I don’t think the Aussies have 8 swimmers under 53
3 under 53 at aussie trials, 8 under 54
Wow someone must have left the water on.
Respect to the King. That double was crazy and he made it look easy. MVP thus far. Happy to see it in his own country.
Fake news. Slow pool. You heard it here first