European Men Six-For-Six In Individual Golds After Four Days In Paris

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Through four nights of racing at the Paris Olympic Games, we’ve had six individual finals for both men and women, and the difference in where the medals are coming from is striking.

The European men have been on a tear, claiming the top step of the podium in all six races, while the Euro women are not only looking at zero wins, but just one medal, period.

The victories on the men’s side haven’t been surprises, for the most part, with big favorites Leon Marchand (400 IM) and David Popovici (200 free) getting the job done, as did Lukas Märtens (400 free), Daniel Wiffen (800 free) and Thomas Ceccon (100 back), who were on the short list of gold medal contenders in their respective events.

The lone upset came from Nicolo Martinenghi, as the Italian snared gold in the 100 breast, though fellow Euro Adam Peaty was one of the pre-race favorites and walked away with silver.

The European men’s standout performance thus far in Paris was punctuated by the British men, who roared to a repeat gold in the 800 free relay to close out Day 4 finals on Tuesday.

Juxtaposing the men’s performances are the European women. Although they’ve had no favorites in any of the six events we’ve seen thus far, they still only have one medal to their credit, which was a surprise bronze from Ireland’s Mona McSharry.

The European women had four finalists in the 100 breast, with Italy’s Benedetta Pilato finishing closely behind McSharry in a tie for 4th, while Germany’s Angelina Köhler (100 fly) and Great Britain Freya Colbert (400 IM) also recorded 4th-place finishes.

In terms of individual finalists, the European men have 27 through six events (average of 4.5 per event), while the women have 13 (2.17 per event).

EUROPEAN MEN’S INDIVIDUAL FINALISTS – THROUGH DAY 4

EUROPEAN WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL FINALISTS – THROUGH DAY 4

For what it’s worth, we didn’t predict any European female medalists in the six events that have taken place thus far.

The only individual European females predicted to medal were Sarah Sjostrom (SWE) and Kasia Wasick (POL) in the 50 free, Simona Quadarella (ITA) in the 1500 free, and Tes Schouten (NED) in the women’s 200 breast.

We predicted seven European male medalists in the six events we’ve seen thus far, so their current tally of nine shows the men are outperforming expectations.