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2024 World Aquatics Championships
Day 1 Final Heat Sheet
Women’s 4×100 free relay start list
Men’s 4×100 free relay start list
The first swimming final session of the 2024 World Championships begins in Doha, Qatar. And as always, it’s a jam-packed session. There are four finals (including two relay matches) and four semi-finals.
1st day final schedule:
- Men’s 400 Freestyle — Finals
- Women’s 100 Butterfly — Semifinals
- Men’s 50 Butterfly — Semifinals
- Women’s 400 Freestyle — Finals
- Men’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals
- Women’s 200IM — Semifinals
- Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay — Finals
- Men’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay — Finals
The session begins with the men’s 400 freestyle final.The big news from the qualifying session was that the defending champions Ahmed Hafnaoui He finished in 17th place with a time of 3:48.05, missing out on advancing to the finals.Without him and an in-field personal best of 3:40.70, the top two qualifiers would be the favorites: Australia; Elijah Winnington and german Lucas Mertens. Both are used to being on the podium, with Winnington the 2022 champion and Mertens having won silver and bronze at the past two world championships.
Winnington and Mertens were the only two to break 3:45 this morning, but don’t count them out. Kim Woo Min or Daniel Wiffen. They sit in 3rd and 4th place respectively after qualifying.
A close race is expected in the women’s 400m freestyle. After finishing the preliminaries, Lee Bingjie and erica fairweather They are separated by just 5/500ths of a second. Fairweather controlled her heat for most of the race, but Lee caught her with a few meters left, setting her morning’s top time at 4:04.65. Fairweather won her bronze medal at the Fukuoka Games with a time of under 4:00, so it will be interesting to see if she can replicate her form in Doha.
The two remaining finals in this session are the women’s and men’s 4×100 freestyle relays. Australia, the world record holder and defending champion, led the women’s division by almost a second and qualified for the final in first place with a time of 3:38.33. Meanwhile, in the men’s category, the American men set the top time (3 minutes 12.32 seconds), beating Italy and Great Britain, but the latter broke the Olympic qualification time with 3 minutes 13.96 seconds after being disqualified in Fukuoka. did.
Men’s 400m Freestyle – Final
- World record: Paul BiedermannGermany – 3:40.07 (2009)
- Junior World Record: Petar Mitsin, Bulgaria – 3:44.31 (2023)
- Championship record: Paul BiedermannGermany – 3:40.07 (2009)
- 2023 World Champion: Sam Short, Australia – 3:40.68
Last:
- Kim Woo Min (Korea) — 3:42.71
- Elijah Winnington (AUS) — 3:42.86
- Lucas Martens (GER) — 3:42.96
- Guilherme Costa (Bra) — 3:44.22
- Lucas Henvoe (Belgium) — 3:44.61
- Victor Johansson (SWE) — 3:45.87
- Daniel Wiffen (IRL) — 3:46.65
- Felix Oboec (AUT) — 3:51.60
First event, first upset. 22 years old Kim Woo Min He jumped out from the start in the men’s 400m free final and never looked back, giving South Korea its first medal since the 400m free final. Park Tae Hwan In 2011.
Kim was second to Mertens at the first corner, but took the lead by the 100-meter mark. He completed the turn in 52.71 seconds, 1.71 seconds below the world record pace. The first three athletes, Kim, Mertens, and Winnington, were all at world record pace at the time. Kim extended her lead and passed the rest of the field, finishing another 0.14 seconds below the world record pace.
That line began to catch up to him late in the race, but his direct competitors had less success in catching him.Mertens maintained a steady grip in second place, with Winnington catching up to him by 300 seconds. Lucas HenvoeI was swimming well in lane 1.
The last 100 meters were chaos. Kim held on to the lead, but behind him were Mertens, Wingington, Guilherme Costa Everyone was charging. Winnington set an incredible time of 26.67 seconds, but there was no chance of catching Kim. Kim won her first gold medal at this tournament with a time of 3:42.71, beating her personal best by about 2 seconds.
Winnington returned to the podium with a time of 3:42.86, while Mertens was just 10 seconds behind with a time of 3:42.96, earning him his third consecutive podium finish at the event.
Costa, Envaux, viktor johansson Both men set Japanese records in swimming.
Women’s 100m Butterfly – Semi-finals
- World record: sarah sjostromSweden – 55.48 (2016)
- World junior record: Claire CurzanUnited States – 56.43 (2021)
- Championship record: sarah sjostromSweden – 55.53 (2017)
- 2023 World Champion: Zhang Yufei, China – 56.12
Top 8 qualifiers:
- Angelina Koehler (GER) — 56.11
- Claire Curzan (USA) — 57.06
- Briana Throssell (Australia) — 57.22
- Louise Hanson (SWE) — 57.28
- Anna Ntuntunaki (GRE) — 57.86
- Erin Gallagher (RSA) — 57.92
- Chiharu Iizuka (JPN) — 58.01
- Alexandria Perkins (AUS) — 58.05
Germany’s angelina koehler She continues to stake her claim as an Olympic medal contender here in Doha. After she broke her own national record by breaking 57 seconds for the first time in the prelims, she further shortened her record in the semifinals. She posted a score of 56.11 in the second half of the semi-final, shaving another three-tenths off the benchmark mark of 56.41 she swam this morning.
Kohler’s score of 56.11 gives him an almost one-second lead for advancing to tomorrow’s final. She was the only top American to score 57 points in two heats. Claire Curzan He earned the second seed with 57.06 points. This was definitely an improvement for Cruzan from this morning’s swim of 57.94 points.
Australia has two female athletes scheduled to compete in the final. Briana Throssell and alexandria perkins 3rd and 8th place in qualifying. Throssell continued to perform well in the second half of the race and won the first semi-final. Louise Hanson.
After setting a Japanese record (57.59 seconds) in the preliminaries, Erin Gallagher Although the difference was a few tenths of a second with a score of 57.92, he still managed to advance to the finals in 6th place.
Men’s 50m Butterfly – Semi-finals
- World record: Andriy Govorov, Ukraine – 22.27 (2018)
- Junior World Record: Diogo Ribeiro, Portugal – 22.96 (2022)
- Championship record: Caleb Dressel, USA – 22.35 (2019)
- 2023 World Champion: Thomas Ceccon, Italy – 22.68
Top 8 qualifiers:
- michael andrew (USA) — 22.94
- dylan carter (TTO) — 23.15
- Mario Mora Yanez (ESP) — 23.17
- Diogo Matos Ribeiro (POR)/Isaac Cooper (AUS) — 23.18
- (tie)
- Cam McEvoy (Australia) — 23.21
- Shane Casas (USA) — 23.22
- Baek In-cheol (Korea) — 23.24
michael andrew She set the standard in the first semi-final, winning with a score of 22.94. Even after the second semifinal, this time remained the fastest time in the men’s 50 fly semifinal, and the only time under 23 seconds. dylan carter In this heat, he finished in second place behind Andrew (23.15 seconds), qualifying him for the final in second place.
The second semi-final was a close battle, with only 4/100ths of a difference between the top four competitors.Spain took the lead Mario Mora Yanez, swimming in the NCAA at Virginia Tech. His time of 23.17 seconds is just 1/100th of his personal best in Fukuoka and puts him in a good position heading into tomorrow’s final.
Diogo Matos Ribeiro, the 2023 silver medalist will also be in the field tomorrow. The medal is Portugal’s first swimming medal at the World Championships and they will aim to add to that total tomorrow.He lined up with the Australian sprinter Isaac Cooper He placed 4th in 23.18 seconds, just three-hundredths behind the 2023 50 freestyle world champion. Cam McEvoy.
especially, Nils Korstanje He finished in 9th place and missed out on advancing to the finals. He was the top seed after qualifying with a score of 23.03.
Women’s 400m Freestyle – Final
Last:
- Erica Fairweather (NZL) — 3:59.44
- Lee Bingjie (CHN) – 4:01.62
- Isabelle Gose (GER) — 4:02.39
- Maria Fernanda de Oliveria da Silva Costa (BRA) — 4:02.86
- Gabriel Roncat (BRA) — 4:04.18
- Yang Peiqi (China) — 4:05.73
- Eve Thomas (NZL) — 4:05.87
- Agostina Hein (ARG) — 4:10.33
erica fairweather caught by Lee Bingjie in the final 15 meters of the 400 freestyle heats. There was no repeat of that in the final, but in the men’s race Fairweather adopted a similar strategy to Kim, starting from the start of the race. Fairweather led from start to finish and won New Zealand’s first swimming gold medal at her World Championships.
Not only did the medal make this swim historic, but Fairweather also broke his own national record in the process. She touched the wall in 3:59.44, broke 4:00 again, and won the bronze medal at the Fukuoka Games with a time of 3:59.59.
Fairweather outscored Lee by 50 points, getting too close to Lee and refusing to challenge for gold. Lee won the silver medal with a time of 4:01.62, about six-tenths of a second, better than her own national record of 4:01.08, which she swam last spring.
Germany’s Isabel Gorse Things were going well for the German army. She won the bronze medal in 4:02.39, earning her first world championship medal. Maria Fernanda de Oliveria da Silva Costa (4:02.86).
Men’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals
- World record: adam peatyUnited Kingdom – 56.88 (2019)
- World junior record: Nicolo MartinenghiItaly – 59.01 (2017)
- Championship record: adam peatyUnited Kingdom – 56.88 (2019)
- 2023 World Champion: Qin Haiyang, China – 57.69
Top 8 qualifiers:
- adam peaty (UK) — 58.60
- Nick Fink (USA) — 58.73
- Arno Camminga (NED) — 58.87
- Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) — 59.13
- Lucas Mazeras (GER) — 59.30
- Kasper Corbeau (NED) — 59.33
- Sam Williamson (Australia) — 59.35
- Ilya Simanovich (NIA) — 59.40
Women’s 200m individual medley semifinals
- World record: Katinka Hossu, Hungary – 2:06.12 (2015)
- World junior record: summer mackintoshCanada – 2:06.89 (2023)
- Championship record: Katinka Hossu, Hungary – 2:06.12 (2015)
- 2023 World Champion: kate douglasUSA – 2:07.17
Top 8 qualifiers:
- Kate Douglas (USA) — 2:08.41
- Sidney Pickrem (Canada) — 2:08.76
- Yu Yiting (CHN) — 2:08.83
- Anastasia Golbenko (ISR) — 2:10.15
- Charlotte Bonnet (France) — 2:10.24
- Marit Steenburgen (NED) — 2:11.23
- Abbey Wood (GBR) — 2:11.35
- Ashley McMillan (Canada) — 2:12.23
kate douglas Participated in the second semi-final match. Douglas, the defending champion and fastest to qualify, built a lead of more than two seconds through the first 150 meters of the race. She sealed it by holding a comfortable lead during the freestyle lead, but was still much faster than her qualifying time, well under 2:10.01 in 2:08.41.
The 22-year-old looks poised to become world champion again, but she wasn’t the only one to reach the 2:08 mark. From the first semi-final match, sidney pickrem and Yu Yiting They swam 2:08.76 and 2:08.83 respectively. It was a strong swim for Pickrem, especially as he held off Yu’s charge in the freestyle and was just one tenth away from his personal best. Yu is the previous bronze medalist from Fukuoka.
Fukuoka finalist Anastasia Gorbenko and marit steenburgen will also return to the finals.
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Final
- World Record: Australia – 3:27.96 (2023)
- Championship Record: Australia – 3:27.96 (2023)
- 2023 World Champion: Australia – 3:27.96
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Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Final
- World Record: USA – 3:08.24
- Championship Record: USA – 3:09.06
- 2023 World Champion: Australia – 3:10.16
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