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2024 World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

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By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam

2024 WORLD AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Day 4 Finals Heat Sheet

Welcome back for another busy finals session at the 2024 World Championships. It’s day 4, which means that in addition to all the individual event finals and semifinals, we’ve got relays back in our lives as the final of the mixed medley caps off the session.

Here’s the plan for this session:

Day 4 Finals Schedule:

  • Men’s 800 freestyle — final
  • Women’s 200 freestyle — final
  • Men’s 100 freestyle — semifinals
  • Women’s 50 backstroke — semifinals
  • Men’s 200 butterfly — final
  • Men’s 50 breaststroke — final
  • Women’s 200 butterfly — semifinals
  • Men’s 200 IM — semifinals
  • Mixed 4×100 medley relay — final

Things kick off with the men’s 800 freestyle final where top qualifiers Luca de Tullio, Daniel Wiffen, and Sven Schwarz are separated by just .43 seconds after their prelims swims. On paper, Wiffen is the favorite among the three–he owns the European record (7:39.19) and is the SCM world record holder in this event. But there’s also Gregorio Paltrinieri lurking out in lane 1 and he’ll likely try to jet out far enough ahead that no one can catch him.

400 freestyle champion Erika Fairweather is the top seed for the women’s 200 freestyle final (1:55.75). She snuck by Siobhan Haughey in the second semifinal yesterday to claim lane 4 and is looking to earn New Zealand’s second gold in Worlds history. Haughey has shown herself to be on good form here in Doha, picking up bronze in the 100 breaststroke. They’re the two favorites heading into the final, though there are plenty of swimmers in for the fight for the last spot on the podium.

Alberto Razzetti leads the way in the men’s 200 fly, just .11 seconds ahead of Tomoru Honda, 1:55.09 to 1:55.20. Honda has been on this podium for the last two Worlds and looks ready to go for a third despite reportedly racing with a sprained ankle. The top 8 are separated by less than a second after the semifinals, so expect a close race where the medals could come from any lane.

The three 100 breaststroke medalists from earlier in the meet–Nic Fink, Nicolo Martinenghi, and Adam Peaty are back for the men’s 50 breaststroke. They’ll surround 50 breaststroke specialist Sam Williamson, who set an Australian record of 26.41 in the semifinals. Simone Cerasuolo was the fifth and final man under 27 seconds in semis (26.98) but it looks like a real challenge for anyone to break into that pack of four.

MEN’S 800 FREESTYLE – Final

  • World Record: Zhang Lin, China – 7:32.12 (2009)
  • World Junior Record: Lorenzo Galossi, Italy – 7:43.37 (2022)
  • Championship Record: Zhang Lin, China – 7:32.12 (2009)
  • 2023 World Champion: Ahmed Hafnaoui, Tunisia – 7:37.00
  • Olympic ‘A’ Qualifying Time: 7:51.65, Olympic ‘B’ Qualifying Time: 7:54.01

Final:

WOMEN’S 200 FREESTYLE – Final

  • World Record: Mollie O’Callaghan, Australia – 1:52.85 (2023)
  • World Junior Record: Summer McIntosh, Canada – 1:53.65 (2023)
  • Championship Record: Mollie O’Callaghan, Australia – 1:52.85 (2023)
  • 2023 World Champion: Mollie O’Callaghan, Australia – 1:52.85
  • Olympic ‘A’ Qualifying Time: 1:57.26, Olympic ‘B’ Qualifying Time: 1:57.85

Final:

MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – Semifinals

  • World Record: Pan Zhanle, China – 46.80 (2024)
  • World Junior Record: David Popovici, Romania – 46.86 (2022)
  • Championship Record: Cesar Cielo, Brazil – 46.91 (2009)
  • 2023 World Champion: Kyle Chalmers, Australia – 47.15
  • Olympic ‘A’ Qualifying Time: 48.34, Olympic ‘B’ Qualifying Time: 48.58

Top 8:

WOMEN’S 50 BACKSTROKE – Semifinals

  • World Record: Kaylee McKeown, Australia – 26.86 (2023)
  • World Junior Record: Minna Atherton, Australia – 27.49 (2016)
  • Championship Record: Zhao Ling, China – 27.06 (2009)
  • 2023 World Champion: Kaylee McKeown, Australia – 27.08

Top 8:

MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – Final

  • World Record: Kristof Milak, Hungary – 1:50.34 (2022)
  • World Junior Record: Kristof Milak, Hungary – 1:53.79 (2017)
  • Championship Record: Kristof Milak, Hungary – 1:50.34 (2022)
  • 2023 World Champion: Leon Marchand, France – 1:52.43
  • Olympic ‘A’ Qualifying Time: 1:55.78, Olympic ‘B’ Qualifying Time: 1:56.36

Final:

MEN’S 50 BREASTSTROKE – Final

  • World Record: Adam Peaty, Great Britain – 25.95 (2017)
  • World Junior Record: Nicolo Martinenghi, Italy – 26.97 (2017)
  • Championship Record: Adam Peaty, Great Britain – 25.95 (2017)
  • 2023 World Champion: Qin Haiyang, China – 26.29

Final:

WOMEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – Semifinals

  • World Record: Liu Zige, China – 2:01.81 (2009)
  • World Junior Record: Summer McIntosh, Canada – 2:04.06 (2023)
  • Championship Record: Jess Schipper, Australia – 2:03.41 (2009)
  • 2023 World Champion: Summer McIntosh, Canada – 2:04.06
  • Olympic ‘A’ Qualifying Time: 2:08.43, Olympic ‘B’ Qualifying Time: 2:09.07

Top 8:

MEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – Semifinals

  • World Record: Ryan Lochte, United States – 1:54.00 (2011)
  • World Junior Record: Hubert Kos, Hungary – 1:56.99 (2021)
  • Championship Record: Ryan Lochte, United States – 1:54.00 (2011)
  • 2023 World Champion: Leon Marchand, France – 1:54.82
  • Olympic ‘A’ Qualifying Time: 1:57.94, Olympic ‘B’ Qualifying Time: 1:58.53

Top 8:

MIXED 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY – Final

  • World Record: Great Britain – 3:37.58 (2021)
  • Championship Record: United States – 3:38.56 (2017)
  • 2023 World Champion: China – 3:38.57

Final:

SwimSwam: 2024 World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

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