Day 5 of the evening swimming session at the Paris 2024 Olympics begins and ends with a sprinter's delight in the women's and men's 100m freestyle finals. In between, USA's Katie Ledecky goes for another gold in the women's 1500m freestyle, Hungary's Kristof Milak hopes to defend his 200m breaststroke title and Team GB's Adam Peaty aims to make it a golden Olympic three-peat in the men's 200m breaststroke final.
Women’s 100m Freestyle – Final
The largest margin of victory, since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Inge de Bruijn (NED - .76)
Emma McKeon (AUS – 2020) is the oldest (27years, 2months, 6 days) person to win gold in this event
Shane Gould (AUS - 72) is the youngest (15yrs) person to win gold in this event
There have been 9 countries win Olympic gold in this event; USA–9, AUS–6, GDR–3, NED–3, CHN–2, CAN-1, DEN–1, GER–1, HUN–1
The USA (9) has won the most gold medals in this event. USA last won gold in this event in 2016 (Simone Manuel)
There have been 2 ties for Olympic gold in this event; 2016 – Penny Oleksiak (CAN)/Simone Manuel (USA), 1984 – Nancy Hogshead (USA)/Carrie Steinseifer (USA)
Consecutive Olympic streaks
Individual
- Gold – Dawn Fraser (AUS) – 1964, 1960, 1956
Country
- Gold - CHN – 96, 92; GDR – 80, 76; USA – 72, 68; AUS – 64, 60, 56; USA – 32, 28, 24, 20
Men’s 200m Butterfly – Final
The smallest margin of victory in this event was in 2016 Michael Phelps (USA - .04)
The largest margin of victory in this event was in 2020 Kristof Milak (HUN – 2.48)
Michael Phelps (USA - 2016) is the oldest (31yrs) person to win gold in this event
There have been 7 countries win Olympic gold in this event; USA – 10, AUS – 2, FRG – 1, HUN – 1, RSA – 1, RUS – 1, URS – 1
The USA (10) has won the most gold medals in this event. USA last won a gold medal in this event in 2016 (Michael Phelps)
There have been no ties for gold in this event at the Olympic Games
Consecutive Olympic streaks
Individual
- Gold – Phelps (USA) 08, 04
Country
- Gold – USA – 08, 04, 00; USA – 76, 72, 68; USA – 60, 56
Women’s 200m Butterfly – Semifinals
Liu Zige (CHN) is the current world record holder 2:01.81 on 21 October 2009. This is oldest current world record of the women’s event
Women’s 1500m Freestyle – Final
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics was the first time that this event had been swam at the Olympic Games
Katie Ledecky (USA) won gold in the 800/1500 combo at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Katie Ledecky (USA) is the world record holder 15:20.48 on 16 May 2018
Six countries were represented in the final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics; AUS – 2, USA -2, CHN – 1, GER – 1, ITA – 1, ROC -1
Men’s 200m Backstroke – Semifinals
The USA had a 6 Olympic Games streak of gold from 2016 – 1996 in this event
Aaron Peirsol (USA) is the world record holder 1:51.92 on 31 July 2009
Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Semifinals
The current world record holder is Evgeniia Chikunova (RUS) 2:17.55 on 21 April, 2023
Men’s – 200m Breaststroke – Final
The smallest margin of victory in this event was in 2016 Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ - .07)
The largest margin of victory in this event, since 2000, was Kosuke Kitajima in 2008 (JPN – 1.32)
Since 2000, Kosuke Kitajima (JPN - 2008) is the oldest (25yrs) person to win gold in this event
There have been 12 countries win Olympic gold in this event; JPN – 6, USA – 5, AUS – 3, HUN – 3, GBR – 2, CAN – 1, GER – 1, ITA – 1, KAZ – 1, MEX – 1, SWE – 1, URS - 1
JPN (6) has won the most gold medals in this event. JPN last won a gold medal in this event in 2008 (Kosuke Kitajima)
There have been no ties for gold in this event at the Olympic Games
Consecutive Olympic streaks
Individual
- Gold – Kitajima (JPN) 08, 04; Tsuruta (JPN) 32, 28
Country
- Gold – JPN – 08, 04; JPN – 36, 32, 28
Men’s – 100m Freestyle – Final
The smallest margin of victory in this event was in 2012 Nathan Adrian (USA - .01) and John Devitt (AUS - .01)
Duke Kahanamoku (USA - 1920) is the oldest (30yrs) person to win gold in this event
Jorg Woithe (GDR – 80) is the youngest (17yrs) person to win gold in this event
The largest margin of victory in this event was in 1900 Frederick Lane (AUS – 4.0)
There have been 9 countries win Olympic gold in this event; USA – 14, AUS -4, HUN – 3, NED – 2, EUN – 1, FRA – 1, GDR – 1, JPN – 1, RUS – 1
The USA (14) has won the most gold medals in this event. USA last won gold in this event in 2020 (Caeleb Dressel)
There have been no ties for gold in this event at the Olympic Games
Consecutive Olympic Streaks
Individual
Gold – VD Hoogenband (NED) 04, 00; Popov (RUS) 96, 92; Weismuller (USA) 28, 24; Kohanamokuu (USA) 20, 12
Country
Gold – NED – 04, 00; USA – 88, 84; USA – 76, 72, AUS – 60, 56; USA – 52, 48; USA – 28, 24, 20, 12, 08; HUN – 1904,1896