Top Swimming Seed in Finals/Medals Events for Day 6 Evening Session

  • Women’s 200 Butterfly – Summer McIntosh (CAN)
  • Men’s 200 Backstroke – Hubert Kos (HUN)
  • Women’s 200 Breaststroke – Kate Douglass (USA)
  • Women’s 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay – Australia (AUS)

Women – 200m Butterfly (Final)

Two swimmers return from the 2020 field in this event; Zhang Yufei (CHN – gold) and Regan Smith (USA – silver)

Zhang Yufei (CHN) won bronze in the 100 butterfly earlier at these games

No swimmer from (CAN) has won an Olympic medal in this event

It’s been 28 years since a swimmer from Australia has gold in this event; Susan O’Neill (1996)

Misty Hyman (2000) is the last swimmer from (USA) to win gold in this event

Helena Rosendahl Bach is the 2nd swimmer from (DEN) ever to reach a final in this event. (Mette Jacobsen 04, 00, and 92)

Men – 200m Backstroke (Final)

No swimmer from the 2020 Olympic final is in the 2024 field

Three swimmers from the 100 Backstroke final are in this race; Apostolos Christou (GRE – 4th), Pieter Coetze (RSA – 5th) and Hugo Gonzalez (ESP – 6th)

The only swimmer from (HUN) to win an Olympic medal in this event 1980 Sandor Wladar (gold) and Zoltan Verraszto (silver)

Roman Mityuko is the 1st swimmer from (SUI) to reach an Olympic final in this event

Pieter Coetze is the 1st swimmer from (RSA) to reach an Olympic final in this event

The United States of America (USA) has won at least 1 Olympic medal in this event over the last 7 games

Women – 200m Breaststroke (Final)

Two swimmers return from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic final; Tatjana Smith (RSA – gold) and Kaylene Corbett (RSA – 5th)

Two swimmers from the 100 breaststroke final are in this field; Tatjana Smith (RSA – gold) and Lilly King (USA – 4th)

Lydia Jacoby (USA) won gold in this event in 2020

Tes Schouten is the 2nd swimmer from (NED) to make an Olympic final in this event; Petra Van Staveren (1984- gold)

Kotryna Teterevkova is the 1st swimmer from (LTU) to reach an Olympic final in this event

Women 4x200m Freestyle Relay (Final)

Australia (AUS) last won gold in this event at the 2008 Olympic games

The People’s Republic of China (CHN) won gold in this event in 2020

Australia (AUS) has won an Olympic medal in this event at the last 4 Olympic games

The United States of America (USA) has won an Olympic medal in this event at every games it’s been raced (7th)