Top Swimming Seeds in the Finals/Medals Events for Day 8

  • Men’s 100 Butterfly- Kristof Milak (HUN)
  • Women’s 200 Individual Medley- Alex Walsh (USA)
  • Women’s 800 Freestyle- Katie Ledecky (USA)
  • Mixed Gender 4x100 Medley Relay- United States of America (USA) 

Men – 100m Butterfly (Final)

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Three swimmers returning from the 2020 Olympic final; Kristof Milak (HUN- Silver), Noe Ponti (SUI- Bronze), Matthew Temple (AUS- 5th)

Three swimmers in this final reached the final in the 200 Butterfly earlier at these games; Kristof Milak (HUN- Silver), IIya Kharun (CAN- Bronze), Noe Ponti (SUI- 5th)

Kristof Milak is the second swimmer from Hungary (HUN) to win an Olympic medal and reach an Olympic final in this event. Laszlo Cseh is the other (2016- Silver)

Maxime Grousset is looking to become the first swimmer from France (FRA) to win an Olympic medal in this event.

It’s been 52 years since a swimmer from Canada (CAN) has won an Olympic medal in this event; Bruce Robertson (1972- Silver)

It’s been 24 years since a swimmer from Canada (CAN) has reached an Olympic final in this event; Mike Mintenko (2000- 5th)

Nyls Korstanje is looking to become the first swimmer from the Netherlands (NED) to win an Olympic medal in this event

Noe Ponti, in 2020, became the first swimmer from Switzerland (SUI) to reach an Olympic final in this event

Women – 200m Individual Medley (Final)

Image Source: Summer McIntosh competes in the Women's 200m Individual Medley Semifinals (Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Five swimmers returning from the 2020 Olympic final; Alex Walsh (USA- Silver), Kate Douglas (USA- Bronze), Abbie Wood (GBR- 4th), Yu Yiting (CHN- 5th), Sydney Pickrem (CAN- 6th)

Two swimmers in this final reached the final in the 400 Individual Medley earlier at these games; Summer McIntosh (CAN- Gold), Ella Ramsay (AUS- 5th)

Canada (CAN) has never won an Olympic gold medal in this event

Marianne Limpert (1996 – Silver) is the only swimmer from Canada (CAN) ever to win an Olympic medal in this event

Ye Shiwen (2012) is the last swimmer from the People’s Republic of China (CHN) to win an Olympic medal in this event

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (2016- Silver) is the only swimmer from Great Britain (GBR) to win an Olympic medal in this event

Katinka Hosszu Hungary (HUN) holds the world record in this event; 2:06.12 3/8/2015

Women – 800m Freestyle (Final)

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Three swimmers returning from the 2020 Olympic final; Katie Ledecky (USA- Gold), Ariarne Titmus (AUS- Silver), Simona Quadarella (ITA- Bronze)

Four swimmers in this final reached the final in the 1500 Freestyle earlier at these games; Katie Ledecky (USA- gold), Anastasiia Kirpichnikova (FRA- Silver), Isabel Gose (GBR- Bronze), Simona Quadarella (ITA- 4th)

Katie Ledecky, United States of America (USA), is looking to become the first women to win four straight Olympic gold medals in this event

Erika Fairweather is looking to become the first swimmer from New Zealand (NZL) to win an Olympic medal in this event

It’s been 28 years since a swimmer from Germany (GER) has won an Olympic medal in this event; Dagmar Hase (1996- Silver)

Australia (AUS) has won one Olympic gold medal in this event; (1980 Michelle Ford) 44 years ago.

Mixed Gender 4x100m Medley Relay (Final)

Image Source: Defending Olympic Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay champion Team GB accepting their gold medals in Tokyo (Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Five teams returning from the 2020 Olympic final: Great Britain- Gold, People’s Republic of China- Silver, Australia- Bronze, United States of America- 5th, Netherlands- 6th

This is the second time that this event has been competed in at the Olympic games

Great Britain holds the world record in this event: 3:37.58 on 31/7/2021