2024 U.S. Olympic Selection
The second day of the finals at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials promises to be an exciting one, with three sports and four semifinals on the line for qualification to the Paris Games.
Following their impressive performance in Saturday night's semi-final, attention was focused on Gretchen Walsh After setting a new world record in the women's 100m butterfly final, she is aiming to qualify for her first Olympic Games.
Walsh's time of 55.18 seconds in last night's semi-final smashed the fastest time ever by three seconds, but he still has a task ahead of him as he will need to perform well in the final to secure a lane in Paris. The 21-year-old will be surrounded by the two fastest Americans of all time, behind former US record holder Jonathan McCain. Tori Fuske Occupying lane 5, Regan Smith This will be lane 3.
Husk finished in the semifinals in 55.79 seconds, just shy of her lifetime best of 55.64, while Smith added a sub-56 second time in 55.92, good for seventh all-time.
The session began with the men's 400m individual medley final. Carson Foster It's a chance to right the wrongs of the 2021 trials, where he lost an early lead and ultimately finished third. Chase Cullis and Jay Litherland.
Kalisz and Litherland, who were 1-2 in the Tokyo Olympic final, could represent the United States in the event for a third consecutive time if they can beat Foster tonight, but that will be a tough call with Foster, who won silver medals at the 2022 and 2023 world championships, being the overwhelming favorite to win.
Foster and Kalisz both easily won their respective heats this morning to advance to the finals in 1-2 places, with Foster far ahead in 4:11.02.
The third final of the night will be the men's 100m breaststroke, which could see a tight contest between the eight men who advanced to the final just 44ths of a second apart in their semi-final time.
Nick Fink Since 2022, he has been considered the favorite to win the race and give the United States its best chance at a medal in Paris, but there's nothing so far to suggest that qualifying will be an easy stretch for the 30-year-old veteran.
Fink is the No. 3 seed. Charlie Swanson (59.34) and Josh Matheny (59.42) The American record holder after clocking 59.46 in the semifinals. Michael Andrew (59.65) lurks in lane seven.
There will also be semifinals in the men's and women's 200m freestyle, women's 100m breaststroke and men's 100m backstroke. There are no surprises with the higher seeds qualifiers in these events.
In the women's 100m breaststroke, the 46-year-old Gabriel RoseThe two-time Olympian drew roaring cheers from the crowd this morning as he clocked a personal best time of 1 minute 8.43 seconds to reach the semi-finals.
Men's 400m Individual Medley Final
- World Record: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand (France), 2023
- World Junior Record: 4:10.02 – Ilya Borodin (Russia), 2021
- American Record: 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps (2008)
- US Open Record: 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps (USA), 2008
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champions: Chase Cullis4:09.09
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Times: 4:12.50
Women's 100m Butterfly Final
- World Record: 55.18, Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 2024 US Olympic Trials
- American record: 55.18; Gretchen Walsh – 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials
- U.S. Open Record: 55.18; Gretchen Walsh (USA) – 2024 US Olympic Trials
- World Junior Record: 56.20; Claire Curzan (USA) – 2021 TAC Titans Premier Invitational Tournament
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champions: Tori Fuske55.66
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 57.92
Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinals
- World Record: 1:42.00 — Paul Biedermann (Germany), 2009
- American record: 1:42.96 — Michael Phelps2008
- U.S. Open record: 1:44.10 — Michael Phelps (USA), 2008
- World Junior Record: 1:42.97 — David Popovich (ROU), 2022
- 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Champions: Kieran Smith1:45.29
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 1:47.06
Final Qualifier:
Women's 100 Meter Breaststroke — Semifinal
- World Record: 1:04.13 — Lily King (USA), 2017
- American record: 1:04.13 — Lily King2017
- US Open Record: 1:04.45 — Jessica Hardy (USA), 2009
- World Junior Record: 1:04.35 — Ruta Meirutite (LTU), 2013
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champions: Lily King1:04.79
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 1:06.79
Final Qualifier:
Men's 100 Meter Backstroke — Semifinals
- World Record: 51.60 — Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022
- American record: 51.85 — Ryan Murphy2016
- US Open Record: 51.94 — Aaron Peirsol (USA), 2009
- World Junior Record: 52.53 — Kliment Kolesnikov (Russia), 2018
- 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Champions: Ryan Murphy52.33
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 53.74
Final Qualifier:
Men's 100m Breaststroke Final
- World Record: 56.88, Adam Peaty (GBR) – 2019 World Championships
- American Record: 58.14; Michael Andrew – 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- U.S. Open Record: 58.14; Michael Andrew (USA) – 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- World Junior Record: 59.01; Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) – 2017 World Junior Championships
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champions: Michael Andrew – 58.73
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Times: 59.49
Women's 200m Freestyle – Semifinal
- World Record: 1:52.23 — Ariarne Titmus (Australia), 2024
- American Record: 1:53.61 — Allison Schmidt, 2012
- US Open Record: 1:54.13 — Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2023
- World Junior Record: 1:53.65 — Summer McIntosh (Canada), 2023
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champions: Katie Ledecky1:55.11
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 1:57.26
Final Qualifier:
