2024 U.S. Olympic Selection
The fourth night session of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials will center around the semifinals, with four semifinal sets and two finals in which two swimmers will officially clinch a spot on the national team to go to Paris.
The first final of the night will be the women's 100m backstroke, which will attract much attention. Regan Smith She set a new American record in the semifinals with a time of 57.47, winning by just 1/11 of a second. Kayleigh McKeonThis is the world record (57.33).
While the World Record Watch will be in full effect for Smith tonight, Katherine Berkoff She became just the fifth swimmer in history to break 58 seconds (57.83) in a semifinal and is the favorite to finish second.
Next up will be the men's 800m freestyle, with the defending Olympic champion taking centre stage. Bobby FinkeHowever, Finke will not be competing in lane four tonight, with top-seeded honors going to an 18-year-old. Luke Whitlockmade a breakthrough in the 400m freestyle early in the meet, posting the top time of 7 minutes 51.22 seconds in the heats. His best time of 7 minutes 50.20 seconds was just over two seconds shy of the national age-group record for 17-18 year olds. Larsen Jensen 2003 (7:48.09).
The four semi-final sets are expected to be equally exciting.
- Men's 100m Freestyle – Jack Alexie On the world record watch? He's still about a third of a second behind, but the University of California sprinter ran a blistering 47.08 seconds in the heats and Kyle Chalmers 8th in history. Alexi is Caleb Dressel (47.82) in the second semifinal, and the other two sub-48s in the morning were Chris Juliano (47.65) and Hunter Armstrong (47.93) He took the lead in the first heat.
- Men's 200m Butterfly – The event will continue after that Carson Foster Absent from the qualifying rounds, Thomas Heilmann This morning I was still in eighth place and didn't look at my best. Mason Law and Luca Urland Tonight we will keep the top two seeds and play against them. Dare Rose Only three runners managed to break 1 minute 56 seconds in the qualifying rounds.
- Women's 100m Freestyle – There's no shortage of intrigue here. Simone Manuel and Abby WeitzeilThe two swimmers, who competed for the U.S. in this event eight years ago in Rio (where Manuel won gold), recorded the top two times in the morning and will compete in lane four in their respective semifinals. Kate Douglas And now he's the new world record holder in the 100 butterfly. Gretchen Walsh In the semi-finals, he faced Manuel. Tori Fuske He joins Weizel in the first heat.
- Men's 200m breaststroke – AJ Pouch He had a big breakthrough this morning, beating his 2-year-old personal best by more than eight-tenths of a second in a time of 2:08.25 to earn himself the No. 1 seed in the semi-finals. Josh Matheny (2:09.59) Matt Fallon (2:09.81) were the only two to break 2:10 this morning. The boys 17-18 NAG rankings also saw some shakeups in the preliminaries, with three swimmers moving into the all-time top 10 to advance to the semifinals. Josh Bay, Jordan Willis and Gabe Nunziata.
Men's 100m Freestyle Semifinals
- World Record: 46.80 — Pan Jianle (China), 2024
- American record: 46.96 — Caleb Dressel2019
- US Open record: 47.08 — Jack Alexie (United States), 2024
- World Junior Record: 46.86 – David Popovich (ROU), 2022
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champions: Caleb Dressel47.39
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 48.34
Final Qualifiers:
Men's 200m Butterfly – Semifinal
- World Record: 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (Hungary) – 2022 World Championships
- American Record: 1:51.51; Michael Phelps – 2009 World Championships
- U.S. Open Record: 1:52.20; Michael Phelps (USA) – 2008 US Olympic Trials
- World Junior Record: 1:53.79, Kristof Milák (Hungary) – 2017 European Junior Championships
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials champion: 1:55.06; Zach Harting
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 1:55.78
Final Qualifiers:
Women's 100m Backstroke Final
- World Record: 57.33, Kayleigh McKeon (Australia) – 2023 World Cup – Budapest
- American Record: 57.47; Regan Smith – 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials
- U.S. Open Record: 57.47; Regan Smith (USA) – 2024 US Olympic Trials
- World Junior Record: 57.57; Regan Smith (USA) – 2019 World Championships
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials champion: 58.35; Regan Smith
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 59.99
Men's 800m Freestyle Final
- World Record: 7:32.11 — Zhang Lin (China) — 2009 World Championships
- American Record: 7:38.67 — Bobby Finke – 2023 World Championships
- U.S. Open record: 7:40.34 — Bobby Finke (United States) – 2023 U.S. Championships
- World Junior Record: 7:43.37 — Lorenzo Garossi (ITA) – 2022 European Championships
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champions: Bobby Finke7:48.22
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 7:51.65
Women's 100m Freestyle – Semifinal
- World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom (Sweden), 2017
- American Record: 52.04 – Simone Manuel2019
- US Open Record: 52.54 – Simone Manuel (USA), 2018
- World Junior Record: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak (CAN), 2016
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champions: Abby Weitzeil – 53.53
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 53.61
Final Qualifiers:
Men's 200 Meter Breaststroke — Semifinal
- World Record: 2:05.48 — Qin Haiyang (China), 2024
- American Record: 2:07.17 — Josh Prenot, 2016
- US Open Record: 2:07.17 — Josh Prenot (USA), 2016
- World Junior Record: 2:08.04 — Dong Zhihao (China), 2023
- 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Champions: Nick Fink — 2:07.55
- 2024 Olympic Qualification Time: 2:09.68
Final Qualifiers:
