As the Olympics entered its final week, sports professionals and enthusiasts around the world started counting medals, analyzing achievements, and even making predictions for the next Olympic Games.
And while there is still another week full of spectacular events and fierce competition waiting for all sport fans, many types of sports have finished their Olympic run in the year 2024. Some teams celebrate the victories, others analyze what needs to be improved and get ready for the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games.
The 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games will remain in the memories for a lot of colourful events and moments that happened along the way. Several sports got their official break into the Olympic programme, multiple world and Olympic records have been created, and much more.
But before the French capital goes back to its normal life, let’s take a look at some of the most interesting events and wins that the 2024 Summer Olympics brought us.
Swimming Olympics 2024: A Comprehensive Guide
Swimming may not have been part of the Ancient Greek Olympic Games, but when the organizers of the first Olympic Games of modernity were deciding on which sports to include into the programme, swimming was a prominent feature on the list. Other sports tasked to revive one of the most popular sport events in the world were athletics, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling.
Since 1896 when the Modern Olympic Games started their triumphant history, swimming has always been part of the core programme. It was also one of the earliest sports to open up for women’s teams. As to the number of events qualifying for medals, swimming holds second place, with only athletics bypassing it.
All indoor events of the 36th edition of Olympic swimming were scheduled between 27 July and 4 August. They took place at the multipurpose Paris La Défense Arena. The 10 km open water marathon will take place on 8 August for women and 9 August for men at the Pont Alexander III. A total of 854 athletes were set to compete in 37 events. Out of these, 18 were for men, 18 were for women, and one was a mixed event.
With such an extensive programme and a large number of Olympic events, the qualification process for participation was also rather extensive and included quotas in different disciplines.
Swimming Olympics 2024 Winners
As presently all indoor Olympic swimming events have been completed, it is time to look at the names of the winners. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded to individuals and teams in the following disciplines for both men and women:
- Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1500 metres
- Backstroke: 100 and 200 metres
- Breaststroke: 100 and 200 metres
- Butterfly: 100 and 200 metres
- Individual medley: 200 and 400 metres
- Relays: 4 × 100 m free, 4 × 200 m free; 4 × 100 m medley (men’s, women’s, and mixed)
- Marathon: 10 km
Men’s Events
Check out winners in all swimming disciplines among men.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 50 m freestyle | Cameron McEvoy (Australia) | 21.25 | Ben Proud
(Great Britain) |
21.30 | Florent Manaudou (France) | 21.56 |
| 100 m freestyle | Pan Zhanle (China) | 46.40 | Kyle Chalmers (Australia) | 47.48 | David Popovici (Romania) | 47.49 |
| 200 m freestyle | David Popovici (Romania) | 1:44.72 | Matt Richards (Great Britain) | 1:44.74 | Luke Hobson (United States) | 1:44.79 |
| 400 m freestyle | Lukas Märtens (Germany) | 3:41.78 | Elijah Winnington (Australia) | 3:42.21 | Kim Woo-min (South Korea) | 3:42.50 |
| 800 m freestyle | Daniel Wiffen (Ireland) | 7:38.19 | Bobby Finke (United States) | 7:38.75 | Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italy) | 7:39.38 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Bobby Finke (United States) | 14:30.67 | Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italy) | 14:34.55 | Daniel Wiffen (Ireland) | 14:39.63 |
| 100 m backstroke | Thomas Ceccon (Italy) | 52.00 | Xu Jiayu
(China) |
52.32 | Ryan Murphy (United States) | 52.39 |
| 200 m backstroke | Hubert Kós (Hungary) | 1:54.26 | Apostolos Christou (Greece) | 1:54.82 | Roman Mityukov (Switzerland) | 1:54.85 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Nicolò Martinenghi (Italy) | 59.03 | Adam Peaty (Great Britain)Nic Fink (United States) | 59.05 | Not awarded because of the tie for silver | |
| 200 m breaststroke | Léon Marchand (France) | 2:05.85 | Zac Stubblety-Cook (Australia) | 2:06.79 | Caspar Corbeau (Netherlands) | 2:07.90 |
| 100 m butterfly | Kristóf Milák (Hungary) | 49.90 | Josh Liendo
(Canada) |
49.99 NR | Ilya Kharun (Canada) | 50.45 |
| 200 m butterfly | Léon Marchand (France) | 1:51.21 | Kristóf Milák (Hungary) | 1:51.75 | Ilya Kharun (Canada) | 1:52.80 |
| 200 m individual medley | Léon Marchand (France) | 1:54.06 | Duncan Scott
(Great Britain) |
1:55.31 | Wang Shun (China) | 1:56.00 |
| 400 m individual medley | Léon Marchand (France) | 4:02.95 | Tomoyuki Matsushita (Japan) | 4:08.62 | Carson Foster (United States) | 4:08.66 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States
Jack Alexy (47.67) Chris Guiliano (47.33) Hunter Armstrong (46.75) Caeleb Dressel (47.53) Ryan Held Matt King |
3:09.28 | Australia
Jack Cartwright (48.03) Flynn Southam (48.00) Kai Taylor (47.73) Kyle Chalmers (46.59) William Yang |
3:10.35 | Italy
Alessandro Miressi (48.04) Thomas Ceccon (47.44) Paolo Conte Bonin (48.16) Manuel Frigo (47.06) Lorenzo Zazzeri Leonardo Deplano |
3:10.70 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Great Britain
James Guy (1:45.09) Tom Dean (1:45.28) Matt Richards (1:45.11) Duncan Scott (1:43.95) Jack McMillan Kieran Bird |
6:59.43 | United States
Luke Hobson (1:45.55) Carson Foster (1:45.31) Drew Kibler (1:45.12) Kieran Smith (1:44.80) Brooks Curry Blake Pieroni Chris Guiliano |
7:00.78 | Australia
Maximillian Giuliani (1:45.99) Flynn Southam (1:45.53) Elijah Winnington (1:45.19) Thomas Neill (1:45.27) Kai Taylor Zac Incerti |
7:01.98 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | China
Xu Jiayu (52.37) Qin Haiyang (57.98) Sun Jiajun (51.19) Pan Zhanle (45.92) Wang Changhao |
3:27.46 | United States
Ryan Murphy (52.44) Nic Fink (58.97) Caeleb Dressel (49.41) Hunter Armstrong (47.19) Charlie Swanson Thomas Heilman Jack Alexy |
3:28.01 | France
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (52.60) Léon Marchand (58.62) Maxime Grousset (49.57) Florent Manaudou (47.59) Clément Secchi Rafael Fente-Damers |
3:28.38 |
| 10 km open water | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
Women’s Events
Check out winners in all swimming disciplines among women.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 50 m freestyle | Sarah Sjöström (Sweden) | 23.71 | Meg Harris
(Australia) |
23.97 | Zhang Yufei (China) | 24.20 |
| 100 m freestyle | Sarah Sjöström (Sweden) | 52.16 | Torri Huske
(United States) |
52.29 | Siobhán Haughey (Hong Kong) | 52.33 |
| 200 m freestyle | Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia) | 1:53.27 | Ariarne Titmus (Australia) | 1:53.81 | Siobhán Haughey (Hong Kong) | 1:54.55 |
| 400 m freestyle | Ariarne Titmus (Australia) | 3:57.49 | Summer McIntosh (Canada) | 3:58.37 | Katie Ledecky (United States) | 4:00.86 |
| 800 m freestyle | Katie Ledecky (United States) | 8:11.04 | Ariarne Titmus (Australia) | 8:12.29 | Paige Madden (United States) | 8:13.00 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Katie Ledecky (United States) | 15:30.02 | Anastasiya Kirpichnikova (France) | 15:40.35 | Isabel Marie Gose (Germany) | 15:41.16 |
| 100 m backstroke | Kaylee McKeown (Australia) | 57.33 | Regan Smith
(United States) |
57.66 | Katharine Berkoff (United States) | 57.98 |
| 200 m backstroke | Kaylee McKeown (Australia) | 2:03.73 | Regan Smith
(United States) |
2:04.26 | Kylie Masse (Canada) | 2:05.57 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Tatjana Smith (South Africa) | 1:05.28 | Tang Qianting
(China) |
1:05.54 | Mona McSharry (Ireland) | 1:05.59 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Kate Douglass (United States) | 2:19.24 | Tatjana Smith
(South Africa) |
2:19.60 | Tes Schouten (Netherlands) | 2:21.05 |
| 100 m butterfly | Torri Huske
(United States) |
55.59 | Gretchen Walsh (United States) | 55.63 | Zhang Yufei (China) | 56.21 |
| 200 m butterfly | Summer McIntosh (Canada) | 2:03.03 | Regan Smith
(United States) |
2:03.84 | Zhang Yufei (China) | 2:05.09 |
| 200 m individual medley | Summer McIntosh (Canada) | 2:06.56 | Kate Douglass (United States) | 2:06.92 | Kaylee McKeown (Australia) | 2:08.08 |
| 400 m individual medley | Summer McIntosh (Canada) | 4:27.71 | Katie Grimes
(United States) |
4:33.40 | Emma Weyant (United States) | 4:34.93 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Australia
Mollie O’Callaghan (52.24) Shayna Jack (52.35) Emma McKeon (52.39) Meg Harris (51.94) Olivia Wunsch Bronte Campbell |
3:28.92 | United States
Kate Douglass (52.98) Gretchen Walsh (52.55) Torri Huske (52.06) Simone Manuel (52.61) Abbey Weitzeil Erika Connolly |
3:30.20 | China
Yang Junxuan (52.48) Cheng Yujie (52.76) Zhang Yufei (52.75) Wu Qingfeng (52.31) Yu Yiting |
3:30.30 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Australia
Mollie O’Callaghan (1:53.52) Lani Pallister (1:55.61) Brianna Throssell (1:56.00) Ariarne Titmus (1:52.95) Jamie Perkins Shayna Jack |
7:38.08 | United States
Claire Weinstein (1:54.88) Paige Madden (1:55.63) Katie Ledecky (1:54.93) Erin Gemmell (1:55.40) Anna Peplowski Simone Manuel Alex Shackell |
7:40.86 | China
Yang Junxuan (1:54.52) Li Bingjie (1:55.05) Ge Chutong (1:57.45) Liu Yaxin (1:55.32) Tang Muhan Kong Yaqi |
7:42.34 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States
Regan Smith (57.28) Lilly King (1:04.90) Gretchen Walsh (55.03) Torri Huske (52.42) Katharine Berkoff Emma Weber Alex Shackell Kate Douglass |
3:49.63 | Australia
Kaylee McKeown (57.72) Jenna Strauch (1:07.31) Emma McKeon (56.25) Mollie O’Callaghan (51.83) Iona Anderson Ella Ramsay Alexandria Perkins Meg Harris |
3:53.11 | China
Wan Letian (59.81) Tang Qianting (1:05.79) Zhang Yufei (55.52) Yang Junxuan (52.11) Wang Xue’er Yu Yiting Wu Qingfeng |
3:53.23 |
| 10 km open water | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
Mixed Events
The only mixed event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was 4 x 100 m medley relay. See the winners below.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States
Ryan Murphy (52.08) Nic Fink (58.29) Gretchen Walsh (55.18) Torri Huske (51.88) Regan Smith Charlie Swanson Caeleb Dressel Abbey Weitzeil |
3:37.43 | China
Xu Jiayu (52.13) Qin Haiyang (57.82) Zhang Yufei (55.64) Yang Junxuan (51.96) Tang Qianting Pan Zhanle |
3:37.55 | Australia
Kaylee McKeown (57.90) Joshua Yong (58.43) Matthew Temple (50.42) Mollie O’Callaghan (52.01) Iona Anderson Zac Stubblety-Cook Emma McKeon Kyle Chalmers |
3:38.76 |
Swimming Olympics 2024 Winners: Records
With so many outstanding world athletes putting in their best efforts at the Olympics, setting national, Olympic, and even world records is a common occurrence during the Games. The 2024 Paris was no exception. Throughout the swimming tournament, a number of Olympic and world records were set in various disciplines. Let’s take a look at them.
Olympic Records
| Date | Round | Event | Established for | Time | Name | Nation |
| July 27 | Semifinal 1 | Women’s 100 metre butterfly | (same) | 55.38 | Gretchen Walsh | United States |
| July 27 | Final | Women’s 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 3:28.92 | Mollie O’Callaghan (52.24)
Shayna Jack (52.35) Emma McKeon (52.39) Meg Harris (51.94) |
Australia |
| July 27 | Final | Men’s 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | Men’s 100 metre freestyle | 46.92 | Pan Zhanle | China |
| July 28 | Final | Men’s 400 metre individual medley | (same) | 4:02.95 | Léon Marchand | France |
| July 29 | Final | Women’s 200 metre freestyle | (same) | 1:53.27 | Mollie O’Callaghan | Australia |
| July 30 | Final | Women’s 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 57.33 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia |
| July 30 | Final | Men’s 800 metre freestyle | (same) | 7:38.19 | Daniel Wiffen | Ireland |
| July 31 | Final | Men’s 200 metre butterfly | (same) | 1:51.21 | Léon Marchand | France |
| July 31 | Final | Women’s 1500 metre freestyle | (same) | 15:30.02 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
| July 31 | Final | Men’s 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 2:05.85 | Léon Marchand | France |
| August 1 | Final | Women’s 200 metre butterfly | (same) | 2:03.03 | Summer McIntosh | Canada |
| August 1 | Final | Women’s 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | (same) | 7:38.08 | Mollie O’Callaghan (1:53.52)
Lani Pallister (1:55.61) Brianna Throssell (1:56.00) Ariarne Titmus (1:52.95) |
Australia |
| August 2 | Final | Women’s 200 metre backstroke | (same) | 2:03.73 | Kaylee McKeown | Australia |
| August 2 | Final | Men’s 200 metre individual medley | (same) | 1:54.06 | Léon Marchand | France |
| August 3 | Semifinal 2 | Women’s 50 metre freestyle | (same) | 23.66 | Sarah Sjöström | Sweden |
| August 3 | Final | Women’s 200 metre individual medley | (same) | 2:06.56 | Summer McIntosh | Canada |
| August 4 | Final | Women’s 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Women’s 100 metre backstroke | 57.28 | Regan Smith | United States |
World Records
| Date | Round | Event | Time | Name | Nation |
| July 31 | Final | Men’s 100 metre freestyle | 46.40 | Pan Zhanle | China |
| August 3 | Final | Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 3:37.43 | Ryan Murphy (52.08)
Nic Fink (58.29) Gretchen Walsh (55.18) Torri Huske (51.88) |
United States |
| August 4 | Final | Men’s 1500 metre freestyle | 14:30.67 | Bobby Finke | United States |
| August 4 | Final | Women’s 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 3:49.63 | Regan Smith (57.28)
Lilly King (1:04.90) Gretchen Walsh (55.03) Torri Huske (52.42) |
United States |
Stay tuned for the final results on the 10 km open water marathon that will conclude the swimming tournament at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics!
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