2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day 4 Finals Live Recap
By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
June 15-23, 2024
Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN
LCM (50 Meters)
Session Start Times (ET):
11 a.m. Prelims
7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs)
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The fourth evening session from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials is semi-final heavy, with four sets of semis to go along with two finals where two swimmers will officially secure spots on the team heading to Paris.
Day 4 Finals Live Stream
Day 4 Finals Heat Sheet
The first final of the night will be the women’s 100 backstroke, where all eyes will be on Regan Smith after she stormed to a new American Record of 57.47 in the semis, just 11 one-hundredths shy of Kaylee McKeown‘s world record (57.33).
World record watch will be in full effect for Smith tonight, while Katharine Berkoff is a big favorite to land the 2nd spot after she became just the fifth swimmer in history to go under 58 seconds in the semis (57.83).
Next up will be the men’s 800 freestyle, headlined by defending Olympic champion Bobby Finke. However, Finke won’t have Lane 4 tonight, as the distinction of top seed belongs to 18-year-old Luke Whitlock, who broke out earlier in the meet in the 400 free and put up the top time of 7:51.22 in the prelims. His best time of 7:50.20 is just over two seconds shy of the 17-18 National Age Group Record set by Larsen Jensen in 2003 (7:48.09).
The four sets of semi-finals promise to be exciting as well.
Men’s 100 free – Jack Alexy on world record watch? He’s still almost three-tenths back, but the Cal sprinter is coming off a scorching fast prelim swim of 47.08, tying him with Kyle Chalmers for #8 all-time. Alexy will swim alongside Caeleb Dressel (47.82) in the second semi, while the two other sub-48s of the morning, Chris Guiliano (47.65) and Hunter Armstrong (47.93) head the first heat.
Men’s 200 fly – The event is looking wide open after Carson Foster no-showed the prelims and Thomas Heilman was only 8th this morning and hasn’t looked at his best (yet). Mason Laur and Luca Urlando hold the top two seeds coming into tonight, with those two and Dare Rose the only three sub-1:56 in the prelims.
Women’s 100 free – No shortage of intrigue here. Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil, who represented the U.S. in this event eight years ago in Rio (with Manuel winning gold), will be in Lane 4 in each of their respective semis after posting the top two times of the morning. Top seed coming in Kate Douglass and newly-minted 100 fly world record holder Gretchen Walsh will flank Manuel in the second semi, while Torri Huske joins Weitzeil in the first heat.
Men’s 200 breast – AJ Pouch had a big breakthrough swim this morning, crushing his two-year-old best time by more than eight-tenths of a second in 2:08.25, landing him the #1 seed for the semis. Josh Matheny (2:09.59) and Matt Fallon (2:09.81) were the only two others sub-2:10 this morning. The boys’ 17-18 NAG rankings also saw a shakeup in the prelims, as three swimmers moved into the top 10 all-time and made the semis: Josh Bey, Jordan Willis and Gabe Nunziata.
MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE — SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 46.80 — Pan Zhanle (CHN), 2024
American Record: 46.96 — Caeleb Dressel, 2019
U.S. Open Record: 47.08 — Jack Alexy (USA), 2024
World Junior Record: 46.86 – David Popovici (ROU), 2022
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Caeleb Dressel, 47.39
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 48.34
Finals Qualifiers:
MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 1:50.34, Kristof Milak (HUN) – 2022 World Championships
American Record: 1:51.51, Michael Phelps – 2009 World Championships
U.S. Open Record: 1:52.20, Michael Phelps (USA) – 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials
World Junior Record: 1:53.79, Kristof Milak (hun) – 2017 European Junior Championships
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: 1:55.06, Zach Harting
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:55.78
Finals Qualifiers:
WOMEN’S 100 BACKSTROKE – FINAL
World Record: 57.33, Kaylee McKeown (AUS) – 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 U.S. 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 Qualifying Time: 59.99
MEN’S 800 FREESTYLE – FINAL
World Record: 7:32.11 — Zhang Lin (CHN) — 2009 World Championships
American Record: 7:38.67 — Bobby Finke – 2023 World Championships
U.S. Open Record: 7:40.34 — Bobby Finke (USA) – 2023 U.S. National Championships
World Junior Record: 7:43.37 — Lorenzo Galossi (ITA) – 2022 European Championships
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Bobby Finke, 7:48.22
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 7:51.65
WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 2017
American Record: 52.04 – Simone Manuel, 2019
U.S. Open Record: 52.54 – Simone Manuel (USA), 2018
World Junior Record: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak (CAN), 2016
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Abbey Weitzeil – 53.53
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 53.61
Finals Qualifiers:
MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE — SEMI-FINALS
World Record: 2:05.48 — Qin Haiyang (CHN), 2024
American Record: 2:07.17 — Josh Prenot, 2016
U.S. Open Record: 2:07.17 — Josh Prenot (USA), 2016
World Junior Record: 2:08.04 — Dong Zhihao (CHN), 2023
2020 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Nic Fink — 2:07.55
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time: 2:09.68
Finals Qualifiers:
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