2024 U.S. Olympic Trials: Day 4 Prelims 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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It’s been a long wait, but Day 4 will mark the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials debut of two of the country’s biggest swimming stars, Caeleb Dressel and Kate Douglass.

Dressel will begin his pursuit of a successful Olympic title defense in the men’s 100 freestyle, but it will be a tall order to land an individual berth in Paris with the likes of World silver medalist Jack Alexy, last night’s 200 free runner-up Chris Guiliano, and four others who have been under 48 seconds within the Trials qualifying period.

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Douglass comes in as the top seed in the women’s 100 free, where we’ll see Gretchen Walsh show us her freestyle for the first time since breaking the 100 fly world record, while veterans Simone Manuel, Abbey Weitzeil and Olivia Smoliga will start their quest to make a third straight U.S. Olympic team. Manuel is the only one of the three that has raced thus far, placing 7th in last night’s 200 free.

We’ll also see prelim heats this morning in the men’s 200 fly, women’s 1500 free and men’s 200 breast.

The men’s 200 fly is headlined by young gun Thomas Heilman, while the 200 breast is spearheaded by 2023 Worlds bronze medalist Matt Fallon.

The 1500 free will be all Katie Ledecky, though she’ll be putting it on cruise control this morning.

MEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY  – PRELIMS

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

MEN’S 100 FREESTYLE — PRELIMS

World Record: 46.80 — Pan Zhanle (CHN), 2024
American Record: 46.96 — Caeleb Dressel, 2019
U.S. Open Record: 47.39 — Caeleb Dressel (USA) / Ryan Held (USA), 2021 / 2019
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

WOMEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS

World Record: 15:20.48, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2018 Pro Swim Series, Indianapolis
American Record:  15:20.48, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2018 Pro Swim Series, Indianapolis
U.S. Open Record: 15:20.48, Katie Ledecky (USA) – 2018 Pro Swim Series, Indianapolis
World Junior Record:15:28.36, Katie Ledecky (USA)
2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion: Katie Ledecky, 15:40.50
2024 Olympic Qualifying Time (‘A’ Cut): 16:09.09

WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE – PRELIMS

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

MEN’S 200 BREASTSTROKE — PRELIMS

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

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