By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
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MEN’S 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – FINAL
- World Record: 1:54.00 – Ryan Lochte, USA (2011)
- World Junior Record: 1:56.99 – Hubert Kos, HUN (2021)
Olympic Record: 1:54.23 – Michael Phelps, USA (2008)- 2021 Winning Time: 1:55.00 – Wang Shun, CHN
- 2021 Time to Win Bronze: 1:56.17
- Leon Marchand (France) – 1:54.06 (Olympic Record)
- Duncan Scott (Great Britain) – 1:55.31
- Wang Shun (China) – 1:56.00
- Carson Foster (United States) – 1:56.10
- Tom Dean (United States) – 1:56.46
- Alberto Razzetti (Italy) – 1:56.82
- Daiya Seto (Japan) – 1:57.21
- Finlay Knox (Canada) – 1:57.26
Leon Marchand of France swam to his 4th individual Olympic gold medal in Paris, swimming a 1:54.06 in the 200 IM. That swim broke the Olympic Record of a 1:54.23 that Michael Phelps set back in 2008. The swim also was the 2nd fastest performance all-time.
Split Comparison
| Marchand 2024 | Phelps 2008 | Marchand 2023 (Old French/European Records) | Lochte 2011 | |
| 50 | 24.74 | 24.59 | 24.94 | 24.89 |
| 100 | 28.83 | 28.81 | 28.66 | 28.59 |
| 150 | 32.36 | 33.5 | 32.94 | 33.03 |
| 200 | 28.15 | 27.33 | 28.28 | 27.49 |
| 1:54.06 | 1:54.23 | 1:54.82 | 1:54.00 |
The biggest difference tonight for Marchand was his breaststroke leg. He was over half a second faster today than his own previous French and European Record and also over a second faster on the breaststroke leg than Phelps was in 2008.
All-Time Top Performances 200 IM
- Ryan Lochte (USA), 1:54.00 (2011)
- Leon Marchand (France), 1:54.06 (2024)
- Ryan Lochte (USA), 1:54.10 (2009)
- Michael Phelps (USA), 1:54.16 (2011)
- Michael Phelps (USA), 1:54.23 (2008)
Marchand’s previous best time of a 1:54.82 was the 12th fastest performance of all-time but his time tonight propels him up the rankings to sit as the 2nd fastest performance all-time. He just missed Ryan Lochte‘s record of 1:54.00.
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