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Swimming Disqualifications Down at Paris Olympics After a Rough Few Years

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By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games were a relatively-clean Olympics, with only 9 disqualifications during the meet – a drop from both the 2021 and 2016 Olympics.

The number was still higher than the only 5 DQs that were called at the 2012 Olympic Games, which in turn was the lowest number since 1964.

SwimSwam statistician Daniel Takata Gomes compiled data on the number of DQs at each Olympic Games back to 1960. In Paris, there were 6 individual DQs, and 3 relay DQs:

Individual DQs

  • Luke Greenbank, Great Britain, men’s 200 back prelims (15 meter violation)
  • Miguel de Lara, Mexico, men’s 100 breast prelims (dolphin kick into the finish)
  • Han An-chi, Chinese Taipei, women’s 200 IM prelims (alternating kick in butterfly)
  • Alex Walsh, United States, women’s 200 IM final (rotating past vertical, back-to-breast turn)
  • Viola Scott Di Carlo, Italy, women’s 100 fly prelims (alternating kick)
  • Nikolett Padar, Hungary, women’s 200 free prelims (false start)

Relay DQs

  • Denmark, women’s 400 medley relay prelims (4th swimmer left early)
  • Italy, women’s 400 medley relay prelims (reason unconfirmed)
  • Spain, men’s 400 medley relay prelims (4th swimmer left early)

Of these disqualifications, several were significant. Greenbank, Di Carlo, and Padar were all likely to advance to the next round of competition, while Walsh finished 3rd in the final of the 200 IM before officials confirmed the disqualification. Most of these disqualifications were not very controversial either, easily spotted with video evidence.

This was a deviation from a relatively-high number of disqualifications that we’ve seen globally over the last few years, with 42 at the 2022 World Championships and 24 at the 2023 World Championships. 2022 Worlds was home to the infamous Ryan Held disqualification, then requalification, for gold in the men’s 50 backstroke that eventually led to a rules change.

The 2022 World Championships were also where 8 disqualifications happened in heats of the men’s 50 breaststroke.

Olympic DQs in Swimming, since 1960

Year Individual Relay Total
1960 6 1 7
1964 1 3 4
1968 4 3 7
1972 8 0 8
1976 8 2 10
1980 5 4 9
1984 12 10 22
1988 14 8 22
1992 19 1 20
1996 6 4 10
2000 13 6 19
2004 9 5 14
2008 4 4 8
2012 3 2 5
2016 3 7 10
2021 9 6 15
2024 6 3 9

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