By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam
2024 WORLD AQUATICS SWIMMING WORLD CUP-SHANGHAI
- Friday, October 18th – Sunday, October 20th
- Shanghai, China
- Prelims at 9:30 am local (9:30 pm ET previous night)/Finals at 6:30 pm local (6:30 am ET)
- SCM (25m)
- Meet Central
- Event Schedule
- Entries Book
- Live Results
We are so back.
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening — wherever you are in the world, we’re happy to have you joining us for the first finals session of the 2024 Swimming World Cup Series in Shanghai, China. After being held in long-course in the lead up to the Olympic year, in the aftermath the series is back in SCM as we also gear up for the Short Course World Championships in December.
This session will see our first winners, which means that we’ll get our first swimmers officially vying for the Triple Crown–which is a prize for swimmers who win the same event across all three stops of the series.
Kate Douglass headlines the session, coming into finals as the top seed in the 200 breaststroke and 100 IM. She opened her World Cup series with a 2:17.11 in the 200 breaststroke and was the only swimmer in the field to break 2:20 during the prelims session. Later, she popped a 57.72 100 IM, tying Beata Nelson‘s American record from 2021. Nelson herself will be in the final as well; she qualified fourth (58.29) as part of a trio of swimmers who went 58.2 this morning, including Mary-Sophie Harvey (58.20) and Yu Yiting (58.28).
On the men’s side, Leon Marchand led the way in the men’s 100 IM with a 51.65, ahead of Noe Ponti, who’s also the top seed in the 100 fly. Dylan Carter, Jack Dolan, and Isaac Cooper tied for the first seed in the men’s 50 freestyle, all swimming a 21.03.
Women’s 400m Freestyle – Final
- World Record: 3:51.30 – Li Bingjie, CHN (2022)
- World Cup Record: 3:52.80 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2022)
- World Junior Record: 3:52.80 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2022)
Top 8:
- Liu Yaxin (CHN) — 3:58.45
- Li Bingjie (CHN) — 4:00.18
- Tang Muhan (CHN) — 4:00.40
- Gao Weizhing (CHN) — 4:03.55
- Kong Yaqi (CHN) — 4:03.68
- He Ya-Hsuan (TPE) — 4:21.63
- Pan Pin-Chen (TPE) — 4:22.95
- Ho Hung-Yi (TPE) — 4:25.08
The Chinese home crowd had a lot to cheer about in the opening event. The five Chinese swimmers in the field went 1-2-3-4-5 in the women’s 400 freestyle to kick off the first finals session in Shanghai. On paper, it looked liked this race would belong to top qualifier and world record holder Li Bingjie, but it was Liu Yaxin who got the win. 25-year-old Liu went out with Li, Tang Muhan, and Gao Weizhing and separated herself from the field with about 100 meters to go, passing Tang who held the lead at that point.
Men’s 400m Freestyle – Final
- World Record: 3:32.25 – Yannick Agnel, FRA (2012)
- World Cup Record: 3:32.77 – Paul Biedermann, GER (2009)
- World Junior Record: 3:37.92 – Matthew Sates, RSA (2021)
Top 8:
- Duncan Scott (GBR) — 3:36.98
- Kieran Smith (USA) — 3:38.44
- Danas Rapsys (LTU) — 3:38.63
- James Guy (GBR) — 3:40.52
- Kregor Zirk (EST) — 3:41.16
- Benjamin Goedemans (AUS) — 3:44.34
- Charlie Clark (USA) — 3:44.38
- Breno Correia (BRA) — 3:45.29
Duncan Scott gave James Guy‘s ten-year-old British record of 3:36.35 a serious scare, touching in a 3:36.98 to collect his first win of the World Cup series in the 400 freestyle. In a crowded field, Scott separated himself from the likes of Guy, Kieran Smith, and Danas Rapsys. Scott took the lead at the 125-meter mark and solidly built his lead from there.
Smith began to make his push with about 100 meters to go, but with over a second gap between him and Scott he was unable to catch the British swimmer and was instead involved in a sprint for silver with Rapsys. Scott touched in a lifetime best 3:36.98, well under his previous best of 3:39.11 from an ISL playoff match in 2021.
Smith–the reigning SC World Champion in this event–edged out Rapsys for in 3:38.44, coming from behind on the final 25 meters. Rapsys was .19 seconds behind Smith, making the top three all under 3:40.
Women’s 50m Backstroke – Final
- World Record: 25.25 – Maggie MacNeil, CAN (2022)
- World Cup Record: 25.81 – Kira Toussaint, NED (2021)
- World Junior Record: 26.08 – Sara Curtis, ITA (2024)
Top 8:
Men’s 200m Backstroke – Final
- World Record: 1:45.63 – Mitch Larkin, AUS (2015)
- World Cup Record: 1:46.11 – Arkady Vyachanin, RUS (2009)
- World Junior Record: 1:48.02 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2017)
Top 8:
Men’s 100m Fly – Final
- World Record: 47.78 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2020)
- World Cup Record: 48.48 – Evgenii Korotyshkin, RUS (2009)
- World Junior Record: 49.03 – Ilya Kharun, CAN (2022)
Top 8:
Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Final
- World Record: 2:14.57 – Rebecca Soni, USA (2009)
- World Cup Record: 2:15.42 – Leisel Jones, AUS (2009)
- World Junior Record: 2:14.70 – Evgeniia Chikunova, RUS (2022)
Top 8:
Men’s 100m Breaststroke – Final
- World Record: 55.28 – Ilya Shymanovich, NIA (2021)
- World Cup Record: 55.61 – Cameron van der Burgh, RSA (2009)
- World Junior Record: 56.66 – Simone Cersuolo, ITA (2021)
Top 8:
Women’s 50m Freestyle – Final
- World Record: 22.93 – Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED (2017)
- World Cup Record: 22.93 – Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED (2017)
- World Junior Record: 23.69 – Anastasyia Shkurdai, NIA (2020)
Top 8:
Men’s 50m Freestyle – Final
- World Record: 20.16 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2020)
- World Cup Record: 20.48 – Vladimir Morozov, RUS (2018)
- World Junior Record: 20.98 – Kenzo Simons, NED (2019)
Top 8:
Women’s 100m IM – Final
- World Record: 56.51 – Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2017)
- World Cup Record: 56.51 – Katinka Hosszu, HUN (2017)
- World Junior Record: 57.59 – Anastasyia Shkurdai, NIA (2020)
Top 8:
Men’s 100m IM – Final
- World Record: 49.28 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2020)
- World Cup Record: 50.26 – Vladimir Morozov, RUS (2018)
- World Junior Record: 50.63 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2018)
Top 8:
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