By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
The women’s 200 butterfly podium all got faster this year than it took to win the respective medals in Tokyo. Summer McIntosh led the way with an Olympic Record of a 2:03.03, faster than the 2:03.86 it took to win in Tokyo.
Regan Smith won silver again, winning in a 2:05.30 in Tokyo but was much faster today in a 2:03.84. Zhang Yufei was back on the podium after winning in Tokyo and swam a 2:05.09 today.
Not all of the finals tonight were faster tonight though. Tonight’s winning time in the men’s 200 backstroke of a 1:54.26 would have only won bronze in Tokyo.
The semifinals data did not change much. The men’s 50 free and 200 IM got slightly faster overall to make the final while the women’s 200 backstroke was slightly slower.
Day 6 Finals Data
Women’s 200 Fly, Final
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Zhang Yufei | China | 2:03.86 | 1 | Summer McIntosh | Canada | 2:03.03 |
| 2 | Regan Smith | United States | 2:05.30 | 2 | Regan Smith | United States | 2:03.84 |
| 3 | Hali Flickinger | United States | 2:05.65 | 3 | Zhang Yufei | China | 2:05.09 |
| 4 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 2:06.53 | 4 | Elizabeth Dekkers | Australia | 2:07.11 |
| 5 | Svetlana Chimrova | ROC | 2:07.70 | 4 | Helena Rosendahl Bach | Denmark | 2:07.11 |
| 6 | Yu Liyan | China | 2:07.85 | 6 | Alex Shackell | United States | 2:07.73 |
| 7 | Alys Thomas | Great Britain | 2:07.90 | 7 | Abbey Connor | Australia | 2:08.15 |
| 8 | Brianna Throssell | Australia | 2:09.48 | 8 | Laura Stephens | Great Britain | 2:08.82 |
Men’s 200 Back, Final
| Tokyo | Paris | ||||||
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Evgeny Rylov | ROC | 1:53.27 | 1 | Hubert Kos | Hungary | 1:54.26 |
| 2 | Ryan Murphy | United States | 1:54.15 | 2 | Apostolos Christou | Greece | 1:54.82 |
| 3 | Luke Greenbank | Great Britain | 1:54.72 | 3 | Roman Mityukov | Switzerland | 1:54.85 |
| 4 | Bryce Mefford | United States | 1:55.49 | 4 | Mewen Tomac | France | 1:55.38 |
| 5 | Ádám Telegdy | Hungary | 1:56.15 | 5 | Keaton Jones | United States | 1:55.39 |
| 6 | Radosław Kawęcki | Poland | 1:56.39 | 6 | Hugo González | Spain | 1:55.47 |
| 7 | Ryosuke Irie | Japan | 1:57.32 | 7 | Pieter Coetze | South Africa | 1:55.60 |
| 8 | Nicolás García | Spain |