Swimming Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

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1 hour ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Just going to go off topic for a second. 

 

 Japan is going to reject their women's 4x100m freestyle relay quota.

 

 Ireland will get the quota.

Ireland needs to get some freestylers qualified but with the 4x100 medley qualified they might be OK

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 Japan is also going to reject their men's 4x100m freestyle quota.

 

 That's a quota for Poland

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Japanese Olympic Trials: Day 5

 

A much more eventful day with 4 new qualifiers.

 

Women's 100m Freestyle:

The women's 100m freestyle saw Rikako Ikee take the victory with a time of 54.15. Well off the QT of 53.12 needed to qualify but with that swim, Japan has officially qualified a women's medley relay with the 4 stroke 100 swimmers combining for a time under the JASF required time. So Ikee will probably swim the freestyle leg.

 

Men's 200m Butterfly:

1. Genki Terakado - 1:54.07 Q

2. Tomoru Honda - 1:54.18 Q

3. Daiya Seto - 1:55.40

4. Takumi Terada - 1:55.45

5. Riku Tanbo - 1:55.67

 

A massive PB by Terakado to stun 2024 World Champion Honda. He also had by far the most emotional celebration of any swimmer after the race. While Honda didn't win, he also gets under the required time and he avoids disaster again after the 400 IM. Seto has one more chance in the 200 IM to qualify. Despite winning his semifinal, Terada finishes in 4th. Terakado and Honda now rank #1 and #2 in the world so far this year.

 

Men's 200m Breaststroke:

1. Ippei Watanabe - 2:06.94 Q

2. Yu Hanaguruma - 2:07.07 Q

3. Yamato Fukasawa - 2:07.75

4. Ikuru Hiroshima - 2:09.39

 

One of the most anticipated races of not just Japanese trials but the entire trials season lived up to the hype. Ippei Watanabe went sub 2:07 to take the #1 time in the world this year and qualify for the Olympics again after missing Tokyo. Hanaguruma also threw down a massive PB to qualify and rank #3 in the world. Heartbreak for Yamato Fukasawa who threw down a time of 2:07.07 earlier this year. That would have tied Hanaguruma.

 

Women's 1500m Freestyle:

1. Airi Ebina - 16:07.00

 

A huge PB by Ebina to take the win here. Her time is under the OQT and would get her to the games in most other countries but isn't under the JASF standard .

 

Men's 100m Freestyle:

1. Katsuhiro Matsumoto - 48.28

 

Another win for Matsumoto. Ultimately fell short of the 47.97 required time and the top 4 combined times fell short of the necessary relay time. However, Matsumoto is already qualified in the 200m freestyle so he still might be able to swim this event in Paris.

 

Updated probable Japanese Olympic Team (19 athletes)

*relay-only swimmers are not confirmed

 

Men (9):

Yu Hanaguruma - 200m Breaststroke

Tomoru Honda - 200m Butterfly

Hidenari Mano - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Katsuhiro Matsumoto - 200m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Tomoyuki Matsushita - 400m IM

Tatsuya Murasa - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Genki Terakado - 200m Butterfly

Ippei Watanabe - 200m Breaststroke

Konosuke Yanagimoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

 

Women (10):

Reona Aoki - 100m Breaststroke

Mizuki Hirai - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay

Rikako Ikee - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay

Nagisa Ikemoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Waka Kobori - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Hiroko Makino - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Mio Narita - 400m IM

Rio Shirai - 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay

Satomi Suzuki - 100m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley Relay

Ageha Tanigawa - 400m IM

Edited March 21 by Topicmaster1010

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1 hour ago, Benolympique said:

We know approximately how many Japanese swimmers will qualify for Paris? with these restrictions so severe the figure will not be high

Right now, Japan is at around 19 athletes. The rest of their relays should be able to qualify. I'm guessing the team will be around 30 athletes.

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20 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Right now, Japan is at around 19 athletes. The rest of their relays should be able to qualify. I'm guessing the team will be around 30 athletes.

It's really little, no repeché?

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10 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Women's 1500m Freestyle:

1. Airi Ebina - 16:07.00

 

A huge PB by Ebina to take the win here. Her time is under the OQT and would get her to the games in most other countries but isn't under the JASF standard .

Ebina won the open water spot for Japan. I'm not sure how JASF will decide who gets the open water spot, but if Ebina gets nominated there and she wants to swim the 1500 too (since she got the OQT), I can't see any reason JASF would prevent her from doing so. But maybe JASF does, who knows.

Edited March 21 by maestro

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Japanese Olympic Trials: Day 6

 

4 new qualifcation times and 2 new qualifiers today.

 

Women's 200m Butterfly:

1. Airi Mitsui - 2:06.54 Q

2. Hiroko Makino - 2:07.61 Q

3. Chiho Mizuguchi - 2:08.23

 

Mitsui now ranks 5th in the world this season. Makino adds an individual event to her lineup after finishing in the 200m freestyle earlier.

 

Men's 200m Backstroke:

1. Hidekazu Takahara - 1:56.28 Q

2. Keita Sunama - 1:57.01

 

Big swim by Takahara to rank 8th in the world this season. Heartbreak for Sunama who missed the qualification time by 0.09 seconds. 34 year old Ryosuke finishes in 3rd and that very well may be the last we see of him.

 

Women's 200m Breaststroke:

1. Satomi Suzuki - 2:23.09 Q

2. Kanako Watanabe - 2:23.55

3. Runa Imai - 2:23.69

 

The legend of Satomi Suzuki grows as she has now qualified in a 2nd individual event. Heartbreaking for both Watanabe and Imai who both put in good swims but were short of the JASF standard.

 

Updated probable Japanese Olympic Team (21 athletes)

*relay-only swimmers are not confirmed

 

Men (10):

Yu Hanaguruma - 200m Breaststroke

Tomoru Honda - 200m Butterfly

Hidenari Mano - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Katsuhiro Matsumoto - 200m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Tomoyuki Matsushita - 400m IM

Tatsuya Murasa - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Hidekazu Takahara - 200m Backstroke

Genki Terakado - 200m Butterfly

Ippei Watanabe - 200m Breaststroke

Konosuke Yanagimoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

 

Women (11):

Reona Aoki - 100m Breaststroke

Mizuki Hirai - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay

Rikako Ikee - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay

Nagisa Ikemoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Waka Kobori - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Hiroko Makino - 200m Butterfly, 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Airi Mitsui - 200m Butterfly

Mio Narita - 400m IM

Rio Shirai - 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay

Satomi Suzuki - 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley Relay

Ageha Tanigawa - 400m IM

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Japanese Olympic Trials: Day 7

 

One more qualifier from today.

 

Daiya Seto (1:56.87) was able to avoid disaster and finally qualify himself onto the Japanese team in the 200 IM and now the door is open for him to swim in the 400 IM too. So Ogata (1:57.52) was under the AQUA OQT BUT MISSED THE JASF QT BY 0.01 SECONDS!!! 

 

No qualifiers in both the men's 50m freestyle and women's 200m backstroke.

 

One more day of competition tomorrow and then we'll hopefully get a team announcement soon after.

 

Updated probable Japanese Olympic Team (22 athletes)

*relay-only swimmers are not confirmed

 

Men (11):

Yu Hanaguruma - 200m Breaststroke

Tomoru Honda - 200m Butterfly

Hidenari Mano - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Katsuhiro Matsumoto - 200m Freestyle, 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Tomoyuki Matsushita - 400m IM

Tatsuya Murasa - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Daiya Seto - 200m IM

Hidekazu Takahara - 200m Backstroke

Genki Terakado - 200m Butterfly

Ippei Watanabe - 200m Breaststroke

Konosuke Yanagimoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

 

Women (11):

Reona Aoki - 100m Breaststroke

Mizuki Hirai - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay

Rikako Ikee - 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Medley Relay

Nagisa Ikemoto - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Waka Kobori - 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Hiroko Makino - 200m Butterfly, 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Airi Mitsui - 200m Butterfly

Mio Narita - 400m IM

Rio Shirai - 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay

Satomi Suzuki - 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley Relay

Ageha Tanigawa - 400m IM

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Meanwhile,  Korean Olympic trials are also happening now, here's the confirmed qualifiers through 2/6 days.

 

• Choi Dongyeol - Men's 100m breaststroke
• Kim Minseop - Men's 200m butterfly
• Kim Woomin - Men's 1500m freestyle
• Lee Eunji - Women's 200m backstroke
• Lee Juho - Men's 200m backstroke

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 Noe Ponti clocks a 50.93 in the men’s 100m butterfly at the Giant Open Series in Saint-Germain-En-Laye, France!