JAPAN SWIM 2017 (JAPANESE NATIONALS)
- Thursday, April 13th – Sunday, April 16th, 2017
- NGK Arena, Nagoya, Japan
- Qualification Meet for 2017 World Championships, World University Games and World Junior Championships
- Prelims at 9:30am local/8:30pm (night before) EDT; Finals at 6pm local/5am EDT
- Meet Information
- Entry List (in Japanese)
- JPN Qualifying Time Tiers
- Live Stream
- Live Results
Through just one day of competition at the 2017 Japan Swim in Nagoya, we were already treated to one of several showdowns between domestic rivals Kosuke Hagino and Daiya Seto. Plus, the teen phenom that is Rikako Ikee was in the water, along with the newly-minted 200m breaststroke world record holder, Ippei Watanabe.
All told, 14 swims were clocked beneath the FINA ‘A’ qualifying time for the 2017 World Championships, giving viewers a sense of the speed this meet may be carrying. Although the Japanese Swimming Federation has its own tiered qualification times (see in header), the list below gives us an idea of where the roster spots may shake out at the end of the 4-day competition.
Women’s 400 Freestyle
- Chihiro Igarashi – 4:08.28
Women’s 50 Butterfly
- Rikako Ikee – 25.51
Men’s 50 Butterfly
- Junya Hasegawa – 23.50
- Syunichi Nakao – 23.64
- Takeshi Kawamoto – 23.67
Men’s 400 IM
- Daiya Seto – 4:10.44
- Kosuke Hagino – 4:10.45
- Takeharu Fujimori – 4:11.26
Men’s 100 Freestyle
- Katsumi Nakamura – 48.26
- Shinri Shioura – 48.80
Women’s 100 Breaststroke
- Reona Aoki – 1:06.77
- Satomi Suzuki – 1:06.91
Men’s 100 Breaststroke
- Yasuhiro Koseki – 59.26
- Ippei Watanabe – 1:00.11