2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
- Pool Swimming: July 27 – August 4, 2024
- Open Water Swimming: August 8 – 9, 2024
- La Défense Arena — Paris, France
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WOMEN’S 200 BUTTERFLY – FINALS
- World Record: 2:01.81 – Liu Zige, CHN (2009)
- World Junior Record: 2:04.06 – Summer McIntosh, CAN (2023)
Olympic Record: 2:03.86 – Zhang Yufei, CHN (2021)- 2021 Winning Time: 2:03.86 – Zhang Yufei, CHN
- 2021 Time to Win Bronze: 2:05.65
Podium
- Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 2:03.03 ***NEW OLYMPIC RECORD***
- Regan Smith (USA) – 2:03.84
- Zhang Yufei (CHN) – 2:05.09
- Elizabeth Dekkers (AUS)/Helena Bach (DEN) – 2:07.11
- Alex Shackell (USA) – 2:07.73
- Abbey Connor (AUS) – 2:08.15
- Laura Stephens (GBR) – 2:08.82
Summer McIntosh swam to an Olympic Record in the women’s 200 butterfly, touching in a 2:03.03. That broke the previous Olympic Record of a 2:03.86 that Zhang Yufei of China swam three years ago in Tokyo. She also broke her own Canadian and World Junior Record of a 2:04.06 that she swam to win the 2023 World Championship title.
Split Comparison
| McIntosh | Zhang |
Old Canadian/World Junior Record
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| 50 | 27.38 | 26.92 | 27.73 |
| 100 | 31.59 | 31.37 | 31.24 |
| 150 | 31.73 | 32.74 | 32.5 |
| 200 | 32.33 | 32.83 | 32.59 |
| 2:03.03 | 2:03.86 | 2:04.06 |
McIntosh was faster today on the 2nd 100, and was notably exactly half a second faster than Zhang was in Tokyo.
McIntosh picked up her 2nd Olympic gold this week, becoming the first ever Canadian woman to do so. She already won the 400 IM and won silver in the 400 freestyle. She also is entered in the 200 IM later this week, where she also stands as a medal contender.
All-Time Top Performers Women’s 200 Fly
- Liu Zige (CHN), 2:01.81 (2009)
- Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2:03.03 (2024)
- Jessicah Schipper (AUS), 2:03.41 (2009)
- Regan Smith (USA), 2:03.84 (2024)
- Zhang Yufei (CHN), 2:03.86 (2021)
This young phenom is something else! She is doing things that no other Canadian swimmer has ever done.
Up here in Canada we are very fortunate to be able to watch her compete and she is quickly becoming a household name to the non swimming fans across this country due to the exposure she is getting at these Olympic Games.
Just think how much better in 2028 at 21 years old where she will be stronger & more experienced.
It doesn’t always work that way with female swimmers (ex. Missy Franklin)
Missy Franklin unfortunately met Terri Mckeever.
Summer McIntosh is not going to meet Terri anytime soon.
Franklins 1:39.3 200 free in yards was done at cal. Hasn’t been approached, despite Manuel, Ledecky, Comerford all peaking during their college years. So it wasn’t all bad. Not trying to say Teri is a great coach or anything but it’s a relevant data point
Elephant in the room, however, is that you don’t get to see her prepare unless you take a winter trek south to Florida. LOL
Summer has been training in Florida for less than 2 years (Sept 2022). Her home base was always Toronto until her former coach died and the pools shut down due to covid. Her current success has put Brent Arckey and the Sarasora Club on the map even more.
Wow, that’s insanely fast
Summer McIntosh, 200 Fly 15-17 NAG Record Holder
When will that be broken? Haha.
Great swim out of Summer! It will be great to see what she can do to the 400IM and potentially 200 Fly and 200 IM WR’s.
I am curious if she will add in some lower yardage races or try to attack the 800 Free.
She’s capable of a great 1500 but I don’t think she likes it.She used to win 1500,s by a pool length when she was younger.
She only swam those events because they were easy ins to the Olympics, which was her goal at the time. Now that she has locked in to events she WANTS to swim and is really, really good at them, she’s spoiled for choice. Making a swimmer who wants to swim the 200 free swim the 1500 is a good way to run someone away from the sport. Think about Kaylee Mckeown. She swam a 400 IM at a nothingburger meet this year that would have given Summer a challenge for gold at this meet, but she doesn’t LIKE to swim it. She swims it once a year, and she’s done. If she was made to swim it at Olympic Trials,… Read more »
Would love to see her go for the 800. A full 4 year block to prepare for more yardage and she would have a really good shot at gold
She wouldn’t need anything close to 4 years. I think she could win the 800 tomorrow.
But it will never happen. Summer conceded that the only reason she swam distance in 2021 was that her coach recognized that those events had the easiest qualifying standards. She said that during an interview with Brett Hawke.
I don’t think Summer will ever choose to race the longer distance events even though she is so talented she could. I think 2 fly, 4 IM are her favorites and then 4 Free, 2 IM and 2 Free.I don’t see her seriously competing much else because that is already 5 potential events.
I agree, that is already a pretty awesome event lineup & the thing is she is still only 17 years old & will be 21 in 2028.
She’s been doing enough yardage to have a great 800 FR already!
I’m confident she could challenge McKeown and Smith if she’d ever consider adding the 200 BK to her schedule to spice things up a bit and break the monotony
So sad it wasn’t a 2:02 the WR is in reach for summer though.