2016 Rio Olympic Games: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

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Everything you need to follow along live with day one finals of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Competition begins at 10 p.m. local time (9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST) Hit refresh for all the latest coverage.

View the full heat sheets here. Check out Swimming World‘s predictions for tonight’s action here.

Scheduled Events:

Men’s 400m IM FINAL
Women’s 100m Butterfly Semifinal
Men’s 400m Freestyle FINAL
Women’s 400m IM FINAL
Men’s 100m Breaststroke Semifinal
Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay FINAL

Men’s 400m IM Final

Japan’s Daiya Seto led at the 100 mark with his teammate and 2012 bronze medalist Kosuke Hagino in second. Hagino took over the lead on the backstroke leg. As the swimmers turned for breaststroke, the United State’s Chase Kalisz began to move up in the breaststroke leg and was second heading into the final 100 meters.

The United States has five straight Olympic gold medals in this event and Kalisz put together a valiant effort, closing the gap to a half second with 50 meters remaining. Hagino claimed gold, the first for Japan in this event, in 4:06.05 while Kalisz secured his first Olympic medal with a 4:06.75 for silver. That time was a lifetime best by another second and a half.

Seto earned bronze in 4:09.71. Great Britain’s Max Litchford finished fourth in 4:11.62.

American Jay Litherland was fifth in 4:11.68, only .06 behind Litchford.Australian Thomas Fraser-Holmes was also on his heels in 4:11.90.

Travis Mahoney of Australia touched seventh in 4:15.48. Spain’s Joan Lluis Pons Ramon finished eighth in 4:16.58.

Women’s 100 Butterfly Semifinal

World record holder Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden touched in Olympic record time of 55.84 and will be first tomorrow night. Australia’s Emma McKeon had a powerful swim from an outside lane and will return to finals in second with a 56.81. Japan’s Rikako Ikee took the first semifinal in 57.05 and will return to tomorrow’s final in third.

American Dana Vollmer snagged second in the first semifinal and will be fourth seed tomorrow night with her 57.06. World Junior record holder Penny Oleksiak of Canada stopped the clock in 57.10.

China’s Ying Lu (57.15) and Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen followed in 57.15 and 57.47. Xinyi Chen of China completes tomorrow’s final after touching in 57.51.

The United States’ Kelsi Worrell was long into the finish and was fourth in the first semifinal. She finished ninth in 57.54 and will not advance to finals. Korea’s Sehyeon An touched tenth in 57.95. Japan’s Natsumi Hoshi (58.03), Farida Osman of Egypt (58.26), Hungary’s Lilian Szilagyi (58.31), Brazil’s Daiene Marcal (58.52), Belarus’ Kimberly Buys (58.63) and Daynara De Paula of Brazil (58.65) also swam in tonight’s semifinals.

Men’s 400 Freestyle Final

James Guy of Great Britain led at the 100 meter mark and held on through the halfway mark. The field creeped up at the 300 mark and swam nearly four across with 50 meters to go.

Australia’s Mack Horton and China’s Sun Yang charged ahead in the final 50 meters. Horton got to the wall first, upsetting Yang’s bid for back to back gold. Horton touched in 3:41.55 to Yang’s 3:41.68.

Italy’s Gabriele Detti claimed silver in 3:43.89.

American Conor Dwyer finished just outside of a medal with a fourth place 3:44.01 while his teammate Connor Jaeger was fifth in 3:44.16. Guy faded to a 3:44.68. Australia’s David McKeon was seventh in 3:45.28 and France’s Jordan Pothain touched eighth in 3:49.07.

Women’s 400 IM Final

Katinka Hosszu flirted with the world record this morning in the 400 IM. She was well ahead of it again tonight and held on through the freestyle. Hosszu touched in a final time of 4:26.36, destroying the world record. The old mark was a 4:28.43 swum in 2012.

American Maya DiRado also turned ahead of world record pace at the 300 meter mark and finished second in 4:31.15. That time was just three one-hundredths off Katie Hoff’s American record of 4:31.12.

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia held off Great Britain’s Hannah Miley for the bronze. Belomnte Garcia touched in 4:32.39 to Miley’s 4:32.54.

Emily Overholt of Canada finished fifth with a 4:34.70.

2012 silver medalist Elizabeth Beisel of the United States wound up sixth in 4:34.98. Aimee Willmott of Great Britain snagged seventh in 4:35.04.

Japan’s Sakiko Shimizu was eighth with a 4:38.06.

Men’s 100 Breaststroke Semifinals

This morning Adam Peaty lowered his own world record with a 57.55. Tonight, he became the owner of the six fastest times in history with a 57.62.

American Cody Miller recorded a best time of 59.05. South Africa’s Cameron Van Der Burgh touched in 59.21 for the third seed tomorrow.

Japan’s Yasuhiro Koseki won a tight opening semifinal in 59.23 and will be the fourth seed. American record holder Kevin Cordes was right behind him with a 59.33 to grab fifth.

The home crowd’s Felipe France and Jao Gomes will return to finals in sixth and seventh with a 59.35 and 59.40. Dmitriy Balandin also snuck into the final in 59.45.

Australia’s Jake Packard (59.48) and Lithuania’s Giedrius Titenis (59.80) were also under a minute but will not advance to finals.

Great Britain’s Ross Murdoch (1:00.05), Germany’s Christian Vom Lehn (1:00.23), Li Xiang of China (1:00.25), Russia’s Vxevolod Zanko (1:00.39), New Zealand’s Glenn Snyders (1:00.50) and Colombia’s Jorge Mario Murillo Valdes (1:00.81) also swam in tonight’s semifinals.

Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay Final

Simone Manuel (53.36) got the Americans to the wall just before the Australia’s Emma McKeon (53.41) at the 100 meter mark. Abbey Weitzeil put together a 52.56 to pull a little bit further ahead of the field and Australia’s Brittany Elmslie (53.12).

Bronte Campbell (52.15) dove into the third leg six tenths behind and finished her leg with a four tenth lead over the Americans who had Dana Vollmer (53.18) in the water. Cate Campbell (51.97) dove in under world record pace and pulled further ahead. The Australians snuck under the world record with their final time of 3:30.65, better than the old 3:30.98.

Katie Ledecky (52.79) held off a charging Canadian team to earn silver for the Americans. The American squad set a new American Record of 3:31.89.

Canada touched in 3:32.89 for the bronze medal with the team of Sandrine Mainville (53.86), Chantal Van Landeghem (53.13), Taylor Ruck (53.19), and Penny Oleksiak (52.72).

The Netherlands finished fourth in 3:33.81. Sweden touched fifth with a 3:35.90.

Italy (3:36.78), France (3:37.45) and Japan (3:37.78) completed the final.

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