World Championships: Predictions For All 42 Events in Fukuoka

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World Championships: Predictions For All 42 Events in Fukuoka

The swimming portion of the World Championships will begin Sunday in Fukuoka, running for eight days of competition. Forty-two gold medals will be awarded, with 17 individual events for women, 17 for men, three single-gender relays for both women and men and two mixed relays. The prelims sessions will begin at 10:30 a.m. local time (9:30 p.m. ET the previous day in the United States), and finals begin at 8 p.m. local time (7 a.m. in the U.S.).

Over the past two weeks, we have previewed every event set for competition in Fukuoka. Our guesses have the United States earning 15 gold medals and 44 total medals, just off the record-breaking 45 the Americans won at last year’s watered-down Worlds. Australia would finish second in the tally with seven golds and 23 total medals, both of which would be solid totals.

Here is a rundown of day-by-day predictions for each event.

All Previews:

Sunday, July 23

Men’s 400 Freestyle

Gold: Elijah Winnington (AUS)
Silver: Lukas Martens (GER)
Bronze: Sam Short (AUS)

Women’s 400 Freestyle

Gold: Summer McIntosh (CAN)
Silver: Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
Bronze: Katie Ledecky (USA)

Men’s 400 IM

Gold: Leon Marchand (FRA)
Silver: Carson Foster (USA)
Bronze: Chase Kalisz, (USA)

Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay

Gold: United States
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: Australia

Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay

Gold: Australia
Silver: United States
Bronze: Canada

Monday, July 24

Men’s 100 Breaststroke

Gold: Qin Haiyang (CHN)
Silver: Nic Fink (USA)
Bronze: Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA)

Women’s 100 Butterfly

Gold: Maggie Mac Neil (CAN)
Silver: Torri Huske (USA)
Bronze: Zhang Yufei (CHN)

Men’s 50 Butterfly

Gold: Ben Proud (GBR)
Silver: Dylan Carter (TTO)
Bronze: Thomas Ceccon (ITA)

Women’s 200 Individual Medley

Gold: Kate Douglass (USA)
Silver: Alex Walsh (USA)
Bronze: Yu Yiting (CHN)

Note: Summer McIntosh has withdrawn from this event, and we are guessing Kaylee McKeown does the same.

Tuesday, July 25

Men’s 200 Freestyle

Gold: David Popovici (ROU)
Silver: Hwang Sunwoo (KOR)
Bronze: Tom Dean (GBR)

Women’s 1500 Freestyle

Gold: Katie Ledecky (USA)
Silver: Katie Grimes (USA)
Bronze: Simona Quadarella (ITA)

Women’s 100 Backstroke

Gold: Regan Smith (USA)
Silver: Kaylee McKeown (AUS)
Bronze: Katharine Berkoff (USA)

Men’s 100 Backstroke

Gold: Thomas Ceccon (ITA)
Silver: Ryan Murphy (USA)
Bronze: Xu Jiayu (CHN)

Women’s 100 Breaststroke

Gold: Lilly King (USA)
Silver: Lydia Jacoby (USA)
Bronze: Tes Schouten (NED)

Wednesday, July 26

Men’s 800 Freestyle:

Gold: Bobby Finke (USA)
Silver: Florian Wellbrock (GER)
Bronze: Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA)

Women’s 200 Freestyle

Gold: Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
Silver: Summer McIntosh (CAN)
Bronze: Siobhan Haughey (HKG)

Men’s 200 Butterfly

Gold: Tomoru Honda (JPN)
Silver: Leon Marchand (FRA)
Bronze: Carson Foster (USA)

Men’s 50 Breaststroke

Gold: Nic Fink (USA)
Silver: Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA)
Bronze: Qin Haiyang (CHN)

Mixed 400 Medley Relay

Gold: United States
Silver: China
Bronze: Australia

Thursday, July 27

Women’s 200 Butterfly

Gold: Regan Smith (USA)
Silver: Summer McIntosh (CAN)
Bronze: Elizabeth Dekkers (AUS)

Men’s 100 Freestyle

Gold: David Popovici (ROU)
Silver: Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
Bronze: Pan Zhanle (CHN)

Women’s 50 Backstroke

Gold: Katharine Berkoff (USA)
Silver: Kylie Masse (CAN)
Bronze: Regan Smith (USA)

Men’s 200 IM

Gold: Leon Marchand (FRA)
Silver: Carson Foster (USA)
Bronze: Wang Shun (CHN)

Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay

Gold: Australia
Silver: United States
Bronze: China

Friday, July 28

Women’s 100 Freestyle

Gold: Mollie O’Callaghan (AUS)
Silver: Siobhan Haughey (HKG)
Bronze: Emma McKeon (AUS)

Women’s 200 Breaststroke

Gold: Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA)
Silver: Lilly King (USA)
Bronze: Kate Douglass (USA)

Men’s 200 Backstroke

Gold: Ryan Murphy (USA)
Silver: Bradley Woodward (AUS)
Bronze: Destin Lasco (USA)

Men’s 200 Breaststroke

Gold: Leon Marchand (FRA)
Silver: Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS)
Bronze: Shoma Sato (JPN)

Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay

Gold: Great Britain
Silver: United States
Bronze: Australia

Saturday, July 29

Women’s 50 Butterfly

Gold: Sarah Sjostrom (SWE)
Silver: Gretchen Walsh (USA)
Bronze: Melanie Henique (FRA)

Men’s 50 Freestyle

Gold: Ben Proud (GBR)
Silver: Cameron McEvoy (AUS)
Bronze: Florent Manaudou (FRA)

Men’s 100 Butterfly

Gold: Josh Liendo (CAN)
Silver: Katsuhiro Matsumoto (JPN)
Bronze: Maxime Grousset (FRA)

Women’s 200 Backstroke

Gold: Kaylee McKeown (AUS)
Silver: Regan Smith (USA)
Bronze: Rhyan White (USA)

Women’s 800 Freestyle

Gold: Katie Ledecky (USA)
Silver: Ariarne Titmus (AUS)
Bronze: Lani Pallister (AUS)

Mixed 400 Freestyle Relay

Gold: Australia
Silver: United States
Bronze: Canada

Sunday, July 30

Men’s 50 Backstroke

Gold: Hunter Armstrong (USA)
Silver: Justin Ress (USA)
Bronze: Ksawery Masiuk (POL)

Women’s 50 Breaststroke

Gold: Ruta Meilutyte (LTU)
Silver: Benedetta Pilato (ITA)
Bronze: Lilly King (USA)

Men’s 1500 Freestyle:

Gold: Florian Wellbrock (GER)
Silver: Bobby Finke (USA)
Bronze: Dan Wiffen (IRL)

Women’s 50 Freestyle

Gold: Sarah Sjostrom (SWE)
Silver: Emma McKeon (AUS)
Bronze: Abbey Weitzeil (USA)

Women’s 400 Individual Medley

Gold: Summer McIntosh (CAN)
Silver: Katie Grimes (USA)
Bronze: Alex Walsh (USA)

Men’s 400 Medley Relay

Gold: United States
Silver: Italy
Bronze: France

Women’s 400 Medley Relay

Gold: United States
Silver: Australia
Bronze: Canada

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David

9 months ago

Regan smith is not beating Macintosh lol

David

9 months ago

I think Macintosh is going 4 for 4 , titmus is not in the form she was last year or 2021, if anybody can beat summer in the 200 free it’s ocallahan however her injury a question mark

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Max

9 months ago

Reply to David

Molly O’Callaghan for a medal. Beat Titmus in the Aussie trials. Titmus has not had enough racing since the Olympics but never write her off.

Robbo

9 months ago

Reply to Max

Gold and WR!

Paul

9 months ago

It would have been more interesting to predict the winning times for these events. Anyway, I believe Tori Huske will be the big sleeper. Summer will probably shock us all, more than she already has. David Popovici will likely post a new wr for the 100 free. All IMO.

Last edited 9 months ago by Paul

Nic Nac

9 months ago

I wish we could watch on TV. Can’t find it anywhere 😭

Sam

9 months ago

Wonderful event. So far, so good !