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These capsules will provide a snapshot of the various events, including an historical snippet for each discipline.<\/p>\n<h2>Day Two<\/h2>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 100 Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p><strong>World Record:<\/strong> Sarah Sjostrom (Sweden\/2016) 55.48<br \/>\n<strong>2016 Olympic Champion:<\/strong> Sarah Sjostrom (Sweden) 55.48<br \/>\n<strong>Most Titles:<\/strong> United States (Six)<br \/>\n<strong>Biggest Victory Margin:<\/strong> 1.36 Seconds (Inge de Bruijn Over Martina Moravcoca \u2013 2000)<br \/>\n<strong>Top-Five Times (2021) \u2013 Olympic Qualifiers<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Torri Huske (United States) 55.6<br \/>\n2. Zhang Yufei (China) 55.73<br \/>\n3. Emma McKeon (Australia) 55.93<br \/>\n4. Maggie MacNeil (Canada) 56.14<br \/>\n5. Claire Curzan (United States) 56.20<br \/>\n<strong>Historical Note:<\/strong> The victory of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kristin-otto-a-legendary-olympic-performance-shrouded-in-doubt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristin Otto<\/a><\/strong> at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul was one of six for the East German, who holds the record for most titles by a female swimmer at a single Games. However, documents revealed after the fall of the Berlin Wall indicate Otto was part of East Germany\u2019s systematic-doping program.<\/p>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 100 Breaststroke<\/h3>\n<p><strong>World Record:<\/strong> Adam Peaty (Great Britain\/2019) 56.88<br \/>\n<strong>2016 Olympic Champion:<\/strong> Adam Peaty (Great Britain) 57.13<br \/>\n<strong>Most Titles:<\/strong> United States (Four)<br \/>\n<strong>Biggest Victory Margin:<\/strong> 1.56 Seconds (Adam Peaty Over Cameron van der Burgh \u2013 2016)<br \/>\n<strong>Top-Five Times (2021) \u2013 Olympic Qualifiers<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Adam Peaty (Great Britain) 57.39<br \/>\n2. Arno Kamminga (Netherlands) 57.90<br \/>\n3. Michael Andrew (United States) 58.14<br \/>\n4. Nicolo Martinenghi (Italy) 58.29<br \/>\n5. Ilya Shymanovich (Belarus) 58.46<br \/>\n<strong>Historical Note:<\/strong> Great Britain\u2019s <strong>Adam Peaty<\/strong> is the overwhelming favorite to win gold in Tokyo. If he achieves that feat, he would join Japan\u2019s <strong>Kosuke Kitajima<\/strong> (2004\/2008) as the only men to repeat as Olympic champs in the event.<\/p>\n<h3>Women\u2019s 400 Freestyle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>World Record:<\/strong> Katie Ledecky (United States\/2016) 3:56.46<br \/>\n<strong>2016 Olympic Champion:<\/strong> Katie Ledecky (United States) 3:56.46<br \/>\n<strong>Most Titles:<\/strong> United States (11)<br \/>\n<strong>Biggest Victory Margin:<\/strong> 15.0 Seconds (Martha Norelius Over Marie Braun \u2013 1928)<br \/>\n<strong>Top-Five Times (2021) \u2013 Olympic Qualifiers<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Ariarne Titmus (Australia) 3:56.90<br \/>\n2. Katie Ledecky (United States) 3:59.25<br \/>\n3. Li Bingjie (China) 4:02.36<br \/>\n4. Tamsin Cook (Australia) 4:04.10<br \/>\n5. Anna Egorova (Russia) 4:04.10<br \/>\n<strong>Historical Note:<\/strong> When Debbie Meyer won the 400 freestyle at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, it accounted for a piece of her trifecta. Meyer also captured gold medals in the 200 freestyle and 800 freestyle.<\/p>\n<h3>Men\u2019s 400 Freestyle Relay<\/h3>\n<p><strong>World Record:<\/strong> United States (2008) 3:08.24<br \/>\n<strong>2016 Olympic Champion:<\/strong> United States (Dressel, Phelps, Held, Adrian) 3:09.92<br \/>\n<strong>Most Titles:<\/strong> United States (Nine)<br \/>\n<strong>Biggest Victory Margin:<\/strong> 4.0 Seconds (United States Over Germany \u2013 1964)<br \/>\n<strong>Historical Note:<\/strong> The 400 freestyle relay made its Olympic debut at the 1964 Games, but it went on a two-Games hiatus in 1976 and 1980, before returning to the program in 1984.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Games Snapshot: A Capsule Look At the Day Two Events in Tokyo; Katie Ledecky Opens Defenses With the 2020ne Olympic Games less than a month away, Swimming World will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7533,"featured_media":477327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[34385,26806,65138,25031,237,32196,695],"class_list":["post-480122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-2020-tokyo-olympic-games","tag-adam-peaty","tag-ariarne-titmus","tag-katie-ledecky","tag-olympic-games","tag-sarah-sjostrom","tag-tokyo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Capsule Look At the Day Two Events in Tokyo; Katie Ledecky Debuts<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ahead of the Olympics, Swimming World is giving its readers with a capsule look at the days of competition. 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