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How American Men Struggled in Paris, Lost Out on Olympic Medals<\/strong><\/p>\n

This summer in Paris, the new stars of men\u2019s swimming took their places atop the world<\/a>. Leon<\/strong> Marchand<\/strong> was the most prominent of those stars with his four gold medals<\/a>, all in Olympic-record time, while David Popovici<\/strong>, Pan Zhanle<\/strong> and Hubert Kos<\/strong> were among the new names to take their place atop the podium.<\/p>\n

The stellar efforts of those men and others made life difficult for the U.S. men, who won gold on day one in the men\u2019s 400 freestyle relay and in the final individual event, the men\u2019s 1500 freestyle, with Bobby<\/strong> Finke<\/strong>, but not at all during the six days in between. The men finished with only six individual medals and went four full days of competition (days five through eight) without winning a medal at all.<\/p>\n

Swimmers from Europe, Australia and elsewhere were too good \u2014 but the Americans did not exactly help themselves.<\/p>\n

Following the U.S. Olympic Trials, the U.S. had a strong chance to reach double-digits in gold medals in swimming for the ninth consecutive Olympics and win 30 medals overall for the fourth consecutive Games, but that would require matching or improving upon their swims from Trials. The women largely achieved that ambition<\/a>; on the men\u2019s side, not so much<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Nicolo

Nic Fink (center) tied for silver in the men’s 100 breaststroke — Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

The American men entered two individual swimmers in all 28 individual events contested in Paris<\/a>. Of the 28 female entrants, exactly half improved upon their time from Trials in either the prelims, semifinals or finals. That\u2019s a very strong success rate. But of those 28 men\u2019s entries, only five swimmers improved upon their swims from Trials in any round in Paris \u2014 a brutal improvement rate of under 18% \u2014 and four of those swims resulted in medals. To reiterate, the U.S. men had only six podium finishes total. Sensing a pattern here?<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, two of the improvements came from Finke, who made a strong run at defending his gold medal in the 800 free before settling for silver in addition to his world-record-breaking swim in the 1500 freestyle<\/a>. Nic Fink<\/strong>\u00a0swam faster as he won silver in the 100 breast while Luke Hobson<\/strong> notched a best time on his way to an impressive bronze in a tight 200 free final. The only other improvement came in the men\u2019s 400 free, where Trials winner Aaron Shackell<\/strong> swam a best time by one hundredth in prelims on his way to qualifying for the final, in which he finished eighth.<\/p>\n

Carson Foster<\/strong> (400 IM) and Ryan Murphy<\/strong> (100 backstroke) each won individual bronze medals despite swimming slower than their Trials times, which would have been good enough for silver in each instance. However, both men missed out on medals they were capable of winning given their Trials times: Murphy stunningly missed qualifying for the 200 back final after swimming a then-world-leading mark of 1:54.33 at Trials while Foster ended up a tenth off the podium in the 200 IM while swimming a half-second back of his Trials performance.<\/p>\n

Not only would both of those men have reached the podium with repeats of their Trials times, but so would their American counterparts, Keaton Jones<\/strong> in the 200 back and Shaine Casas<\/strong> in the 200 IM. Jones added three-quarters of a second on his way to fifth in his first Olympic final while Casas did not qualify for the 200 IM top-eight.<\/p>\n

An up-and-down Olympics for Caeleb Dressel<\/strong> has been well-chronicled, with Dressel shining in relay action but struggling in his individual events. His Trials times in the 50 free (21.41) and 100 fly (50.19) were both faster than the bronze-medal-winning times from Paris.<\/p>\n

\"Jack

U.S. sprinter Jack Alexy — Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, the busiest American man in the pool was Chris<\/strong> Guiliano<\/strong>, who joined the likes of Mark Spitz<\/strong> and Matt Biondi<\/strong> to qualify for the 50, 100 and 200 free events at the Olympics. Guiliano struggled on the international level, ending up eighth in the 100 free \u2014 his 47.25 from Trials would have earned silver \u2014 while missing the semifinals of the 50 and 200. His American teammate in the 100 free, Jack<\/strong> Alexy<\/strong>, also struggled on his way to a seventh-place finish in that event.<\/p>\n

Joining Dressel, Guiliano and Alexy as medal favorites who faltered in Paris were Hunter<\/strong> Armstrong<\/strong>, Matt<\/strong> Fallon<\/strong>, Thomas<\/strong> Heilman<\/strong> and Chase<\/strong> Kalisz<\/strong>. Armstrong won bronze medals in the 100 back at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships and claimed gold at the lightly-attended global meet earlier this year. Fallon entered with the top time in the world in the 200 breast. Heilman, 17, was coming off a fourth-place finish in the 200 fly at last year\u2019s Worlds. Kalisz was the defending Olympic gold medalist in the 400 IM.<\/p>\n

None of those men qualified for an individual final in Paris.<\/p>\n

Yes, the expectations that come with representing the United States in swimming at an Olympic Games are lofty, but perfection is not required to match the usual standards for success. Remember, a 50% success rate for the U.S. women is considered successful by any account. The men notched barely one-third of that.<\/p>\n

We must also acknowledge that the level of men\u2019s swimming around the world has improved significantly over the last decade. Thanks to that trend, not a single men\u2019s winning time from the U.S. Olympic Trials would have been sufficient to claim gold in Paris<\/a>, with only a colossal effort from Finke ending the golden drought.<\/p>\n

But the gold-medal count only partially reflects the strength of a swim team; medal count matters, too, and when merely the inability to repeat performances left the Americans with their fewest overall medals in two decades, back when the Olympic program included three less events, the men\u2019s meet can only be classified as a disappointment.<\/p>\n

Matthew De George contributed reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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