Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Swimming featured a total of 37 events (18 each for men and women and 1 mixed event), including two 10 km open-water marathon swims. All pool events were contested in a long course (50 metres long) pool at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool arena for the events.{{Cite web |last=Burgaud |first=Florian |date=2024-07-22 |title=From concert hall and rugby stadium to Olympic swimming pool arena in a matter of weeks, the metamorphosis of the Paris La Défense Arena is complete |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/concert-hall-rugby-stadium-olympic-swimming-pool-arena-paris-la-defense |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804191900/https://olympics.com/en/news/concert-hall-rugby-stadium-olympic-swimming-pool-arena-paris-la-defense |archive-date=2024-08-04 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=olympics.com |publisher=International Olympic Committee (IOC)}} The two open water events were contested between Pont Alexandre III and Pont de l’Alma in the Seine river.{{Cite news |last=Massy-Beresford |first=Helen |date=2024-08-02 |title=No, the Seine Cleanup Wasn’t a Failure |url=https://www.wired.com/story/no-the-seine-cleanup-wasnt-a-failure/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321034058/https://www.wired.com/story/no-the-seine-cleanup-wasnt-a-failure/ |archive-date=2025-03-21 |access-date=2025-04-04 |work=Wired magazine |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}

The following events were contested (distances are in meters):

• Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1500;
• Backstroke: 100 and 200;
• Breaststroke: 100 and 200;
• Butterfly: 100 and 200;
• Individual medley: 200 and 400;
• Relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free; 4 × 100 medley (men's, women's, and mixed);
• Marathon: 10 kilometres

The swimming program schedule for Paris 2024 occurred in two segments. For the pool events, similar to the case for the 2012 Games, prelims ran in the morning, followed by the semifinal and final sessions in the evening and the night session (due to the substantial fees NBC has paid for rights to the Olympics, the IOC allowed NBC to have influence on event scheduling to maximize U.S. television ratings when possible; NBC agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on 7 May 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 Games{{cite news|title=Olympics on NBC through 2032|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2014/05/07/nbc-olympics-broadcast-rights-2032/8805989/|newspaper=USA Today|publisher=Gannett Company|date=7 May 2014}} and is also one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC).{{cite web|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/sports/olympics/russia-olympics-us-business.html|title=Fewer Russians Could Be a Windfall for U.S. Olympic Business|work=The New York Times|date=7 December 2017|access-date=5 February 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/sports/olympics/figure-skating-schedule.html|title=For Olympic Figure Skaters, a New Meaning to Morning Routine|last=Longman|first=Jeré|date=12 February 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=17 February 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216125456/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/sports/olympics/figure-skating-schedule.html|archive-date=16 February 2018}} Several significant changes were instituted to the swimming schedule, with the program extending to nine days for the first time as opposed to the regular eight-day format. The extra day would be used to alleviate the schedules of the swimmers who would compete in the individual and relay events at the same period. Moreover, it relieved a packed schedule that witnessed three new events added to the program at the previous Games.{{cite news|first=David|last=Rieder|title=Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/event-changes-likely-as-paris-2024-moves-to-nine-day-schedule-of-finals/|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=3 April 2022|access-date=12 November 2022}}{{cite news|first=Sophie|last=Kaufman|title=Paris 2024 Unveils New Nine Day Format For Swimming|url=https://swimswam.com/paris-2024-unveils-new-nine-day-format-for-swimming/|publisher=SwimSwam|date=9 April 2022|access-date=12 November 2022}}

In February 2024, a change was announced to the original schedule for Days 5 and 6, after lobbying by the French swimming governing body to give Léon Marchand a chance to win both the men's 200 metre butterfly and 200 metre breaststroke events.{{cite news|title=Swimming: Olympic schedule change benefiting French star questioned|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/03/6be080ef6488-swimming-olympic-schedule-change-benefiting-french-star-questioned.html|publisher=Kyodo News|date=5 March 2024}}{{cite news|first=James|last=Sutherland|title=PARIS OLYMPIC SCHEDULE CHANGE OPENS THE DOOR FOR MARCHAND'S 200 FLY/200 BREAST DOUBLE|url=https://swimswam.com/paris-olympic-schedule-change-opens-the-door-for-marchands-200-fly-200-breast-double/|publisher=SwimSwam|date=28 February 2024}} All events remain on the originally planned days, but the event order was modified to create a longer gap between the 200 metre butterfly and 200 metre breaststroke events.{{cite news |last=Overend |first=Riley |date=25 July 2022 |title=Paris 2024 Olympic Schedule Resolves Some Event Conflicts With New 9-Day Calendar |url=https://swimswam.com/paris-2024-olympic-schedule-resolves-event-conflicts-with-new-9-day-calendar/ |access-date=12 November 2022 |publisher=SwimSwam}}

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{{main|Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). World Aquatics then considered athletes who had only qualified in a relay event, and then athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT.{{Efn|NOCs were subject to some other restrictions on who they could pick to fill their universality places.}} Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT).{{cite web |date=5 April 2022 |title=Paris 2024 – Swimming Info |url=https://www.fina.org/news/2563896/paris-2024-swimming-info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208222726/https://www.fina.org/news/2563896/paris-2024-swimming-info |archive-date=2023-02-08 |access-date=12 November 2022 |publisher=World Aquatics}}

Each National Olympic Committee could enter one team per event, and there were a total of sixteen qualification places available in each event. The first three qualifying places were given to the podium finishers at the 2023 World Championships, and the final thirteen qualifying places were allocated to the fastest performances at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships.{{cite news |last=Byrnes |first=Liz |date=17 July 2022 |title=FINA Confirm Doha 2024 Will Be Olympic Relay Qualification Meet; Only Top Three To Book Slots In Fukuoka |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/fina-confirms-olympic-relay-qualification-will-be-decided-for-13-teams-at-doha-worlds-in-2024/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112144359/https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/fina-confirms-olympic-relay-qualification-will-be-decided-for-13-teams-at-doha-worlds-in-2024/ |archive-date=12 November 2022 |access-date=12 November 2022 |publisher=Swimming World}}

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes per event. World Aquatics provided a qualification pathway to fulfil their quota of at least 22 competing athletes. Athletes were selected in the following order:{{cite web |title=Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Marathon Swimming |url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-FINA-MarathonSwimming.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127220813/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Paris-2024/Paris2024-QS-FINA-MarathonSwimming.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2023 |access-date=12 November 2022 |publisher=World Aquatics}}

• The three medalists in the 10 km races at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
• The top thirteen swimmers in the 10 km races at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
• One representative from each World Aquatics continent (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania){{Efn|If a continental place was not used, the slot was reallocated to the fastest unqualified swimmer at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.}}
• One representative from the host nation (France) if not qualified by other means{{Efn|If a French swimmer already qualified, their slot was reallocated to the fastest unqualified swimmer at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.}}

In addition to the athletes invited to fulfil the quota, any athletes who achieved the Olympic Qualification Time in either the 800 or 1500 metres freestyle were invited to compete.

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| gold_USA = 8 | silver_USA = 13 | bronze_USA = 7

| gold_AUS = 7 | silver_AUS = 9 | bronze_AUS = 3

| gold_FRA = 4 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 2 |host_FRA=yes

| gold_CAN = 3 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 3

| gold_HUN = 3 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 1

| gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 3 | bronze_CHN = 7

| gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 3

| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 4 | bronze_GBR = 0

| gold_RSA = 1 | silver_RSA = 1 | bronze_RSA = 0

| gold_IRL = 1 | silver_IRL = 0 | bronze_IRL = 2

| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1

| gold_ROU = 1 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 1

| gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 0

| gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 1 | bronze_GRE = 0

| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 0

| gold_HKG = 0 | silver_HKG = 0 | bronze_HKG = 2

| gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 2

| gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 1

| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 1

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{{note label|b|b|b}} Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

{{note label|b|b|b}} Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

{{see also|World and Olympic records set at the 2024 Summer Olympics}}

The following world and Olympic records were set during the competition:

{{See also|World Anti-Doping Agency#Chinese doping allegations}}

On 20 April 2024, The New York Times revealed that 23 members of the Chinese swimming team tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug called Trimetazidine seven months prior to the start of the 2020 Summer Games and were allowed to participate in the games with some of the swimmers winning medals. Following the publication of the report, Travis Tygart, CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, accused the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) of covering up doping by Chinese swimmers.{{Cite news |last=Mann |first=Brian |date=22 April 2024 |title='Ban them all.' With Paris Games looming, Chinese doping scandal rocks Olympic sport |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1246205969/china-swimming-doping-scandal-olympics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422090323/https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1246205969/china-swimming-doping-scandal-olympics |archive-date=22 April 2024 |access-date=22 April 2024 |work=NPR}}{{cite web |last=Deliso |first=Meredith |date=20 April 2024 |title=23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for banned substance before 2021 Olympics: WADA |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/chinese-swimmers-trimetazidine-positive-tests-before-olympics/story?id=109463142 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420211131/https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/chinese-swimmers-trimetazidine-positive-tests-before-olympics/story?id=109463142 |archive-date=20 April 2024 |access-date=20 April 2024 |work=ABC News}}

WADA argued the amount detected was too low to enhance performance. CHINADA, who had reported the results to WADA and FINA (now World Aquatics), blamed them on contamination from a hotel kitchen, a rationale that potentially exempts findings from being made public.{{Cite news |last=MacInnes |first=Paul |date=22 April 2024 |title=Wada defends its actions over Chinese swimmers' doping allegations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/22/wada-defends-its-actions-over-chinese-swimmers-doping-allegations |access-date=22 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422204112/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/22/wada-defends-its-actions-over-chinese-swimmers-doping-allegations |archive-date=22 April 2024 |url-status=live}} WADA released a statement, explaining that "[it] was not possible for WADA scientists or investigators to conduct their enquiries on the ground in China given the extreme restrictions in place due to a COVID-related lockdown. WADA ultimately concluded that it was not in a position to disprove the possibility that contamination was the source of TMZ and it was compatible with the analytical data in the file."{{cite web|url=https://www.wada-ama.org/en/news/wada-statement-case-23-swimmers-china|title=WADA statement on case of 23 swimmers from China|date=20 April 2024|publisher=WADA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420154729/https://www.wada-ama.org/en/news/wada-statement-case-23-swimmers-china |archive-date=20 April 2024 |url-status=live}} World Aquatics's investigation agreed with WADA.{{cite web |last1=Rieder |first1=David |title=WADA Releases Fact Sheet on Chinese Doping Violations |url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/wada-releases-fact-sheet-on-chinese-doping-violations/ |website=Swimming World News |date=30 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430003942/https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/wada-releases-fact-sheet-on-chinese-doping-violations/ |archive-date=30 April 2024 |url-status=live}}

After the story was leaked, WADA was criticised by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and athletes. WADA's choice of a Swiss attorney to lead an investigation into the matter also drew criticism because he was hand-picked by the agency.{{Cite news |last=Auerbach |first=Nicole |date=8 May 2024 |title=Chinese doping scandal roils Olympic swimming: The latest, and what it means for Paris |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5469492/2024/05/08/chinese-doping-scandal-olympic-swimming/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513221829/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5469492/2024/05/08/chinese-doping-scandal-olympic-swimming/ |archive-date=13 May 2024 |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=The Athletic |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Experts interviewed by The New York Times said trace amounts of TMZ can be detected near the end of a doping excretion period but could not rule out contamination either.{{Cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michael S. |last2=Vrentas |first2=Jenny |last3=Panja |first3=Tariq |date=12 May 2024 |title=Ahead of Olympics, World Anti-Doping Agency Faces a Trust Crisis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/world/europe/olympics-wada-doping.html |access-date=12 May 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512044840/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/12/world/europe/olympics-wada-doping.html |archive-date=12 May 2024 |url-status=live}}

In a second statement, Tygart accused both the WADA and the CHINADA for not being transparent about the findings and keeping "clean athletes in the dark". WADA was also accused of having a double-standard as Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for TMZ and used the same excuse, but was subsequently banned for four years. WADA argued, based on non-published information and pharmacokinetics, that contamination would not have been possible in Valieva's case, but in the case of the Chinese swimmers, that no international competition was occurring around the time of the positive tests, only athletes who stayed at one of the hotels tested positive, and some individuals alternated between positive and negative results all point to contamination, not doping.{{cite web |title=WADA publishes Fact Sheet/Frequently Asked Questions in relation to contamination case involving swimmers from China |url=https://www.wada-ama.org/en/news/wada-publishes-fact-sheetfrequently-asked-questions-relation-contamination-case-involving |website=World Anti Doping Agency |language=en |date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502195004/https://www.wada-ama.org/en/news/wada-publishes-fact-sheetfrequently-asked-questions-relation-contamination-case-involving |archive-date=2 May 2024 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=As Paris Olympics approach, concerns continue after doping watchdog cleared Chinese swimmers in 2021 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/chinese-swimmers-wada-doping-1.7212805 |agency=CBC News |date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524184426/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/chinese-swimmers-wada-doping-1.7212805 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |url-status=live}} In May 2024, WADA announced that it held an extraordinary meeting to discuss the doping case of the Chinese swimmers.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/21/china/china-swimmers-doping-wada-olympics-intl-hnk/index.html|title=World Anti-Doping Agency defends handling of elite Chinese swimmers who tested positive for banned drug|newspaper=CNN|first=Simone|last=McCarthy|date=21 April 2024|access-date=16 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421083158/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/21/china/china-swimmers-doping-wada-olympics-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=21 April 2024 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c1633wpppn8o|title=Wada calls extraordinary meeting over China swimmers|newspaper=BBC Sport|date=14 May 2024|access-date=16 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514030802/https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c1633wpppn8o |archive-date=14 May 2024 |url-status=live}}

Eleven of the 23 swimmers involved in the controversy were named to the 2024 Chinese Olympic swimming team.{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Alexander |date=19 June 2024 |title=China names 11 doping scandal swimmers in its Paris Olympics team |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/paris-olympics-china-picks-11-swimmers-tested-positive-banned-heart-dr-rcna157885 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619113316/https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/paris-olympics-china-picks-11-swimmers-tested-positive-banned-heart-dr-rcna157885 |archive-date=19 June 2024 |access-date=19 June 2024 |work=NBC News}}

On July 9, independent Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier concluded that WADA did not mishandle the Chinese swimmers' doping case or show bias. His interim report stated, "There is nothing in the file... to suggest that WADA showed favouritism or in any way favoured the 23 swimmers who tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) between January 1 and 3, 2021." He also found no evidence of "interference or meddling" from within WADA, Chinada, or Chinese authorities. Cottier stated Wada's decision not to appeal against Chinada's conclusion was "reasonable, both from the point of view of the facts and the applicable rules". WADA President Witold Bańka welcomed the conclusion and reconfirmed the importance of clarifying these "two fundamental questions in advance of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games."{{Cite web |date=2024-07-09 |title=Independent Prosecutor concludes WADA showed no bias towards China and decision not to appeal Chinese swimming cases was 'indisputably reasonable' |url=https://www.wada-ama.org/en/news/independent-prosecutor-concludes-wada-showed-no-bias-towards-china-and-decision-not-appeal |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=World Anti Doping Agency |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-09 |title=Wada did not show bias in Chinese swimmers doping case, says investigation |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/swimming/articles/c0kr1pg8g47o |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}

Per reports from multiple news outlets, the Chinese swimming delegation has reportedly been tested nearly 200 times since arriving in Paris.{{Cite web |last=Overend |first=Riley |date=22 July 2024 |title=Chinese Olympic Swimmers Reportedly Given Almost 200 Drug Tests During First 10 Days in Paris |url=https://swimswam.com/chinese-olympic-swimmers-reportedly-given-almost-200-drug-tests-during-first-10-days-in-paris/ |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}} According to World Aquatics on 2 August 2024, China’s swimmers in Paris have been tested an average of 21 times by various anti-doping organizations since the start of the year.{{Cite web |last=Jennifer Jett and Janis Mackey Frayer and Dawn Liu and Rae Wang |date=2 August 2024 |title=Frequent doping tests and suspicion cast a shadow over China's Olympics swim team |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/frequent-doping-tests-suspicion-cast-164710972.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=Yahoo! News |publisher=NBC News |language=en-US}} Drug-testing data in 2023 from the International Testing Agency also found that Chinese swimmers had been tested more often than swimmers of any other nationality even before news of their positive tests were made public.{{Cite web |last=Decent |first=Tom |date=21 July 2024 |title=46 tests in 52 weeks: How China's swimmers are being targeted by drug testers |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/swimming/46-tests-in-52-weeks-how-china-s-swimmers-are-being-targeted-by-drug-testers-20240721-p5jv8e.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240722011426/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/swimming/46-tests-in-52-weeks-how-china-s-swimmers-are-being-targeted-by-drug-testers-20240721-p5jv8e.html |archive-date=22 July 2024 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |quote=However, drug-testing data, seen by this masthead, reveals that the International Testing Agency (ITA) had Chinese swimmers in its sights before news of their positive tests were made public in April. Of the top 20 tested swimmers in 2023, all were Chinese, including multiple Olympic medallists.}}

Former Chinese diver Gao Min alleged in a post on Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo that the Chinese swimmers' poor performance in the games was due to excessive drug testing they underwent. Chinese swimmer Qin Haiyang said the tests "come early in the morning before we're even awake, during midday rest periods, forcing us to rest on hotel lobby sofas, and even late at night, keeping us up past midnight".{{Cite web |last=Race |first=Retta |date=27 July 2024 |title=Qin Haiyang Says Drug Tests Are an American & European Plot After Testers Interrupt His Sleep |url=https://swimswam.com/qin-haiyang-says-drug-tests-are-an-american-european-plot-after-testers-interrupt-his-sleep/ |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}} Wang Xue'er told a reporter from the Mandarin service of Radio Free Asia that the drug tests were okay, while Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei stated that the drug tests did not affect her much.{{Cite web |last1=Wang |first1=Yun |last2=Li |first2=Yaqian |date=29 July 2024 |title=中国队失意奥运泳池 药检真的过度了吗？ |trans-title=Chinese team fails in Olympic swimming pool: is drug testing really excessive? |url=https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/2024-paris-olympics/wy-chinese-swimmers-paris-olympics-07292024113447.html |access-date=31 July 2024 |newspaper=Radio Free Asia}}

British swimming star Adam Peaty questioned China's performances at the 2024 Summer Olympics, alluding to the cover-up of positive doping cases by Chinese swimmers, and expressing dissatisfaction with the World Anti-Doping Agency's efforts to combat cheating in sports.[https://www.scmp.com/sport/paris-olympics-2024/china/article/3273207/cheating-chinese-should-not-be-paris-olympics-says-gb-legend-adam-peaty British swimmer Adam Peaty accuses China of ‘cheating’ at Olympics, sparking fans’ anger] American swimmer Caeleb Dressel emphasized the need to put trust in WADA and said that he was mainly focused on racing really tough, acknowledging that China were the better team.[https://www.newsweek.com/olympic-medal-count-paris-shows-china-could-make-history-can-team-usa-stop-them-1934313 Olympic Medal Count Shows China Could Make History. Can Team USA Stop Them?] Pan Zhanle was the only swimmer from the Chinese team, to have won an individual gold in Paris 2024 and also breaking his own world record. Despite not being one of the 23 swimmers who had tested positive to TMZ, he has similarly received allegations of doping. Kyle Chalmers who came in second to him at the 100 freestyle final, however defended Pan and stated that he was confident that Pan wasn’t doping and that also he “deserves that gold medal" in [100 free].{{Cite web |last=Overend |first=Riley |date=2024-08-02 |title=Proud, Chalmers, Popovici Come to Pan Zhanle's Defense After Questions Over World Record |url=https://swimswam.com/proud-chalmers-popovici-come-to-pan-zhanles-defense-after-questions-over-world-record/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2024-08-01 |title='I trust that': Bested Chalmers confident Chinese record-holder swam drug-free race |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-01/paris-olympics-2024-kyle-chalmers-china-pan-zhanle-drug-free/104169454 |access-date=2024-09-07 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}} David Popovici also came to Pan's defense by stating that everyone is innocent until proven guilty and adding in that, “This is only motivation for us. I mean, we can’t be mad, we can only congratulate him. This is what sports is.”{{Cite web |title=King Kyle pours fuel on China drama, rejects ‘weird’ snub claims |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/olympics/he-ignored-me-chinese-stars-surprise-chalmers-claim-as-swimmers-react-to-insane-swim/news-story/25b83e0221f2b021ff71d500017b64d6}}{{Cite web |last=Ahuja |first=Anchal |date=2024-08-01 |title=David Popovici Makes Bold Claim After China’s Pan Zhanle Suspected for Doping at Paris Olympics |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-olympics-news-swimming-news-david-popovici-makes-bold-claim-after-chinas-pan-zhanle-suspected-for-doping-at-paris-olympics/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=EssentiallySports |language=en}}

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• [https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/SWM/OG2024_SWM_B99_SWM-------------------------------.pdf Results book – Swimming]
• [https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/OWS/OG2024_OWS_B99_OWS-------------------------------.pdf Results book – Marathon Swimming]

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