{"id":72246,"date":"2024-07-27T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/779058513375c75970092c04"},"modified":"2024-07-27T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T09:00:09","slug":"usa-vs-australia-swimming-by-the-numbers-how-2024-olympic-superteams-compare-in-each-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/usa-vs-australia-swimming-by-the-numbers-how-2024-olympic-superteams-compare-in-each-event\/","title":{"rendered":"USA vs. Australia swimming by the numbers: How 2024 Olympic superteams compare in each event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When fans think of rivalries in sports, it’s all about tension. Rivals aren’t made to like each other. Most historic clashes are built on bad blood. <\/p>\n

It’s incredibly rare to see a “healthy” rivalry \u2014 which is what makes competitive spirit between the United States and Australia swimming so rare. <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s super funny because we like the Aussies,” said Lilly King<\/span>, an American breaststroke Olympic gold medalist. “They\u2019re cool people and we do get along, but we also want to win and we want to win more medals. So it’s a really healthy rivalry.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes I wish it was a little less healthy, Like, ‘Let’s get at it, guys. Come on, let’s fight a little bit!\u2019 But yeah, the Aussies are a fun group to race and a fun group to beat. We take a lot of pride in that, and does it motivate the team? Yeah, I think it definitely does.”<\/p>\n

The rivalry between the United States and Australia dates back to the mid-1990s. The two countries dominated every other nation in the pool, constantly battling between each other for the top of the podium. Despite the consistent contests between the Americans and the Aussies, it’s a rivalry built on motivation, not contention. <\/p>\n

“Getting to race Australia last summer was super fun and the way they were able to get out on top in most of the relays has really helped boost our motivation going into the Games,” said Katie Grimes<\/span>, an American multi-event swimmer. “That rivalry is a good thing to get us focussed in practice every day and more excited to race against each other.”<\/p>\n

The two sides are poised to once again go head-to-head for the gold medal in a majority of the swimming events. Of course, there are a plethora of other nations hoping to knock off the two pool powerhouses. But expect swimmers form the United States and Australia to be the favorites in a multitude of races.<\/p>\n

Who is shaping up to come up top in 2024? Here is a look behind the number of the United States and Australia swimming.<\/p>\n

MORE: Who will win Olympics swimming? Medal odds, expert picks<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

USA vs. Australia swimming by the numbers<\/h2>\n

It’s been nearly 70 years since Australia beat the United States in Olympic swimming medal count. The last time that happened was at the 1956 Melbourne Games. At the last Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, the USA won 11 gold medals to Australia\u2019s nine, marking the closest differential since that Olympics in Melbourne. <\/p>\n

Here is a comparison of the fastest Australian and USA swimmers heading into the 2024 Olympics, based on each athlete’s best time so far this year. Times are from the Sydney Morning Herald<\/span>. <\/p>\n

*Americans in bold<\/em><\/p>\n

Women’s freestyle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nFastest <\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/strong><\/td>\n3rd<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50m<\/td>\nShayna Jack (AUS) \u2014 23.99<\/td>\nSimone Manuel (USA) \u2014 24.13    <\/strong><\/td>\nGretchen Walsh (USA) \u2014 24.15<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100m<\/td>\nMollie O’Callaghan (AUS) \u2014 52.27<\/td>\nKate Douglass (USA) \u2014 52.56<\/strong><\/td>\nShayna Jack (AUS) \u2014 52.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200m<\/td>\nAriarne Titmus (AUS) \u2014 1:52.23<\/td>\nMollie O’Callaghan (AUS) \u2014 1:52.48<\/td>\nKatie Ledecky (USA) \u2014 1:54.97<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400m<\/td>\nAriarne Titmus (AUS) \u2014 3:55.44<\/td>\nKatie Ledecky (USA) \u2014 3:58.35<\/strong><\/td>\nLani Pallister (AUS) \u2014 4:01.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800m<\/td>\nKatie Ledecky (USA) \u2014 8:12.95<\/strong><\/td>\nAriarne Titmus (AUS) \u2014 8:14.06<\/td>\nLani Pallister (AUS) \u2014 8:18.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500m<\/td>\nKatie Ledecky (USA) \u2014 15:37.35<\/strong><\/td>\nLani Pallister (AUS) \u2014 15:53.79<\/td>\nKatie Grimes (USA) \u2014 15:57.77<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Women’s backstroke<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nFastest<\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/strong><\/td>\n3rd<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100m<\/td>\nRegan Smith (USA) \u2014 57.13<\/strong><\/td>\nKaylee McKeown (AUS) \u2014 57.41<\/td>\nKatharine Berkoff (USA) \u2014 57.83<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200m<\/td>\nKaylee McKeown (AUS) \u2014 2:03.30<\/td>\nRegan Smith (USA) \u2014 2:03.99<\/strong><\/td>\nPhoebe Bacon (USA) \u2014 2:06.27<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Women’s breaststroke<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nFastest<\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/strong><\/td>\n3rd<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100m<\/td>\nLilly King (USA) \u2014 1:05.43<\/strong><\/td>\nEmma Weber (USA) \u2014 1:05.43<\/strong><\/td>\nJenna Strauch (AUS) \u2014 1:06.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200m<\/td>\nKate Douglass (USA) \u2014 2:19.30<\/strong><\/td>\nLilly King (USA) \u2014 2:21.93<\/strong><\/td>\nElla Ramsay (AUS) \u2014 2:22.87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Women’s butterfly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nFastest<\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/strong><\/td>\n3rd<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100m<\/td>\nGretchen Walsh (USA) \u2014 55.18<\/strong><\/td>\nTorri Huske (USA) \u201455.52<\/strong><\/td>\nEmma McKeon (AUS) \u2014 56.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200m<\/td>\nRegan Smith (USA) \u2014 2:04.80<\/strong><\/td>\nLizzy Dekkers (AUS) \u2014 2:05.20<\/td>\nAlex Shackell (USA) \u2014 2:06.1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Women’s individual medley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nFastest<\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/strong><\/td>\n3rd<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200m<\/td>\nKaylee McKeown (AUS) \u2014 2:06.63<\/td>\nKate Douglass (USA) \u2014 2:06.79<\/strong><\/td>\nAlex Walsh (USA) \u2014 2:07.63<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400m<\/td>\nKatie Grimes (USA) \u2014 4:32.45<\/strong><\/td>\nEmma Weyant (USA) \u2014 4:35.56<\/strong><\/td>\nElla Ramsay (AUS) \u2014 4:36.56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Men’s freestyle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nFastest <\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/strong><\/td>\n3rd<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50m<\/td>\nCam McEvoy (AUS) \u2014 21.13<\/td>\nCaeleb Dressel (USA) \u2014 21.41<\/strong><\/td>\nChris Guiliano (USA) \u2014 21.69<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100m<\/td>\nJack Alexy (USA) \u2014 47.08<\/strong><\/td>\nChris Guiliano (USA) \u2014 47.25<\/strong><\/td>\nKyle Chalmers (AUS) \u2014 47.63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200m<\/td>\nLuke Hobson (USA) \u2014 1:44.89<\/strong><\/td>\nChris Guiliano (USA) \u2014 1:45.38<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximillian Guiliani (AUS) \u2014 1:45.83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400m<\/td>\nElijah Winnington (AUS) \u2014 3:41.41<\/td>\nSam Short (AUS) \u2014 3:41.64<\/td>\nAaron Shackell (USA) \u2014 3:45.46<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800m<\/td>\nElijah Winnington (AUS) \u2014 7:42.95<\/td>\nSam Short (AUS) \u2014 7:43.98<\/td>\nRobert Finke (USA) \u2014 7:43.98<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500m<\/td>\nRobert Finke (USA) \u2014 14:40.28<\/strong><\/td>\nDavid Johnston (USA) \u2014 14:52.74<\/strong><\/td>\nSam Short (AUS) \u2014 15:03.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Men’s backstroke<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nFastest<\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/strong><\/td>\n3rd<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100m<\/td>\nRyan Murphy (USA) \u2014 52.22<\/strong><\/td>\nHunter Armstrong (USA) \u2014 52.68<\/strong><\/td>\nIsaac Cooper (AUS) \u2014 53.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200m<\/td>\nRyan Murphy (USA)\u2014 1:54.33<\/strong><\/td>\nKeaton Jones (USA) \u2014 1:54.61<\/strong><\/td>\nBrad Woodward (AUS) \u2014 1:56.22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Men’s breaststroke<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nFastest<\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/strong><\/td>\n3rd<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100m<\/td>\nNic Fink (USA) \u2014 58.57<\/strong><\/td>\nSam Williamson (AUS) \u2014 58.80<\/td>\nCharlie Swanson (USA) \u2014 59.16<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200m<\/td>\nMatthew Fallon (USA) \u2014 2:06.54<\/strong><\/td>\nZac Stubblety-Cook (AUS) \u2014 2:07.40<\/td>\nJoshua Yong (AUS) \u2014 2:08.08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Men’s butterfly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nFastest<\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/strong><\/td>\n3rd<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100m<\/td>\nCaeleb Dressel (USA) \u2014 50.19<\/strong><\/td>\nMatt Temple (AUS) \u201450.61<\/td>\nThomas Heilman (USA) \u2014 50.80<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200m<\/td>\nThomas Heilman (USA) \u2014 1:54.50<\/strong><\/td>\nLuca Urlando (USA) \u2014 1:54.64<\/strong><\/td>\nBowen Gough (AUS) \u2014 1:56.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Men’s individual medley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>\nFastest<\/strong><\/td>\n2nd<\/strong><\/td>\n3rd<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200m<\/td>\nCarson Foster (USA) \u2014 1:55.65<\/strong><\/td>\nShaine Casas (USA) \u2014 1:55.83<\/strong><\/td>\nWill Petric (AUS) \u2014 1:55.83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400m<\/td>\nCarson Foster (USA) \u2014 4:07.64<\/strong><\/td>\nChase Kalisz (USA) \u2014 4:09.39<\/strong><\/td>\nBrendon Smith (AUS) \u2014 4:10.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When fans think of rivalries in sports, it’s all about tension. Rivals aren’t made to like each other. Most historic clashes are built on bad blood.  It’s incredibly rare to see a “healthy” rivalry \u2014 which is what makes competitive spirit between the United States and Australia swimming so rare.  “It\u2019s super funny because we …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","has-thumb","has-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}