What Have been The Most Dominant Olympic Performances In Paris?

Courtesy: Dominique Hérailh

single-race performances, who have been probably the most dominant Olympic champions in Paris? How can we reply this query objectively?

In breaking down which performances have been most dominant, we’ve opted to make use of the World Aquatics Level Scoring system.

The 2 key figuring out elements in whether or not or not a efficiency was “dominant” are:

• A excessive rating in FINA/World Aquatics factors
• Giant margin of victory over the runner-up

The scoring format: A swimmer’s complete FINA factors + the hole in factors between them and the silver medalist.

Instance: Katie Ledecky scored 962 FINA factors within the ladies’s 800 free. The runner-up, Ariarne Titmus, scored 955. The overall of the factors retained is 962 + (962 – 955) =969

WOMEN’S RANKINGS

#5. Katie Ledecky, 1500 Freestyle –  1002

Though her time was 10 seconds slower than her world document, Katie Ledecky scored 970 factors within the 1500 free, and earned an additional 32 after beating Anastasiia Kirpichnikova by one other 10 seconds.

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4. Mollie O’Callaghan, 200 Freestyle – 1003

	Swimmer	Time	FINA Factors	Whole Rating
Winner	Mollie O’Callaghan	1:53.27	989	1003
Runner-up	Ariarne Titmus	1:53.81	975
		Hole:	14

In a must-see battle between the world document holders within the 200 and 400 free, we noticed a razor-thin end between Mollie O’Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus, and though they have been solely separated by 14 factors on the FINA desk, O’Callaghan’s win nonetheless ranks so extremely as a consequence of her 1:53.27 time scoring 989.

3. Kaylee McKeown, 100 backstroke – 1018

The world document holder and the reigning Olympic champion proved as soon as once more that she’s the most effective backstroker on this planet. Kaylee McKeown’s time (57.33) matched the previous world document she set in October 2023, therefore the 1000 factors awarded. Regan Smith completed 2nd, 33 one-hundredths again, with 982 factors.

2. Sarah Sjostrom, 50 freestyle – 1019

With a time of 23.71, the 31-year-old Sarah Sjostrom was simply one-tenth shy of her world document within the Olympic fianl. Main from the early phases, she flew down the ultimate 25 meters to open up a niche of 0.26 over Meg Harris.

1. Summer season McIntosh, 400 IM – 1039

Summer season McIntosh doesn’t essentially declare the #1 spot due to her time, which was three seconds behind her world document. It was the large hole she had over runner-up Katie Grimes, who was almost six seconds again.

Within the following graph, we will see that McIntosh is the one one to be present in Quadrant 1 (Excessive Efficiency + Giant Hole).

Many of the different opponents are in Quadrant 4 (Excessive Efficiency +  small hole) except Ledecky (1500) and Sjostrom (50), who’re on the fringe of Quadrant 1.

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MEN’S RANKINGS

5. Leon Marchand, 200 breast – 1013

An Olympic document and a lead of just about one second over Zac Stubblety-Prepare dinner allowed Leon Marchand‘s 200 breast efficiency to rank fifth with 1013 factors.

4. Bobby Finke, 1500 free – 1014

A world document and main the race from begin to end confirmed the dominance Bobby Finke had over the remainder of the sphere within the males’s 1500 free.

3. Leon Marchand, 200 IM – 1030

Coming inside six one-hundredths of a second of Ryan Lochte’s historic world document, Marchand set a brand new Olympic document and scored 998 factors within the 200 IM. The 1.25 second hole with Duncan Scott provides him an additional 32 factors.

2. Leon Marchand, 400 IM – 1060

With the second-fastest efficiency of all-time, Marchand dominated the 400 IM from begin to end. Tomoyuki Matsushita was the runner-up, nearly six seconds behind the chief for a niche of 66 factors.

1. Pan Zhanle, 100 freestyle – 1099

In probably the most anticipated occasions of those Olympic Video games, Pan’s race was an actual feat. Not solely did his time of 46.40 break the earlier world document by 46 one-hundredths, however his dominance over the sphere was spectacular.

He deserves, unquestionably, the highest rating.

The next graph highlights the 2 distinctive performances of Pan and Marchand, that are the one two to look in Quadrant 1 (Excessive efficiency + Giant Hole). In comparison with the ladies’s graph, there’s a better dispersion amongst males.

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