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Phelps' longtime rival and twelve-time medalist Ryan Lochte seized a brief lead into the halfway point with a signature backstroke swim, but faded down the home stretch to fifth, and missed out on his fourth straight medal in this event with a 1:57.47, a hundredth of a second ahead of Germany's Philip Heintz (1:57.48). [8]
The 2016 USA Swimming Olympic trials were held for the third straight quadrennial at CenturyLink Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska from June 26 to July 3, 2016. [1] Those qualifying competed for the United States in Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .
The American final team (Adrian, Held, Phelps, and Dressel), celebrating their gold medal victory. ... Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre ...
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For 2016, the OQT was 1:47.97 while the OST was 1:51.75. The qualifying window was 1 March 2015 to 3 July 2016; only approved meets (generally international competitions and national Olympic trials) during that period could be used to meet the standards.
Italian swimmer and 2015 world champion Gregorio Paltrinieri outlasted the field on the closing stages to become his country's first ever Olympic champion in the program's longest pool race. Strengthening his lead from start to finish, Paltrinieri headed into the 1,400-metre turn under a world-record pace, but fell off towards the end for the ...
For 2016, the OQT was 48.99 seconds while the OST was 50.70 seconds. The qualifying window was 1 March 2015 to 3 July 2016; only approved meets (generally international competitions and national Olympic trials) during that period could be used to meet the standards.
6 August 2016: Swimming – Men's 100 metre breaststroke: Adam Peaty Great Britain: Set a world record time of 57.55 in the heats [2] 6 August 2016: Swimming – Women's 400 metre individual medley: Katinka Hosszú Hungary: Set a world record time of 4:26.36 in the final: 6 August 2016: Swimming – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay: Emma ...