On September 20, Beijing time, the swimming competition of the 14th National Games continued, and Xu Jiayu and Fu Yuanhui of the Zhejiang team easily won the first place in their respective groups in the men's and women's 100-meter backstroke preliminaries, and they successfully entered the semi-finals. Zhejiang's Wang Shun finished 15th in the men's 200m preliminaries, and Wang Jian Jiahe and Li Bingjie both reached the women's 400m freestyle final.
In the women's 100m backstroke competition, Zhejiang famous Fu Yuanhui and Hubei team Peng Xuwei appeared one after another. Fu Yuanhui led the way in group 3, and she won the first place in the group with 1:00.66. Peng Xuwei finished first in Group 4 with 1:01.75 and Jiangxi's Wan Lotte swam 59.73 seconds in Group 2. Combining the results of each group, Wan Lotte, Fu Yuanhui and Chen Jie ranked in the top three to enter the semi-finals, and Peng Xuwei ranked 5th and successfully advanced.
In the men's 200m freestyle preliminaries, Wang Haoyu of Henan team and Fei Liwei of Zhejiang team competed fiercely in the last minute, and they finally touched the wall at the same time, the same time was 1:50.11, and they tied for first place in the preliminary round to advance to the semifinals. Zhejiang's Hong Jinquan was 3rd in 1:50.19, and Shandong's Ji Xinjie was 4th in 1:50.20. Another Zhejiang star, Wang Shun, finished 15th in 1:51.35 and reached the semifinals.
The women's 100m breaststroke preliminaries followed, with Beijing's Jing Yao leading the way in Group 2, where she finished first in 1:08.37. In the 3rd group, Shanghai's Tang Qianting had a clear advantage, the first 50 meters was 31.69 seconds, and after turning around, she continued to maintain her lead, taking the first place in the group with 1:08.25. Combining the results of each group, Tang Qianting and Yu Jingyao ranked in the top two to enter the semifinals.
The fourth event was the men's 100m backstroke preliminaries, and Zhejiang's Xu Jiayu was the strongest player. Xu Jiayu appeared in group 6, where he was challenged by Zhejiang's Wu Junjie. In the first 50 meters, Wu Junjie ranked first with a time of 26.47 seconds, and Xu Jiayu ranked second in 26.66 seconds. After the end, Xu Jiayu achieved a rebound, taking the first place in the group in 55.39 seconds, and Wu Junjie ranked second in 55.58 seconds. Combining the results of each group, Xu Jiayu ranked first in the preliminary round to advance to the semi-finals, Liu Zongyu of Shandong team ranked second in 55.55 seconds, and Wu Junjie ranked third.
This was followed by the women's 400m freestyle preliminaries, with Li Bingjie of Hebei and Wang Jian Jiahe of Liaoning both appearing in Group 3. After the start of the game, Wang Jian Jiahe quickly took the lead, but after turning 50 meters, Li Jiaping of the Guangdong team rushed to the first tour. After 200 meters, Li Bingjie began to exert her strength, and she successively surpassed Wang Jian Jiahe and Li Jiaping to rise to the first place, and Wang Jian Jiahe followed in second place. In the final 50-meter sprint, Wang Jian Jiahe achieved a rebound, she won the first place in the group in 4 minutes 12 seconds 81, and Li Bingjie finished second in 4 minutes 12 seconds 82 seconds.
Combining the three group results, Tang Muhan of Guangdong team advanced to the first place with 4 minutes 10 seconds 16. Hebei's Ma Yonghui ranked second with 4:10.42, Hebei's Zhang Ke and Guo Ruining ranked 3rd and 4th, and Wang JianJiahe and Li Bingjie also qualified for the final in 5th and 6th places.
Men's 4×100m freestyle relay preliminaries, The Henan team and the Zhejiang team in the first group competed fiercely, and in the end, the Henan team led by Hou Yujie preemptively touched the wall, they won the first place in the group with 3 minutes 20 seconds 81 seconds, and the Zhejiang team ranked second in 3 minutes 20 seconds 92. In the 2nd group, the Guangdong team led by He Jianbin led the way, and they took the first place in the group in 3:20.09. Combining the results of the two groups, Guangdong, Henan and Zhejiang ranked in the top three, while Shanghai, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Shandong and Liaoning all reached the final.
In the final round, the men's 4×200m medley relay preliminaries were held, and Hubei team ranked first in the preliminary round with 8 minutes 12 seconds and Zhejiang team ranked second in 8 minutes 13 seconds.