On July 30, Beijing time, the swimming competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games continued, and the Chinese team gained again. In the men's 200m medley final, Wang Shun played well, and he achieved a counter-attack in the last 50 meters, breaking the Asian record with a gold medal in 1 minute 55.00 seconds. It was the first gold medal for a Chinese male swimmer at the Olympics, where Wang Shun won a bronze medal in the 200m medley. Hong Kong's Ho picked up silver in the women's 100m freestyle, her second silver medal at the Olympics.
Wang Shun has maintained a strong competitiveness in the medley for many years, and Wang Shun won the bronze medal in this event at the Rio Olympics. In fact, in this Olympic Games, Wang Shun's state was quite good, and he swam a good result in the 400-meter medley, but unfortunately he was only one step away from the final seat. In his more competitive 200-meter medley, Wang Shun had a better performance.
In the semifinals, Wang Shun made slight adjustments compared with the preliminaries, and in the future he chose the follow-up tactics, trying to follow the opponent in the breaststroke, and finally in the 50-meter freestyle he began to sprint with full force, and finally achieved a counter-overtaking with 1 minute 56 seconds 22 seconds to reach the semifinals first to enter the final. This year in the men's 200m medley event, Andrew of the United States and Scott of the United Kingdom have swum into 1 minute and 56 seconds, they are the biggest favorites in this project, and Japan's Seto Dai also has a strong strength.
In the final, Wang Shun was in lane 4, Scott and Andrew were in lanes 5 and 6, and Daisuke Seto was in lane 3. The first type of butterfly after the start of the race, which is Wang Shun's strong point, but he swims very restrained, trying to keep up with Andrew of the United States, and Wang Shun is third in 24.78 seconds in 50 meters, with Andrew leading. In the following backstroke, Wang Shun had already equalized Andrew, and when he turned 100 meters, he rose to the first place in 53.78 seconds, with Kosuke Haruno in third place.
After entering the breaststroke, Andrew's advantage began to show, he slowly achieved a rebound, Wang Shun gritted his teeth and insisted, he firmly held in second place, the time was 1:27.63. In the final 50 meters into the freestyle sprint, Wang Shun began to exert force, the legs were also fully played, he quickly chased Andrew and achieved a counter-overtake. In the last 10 meters, Wang Shun had a clear advantage, and he finally touched the wall first and won the gold medal in 1 minute 55 seconds 00. This set a new Asian record. Britain's Scott, who refused to take a picture with Sun Yang at the World Championships, finished second in 1:55.28 and Switzerland's Des Praches won the bronze medal in 1:56.17.
In the men's 100m butterfly semifinals, China's Sun Jiajun appeared in the first group, he swam 51.82 seconds to rank 7th in the group, and Hungary's Milak ranked first in 50.31 seconds, while setting a new Olympic record. As a result, the record was only held for a few minutes, and Drexel, who played in the second group, led the way, taking the first place in 49.71 seconds and setting a new Olympic record. Combining the results of the two groups, Drexel and Mirac ranked in the top two, and Sun Jiajun ranked 13th and did not qualify for the final.
The women's 200m breaststroke final was followed by a fierce competition between South Africa's Sørnmek and the United States' Lily King, and in the end, the 50m Sauernmaker achieved a comeback, and she finally won the championship with a time of 2:18.95, which successfully broke the project's world record, which was originally the 2:19.11 set by Denmark's Petersen in 2013. The United States won silver and bronze medals in gold and bronze, and their time was 2:19.92 and 2:20.84.
In the men's 200m backstroke final, The Russian Olympic Committee's Lelov led the way, he won the championship in 1:53.27, and he also set a new Olympic record. Murphy of the United States and Greenbank of the United Kingdom won silver and bronze medals respectively. In the women's 100m freestyle final, Australia's McEweng quickly led the way after entering the water, followed closely by Ho Shibei of Hong Kong, China. After a 50-meter turn, McGuin continued to take the lead, and He Shibei chased after it, and finally McGuin kept the lead and won the championship in 51.96 seconds. He Shibei finished second in 52.27 seconds, and she broke the Asian record again. McKeeone's record set a new Oceania record, with Campbell taking bronze in the project.
In the women's 200m backstroke semifinals, Liu Yaxin and Peng Xuwei ranked 6th and 8th in the finals, Liu Yaxin's time was 2:08.65, and Peng Xuwei was 2:08.76. Australia's Seabham finished first in the semi-finals with a time of 2:07.09.