Just How FAST Can the British Men go in the 800 Free Relay in Paris?

Last week we saw the British Olympic team selected at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships and while there were many fast swims all around one race in particular stood out among the rest…the men’s 200 freestyle.

[@russell10]

I can’t see GBR losing. They will use Bird and MacMillan (maybe even Joe Litchfield) to rest Scott and Richards in the heats, assuming all4 arrive in shape the WR is surely going to go.

[@redwoodrider2906]

Great video keep up the good work!

[@Alex-yd1du]

Awesome videos youve been making

[@snowpants2212]

And if Phelps had swum close to his individual time in 2009, the WR would be a lot faster...

[@jamesguymbe4572]

Yeah but he didn’t..😢

[@trn8061]

​@@jamesguymbe4572exactly woulda shoulda coulda dude.😂

[@XDF745]

Phelps was always slower in the 4x2.

[@parkerfleischman1852]

Only team who I think has a legitimate shot at challenging GBR is the US but it’s really a similar situation here as in GBR minus those who will be on the relay

[@baconskillz1641]

Awesome and high quality video! Just asking, where do you get your swimming statistics from?

[@TheSwimScribe]

Thanks I appreciate it! I pull from a few sources for different stats. I use SwimCloud a LOT because it has a lot of different meet results in one place so I don’t need to hop between several different sites. If I ever can’t find a result in there (normally because it’s too old) I’ll look for the results in SwimSwams result library. I also use Speedo’s event rankings for the top times in the world this year because they update pretty quickly. USA Swimming’s database is also really useful for finding the top performers/performances of all time in certain events so I use that quite a bit too.

[@kimi46]

McMillan/Bird/Guy/Dean in prelims to make sure they get a centre lane. Richards/Scott/Guy/Dean in the final, if they all swim well WR and gold no matter what. If mistakes are made they could easily see themselves losing to Korea, Aus and/or the USA, these countries can all swim in the 6:59 low region.

[@trn8061]

It's a mistake to be swimming this fast at this point before the Olympics.

[@billybudd5854]

Not if they're building up to swim even faster in Paris. The GB team has a lot of form in peaking at the Olympics in many sports.

[@XDF745]

It was trials so they had to be fast. Now they use the next months to get in another block before tapering for the Olympics.