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World Championships: Predictions for All 42 Swimming Finals in Budapest
Over the next eight days, the Duna Arena in Budapest will be the site of the year’s most significant swim meet. Several of the world’s top swimmers are missing because of illness, injury or focusing on other major competitions later in the summer, but world titles are on the line. The action will be intense as always with 34 individual events and eight relays. The group of swimmers in action will include world-record holders Caeleb Dressel, Sarah Sjostrom, Katie Ledecky, Kristof Milak, Lilly King, Ryan Murphy, Zac Stubblety-Cook , Katinka Hosszu and Kaylee McKeown.
We have previewed every race on the docket over the next eight days, and with just hours to go before the first heats go off the blocks, you can find the predictions for each race below.
- Full Coverage
- Official Meet Page
- Event Schedule
- Top Storylines
- Top 25 Female Swimmers in the World
- Top 25 Male Swimmers in the World
- Day One Preview
- Day Two Preview
- Day Three Preview
- Day Four Preview
- Day Five Preview
- Day Six Preview
- Day Seven Preview
- Day Eight Preview
Day One (Saturday, June 18)
Men’s 400 Freestyle
Gold: Lukas Martens, Germany
Silver: Elijah Winnington, Australia
Bronze: Mack Horton, Australia
Women’s 400 Freestyle
Gold: Katie Ledecky, USA
Silver: Summer McIntosh, Canada
Bronze: Li Bingjie, China
Men’s 400 IM
Gold: Carson Foster, USA
Silver: Leon Marchand, France
Bronze: Daiya Seto, Japan
Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay
Gold: United States
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: Italy
Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay
Gold: Australia
Silver: United States
Bronze: Canada
Day Two (Sunday, June 19)
Men’s 100 Breaststroke
Gold: Arno Kamminga, Netherlands
Silver: Nicolo Martinenghi, Italy
Bronze: Nic Fink, USA
Women’s 100 Butterfly
Gold: Zhang Yufei, China
Silver: Torri Huske, USA
Bronze: Claire Curzan, USA
Men’s 50 Butterfly
Gold: Caeleb Dressel, USA
Silver: Nicholas Santos, Brazil
Bronze: Michael Andrew, USA
Women’s 200 IM
Gold: Alex Walsh, USA
Silver: Kaylee McKeown, Australia
Bronze: Yui Ohashi, Japan
Day Three (Monday, June 20)
Men’s 200 Freestyle
Gold: Hwang Sunwoo, South Korea
Silver: David Popovici, Romania
Bronze: Tom Dean, Great Britain
Women’s 1500 Freestyle
Gold: Katie Ledecky, USA
Silver: Katie Grimes, USA
Bronze: Simona Quadarella, Italy
Women’s 100 Backstroke
Gold: Regan Smith, USA
Silver: Kaylee McKeown, Australia
Bronze: Kylie Masse, Canada
Men’s 100 Backstroke
Gold: Ryan Murphy, USA
Silver: Hunter Armstrong, USA
Bronze: Thomas Ceccon, Italy
Women’s 100 Breaststroke
Gold: Lilly King, USA
Silver: Reona Aoki, Japan
Bronze: Benedetta Pilato, Italy
Day Four (Tuesday, June 21)
Men’s 800 Freestyle
Gold: Bobby Finke, USA
Silver: Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy
Bronze: Lukas Martens, Germany
Women’s 200 Freestyle
Gold: Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong
Silver: Mollie O’Callaghan, Australia
Bronze: Yang Junxuan, China
Men’s 200 Butterfly
Gold: Kristof Milak, Hungary
Silver: Tomoru Honda, Japan
Bronze: Luca Urlando, USA
Men’s 50 Breaststroke
Gold: Nicolo Martinenghi, Italy
Silver: Michael Andrew, USA
Bronze: Joao Gomes, Brazil
Mixed 400 Medley Relay
Gold: China
Silver: United States
Bronze: Australia
Day Five (Wednesday, June 22)
Women’s 200 Butterfly
Gold: Zhang Yufei, China
Silver: Hali Flickinger, USA
Bronze: Regan Smith, USA
Men’s 100 Freestyle
Gold: Caeleb Dressel, USA
Silver: David Popovici, Romania
Bronze: Alessandro Miressi, Italy
Women’s 50 Backstroke
Gold: Katharine Berkoff, USA
Silver: Kylie Masse, Canada
Bronze: Kira Toussaint, Netherlands
Men’s 200 IM
Gold: Wang Shun, China
Silver: Daiya Seto, Japan
Bronze: Leon Marchand, France
Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay
Gold: Australia
Silver: China
Bronze: Canada
Day Six (Thursday, June 23)
Women’s 100 Freestyle
Gold: Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong
Silver: Mollie O’Callaghan, Australia
Bronze: Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden
Women’s 200 Breaststroke
Gold: Lilly King, USA
Silver: Kate Douglass, USA
Bronze: Molly Renshaw, Great Britain
Men’s 200 Backstroke
Gold: Ryan Murphy, USA
Silver: Luke Greenbank, Great Britain
Bronze: Shaine Casas, USA
Men’s 200 Breaststroke
Gold: Zac Stubblety-Cook, Australia
Silver: Arno Kamminga, Netherlands
Bronze: Ryura Mura, Japan
Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay
Gold: Great Britain
Silver: United States
Bronze: Australia
Day Seven (Friday, June 24)
Women’s 50 Butterfly
Gold: Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden
Silver: Claire Curzan, USA
Bronze: Melanie Henique, France
Men’s 50 Freestyle
Gold: Caeleb Dressel, USA
Silver: Bruno Fratus, Brazil
Bronze: Michael Andrew, USA
Men’s 100 Butterfly
Gold: Caeleb Dressel, USA
Silver: Kristof Milak, Hungary
Bronze: Naoki Mizunuma, Japan
Women’s 200 Backstroke
Gold: Kaylee McKeown, Australia
Silver: Phoebe Bacon, USA
Bronze: Rhyan White, USA
Women’s 800 Freestyle
Gold: Katie Ledecky, USA
Silver: Simona Quadarella, Italy
Bronze: Lani Pallister, Australia
Mixed 400 Freestyle Relay
Gold: Australia
Silver: United States
Bronze: Canada
Day Eight (Saturday, June 25)
Men’s 50 Backstroke
Gold: Hunter Armstrong, USA
Silver: Justin Ress, USA
Bronze: Robert Glinta, Romania
Women’s 50 Breaststroke
Gold: Benedetta Pilato, Italy
Silver: Lilly King, USA
Bronze: Arianna Castiglioni, Italy
Men’s 1500 Freestyle
Gold: Florian Wellbrock, Germany
Silver: Bobby Finke, USA
Bronze: Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy
Women’s 50 Freestyle
Gold: Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden
Silver: Shayna Jack, Australia
Bronze: Kasia Wasick, Poland
Women’s 400 IM
Gold: Summer McIntosh, Canada
Silver: Yui Ohashi, Japan
Bronze: Katie Grimes, USA
Men’s 400 Medley Relay
Gold: United States
Silver: Italy
Bronze: Great Britain
Women’s 400 Medley Relay
Gold: United States
Silver: Australia
Bronze: Canada
