Aquatics Swimming World Cup Day 1 Results: Leon Marchand dominates in 100m medley, Kate Douglass wins 200m breaststroke and 100m medley

The Swimming World Cup 2024 got underway on Friday (Oct 13) in Shanghai. The first day of the event saw numerous Olympic medalists engaging in close contests.

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Leon Marchand won the 100m medley event after beating Switzerland's Noe Ponti by a margin of just 0.01 seconds.

Kate Douglass who clinched four medals at the 2024 Olympics for the USA also shined in Shanghai and won the 200m breaststroke event in 2:15.96s. The 22-year-old produced another title-winning performance in the 100m medley event.

USA's Regan Smith displayed an impressive performance on the first day of the Swimming World Cup, clinching two podium finishes. She won the 200m butterfly event in 2:01.85s and finished just behind Australia's Kaylee Mckeown in the 50m backstroke event.

Some other top-podium finishers from Friday include Liu Yaxin, Dylan Carter, and Pieter Coetze. On this note, let's know the results of all the events held on the first day of the 2024 Swimming World Cup.

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Swimming World Cup 2024: Results from the first day of the event

Regan Smith clinched two titles at the Swimming World Cup 2024 (Image via: Getty)

Women's 400m Freestyle:

1. Liu Yaxin, China- 3:58.45
2. Li Bingjie, China- 4:00.18
3. Tang Muchan, China- 4:00.40
4. Gao Weizhing, China- 4:03.55
5. Kong Yaqi, China- 4:03.68

Women's 50m Backstroke:

1. Kaylee McKeown, Australia- 25.36
2. Regan Smith, United States of America- 25.70
3. Ingrid Wilm, Canada- 26.08
4. Peng Xuwei, China- 26.27
5. Louise Hansson, Switzerland and Wang Xueer, China- 26.70

Women's 200m Butterfly:

1. Regan Smith, United States of America- 2:01.85
2. Chen Luying, China- 2:02.71
3. Laura Lahtinen, Finland- 2:03.13
4. Mary-Sophie Harvey, Canada- 2:05.93
5. Lin Tzu-Yun, Taiwan- 2:19.83

Women's 200m Breaststroke:

1. Kate Douglass, USA- 2:15.96
2. Alina Zmushka, Neutral Individual Athlete (NIA)- 2:19.98
3. Rebecca Meder, South Africa- 2:20.35
4. Ye Shiwen, China- 2:20.45
5. Andrea Podmanikova, Slovakia- 2:23.39

Women's 50m Freestyle:

1. Kasia Wasick, Poland- 23.87
2. Zhangh Yufei, China- 24.05
3. Milla Jansen, Australia- 24.19
4. Yang Junxuan, China- 24.20
5. Wu Qingfeng, China 24.32

Women's 100m Medley:

1. Kate Douglass, USA- 56.99
2. Yu Yiting, China- 57.51
3. Kaylee McKeown, Australia- 57.76
4. Mary-Sophie Harvey, Canada- 57.82
5. Beata Nelson, USA- 58.10

Men's 100m Medley:

1. Leon Marchand, France- 50.65
2. Noe Ponti, Switzerland- 50.66
3. Duncan Scott, Great Britain- 51.14
4. Wang Shun, China- 51.24
5. Thomas Ceccon, Italy- 51.63

Men's 50m Freestyle:

1. Dylan Carter, Trinidad and Tobago- 21.06
2. Jack Dolan, USA- 21.07
3. Marius Kusch, Germany- 21.09
4. Jamie Jack, Australia- 21.12
5. Isaac Cooper, Australia- 21.15

Men's 100m Breaststroke:

1. Qin Haiyang, China- 55.73
2. Ilya Shyamanovich, NIA- 56.07
3. Sun Jiajun, China- 56.16
4. Joshua Yong, 56.66
5. Casper Corbeau, Netherlands- 56.70

Men's 100m Butterfly:

1. Noe Ponti, Switzerland- 48.40
2. Nyls Korstanje, Netherlands- 49.24
3. Chad le Clos, South Africa- 49.72
4. Matt Temple, Australia- 49.93
5. Jesse Coleman, Australia- 50.36

Men's 200m Backstroke:

1. Pieter Coetze, South Africa- 1:49.12
2. Lorenzo Mora, Italy- 1;51.33
3. Enoch Robb, Australia- 1:51.44
4. Kacper Stokowski, Poland- 1:51.65
5. Noah Millard, Australia- 1:53.21

Men's 400m freestyle:

1. Duncan Scott, Great Britain- 3:36.98
2. Kieran Smith, USA- 3:38.44
3. Danas Rapsys, Lithuania- 3:38.63
4. James Guy, Great Britain- 3:40.52
5. Kregor Zirk, Estonia- 3:41.16