Swimming World Cup 2024 Incheon - Day 1 Results: Kate Douglass breaks WR in 200m breaststroke, Regan Smith wins 50m backstroke

The second stop of the 2024 Swimming World Cup kicked off in Incheon, Korea, on 24 October. American swimmers continued their dominance on the opening day. Olympic medalists Kate Douglass and Regan Smith were the star performers of the day, while Noe Ponti continued his dominance in the men's events.

Douglass broke a 15-year-old world record in the women's 200m breaststroke, clocking 2:14.16 minutes to win the gold medal. She also won the women's 100m individual medley in 59.67s, convincingly becoming the top-ranked female swimmer from the first day after having won the Shanghai series.

Smith was also impressive on the first day of the 2024 Swimming World Cup in Korea, securing medals in the women's 200m freestyle and 50m backstroke. She secured the gold medal in the 50m backstroke finals in 25.71s while placing second in the 200m freestyle in 2:03.21 minutes.

Fresh off his world record performance in the 50m butterfly in Shanghai, Noe Ponti was impressive yet again, picking up gold medals in 100m freestyle and 100m individual events. Ponti clocked 48.81s for the gold medal in the 100m freestyle while sharing the 100m IM title with France's Leon Merchand in 51.00s.

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2024 Swimming World Cup, Incheon: Day 1 - Final Results

Men's 400m freestyle

1. Pan Zhanle: 3:36.43 minutes
2. Duncan Scott: 3:37.04 minutes
3. Kieran Smith: 3:37.16 minutes

Men's 200m backstroke

1. Pieter Coetze: 1:50.05 minutes
2. Kacper Stokowski: 1:51.56 minutes
3. Enoch Robb: 1:51.96 minutes

Men's 100m freestyle

1. Noe Ponti: 48.81s
2. Nyls Korstanje: 48.99s
3. Andrei Minakov: 49.71s

Men's 100m breaststroke

1. Ilya Shymanovich: 56.10s
2. Qin Haiyang: 56.22s
3. Caspar Corbeau: 56.59s

Men's 50m freestyle

1. Ji Yuchan: 20.80s
2. Isaac Cooper: 21.07s
3. Jamie Jack: 21.09s

Men's 100m IM

1. Leon Merchand/Noe Ponti: 51.00s
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3. Thomas Ceccon: 51.15s

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Women's 400m freestyle

1. Mary-Sophie Harvey: 3:56.78 minutes
2. Siobhan Haughey: 3:58.06 minutes
3. Kobori Waka: 4:04.09 minutes

Women's 50m backstroke

1. Regan Smith: 25.71s
2. Ingrid Wilm: 26.09s
3. Beata Nelson: 26.17s

Women's 200m freestyle

1. Bella Grant: 2:03.13 minutes
2. Regan Smith: 2:03.21 minutes
3. Laura Lahtinen: 2:03.79 minutes

Women's 200m breaststroke

1. Kate Douglass: 2:14.16 minutes
2. Tara Kinder: 2:19.21 minutes
3. Park Sieun: 2:19.58 minutes

Women's 50m freestyle

1. Kasia Wasick: 23.51s
2. Yang Junxuan: 24.11s
3. Milla Jansen: 24.32s

Women's 100m IM

1. Kate Douglass: 56.97s
2. Yu Yiting: 57.88s
3. Mary-Sophie Harvey: 57.95s

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2024 Swimming World Cup, Incheon: Day 1 rankings

Swimming - Kate Douglass continued her domination at Incheon Swimming World Cup 2024 (Photo: Getty)

Men's individual rankings

1. Noe Ponti: 38.3 points
2. Nyls Korstanje: 27.7 points
3. Caspar Corbeau: 25.3 points
4. Ilya Shymanovich: 19.5 points
5. Pan Zhanle: 19.4 points

Women's individual rankings

1. Kate Douglass: 39.7 points
2. Regan Smith: 36.5 points
3. Mary-Sophie Harvey: 35.4 points
4. Beata Nelson: 29.1
5. Laura Lahtinen: 24.3