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The governing body for swimming in the United States has released a review of the 2023 times conducted by Sports Examiner magazine, analyzing the top swimmers. world top 10 The United States is on that list in 33 of the 34 individual competitions in 2023.
From the report:
In men’s individual events (adding 14 Olympic events and three 50-meter events at the World Championships), the United States this year produced at least one top-10 finisher in 13 of 14 events and 16 of 17 events. And American male athletes had by far the most top 10 athletes of any country (counting all 17 events):
● 1. USA, 33 people in top 10
● 2. Australia and China, 14
● 4. Russia, 12
● 5. France and Germany, 11
● 7. Japan, 10
● 8. United Kingdom, 9
● 9. Hungary and Italy, 8
The only event in which the United States had no athletes was the 400-meter freestyle. david johnston 14th place with a time of 3 minutes 45.75 seconds.
On the women’s side, Australia is a stronger competitor than the US, but the US women also finished in the top 10 in all 17 events, with an average of more than three top 10s in each event. Numbers:
● 1. USA, 52 people in top 10
● 2. Australia, 30
● 3. China, 18
● 4. Canada, 14
● 5. Italy and Japan, 6
● 7. Netherlands, 5
● 8. UK, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, 4
The U.S. depth was very strong, with Americans dominating five of the top 10 rankings in two events: 200m backstroke and 100m butterfly.
Adding these up makes the United States, Australia and China the world’s strongest swimming nations in terms of depth of contestants (34 events in total).
● 1. USA, 85 top 10 contestants (33 in competition)
● 2. Australia, 44 (out of 26)
● 3. China, 32 (out of 25)
● 4. Canada, 17 (out of 14)
● 5. Russia, 16 (out of 14)
● 6. Japan, 16 (out of 12)
● 7. Italy and Germany 14 (both 9)
● 9. France, 13 (out of 12)
● 10. United Kingdom, 13 (out of 9)
These power rankings closely match the medal count for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships, but they are not a perfect match, with the United States leading the way with 38 medals (7 wins, 20 losses, 11 draws). , followed by Australia with 25: 13 wins, 7 minutes and 5 seconds. , followed by China with 16 (5-3-8). This was followed by the United Kingdom (8 cases), France (6 cases), Canada (6 cases), and Italy (6 cases). Russia was not allowed to compete, and Japan (two medals) and Germany (one medal) did not perform as well as their season results would suggest at the World Championships.
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