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Olympics swimming results: August 6th

By Cody Williams

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 06: Katinka Hosszu of Hungary competes in the Women's 400m Individual Medley Heats on Day 1 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 6, 2016 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 06: Katinka Hosszu of Hungary competes in the Women's 400m Individual Medley Heats on Day 1 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 6, 2016 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images) /
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Olympics swimming results from August 6, including the men’s 400m medley, men’s 400m freestyle, women’s 400m medley and 4x100m freestyle relay

Rio 2016 kicked off its Olympics swimming competition n Saturday, August 6 with a ton of action going on throughout the day as many events were held, particularly several important heats. What we definitely saw throughout the day, though, was some fantastic individual and team performances.

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After dominating her heat to advance, Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden set a new Olympic record in the Women’s 100m Butterfly as Adam Peaty of Great Britain also had a fantastic debut in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke. Moreover, there were also four gold medal events that took place on Saturday night and two world records were set in those competitions.

Here’s a look at the Olympics swimming medal events that took place on Saturday during Day 1 of the 2016 Rio Olympics and the results:

400m Men’s Individual Medley

MEDAL RESULT | 400M Mens Individual Medley

Chase Kalisz was looking to try and live up to all of the hype surrounding him coming into the Olympics swimming 400m men’s individual medley, but he couldn’t make up enough ground with the breaststroke on the third 100m stretch and ultimately finished with silver with Hagino and Seto of Japan finishing with gold and bronze, respectively.

Men’s 400m Freestyle

MEDAL RESULT | 400M Mens Freestyle

Another fantastic race was the second gold medal race of the night as Mack Horton held the lead for almost the entirety of the 400m. However, Chinese “bad boy” swimmer Yang Sun started closing in on a photo finish. However, it was Horton ultimately holding him off to capture gold.

Women’s 400m Individual Medley

MEDAL RESULT | 400M Womens Individual Medley

There were definitely high hopes for the Americans when it came to Madeline Dirado and she definitely ran a great race. However, the only problem with it was that Hungary’s Katina Hosszu ran the greatest race of all time as she wholly shattered the previous world record by almost a full two seconds. Pure dominance.

Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay

MEDAL RESULT | 4x100M Womens Freestyle Relay

The Australians entered the 4x100m Women’s Freestyle Relay as the clear favorites, but the United State hoped to make a charge with Katie Ledecky joining the race. However, the Aussies couldn’t be stopped as they joined Hosszu in setting a world record on Saturday night as they captured the gold.

It was a fantastic and wild day in the world of Olympics swimming, which should make you excited about what’s to come.

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