men's individual medley
In common with the women's; events it is likely that Canada will dominate the individual medley in the Manchester pool. Number one ranked Brian Johns will start as favourites in both events, and deservedly so. he heads the second ranked swimmers in each event by almost a second in both cases, and would appear to being good form this season, having won a silver medal the wold short course in Moscow, behind Tom Wilkens of the USA.
- country: Canada
- ranking: 200: 1st 400: 1st
- Sydney: 200: 15th 400: -
- Fukuoka: 200: 9th 400: 6th
- Moscow: 200: 5th 400: 2nd
Australian Justin Norris will be the Canadian's main challenger one would think, ranked as he is second in both events. His focus may be distracted by the 200 fly however, but if his mind is on the job, he could pick up the gold. Another swimmer to watch is Terence Parking of South Africa. the deaf swimmer won a surprise medal in Sydney in the 400 IM and is ranked third in that event this time around. New Zealand also have their best medal hope in this section with Dean Kent, highly ranked in both events coming off a successful work short course championships for him, making the final in both longer medley events, with a top finish of 4th in the 400m
James Hickman won a medal in the 200m last time around but won't be competing this time, so the English challenge is headed by 7th ranked Adrian Turner in the 200 and by 9th ranked Simon Militis in the 400 but neither can realistically be expected to win medals. Militis has a better chance in the 200m backstroke but both swimmers should be in with a shout of the finals, and from that point anything can happen.