Day 1 – July 27th

Saturday, July 27th

Morning Heats (10:00am UK time)

• Women’s 100m butterfly heats
• Women’s 400m freestyle heats
• Men’s 100m breaststroke heats
• Men’s 400m freestyle heats
• Women’s 4x100m freestyle heats
• Men’s 4x100m freestyle heats

Evening Finals (7:30pm UK time)

• Women’s 100m butterfly semi-finals
• Men’s 400m freestyle final
• Women’s 400m freestyle final
• Men’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals
• Women’s 4x100m freestyle final
• Men’s 4x100m freestyle final

Keanna Macinnes gets the ball rolling for GB’s campaign as the first swimmer in the pool, competing in the 100m butterfly. A semi final spot should be her aim and how she fares could have a big influence on the strategy for the mixed medley relay. She’s the only woman in individual action on day 1 with no entrants in the 400 free while Kieran Bird will need to make a significant drop in the men’s event to make the final.

Adam Peaty gets the first chance to show what shape he’s in as he begins his quest for a golden triple in the 100 breaststroke – he should make it through the heats and semis today to set up a blockbuster showdown with Qin Haiyang on day 2. Who will take the mental edge forward?

The big GB medal story for day 1 though will be the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay. On paper they have a fighter’s chance of the podium but they can’t risk a repeat of the heats exit that befell them in Tokyo. Expect a strong morning line up of Duncan Scott, Alex Cohoon, Jacob Whittle and Tom Dean with Matt Richards to join for the final. The women’s team should make the final and be looking for a mid table finish from a likely quartet of Hopkin, Hope, Okaro and Anderson.

Day 2 – July 28th

Sunday, July 28th

Morning Heats (10:00am UK time)

• Men’s 200m freestyle heats
• Men’s 400m individual medley heats
• Women’s 100m breaststroke heats
• Men’s 100m backstroke heats
• Women’s 200m freestyle heats

Evening Finals (7:30pm UK time)

• Men’s 400m individual medley final
• Women’s 100m butterfly final
• Men’s 200m freestyle semi-finals
• Women’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals
• Men’s 100m backstroke semi-finals
• Men’s 100m breaststroke final
• Women’s 200m freestyle semi-finals

Day 2 could be the day of the three-Peaty as he goes for gold in the 100m breaststroke, while Max Litchfield will be looking to break his run of 4th places in the 400IM. He’s well ranked heading into the competition but will likely need to break his British Record to make the podium. Home favourite Leon Marchand is the strong favourite.

Duncan Scott and Matt Richards start their 200 freestyle campaigns and anything other than a place in the final for both of them would be a disappointing outcome from Day 2.

Likewise three debutants will be looking to make their finals – Ollie Morgan and Jonny Marshall in the 100 back and Angharad Evans in the 100 breast. Morgan and Evans are ranked to make the final while Marshall has a bit to find, but we could easily see the British record go in both events.

Day 3 – July 29th

Monday, July 29th

Morning Heats (10:00am UK time)

• Women’s 400m individual medley heats
• Women’s 100m backstroke heats
• Men’s 800m freestyle heats

Evening Finals (7:30pm UK time)

• Women’s 400m individual medley final
• Men’s 200m freestyle final
• Women’s 100m backstroke semi-finals
• Men’s 100m backstroke final
• Women’s 100m breaststroke final
• Women’s 200m freestyle final

Day 3 is headlined by the Men’s 200 free final. Can Matt Richards repeat his world title swim or will David Popovici reign supreme? Will Duncan Scott reprise his medal winning exploits from Tokyo? There’s everything for the GB men to swim for.

There should be outside medal chances in the men’s 100 back for Ollie Morgan and in the women’s 100 breaststroke for Angharad Evans while Freya Colbert is adamant she has what it takes to win a 400IM medal. All being well she’ll be joined in the final by Katie Shanahan. Fellow Scot Kathleen Dawson starts her 100 backstroke journey with Medi Harris – both ladies will want to be back for the semi finals.

If everything clicks, today could be a very good one for GB.

Day 4 – July 30th

Tuesday, July 30th

Morning Heats (10:00am UK time)

• Men’s 200m butterfly heats
• Men’s 100m freestyle heats
• Women’s 1500m freestyle heats
• Women’s 100m freestyle heats
• Men’s 200m breaststroke heats
• Men’s 4x200m freestyle heats

Evening Finals (7:30pm UK time)

• Men’s 100m freestyle semi-finals
• Men’s 200m butterfly semi-finals
• Women’s 100m backstroke final
• Men’s 800m freestyle final
• Women’s 100m freestyle semi-finals
• Men’s 200m breaststroke semi-finals
• Men’s 4x200m freestyle final

The fourth day is when we see the men’s 4×200 free start their gold medal defence. They are strong favourites but can’t take any chances with the US lurking and keen to play spoilers. With Matt Richards swimming the individual 100 free, alongside Jacob Whittle where both should be aiming for semi final berths, he will sit out the heat and the question then is how much risk the selectors will take. Jack McMillan must swim but it seems unlikely they will gamble too much so is likely to be joined by Scott, Dean and James Guy.

Anna Hopkin will aim to make the 100 free semi finals while Harris and Dawson could have the 100 backstroke final but otherwise it’s a quiet day for Britain with no representation in the women’s 1500 or men’s 200s of breaststroke and butterfly.

Day 5 – July 31st

Wednesday, July 31st

Morning Heats (10:00am UK time)

• Women’s 200m breaststroke heats
• Men’s 200m backstroke heats
• Women’s 200m butterfly heats

Evening Finals (7:30pm UK time)

• Women’s 100m freestyle final
• Men’s 200m butterfly final
• Women’s 1500m freestyle final
• Men’s 200m backstroke semi-finals
• Women’s 200m breaststroke semi-finals
• Women’s 200m butterfly semi-finals
• Men’s 200m breaststroke final
• Men’s 100m freestyle final

Ollie Morgan returns for his second event, the 200m backstroke, alongside Luke Greenbank. Greenbank is defending his bronze from Tokyo but will need to be back to his very best to do so. Morgan though sis he had a lot to learn about this event after a mis-paced win at trials and could easily make the final.

World champion Laura Stephens joins the fun in the 200 butterfly with Keanna Macinnes back for her second event – semi finals for both should be likely in a small field and there’s every chance of two final spots.

Then it’s down to who out of Richards, Hopkin and Whittle have made their 100 free finals to round out the GB action.

Day 6 – August 1st

Thursday, August 1st

Morning Heats (10:00am UK time)

• Women’s 200m backstroke heats
• Men’s 50m freestyle heats
• Men’s 200m individual medley heats
• Women’s 4x200m freestyle heats

Evening Finals (7:30pm UK time)

• Women’s 200m butterfly final
• Men’s 200m backstroke final
• Women’s 200m backstroke semi-finals
• Women’s 200m breaststroke final
• Men’s 200m individual medley semi-finals
• Men’s 50m freestyle semi-finals
• Women’s 4x200m freestyle final

A big day of heats for GB on the sixth day of competition with a full complement of competitors.

The biggest story in the morning will be Ben Proud who will start his challenge to add the only medal missing form his shelf in the 50 free. He’s joined by Alex Cohoon in that event – barring disaster, Proud is a lock for the final, Cohoon will want to be back for semis at least.

Katie Shanahan and Honey Osrin should both make the 200 backstroke semi finals and realistically both can make the final – the field is pretty evenly matched behind the top 2.

Then it’s the first sight of Tom Dean in individual action as he lines up alongside Duncan Scott in the 200 IM. The final is in reach for both as long as they can swim to their potential.

Finally in heats its the women’s 4×200 team who won silver at the Doha World championships earlier this year Repeating that would be a surprise, but they have an outside medal shot, especially if the two Freyas are at their very best.

We could also see a number of swimmers in finals action with Laura Stephens, Keanna Macinnes Luke Greenbank and Ollie Morgan all looking to be back and contesting the medal races.

Day 7 – August 2nd

Friday, August 2nd

Morning Heats (10:00am UK time)

• Men’s 100m butterfly heats
• Women’s 200m individual medley heats
• Women’s 800m freestyle heats
• Mixed 4x100m medley relay heats

Evening Finals (7:30pm UK time)

• Men’s 50m freestyle final
• Women’s 200m backstroke final
• Men’s 200m individual medley final
• Men’s 100m butterfly semi-finals
• Women’s 200m individual medley semi-finals

An interesting day of heats as the end of the meet approaches; James Guy goes in the 100 butterfly – quite apart from his individual prospects where a finals berth should be well within his capability, what he produces could have a big impact on the relay options for the mixed and men’s medley relay teams.

That mixed team will start the defence of their title in heats with an expectation that the best line up is MMFF this time round, subject to the form that Kathleen Dawson and Medi Harris show in the 100 backstroke and Guy’s performance in the fly. As things stand, for the heats a line up of Morgan or Marshall, Peaty or Wilby, MacInnes and Anderson seems likely.

The last heats spots are taken by Abbie Wood and Freya Colbert in the 200IM. Wood busted through the 2:09 barrier at trials only to see the event go ballistic in global terms. Finals places for both of them would represent a good return from the day’s efforts.

In finals it’s all about Big Ben – can he reach the podium in the 50 free? Osrin, Shanahan, Dean and Scott will all also be expecting to be in action as they chase medals in the 200 back and IM respectively.

Day 8 – August 3rd

Saturday, August 3rd

Morning Heats (10:00am UK time)

• Women’s 50m freestyle heats
• Men’s 1500m freestyle heats
• Women’s 4x100m medley relay heats
• Men’s 4x100m medley relay heats

Evening Finals (7:30pm UK time)

• Men’s 100m butterfly final
• Women’s 50m freestyle semi-finals
• Women’s 200m individual medley final
• Women’s 800m freestyle final
• Mixed 4x100m medley relay final

The last day with heats and Anna Hopkin goes in the 50 free – she is seeded just outside the final so stepping forward to the top 8 will of course will be her aim, Dan Jervis is in a similar boat – ranked to make the final of the 1500m free, but that event is rapid and he will need to be close to the British record of his compatriot David Davies to be certain of progressing.

The session rounds out with the medley relay heats – both teams should make their finals, the women likely to be at full strength apart from Hopkin sitting out the heat, likely for Freya Anderson, but the men are in a different situation. Joe Litchfield has to swim the fly leg as a relay- only entrant, but how much risk will the selectors take? In theory they could change all 4 legs from heat to final, and swim say Marshall, Wilby and Scott or Dean with Litchfield, but much will depend on how people have swum up to now.

There’s also the small matter of the mixed medley final in the evening to consider as part of the heat strategy. That team will have podium aspirations, even if a defence of their title is a long shot and assuming a MMFF strategy could mean those four swimmers sitting out of the heats.

Elsewhere James Guy could be going in the 100 fly final, the change in the mixed team approach resolving the clash that kept him out of the Tokyo version, while Abbie Wood and Freya Colbert would hope to be amongst the 200IM finalists.

Day 9 – August 4th

Sunday, August 4th

Evening Finals (7:30pm UK time)

• Women’s 50m freestyle final
• Men’s 1500m freestyle final
• Women’s 4x100m medley final
• Men’s 4x100m medley final

Last one fast one at both ends of the distance spectrum. Anna Hopkin and Dan Jervis will hope to be contesting the 50m free and 1500m free finals respectively but the big question will be whether the world record will go in the latter and whether Dan Wiffen will be the man to break it.

As usual the medley relays bring the meet to a close. GB’s women should be among the finalists, while the men will want to make the podium for the third Games in succession. With the emergence of Ollie Morgan, the return to form of Adam Peaty and the raft of options on the freestyle, to could all come down the who swims the fly leg.