2026 Asian Games: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

2026 ASIAN GAMES

• September twentieth – September twenty fifth (pool swimming)
• Prelims at 10am native (9pm earlier evening ET)/Finals at 5pm native (4am ET)
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The 4th prelims session is upon us on the 2026 Asian Games, with preliminary heats of the ladies’s 100 fly, males’s 100 fly, ladies’s 100 again, males’s 200 free, ladies’s 100 breast, ladies’s 400 IM, and the combined 4×100 medley relay.

Asian Record and Games file holder Zhang Yufei will look to defend her 2023 Asian Games title within the ladies’s 100 fly, whereas China’s Xu Fang leads the boys’s 100 fly as China’s prime seed in 50.73.

Li Wanwei will lead the ladies’s 100 again as the highest seed in 59.17. The males’s 200 free will characteristic Zhang Zhanshuo, who made main noise within the 4×200 free relay, clocking the fastest-ever relay break up on evening 2 in 1:42.92.

Asian Games Record holder Satomi Suzuki leads the sector within the ladies’s 100 breast in 1:05.60; in the meantime, Yu Zidi, recent off an electrical begin to these championships, can be some of the intriguing swimmers to look at right this moment within the 400 IM.

Women’s 100 Butterfly – Prelims

• World Record: 54.33, Gretchen Walsh (USA), 2026
• Asian Record: 55.62, Zhang Yufei (CHN), 2020
• Games Record: 55.86, Zhang Yufei (CHN), 2023
• 2023 Champion: 55.86, Zhang Yufei (CHN)

Top 10:

1. Zhang Yufei (CHN) – 57.31
2. Cheuk Tung Natalie Kan (HKG) – 58.34
3. Yu Yiting (CHN) – 58.38
4. Rikako Ikee (JPN) – 58.82
5. Nagisa Ikemoto (JPN) – 59.02
6. Se Hyeon (KOR) – 59.22
7. An-chi Han (TPE) – 59.51
8. Pei-yin Liu (TPE) – 59.65
9. Songeun Lee (KOR) – 1:00.49
10. Hoi Ching Yeung (HKG) – 1:00..73

Zhang Yufei took no probabilities in securing herself the highest seed within the ladies’s 100 fly, turning within the quickest prelim time by greater than a full second in 57.31.

Her teammate Yu Yiting additionally secured a prime three qualification in 58.38, 4 hundredths behind Cheuk Tung Natalie Kan of Hong Kong in 58.34.

Japan additionally secured a pair of prime 5 swimmers within the heats with Rikako Ikee (58.82) and Nagisa Ikemoto (59.02).

Men’s 100 Butterfly – Prelims

• World Record: 49.45, Caleb Dressel (USA), 2021
• Asian Record: 50.39, Joseph Schooling (SGP), 2016
• Games Record: 51.04, Joseph Schooling (SGP), 2023
• 2023 Champion: 51.04, Joseph Schooling (SGP)

Top 10:

1. Xu Fang (CHN) – 52.01
2. Katsuhiro Matsumoto (JPN) – 52.07
3. Wang Xizhe (CHN) – 52.15
4. Maxim Skazobtsov (KAZ) – 52.17
5. Jaehoon Yang (KOR) – 52.19
6. Michel Arkhangelskiy (BRN) – 52.40
7. Soon Mitsunaga (JPN) – 52.54
8. Kuan-hung Wang (TPE) – 52.58
9. Jihun Kim (KOR) – 52.62
10. Adilbek Mussin (KAZ) – 52.68

Xu Fang narrowly took the highest seed within the prelims of the boys’s 100 fly, touching in 52.01, solely 0.06 seconds forward of Japan’s Katsuhiro Matsumoto in 52.07.

Another three swimmers managed to return inside two tenths of a second of Xu’s prime time; these being China’s Wang Xizhe (52.15), Kazakstan’s Maxim Skazobtsov (52.17), and Korea’s Jaehoon Yang (52.19).

The whole prime 10 performers from the prelims all completed inside two-thirds of a seconds of Xu’s prime time.

Women’s 100 Backstroke – Prelims

• World Record: 57.13, Regan Smith (USA), 2026
• Asian Record: 58.70, Aya Terakawa (JPN), 2010
• Games Record: 58.94, Zhao Jing, (CHN), 2010
• 2023 Champion: 59.38, Wan Letian (CHN)

Top 10:

1. Peng Xuwei (CHN) – 59.86
2. Rio Shirai (JPN) – 1:00.24
3. Seungwon Kim (KOR) – 1:00.37
4. Eunji Lee (KOR) – 1:00.86
5. Xeniya Ignatova (KAZ) – 1:01.12
6. Li Wanwei (CHN) / Miri Sasaki (JPN) – 1:01.31
7. (tie)
8. Sum Yuet Cheung (HKG) – 1:01.37
9. Flairene Candrea (INA) – 1:02.48
10. Ya-jia Chang (TPE) – 1:02.53

The prelims of the ladies’s 100 again solely noticed one swimmer underneath 1:00, that being Peng Xuwei of China in 59.86. That time remains to be effectively outdoors of what it took to win this occasion three years in the past, although her 29.30/30.56 could recommend that she nonetheless has some juice left for the finals.

Japan’s Rio Shirai was certainly one of solely three different swimmers to crack 1:01 within the prelims, and appears to be the early closest-threat to doubtlessly holding Peng from a gold, touching in 1:00.24.

Korea’s tandem of Seungwon Kim and Eunji Lee had been the one different swimmers inside a second of Peng within the heats, touching third and 4th out of the prelims in 1:00.37 and 1:00.86, respectively.

UPDATE: LIVE RESULTS ARE CURRENTLY DOWN, WILL UPDATE WHEN RESULTS BECOME AVAILABLE

NEW UPDATE: 200 Free Results are at present, unavailable, however the web page seems to be again up and working. 

Men’s 200 Freestyle – Prelims

• World Record: 1:42.00, Paul Biedermann (GER), 2009
• Asian Record: 1:43.92, Sunwoo Hwang (KOR), 2025
• Games Record: 1:44.40, Sunwoo Hwang (KOR), 2023
• 2023 Champion: 1:44.40, Sunwoo Hwang (KOR)

Top 10:

1. Tatsuya Murasa (JPN) – 1:47.60
2. Sunwoo Hwang (KOR) – 1:47.97
3. Kazusa Kuroda (JPN) – 1:48.57
4. Ali Hassan (QAT) – 1:48.66
5. Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN) – 1:48.68
6. Xu Haibo (CHN) – 1:48.84
7. Hoe Yean Khiew (MAS) – 1:48.96
8. Gian Santos (PHI) – 1:49.34
9. Arvin Singh (MAS) – 1:49.46
10. Pongpanod Trithan (THA) – 1:49.46

It was Tatsuya Murasa serving to prepared the ground within the males’s 200 free in 1:47.60, as solely he and Asian Record holder Sunwoo Hwang dipped underneath that 1:48 mark within the prelims with Hwang clocking 1:47.97.

Zhang Zhanshuo endedu p finihing fifth out of the prelims in 1:48.68, together with his countryman Xu Hibo coming in simply behind in sixth in prelims in 1:48.84.

Also extremely in medal competition is Kazusa Kuroda of Japan in 1:48.57, and Qatar’s Ali Hassan in 1:48.66.

Women’s 100 Breaststroke – Prelims

• World Record: 1:04.13, Lilly King (USA), 2017
• Asian Record: 1:04.39, Tang Qianting (CHN), 2024
• Games Record: 1:06.40, Satomi Suzuki (JPN), 2018
• 2023 Champion: 1:06.81, Reona Aoki (JPN)

Top 10:

1. Satomi Suzuki (JPN) – 1:06.49
2. Tang Qianting (CHN) – 1:07.04
3. Katomi Kato (JPN) – 1:07.67
4. Yang Chang (CHN) – 1:07.92
5. Sieun Park (KOR) – 1:08.14
6. Chelsie Lan (HKG) – 1:09.27
7. Pei-wun Lin (TPE) – 1:09.69
8. Phurichaya Junyamitree (THA) – 1:09.77
9. Mikayla Tan (SGP) – 1:09,98
10. Pui Lam Chen (MAC) – 1:09.99

Satomi Suzuki clocked the quickest prelim time of the ladies’s 100 breast in 1:06.49, lower than 0.1 second off of her personal Asian Games file of 1:06.40 from 2018.

Her prime seed can be challenged closely within the finals, primarily from China’s Tang Qianting, who was the 2nd quickest swimmer within the heats in 1:07.04, after showcasing her race capacity at Pan Pacs, and sitting because the Asian Record holder from 2024 in 1:04.39, Suzuki will undoubtedly have her palms full when it issues.

Japan and China each managed to have their 2nd swimmers attain the highest 4 in Katomi Kato for Japan (1:07.67) and Yang Chang for China (1:07.92), each of whom will possible be combating for a podium spot within the closing.

Women’s 400 IM – Prelims

• World Record: 4:23.65, Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2025
• Asian Record: 4:28.43, Ye Shiwen (CHN), 2012
• Games Record: 4:32.97, Ye Shiwen (CHN), 2014
• 2023 Champion: 4:35.44, Yu Yiting (CHN)

Top 10:

1. Yu Zidi (CHN) – 4:39.43
2. Mio Narita (JPN) – 4:39.79
3. Ke Wenxi (CHN) – 4:43.12
4. Waka Kobori (JPN) – 4:45.00
5. Thi My Tien Vo (VIE) – 4:50.21
6. Junjutha Pholjamjurus (THA) – 4:50.69
7. Xiandi Chua (PHI) – 4:51.93
8. Victoria Lim (SGP) – 4:53.63
9. Hee Eun Lee (KOR) – 4:55.30
10. Jialian Candice Gao (HKG) – 4:56.22

In what was anticipated to be a cushty trip to the highest of the qualifier record for Yu Zidi, she was given a powerful run by Japan’s Mio Narita, who completed behind Yu’s 4:39.43 in 4:39.79.

Yu was fairly stable by means of the opening 100 fly, opening in 1:01.82, she carried that momentum although the backstroke, and finally closed effectively to nab the highest spot. With this simply being prelims, and seeing the change in tempo Yu has had from prelims to finals, we might even see one other particular swim from the 13-year-old in finals.

Only Ke Wenxi and Waka Kobori managed to swim underneath 4:50 within the prelims, with Ke ending third in 4:43.12 and Kobori ending 4th in 4:45.00.

Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay – Prelims

• World Record: 3:36.70, United States, 2026
• Asian Record: 3:37.55, China, 2024
• Games Record: 3:37.73, China, 2023
• 2023 Champion: 3:37.73, China

Top 8:

1. China – 3:49.48
2. Japan – 3:49.95
3. Hong Kong – 3:53.27
4. Kazakhstan – 3:52.58
5. Korea – 3:54.02
6. Indonesia – 3:54.40
7. Philippines – 3:57.12
8. Singapore – 4:00.58

China and Japan every confirmed off their depth by taking the highest two spots out of the prelims within the combined 4×100 medley relay.

China’s quartet of Li Wanwei (1:02.10), Qin Haiyang (59.90), Xu Fang (53.50), and Cheng Yujie (53.97) confirmed loads of power, regardless of not utilizing what’s going to possible be their prime contending relay.

Japan’s perfromance inthe first warmth was nothing to slouch over both, as Hidekazu Takehara (54.75), Shin Ohashi (1:01.08), Chiho Mizuguchi (58.90), and Shiho Matsumoto (55.22) confirmed some serius potential, regardless of main off with male swimmers to open up the relay.