Roma 09: Final Predictions

After all the hype, all the expectations, the moment is here. Swimming begins in the pool tomorrow in Rome. Check back here throughout the meet for analysis of each session and updated predictions including times. Continue to check my twitter (latest updates on the right) for my thoughts and immediate reaction to the swims. When in Rome...

M 400 Free:
GOLD: Park Tae Hwan (KOR)
SILVER: Ous Mellouli (TUN)
BRONZE: Zhang Lin (CHN)
*Peter Vanderkaay (USA), Ryan Cochrane (CAN), Nikita Lobinsev (RUS)

W 400 Free:
GOLD: Rebecca Adlington (GBR)
SILVER: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
BRONZE: Joanne Jackson (GBR)

W 4x100 Free Relay:
GOLD: Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis)
SILVER: Australia (Campbell, Guehrer, Galvez, Trickett)
BRONZE: United States (Vollmer, Weir, Magnuson, Torres)

M 4x100 Free Relay:
GOLD: France (Leveaux, Bernard, Meynard, Bousquet)
SILVER: United States (Phelps, Lochte, Weber-Gale, Adrian)
BRONZE: Russia (Grechin, Fesikov, Izotov, Lagunov)

M 100 Breast:
GOLD: Alexander Dale Oen (NOR)
SILVER: Henrique Barbosa (BRA)
BRONZE: Mark Gangloff (USA)
*Ryo Tateishi (JPN), Eric Shanteau (USA), Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), Hendrik Feldwehr (GER), Igor Borysik (UKR)

W 100 Fly:
GOLD: Jessicah Schipper (AUS)
SILVER: Christine Magnuson (USA)
BRONZE: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
*Tao Li (SIN), Jiao Liuyang (CHN), Dana Vollmer (USA), Felicity Galvez (AUS)

M 50 Fly:
GOLD: Rafael Munoz Perez (ESP)
SILVER: Matt Targett (AUS)
BRONZE: Milorad Cavic (SRB)
*Andrew Lauterstein (AUS), Roland Schoeman (RSA)

W 200 IM:
GOLD: Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)
SILVER: Julia Smit (USA)
BRONZE: Stephanie Rice (AUS)
*Hannah Miley (GBR), Camille Muffat (FRA), Ariana Kukors (USA)

M 200 Free:
GOLD: Michael Phelps (USA)
SILVER: Paul Biedermann (GER)
BRONZE: Park Tae Hwan (KOR)
*Dave Walters (USA)

W 100 Back:
GOLD: Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)
SILVER: Anastasia Zueva (RUS)
BRONZE: Gemma Spofforth (GBR)
*Zhao Jing (CHN), Hayley McGregory (USA), Emily Seebohm & Belinda Hocking (AUS)

W 1,500 Free:
GOLD: Alessia Filippi (ITA)
SILVER: Camelia Potec (ROM)
BRONZE: Lotte Friis (DEN)
*Erika Villaecija (ESP), Chloe Sutton (USA)

M 100 Back:
GOLD: Aaron Peirsol (USA)
SILVER: Ryosuke Irie (JPN)
BRONZE: Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (ESP)
*Matt Grevers (USA), Junya Koga (JPN), Helge Meeuw (GER)

W 100 Breast:
GOLD: Rebecca Soni (USA)
SILVER: Yuliya Efimova (RUS)
BRONZE: Annamay Pierse (CAN)
*Amanda Reason (CAN), Kasey Carlson (USA), Tarnee White & Sarah Katsoulis (AUS)

M 200 Fly:
GOLD: Michael Phelps (USA)
SILVER: Takeshi Matsuda (JPN)
BRONZE: Tyler Clary (USA)
*Moss Burmester (NZL), Kaio Almeida (BRA), Pawel Korzeniowski (POL), Nikolai Skvortsov (RUS)

W 200 Free:
GOLD: Federica Pellegrini (ITA)
SILVER: Dana Vollmer (USA)
BRONZE: Joanne Jackson (GBR)
*Sara Isokovic (SLO), Pang Jiaying (CHN), Allison Schmitt (USA), Stephanie Rice (AUS)

M 50 Breast:
GOLD: Cameron van der Burgh (RSA)
SILVER: Felipe Silva (BRA)
BRONZE: Mark Gangloff (USA)
*Alessandro Terrin (ITA), Joao Luiz (BRA)

M 800 Free:
GOLD: Ous Mellouli (TUN)
SILVER: Ryan Cochrane (CAN)
BRONZE: Zhang Lin (CHN)
*Yuri Prilukov (RUS), Federico Colbertaldo (ITA, Przemyslaw Stanczyk (POL)

M 200 IM:
GOLD: Ryan Lochte (USA)
SILVER: Laszlo Cseh (HUN)
BRONZE: Eric Shanteau (USA)
*Thiago Pereira (BRA), Darian Townsend (RSA), James Goddard (GBR), Ous Mellouli (TUN), Ken Takakuwa (JPN)

M 100 Free:
GOLD: Alain Bernard (FRA)
SILVER: Cesar Cielo (BRA)
BRONZE: Fred Bousquet (FRA)
*Andrey Grechin (RUS), Nathan Adrian (USA), Matt Targett (AUS), Brent Hayden (CAN)

W 200 Fly:
GOLD: Jiao Liuyang (CHN)
SILVER: Ellen Gandy (GBR)
BRONZE: Jessicah Schipper (AUS)
*Liu Zige (CHN), Kathleen Hersey (USA), Aurore Mongel (FRA)

W 50 Back:
GOLD: Anastasia Zueva (RUS)
SILVER: Daniela Samulski (GER)
BRONZE: Hayley McGregory (USA)
*Zhao Jing & Gao Chang (CHN), Aya Terakawa (JPN), Sophie Edington & Emily Seebohm (AUS)

W 4x200 Free Relay:
GOLD: Great Britain (Jackson, McClatchey, Carlin, Adlington)
SILVER: United States (Schmitt, Knutson, Smit, Vollmer)
BRONZE: Australia (Nay, Barratt, Galvez, Rice)

W 100 Free:
GOLD: Libby Trickett (AUS)
SILVER: Britta Steffen (GER)
BRONZE: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
*Federica Pellegrini (ITA), Malia Metella (FRA)

M 200 Back:
GOLD: Ryosuke Irie (JPN)
SILVER: Aaron Peirsol (USA)
BRONZE: Ryan Lochte (USA)

W 200 Breast:
GOLD: Rebecca Soni (USA)
SILVER: Annamay Pierse (CAN)
BRONZE: Mirna Jukic (AUT)
*Rie Kaneto (JPN)

M 200 Breast:
GOLD: Eric Shanteau (USA)
SILVER: Henrique Barbosa (BRA)
BRONZE: Daniel Gyurta (HUN)
*Igor Borysik (UKR), Yuta Suenaga (JPN), Brenton Rickard (AUS), Marco Koch (GER), Alexander Dale Oen (NOR)

M 4x200 Free Relay:
GOLD: United States (Walters, Vanderkaay, Lochte, Phelps)
SILVER: Russia (Lobinsev, Izotov, Perunin, Sukhorukov)
BRONZE: Italy (Belotti, Maglia, Brembilla, Magnini)

W 50 Fly:
GOLD: Therese Alshammar (SWE)
SILVER: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
BRONZE: Dara Torres (USA)
*Marieke Guehrer & Libby Trickett (AUS), Christine Magnuson (USA)

M 50 Free:
GOLD: Cesar Cielo (BRA)
SILVER: Fred Bousquet (FRA)
BRONZE: Cullen Jones (USA)
*Amaury Leveaux (FRA), Roland Schoeman (RSA), Nathan Adrian (USA)

W 200 Back:
GOLD: Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)
SILVER: Meagan Nay (AUS)
BRONZE: Elizabeth Beisel (USA)
*Gemma Spofforth (GBR), Alexianne Castel (FRA)

M 100 Fly:
GOLD: Michael Phelps (USA)
SILVER: Milorad Cavic (SRB)
BRONZE: Rafael Munoz Perez (ESP)
*Andrew Lauterstein (AUS), Jason Dunford (KEN)

W 800 Free:
GOLD: Rebecca Adlington (GBR)
SILVER: Joanne Jackson (GBR)
BRONZE: Camelia Potec (ROM)
*Alessia Filippi (ITA), Lotte Friis (DEN), Coralie Balmy (FRA)

W 4x100 Medley Relay:
GOLD: Australia (Seebohm, White, Schipper, Trickett)
SILVER: United States (McGregory, Soni, Magnuson, Weir)
BRONZE: China (Zhao, Qui, Jiao, Pang)

M 50 Back:
GOLD: Liam Tancock (GBR)
SILVER: Junya Koga (JPN)
BRONZE: Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (ESP)
*Thomas Rupprath & Helge Meeuw (GER), Guilherme Guido (BRA), Ashley Delaney (AUS), Matt Grevers & Aaron Peirsol (if he goes onto the finals) (USA)

W 50 Breast:
GOLD: Yuliya Efimova (RUS)
SILVER: Valentina Artemyeva (RUS)
BRONZE: Amanda Reason (CAN)
*Tarnee White & Sarah Katsoulis (AUS), Annamay Pierse (CAN), Rebecca Soni (USA)

M 400 IM:
GOLD: Laszlo Cseh (HUN)
SILVER: Ryan Lochte (USA)
BRONZE: Tyler Clary (USA)
*Luca Marin (ITA), Riaan Schoeman (RSA), Thiago Pereria (BRA)

W 50 Free:
GOLD: Marleen Veldhuis (NED)
SILVER: Britta Steffen (GER)
BRONZE: Libby Trickett (AUS)
*Dara Torres (USA), Cate Campbell (AUS), Therese Alshammar (SWE)

M 1,500 Free:
GOLD: Ous Mellouli (TUN)
SILVER: Ryan Cochrane (CAN)
BRONZE: Zhang Lin (CHN)
*David Davies (GBR), Sun Yang (CHN), Park Tae Hwan (KOR), Yuri Prilukov (RUS)

W 400 IM:
GOLD: Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)
SILVER: Stephanie Rice (AUS)
BRONZE: Hannah Miley (GBR)
*Elizabeth Beisel & Julia Smit (USA), Katinka Hosszu (HUN), Alessia Filippi (ITA)

M 4x100 Medley Relay:
GOLD: United States (Peirsol, Gangloff, Phelps, Adrian)
SILVER: France (Stravius, Duboscq, Lefert, Bernard)
BRONZE: Australia (Delaney, Rickard, Lauterstein, Targett)