Great Britain Men's 4x200 Historic First & USA Women's Medley Might Top Relay Ranks
Pioneering efforts from Great Britain men and USA women top the relays of the year, with Aussie women and USA men runners-up and Dolphin Mollie O'Callaghan the relay swimmer of the year
Our SOS Awards and look back at 2024 reaches the relays, with Great Britain men's 4x200m freestyle quartet, the first precise foursome in history to retain an Olympic swimming relay crown since it all began in 1896, taking top male honours and the USA women's 4x100m medley squad leading the women with a World record.
On the women's side, the top three is completed by Dolphin dominance in the women's freestyle relays, with Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan's tally of two gold (both freestyle relays in Olympic records), a silver and a bronze in relays, to add to her gold in the 200m freestyle, making her the relay swimmer of the year.
On the men's side, the top three is completed by the USA, its men's 4x100m medley quartet given the nod as runner-up in our review, which does not include China, a nation that in our opinion excluded itself from consideration of wider recognition owing to the controversial events exposed last year that led to loss of faith in it and the anti-doping system in 2024.
