Kosuke Hagino was 5th overall and Daiya Seto was 16th overall in the qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics and the Men's 200m Individual Medley, both of which advanced to the semi-finals.
Hagino won the first silver medal for a Japanese player in this event at the last Rio de Janeiro Games.
Hagino, who participated in the 6th qualifying group, was 7th in the first butterfly stroke, but then moved up in the ranking and finished 4th in this group at 1:57:39, deciding to advance to the semi-finals in 5th place overall.
In addition, Seto, who participated in the 5th qualifying group, returned to 2nd place in the last turn, but was caught up after that and finished 5th in this group at 1'58.15 and advanced to the semifinal in 16th place overall. rice field.
The semi-finals of the Men's 200m Individual Medley will be held after noon on the 29th.