Swimming at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre (pool) Odaiba Marine Park (open water) |
Dates | 24 July – 1 August 2021 4–5 August 2021 (Marathon) |
No. of events | 37 |
Competitors | 1000 |
Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | mixed | women |
Marathon | |||
10 km | men | women | |
The swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were due to take place from 25 July to 6 August 2020 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021. However, their official name remained 2020 Summer Olympics with swimming events set for 24 July–1 August 2021 [1] and marathon swimming set for 4–5 August 2021. [2]
Swimming featured a record total of 37 events (18 for each gender and 1 mixed), with the addition of the men's 800 m freestyle, women's 1500 m freestyle, and the mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay.
Swimming at the 2020 Olympics featured a total of 37 events (18 each for men and women and 1 mixed event), including two 10 km open-water marathons. This was a slight increase from the 34 events contested in the previous Olympic Games. The following events were contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in meters unless stated):
Unlike the previous Olympics, swimming program schedule occurred in two segments. For the pool events, similar to the case of the 2008 Games, prelims were held in the evening, with semifinals and final in the following morning session, spanning a day between semifinals and finals in those events with semifinals. The shift of the normal morning prelims and evening finals (to evening prelims and morning finals) occurred for these Games due to the prior request made by US broadcaster NBC (due to the substantial fees NBC has paid for rights to the Olympics, the IOC has allowed NBC to have influence on event scheduling to maximize U.S. television ratings when possible; NBC agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on May 7, 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 games [3] and is also one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC), [4] so that the finals from the event could be shown live in the United States. [5] [6]
H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
M = Morning session, starting at 10:30 local time (01:30 UTC).
E = Evening session, starting at 19:00 local time (10:00 UTC).
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Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
50 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
100 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
200 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
400 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
800 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
1500 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
100 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
200 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
100 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
200 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
100 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
200 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
200 m individual medley | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
400 m individual medley | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
4 × 100 m medley relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
10 km open water | F |
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Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
50 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
100 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
200 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
400 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
800 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
1500 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
100 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
200 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
100 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
200 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
100 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
200 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
200 m individual medley | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
400 m individual medley | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
4 × 100 m medley relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||||
10 km open water | F |
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Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
4 × 100 m medley relay | H | F |
FINA establishes qualifying times for individual events. The time standards consisted of two types: an "Olympic Qualifying Time" (OQT) and an "Olympic Selection time" (OST). Each country was able to enter up to two swimmers per event, provided both swimmers met the (faster) qualifying time. A country was able to enter one swimmer per event that met the invitation standard. Any swimmer who met the "qualifying" time was entered in the event for the Games; a swimmer meeting the "invitation" standard was eligible for entry, and their entry was allotted/filled in by ranking. If a country has no swimmers who meet either of the qualifying standards, it may have entered one male and one female. A country that did not receive an allocation spot but had at least one swimmer who met a qualifying standard might have entered the swimmer with the highest ranking. [10]
Each relay event features 16 teams, composed of: [10]
The men's and women's 10 km races featured 25 swimmers: [10]
* Host nation (Japan)
Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 11 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
2 | Australia | 9 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
3 | Great Britain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
4 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
5 | ROC | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Japan* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
8 | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
9 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
12 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
14 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
15 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
16 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
20 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (21 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |
a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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4 × 100 m medley relay | Great Britain Kathleen Dawson (58.80) Adam Peaty (56.78) James Guy (50.00) Anna Hopkin (52.00) Freya Anderson [c] | 3:37.58 WR | China Xu Jiayu (52.56) Yan Zibei (58.11) Zhang Yufei (55.48) Yang Junxuan (52.71) | 3:38.86 | Australia Kaylee McKeown (58.14) Zac Stubblety-Cook (58.82) Matthew Temple (50.26) Emma McKeon (51.73) Bronte Campbell [c] Isaac Cooper [c] Brianna Throssell [c] | 3:38.95 |
AF African Record | AM Americas Record | SA South American Record | AS Asian Record | ER European Record | OC Oceanian Record | OR Olympic Record | WJR World Junior Record | WR World Record |
c Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Event | Round | Swimmer | Team | Time | Date | Record | Day |
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Men's 800 metre freestyle | Heat 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 7:41.28 | 27 July | OR | 4 |
Men's 200 metre butterfly | Final | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 1:51.25 | 28 July | OR | 5 |
Men's 200 metre breaststroke | Final | Zac Stubblety-Cook | Australia | 2:06.38 | 29 July | OR | 6 |
Men's 100 metre freestyle | Final | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 47.02 | 29 July | OR | 6 |
Men's 100 metre butterfly | Heat 8 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 50.39 | 29 July | =OR | 6 |
Men's 100 metre butterfly | Semifinal 1 | Kristóf Milák | Hungary | 50.31 | 30 July | OR | 7 |
Men's 100 metre butterfly | Semifinal 2 | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 49.71 | 30 July | OR | 7 |
Men's 200 metre backstroke | Final | Evgeny Rylov | ROC | 1:53.27 | 30 July | OR | 7 |
Men's 100 metre butterfly | Final | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 49.45 | 31 July | WR | 8 |
Men's 50 metre freestyle | Final | Caeleb Dressel | United States | 21.07 | 1 August | OR | 9 |
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Final |
| United States | 3:26.78 | 1 August | WR | 9 |
Event | Round | Swimmer | Team | Time | Date | Record | Day |
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Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Heat 1 |
| Great Britain | 3:38.75 | 29 July | OR | 6 |
Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Final |
| Great Britain | 3:37.58 | 31 July | WR | 8 |
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