Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were due to take place from 25 July to 6 August at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. The women's 10 km open-water marathon was due to be held on August 5, with the men's race due to happen 2 days later (August 7) at the Odaiba Marine Park. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games have been postponed to 2021. However, their official name remains 2020 Summer Olympics with swimming events set for 24 July - 1 August 2021 and marathon swimming set for 4–5 August 2021.[1]

Swimming
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre
Dates24 July – 1 August 2021
4–5 August 2021 (Marathon)
No. of events37
Competitors928

Swimming will feature 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.

Events

Swimming in 2020 will feature a total of 37 events (18 each for men and women and 1 mixed event), including two 10 km open-water marathons. This is slight increase from the 34 events contested in the previous Olympic Games. The following events will be contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):

Schedule

Unlike the previous Olympics, swimming program schedule will occur in two segments. For the pool events, prelims will be 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) will occur for these Games because of 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,[2] is also one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC),[3] so that the finals from the event could be shown live in the United States.[4][5]

Legend
HHeats½SemifinalsFFinal

M = Morning session, starting at 10:30 local time (01:30 UTC).
E = Evening session, starting at 19:00 local time (10:00 UTC).

Men[4][6][7][8]
Date →Jul 24Jul 25Jul 26Jul 27Jul 28Jul 29Jul 30Jul 31Aug 1Aug 5
Event ↓MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME
50 m freestyleH½F
100 m freestyleH½F
200 m freestyleH½F
400 m freestyleHF
800 m freestyleHF
1500 m freestyleHF
100 m backstrokeH½F
200 m backstrokeH½F
100 m breaststrokeH½F
200 m breaststrokeH½F
100 m butterflyH½F
200 m butterflyH½F
200 m individual medleyH½F
400 m individual medleyHF
4 × 100 m freestyle relayHF
4 × 200 m freestyle relayHF
4 × 100 m medley relayHF
10 km open waterF
Women[4][6][7][8]
Date →Jul 24Jul 25Jul 26Jul 27Jul 28Jul 29Jul 30Jul 31Aug 1Aug 4
Event ↓MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME
50 m freestyleH½F
100 m freestyleH½F
200 m freestyleH½F
400 m freestyleHF
800 m freestyleHF
1500 m freestyleHF
100 m backstrokeH½F
200 m backstrokeH½F
100 m breaststrokeH½F
200 m breaststrokeH½F
100 m butterflyH½F
200 m butterflyH½F
200 m individual medleyH½F
400 m individual medleyHF
4 × 100 m freestyle relayHF
4 × 200 m freestyle relayHF
4 × 100 m medley relayHF
10 km open waterF
Mixed[4][6][7]
Date →Jul 24Jul 25Jul 26Jul 27Jul 28Jul 29Jul 30Jul 31Aug 1Aug 4
Event ↓MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME
4 × 100 m medley relayHF

Qualification

Swimming – individual events

FINA will establish 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.[9]

Swimming – relay events

Each relay event features 16 teams, composed of:[9]

  • 12: the top-12 finishers at the 2019 World Championships in each relay event.
  • 4: the 4 fastest non-qualified teams, based on times in the 15-months preceding the Olympics.

Open-water swimming

The men's and women's 10 km races featured 25 swimmers:[9]

  • 10: the top-10 finishers in the 10 km races at the 2019 World Championships
  • 9: the top-9 finishers at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier
  • 5: one representative from each FINA continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania).
  • 1: from the host nation (Japan) if not qualified by other means. If Japan already contained a qualifier in the race, this spot had been allocated back into the general pool from the 2020 Olympic qualifier race.

Participation

Participating nations

Japan, as the host country, receives guaranteed quota place in case it would not qualify any qualification places.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
4 × 100 m medley relay
10 km open water

AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | OR Olympic record | WJR World Junior record | WR World record
NR National record (Any world record is necessarily also an Olympic, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records.)

a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
200 m freestyle
400 m freestyle
800 m freestyle
1500 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
100 m butterfly
200 m butterfly
200 m individual medley
400 m individual medley
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
4 × 100 m medley relay
10 km open water

AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | OR Olympic record | WJR World Junior record | WR World record
NR National record (Any world record is necessarily also an Olympic, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records.)

b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 100 m medley relay

AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | OR Olympic record | WJR World Junior record | WR World record
NR National record (Any world record is necessarily also an Olympic, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records.)

b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

See also

References

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