Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |
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Dates |
25 July – 2 August (pool) 5–6 August (open water) |
No. of events | 37 |
Competitors | 928 |
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 will feature a record 37 events, up from 34 in 2016. The added events are the 800 metre freestyle for men, the 1500 metre freestyle for women and a 4x100 mixed 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):
- Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1,500;
- Backstroke: 100 and 200;
- Breaststroke: 100 and 200;
- Butterfly: 100 and 200;
- Individual medley: 200 and 400;
- Relays: 4×100 free, 4×200 free; 4×100 medley (men's, women's, and mixed)
- Marathon: 10 kilometres
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, so that the finals from the event could be shown "live" in the United States. (Live ends up being 11:30 pm on the East Coast; with a tape delay to the same time for the West Coast.)[1]
Key | H | ½ | F | TF |
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Value | Heats | Semifinals | Final | Timed final |
M = Morning session, starting at 10:30 local time (01:30 UTC). N = Night session, starting at 19:00 local time (10:00 UTC).
Date → | Jul 25 | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 | Jul 29 | Jul 30 | Jul 31 | Aug 1 | Aug 2 | Aug 6 | ||||||||||
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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 |
Date → | Jul 25 | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 | Jul 29 | Jul 30 | Jul 31 | Aug 1 | Aug 2 | Aug 5 | ||||||||||
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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 |
Date → | Jul 25 | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 | Jul 29 | Jul 30 | Jul 31 | Aug 1 | Aug 2 | Aug 5 | ||||||||||
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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 |
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 had had no swimmers who meet either qualifying standard, 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 enter the swimmer with the highest ranking.[2]
Swimming – relay events
Each relay event features 16 teams, composed of:[2]
- 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:[2]
- 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 | |||
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50 m freestyle |
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100 m freestyle |
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200 m freestyle |
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400 m freestyle |
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800 m freestyle |
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1500 m freestyle |
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100 m backstroke |
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200 m backstroke |
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100 m breaststroke |
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200 m breaststroke |
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100 m butterfly |
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200 m butterfly |
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200 m individual medley |
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400 m individual medley |
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4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
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4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
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4 × 100 m medley relay |
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10 km open water |
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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 |
a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m freestyle |
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100 m freestyle |
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200 m freestyle |
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400 m freestyle |
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800 m freestyle |
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1500 m freestyle |
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100 m backstroke |
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200 m backstroke |
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100 m breaststroke |
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200 m breaststroke |
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100 m butterfly |
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200 m butterfly |
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200 m individual medley |
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400 m individual medley |
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4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
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4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
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4 × 100 m medley relay |
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10 km open water |
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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 |
b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Mixed events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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4 × 100 m medley relay |
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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 |
b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Tokyo 2020 Aquatics To Have Morning Olympic Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- 1 2 3 Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympia – Tokyo 2020; FINA, 19 March 2018.