2020 TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
- When: Pool swimming: Saturday, July 24 – Sunday, August 1, 2021
- Where: Olympic Aquatics Centre / Tokyo, Japan
- Heats: 7 PM / Semifinals & Finals: 10:30 AM (Local time)
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The pool swimming competition was the first of the five aquatic disciplines to wrap up at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and we’ve compiled a quick reference guide for you to get all of the information you need from the meet in once place.
Below you can find all of the medalists in each event during the swimming competition, with results to the full results summary linked to each event name.
Men’s Events
Women’s Events
MIXED EVENT
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay | Great Britain (Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Anna Hopkin), 3:37.58 WR | China (Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei, Yang Junxuan), 3:38.86 |
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- WR = World Record
- OR = Olympic Record
- AM = Americas Record
- ER = European Record
- AS = Asian Record
- OC = Oceanian Records
RECORDS BROKEN BY TYPE
Below is a list of all of the world, Olympic and Continental Records broken during the Games.
Note: Crossed out performances indicate that the record was re-broken later in the competition.
WORLD RECORDS
- Men’s 100m Butterfly – Caeleb Dressel (USA), 49.45
- Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay – United States (Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Celeb Dressel, Zach Apple), 3:26.78
- Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA), 2:18.95
- Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Australia (Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell), 3:29.69
- Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay – China (Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei, Li Bingjie), 7:40.33
- Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay – Great Britain (Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Anna Hopkin), 3:37.58
OLYMPIC RECORDS
- Men’s 50m Freestyle – Caeleb Dressel (USA), 21.07
- Men’s 100m Freestyle – Caeleb Dressel (USA), 47.02
- Men’s 800m Freestyle – Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR), 7:41.28
- Men’s 200m Backstroke – Evgeny Rylov (ROC), 1:53.27
- Men’s 200m Breaststroke – Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS), 2:06.38
- Men’s 100m Butterfly – Caeleb Dressel (USA), 49.45
Men’s 100m Butterfly – Caeleb Dressel (USA), 49.71Men’s 100m Butterfly – Kristof Milak (HUN), 50.31Men’s 100m Butterfly – Caeleb Dressel (USA), 50.39=- Men’s 200m Butterfly – Kristof Milak (HUN), 1:51.25
- Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay – United States (Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel, Zach Apple), 3:26.78
- Women’s 50m Freestyle – Emma McKeon (AUS), 23.81
Women’s 50m Freestyle – Emma McKeon (AUS), 24.00Women’s 50m Freestyle – Emma McKeon (AUS), 24.02- Women’s 100m Freestyle – Emma McKeon (AUS), 51.96
Women’s 100m Freestyle – Emma McKeon (AUS), 52.13Women’s 100m Freestyle – Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 52.62- Women’s 200m Freestyle – Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 1:53.50
- Women’s 1500m Freestyle – Katie Ledecky (USA), 15:35.35
- Women’s 100m Backstroke – Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 57.47
Women’s 100m Backstroke – Regan Smith (USA), 57.86Women’s 100m Backstroke – Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 57.88Women’s 100m Backstroke – Regan Smith (USA), 57.96Women’s 100m Backstroke – Kylie Masse (CAN), 58.17- Women’s 100m Breaststroke – Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA), 1:04.82
- Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA), 2:18.95
Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA), 2:19.16- Women’s 200m Butterfly – Zhang Yufei (CHN), 2:03.86
- Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Australia (Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell), 3:29.69
- Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay – China (Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei, Li Bingjie), 7:40.33
- Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay – Australia (Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell), 3:51.60
- Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay – Great Britain (Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Anna Hopkin), 3:37.58
Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay – Great Britain (Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Freya Anderson), 3:38.75
CONTINENTAL RECORDS
Americas Records (North and South America)
- Men’s 100m Butterfly – Caeleb Dressel (USA), 49.45
- Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay – United States (Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel, Zach Apple), 3:26.78
- Women’s 100m Butterfly – Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 55.59
- Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay – United States (Allison Schmitt, Paige Madden, Katie McLaughlin, Katie Ledecky), 7:40.73
Note: “North American Records” aren’t officially kept, though South American Records are. Two SA marks fell in Tokyo at the hands of Fernando Scheffer in the men’s 200m freestyle (1:44.66) and Guilherme Costa in the men’s 800m freestyle (7:46.09).
European Records
- Men’s 100m Freestyle – Kliment Kolesnikov (ROC), 47.11
- Men’s 100m Backstroke – Evgeny Rylov (ROC), 51.98
- Men’s 100m Butterfly – Kristof Milak (HUN), 49.68
- Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Great Britain (Tom Dean, James Guy, Matthew Richards, Duncan Scott), 6:58.58
- Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay – Great Britain (Luke Greenbank, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Duncan Scott), 3:27.51
- Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay – Great Britain (Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Anna Hopkin), 3:37.58
Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay – Great Britain (Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Freya Anderson), 3:38.75
Asian Records
- Men’s 100m Freestyle – Hwang Sunwoo (KOR), 47.56
- Men’s 200m Individual Medley – Wang Shun (CHN), 1:55.00
- Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay – Japan (Ryosuke Irie, Ryuya Mura, Naoki Mizunuma, Katsumi Nakamura), 3:29.91
- Women’s 100m Freestyle – Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 52.27
Women’s 100m Freestyle – Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 52.40Women’s 100m Freestyle – Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 52.70- Women’s 200m Freestyle – Siobhan Haughey (HKG), 1:53.92
- Women’s 400m Freestyle – Li Bingjie (CHN), 4:01.08
Women’s 400m Freestyle – Li Bingjie (CHN), 4:01.57- Women’s 1500m Freestyle – Wang Jianjiahe (CHN), 15:41.49
- Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – China (Cheng Yujie, Zhu Menghui, Ai Yanhan, Wu Qingfeng), 3:34.76
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – China (Cheng Yujie, Zhu Menghui, Ai Yanhan, Wu Qingfeng), 3:35.07- Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay – China (Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei, Li Bingjie), 7:40.33
Oceanian Records
- Men’s 400m Individual Medley – Brendon Smith (AUS), 4:09.27
Men’s 400m Individual Medley – Lewis Clareburt (NZL), 4:09.49- Women’s 100m Freestyle – Emma McKeon (AUS), 51.96
- Women’s 400m Freestyle – Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 3:56.69
- Women’s 800m Freestyle – Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 8:13.83
- Women’s 100m Butterfly – Emma McKeon (AUS), 55.72
Women’s 100m Butterfly – Emma McKeon (AUS), 55.82- Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Australia (Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell), 3:29.69
- Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay – Australia (Ariarne Titmus, Emma McKeon, Madison Wilson, Leah Neale), 7:41.29
- Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay – Australia (Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell), 3:51.60
African Records
- Women’s 100m Breaststroke – Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA), 1:04.82
- Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA), 2:18.95
Women’s 200m Breaststroke – Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA), 2:19.16- Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay – South Africa (Aimee Canny, Rebecca Meder, Dune Coetzee, Erin Gallagher), 8:01.56
Thats a pretty slow 100 fly…
I think the olympics is becoming a less and less ideal place to swim crazy fast times.
All 3 rounds need to be very fast now, there is no coasting through to the finals for the swimmers at that level.
I think more and more often WRs are going to be set at events like Aus Trials or PSS as we go forwards.
I find it hard to believe Schoenmaker, Zac Stubblety-Cook or McKeown (for example) wouldn’t have been faster in their 200s if not for it being their 3rd fast 200 in 36 hours.
I agree. The races also involve more strategy: the strategy you use to make sure you touch first might not be the same you would use if you were trying to break a world record. At trials, where a lot of standouts have no real competition, they can be a bit more relaxed with their race plan and just go for it which makes it more likely to break records.
great compilation.
Another one, would the results be the same if spectators where allowed ?
I think mostly the same. Maybe Seto could have picked himself up for a medal though.
The entire japanese team (Sato..) , they were completely off apart from Ohashi,
Still can’t believe that Santo likely would’ve earned a medal whether he stayed in Canada or went to Italy…
Mr Worldwide , I hope he will be Japanese in Paris
An interesting observation: after this Olympics, we now officially have the first two swimmers who, in textile, have swum strictly faster than PVDH’s textile PBs in both the 100 free (47.84) and 200 free (1:44.89).
The two swimmers to achieve this feat, Hwang and Popvici, weren’t even born when PVDH set these times lol.
Note: Agnel tied PVDH’s 100 time (and ofc was faster in the 200). If you allow supersuited times, and upgrade PVDH’s best to the 47.68 he swum at Beijing 2008, only one additional swimmer gets added to this list: Michael Phelps.
4th place (the chocolate medal) is the hardest of all, each of the 4th place swimmers in tokyo hadn’t won other individual medals excuding Penny and Wellbroke
Can we please add the World Junior Record for Mollie “would have beat Ledecky in the 200 free final” O’Callaghan with a 1:55.11 for the 200!?
Mollie “Australia rested me from the final so everyone could get bronze medals” o’callaghan
Lol yep. I have blocked that out of my mind.
If they swam her in the final and got gold, she would be the sixth most successful Swimmer of the Games after Emma, Dressel, Katie, Kaylee and Arnie. Insane to think that.