It was a weird, pandemic-affected swimming season – but can you name the swimmers with the top 3 times in each long course event for 2020?
A few notes on this quiz:
- Times include all official swims in the calendar year 2020 – that means from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.
- Last names only will be accepted, along with first and last names.
- If two swimmers are tied for a spot, either name should get you credit.
- Answers are based on the official FINA world rankings, so any time missing from that database wouldn’t appear on this quiz.
- Long course meters (LCM) only
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94/102. Just the fact that some swims today just barely snuck in before 2020 was over…
101/102
I can’t believe I didn’t get Ippei Watanabe. His namesake, Kanako Watanabe, buggered me up on the female World Champions list too. Damn.
Impressive …
I never would have guessed Hannis and de Waard, also can’t believe that you were able to spell Kirpichnikova without looking it up.
*forgets Katinka Hosszu*
In our debate about female swimmer of the year, we need to add Zhang Yufei – 1st in 2 events and 3rd in 2 events. She’s right up there with the other big names, probably right behind Ledecky and McKeown.
87/102 – i really need to improve my knowledge of Chinese swimmers’ names. Would have gotten at least two more if I’d type “Sun” instead of “Yang”…
Also — SO to these quizzes for helping me learn how to spell “Hosszu”
Hmm so 61/102… faaaaailed
Are the times right in the women’s 400FS? Didn’t Ariarn Titmus go 4.01?
Slightly off topic, and a well beaten horse, but amazing to see Mary T’s 200 fly from ‘81 would’ve finished second on this list. Janet’s records would be 2nd (400) 1st (800, by 1/100!) and 3rd (1500). Thorpe’s 200 and 400 from nearly 20 years ago top both lists.
Obviously a lot of extenuating circumstances – and I’ve probably missed a few other historic swims that would also have placed, but shows just HOW far ahead of their time these swims were.
For comparison it could mean Ledecky’s 800 will be a competitive time in 2060 – which just seems equal parts highly plausible and totally insane.
Thorpe’s 800FS from 2001 would also be No. 1.
Wow. Yeah missed that one. That’s impressive.