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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Wow, not a single swimmer broke 4:10 in the 400 im? I thought there might be a 4:09 at least….
95/102
Would be much more difficult if nationalities were not given.
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.
Are the times right in the women’s 400FS? Didn’t Ariarn Titmus go 4.01?
Hmm so 61/102… faaaaailed
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”
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.
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.