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2020 TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
After a year’s delay, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, now being held in 2021, are just a week away from kicking off at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.
All month long, SwimSwam has been, and will continue to, preview every swimming event on the schedule for the Tokyo 2020 Games, including projecting our medalists and top 8 finishers for each and every race.
Below, follow along with SwimSwam’s picks, previews, and medalist choices for the upcoming Games.
Event Previews
Medalist Predictions
Women:
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
50 Free Cate Campbell Sarah Sjostrom Ranomi Kromowidjojo
100 Free Emma McKeon Cate Campbell Sarah Sjostrom
200 Free Ariarne Titmus Katie Ledecky Siobhan Haughey
400 Free Ariarne Titmus Katie Ledecky Li Bingjie , CHN
800 Free Katie Ledecky Simona Quadarella Ariarne Titmus
1500 Free Katie Ledecky Simona Quadarella Maddy Gough , AUS
100 Back Kaylee McKeown Kylie Masse Regan Smith
200 Back Kaylee McKeown Rhyan White Margherita Panziera
100 Breast Lilly King Yulia Efimova , ROCLydia Jacoby
200 Breast Tatjana Schoenmaker Lilly King Annie Lazor
100 Fly Maggie MacNeil Zhang Yufei , CHNEmma McKeon
200 Fly Zhang Yufei , CHNHali Flickinger Boglarka Kapas
200 IM Katinka Hosszu Sydney Pickrem Yui Ohashi
400 IM Katinka Hosszu Hali Flickinger Yui Ohashi
Australia
Canada
Netherlands
Australia
USA
Canada
USA
Australia
Canada
Men:
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
50 Free Caeleb Dressel Ben Proud , GBRVladimir Morozov , ROC
100 Free Caeleb Dressel Kyle Chalmers Andrei Minakov
200 Free Duncan Scott Tom Dean , GBRKatsuhiro Matsumoto
400 Free Elijah Winnington , AUSGabriele Detti Martin Malyutin
800 Free Gregorio Paltrinieri Mykhailo Romanchuk Jack McLoughlin
1500 Free Florian Wellbrock Mykhailo Romanchuk Gregorio Paltrinieri
100 Back Ryan Murphy Evgeny Rylov Xu Jiayu
200 Back Evgeny Rylov Ryan Murphy Luke Greenbank
100 Breast Adam Peaty Arno Kamminga Nicolo Martinenghi
200 Breast Anton Chupkov Shoma Sato , JPNZac Stubblety-Cook , AUS
100 Fly Caeleb Dressel Kristof Milak Andrei Minakov
200 Fly Kristof Milak Daiya Seto Chad le Clos
200 IM Michael Andrew Daiya Seto Chase Kalisz
400 IM Daiya Seto Chase Kalisz Lewis Clareburt
Russia
USA
Australia
Great Britain
Australia
Russia
USA
Great Britain
Russia
Mixed:
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
China
Australia
USA
*ROC refers to Russia, which will be competing under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee due to anti-doping sanctions.
Projected Medal Table
Here’s a look at how the medal table would shake out based on our medalist picks in each event:
SwimSwam News – 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Pool Swimming Medal Table
Nation
Total Medals
Gold
Silver
Bronze
USA
25
10
10
5
Australia
20
9
5
6
Russian Olympic Committee
11
3
2
6
Great Britain
7
3
3
1
Italy
7
1
3
3
Japan
7
1
3
3
Canada
6
1
3
2
Hungary
5
3
1
1
China
5
2
1
2
Netherlands
3
1
2
South Africa
2
1
1
Ukraine
2
2
Sweden
2
1
1
Germany
1
1
Hong Kong
1
1
New Zealand
1
1
Katinka is NOT WINNING the 400 IM and i don’t think she will win the 2 IM. I have the Hoos taking Gold and Silver. She’s 32 get real.
The people who downvoted this comment🤡
no no no. Torre Huske will be medaling. come on!
Any news on time trials done at OT camp?I know in the past they have done them for relay options.
Yeah..Titmus went faster than the US 4 x 100m relay team.
I feel like they never disclose these
women’s 100 fly won by dressel?
I have no doubt Dressel could win the women’s 100 fly. But if he does, a lot of people people will be talking.
Folks, we got ourselves an Olympics!
While I definitely have Dressel down to win most everything he feels like, him taking the women’s 100 fly was not one of my predictions.
There are men listed under the women’s category in the fly events