Updated Olympic Entries See More Changes In Women’s 800 Free, 400 Medley Relays

FINA has released an updated version of the countries qualified to swim in each relay at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, with two nations in both the women’s 4×200 free and 4×100 medley dropping the event and thus bringing in two new squads.

The women’s 4×200 free relay will now feature both Turkey and South Africa, with Israel and Denmark dropping the event.

Israel and Denmark were qualified to swim via the second and fourth wild card slots, with Denmark’s spot only opening after earlier withdrawals from both Poland (#9 auto qualifier) and Great Britain (#1 wild card qualifier). The Polish team withdrew from the event after failing to have all four of its swimmers achieve the FINA ‘B’ cut.

Turkey and South Africa were originally four and five spots away from swimming the race in Tokyo at the end of the qualifying period, but the previous four withdrawals, along with the Belgians opting not to contest it (they were ranked one spot ahead of Turkey), brings both in.

Olympic Teams – Women’s 4×200 Free Relay

    Nation
1 2019 Worlds Australia
2 2019 Worlds USA
3 2019 Worlds Russia
4 2019 Worlds China
5 2019 Worlds Germany
6 2019 Worlds Canada
7 2019 Worlds Hungary
8 2019 Worlds Japan
9 2019 Worlds New Zealand
10 2019 Worlds Hong Kong
11 2019 Worlds Korea
12 2019 Worlds Italy
13 Wild Card France
XX Wild Card Israel
14 Wild Card Brazil
XX Wild Card Denmark
XX Wild Card Belgium
15 Wild Card Turkey
16 Wild Card South Africa

In the women’s 4×100 medley relay, Switzerland (11th auto spot) and Finland (second Wildcard spot) have dropped the event, bringing in Denmark and Spain.

Olympic Teams – Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay

    Nation
1 2019 Worlds USA
2 2019 Worlds Australia
3 2019 Worlds Italy
4 2019 Worlds Canada
5 2019 Worlds China
6 2019 Worlds Sweden
7 2019 Worlds Great Britain
8 2019 Worlds Japan
9 2019 Worlds Germany
10 2019 Worlds Netherlands
XX 2019 Worlds Switzerland
11 2019 Worlds Russia
12 Wild Card Belarus
XX Wild Card Finland
13 Wild Card Hong Kong
14 Wild Card South Africa
15 Wild Card Denmark
16 Wild Card Spain

The other five relays all remain unchanged from the previous list of qualified teams, which you can find here.

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The unoriginal Tim
3 years ago

Wow. No one wants ot swim relays at the Olympics?

Dan
3 years ago

I still interoperate the FINA selection criteria for relays as the swimmers that have to have the B cut referring to the additional relay swimmers as those NOT part of the main 4 swimmers need for the relay to compete.

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James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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