Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 27 July 2021 (heats) 28 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 73 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 16 | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 6:58.58 ER | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | mixed | women |
Marathon | |||
10 km | men | women | |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 27 and 28 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's twenty-sixth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1908.
Great Britain entered the final as favourites, boasting the gold and silver medalists from the individual 200 metres freestyle, Tom Dean and Duncan Scott, and 2015 World champion at the distance, James Guy. Despite Dean surprisingly giving up almost a second to the United States swimmer Kieran Smith on the opening leg, the British team's cumulative depth eventually told, as they duly delivered gold in the fastest ever time in a textile suit, just three hundredth's of a second outside the world record. It was the first British win in the event since 1908.
The medals for the competition were presented by David Haggerty, United States; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Khaleel Al Jabir, Qatar; FINA Bureau Member.
Records[edit]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record |
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6:58.55 | Rome, Italy | 31 July 2009 | [2][3] |
Olympic record |
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6:58.56 | Beijing, China | 13 August 2008 | [4] |
No new Olympic or World records were set during the competition.
Great Britain set a European record in the final, the third-fastest time ever (behind only the Olympic and World records) and the fastest time ever swum in a textile suit. Israel and Switzerland (twice) set national records.
Qualification[edit]
The top 12 teams in this event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships qualified for the Olympics. An additional 4 teams will qualify through having the fastest times at approved qualifying events during the qualifying period (1 March 2019 to 30 May 2020).[5]
Competition format[edit]
The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The relay teams with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[6]
Schedule[edit]
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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27 July | 19:58 | Heats |
28 July | 12:26 | Final |
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
The relay teams with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[7]
Final[edit]
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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4 | Great Britain | Thomas Dean (1:45.72) James Guy (1:44.40) Matthew Richards (1:45.01) Duncan Scott (1:43.45) |
6:58.58 | ER | |
6 | ROC | Martin Malyutin (1:45.69) Ivan Girev (1:45.63) Evgeny Rylov (1:45.26) Mikhail Dovgalyuk (1:45.23) |
7:01.81 | ||
5 | Australia | Alexander Graham (1:46.00) Kyle Chalmers (1:45.35) Zac Incerti (1:45.75) Thomas Neill (1:44.74) |
7:01.84 | ||
4 | 2 | United States | Kieran Smith (1:44.74) Drew Kibler (1:45.51) Zach Apple (1:47.31) Townley Haas (1:44.87) |
7:02.43 | |
5 | 3 | Italy | Stefano Ballo (1:45.77) Matteo Ciampi (1:45.88) Filippo Megli (1:45.33) Stefano Di Cola (1:46.26) |
7:03.24 | |
6 | 7 | Switzerland | Antonio Djakovic (1:45.77 NR) Nils Liess (1:47.74) Noè Ponti (1:46.93) Roman Mityukov (1:45.68) |
7:06.12 | NR |
7 | 1 | Germany | Lukas Märtens (1:46.68) Poul Zellmann (1:46.30) Henning Mühlleitner (1:48.04) Jacob Heidtmann (1:45.49) |
7:06.51 | |
8 | 8 | Brazil | Fernando Scheffer (1:45.93) Murilo Sartori (1:46.09) Breno Correia (1:48.11) Luiz Altamir Melo (1:48.09) |
7:08.22 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Dillman, Lisa (1 August 2009). "Michael Phelps' world records not wearing well". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Michaelis, Vicky (31 July 2009). "Phelps earns relay gold medal, Peirsol sets 200m backstroke mark". USA Today. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ Stallman, Jason (13 August 2008). "Phelps Adds 2 More Gold Medals". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.