Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 25 July 2021 (heats) 26 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 70 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 16 | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:08.97 | ||||||||||||
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 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25 and 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the thirteenth appearance of the event, which has been held from 1964 to 1972 and then at every Games since 1984.
Records[edit]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record |
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3:08.24 | Beijing, China | 11 August 2008 | [2][3] |
Olympic record |
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3:08.24 | Beijing, China | 11 August 2008 | [2][3] |
No new records were set during the competition.
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).[4]
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.[5]
Schedule[edit]
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday, 25 July 2021 | 20:30 | Heats |
Monday, 26 July 2021 | 12:05 | Final |
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
The relay teams with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]
Final[edit]
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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5 | United States | Caeleb Dressel (47.26) Blake Pieroni (47.58) Bowe Becker (47.44) Zach Apple (46.69) |
3:08.97 | ||
4 | Italy | Alessandro Miressi (47.72) Thomas Ceccon (47.45) Lorenzo Zazzeri (47.31) Manuel Frigo (47.63) |
3:10.11 | NR | |
3 | Australia | Matthew Temple (48.07) Zac Incerti (47.55) Alexander Graham (48.16) Kyle Chalmers (46.44) |
3:10.22 | ||
4 | 1 | Canada | Brent Hayden (47.99) Joshua Liendo (47.51) Yuri Kisil (47.15) Markus Thormeyer (48.17) |
3:10.82 | NR |
5 | 7 | Hungary | Kristóf Milák (48.24) Szebasztián Szabó (47.44) Richárd Bohus (47.81) Nándor Németh (47.57) |
3:11.06 | NR |
6 | 6 | France | Maxime Grousset (47.52) Florent Manaudou (47.62) Clément Mignon (48.01) Mehdy Metella (47.94) |
3:11.09 | |
7 | 8 | ROC | Andrei Minakov (47.71) Vladislav Grinev (47.94) Vladimir Morozov (48.15) Kliment Kolesnikov (48.40) |
3:12.20 | |
8 | 2 | Brazil | Breno Correia (48.69) Pedro Spajari (48.24) Gabriel Santos (48.76) Marcelo Chierighini (47.72) |
3:13.41 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b Abrahamson, Alan (11 August 2008). "Lezak's classic finish delivers gold". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ a b Longman, Jere (11 August 2008). "As Swimming Records Fall, Technology Muddies the Water". New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.