Swimming in Tokyo Specifics
- New in Tokyo 2020:
- New events: M 800m Free, W 1500 Free and Coed 4x100m medley relay
- Total Gold Medals Awarded: 37
- Dates: July 24 – Aug 1 (Open-water Aug 4-5)
- Full Schedule for the games
- Full Olympic Results
Who to Know (on Team USA before the Olympics):
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- Caeleb Dressel
- Most of you won’t know who he is from the Rio 2016 Games because he only swam in 1 individual event (no medal) but did get 2 relay gold medals, so nothing crazy. Until 2017 Worlds when he won 7 golds and is now trying to qualify for Tokyo 2020 in the same amount.
- He will be swimming in the 50m Free, 100m Free, 100m Fly, 4×100, Free Relay and potentially the 4x100m Medley Relay
- Results: Gold in the 50m Free, 100m Free, 100m Fly, 4x100m Free Relay, 4x100m Medley Relay
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- Ryan Murphy
- You should remember him from 2016 Rio from sweeping the 100m and 200m Back, which extended Team USA’s dominance in those events (unbeaten since 1996).
- He will be competing in the backstrokes again at the Olympics
- Results: He took home bronze in the 100m Back & silver in the 200m Back ending the American lock up of that stroke since 1996.
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- Katie Ledecky
- She is the woman GOAT of swimming with 5 Olympic golds in the last 2 Olympics (6 medals total). She holds the WR in 400m, 800m and 1500m Free.
- Katie made the London 2012 Olympics at age 15 (gold in 800m Free)
- She is chasing the dream of becoming the most decorated woman in Olympic history – she needs 9 golds total to beat Larisa Latynina (Soviet Union/Gymnastics) or if she’s chasing medal count total she needs 12 of any color to beat Jenny Thompson (USA/Swimming)
- Katie is competing in every Freestyle event from 200m-1500m
- Results: Gold in the 800m Free, 1500m Free and Silver in the 400m Free, 4x200m Free Relay,
- She is the woman GOAT of swimming with 5 Olympic golds in the last 2 Olympics (6 medals total). She holds the WR in 400m, 800m and 1500m Free.
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- Lilly King
- She is best known for sassing RUS athlete, Yuliya Yefimova, who had been banned for doping/failed drug tests 2xs. Then beating her in the 100m Breast and setting the WR.
- Lilly has 2 golds from Rio (100m Breast, 4x100m Medley)
- She will be competing in the 100m and 200m Breast at the Olympics
- Results: Bronze in the 100m Breast and silver in the 200m Breast and 4x100m Medley Relay
- She is best known for sassing RUS athlete, Yuliya Yefimova, who had been banned for doping/failed drug tests 2xs. Then beating her in the 100m Breast and setting the WR.
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- Simone Manuel
- She won the gold medal in 2016 Rio in the 100m Free, which made her the first African-American woman to win an individual swimming gold. She also won gold as apart of the 4x100m medley relay and 2 silvers in Rio in the 50m Free and 4x100m Free relay.
- Simone is one of the most commercialized and recognizable names coming out of the Rio Games.
- She only advanced to the Olympics in the 50m Free and it was a close one!
- Results: she did not have a good Olympics, only making finals in one event.
- Michael Phelps – he won’t be competing but he has sure gotten some camera time during trials in the stands and the commentator booth
- Most decorated Olympian of all time – swimming GOAT
- 2000 Sydney – 2016 Rio Olympian
- This is our first one without him (*tear*)
- 23 Olympic gold medals (8 alone in the 2008 Beijing Games) and 39 WRs
- He still holds the following WRs: 400m IM, 4x100m Free Relay, 4X200m Free Relay & 4x100m Medley Relay
Other Countries:
- Adam Peaty – Team GBR
- He is the breaststroke king right now with all the records in his name.
- Results: He took gold in 100m Breast
- Ariarne Titmus – Team AUS
- She is throwing down the gauntlet with Ledecky for that 400m free title. She was 0.11 seconds and 0.5 seconds off of 2 WRs during AUS Trials
- Results: Gold in 200m Free & 400m Free, Silver in 800m Free
- Katinka Hosszu (Kah-tink-ah Hoe-sue) – Team HUN
- She is the IM queen and athough she and her coach husband are getting a divorce, she is still sure to be a force in the medley events
- Sarah Sjostrom (Shoy-strum) – Team SWE
- This 3x Olympian is a threat in any fly and free sprint events.
- Results: Silver in the 50m Free
- Kaylee McKeown – Team AUS
- She broke the 100m Back WR in Australia’s Olympic trials
- Results: She was a rising star during these games taking home gold in the 50m Free, 100m Free and 100m Fly
- Her sister took home gold in both Backstroke disciplines.
Trials
- Results: (in order of competition)
- M 50m Free
- Caeleb Dressel & Michael Andrew
- M 100m Free
- Caeleb Dressel & Zach Apple
- M 200m Free
- Kieran Smith (again), Townley Haas
- This event will likely see 4 athletes go to Tokyo since there is a relay at this distance. The other 2 athletes are: Drew Kiblet & Andrew Seliskar
- Kieran Smith (again), Townley Haas
- M 400m Free
- Kieran Smith & Jake Mitchell
- M 800m Free
- Bobby Finke & Michael Brinegar
- M 1500m Free
- Bobby Finke & Michael Brinegar
- M 100m Back
- Ryan Murphy & Hunter Armstrong
- M 200m Back
- Ryan Murphy & Bryce Mefford
- M 100m Breast
- Michael Andrew & Andrew Wilson
- M 200m Breast
- Nic Fink & Andrew Wilson
- M 100m Fly
- Caeleb Dressel & Tom Shields
- M 200m Fly
- Zach Harting & Gunnar Bentz
- M 200m IM
- Andrew Michael & Chase Kalisz
- M 400m IM
- Chase Kalisz & Jay Litherland
- W 50m Free
- Simone Manuel & Abbey Weitzeil
- W 100m Free
- Abbey Weitzeil & Erika Brown
- W 200m Free
- Katie Ledecky, Allison Schmitt, Paige Madden & Katie McLaughlin
- W 400m Free
- Katie Ledecky & Paige Madden
- W 800m Free
- Katie Ledecky & Katie Grimes
- W 1500m Free
- Katie Ledecky & Erica Sullivan
- W 100m Back
- Regan Smith & Rhyan White
- W 200m Back
- Rhyan White & Phoebe Bacon
- W 100m Breast
- Lilly King & Lydia Jacoby
- W 200m Breast
- Annie Lazor & Lilly King
- W 100m Fly
- Torri Huske & Claire Curzan
- Huske swam a new American record in the Semifinals and again in Finals with 55.66
- Torri Huske & Claire Curzan
- W 200m Fly
- Hali Flickinger & Regan Smith
- W 200m IM
- Alex Walsh & Kate Douglass
- W 400m IM
- Emma Weyant & Hali Flickinger
- M 10km Open Water
- Jordan Wilimovsky
- W 10km Open Water
- Haley Anderson & Ashley Twichell
- Full Results
- M 50m Free
Watch now! (CT)
- Heats run in the morning (5am – 6am ish for us here in the USA). Finals and Semifinals are in the evening. I am only going to put the times of the finals on here.
- Sat 7/24
- 8:30pm – M 400m IM
- 8:52pm – M 400m Free
- 9:12pm – W 400m IM
- 9:45pm – W 4x100m Free Relay
- Sun 7/25
- 8:30pm – W 100m Fly
- 9:12pm – M 100m Breast
- 9:20pm – W 400m Free
- 10:05pm – M 4x100m Free Relay
- Mon 7/26
- 8:43pm – M 200m Free
- 8:51pm – W 100m Back
- 8:59pm – M 100m Back
- 9:17pm – W 100m Breast
- Tues 7/27
- 8:41pm – W 200m Free
- 8:49pm – M 200m Fly
- 9:45pm – W 200m IM
- 9:54pm – W 1500m Free
- 10:26pm – M 4x200m Free Relay
- Wed 7/28
- 8:30pm – M 800m Free
- 8:44pm – M 200m Breast
- 9:28pm – W 200m Fly
- 9:37pm – M 100m Free
- 10:31pm – W 4x200m Free Relay
- Thurs 7/29
- 8:41pm – W 200m Breast
- 8:50pm – M 200m Back
- 8:59pm – W 100m Free
- 9:16pm – M 200m IM
- Fri 7/30
- 8:30pm – M 100m Fly
- 8:37pm – W 200m Back
- 8:46pm – W 800m Free
- 9:43pm – Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
- Sat 7/31
- 8:30pm – M 50m Free
- 8:37pm – W 50m Free
- 8:44pm – M 1500m Free
- 9:15pm – W 4x100m Medley Relay
- 9:36pm – M 4x100m Medley Relay
- Tues 8/3
- 4:30pm – W 10km Open Water
- Wed 8/4
- 4:30pm – M 10km Open Water
