Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics
The swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were supposed to take place from 25 July to 6 August 2020 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021. However, their official name remained 2020 Summer Olympics with swimming events set for 24 July–1 August 2021[1] and marathon swimming set for 4–5 August 2021.[2]
Events
- Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1500;
- Backstroke: 100 and 200;
- Breaststroke: 100 and 200;
- Butterfly: 100 and 200;
- Individual medley: 200 and 400;
- Relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free; 4 × 100 medley (men's, women's, and mixed)
- Marathon: 10 kilometres
Medals
* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 11 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 |  Australia | 9 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Great Britain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 |  China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 |  ROC | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 |  Japan* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 |  Hungary | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 |  South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Brazil | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 12 |  Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 |  Italy | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 |  Hong Kong | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 |  Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 |  France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 |  Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | |
References
- ↑ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ↑ McCurry, Justin; Ingle, Sean (2020-03-24). "Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-24.