Swimming at the 2020 Olympics
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Background
The swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will take place from 25 July to 6 August at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. The women’s 30km open-water marathon will be held on August 5, with the men’s race happening a day later (August 7) at the Odaiba Marine Park.
Swimming will feature a record total of 37 events (18 for each gender and 1 mixed), with the addition of the men’s 800 m freestyle, women’s 1500 m freestyle, and the mixed 4×100 m medley relay.
Events
Swimming in 2020 will feature a total of 37 events (18 each for men and women and 1 mixed event), including two 10 km open-water marathons. This is slight increase from the 34 events contested in the previous Olympic Games. The following events will be contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):
- Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1,500
- 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
Schedule
Unlike the previous Olympics, swimming program schedule will occur in two segments. For the pool events, prelims will be held in the evening, with semifinals and final in the following morning session, spanning a day between semifinals and finals in those events with semifinals. The shift of the normal morning prelims and evening finals (to evening prelims and morning finals) will occur for these Games because of the prior request made by US broadcaster NBC (due to the substantial fees NBC has paid for rights to the Olympics, the IOC has allowed NBC to have influence on event scheduling to maximize U.S. television ratings when possible; NBC agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on May 7, 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 games, is also one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC), so that the finals from the event could be shown live in the United States.
M = Morning session, starting at 10:30 local time (01:30 UTC).
E = Evening session, starting at 19:00 local time (10:00 UTC).
Men
Women
Mixed
Qualification times
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