Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 30 July 2021 (heats) 1 August 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 74 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 16 | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:26.78 WR | ||||||||||||
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 medley relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's sixteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1960.
The United States extended their dominance in the event, having won it every time since its introduction in 1960, except for the boycotted 1980 Games.
Records[edit]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record |
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3:27.28 | Rome, Italy | 2 August 2009 | [2][3] |
Olympic record |
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3:27.95 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13 August 2016 | [4][5] |
The following record was established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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1 August | Final |
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United States | 3:26.78 | WR |
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).[6]
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.[7]
Schedule[edit]
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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30 July 2021 | 21:10 | Heats |
1 August 2021 | 11:36 | Final |
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
The relay teams with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[8]
Final[edit]
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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1 | United States | Ryan Murphy (52.31) Michael Andrew (58.49) Caeleb Dressel (49.03) Zach Apple (46.95) |
3:26.78 | WR | |
5 | Great Britain | Luke Greenbank (53.63) Adam Peaty (56.53) James Guy (50.27) Duncan Scott (47.08) |
3:27.51 | ER | |
4 | Italy | Thomas Ceccon (52.52) Nicolò Martinenghi (58.11) Federico Burdisso (51.07) Alessandro Miressi (47.47) |
3:29.17 | NR | |
4 | 3 | ROC | Evgeny Rylov (52.82) Kirill Prigoda (59.06) Andrey Minakov (50.31) Kliment Kolesnikov (47.03) |
3:29.22 | |
5 | 7 | Australia | Mitch Larkin (53.19) Zac Stubblety-Cook (58.67) Matthew Temple (50.78) Kyle Chalmers (46.96) |
3:29.60 | |
6 | 2 | Japan | Ryosuke Irie (53.05) Ryuya Mura (58.94) Naoki Mizunuma (50.88) Katsumi Nakamura (47.04) |
3:29.91 | AS |
7 | 8 | Canada | Markus Thormeyer (53.69) Gabe Mastromatteo (59.67) Joshua Liendo (51.02) Yuri Kisil (48.04) |
3:32.42 | |
6 | China | Xu Jiayu (52.77) Yan Zibei (58.35) Sun Jiajun He Junyi |
DSQ |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Dillman, Lisa (2 August 2009). "Michael Phelps gets 5th gold as more records fall". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "Phelps wins 5th gold as U.S. relay team shatters record". CBC Sports. 2 August 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ Lutz, Rachel (13 August 2016). "Michael Phelps wins career Olympic gold No. 23 in medley relay". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ Auerbach, Nicole (13 August 2016). "Michael Phelps ends career with 23rd Olympic gold medal as U.S. wins medley relay". USA Today. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "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 24 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.