Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 24 July 2021 (heats) 25 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 68 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 15 | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:29.69 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 women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's twenty-fifth appearance at the Olympics, having been held at every edition since 1912.
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record |
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3:30.05 | Gold Coast, Australia | 5 April 2018 | [2] |
Olympic record |
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3:30.65 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6 August 2016 | [3][4] |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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July 25 | Final | Bronte Campbell (53.01) Meg Harris (53.09) Emma McKeon (51.35) Cate Campbell (52.24) |
Australia | 3:29.69 | WR, OR |
Qualification[]
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).[5]
Competition format[]
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.[6]
Schedule[]
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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24 July | 20:43 | Heats |
25 July | 11:45 | Final |
Results[]
Heats[]
The relay teams with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.[7]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | 4 | Australia | Mollie O'Callaghan (53.08) Meg Harris (52.73) Madison Wilson (53.10) Bronte Campbell (52.82) |
3:31.73 | Q |
2 | 2 | 3 | Netherlands | Kim Busch (54.79) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.50) Marrit Steenbergen (54.32) Femke Heemskerk (51.90) |
3:33.51 | Q |
3 | 2 | 5 | Canada | Kayla Sanchez (53.45) Taylor Ruck (54.16) Rebecca Smith (53.73) Penny Oleksiak (52.38) |
3:33.72 | Q |
4 | 1 | 5 | Great Britain | Lucy Hope (54.37) Anna Hopkin (52.65) Abbie Wood (53.55) Freya Anderson (53.46) |
3:34.03 | Q, NR |
5 | 1 | 4 | United States | Olivia Smoliga (54.06) Catie DeLoof (53.42) Allison Schmitt (54.04) Natalie Hinds (53.28) |
3:34.80 | Q |
6 | 2 | 6 | China | Cheng Yujie (54.03) Zhu Menghui (53.48) Ai Yanhan (54.33) Wu Qingfeng (53.23) |
3:35.07 | Q, AS |
7 | 1 | 2 | Denmark | Pernille Blume (53.15) Signe Bro (53.19) Julie Kepp Jensen (54.72) Jeanette Ottesen (54.50) |
3:35.56 | Q, NR |
8 | 1 | 6 | Sweden | Sarah Sjöström (52.95) Michelle Coleman (53.44) Louise Hansson (53.68) Sara Junevik (55.86) |
3:35.93 | Q |
9 | 2 | 2 | Japan | Chihiro Igarashi (54.10) Rikako Ikee (53.63) Natsumi Sakai (54.70) Rika Omoto (53.77) |
3:36.20 | |
10 | 1 | 3 | France | Béryl Gastaldello (54.28) Charlotte Bonnet (53.05) Margaux Fabre (54.83) Anouchka Martin (54.45) |
3:36.61 | |
11 | 2 | 1 | ROC | Daria S. Ustinova (54.75) Arina Surkova (54.54) Elizaveta Klevanovich (54.57) Veronika Andrusenko (54.39) |
3:38.25 | |
12 | 1 | 7 | Brazil | Larissa Oliveira (54.79) Ana Carolina Vieira (54.92) Etiene Medeiros (55.42) Stephanie Balduccini (54.06) |
3:39.19 | |
13 | 2 | 7 | Germany | Lisa Höpink (54.83) Annika Bruhn (54.33) Marie Pietruschka (55.31) Hannah Küchler (54.86) |
3:39.33 | |
14 | 2 | 8 | Czech Republic | Barbora Seemanová (53.86) Kristýna Horská (56.72) Barbora Janíčková (55.89) Anika Apostalon (55.93) |
3:42.40 | |
15 | 1 | 1 | Hong Kong | Tam Hoi Lam (55.58) Camille Cheng (54.61) Stephanie Au (56.96) Ho Nam Wai (56.37) |
3:43.52 |
Final[]
Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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4 | Australia | Bronte Campbell (53.01) Meg Harris (53.09) Emma McKeon (51.35) Cate Campbell (52.24) |
3:29.69 | WR | |
3 | Canada | Kayla Sanchez (53.42) Margaret MacNeil (53.47) Rebecca Smith (53.63) Penny Oleksiak (52.26) |
3:32.78 | ||
2 | United States | Erika Brown (54.02) Abbey Weitzeil (52.68) Natalie Hinds (53.15) Simone Manuel (52.96) |
3:32.81 | ||
4 | 5 | Netherlands | Kim Busch (54.64) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (52.87) Kira Toussaint (54.14) Femke Heemskerk (52.05) |
3:33.70 | |
5 | 6 | Great Britain | Anna Hopkin (53.16) Abbie Wood (53.23) Lucy Hope (54.73) Freya Anderson (52.84) |
3:33.96 | NR |
6 | 8 | Sweden | Sarah Sjöström (52.62) OR Michelle Coleman (53.62) Louise Hansson (53.51) Sophie Hansson (54.94) |
3:34.69 | |
7 | 7 | China | Cheng Yujie (54.10) Zhu Menghui (53.54) Ai Yanhan (54.22) Wu Qingfeng (52.90) |
3:34.76 | AS |
8 | 1 | Denmark | Pernille Blume (53.07) Signe Bro (53.78) Julie Kepp Jensen (54.46) Jeanette Ottesen (54.39) |
3:35.70 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Pentony, Luke (6 April 2018). "Commonwealth Games: Australia sets new world record in 4x100 metres freestyle relay". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Barrett, Chris (7 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Australia's women win gold in world record time in 4x100m freestyle relay". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Cate, Bronte Campbell lead Australian women to 4x100m gold at Rio". ABC News Australia. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 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
- ^ Final results
- Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
- Women's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics