Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
August 20, 2023
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 27 and 28 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's twenty-sixth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1908.
Great Britain entered the final as favourites, boasting the gold and silver medalists from the individual 200 metres freestyle, Tom Dean and Duncan Scott, and 2015 World champion at the distance, James Guy. Despite Dean surprisingly giving up almost a second to the United States swimmer Kieran Smith on the opening leg, the British team's cumulative depth eventually told, as they duly delivered gold in the fastest ever time in a textile suit, just three hundredth's of a second outside the world record. It was the first British win in the event since 1908.
No new Olympic or World records were set during the competition.
Great Britain set a European record in the final, the third-fastest time ever (behind only the Olympic and World records) and the fastest time ever swum in a textile suit. Israel and Switzerland (twice) set national records.
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]
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August 20, 2023
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The men s 4 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 27 and 28 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre 1 It will be the event s twenty sixth consecutive appearance having been held at every edition since 1908 Men s 4 200 metre freestyle relayat the Games of the XXXII OlympiadVenueTokyo Aquatics CentreDates27 July 2021 heats 28 July 2021 final Competitors73 from 16 nationsTeams16Winning time6 58 58 ERMedalistsThomas Dean James Guy Matthew Richards Duncan Scott Calum Jarvis Great BritainMartin Malyutin Ivan Girev Evgeny Rylov Mikhail Dovgalyuk Aleksandr Krasnykh Mikhail Vekovishchev ROCAlexander Graham Kyle Chalmers Zac Incerti Thomas Neill Mack Horton Elijah Winnington Indicates the swimmer only competed in the preliminary heats Australia 20162024 Great Britain entered the final as favourites boasting the gold and silver medalists from the individual 200 metres freestyle Tom Dean and Duncan Scott and 2015 World champion at the distance James Guy Despite Dean surprisingly giving up almost a second to the United States swimmer Kieran Smith on the opening leg the British team s cumulative depth eventually told as they duly delivered gold in the fastest ever time in a textile suit just three hundredth s of a second outside the world record It was the first British win in the event since 1908 The medals for the competition were presented by David Haggerty United States IOC Member and the medalists bouquets were presented by Khaleel Al Jabir Qatar FINA Bureau Member Contents 1 Records 2 Qualification 3 Competition format 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Heats 5 2 Final 6 ReferencesRecords EditPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record United States USA Michael Phelps 1 44 49 Ricky Berens 1 44 13 David Walters 1 45 47 Ryan Lochte 1 44 46 6 58 55 Rome Italy 31 July 2009 2 3 Olympic record United States USA Michael Phelps 1 43 31 Ryan Lochte 1 44 28 Ricky Berens 1 46 29 Peter Vanderkaay 1 44 68 6 58 56 Beijing China 13 August 2008 4 No new Olympic or World records were set during the competition Great Britain set a European record in the final the third fastest time ever behind only the Olympic and World records and the fastest time ever swum in a textile suit Israel and Switzerland twice set national records Qualification EditMain article Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics 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 EditThe 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 EditAll times are Japan Standard Time UTC 9 1 Date Time Round27 July 19 58 Heats28 July 12 26 FinalResults EditHeats Edit The relay teams with the top 8 times regardless of heat advanced to the final 7 Rank Heat Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes1 2 3 Great Britain Matthew Richards 1 46 35 James Guy 1 44 66 Calum Jarvis 1 45 53 Thomas Dean 1 46 71 7 03 25 Q2 2 4 Australia Alexander Graham 1 45 72 Mack Horton 1 47 51 Elijah Winnington 1 46 19 Zac Incerti 1 45 58 7 05 00 Q3 1 5 Italy Stefano Di Cola 1 47 00 Matteo Ciampi 1 45 64 Marco De Tullio 1 46 78 Filippo Megli 1 45 63 7 05 05 Q4 1 4 ROC Mikhail Dovgalyuk 1 46 56 Aleksandr Krasnykh 1 46 78 Ivan Girev 1 45 71 Mikhail Vekovishchev 1 46 11 7 05 16 Q5 2 5 United States Drew Kibler 1 46 12 Andrew Seliskar 1 46 17 Patrick Callan 1 47 12 Blake Pieroni 1 46 21 7 05 62 Q6 1 7 Switzerland Antonio Djakovic 1 46 41 Nils Liess 1 47 23 Noe Ponti 1 47 11 Roman Mityukov 1 45 84 7 06 59 Q NR7 2 2 Germany Lukas Martens 1 47 27 Poul Zellmann 1 45 80 Henning Muhlleitner 1 48 11 Jacob Heidtmann 1 45 58 7 06 76 Q8 2 6 Brazil Luiz Altamir Melo 1 48 01 Fernando Scheffer 1 46 09 Murilo Sartori 1 46 76 Breno Correia 1 46 87 7 07 73 Q9 1 3 China Ji Xinjie 1 47 14 Hong Jinquan 1 48 17 Zhang Ziyang 1 46 89 Wang Shun 1 46 07 7 08 2710 1 1 Israel Denis Loktev 1 46 64 NR Daniel Namir 1 47 41 Tomer Frankel 1 48 19 Gal Cohen Groumi 1 46 41 7 08 65 NR11 1 6 France Jordan Pothain 1 47 30 Hadrien Salvan 1 48 09 Enzo Tesic 1 46 84 Jonathan Atsu 1 46 65 7 08 8812 2 7 Japan Konosuke Yanagimoto 1 48 50 Katsuhiro Matsumoto 1 45 35 Kosuke Hagino 1 47 90 Kotaro Takahashi 1 47 78 7 09 5313 2 1 South Korea Lee Yoo yeon 1 49 55 Hwang Sun woo 1 48 88 Kim Woo min 1 49 24 Lee Ho joon 1 47 36 7 15 0314 2 8 Ireland Jack McMillan 1 46 66 NR Finn McGeever 1 48 46 Brendan Hyland 1 51 28 Shane Ryan 1 49 08 7 15 4815 1 8 Poland Kacper Majchrzak 1 49 32 Jakub Kraska 1 47 94 Kamil Sieradzki 1 50 44 Radoslaw Kawecki 1 51 21 7 18 911 2 Hungary Balazs Hollo 1 47 41 Gabor Zombori 1 47 27 Dominik KozmaRichard Marton DSQFinal Edit 8 Rank Lane Nation Swimmers Time Notes 4 Great Britain Thomas Dean 1 45 72 James Guy 1 44 40 Matthew Richards 1 45 01 Duncan Scott 1 43 45 6 58 58 ER 6 ROC Martin Malyutin 1 45 69 Ivan Girev 1 45 63 Evgeny Rylov 1 45 26 Mikhail Dovgalyuk 1 45 23 7 01 81 5 Australia Alexander Graham 1 46 00 Kyle Chalmers 1 45 35 Zac Incerti 1 45 75 Thomas Neill 1 44 74 7 01 844 2 United States Kieran Smith 1 44 74 Drew Kibler 1 45 51 Zach Apple 1 47 31 Townley Haas 1 44 87 7 02 435 3 Italy Stefano Ballo 1 45 77 Matteo Ciampi 1 45 88 Filippo Megli 1 45 33 Stefano Di Cola 1 46 26 7 03 246 7 Switzerland Antonio Djakovic 1 45 77 NR Nils Liess 1 47 74 Noe Ponti 1 46 93 Roman Mityukov 1 45 68 7 06 12 NR7 1 Germany Lukas Martens 1 46 68 Poul Zellmann 1 46 30 Henning Muhlleitner 1 48 04 Jacob Heidtmann 1 45 49 7 06 518 8 Brazil Fernando Scheffer 1 45 93 Murilo Sartori 1 46 09 Breno Correia 1 48 11 Luiz Altamir Melo 1 48 09 7 08 22References Edit a b Tokyo 2020 Swimming Schedule Tokyo 2020 Retrieved 30 January 2020 Dillman Lisa 1 August 2009 Michael Phelps world records not wearing well Los Angeles Times Retrieved 10 July 2013 Michaelis Vicky 31 July 2009 Phelps earns relay gold medal Peirsol sets 200m backstroke mark USA Today Retrieved 10 July 2013 Stallman Jason 13 August 2008 Phelps Adds 2 More Gold Medals The New York Times Retrieved 3 July 2013 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 27 July 2021 Retrieved 27 July 2021 Final results PDF Archived from the original PDF on 28 July 2021 Retrieved 28 July 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics Men 27s 4 200 metre freestyle relay amp oldid 1139342374, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
