Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre |
Dates | TBC |
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 freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the thirteenth appearance of the event, which has been held from 1964 to 1972 and then at every Games since 1984.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record |
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3:08.24 | Beijing, China | 11 August 2008 | [2][3] |
Olympic record |
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3:08.24 | Beijing, China | 11 August 2008 | [2][3] |
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).[4]
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.[5]
Schedule
All times are Japan standard time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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TBC | 19:00 | Heats |
TBC | 10:30 | Final |
Results
Heats
The relay teams with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.
Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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Australia | To be selected | |||||
Brazil | To be selected | |||||
France | To be selected | |||||
Germany | To be selected | |||||
Great Britain | To be selected | |||||
Greece | To be selected | |||||
Hungary | To be selected | |||||
Italy | To be selected | |||||
Japan | To be selected | |||||
Poland | To be selected | |||||
ROC | To be selected | |||||
United States | To be selected | |||||
Best 4 times as of 31 May 2020 | To be selected | |||||
Best 4 times as of 31 May 2020 | To be selected | |||||
Best 4 times as of 31 May 2020 | To be selected | |||||
Best 4 times as of 31 May 2020 | To be selected |
Final
References
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b Abrahamson, Alan (11 August 2008). "Lezak's classic finish delivers gold". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ a b Longman, Jere (11 August 2008). "As Swimming Records Fall, Technology Muddies the Water". New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.