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]
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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.