Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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 %2C_Rio_2016.png) Pictograms for Swimming (left) and Marathon Swimming (right) | |
| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium (pool) Fort Copacabana (open water) |
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| Dates | 6–13 August 2016 15–16 August (Marathon) |
| No. of events | 34 |
| Competitors | 950 |
| Swimming at the 2016 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 | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 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 | women | ||
| Marathon | ||||
| 10 km | men | women | ||
The swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The women's open-water marathon was held on August 15, and the men's open water race on August 16 in Fort Copacabana.[1] The location for open-water events was a source of concern for athletes since scientists have found microbes in the waters off of Fort Copacabana and drug-resistant super bacteria off the beaches of Rio de Janeiro in 2014 and 2016 studies due to the daily dumping of hospital waste and household raw sewage into the rivers and ocean. Ten percent of the Copacabana water test samples contained drug-resistant super bacteria.[2][3] However, during the races the water quality was good.[4][5]
Events
Similar to the program's format in 2012, swimming features a total of 34 events (17 each for men and women), including two 10 km open-water marathons. The following events will be contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):
- Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women), and 1,500 (men);
- Backstroke: 100 and 200;
- Breaststroke: 100 and 200;
- Butterfly: 100 and 200;
- Individual medley: 200 and 400;
- Relays: 4×100 free, 4×200 free; 4×100 medley
- Marathon: 10 kilometres
Schedule
Similar to previous Olympics since 2000, with the exception of 2008, the swimming program schedule will occur in two segments. For the pool events, prelims are held in the afternoon, followed by the semifinals and final in the evening and (due to an NBC request) night session. The dates in the table are for August.
| H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Date → | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Tue 16 | |||||||||
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| Event ↓ | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N |
| 50 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 100 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 200 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 1500 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 100 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 200 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 100 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 200 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 100 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 200 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 200 m individual medley | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 400 m individual medley | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 4×100 m medley relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 km open water | F | |||||||||||||||||
| Date → | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Mon 15 | |||||||||
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| Event ↓ | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N |
| 50 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 100 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 200 m freestyle | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 400 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 800 m freestyle | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 100 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 200 m backstroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 100 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 200 m breaststroke | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 100 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 200 m butterfly | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 200 m individual medley | H | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||
| 400 m individual medley | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 4×100 m medley relay | H | F | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 km open water | F | |||||||||||||||||
Qualification
FINA By-Law BL 9.3.6.4 (swimming) and BL 9.3.7.5.3 (open water) laid out the qualification procedures for the "Swimming" competition at the Olympics.[7] Each country is allowed to enter up to two swimmers per individual event (provided they qualify), and one entry per relay; and a country may not have more than 26 males and 26 females (52 total) on its team.
Swimming – individual events
On January 15, 2015, FINA posted the qualifying times for individual events for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8] The time standards consisted of two types: an "Olympic Qualifying Time" (OQT) and an "Olympic Selection time" (OST). Each country was able to enter up to two swimmers per event, provided both swimmers met the (faster) qualifying time. A country was able to enter one swimmer per event that met the invitation standard. Any swimmer who met the "qualifying" time was entered in the event for the Games; a swimmer meeting the "invitation" standard was eligible for entry, and their entry was allotted/filled in by ranking.[8][9]
If a country had had no swimmers who meet either qualifying standard, it may have entered one male and one female. A country that did not receive an allocation spot but had at least one swimmer who met a qualifying standard might have enter the swimmer with the highest ranking.[9]
Swimming – relay events
Each relay event features 16 teams, composed of:
- 12: the top-12 finishers at the 2015 World Championships in each relay event.[9]
- 4: the 4 fastest non-qualified teams, based on times in the 15-months preceding the Olympics.[9]
Open-water swimming
The men's and women's 10 km races at the 2016 Summer Olympics featured 25 swimmers:[10]
- 10: the top-10 finishers in the 10 km races at the 2015 World Championships
- 9: the top-9 finishers at the 2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier (June 11–12, 2016 in Setúbal, Portugal)[11]
- 5: one representative from each FINA continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania). (These have been selected based on the finishes at the qualifying race in Setúbal.)
- 1: from the host nation (Brazil) if not qualified by other means. If Brazil already contained a qualifier in the race, this spot had been allocated back into the general pool from the 2016 Olympic qualifier race.
Participation
Participating nations
Brazil, as the host country, receives guaranteed quota place in case it would not qualify any qualification places.
Albania (2)
Algeria (1)
Andorra (2)
Angola (2)
Antigua and Barbuda (2)
Argentina (5)
Armenia (2)
Aruba (2)
Australia (39)
Austria (6)
Azerbaijan (2)
Bahamas (3)
Bahrain (1)
Bangladesh (2)
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Belgium (10)
Benin (2)
Belarus (8)
Bermuda (2)
Bolivia (2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Botswana (2)
Brazil (36)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Bulgaria (3)
Burkina Faso (2)
Burundi (2)
Cambodia (2)
Canada (30)
Cayman Islands (2)
Central African Republic (2)
Chile (2)
China (45)
Colombia (4)
Comoros (2)
Congo (2)
Cook Islands (2)
Costa Rica (1)
Croatia (2)
Cuba (1)
Cyprus (2)
Czech Republic (8)
Denmark (15)
Djibouti (1)
Dominican Republic (2)
Ecuador (3)
Egypt (7)
El Salvador (2)
Estonia (2)
Ethiopia (2)
Fiji (2)
Finland (8)
France (30)
Gabon (1)
The Gambia (1)
Georgia (country) (2)
Germany (29)
Great Britain (28)
Ghana (2)
Greece (15)
Grenada (2)
Guam (2)
Guinea (2)
Guatemala (2)
Guyana (2)
Haiti (2)
Honduras (2)
Hong Kong (7)
Hungary (35)
Iraq (1)
Iceland (3)
India (2)
Indonesia (2)
Iran (1)
Ireland (3)
Israel (7)
Italy (38)
Côte d'Ivoire (2)
Jamaica (2)
Japan (36)
Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan (3)
Kenya (2)
Kosovo (2)
Individual Olympic Athletes (2)
Kyrgyzstan (2)
Laos (2)
Latvia (2)
Lebanon (2)
Libya (2)
Liechtenstein (2)
Lithuania (6)
Luxembourg (3)
Macedonia (2)
Madagascar (2)
Malaysia (3)
Malawi (2)
Maldives (2)
Mali (2)
Malta (2)
Marshall Islands (2)
Mauritius (2)
Mexico (3)
Micronesia (2)
Moldova (2)
Mongolia (2)
Montenegro (2)
Morocco (2)
Mozambique (2)
Myanmar (1)
Netherlands (17)
Nepal (2)
New Zealand (9)
Nicaragua (2)
Niger (2)
Nigeria (2)
Norway (2)
Palau (2)
Palestine (2)
Pakistan (2)
Panama (2)
Papua New Guinea (1)
Paraguay (2)
Peru (2)
Philippines (2)
Poland (20)
Portugal (5)
Qatar (2)- Refugee Olympic Team (2)
Romania (6)
Puerto Rico (2)
Russia (36)
Rwanda (2)
Saint Lucia (1)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
Samoa (2)
Senegal (2)
Serbia (6)
Seychelles (2)
Sierra Leone (2)
Singapore (3)
Slovakia (3)
Slovenia (10)
South Africa (13)
South Korea (8)
Spain (24)
Sri Lanka (2)
Sweden (11)
Switzerland (8)
Sudan (2)
Suriname (2)
Syria (2)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Tajikistan (2)
Tanzania (2)
Thailand (2)
Togo (2)
Tonga (2)
Trinidad and Tobago (2)
Tunisia (2)
Turkey (4)
Turkmenistan (2)
Uganda (2)
Ukraine (7)
United Arab Emirates (2)
United States (47)
Uruguay (2)
Uzbekistan (2)
Venezuela (6)
Vietnam (2)
Virgin Islands (2)
Yemen (2)
Zambia (2)
Zimbabwe (2)
Medal summary
Medal table
- Key
* Host nation (Brazil)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 16 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | China | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | South Africa | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | France | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 35 | 35 | 34 | 104 | |
Men's events
a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events
b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Olympic and world records broken
Men
| Event | Established for | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record | Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 6 August | Heats | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 57.55 | WR | 1 |
| Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 7 August | Final | Adam Peaty | Great Britain | 57.13 | WR | 2 |
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 8 August | Final | Ryan Murphy | United States | 51.97 | OR | 3 |
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 9 August | Semifinal | Ippei Watanabe | Japan | 2:07.22 | OR | 4 |
| Men's 100 metre butterfly | (same) | 12 August | Final | Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 50.39 | OR | 7 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Men's 100 metre backstroke | 13 August | Final | Ryan Murphy | United States | 51.85 r | WR | 8 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | (same) | 13 August | Final | Ryan Murphy (51.85) Cody Miller (59.03) Michael Phelps (50.33) Nathan Adrian (46.74) | United States | 3:27.95 | OR | 8 |
Women
Legend: r – First leg of relay
- All world records (WR) are consequently Olympic records (OR).
See also
- Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games
- Swimming at the 2015 African Games
- Swimming at the 2015 European Games
- Swimming at the 2015 Pacific Games
- Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
- Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
References
- ↑ "Rio 2016: Daily competition schedule" (PDF). Rio 2016 Organization. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Studies find 'super bacteria' in Rio's Olympic venues, top beaches". Reuters. 11 June 2016.
The first of the two new studies [...] showed the presence of the microbes at five of Rio's showcase beaches, including the ocean-front Copacabana, where open-water and triathlon swimming will take place.
- ↑ "Scientists reportedly find super bacteria in several Rio Olympic venues". Fox News. 11 June 2016.
- ↑ "Rio Olympics: Water quality not an issue in open water 10k race". Newsday. August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ Baxter, Kevin (August 15, 2016). "Marathon swimmers find Rio's water to their taste". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- 1 2 "Swimming At The 2016 Olympic Games – The Complete Schedule". SwimSwam. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "FINA By Law 9". FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- 1 2 "FINA Releases 2016 Olympic Qualifying Time Standards". Swimming World Magazine. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "Rio 2016 – FINA Marathon Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ Keith, Braden (7 January 2015). "2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier returning to Setubal, Portugal". SwimSwam.com. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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