The mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] These Games marked the first time to feature a mixed-gender swimming event in the program. Each 4-person team features two male and two female swimmers in no particular order.
| Mixed 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 29 July 2021 (heats) 31 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 76 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:37.58 WR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The medals for the competition were presented by Kirsty Coventry IOC Executive Board Member, Zimbabwe; Olympian, 2 Gold Medals, 4 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Errol Clarke, FINA Bureau Member; Barbados.
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  China (CHN)Xu Jiayu (52.45) Yan Zibei (57.96) Zhang Yufei (55.32) Yang Junxuan (52.68) |
3:38.41 | Qingdao, China | 1 October 2020 | [2] |
| Olympic record | Inaugural event | — | — | — | — |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July | Heat 1 |
|
 Great Britain |
3:38.75 | OR |
| 31 July | Final |
|
Great Britain |
3:37.58 | WR, OR |
Qualification edit
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).[3]
Race rules edit
Each team has two male and two female swimmers. Each team decides whether a man or a woman will swim a specific stroke, which means men versus women is possible in a specific stroke, as happened in heats and in finals. Strokes order are in the same order as in a traditional medley race–backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.[4]
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.
Schedule edit
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 29 July | 20:21 | Heats |
| 31 July | 11:43 | Final |
Results edit
Heats edit
The relay teams with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[5]
Final edit
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Great Britain |
Kathleen Dawson (58.80) Adam Peaty (56.78) James Guy (50.00) Anna Hopkin (52.00) |
3:37.58 | WR |
 |
3 |  China |
Xu Jiayu (52.56) Yan Zibei (58.11) Zhang Yufei (55.48) Yang Junxuan (52.71) |
3:38.86 | |
 |
6 |  Australia |
Kaylee McKeown (58.14) Zac Stubblety-Cook (58.82) Matthew Temple (50.26) Emma McKeon (51.73) |
3:38.95 | |
| 4 | 2 |  Italy |
Thomas Ceccon (52.23) Nicolò Martinenghi (57.73) Elena Di Liddo (56.62) Federica Pellegrini (52.70) |
3:39.28 | NR |
| 5 | 5 |  United States |
Ryan Murphy (52.23) Lydia Jacoby (1:05.09) Torri Huske (56.27) Caeleb Dressel (46.99) |
3:40.58 | |
| 6 | 7 |  Netherlands |
Kira Toussaint (59.45) Arno Kamminga (57.89) Nyls Korstanje (51.34) Femke Heemskerk (52.57) |
3:41.25 | NR |
| 7 | 1 |  ROC |
Evgeny Rylov (52.79) Kirill Prigoda (59.15) Svetlana Chimrova (56.95) Maria Kameneva (53.56) |
3:42.45 | |
| 8 | 8 |  Israel |
Anastasia Gorbenko (59.55) Itay Goldfaden (59.86) Gal Cohen Groumi (51.58) Andrea Murez (53.78) |
3:44.77 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Swimming - Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay Schedule". Olympics.com. Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "CHINA TAKES DOWN MIXED MEDLEY WORLD RECORD". Swimswam.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Mixed Relays Make Olympic Debuts in Swimming and Track". Wall Street Journal. 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.