Watch Aussies Smash 4×100 World Record, Other Olympic Final 1 Race Vieos

2020 TOKYO SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

• When: Pool swimming: Saturday, July 24 – Sunday, August 1, 2021
  • Open Water swimming: Wednesday, August 4 – Thursday, August 5, 2021
• Where: Olympic Aquatics Centre / Tokyo, Japan
• Heats: 7 PM / Semifinals & Finals: 10:30 AM (Local time)
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• Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Note: the Olympic television rights market is fragmented. We’ve tried to track down as many as we can, but if you find some for your country that aren’t listed, let us know and we’ll add them.

The opening day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games saw a World Record from the Australians and a huge surprise to win gold for Ahmed Hanaoui.

Below, check out day 1 race videos from broadcasters around the world.

MEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – FINAL

Medalists:

1. GOLD: Chase Kalisz (USA) – 4:09.42
2. SILVER: Jay Litherland (USA) – 4:10.28
3. BRONZE: Brendon Smith (AUS) – 4:10.38
4. David Verraszto (HUN) – 4:10.59
5. Max Litchfield (GBR) – 4:10.59
6. Leon Marchand (FRA) – 4:11.16
7. Lewis Clareburt (NZL) – 4:11.22
8. Alberto Razzetti (ITA) – 4:11.32

USA:

EUROPE:

Chase Kalisz swam a controlled race and improved on his silver medal performance from 2016 with his first Olympic gold medal in the first medal event of the swimming competition.

MEN’S 400 FREESTYLE – FINAL

Medalists:

1. GOLD: Ahmed Hanaoui (TUN) – 3:43.36
2. SILVER: Jack McLoughlin (AUS) – 3:43.52
3. BRONZE: Kieran Smith (USA) – 3:43.94
4. Henning Muhlleitner (GER) / Felix Auboeck (AUT) – 3:44.07
5. —
6. Gabriele Detti (ITA) – 3:44.88
7. Elijah Winnington (AUS) – 3:45.20
8. Jake Mitchell (USA) – 3:45.39

USA:

EUROPE:

Europe in German:

Canada:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkkn9qEnPbE

Tunisia’s Ahmed Hanaoui shocked the field with some outside smoke after just sneaking into the final with the 8th-fastest time in the field in prelims.

WOMEN’S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY – FINAL

Medalists:

1. GOLD: Yui Ohashi (JPN) – 4:32.08
2. SILVER: Emma Weyant (USA) – 4:32.76
3. BRONZE: Hali Flickinger (USA) – 4:34.90
4. Mireia Belmonte (ESP) – 4:35.13
5. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – 4:35.98
6. Viktoria Mihalyvari-Farkas (HUN) – 4:37.75
7. Aimee Willmott (GBR) – 4:38.30
8. Ilaria Cusinato (ITA) – 4:40.65

USA:

Yui Ohashi swam an incredibly smooth race to earn the gold, giving Japan’s 400 IM squad some redemption after men’s medal-favorite Daiya Seto failed to make the final.

Men’s 100 Breaststroke – Semifinals

op 8 Qualifiers:

1. Adam Peaty (GBR) – 57.63
2. Arno Kamminga (NED) – 58.19
3. Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA) – 58.28
4. Yan Zibei (CHN) – 58.72
5. Michael Andrew (USA) – 58.99
6. James Wilby (GBR) – 59.00
7. Ilya Shymanovich (BLR) – 59.08
8. Andrew Wilson (USA) – 59.18

Adam Peaty leads the way – and the BBC video is the only one we could find online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hETf2O-QP4E

WOMEN’S 4×100 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL

Medalists:

1. GOLD: Australia – 3:29.69 WR
2. SILVER: Canada – 3:32.78
3. BRONZE: USA – 3:32.81
4. Netherlands – 3:33.70
5. Great Britain – 3:33.96
6. Sweden – 3:34.69
7. China – 3:34.76
8. Denmark – 3:35.70

USA:

CANADA (Brief Clip):

The Aussie women erased the first world record of the Games with a dominating three-second win in the first relay of the week.