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)
- Full aquatics schedule
- SwimSwam Event Previews
- Entry Lists
- Live Results
- Day 2 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.
Day 2 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics saw Ariarne Titmus defeat World Record holder Katie Ledecky in the 400 free, Adam Peaty become Britain’s first swimmer to ever repeat as an Olympic gold medalist in one event, and Team USA win their first relay gold medal.
Below, we’ve compiled day 2 race videos from around the world.
Women’s 100 Butterfly – Final
Medalists:
- GOLD: Maggie MacNeil (CAN), 55.59
- SILVER: Zhang Yufei (CHN), 55.64
- BRONZE: Emma McKeon (AUS), 55.72
- Torri Huske (USA), 55.73
- Louise Hansson (SWE), 56.22
- Marie Wattel (FRA), 56.27
- Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), 56.91
- Anastasiya Shkurdai (BLR), 57.05
USA
CBC
EUROSPORT
EUROSPORT (in German)
Maggie Macneil was able to overtake Marie Wattel‘s early lead to win Canada’s first gold medal of the meet with a 55.59. She out touched silver medalist Zhang Yufei by .05.
Men’s 100 Breaststroke – Final
Medalists:
- GOLD: Adam Peaty (GBR), 57.37
- SILVER: Arno Kamminga (NED), 58.00
- BRONZE: Nicolo Martinenghi (ITA), 58.33
- Michael Andrew (USA), 58.84
- James Wilby (GBR), 58.96
- Andrew Wilson (USA) / Yan Zibei (CHN), 58.99
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- Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 59.36
USA
EUROSPORT
EUROSPORT (in German)
BBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27ydEbTslE
Adam Peaty had a .31 second lead at the 50-meter mark and it only grew as he chased his own World Record line to a gold medal finish.
Women’s 100 Backstroke – Semifinals
Top 8 Qualifiers:
- Regan Smith (USA), 57.86 OR
- Kylie Masse (CAN), 58.09
- Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 58.11
- Rhyan White (USA), 58.46
- Kathleen Dawson (GBR), 58.56
- Emily Seebohm (AUS), 58.59
- Kira Toussaint (NED), 59.09
- Anastasia Gorbenko (ISR), 59.30
USA
Kaylee McKeown broke the Olympic Record in prelims (57.88) and Regan Smith snuck under that mark by .02 in the semifinals.
Women’s 400 Freestyle – Final
Medalists:
- GOLD: Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 3:56.69
- SILVER: Katie Ledecky (USA), 3:57.36
- BRONZE: Li Bingjie (CHN), 4:01.08
- Summer McIntosh (CAN), 4:02.42
- Tang Muhan (CHN), 4:04.10
- Isabel Gose (GER), 4:04.98
- Paige Madden (USA), 4:06.81
- Erika Fairweather (NZL), 4:08.01
USA
EUROSPORT
EUROSPORT (IN GERMAN)
BBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l27ydEbTslE
The women’s 400 freestyle final did not disappoint. Katie Ledecky led the race for the first 300 meters, but with Ariarne Titmus right with her the whole time. Ledecky faded slightly on the last 100, giving Titmus room to maintain her own speed and out-touch Ledecky to win gold.
Men’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay – Final
Medalists:
- GOLD: United States, 3:08.97
- SILVER: Italy, 3:10.11
- BRONZE: Australia, 3:10.22
- Canada, 3:10.82
- Hungary, 3:11.06
- France, 3:11.09
- ROC, 3:12.20
- Brazil, 3:13.41
USA
EUROSPORT
Caeleb Dressel lead off Team USA’s relay in 47.26 and handed it off to Blake Pieroni (47.58) and then Bowe Becker (47.44) who maintained the lead while the Italian team picked up their pace. 6’7″ Zach Apple anchored the relay in a blistering 46.69.
Thanks fo the replies to my suggestion. Except Texas Tap Water who is not nice. And why misleading by telling that I always undermine Australian swimmers’ success? Show me the proofs guy. That’s a lie.
Kamminga looked 6 inches completely underwater reaching for the turn.
Anyone know where the post-race interviews are?
Titmus executed race plan perfectly.
Katie Ledecky has been eaten by Ariarne Titmus in the last 50 of the 400 free at last words and this time again in Tokyo. And each time both champions were next to each other.
I’m not a swimmer, just a simple fan of the sport, and I’d like to read what the specialists present on swimswam think about my suggestion here.
https://staging2.swimswam.com/tokyo-2020-olympics-day-3-prelims-live-recap/#comment-955643
Is it stupid or not?
nom nom
Yawn.
You always tried to undermine Australian swimmers success.
How’s french swimmers doing?
I don’t think it’s a bad idea. But I don’t think it will matter in the 800. Seems like Ledecky’s sweet spot, she’s swimming good this week. Just a little too long for Ariarne, me thinks.
Ledecky and Titmus are usually the fastest that enter a final and therefore they swim next to each other. I don’ t think there is something more to do in here. It must be recognized that Titmus is simply a better middle – distance swimmer right now while Ledecky still remain the woman to beat in longer distances. No matter the strategy Titmus will take the 200m and Ledecky the 800m. This is swimming not chess.
I don’t believe Titmus is yet up to the task of an 8:07- 8:08 in that event, which I believe will be the winning time if Ledecky is able to stay on point. If Ledecky exceeds expectations, she would dip into the 8:06 range. I doubt it considering her schedule, but she is tough, smart, and wants to annihilate everyone in that event to punctuate her individual swims.
If Ledecky is worn out, and goes into the 8:10 -8:11 range, Titmus could possibly be there. Absolutely no pressure and nothing to lose for Titmus. She is capable of 2-2.5 second drops per 400.
I never thought I would hear myself say this, but does Dean Boxall have the makings of another Shane Tusup?
He was Shane’s role model.
Most of the videos are “not available in your country” (USA).
Great.
Who won?