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 7 of competition saw the United States claim two victories with Caeleb Dressel winning the men’s 100 butterfly and Katie Ledecky winning the women’s 800 freestyle. Both swimmers were the only Americans on the podium in their respective events, with Katie Grimes finishing 4th in the 800.
Behind Dressel, Kristof Milak claimed his second medal of the meet, coming in second overall. Despite not winning, Milak’s performance in the 100 butterfly made him the second fastest performer in history. Noe Ponti had a fantastic swim for the bronze medal, claiming Switzerland’s second swimming medal of these games.
Like Milak, Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus’ time also made her the second fastest performer in history in the 800 freestyle, where she claimed silver behind Ledecky. Simona Quadarella managed to out-touch Grimes for the bronze, earning Italy another medal.
Australia earned 2 medals in the women’s 200 Backstroke, as Kaylee McKeown swam to gold and Emily Seebohm touched in 3rd. Canadian Kylie Masse finished between them for a silver medal.
In the final event of the night, Great Britain claimed the first-ever Olympic gold medal in the mixed 4×100 medley relay, the country’s second relay win of the week. China and Australia rounded out the podium in the event.
The US still leads the medal count, but Australia is in the position to possibly catch the United States on the final day of competition as there are 4 events left to be contested. Although the US will not surpass its total of 33 medals from Rio, the team may still earn over 30 medals.
Swimming Medal Table Through Day 7:
| Nation | Total Medals | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| USA | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Australia | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Great Britain | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| People’s Republic of China | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| ROC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Canada | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Hong Kong, China | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2016 Swimming Medal Table Through Day 7:
| Nation | Total Medals | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| United States | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 |
| Australia | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Hungary | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Japan | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| China | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Canada | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Russia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| France | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
For me the biggest disappointment of Olympics, looking strictly at US team, was men’s 4 x 200 relay, the biggest positive surprise women’s 4 x 200 relay. In individual races Smith’s 200 fly was more than I expected. I hope Claire Curzan will come back strong after sub-par olympic performance. US team really needs her.
Enjoying the switch from Aussie chokers to MA chocking in the comments sections – some are not happy unless they are pointing out failure in some form or another….
It’s the Michael Andrew hype! Michael Andrew has never won an individual gold medal at the Summer Olympics or the FINA World Aquatics Championships. Heck, Michael Andrew has never won an individual medal at the Summer Olympics or the FINA World Aquatics Championships.
What hype? US media? Most of us here were realistic about Andrew chances based on his world championships showing. Andrew needs to limit his lineup to 1-2 events and go for it. Unfortunately his performance level decreases as the meets progress. At the same time I don’t understand what do you want from him. He did not cheat at trials…He won fair and square. Should he had given up his olympic team spot to the 3rd place finisher? Do you want him to stop swimming all together?
Brazil with one. Ugh……
With that one(Scheffer) training in a pond…
We talked about Rylov and doping the other day and I wrote that I had zero doubt about him.
But today the women’s 100 meters in athletics was a joke. Jamaican women have once again humilated the rest of the world.
Sorry but I have a hard time believing in the miracles of Jamaicain women’s sprint since 2008.
They have the magic power of transforming very good sprinters into unbeatable sprinters.
SAFP between 2007 and 2008 drops a crazy amount of time in the 100 meters. From 11.31 to 10.78!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same for Elaine Thompson-Herah between 2014 and 2015 in the 100 (from 11.17 to 10.84) and the 200 (from 23.23 to 21.66!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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Bobo,
if they are getting tested with some frequency, the only way I see systemic doping is if they are in something like the BALCO times(some unknown testosterone isomer-likeTHG).
If you are going to start comparing population size with expected performance, you had better get used to humiliation. The US may have topped the swimming medal table with 11 gold and 30 medals total, but let’s just point out that 330 million people are a lot more than Australia’s paltry 25 million. 9 gold and twenty total is a bit of a kick in the face for Team USA. What was Lilly King saying about the US women being quite likely to win every individual gold medal? Didn’t go according to plan this time – only 3 individual gold (out of 14) for the women. Bragging beforehand has never gone well. It has happened to a couple of poor… Read more »
It’s called training along with winning the genetic lottery. In Jamaica, track and field is God’s sport. Comparing the number of people a nation has to how they’re going to do in a certain event isn’t a logical comparison. I’m sorry you feel humiliated.
Talking about the medal table in all sports, I don’t know how it looks compared to previous olympics at the same point, but I have the feeling that USA struggles to win gold medals so far in Tokyo globally. Only 16 in gold vs 17 in silver. And only 3rd nation at the medal table. 21 for China. 17 for Japan! Probably many to come in athletics but it will not be the same showing as in London and Rio with 46.
If it’s gold or bust, why does France even bother sending a swim team?
Sorry but I look at gold medals. It’s what decides the medal table.
35 events are scheduled in Tokyo.
So far US swimming has won 8 golds in Tokyo.
Still one day to come with 4 gold medal chances at best (men’s 1500 free/50 free/medley relay and women’s medley relay). The men’s 50 free looks like a lock for gold. Then a very good chance in the men’s 1500 free. Then a good chance in the men’s relay. And finally little chance in the women’s relay.
So at best it could be 12 golds/35 races. At worst probably 9/35 races.
Not fantastic about gold medals. But not bad either considering that we are in the… Read more »
Way to make athletes who WON silver and bronze medals feel like they failed.
Well, 2nd place is the first loser…
I never said that only gold medals counted and that swimmers who WON silver and bronze were nobody and invisible. Crazy to think that one second. They have accomplished something big.
Funny how some people understand what they want to understand.
It’s just what decides the medal table. Maybe not in USA but that’s the case in the rest of the world.
And yes in my opinion it’s better to have 16 golds and 20 medals overall for example than 8 golds and 40 medals overall.
I was told that USA was a nation of winners!
London and Rio were historically great for US swimming because they won each time half of the races in… Read more »
Oh, so petty! Must be sour grapes at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup from the France women’s national football team.
If all that matters is gold, why even give out silver and bronze? Such a dumb argument. wE oNlY cArE aBoUt GoLd
Must be the lack of gold at the Olympic Aquatic Center from the French.
Gold is not all that matters, but it is what determines the medal table.
The IOC awards silver medals and bronze medals. End of story!
Maybe you should remember the joy on the faces of the Sweden women’s national football team at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup after winning the third place match.
No need to attack Bobo, he did not say the silver and bronze medals do not count. He just pointed out the true depth of nation’s swimming strength is shown in relays. Yes you can have individual talents winning golds/silver/bronze, see Katinka Hosszu, but if US starts loosing relays I see it as problem. We enjoyed Phelps/Lochte era for long time, now we have Dressel, there is no guarantee another swimmer of this caliber will come along once Dressel retires. I believe this was also first time in modern olympics era that USA did not win a single medal in rowing and tennis.
Correction. There were 31 events in Barcelona and Seoul. No women’s 4X200 free relay at that time. Ridiculous.
This could be one of the best medal showings for USA women in history or at least along time. Grimes and Bacon may be the only two women to not leave Tokyo with hardware. Way to go USA women!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Grimes get an individual silver?
EDIT: Sorry I am wrong, I confused her with Sullivan in the 1500.
USA will def comeback with a vengeance on those relays medal misses