Swimming at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[heywoodu 15,158]

2 minutes ago, Vektor said:

The new events helped the  , they will win 12, same as Beijing. They would have 10 without men's 800 free and women's 1500 free. 

Sure, but it's still not as lobsided as it was in Rio

 

 

(with the Netherlands only being there because of the two open water golds, which one really shouldn't count too much - if at all - in this context)

[OlympicsFan 858]

Perfect olympics for Brazil in swimming. All their medal contenders (Fratus) delivered and then they also won a medal by a complete nobody (Schaffer). I think they won more medals on the men's side than Japan and as many medals as Japan and China combined ...

[Vektor 3,326]

btw, without the new events this would be least amount of gold the  won in swimming since 1988. 

[Monzanator 4,510]

Campbell just held on!

[heywoodu 15,158]

Campbell with some major risk there to throw it all away  

 

[intoronto 5,645]

NR and bronze medal for Canada! 6th swimming medal, same as in Rio.

 

Penny Oleksiak becomes the most decorated Canadian Olympian (winter or summer) EVER and she is  only 21

[Federer91 2,797]

Does Emma McKeon have as much medals as Phelps 

[heywoodu 15,158]

1 minute ago, intoronto said:

Penny Oleksiak becomes the most decorated Canadian Olympian (winter or summer) EVER and she is  only 21

Hurray for swimming's opportunities  

[Vektor 3,326]

I guess I spoke too soon, now even with the new events this the worst Olympics for the  in swimming since 1992. And it will be worse than Barcelona if they won't win the last event. 

[heywoodu 15,158]

Anyone else feel like so many of these medals are sort of forgettable, since mostly we're watching the same names fight for them the whole week (unlike in athletes, where you see totally different names in most events)?  

 

I mean, I've watched basically every final live and with focus but I had already forgotten McKeon actually took the 50 + 100 freestyle double