Finally, Australia won gold in the women's 4x100m medley relay as USA won the silver and Canada took the bronze. Scott's three silvers and one gold also means he has six Olympic medals overall - only Bradley Wiggins, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny have won more. How they did it: After losing to eventual gold medal winner Harrie Lavreysen in the semi-finals, Carlin defeated Denis Dmitriev of the Russian Olympic Committee in the bronze medal contest. Team GB The location for open-water events was a source of concern for athletes since scientists have found microbes in the waters off of Fort Copacabana and drug-resistant super bacteria off the beaches of Rio de Janeiro in 2014 and 2016 studies due to the daily dumping of hospital waste and household raw sewage into the rivers and ocean. Ten percent of the Copacabana water test samples contained drug-resistant super bacteria. [2] [3] However, during the races the water quality was good. [4] [5] Events [ edit ] Interior view of the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, the temporary venue used for swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Unfortunately we just didn’t do enough to take that gold. It was pretty close to a world record swim and you can’t ask for more.

How they did it: British cyclist Matt Walls' superb Olympic debut continued as he won a second Tokyo medal with silver in the men's madison alongside Ethan Hayter. The British pair held the gold medal spot after 10 sprints but then faded before securing silver with a late surge. CJ Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake On Sunday night, O’Callaghan could equal Ian Thorpe’s Australian record of six gold medals at a single world championships created in Fukuoka in 2001. “I’m too busy to think about it, to be honest,” O’Callaghan said.Earlier he said: “I’m so proud to be part of this incredible team. We all support each other in and out of the pool and our success is down to this and the amazing support from everyone involved. If you’re thinking of organising a swimming gala, there are a few things you are going to need to consider, including how you are going to reward your competitors. Whether they are awarded at the end of their races or you hold a special awards ceremony for them, they’ll love and appreciate something to both remember the day by and cherish and show off to friends and family. Our medals come in a range of shapes including circular and square, with some featuring cut-out designs to make the medals more unique to your event. All of our swimming medals come with a free engraving, whilst some come with a free engraving and a free ribbon. Similar to the program's format in 2012, swimming features a total of 34 events (17 each for men and women), including two 10km open-water marathons. The following events were contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in metres unless stated): a b c d "Tokyo 2020 Aquatics To Have Morning Olympic Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 13 September 2018 . Retrieved 14 September 2018.

Now it’s time for rest, recovery, celebration because we’ve had the best Games we have ever had in history as a British team and it’s great to be a part of that and contribute as much as we can to that. He said: “I lay it all down. I knew I had to go an extremely fast time – and that was an extremely fast time.I’m going to take a few months off from the sport,” Peaty added. “I’ve been pushing for so long, so it’s an outrageous amount of effort from not only myself but from my team. To be part of this team is very special.” But to underline just how much progress Great Britain has made in swimming, the quartet were disappointed they did not sign off with a final gold, rather than celebrating a record-breaking medal tally. The Men’s Medley Relay quartet of Luke Greenbank, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Duncan Scott set a new European record of 3:27.51 as they won a stunning silver in the final race of an exhilarating competition to seal the highest British swimming medal total in 113 years. How they did it: Great Britain's team were seventh after the first two pieces of apparatus, but a score of 14.033 from Amelie Morgan in the team's final floor display ensured a podium finish for a team that featured the 16-year-old Gadirova twins. Bianca Walkden How she did it: Shriever was victorious on her Olympic debut after needing crowd funding to be able to go to Japan. She held off two-time champion Mariana Pajon to win. Tom Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott