Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification Swimming – individual events [ edit ] I was trying not to think about it [Dressel chasing her down]," said Hopkin. "I was trying not to think about how far ahead we were from them. How they did it: Daley, who made his Olympic debut at the age of 13, won gold in his fourth Games alongside debutant Lee. Adam Peaty

Keith, Braden (7 January 2015). "2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier returning to Setubal, Portugal". SwimSwam.com . Retrieved 23 January 2015. 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 Britain were in contention for a gold throughout a thrilling medley relay race but were beaten by 0.73 seconds by America, who set a new world record time of 3:26.78 to top the podium.

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Host country Japan won the 3rd most Gold medals (27), and the 5th-most total medals (58). The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) had the 3rd-highest overall medal total with 71 medals. 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. How he did it: Scott won his third Tokyo medal after finishing behind China's gold medal winner Wang Shun. Mallory Franklin

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.one representative from each FINA continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania). (These have been selected based on the finishes at the qualifying race in Setúbal.) How she did it: Williams, a reserve in Rio five years ago, lost to Croatia's Matea Jelic in a tight gold-medal bout. Alex Yee How he did it: Peaty became the first British swimmer to defend an Olympic title, finishing in a time of 57.37 seconds, 0.06secs clear of nearest rival Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands.