Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Swimming

at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad

Pictograms for Swimming (left) and Marathon Swimming (right)

Venue| Olympic Aquatics Stadium (pool)
Fort Copacabana (open water)
Dates| 6–13 August 2016
15–16 August (Marathon)
No. of events| 34
Competitors| 955 from 174 nations

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Swimming at the
2016 Summer Olympics

Qualification
Freestyle
50 m| men| women
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
400 m| men| women
800 m| | women
1500 m| men|
Backstroke
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Breaststroke
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Butterfly
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Individual medley
200 m| men| women
400 m| men| women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m| men| women
4 × 200 m| men| women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m| men| women
Marathon
10 km| men| women

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The swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1] The women's open-water marathon was held on August 15, and the men's open water race on August 16 in Fort Copacabana.[2]

## Open water quality

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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.[3][4] However, during the races the water quality was good.[5][6]

## Events

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Interior view of the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, the temporary venue used for swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Similar to the program's format in 2012, swimming features a total of 34 events (17 each for men and women), including two 10 km open-water marathons. The following events were contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):

* Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women), and 1500 (men);
* Backstroke: 100 and 200;
* Breaststroke: 100 and 200;
* Butterfly: 100 and 200;
* Individual medley: 200 and 400;
* Relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free; 4 × 100 medley
* Marathon: 10 kilometres

### Schedule

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Similar to previous Olympics since 2000, with the exception of 2008, the swimming program schedule occurred in two segments. For the pool events, prelims are held in the afternoon, followed by the semifinals and final in the evening and the night session (due to the substantial fees NBC has paid for rights to the Olympics, the IOC has allowed NBC to have influence on event scheduling to maximize U.S. television ratings when possible; NBC agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on May 7, 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 games[7] and is also one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC).[8][9] The dates in the table are for August.

Legend  H | Heats | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final

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A = Afternoon session, starting at 13:00 local time (16:00 UTC).
N = Night session, starting at 22:00 local time (01:00 UTC the next day).

Men[10] Date → | Aug 6 | Aug 7 | Aug 8 | Aug 9 | Aug 10 | Aug 11 | Aug 12 | Aug 13 | Aug 16

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Event ↓ | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N
50 m freestyle |  |  |  |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |
100 m freestyle |  |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |
200 m freestyle |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |  |  |
400 m freestyle | H | F |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1500 m freestyle |  |  |  |  |  |  | H |  |  | F |
100 m backstroke |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |  |  |
200 m backstroke |  |  |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |
100 m breaststroke | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |  |  |  |
200 m breaststroke |  |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |
100 m butterfly |  |  |  |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |
200 m butterfly |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |  |
200 m individual medley |  |  |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |
400 m individual medley | H | F |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |  | H | F |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay |  |  |  | H | F |  |  |  |  |
4 × 100 m medley relay |  |  |  |  |  |  | H |  |  | F |
10 km open water |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | F |
Women[10] Date → | Aug 6 | Aug 7 | Aug 8 | Aug 9 | Aug 10 | Aug 11 | Aug 12 | Aug 13 | Aug 15

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Event ↓ | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N | A | N
50 m freestyle |  |  |  |  |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |
100 m freestyle |  |  |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |
200 m freestyle |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |  |
400 m freestyle |  | H | F |  |  |  |  |  |  |
800 m freestyle |  |  |  |  |  | H |  |  | F |  |
100 m backstroke |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |  |  |
200 m backstroke |  |  |  |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |
100 m breaststroke |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |  |  |
200 m breaststroke |  |  |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |
100 m butterfly | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |  |  |  |
200 m butterfly |  |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |
200 m individual medley |  |  | H | ½ |  | F |  |  |  |  |
400 m individual medley | H | F |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay | H | F |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay |  |  |  |  | H | F |  |  |  |
4 × 100 m medley relay |  |  |  |  |  |  | H |  |  | F |
10 km open water |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | F |

## Qualification

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Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

FINA By-Law BL 9.3.6.4 (swimming) and BL 9.3.7.5.3 (open water) laid out the qualification procedures for the "Swimming" competition at the Olympics.[11] Each country is allowed to enter up to two swimmers per individual event (provided they qualify), and one entry per relay; and a country may not have more than 26 males and 26 females (52 total) on its team.

### Swimming – individual events

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On January 15, 2015, FINA posted the qualifying times for individual events for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12] The time standards consisted of two types: an "Olympic Qualifying Time" (OQT) and an "Olympic Selection time" (OST). Each country was able to enter up to two swimmers per event, provided both swimmers met the (faster) qualifying time. A country was able to enter one swimmer per event that met the invitation standard. Any swimmer who met the "qualifying" time was entered in the event for the Games; a swimmer meeting the "invitation" standard was eligible for entry, and their entry was allotted/filled in by ranking.[12][13]

If a country had had no swimmers who meet either qualifying standard, it may have entered one male and one female. A country that did not receive an allocation spot but had at least one swimmer who met a qualifying standard might have enter the swimmer with the highest ranking.[13]

### Swimming – relay events

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Each relay event features 16 teams, composed of:

* 12: the top-12 finishers at the 2015 World Championships in each relay event.[13]
* 4: the 4 fastest non-qualified teams, based on times in the 15-months preceding the Olympics.[13]

### Open-water swimming

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The men's and women's 10 km races at the 2016 Summer Olympics featured 25 swimmers:[14]

* 10: the top-10 finishers in the 10 km races at the 2015 World Championships
* 9: the top-9 finishers at the 2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier (June 11–12, 2016 in Setúbal, Portugal)[15]
* 5: 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.)
* 1: from the host nation (Brazil) if not qualified by other means. If Brazil already contained a qualifier in the race, this spot had been allocated back into the general pool from the 2016 Olympic qualifier race.

## Participation

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### Participating nations

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Brazil, as the host country, receives guaranteed quota place in case it would not qualify any qualification places.

* Albania (2)
* Algeria (1)
* Andorra (2)
* Angola (2)
* Antigua and Barbuda (2)
* Argentina (5)
* Armenia (2)
* Aruba (2)
* Australia (39)
* Austria (6)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Bahamas (3)
* Bahrain (1)
* Bangladesh (2)
* Barbados (2)
* Belgium (10)
* Benin (2)
* Belarus (8)
* Bermuda (2)
* Bolivia (2)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Botswana (2)
* Brazil (36)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Burkina Faso (2)
* Burundi (2)
* Cambodia (2)
* Canada (30)
* Cayman Islands (2)
* Central African Republic (2)
* Chile (2)
* China (45)
* Colombia (4)
* Comoros (2)
* Republic of the Congo (2)
* Cook Islands (2)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Croatia (2)
* Cuba (1)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (8)
* Denmark (15)
* Djibouti (1)
* Dominican Republic (2)
* Ecuador (3)
* Egypt (7)
* El Salvador (2)
* Estonia (2)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (8)
* France (30)
* Gabon (1)
* The Gambia (1)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (29)
* Great Britain (28)
* Ghana (2)
* Greece (15)
* Grenada (2)
* Guam (2)
* Guinea (2)
* Guatemala (2)
* Guyana (2)
* Haiti (2)
* Honduras (2)
* Hong Kong (7)
* Hungary (35)
* Iceland (3)
* India (2)
* Indonesia (2)
* Iran (1)
* Iraq (1)
* Ireland (3)
* Israel (7)
* Italy (38)
* Ivory Coast (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (36)
* Jordan (2)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Kenya (2)
* Kosovo (2)
* Independent Olympic Athletes (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Laos (2)
* Latvia (2)
* Lebanon (2)
* Libya (2)
* Liechtenstein (2)
* Lithuania (6)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Macedonia (2)
* Madagascar (2)
* Malaysia (3)
* Malawi (2)
* Maldives (2)
* Mali (2)
* Malta (2)
* Marshall Islands (2)
* Mauritius (2)
* Mexico (3)
* Federated States of Micronesia (2)
* Moldova (2)
* Mongolia (2)
* Montenegro (2)
* Morocco (2)
* Mozambique (2)
* Myanmar (1)
* Netherlands (17)
* Nepal (2)
* New Zealand (9)
* Nicaragua (2)
* Niger (2)
* Nigeria (2)
* Norway (2)
* Palau (2)
* Palestine (2)
* Pakistan (2)
* Panama (2)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Paraguay (2)
* Peru (2)
* Philippines (2)
* Poland (20)
* Portugal (5)
* Qatar (2)
* Refugee Olympic Team (2)
* Romania (6)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Russia (36)
* Rwanda (2)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
* Samoa (2)
* Senegal (2)
* Serbia (6)
* Seychelles (2)
* Sierra Leone (2)
* Singapore (3)
* Slovakia (3)
* Slovenia (10)
* South Africa (13)
* South Korea (8)
* Spain (24)
* Sri Lanka (2)
* Sweden (11)
* Switzerland (8)
* Sudan (2)
* Suriname (2)
* Syria (2)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Tanzania (2)
* Thailand (2)
* Togo (2)
* Tonga (2)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Tunisia (2)
* Turkey (4)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Uganda (2)
* Ukraine (7)
* United Arab Emirates (2)
* United States (47)
* Uruguay (2)
* Uzbekistan (2)
* Venezuela (6)
* Vietnam (2)
* Virgin Islands (2)
* Yemen (2)
* Zambia (2)
* Zimbabwe (2)

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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* Host nation (Brazil)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 16| 8| 9| 33
2|  Australia| 3| 4| 3| 10
3|  Hungary| 3| 2| 2| 7
4|  Japan| 2| 2| 3| 7
5|  Netherlands| 2| 0| 0| 2
6|  Great Britain| 1| 5| 0| 6
7|  China| 1| 2| 3| 6
8|  Canada| 1| 1| 4| 6
9|  Italy| 1| 1| 2| 4
10|  Sweden| 1| 1| 1| 3
11|  Denmark| 1| 0| 1| 2
Spain| 1| 0| 1| 2
13|  Kazakhstan| 1| 0| 0| 1
Singapore| 1| 0| 0| 1
15|  South Africa| 0| 3| 0| 3
16|  Russia| 0| 2| 2| 4
17|  France| 0| 2| 1| 3
18|  Belgium| 0| 1| 0| 1
Greece| 0| 1| 0| 1
20|  Belarus| 0| 0| 1| 1
Brazil*| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (21 entries)| 35| 35| 34| 104

### Men's events

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle
details | Anthony Ervin
United States | 21.40  | Florent Manaudou
France | 21.41  | Nathan Adrian
United States | 21.49
100 m freestyle
details | Kyle Chalmers
Australia | 47.58 WJ | Pieter Timmers
Belgium | 47.80 NR | Nathan Adrian
United States | 47.85
200 m freestyle
details | Sun Yang
China | 1:44.65  | Chad le Clos
South Africa | 1:45.20 AF | Conor Dwyer
United States | 1:45.23
400 m freestyle
details | Mack Horton
Australia | 3:41.55  | Sun Yang
China | 3:41.68  | Gabriele Detti
Italy | 3:43.49
1500 m freestyle
details | Gregorio Paltrinieri
Italy | 14:34.57  | Connor Jaeger
United States | 14:39.48 AM | Gabriele Detti
Italy | 14:40.86
100 m backstroke
details | Ryan Murphy
United States | 51.97 OR | Xu Jiayu
China | 52.31  | David Plummer
United States | 52.40
200 m backstroke
details | Ryan Murphy
United States | 1:53.62  | Mitch Larkin
Australia | 1:53.96  | Evgeny Rylov
Russia | 1:53.97 ER
100 m breaststroke
details | Adam Peaty
Great Britain | 57.13 WR | Cameron van der Burgh
South Africa | 58.69  | Cody Miller
United States | 58.87 AM
200 m breaststroke
details | Dmitriy Balandin
Kazakhstan | 2:07.46 NR | Josh Prenot
United States | 2:07.53  | Anton Chupkov
Russia | 2:07.70 NR
100 m butterfly
details | Joseph Schooling
Singapore | 50.39 OR, AS | Michael Phelps
United States

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Chad le Clos
South Africa

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László Cseh
Hungary | 51.14  | Not awarded
as there was a tie for silver.
200 m butterfly
details | Michael Phelps
United States | 1:53.36  | Masato Sakai
Japan | 1:53.40  | Tamás Kenderesi
Hungary | 1:53.62
200 m individual medley
details | Michael Phelps
United States | 1:54.66  | Kosuke Hagino
Japan | 1:56.61  | Wang Shun
China | 1:57.05
400 m individual medley
details | Kosuke Hagino
Japan | 4:06.05 AS | Chase Kalisz
United States | 4:06.75  | Daiya Seto
Japan | 4:09.71
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
details |  United States (USA)
Caeleb Dressel (48.10)
Michael Phelps (47.12)
Ryan Held (47.73)
Nathan Adrian (46.97)
Jimmy Feigen[a]
Blake Pieroni[a]
Anthony Ervin[a] | 3:09.92  |  France (FRA)
Mehdy Metella (48.08)
Fabien Gilot (48.20)
Florent Manaudou (47.14)
Jérémy Stravius (47.11)
Clément Mignon[a]
William Meynard[a] | 3:10.53  |  Australia (AUS)
James Roberts (48.88)
Kyle Chalmers (47.38)
James Magnussen (48.11)
Cameron McEvoy (47.00)
Matthew Abood[a] | 3:11.37
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
details |  United States (USA)
Conor Dwyer (1:45.23)
Townley Haas (1:44.14)
Ryan Lochte (1:46.03)
Michael Phelps (1:45.26)
Clark Smith[a]
Jack Conger[a]
Gunnar Bentz[a] | 7:00.66  |  Great Britain (GBR)
Stephen Milne (1:46.97)
Duncan Scott (1:45.05)
Daniel Wallace (1:46.26)
James Guy (1:44.85)
Robbie Renwick[a] | 7:03.13 NR |  Japan (JPN)
Kosuke Hagino (1:45.34)
Naito Ehara (1:46.11)
Yuki Kobori (1:45.71)
Takeshi Matsuda (1:46.34) | 7:03.50
4 × 100 m medley relay
details |  United States (USA)
Ryan Murphy (51.85) WR
Cody Miller (59.03)
Michael Phelps (50.33)
Nathan Adrian (46.74)
David Plummer[a]
Kevin Cordes[a]
Tom Shields[a]
Caeleb Dressel[a] | 3:27.95 OR |  Great Britain (GBR)
Chris Walker-Hebborn (53.68)
Adam Peaty (56.59)
James Guy (51.35)
Duncan Scott (47.62) | 3:29.24 NR |  Australia (AUS)
Mitch Larkin (53.19)
Jake Packard (58.84)
David Morgan (51.18)
Kyle Chalmers (46.72)
Cameron McEvoy[a] | 3:29.93
10 km open water
details | Ferry Weertman
Netherlands | 1:52:59.8  | Spyridon Gianniotis
Greece | 1:53:00.5  | Marc-Antoine Olivier
France | 1:53:02.0

AF African Record | AM Americas Record | SA South American Record | AS Asian Record | ER European Record | OC Oceanian Record | OR Olympic Record | WJR World Junior Record | WR World Record
NR National Record (any World Record is necessarily also an Olympic, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records)

a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

### Women's events

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle
details | Pernille Blume
Denmark | 24.07 NR | Simone Manuel
United States | 24.09  | Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Belarus | 24.11 NR
100 m freestyle
details | Penny Oleksiak
Canada
Simone Manuel
United States | 52.70 OR, WJ, AM

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52.70 OR, AM | Not awarded
as there was a tie for gold. | Sarah Sjöström
Sweden | 52.99
200 m freestyle
details | Katie Ledecky
United States | 1:53.73  | Sarah Sjöström
Sweden | 1:54.08 NR | Emma McKeon
Australia | 1:54.92
400 m freestyle
details | Katie Ledecky
United States | 3:56.46 WR | Jazmin Carlin
Great Britain | 4:01.23  | Leah Smith
United States | 4:01.92
800 m freestyle
details | Katie Ledecky
United States | 8:04.79 WR | Jazmin Carlin
Great Britain | 8:16.17  | Boglárka Kapás
Hungary | 8:16.37 NR
100 m backstroke
details | Katinka Hosszú
Hungary | 58.45 NR | Kathleen Baker
United States | 58.75  | Kylie Masse
Canada

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Fu Yuanhui
China | 58.76 NR

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58.76 NR
200 m backstroke
details | Maya DiRado
United States | 2:05.99  | Katinka Hosszú
Hungary | 2:06.05  | Hilary Caldwell
Canada | 2:07.54
100 m breaststroke
details | Lilly King
United States | 1:04.93 OR | Yulia Efimova
Russia | 1:05.50  | Katie Meili
United States | 1:05.69
200 m breaststroke
details | Rie Kaneto
Japan | 2:20.30  | Yulia Efimova
Russia | 2:21.97  | Shi Jinglin
China | 2:22.28
100 m butterfly
details | Sarah Sjöström
Sweden | 55.48 WR | Penny Oleksiak
Canada | 56.46 WJ, NR | Dana Vollmer
United States | 56.63
200 m butterfly
details | Mireia Belmonte García
Spain | 2.04.85  | Madeline Groves
Australia | 2.04.88  | Natsumi Hoshi
Japan | 2.05.20
200 m individual medley
details | Katinka Hosszú
Hungary | 2:06.58 OR | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor
Great Britain | 2:06.88 NR | Maya DiRado
United States | 2:08.79
400 m individual medley
details | Katinka Hosszú
Hungary | 4:26.36 WR | Maya DiRado
United States | 4:31.15  | Mireia Belmonte García
Spain | 4:32.39
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
details |  Australia (AUS)
Emma McKeon (53.41)
Brittany Elmslie (53.12)
Bronte Campbell (52.15)
Cate Campbell (51.97)
Madison Wilson[b] | 3:30.65 WR |  United States (USA)
Simone Manuel (53.36)
Abbey Weitzeil (52.56)
Dana Vollmer (53.18)
Katie Ledecky (52.79)
Amanda Weir[b]
Lia Neal[b]
Allison Schmitt[b] | 3:31.89 AM |  Canada (CAN)
Sandrine Mainville (53.86)
Chantal Van Landeghem (53.12)
Taylor Ruck (53.19)
Penny Oleksiak (52.72)
Michelle Williams[b] | 3:32.89 NR
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
details |  United States (USA)
Allison Schmitt (1:56.21)
Leah Smith (1:56.69)
Maya DiRado (1:56.39)
Katie Ledecky (1:53.74)
Missy Franklin[b]
Melanie Margalis[b]
Cierra Runge[b] | 7:43.03  |  Australia (AUS)
Leah Neale (1:57.95)
Emma McKeon (1:54.64)
Bronte Barratt (1:55.81)
Tamsin Cook (1:56.47)
Jessica Ashwood[b] | 7:44.87  |  Canada (CAN)
Katerine Savard (1:57.91)
Taylor Ruck (1:56.18)
Brittany MacLean (1:56.36)
Penny Oleksiak (1:54.94)
Kennedy Goss[b]
Emily Overholt[b] | 7:45.39 NR
4 × 100 m medley relay
details |  United States (USA)
Kathleen Baker (59.00)
Lilly King (1:05.70)
Dana Vollmer (56.00)
Simone Manuel (52.43)
Olivia Smoliga[b]
Katie Meili[b]
Kelsi Worrell[b]
Abbey Weitzeil[b] | 3:53.13  |  Australia (AUS)
Emily Seebohm (58.83)
Taylor McKeown (1:07.05)
Emma McKeon (56.95)
Cate Campbell (52.17)
Madison Wilson[b]
Madeline Groves[b]
Brittany Elmslie[b] | 3:55.00  |  Denmark (DEN)
Mie Nielsen (58.75)
Rikke Møller Pedersen (1:06.62)
Jeanette Ottesen (56.43)
Pernille Blume (53.21) | 3:55.01 ER
10 km open water
details | Sharon van Rouwendaal
Netherlands | 1:56:32.1  | Rachele Bruni
Italy | 1:56:49.5  | Poliana Okimoto
Brazil | 1:56:51.4

AF African Record | AM Americas Record | SA South American Record | AS Asian Record | ER European Record | OC Oceanian Record | OR Olympic Record | WJR World Junior Record | WR World Record
NR National Record (any World Record is necessarily also an Olympic, area, and national record. Area records (for continental regions) are also national records)

b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## Olympic and world records broken

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See also: World and Olympic records set at the 2016 Summer Olympics

### Men

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Event | Established for | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record | Day

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Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 6 August | Heats | Adam Peaty |  Great Britain | 57.55 | WR | 1
Men's 100 metre breaststroke | (same) | 7 August | Final | Adam Peaty |  Great Britain | 57.13 | WR | 2
Men's 100 metre backstroke | (same) | 8 August | Final | Ryan Murphy |  United States | 51.97 | OR | 3
Men's 200 metre breaststroke | (same) | 9 August | Semifinal | Ippei Watanabe |  Japan | 2:07.22 | OR | 4
Men's 100 metre butterfly | (same) | 12 August | Final | Joseph Schooling |  Singapore | 50.39 | OR | 7
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | Men's 100 metre backstroke | 13 August | Final | Ryan Murphy |  United States | 51.85 r | WR | 8
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | (same) | 13 August | Final | Ryan Murphy (51.85)
Cody Miller (59.03)
Michael Phelps (50.33)
Nathan Adrian (46.74) |  United States | 3:27.95 | OR | 8

### Women

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Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 6 August | Heats | Madison Wilson (54.11)
Brittany Elmslie (53.22)
Bronte Campbell (53.26)
Cate Campbell (51.80) |  Australia | 3:32.39 | OR | 1
Women's 100 metre butterfly | 6 August | Semifinal | Sarah Sjöström |  Sweden | 55.84 | OR | 1
Women's 400 metre individual medley | 6 August | Final | Katinka Hosszú |  Hungary | 4:26.36 | WR | 1
Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 6 August | Final | Emma McKeon (53.41)
Brittany Elmslie (53.12)
Bronte Campbell (52.15)
Cate Campbell (51.97) |  Australia | 3:30.65 | WR | 1
Women's 400 metre freestyle | 7 August | Heats | Katie Ledecky |  United States | 3:58.71 | OR | 2
Women's 100 metre butterfly | 7 August | Final | Sarah Sjöström |  Sweden | 55.48 | WR | 2
Women's 400 metre freestyle | 7 August | Final | Katie Ledecky |  United States | 3:56.46 | WR | 2
Women's 200 metre individual medley | 8 August | Heats | Katinka Hosszú |  Hungary | 2:07.45 | OR | 3
Women's 100 metre breaststroke | 8 August | Final | Lilly King |  United States | 1:04.93 | OR | 3
Women's 200 metre individual medley | 9 August | Final | Katinka Hosszú |  Hungary | 2:06.58 | OR | 4
Women's 100 metre freestyle | 10 August | Heats | Cate Campbell |  Australia | 52.78 | OR | 5
Women's 100 metre freestyle | 10 August | Semifinals | Cate Campbell |  Australia | 52.71 | OR | 5
Women's 800 metre freestyle | 11 August | Heats | Katie Ledecky |  United States | 8.12.86 | OR | 6
Women's 100 metre freestyle | 11 August | Final | Simone Manuel |  United States | 52.70 | OR | 6
Women's 100 metre freestyle | 11 August | Final | Penny Oleksiak |  Canada | 52.70 | OR | 6
Women's 800 metre freestyle | 12 August | Final | Katie Ledecky |  United States | 8.04.79 | WR | 7

Legend: r – First leg of relay

* All world records (WR) are consequently Olympic records (OR).

## See also

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* Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

## References

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2. ^ "Rio 2016: Daily competition schedule" (PDF). Rio 2016 Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
3. ^ "Exclusive: Studies find 'super bacteria' in Rio's Olympic venues, top beaches". Reuters. 11 June 2016. "The first of the two new studies [...] showed the presence of the microbes at five of Rio's showcase beaches, including the ocean-front Copacabana, where open-water and triathlon swimming will take place."
4. ^ "Scientists reportedly find super bacteria in several Rio Olympic venues". Fox News. 11 June 2016.
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8. ^ "Fewer Russians Could Be a Windfall for U.S. Olympic Business". The New York Times. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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