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Swimming/Marathon Swimming	Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Odaiba Marine Park


Total of 928 athletes will take part in swimming events (464 men and 464 women)

Pool depth: 2-3m
50m
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Water volume*: 2,500m3
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Starting blocks
Outside lanes empty
25m
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TOKYO
Tokyo Bay
Rainbow Bridge
Odaiba Marine Park
Temporary structure
Marathon swimming: Six laps of 1.66km
200m 650 feet
 

Pernille Blume (DEN), showing her 50m freestyle gold medal- winning form in Rio


NEW
Teams consist of two men and two women. Men and women may swim against each other at same time, adding air of excitement


COMPETITION

Composed of 37 medal events

Disciplines with heats, semi-finals and final
(16 swimmers advance from heats to semi-finals, and eight advance to final in each of these events): 
50m freestyle
100m freestyle
200m freestyle
100m backstroke
200m backstroke
100m breaststroke 
200m breaststroke 
100m butterfly
200m butterfly
200m individual medley

Disciplines with heats and final (eight swimmers advance from heats to final in each of these events):
400m freestyle
800m freestyle
1500m freestyle
400m individual medley 
4 x 100m freestyle relay 
4 x 200m freestyle relay 
4 x 100m medley relay 
4 x 100m mixed medley relay

Discipline with final only: 10km marathon (outdoors)


*If 2m deep (depth can be adjusted – 3m deep = 3,750m3) 


Sources: Tokyo 2020, FINA, Kyodo News 
Picture: Associated Press 
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