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Swimming World Special Edition:
2021 Olympic Predictions
The world can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel: the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed Olympics of 2020 are now less than a week away, set to begin with the opening ceremonies on Friday, July 23rd, 2021-In Tokyo. And now it’s time to see who might win medals in the 35 swimming events- three more than in 2016, with the debut of the women’s 1500 freestyle, men’s 800 freestyle, and the mixed 4×100 medley relay. Here is Swimming World’s event-by-event analysis.
FEATURES 2021 TOKYO OLYMPICS DAY 1 FINALS
Sunday, July 25
(10:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. JST)
• Men’s 400 Individual Medley
• Men’s 400 Freestyle
• Women’s 400 Individual Medley
• Women’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay DAY 2 FINALS
Monday, July 26
(10:30 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. JST)
• Women’s 100 Butterfly
• Men’s 100 Breaststroke
• Women’s 400 Freestyle
• Men’s 4×100 Freestyle Relay DAY 3 FINALS
Tuesday, July 27
(10:30 a.m. – 12:25 p.m. JST)
• Men’s 200 Freestyle
• Women’s 100 Backstroke
• Men’s 100 Backstroke
• Women’s 100 Breaststroke DAY 4 FINALS
Wednesday, July 28
(10:30 a.m. – 1:05 p.m. JST)
• Women’s 200 Freestyle
• Men’s 200 Butterfly
• Women’s 200 Individual Medley
• Women’s 1500 Freestyle
• Men’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay DAY 5 FINALS
Thursday, July 29
(10:30 a.m. – 1:05 p.m. JST)
• Men’s 800 Freestyle
• Men’s 200 Breaststroke
• Women’s 200 Butterfly
• Men’s 100 Freestyle
• Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay DAY 6 FINALS
Friday, July 30
(10:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. JST)
• Women’s 200 Breaststroke
• Men’s 200 Backstroke
• Women’s 100 Freestyle
• Men’s 200 Individual Medley DAY 7 FINALS
Saturday, July 31
(10:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. JST)
• Men’s 100 Butterfly
• Women’s 200 Backstroke
• Women’s 800 Freestyle
• Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay DAY 8 FINALS
Sunday, Aug. 1
(10:30 a.m. – 12:25 p.m. JST)
• Men’s 50 Freestyle
• Women’s 50 Freestyle
• Men’s 1500 Freestyle
• Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay
• Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay BONUS FEATURE:
2021 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS PHOTO GALLERY
by Peter H. Bick
Editor’s Note: Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time (e.g., New York) and 16 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time (e.g., Los Angeles). This year’s Olympic finals (and semifinals) will be swum at Tokyo in the morning, with prelims swum the previous evening. So, for a finals session beginning at 10:30 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Sunday, July 25, that would be 9:30 p.m. EDT July 24 and 6:30 p.m. PDT July 24.
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