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Following an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Swimming Federation (FINA), the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) announced today the competition schedule by session and the order of events for all of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic aquatics events.
Swimming events will be held for nine days commencing on Day 1 of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020–25 July 2020–with all heats being held in the evening and finals taking place in the morning. With the addition of three new events to the Tokyo 2020 swimming program–the men’s 800m freestyle, the women’s 1500m freestyle and the 4 x 100m mixed medley relay–the total number of swimming events increases to 35. The first medal event will be the men’s 400m individual medley on Day 2 (26 July).
Following the swimming competition, artistic swimming will commence on Day 10 (3 August) with duet and team events. Eight diving events will be held between Day 2 and Day 15.
Aquatics Competition Schedule
Swimming
25 July.2020
19:00-21:30 Heats
- Men 400m Individual Medley
- Women 100m Butterfly
- Men 400m Freestyle
- Women 400m Individual Medley
- Men 100m Breaststroke
- Women 4x100m Freestyle
26 July.2020
10:30-12:30 Semi-Finals & Finals
- Men 400m Individual Medley Final
- Women 100m Butterfly Semi-Final
- Men 400m Freestyle Final
- Women 400m Individual Medley Final
- Men 400m Breaststroke Semi-Final
- Women 4x100m Freestyle Final
19:00-21:30 Heats
- Women 100m Backstroke
- Men 200m Freestyle
- Women 100m Breaststroke
- Men 100m Backstroke
- Women 400m Freestyle
- Men 4x100m Freestyle
27 July.2020
10:30-12:30 Semi-Finals & Finals
- Women 100m Butterfly Final
- Men 200m Freestyle Semi-Final
- Women 100m Breaststroke Semi-Final
- Men 100m Breaststroke Final
- Women 400m Freestyle Final
- Men 100m Backstroke Semi-Final
- Women 100m Backstroke Semi-Final
- Men 4x100m Freestyle Final
19:00-21:30 Heats
- Women 200m Freestyle
- Men 200m Butterfly
- Women 200m Individual Medley
- Women 1500m Freestyle
28 July.2020
10:30-12:30 Semi-Finals & Finals
- Women 200m Freestyle Semi-Final
- Men 200m Freestyle Final
- Women 100m Backstroke Final
- Men 100m Backstroke Final
- Women 100m Breaststroke Final
- Men 200m Butterfly Semi-Final
- Women 200m Individual Medley Semi-Final
19:00-21:30 Heats
- Men 100m Freestyle
- Women 200m Butterfly
- Men 200m Breaststroke
- Men 4x200m Freestyle
- Men 800m Freestyle
29 July.2020
10:30-12:30 Semi-Finals & Finals
- Men 100m Freestyle Semi-Final
- Women 200m Freestyle Final
- Men 200m Butterfly Final
- Women 200m Butterfly Semi-Final
- Men 200m Breaststroke Semi-Final
- Women 200m Individual Medley Final
- Women 1500m Freestyle Final
- Men 4x200m Freestyle Final
19:00-21:30 Heats
- Women 100m Freestyle
- Men 200m Backstroke
- Women 200m Breaststroke
- Men 200m Individual Medley
- Women 4x200m Freestyle
30 July.2020
10:30-12:30 Semi-Finals & Finals
- Men 800m Freestyle Final
- Men 200m Breaststroke Final
- Women 100m Freestyle Semi-Final
- Men 200m Backstroke Semi-Final
- Women 200m Butterfly Final
- Men 100m Freestyle Final
- Women 200m Breaststroke Semi-Final
- Men 200m Individual Medley Semi-Final
- Women 4x200m Freestyle Final
19:00-21:30 Heats
- Women 800m Freestyle
- Men 100m Butterfly
- Women 200m Backstroke
- 4x100m Medley Mix
31 July.2020
10:30-12:30 Semi-Finals & Finals
- Women 200m Breaststroke Final
- Men 200m Backstroke Final
- Women 200m Backstroke Semi-Final
- Men 200m Individual Medley Final
- Women 100m Freestyle Final
- Men 100m Butterfly Semi-Final
19:00-21:30 Heats
- Men 50m Freestyle
- Women 50m Freestyle
- Men 1500m Freestyle
- Women 4x100m Medley
- Men 4x100m Medley
1 August.2020
10:30-12:30 Semi-Finals & Finals
- Men 100m Butterfly Final
- Women 200m Backstroke Final
- Women 800m Freestyle Final
- Men 50m Freestyle Semi-Final
- Women 50m Freestyle Semi-Final
- 4x100m Medley Mix Final
2 August.2020
10:30-12:30 Finals
- Men 50m Freestyle Final
- Women 50m Freestyle Final
- Men 1500m Freestyle Final
- Women 4x100m Medley Final
- Men 4x100m Medley Final
DIVING
26 July.2020
15:00-16:00
Women Synchronised 3m Springboard Final
27 July.2020
15:00-16:00
Men Synchronised 10m Platform Final
28 July.2020
15:00-16:00
Women Synchronised 10m Platform Final
29 July.2020
15:00-16:00
Men Synchronised 3m Springboard Final
31 July.2020
15:00-17:30
Women 3m Springboard
1 August.2020
15:00-16:30
Women 3m Springboard Semi-Final
2 August.2020
15:00-16:30
Women 3m Springboard Final
3 August.2020
15:00-17:30
Men 3m Springboard
4 August.2020
10:00-11:30
Men 3m Springboard Semi-Final
15:00-16:30
Men 3m Springboard Final
5 August.2020
15:00-17:30
Women 10m Platform
6 August.2020
10:00-11:30
Women 10m Platform Semi-Final
15:00-16:30
Women 10m Platform Final
7 August.2020
15:00-17:30
Men 10m Platform
8 August.2020
10:00-11:30
Men 10m Platform Semi-Final
15:00-16:30
Men 10m Platform Final
ARTISTIC SWIMMING
3 August.2020
19:30-21:30
Women Duet Free Routine
4 August.2020
19:30-21:00
Women Duet Technical Routine
5 August.2020
19:30-21:00
Women Duet Free Routine Final
7 August.2020
19:30-21:30
Women Teams Technical Routine
8 August.2020
19:30-21:00
Women Teams Free Routine Final
All dates are in local time
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Nikola Bjelajac & Miodrag Ceko
Not best for the athletes.
How is this bad for athletes? Seems to be better with more natural rest and recovery.
Not a big deal. They did this for the Bejiing Olympics. Like Michael Phelps said, if you can’t swim morning finals then you shouldn’t be there.