The marathon swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were due to take place for 5-6 August 2020 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021. However, their official name remained 2020 Summer Olympics with marathon swimming set for 4–5 August 2021.

Events

Marathon swimming featured two events (1 for each gender), two 10 km open-water marathons.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

EventDateTimeRound Women's 10 kilometre4 August 20216:30Final Men's 10 kilometre5 August 20216:30Final

Qualification

The men's and women's 10 km races featured 25 swimmers:Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympia – Tokyo 2020; FINA, 19 March 2018. 10: the top-10 finishers in the 10 km races at the 2019 World Championships 9: the top-9 finishers at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier 5: one representative from each FINA continent (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania). 1: from the host nation (Japan) if not qualified by other means. If Japan already contained a qualifier in the race, this spot had been allocated back into the general pool from the 2020 Olympic qualifier race.

Timeline Event Date Venue 2019 World Aquatics Championships July 12–28, 2019 Gwangju 2021 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier June 19–20, 2021 Setúbal

Men's 10 km marathon Qualification event No. of athletes Qualified athletes2019 World Championships102020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier 11°^Continental Qualifier 4Host country0 — Total 25 ° Unused host quota place ^ Unused continental quota place No eligible athlete from Oceania competed in the men's race at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier, which meant the top 10 qualified.

Women's 10 km marathon Qualification event No. of athletes Qualified athletes2019 World Championships102020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier 10^Continental Qualifier 4 Host country1 Total 25 ^ Unused continental quota place No eligible athlete from Oceania competed in the women's race at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier, which meant the top 10 qualified.

Medal summary Medal table

Men's event 10 km open water 1:48:33.7 1:48:59.0 1:49:01.1

Women's event 10 km open water 1:59:30.8 1:59:31.7 1:59:32.5

See also

References

External links Results book – Marathon Swimming