Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 24 July to 5 August 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre and Odaiba Marine Park. In comparison to the previous edition, a few events were added to the program: a mixed relay, a men's 800 metres freestyle, and a women's 1500 metres freestyle.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
11 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 |  Australia |
9 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 |  Great Britain |
4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 |  China |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 |  ROC |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 |  Japan |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Canada |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 |  Hungary |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 |  South Africa |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Brazil |
1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Germany |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 12 |  Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Netherlands |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 |  Italy |
0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 |  Hong Kong |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 |  Ukraine |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 |  France |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sweden |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 |  Denmark |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Finland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
Women[]
Mixed[]
Trivia[]
- There were 880 total athletes from 18 countries.
- Eneli Jefimova was the youngest participant with 14 years and 211 days.
- Brent Hayden was the oldest participant with 37 years and 282 days.
- 88 athletes were chosen to be flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
- United States won 30 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Australia won 21 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Italy won 7 medals, more than in any other sport.
- South Africa won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Hong Kong won its first two medals in the sport.
- 6 world records were broken, in 5 different disciplines.
- 33 Olympic records were broken, in 20 different disciplines.