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Marathon. 10 km. men. women. v. t. e. The swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. [1] The women's open-water marathon was held on August 15, and the men's open water race on August 16 in Fort Copacabana.
10 km. men. women. v. t. e. The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 12–13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. By winning gold, the U.S. women brought home America's 1000th gold medal in the nation's Summer Olympics history.
Ryan Murphy (swimmer) Ryan Fitzgerald Murphy OLY (born July 2, 1995) is an American competitive swimmer specializing in backstroke. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist and the former world-record holder in the men's 100-meter backstroke. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Murphy swept the backstroke events, winning gold medals in both the 100 ...
men. women. v. t. e. The swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were due to take place from 25 July to 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 swimming events set for 24 July–1 August 2021 ...
[2] [3] Swimming out of lane seven, Pieter Timmers posted a 47.80 to take home the silver for the Belgians, along with a national record. Meanwhile, U.S. sprinter and defending champion Nathan Adrian barely advanced out of the prelims earlier, but bounced back to earn a bronze in the final with a 47.85. [4] [5] [6]
In all, he competed in 30 events across five Olympics: the 2000 Sydney Olympics; 2004 Athens Olympics; 2008 Beijing Olympics; 2012 London Olympics; and 2016 Rio Olympics.
Construction cost. $ 38 million. The Olympic Aquatics Stadium (Portuguese: Estádio Aquático Olímpico) was a temporary aquatics center in the Barra Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro. The venue hosted the swimming events, Synchronized swimming finals and water polo finals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the para-swimming events for the 2016 ...
Katie Ledecky fired the first salvo in her duel with Ariarne Titmus, posting the fastest time the preliminaries of the women's 400-meter freestyle Saturday as the swimming competition began at the ...