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Quiz about 2020 Tokyo Olympics Highlights 2 Swimming

2020 Tokyo Olympics Highlights #2 : Swimming Quiz

The swimming events were dominated by the Americans and Australians. The competitions took place from 25th July to 6th August 2020 at Tokyo Olympic Aquatics Centre.

A multiple-choice quiz by sw11. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
sw11

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
406,375

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. There were 37 events in swimming. How many events were competed for the first time? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. Ahmed Hafnaoui surprisingly won the men's 400m freestyle event (he was the slowest qualifier). What African country is he from? Hint

Algeria

Egypt

Tunisia

Morocco

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which country won the men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay? They were the only team to finish under 7 minutes. Hint

Australia

Great Britain

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)

United States

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Question 4 of 10

4. The women's 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle were won by Australia. Which team from Asia won the silver medals in both events, for the first time in Olympic history? Hint

Japan

Chinese Taipei

South Korea

Hong Kong

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Question 5 of 10

5. South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker created a new world record in what women's event? Hint

200 m breaststroke

100 m butterfly

100 m breaststroke

200 m butterfly

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which country finished 0.4 sec ahead of the USA to win the women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay? Hint

Australia

Sweden

Canada

China

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Question 7 of 10

7. What team won both the 100m and 200m men's backstroke events? Hint

United States

Australia

Great Britain

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi became the darling of Japan after winning gold medals in which two events? Hint

100 m and 200 m butterfly

200 m and 400 m individual medley

100 m and 200 m backstroke

200 m butterfly and 200 m individual medley

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Question 9 of 10

9. The men's 200 m individual medley event was won by what country, for the first time in Olympic history? Hint

South Korea

Canada

Japan

China

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Question 10 of 10

10. United States dominated the swimming events at 2020 Tokyo Olympic. How many events were won by the Americans? Hint

Fifteen

Ten

Eight

Eleven

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. There were 37 events in swimming. How many events were competed for the first time?

Answer: 3

There were three new events: men's 800m freestyle, women's 1500 m freestyle and the mixed 4 x 100 m medley relay.

U.S. swimmer Robert Finke won the men's 800m freestyle new event. He completed a double on the long distance event with the victory in the 1500m freestyle. Katie Ledecky of USA won the women's 1500 m freestyle new event and the 800 m freestyle. Great Britain won the mixed 4 x 100 m medley relay finshing ahead of China and Australia.

2. Ahmed Hafnaoui surprisingly won the men's 400m freestyle event (he was the slowest qualifier). What African country is he from?

Answer: Tunisia

Tunisian Ahmed Hafnaoui (born 4 December 2002) was ranked no. 16th in the world in this event. He became the third swimmer to win a gold medal swimming from the 8th lane which was for the slowest qualifier. The previous two were: Franziska van Almsick (Germany), who won the 200m freestyle gold medal from Lane 8 at the 1994 FINA World Championships , held in Rome. Keiren Perkins (Australia) won the 1500m freestyle gold medal from Lane 8 at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

3. Which country won the men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay? They were the only team to finish under 7 minutes.

Answer: Great Britain

Great Britain finished in 6 mins. 58.58 sec in a new European record to win the event with ROC in second place and Australia third.

4. The women's 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle were won by Australia. Which team from Asia won the silver medals in both events, for the first time in Olympic history?

Answer: Hong Kong

Sioban Haughey (born 31 October 1997) was born in Hong Kong shortly after the handover to China. Her father is Irish and her mother is from Hong Kong.
Emma McKeon won the 100m and Ariarne Titmus won the 200m.

5. South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker created a new world record in what women's event?

Answer: 200 m breaststroke

Tatjana Schoenmaker (born 9 July 1997) broke the world record in 200m breaststroke in a time of 2 min. 18.95 sec. She won a silver medal in 100m breaststroke behind American Lydia Jacoby.
Thee previous world record of 2:19.11 had stood for almost 8 years -- it was held by Rikke Moller Pedersen (Denmark), set on 1 August 2013.

6. Which country finished 0.4 sec ahead of the USA to win the women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay?

Answer: China

China finished in a new world record time of 7 min. 40.33 sec to win the event. United States were second in 7 min. 40.73 sec and Australia were third in 7 min. 41.29 sec.

7. What team won both the 100m and 200m men's backstroke events?

Answer: Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)

Evgeny Rykov (born 23 September 1996) won the two backstroke events. He beat favorite American Ryan Murphy who won the bronze medal in 100m event and silver in the 200m event.

8. Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi became the darling of Japan after winning gold medals in which two events?

Answer: 200 m and 400 m individual medley

Yui Ohashi (born 18 October 1995) became the first Japanese woman to swim under 2 min. 8 sec in 200 m individual medley. She won 200 m event in 2 min. 8.52 sec and the 400 m event in 4 min 32.08 sec.

9. The men's 200 m individual medley event was won by what country, for the first time in Olympic history?

Answer: China

Chinese Wang Shun (born 11 February 1994) became the first Asian swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal in this event. He won a bronze medal in the same event at 2016 in Rio.

10. United States dominated the swimming events at 2020 Tokyo Olympic. How many events were won by the Americans?

Answer: Eleven

United States won 11 golds, 10 silvers and 9 bronzes, followed by Australia with 9 golds, 3 silvers and 9 bronzes. Great Britain were third winning 4 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze. American swimmer Caeleb Dressel won 5 gold medals in 50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 4 x 100 m freestyle relay and 4 x 100 m medley relay.

Source: Author sw11

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