The Tokyo Olympics have been nothing short of amazing!
9 Gold medals – This is the most ever by an Australian Swim Team!
21 total medals (including 9 Gold, 3 Silver and 9 Bronze) – This is the most ever by an Australian Swim Team!
3 women claimed 2 x individual Gold! Ariarne Titmus (200m & 400m Freestyle), Kaylee McKeown (100m & 200m Backstroke and Emma McKeon (50m & 100m Freestyle)!
Emma McKeon won 7 medals, the equal most number of medals by an Australian at a single Olympics! AND is now the most successful Australian swimming Olympian ever, with 11 total medals, surpassing the 9 medals won by Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones and equalling Ian Thorpe’s gold medal count (5)!
Six from 7 relay teams were on the podium, 2 Gold and 4 Bronze!
Australian Women won Gold in the 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m Freestyle events!
The first medal for an Australian in the Marathon Swimming at the Olympics, Kareena Lee secured a Bronze!
Absolute magic in the pool at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics!
Huge congratulations to all!
Here are all the results from our amazing Queenslanders who won 73% of Australia’s medals, including 7 individual gold, 2 individual silver and 3 individual bronze and comprised around 75% of the medal winning relay teams!
Individual Medallists:
- Ariarne Titmus coached by Dean Boxall (St Peters Western)
- ?GOLD and COMMONWEALTH RECORD in the Women's 400m Freestyle in a time of 3:56.69
- ?GOLD and OLYMPIC RECORD in the Women's 200m Freestyle in a time of 1:53.50
- ?SILVER and COMMONWEALTH RECORD in the Women's 800m Freestyle in a time of 8:13.83
- Emma McKeon coached by Michael Bohl (Griffith University)
- ?GOLD and OLYMPIC and COMMONWEALTH RECORDS in the Women's 100m Freestyle in a time of 51.96
- ?GOLD and OLYMPIC RECORD in the Women's 50m Freestyle in a time of 23.81
- ?BRONZE and AUSTRALIAN RECORD in the Women's 100m Butterfly in a time of 55.72
- Kaylee McKeown coached by Chris Mooney (USC Spartans)
- ?GOLD and OLYMPIC RECORD in the Women’s 100m Backstroke in a time of 57.47
- ?GOLD in the Women's 200m Backstroke in a time of 2:04.68
- Zac Stubblety-Cook coached by Vince Raleigh (Chandler)
- ?GOLD and OLYMPIC RECORD in the Men's 200m Breaststroke in a time of 2:06.38
- Jack McLoughlin coached by Vince Raleigh (Chandler)
- ?SILVER in the Men's 400m Freestyle in a time of 3:43.52
- Emily Seebohm coached by Michael Bohl (Griffith University)
- ?BRONZE in the Women's 200m Backstroke in a time of 2:06.17
- Kareena Lee coached by John JR Rogers (Noosa)
- ?BRONZE in the Women’s 10km Marathon Swim
Relay Medallists:
- ?GOLD and WORLD RECORD - 4 x 100m Women’s Freestyle
- Meg Harris (St Peters Western, Dean Boxall)
- Emma McKeon (Griffith University, Michael Bohl)
- Mollie O'Callaghan (St Peters Western, Dean Boxall)
- ?GOLD and OLYMPIC and COMMONWEALTH RECORDS – 4 x 100m Women’s Medley
- Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartans, Chris Mooney)
- Chelsea Hodges (Southport, Sean Eels)
- Emma Mckeon (Griffith University, Michael Bohl)
- Emily Seebohm (Griffith University, Michael Bohl)
- Mollie O'Callaghan (St Peters Western, Dean Boxall)
- ?BRONZE and COMMONWEALTH RECORD – 4 x 200m Women’s Freestyle
- Ariarne Titmus (St Peters Western, Dean Boxall)
- Emma McKeon (Griffith University, Michael Bohl)
- Leah Neale (Chandler, Vince Raleigh)
- Meg Harris (St Peters Western, Dean Boxall)
- Mollie O'Callaghan (St Peters Western, Dean Boxall) *Junior World Record*
- ?BRONZE – 4 x 100m Men’s Freestyle
- Alexander Graham (Bond, Richard Scarce)
- Cameron McEvoy (Chris Nesbit, TSS)
- ?BRONZE – 4 x 200m Men’s Freestyle
- Alexander Graham (Bond, Richard Scarce)
- Thomas Neil (Rackley, Damien Jones)
- Elijah Winnington (St Peters Western, Dean Boxall)
- ?BRONZE – 4 x 100m Mixed Medley
- Kaylee McKeown (USC Spartans, Chris Mooney)
- Zac Stubblety-Cook (Chandler, Vince Raleigh)
- Emma McKeon (Griffith University, Michael Bohl)
- Isaac Cooper (Rackley, Damien Jones)
Further Results:
- Emily Seebohm (Griffith University, Michael Bohl) finished 5th in the Women’s 100m Backstroke
- Jack McLoughlin (Chandler, Vince Raleigh) finished 5th in the Men’s 800m Freestyle
- Mitch Larkin (St Peters Western, Dean Boxall) and Zac Stubblety-Cook (Chandler, Vince Raleigh) finished 5th in the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay
- Kiah Melverton (TSS, Chris Nesbit) finished 6th in the Women’s 800m Freestyle
- Elijah Winnington (St Peters Western, Dean Boxall) finished 7th in the Men’s 400m Freestyle
- Mitch Larkin (St Peters Western, Dean Boxall) finished 7th in the Men’s 100m Backstroke
- Kiah Melverton (TSS, Chris Nesbit) finished 7th in the Women’s 1500m Freestyle
- Madeleine Gough (TSS, Chris Nesbit) finished 8th in the Women’s 1500m Freestyle
- Tristan Hollard (Southport, Glen Baker) finished 10th in the Men's 200m Backstroke
- Kai Edwards (TSS, Chris Nesbit) finished 12th in the Men's 10km Marathon Swim
- Abbey Harkin (St Peters Western, Dean Boxall) finished 17th in the Women's 200m Breaststroke
- David Morgan (TSS, Chris Nesbit) finished 35th in the Men's 200m Butterfly
We are so proud of all the athletes and coaches, together they are the most successful swim team we have ever had! You have inspired so many people, not just in Queensland but our entire country, including the next generation as they look to target the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.
Congratulations once more!
