Swimming

Updated Tokyo 2020 Medal Tables After Chinese Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay Disqualification

April 20, 2024

On April 19th, U.S. swimmers were notified that the Chinese women’s 4×200 freestyle relay from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been disqualified due to a doping violation by a member of the relay.

The disqualification strips the Chinese relay team–which included Yang Junxuan, Tang Muhan, Zhang Yufei, and Li Bingjie in finals and Dong Jie and Zhang Yifan in prelims–of their gold medals. The quartet of Yang, Tang, Zang, and Li swam 7:40.33, beating the United States by four-tenths in a then-world record time (which will also no longer count).

The disqualification promotes the U.S. team to gold, the Australians to silver, and Canada’s relay to bronze.

MEDAL CHANGES

ATHLETES LOSING GOLD MEDALS	ATHLETES PROMOTING TO GOLD	ATHLETES PROMOTING TO SILVER	ATHLETES PROMOTING TO BRONZE
China	USA	Australia	Canada
Yang Junxuan	Allison Schmitt	Ariarne Titmus	Summer McIntosh
Tang Muhan	Paige Madden	Emma McKeon	Rebecca Smith
Zhang Yufei	Katie McLaughlin	Madi Wilson	Kayla Sanchez
Li Bingjie	Katie Ledecky	Leah Neale	Penny Oleksiak
Zhang Yifan	Bella Sims	Mollie O’Callaghan	Katerine Savard
Dong Jie	Brooke Forde	Meg Harris	Mary-Sophie Harvey
		Brianna Throssell	Sydney Pickrem
		Tamsin Cook

Once the disqualification is confirmed, Katie Ledecky will extend her all-time Olympic medal count from 7 golds and 3 silvers to 8 golds and 2 silvers. Katie McLaughlin and Brooke Forde will become first time Olympic gold medalists. It will also give Summer McIntosh, who swam the lead-off leg on Canada’s relay, her first Olympic medal. Her teammate Penny Oleksiak will earn her eighth Olympic medal, extending her lead as Canada’s most decorated Olympian.

In addition to the changes in medal count for the individual swimmers, the disqualification also impacts the swimming, aquatics, and overall medal tables from the Games.

Updated Tokyo 2020 Swimming Medal Table (includes men’s & women’s open water 10K)

*Note: The medal tables in this post are ranked by Gold medal totals, then Silver medal totals, then Bronze medal totals*

The United States had the lead in the medal table with 11 golds. This 12th gold medal extends their lead over Australia (9 gold medals).

Additionally, it knocks China down into a tie for fourth with the Russian Olympic Committee. Both squads now have 2 golds, 2 silvers, and 1 bronze medal.

RANK	COUNTRY	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
1	United States	12	9	9	30
2	Australia	9	4	8	21
3	Great Britain	4	3	1	8
T-4	China	2	2	1	5
T-4	ROC	2	2	1	5
6	Japan	2	1	0	3
7	Canada	1	3	3	7
8	Hungary	1	2	0	3
9	South Africa	1	1	0	2
10	Brazil	1	0	2	3
11	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
18	Sweden	0	1	0	1
19	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
20	Denmark	0	0	1	1
20	Finland	0	0	1	1

Updated Tokyo Aquatics Medal Table (swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming)

The disqualification does not change any of the rankings for either the aquatics or overall medal tables. The United States extends its lead in the aquatics table, adding a 13th gold. Meanwhile, China falls back into a tie for nine gold medals with Australia though by virtue of having more silver medals, stay ahead of them in the rankings.

RANK	COUNTRY	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
1	United States	13	11	10	34
2	China	9	9	1	19
3	Australia	9	4	9	22
4	Great Britain	5	3	3	11
5	ROC	4	2	2	8
6	Japan	2	1	0	3
7	Canada	1	4	3	8
8	Hungary	1	2	2	5
9	South Africa	1	1	0	2
10	Brazil	1	0	2	3
11	Germany	1	0	4	5
12	Tunisia	1	0	0	1
12	Serbia	1	0	0	1
14	Netherlands	0	3	0	3
15	Italy	0	2	5	7
16	Hong Kong	0	2	0	2
17	Ukraine	0	1	3	4
18	France	0	1	0	1
18	Sweden	0	1	0	1
18	Greece	0	1	0	1
18	Spain	0	1	0	1
22	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
23	Denmark	0	0	1	1
23	Finland	0	0	1	1
23	Mexico	0	0	1	1

Updated Tokyo 2020 Full Medal Table (all sports)

It’s a similar story in the overall medal table. Before this disqualification, the United States won one more gold than China across all sports. Now, the United States has hit 40 gold medals while China drops down to 37. Despite that, they still lead Japan by 10 golds.

By being promoted to the bronze medal, Canada adds another medal for a total of 25 overall.

RANK	COUNTRY	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
1	United States	40	40	33	113
2	China	37	32	18	87
3	Japan	27	14	17	58
4	Great Britain	22	21	22	65
5	ROC	20	28	23	71
6	Australia	17	8	21	46
7	Netherlands	10	12	14	36
8	France	10	12	11	33
9	Germany	10	11	16	37
10	Italy	10	10	20	40
11	Canada	7	6	12	25
12	Brazil	7	6	8	21
13	New Zealand	7	6	7	20
14	Cuba	7	3	5	15
15	Hungary	6	7	7	20
16	South Korea	6	4	10	20
17	Poland	4	5	5	14
18	Czech Republic	4	4	3	11
19	Kenya	4	4	2	10
20	Norway	4	2	2	8
21	Jamaica	4	1	4	9
22	Spain	3	8	6	17
23	Sweden	3	6	0	9
24	Switzerland	3	4	6	13
25	Denmark	3	4	4	11
26	Croatia	3	3	2	8
27	Iran	3	2	2	7
28	Serbia	3	1	5	9
29	Belgium	3	1	3	7
30	Bulgaria	3	1	2	6
31	Slovenia	3	1	1	5
32	Uzbekistan	3	0	2	5
33	Georgia	2	5	1	8
34	Chinese Taipei	2	4	6	12
35	Turkey	2	2	9	13
36	Greece	2	1	1	4
36	Uganda	2	1	1	4
38	Ecuador	2	1	0	3
39	Ireland	2	0	2	4
39	Israel	2	0	2	4
41	Qatar	2	0	1	3
42	Bahamas	2	0	0	2
42	Kosovo	2	0	0	2
44	Ukraine	1	6	12	19
45	Belarus	1	3	3	7
46	Romania	1	3	0	4
46	Venezuela	1	3	0	4
48	India	1	2	4	7
49	Hong Kong	1	2	3	6
50	Philippines	1	2	1	4
50	Slovakia	1	2	1	4
52	South Africa	1	2	0	3
53	Austria	1	1	5	7
54	Egypt	1	1	4	6
55	Indonesia	1	1	3	5
56	Ethiopia	1	1	2	4
56	Portugal	1	1	2	4
58	Tunisia	1	1	0	2
59	Estonia	1	0	1	2
59	Fiji	1	0	1	2
59	Latvia	1	0	1	2
59	Thailand	1	0	1	2
63	Bermuda	1	0	0	1
63	Morocco	1	0	0	1
63	Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1
66	Colombia	0	4	1	5
67	Azerbaijan	0	3	4	7
68	Dominican Republic	0	3	2	5
69	Armenia	0	2	2	4
70	Kyrgyzstan	0	2	1	3
71	Mongolia	0	1	3	4
72	Argentina	0	1	2	3
72	San Marino	0	1	2	3
74	Jordan	0	1	1	2
74	Malaysia	0	1	1	2
74	Nigeria	0	1	1	2
77	Bahrain	0	1	0	1
77	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
77	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
77	North Macedonia	0	1	0	1
77	Namibia	0	1	0	1
77	Turkmenistan	0	1	0	1
83	Kazakhstan	0	0	8	8
84	Mexico	0	0	4	4
85	Finland	0	0	2	2
86	Botswana	0	0	1	1
86	Burkina Faso	0	0	1	1
86	Côte d’Ivoire	0	0	1	1
86	Ghana	0	0	1	1
86	Grenada	0	0	1	1
86	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
86	Moldova	0	0	1	1
86	Syria	0	0	1	1