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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: By The Numbers

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games –

Tokyo 2020 swimming medals for Canada: 6

Rio 2016 swimming medals for Canada: 6

Medals Canada earned in previous 4 Olympics (2012, 2008, 2004 and 2000): 5

Days Canada could not train due to COVID-19 impacts: 103 to 133 depending on location

Countries with more swimming medals than Canada at Tokyo 2020: 3

Fourth-place finishes for Canada: 4

Fourth-place finishes that set Canadian records: 4

Gold medals: 1 (Maggie Mac Neil, women’s 100-m butterfly)

Canadians besides Mac Neil to be Olympic and world champion at the same time: 1 (Victor Davis, men’s 200-m breaststroke 1982/1984)

Tokyo 2020 medals for Kylie Masse: 3 (including 2 individual silver in 100-m and 200-m backstroke)

Individual medals for Masse at major international championships and Games since 2015: 10

Major events since 2015 where Masse has not won a medal: 0

Tokyo 2020 medals for Penny Oleksiak: 3 (including individual bronze in 200-m freestyle)

Total Olympic medals for Oleksiak: 7

Other Canadians with seven career medals: 0

Total Olympic medals for Masse and Taylor Ruck: 4

Canadian swimmers with more than four career medals: 1

Swimmers on the team: 26 (24 pool, 2 open water)

Swimmers who competed in the National Development Team Program: 21

Swimmers who trained with Head Coach Ben Titley at High Performance Centre – Ontario: 11

Oldest Canadian swimmer: 37 (Brent Hayden)

Youngest Canadian swimmer: 14 (Summer McIntosh)

Olympic Games for Hayden: 4

Previous national teams for McIntosh: 0

Canadian records McIntosh set or helped set at Tokyo 2020 Games: 3 (+3 age group records)

Days until swimming starts at the Paralympic Games: 12