2020 U.S. Open Swimming Championships Explained

2020 Toyota U.S. Open Championships
Dates:	November 12–14
Events:	28
Previous:	2019
Next:	2021

The 2020 Toyota U.S. Open Swimming Championships were contested from November 12 to 14, 2020 in a virtual competition format at nine locations in the United States with medalists determined from the merged results across all nine locations.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Competition was conducted in long course (50 meter) pools.^{[1] [5]}

Venues

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the format of the Championships was changed from its normal one in-person venue competition format to a virtual format, marking the first USA Swimming Championships contested in a virtual format and the second USA Swimming competition of any type, Championships or non-Championships, in a virtual format.^[6] Individual sites of competition included the following nine venues (cities):

1. Blossom Athletic Center (San Antonio, Texas).^[7]
2. Greensboro Aquatic Center (Greensboro, North Carolina).^[8]
3. Huntsville Aquatic Center (Huntsville, Alabama).^[9]
4. Indiana University Natatorium (Indianapolis, Indiana).^[10]
5. Selby Aquatic Center (Sarasota, Florida).^[11]
6. SwimRVA (Richmond, Virginia).^[12]
7. Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center (Beaverton, Oregon).^[13]
8. Wellmark YMCA (Des Moines, Iowa).^[14]
9. William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center (Irvine, California).^[15]

Results

Men

50 m freestyle		22.27		22.35		22.59
100 m freestyle		48.75		49.00		49.39
200 m freestyle		1:47.29		1:47.38		1:48.46
400 m freestyle		3:48.78		3:48.87		3:49.34
800 m freestyle		7:52.19		7:53.05		8:00.05
1500 m freestyle		15:09.14		15:18.39		15:22.05
100 m backstroke		54.59		54.69		54.96
200 m backstroke		1:59.52		2:00.21		2:00.30
100 m breaststroke		59.58		59.65		1:00.47
200 m breaststroke		2:09.83		2:10.22		2:13.60
100 m butterfly		51.50 CR		52.54		52.62
200 m butterfly		1:57.82		1:58.41		1:58.51
200 m individual medley		1:59.72		1:59.82		2:01.05
400 m individual medley		4:16.51		4:18.08		4:19.44

Women

50 m freestyle		24.65		24.99		25.10
100 m freestyle		54.04		54.37		54.93
200 m freestyle		1:57.64		1:58.97		1:59.26
400 m freestyle		4:10.38		4:10.42		4:11.28
800 m freestyle		8:27.01		8:29.36		8:31.38
1500 m freestyle		16:04.37		16:18.11		16:30.40
100 m backstroke		59.82		59.95		1:00.18
200 m backstroke		2:09.16		2:10.12		2:11.38
100 m breaststroke		1:07.50		1:07.57		1:07.67
200 m breaststroke		2:27.55		2:28.69		2:29.38
100 m butterfly		56.61 CR		57.36		57.43
200 m butterfly		2:08.61		2:10.52		2:10.90
200 m individual medley		2:10.49		2:11.18		2:12.97
400 m individual medley		4:40.84		4:43.00		4:45.14

Championships records set

Day	Event	Stage	Time	Name	Country	Date
2	100 m butterfly (Women's)	Final	56.61	Claire Curzan		November 13, 2020	^[16] ^[17]
2	100 m butterfly (Men's)	Final	51.50	Luis Martínez		November 13, 2020	^[18] ^[19]

External links

• Results book

Notes and References

1. Keith, Braden (October 6, 2020). "USA Swimming Announces 9 Sites That Will Host the 2020 U.S. Open". SwimSwam. November 22, 2022.
2. Ross, Andy (October 6, 2020). "USA Swimming Announces Nine Regional Sites For Toyota US Open". Swimming World. November 22, 2022.
3. Goh, ZK (November 13, 2020). "U.S. Open swimming: 15-year-old Sims sets fifth-fastest age group time in 800m free". Olympics.com. November 22, 2022.
4. Maese, Rick (November 13, 2020). "One meet, nine cities, lots of rules: How top U.S. swimmers finally returned to the pool". The Washington Post. November 22, 2022.
5. Hy-Tek (November 16, 2020). "2020 Toyota US Open Championships - Compiled Results". USA Swimming. November 22, 2022.
6. McCormick, Jack (September 25, 2020). "USA Swimming Announces Updated 2020 Meet Calendar". SwimSwam. November 22, 2022.
7. https://uhcougars.com/news/2020/11/14/swimming-and-diving-houston-concludes-competition-at-the-toyota-us-open.aspx "Houston Concludes Competition at the Toyota U.S. Open"
8. Gibbs, Robert (November 13, 2020). "2020 U.S. Open – Greensboro Friday P.M. Live Recap". SwimSwam. November 22, 2022.
9. https://www.huntsvillesports.org/events/toyota-u-s-open/ "Toyota U.S. Open – Huntsville, AL"
10. https://athletics.uindy.edu/news/2020/11/14/mens-swimming-diving-hounds-deliver-fast-times-at-us-open.aspx "Hounds Deliver Fast Times at U.S. Open"
11. https://www.usaswimming.org/docs/default-source/eventsdocuments/guides/2020-toyota-us-open/2020-us-open-sarasota_101820.pdf "2020 U.S. Open: Sarasota"
12. Gibbs, Robert (November 12, 2020). "2020 U.S. Open – Richmond Thursday PM Recap: McKenna and Parent Take the 800s". SwimSwam. November 22, 2022.
13. Lepesant, Anne (November 12, 2020). "2020 U.S. Open – Beaverton Thursday PM Recap: Noah Brune Wins 2-Man 800 Free". SwimSwam. November 22, 2022.
14. Birch, Tommy (October 6, 2020). "Des Moines one of nine national sites to host swimming's Toyota U.S. Open". The Des Moines Register. November 22, 2022.
15. https://ucsdtritons.com/news/2020/11/10/swimming-diving-seven-swimmers-to-compete-at-us-open-swimming-championships.aspx "Seven Swimmers to Compete at US Open Swimming Championships"
16. OlympicTalk (November 13, 2020). "Claire Curzan, 16, flies into the Olympic swimming picture". NBC Sports. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
17. Ross, Andy (November 13, 2020). "US Open Friday Night Times Report: Curzan, Martinez Enter Top Five World Rankings; Baker Beats Stacked Virtual Field". Swimming World. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
18. Johnson, Annika (November 13, 2020). "Luis Martinez Breaks Tom Shields' 100 Fly U.S. Open Meet Record". SwimSwam. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
19. Merrill, Lawrence (July 13, 2021). "'Fight for it': Luis Martinez sets bar high for second Olympics". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved January 24, 2023.