No list of top performances from Tokyo would be complete without the women’s 100 breaststroke final, where 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby shocked the world by beating her heavily favored American teammate Lilly King and also new Olympic-record holder Tatjana Schoenmaker to win Olympic gold. Lydia Jacoby’s Stunning 100 Breaststroke Gold Medal But these are the top five single races from Tokyo and the race video for each one. The Tokyo Olympics are finished, and now, swimming fans will spend years remembering and rewatching the many memorable moments from those nine days - although maybe no race from Tokyo will be re-watched as much as the unforgettable men’s 400 freestyle relay from the 2008 Olympics, when Jason Lezak ran down France’s Alain Bernard with an anchor split that remains the fastest in history.īasically every gold-medal final at an Olympics is an amazing race in some manner, and there are a lot of races that were really difficult to leave off this list. T he Top Five Women’s Swimming Performances from the Tokyo Olympics (Race Videos)