--- title: Olympics Swimmer Adam Peaty Tests Positive for COVID-19 description: Great Britain Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, hours after he won silver in the men’s 100-m breaststroke. canonical: https://time.com/7005085/adam-peaty-olympics-covid-swimming/ author: Chantelle Lee article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-07-29T18:31:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-01-19T09:18:02.000Z article:section: Sports og:title: Great Britain Olympic Swimmer Adam Peaty Tests Positive for COVID-19 og:description: Great Britain Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, hours after he won silver in the men’s 100-m breaststroke. og:url: https://time.com/7005085/adam-peaty-olympics-covid-swimming/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4d329cc4e4b5b8b/698a595cb3fce3c9660cd6e9/GettyImages-2163932781.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Swimming - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Great Britain Olympic Swimmer Adam Peaty Tests Positive for COVID-19 twitter:description: Great Britain Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, hours after he won silver in the men’s 100-m breaststroke. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4d329cc4e4b5b8b/698a595cb3fce3c9660cd6e9/GettyImages-2163932781.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Great Britain Olympic Swimmer Adam Peaty Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Winning Silver > Sponsored content. 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But the crucial golds didn’t come until the very last day._ by [Chantelle Lee](https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/) ## Chantelle Lee Reporter Updated: Jan 19, 2026 9:18 AM UTCPublished: Jul 29, 2024 6:31 PM UTC  Adam Peaty of Team Great Britain prepares to compete in the Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024 in Nanterre, France. Adam Peaty of Team Great Britain prepares to compete in the Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024 in Nanterre, France.Maddie Meyer/Getty Images by [Chantelle Lee](https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/) ## Chantelle Lee Reporter Updated: Jan 19, 2026 9:18 AM UTCPublished: Jul 29, 2024 6:31 PM UTC Great Britain Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, less than 24 hours after he won the silver medal in the men’s 100-m breaststroke. Peaty, 29, began feeling unwell before the final on Sunday, Team Great Britain said in a statement. In the hours after the race, his symptoms worsened, and he tested positive for COVID-19 early on Monday morning. “He is hopeful to be back in competition for the relay events later in the swimming programme,” Team Great Britain said. “As in any case of illness, the situation is being managed appropriately, with all usual precautions being taken to keep the wider delegation healthy.” Peaty confirmed his COVID-19 diagnosis in an [Instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/adam%5Fpeaty/p/C-A1rxpN7Av/?hl=en&img%5Findex=2) on Monday. “I’ll now be focusing on a fast, full recovery to give my best in the team relays later in the week,” Peaty wrote in the caption of the post. The mixed 4x100-m medley relay final is set to take place on Aug. 3, and the men’s 4x100-m medley relay final will be held on Aug. 4\. Peaty [previously competed](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/adam-peaty) in the Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Team Great Britain declined to specify what precautions Peaty and the team were taking or what treatment, if any, Peaty was receiving. The Paris Games have significantly [less stringent COVID-19 restrictions](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/07/24/2024-paris-olympics-athlete-covid-protocols/74514559007/) compared to the Tokyo Games in 2021; there are no mask mandates or isolation periods. "Athlete health and safety is of the utmost priority for the IOC and Paris 2024," the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said when asked for comment. "Paris 2024 is following good practices in managing infectious diseases at the Games." When asked for comment about Peaty's COVID-19 diagnosis, the Paris 2024 Organising Committee said that it is "satisfied with the measures taken by Team GB that are compliant with the guidelines and measures in place" at the Olympic Village. It added that it is "carefully monitoring the health situation in close coordination with the Ministry of Health" at the Olympic Village, and that it often reminds athletes and others to take certain measures if they experience respiratory symptoms, such as wearing a mask and washing hands regularly with soap and water. When five players on the Australian women’s water polo team tested positive for the virus last week, the country’s Olympic team chief told [_Le Monde_](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/sports/article/2024/07/24/five-players-on-australia-s-women-s-water-polo-team-have-tested-positive-for-covid%5F6696757%5F9.html)that affected players would be cleared for practice when they feel well enough to train, adding that affected athletes would be wearing masks and isolating from other team members outside of training. **Read More:** [_Leon Marchand’s First Olympic Gold Will Only Fuel Michael Phelps Comparisons_](https://time.com/7004733/leon-marchand-swimming-gold-paris-olympics/) ### More from TIME Peaty shared a step on the podium with Team USA swimmer Nic Fink on Sunday night, after the two athletes [tied for silver](https://time.com/7004733/leon-marchand-swimming-gold-paris-olympics/) in the men’s 100-m breaststroke. > [](https://twitter.com/swimswamnews/status/1817949149028864300) Video footage also showed Peaty kissing Italian swimmer Nicolo Martinenghi, who won the gold medal for the race on Sunday, on the cheek that same night. > [](https://twitter.com/italnuotooc/status/1817945936665960712) People who test positive for COVID-19 can continue to test positive for the virus for days or even weeks after, according to the [U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://www.cdc.gov/covid/testing/index.html). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7005085/adam-peaty-olympics-covid-swimming/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7005085/adam-peaty-olympics-covid-swimming/"},"headline":"Great Britain Olympic Swimmer Adam Peaty Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Winning Silver","datePublished":"2024-07-29T18:31:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-01-19T09:18:02.000Z","description":"The swimmer said he is \"focusing on a fast, full recovery.\"","url":"https://time.com/7005085/adam-peaty-olympics-covid-swimming/","keywords":["2024 Paris Olympics","News","News Desk","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4d329cc4e4b5b8b/698a595cb3fce3c9660cd6e9/GettyImages-2163932781.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chantelle Lee","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4d329cc4e4b5b8b/698a595cb3fce3c9660cd6e9/GettyImages-2163932781.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Swimming - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 1","caption":"Swimming - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 1","creditText":"Maddie Meyer/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2024-paris-olympics/","name":"2024 Paris Olympics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7005085/adam-peaty-olympics-covid-swimming/","name":"Great Britain Olympic Swimmer Adam Peaty Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Winning Silver"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"U.S. Swimming Ends Paris Olympics on Top—Just Barely","description":"After nine days of racing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the U.S. swim team managed to top both the medals count and gold tally in the pool. 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