:Tomoko Nagai

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{{nihongo|Tomoko Nagai|永井奉子|Nagai Tomoko|born May 5, 1981}} is a Japanese swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships. Her team finished in fifth place, but the Australian and US squads were disqualified. She also competed in three events at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her best achievement was fifth place in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.

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The Australian team was disqualified for jumping into the pool in celebration before all teams finished the race. The US team was disqualified for improper changeover, but were later given a second set of gold medals:
Jean-Louis Meuret (2007), [http://www.fina.org/pdf/histoFina/HistoFINA_IV_b.pdf HistoFINA Volume IV – Tome IV]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (50 m.) Before Rome 2009.

[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/26/sports/swimming-thorpe-wins-us-relay-is-disqualified.html SWIMMING; Thorpe Wins; U.S. Relay Is Disqualified]. New York Times (July 26, 2001)

[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213343/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/tomoko-nagai-1.html Tomoko Nagai]. sports-reference.com

[http://www.joc.or.jp/athens/athlete/swimming/nagaitomoko.html 永井　奉子]. Japan Olympic Committee. joc.or.jp