USA Swimming Unveils Qualifying Standards for 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – American swimmers’ road to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 began in earnest today, as USA Swimming announced the qualifying time standards for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming.
Once again, the electrifying eight-day competition will serve as the sole qualifier for pool swimmers on the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team.
The 2020 Olympic Trials qualifying time standards are as follows:
|
WOMEN |
EVENT |
MEN |
|
25.99 |
50 Freestyle |
23.19 |
|
56.29 |
100 Freestyle |
50.49 |
|
2:01.69 |
200 Freestyle |
1:50.79 |
|
4:16.89 |
400 Freestyle |
3:57.29 |
|
8:48.09 |
800 Freestyle |
8:12.99 |
|
16:49.19 |
1500 Freestyle |
15:44.89 |
|
1:02.69 |
100 Backstroke |
56.59 |
|
2:14.69 |
200 Backstroke |
2:02.99 |
|
1:10.99 |
100 Breaststroke |
1:03.29 |
|
2:33.29 |
200 Breaststroke |
2:17.89 |
|
1:00.69 |
100 Butterfly |
54.19 |
|
2:14.59 |
200 Butterfly |
2:01.19 |
|
2:17.39 |
200 Individual Medley |
2:04.09 |
|
4:51.79 |
400 Individual Medley |
4:25.99 |
“With the announcement of the 2020 Olympic Trials qualifying standards, thousands of swimmers around the nation now have a goal as they chase their Olympic dreams,” USA Swimming National Team Managing Director Lindsay Mintenko said. “USA Swimming athletes have enjoyed two successful years since the 2016 Olympic Games, and we look forward to seeing lots of fast swimming over the rest of this Olympic quadrennial as we build toward Tokyo.”
The qualifying time standards for the 2020 Olympic Trials were announced Thursday at the United States Aquatic Sports Convention in Jacksonville, Florida. An archived webcast can be viewed via usaswimming.org.
Qualifying times must be posted in a USA Swimming sanctioned, observed or approved competition between November 28, 2018, and the 2020 Olympic Trials entry deadline. Only long-course meters times are considered for Trials qualification.
USA Swimming’s 2018 Winter National Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, open November 28 – the first day of the qualification period. The four-day, long-course meet is slated for Nov. 28-Dec. 1.
For the 2020 Olympic Trials, two temporary 50-meter pools will be installed by Myrtha Pools in the CHI Health Center Omaha, the state-of-the-art, 17,000-seat sports and entertainment venue in downtown Omaha.
The event order for the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming will mirror that of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo; however, preliminary heats will be held at 10 a.m. CDT, followed by semifinals and finals at 6:45 p.m. CDT. The full schedule for the 2020 Olympic Games is available at Tokyo2020.org.
2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming Order of Events
| Preliminaries | Semifinals & Finals |
| Sunday, June 13 | Sunday, June 13 |
| Men’s 400 Individual Medley | Men’s 400 Individual Medley - FINAL |
| Women’s 100 Butterfly | Women’s 100 Butterfly - Semifinal |
| Men’s 400 Freestyle | Men’s 400 Freestyle - FINAL |
| Women’s 400 Individual Medley | Women’s 400 Individual Medley - FINAL |
| Men’s 100 Breaststroke | Men’s 100 Breaststroke - Semifinal |
| Monday, June 14 | Monday, June 14 |
| Women’s 100 Backstroke | Women’s 100 Butterfly - FINAL |
| Men’s 200 Freestyle | Men’s 200 Freestyle - Semifinal |
| Women’s 100 Breaststroke | Women’s 100 Breaststroke - Semifinal |
| Men’s 100 Backstroke | Men’s 100 Breaststroke - FINAL |
| Women’s 400 Freestyle | Women’s 400 Freestyle - FINAL |
| Men’s 100 Backstroke - Semifinal | |
| Women’s 100 Backstroke - Semifinal | |
| Tuesday, June 15 | Tuesday, June 15 |
| Women’s 200 Freestyle | Women’s 200 Freestyle - Semifinal |
| Men’s 200 Butterfly | Men’s 200 Freestyle - FINAL |
| Women’s 200 Individual Medley | Women’s 100 Backstroke - FINAL |
| Women’s 1500 Freestyle | Men’s 100 Backstroke - FINAL |
| Women’s 100 Breaststroke - FINAL | |
| Men’s 200 Butterfly - Semifinal | |
| Women’s 200 Individual Medley - Semifinal | |
| Wednesday, June 16 | Wednesday, June 16 |
| Men’s 100 Freestyle | Men’s 100 Freestyle - Semifinal |
| Women’s 200 Butterfly | Women’s 200 Freestyle - FINAL |
| Men’s 200 Breaststroke | Men’s 200 Butterfly - FINAL |
| Men’s 800 Freestyle | Women’s 200 Butterfly - Semifinal |
| Men’s 200 Breaststroke - Semifinal | |
| Women’s 200 Individual Medley - FINAL | |
| Women’s 1500 Freestyle - FINAL | |
| Thursday, June 17 | Thursday, June 17 |
| Women’s 100 Freestyle | Men’s 800 Freestyle - FINAL |
| Men’s 200 Backstroke | Men’s 200 Breaststroke - FINAL |
| Women’s 200 Breaststroke | Women’s 100 Freestyle - Semifinal |
| Men’s 200 Individual Medley | Men’s 200 Backstroke - Semifinal |
| Women’s 200 Butterfly - FINAL | |
| Men’s 100 Freestyle - FINAL | |
| Women’s 200 Breaststroke - Semifinal | |
| Men’s 200 Individual Medley - Semifinal | |
| Friday, June 18 | Friday, June 18 |
| Women’s 800 Freestyle | Women’s 200 Breaststroke - FINAL |
| Men’s 100 Butterfly | Men’s 200 Backstroke - FINAL |
| Women’s 200 Backstroke | Women’s 200 Backstroke - Semifinal |
| Men’s 200 Individual Medley - FINAL | |
| Women’s 100 Freestyle - FINAL | |
| Men’s 100 Butterfly - Semifinal | |
| Saturday, June 19 | Saturday, June 19 |
| Men’s 50 Freestyle | Men’s 100 Butterfly - FINAL |
| Women’s 50 Freestyle | Women’s 200 Backstroke - FINAL |
| Men’s 1500 Freestyle | Women’s 800 Freestyle - FINAL |
| Men’s 50 Freestyle - Semifinal | |
| Women’s 50 Freestyle - Semifinal | |
| Sunday, June 20 | Sunday, June 20 |
| No Preliminaries | Men’s 50 Freestyle - FINAL |
| Women’s 50 Freestyle - FINAL | |
| Men’s 1500 Freestyle - FINAL |