Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
For the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems were in place. Qualification ended on 3 July 2016.
Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Marathon | ||
10 km | men | women |
Qualifying standards
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of 2 qualified athletes in each individual event, only if both athletes have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Selection Time (OST) or if the quota of 900 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (1 per gender) under a Universality place, as long as they have no swimmers reaching either the standard entry time.[1]
In the relay events, a maximum of 16 qualifying teams in each relay event must be permitted to accumulate a total of 96 relay teams; each NOC may enter only one team. The first twelve teams in each relay event at the 2015 World Championships will automatically compete for the relay events at the Olympics; while the remaining four per relay event must obtain their fastest entry times based on the FINA World Rankings of 31 May 2016 during the process.[1]
Following the end of the qualification period, FINA will assess the number of athletes having achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting athletes with OST to fulfill the total quota of 900. Additionally, OST places will be distributed by event according to the position of the FINA World Rankings during the qualifying deadline (3 July 2016).[1]
The qualifying time standards must be obtained in World Championships, Continental Championships, Continental Qualification Events, National Championships and Trials, or International Competitions approved by FINA in the period between 1 March 2015 to 3 July 2016.[1]
FINA qualifying standards are as follows:[2]
Men's events | Women's events | ||||
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Event | OQT | OST | Event | OQT | OST |
50 m freestyle | 22.27 | 23.05 | 50 m freestyle | 25.28 | 26.17 |
100 m freestyle | 48.99 | 50.70 | 100 m freestyle | 54.43 | 56.34 |
200 m freestyle | 1:47.97 | 1:51.75 | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.96 | 2:03.13 |
400 m freestyle | 3:50.44 | 3:58.51 | 400 m freestyle | 4:09.08 | 4:17.80 |
− | − | − | 800 m freestyle | 8:33.97 | 8:51.96 |
1500 m freestyle | 15:14.77 | 15:46.79 | − | − | − |
100 m backstroke | 54.36 | 56.26 | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.25 | 1:02.36 |
200 m backstroke | 1:58.22 | 2:02.36 | 200 m backstroke | 2:10.60 | 2:15.17 |
100 m breaststroke | 1:00.57 | 1:02.69 | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.85 | 1:10.22 |
200 m breaststroke | 2:11.66 | 2:16.27 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:26.94 | 2:32.08 |
100 m butterfly | 52.36 | 54.19 | 100 m butterfly | 58.74 | 1:00.80 |
200 m butterfly | 1:56.97 | 2:01.06 | 200 m butterfly | 2:09.33 | 2:13.86 |
200 m individual medley | 2:00.28 | 2:04.39 | 200 m individual medley | 2:14.26 | 2:18.96 |
400 m individual medley | 4:16.71 | 4:25.69 | 400 m individual medley | 4:43.46 | 4:53.38 |
Individual events
Those who have achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) or the Olympic Selection Time (OST), or have been guaranteed a Universality place are listed below for each of the following individual events:[3]
Men's 50 m freestyle
Men's 100 m freestyle
Men's 200 m freestyle
Men's 400 m freestyle
Men's 1500 m freestyle
Men's 100 m backstroke
Men's 200 m backstroke
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:58.22 | 2 | Australia | Josh Beaver Mitch Larkin |
2 | China | Li Guangyuan Xu Jiayu | |
2 | Germany | Christian Diener Jan-Philip Glania | |
2 | Hungary | Dávid Földházi Ádám Telegdy | |
2 | Japan | Ryosuke Irie Masaki Kaneko | |
2 | Russia | Evgeny Rylov Andrey Shabasov | |
2 | United States | Ryan Murphy Jacob Pebley | |
1 | Belarus | Mikita Tsmyh | |
1 | Brazil | Leonardo de Deus | |
1 | Greece | Apostolos Christou | |
1 | Israel | Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | |
1 | Lithuania | Danas Rapšys | |
1 | New Zealand | Corey Main | |
1 | Poland | Radosław Kawęcki | |
1 | Spain | Hugo González | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:02.36 | 1 | Colombia | Omar Pinzón |
1 | Romania | Robert Glință[a] | |
1 | Virgin Islands | Rexford Tullius[b] | |
Universality Places | 1 | Azerbaijan | Boris Kirillov |
Total | 26 |
Men's 100 m breaststroke
Men's 200 m breaststroke
Men's 100 m butterfly
Men's 200 m butterfly
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:56.97 | 2 | Australia | Grant Irvine David Morgan |
2 | Brazil | Kaio de Almeida Leonardo de Deus | |
2 | China | Li Zhuhao Wu Yuhang | |
2 | Hungary | László Cseh Tamás Kenderesi | |
2 | Japan | Masato Sakai Daiya Seto | |
2 | Russia | Evgeny Koptelov Daniil Pakhomov | |
2 | United States | Michael Phelps Tom Shields | |
1 | Belgium | Louis Croenen | |
1 | Colombia | Jonathan Gómez | |
1 | Denmark | Viktor Bromer | |
1 | France | Jordan Coelho | |
1 | Greece | Stefanos Dimitriadis | |
1 | Poland | Jan Świtkowski | |
1 | Singapore | Quah Zheng Wen | |
1 | South Africa | Chad le Clos | |
1 | Spain | Carlos Peralta | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:01.06 | 1 | India | Sajan Prakash[b] |
1 | Israel | Gal Nevo[a] | |
1 | New Zealand | Bradlee Ashby[a] | |
1 | Slovenia | Robert Žbogar | |
1 | Sweden | Simon Sjödin[a] | |
Universality Places | 0 | — | — |
Total | 28 |
Men's 200 m individual medley
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:00.28 | 2 | Australia | Thomas Fraser-Holmes Travis Mahoney |
2 | Brazil | Thiago Pereira Henrique Rodrigues | |
2 | China | Hu Yixuan Wang Shun | |
2 | Great Britain | Ieuan Lloyd Daniel Wallace | |
2 | Japan | Hiromasa Fujimori Kosuke Hagino | |
2 | Portugal | Diogo Carvalho Alexis Santos | |
2 | United States | Ryan Lochte Michael Phelps | |
1 | Belgium | Emmanuel Vanluchene | |
1 | Egypt | Mohamed Hussein | |
1 | Germany | Philip Heintz | |
1 | Greece | Andreas Vazaios | |
1 | Hungary | Dávid Verrasztó | |
1 | Israel | Gal Nevo | |
1 | Italy | Federico Turrini | |
1 | Luxembourg | Raphaël Stacchiotti | |
1 | New Zealand | Bradlee Ashby | |
1 | Russia | Semen Makovich | |
1 | Spain | Eduardo Solaeche | |
1 | Sweden | Simon Sjödin | |
1 | Switzerland | Jérémy Desplanches | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:04.39 | 1 | Latvia | Uvis Kalniņš |
1 | Macedonia | Marko Blaževski[b] | |
1 | Tunisia | Ahmed Mathlouthi[a] | |
Universality Places | 0 | — | — |
Total | 30 |
Men's 400 m individual medley
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:16.71 | 2 | Australia | Thomas Fraser-Holmes Travis Mahoney |
2 | Germany | Jacob Heidtmann Johannes Hintze | |
2 | Hungary | Gergely Gyurta Dávid Verrasztó | |
2 | Italy | Luca Marin Federico Turrini | |
2 | Japan | Kosuke Hagino Daiya Seto | |
2 | South Africa | Michael Meyer Sebastien Rousseau | |
2 | United States | Chase Kalisz Jay Litherland | |
1 | Brazil | Brandonn Almeida | |
1 | China | Wang Shun | |
1 | Great Britain | Max Litchfield | |
1 | Slovakia | Richárd Nagy | |
1 | Spain | Joan Lluís Pons | |
Olympic Selection Time – 4:25.69 | 1 | Angola | Pedro Pinotes[b] |
1 | Czech Republic | Pavel Janeček | |
1 | Israel | Gal Nevo[a] | |
1 | Liechtenstein | Christoph Meier[b] | |
1 | Luxembourg | Raphaël Stacchiotti[a] | |
1 | Portugal | Alexis Santos[a] | |
1 | Switzerland | Jérémy Desplanches[a] | |
Universality Places | 1 | Cuba | Luis Vega |
Total | 27 |
Women's 50 m freestyle
Women's 100 m freestyle
Women's 200 m freestyle
Women's 400 m freestyle
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:09.08 | 2 | Australia | Jessica Ashwood Tamsin Cook |
2 | Canada | Brittany MacLean Emily Overholt | |
2 | China | Cao Yue Zhang Yuhan | |
2 | Hungary | Boglárka Kapás Ajna Késely | |
2 | Italy | Diletta Carli Alice Mizzau | |
2 | Spain | Mireia Belmonte Melani Costa | |
2 | United States | Katie Ledecky Leah Smith | |
1 | Denmark | Lotte Friis | |
1 | France | Coralie Balmy | |
1 | Germany | Sarah Köhler | |
1 | Great Britain | Jazmin Carlin | |
1 | Netherlands | Sharon van Rouwendaal | |
1 | New Zealand | Lauren Boyle | |
1 | Russia | Arina Openysheva | |
1 | Slovenia | Anja Klinar | |
1 | Venezuela | Andreina Pinto | |
1 | Vietnam | Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | |
Olympic Selection Time – 4:17.80 | 1 | Bahamas | Joanna Evans[a] |
1 | Brazil | Manuella Lyrio[a] | |
1 | Chile | Kristel Köbrich[a] | |
1 | Guatemala | Valerie Gruest[a] | |
1 | Japan | Chihiro Igarashi[a] | |
1 | Serbia | Katarina Simonović[a] | |
Universality Places | 1 | Barbados | Lani Cabrera |
1 | El Salvador | Rebeca Quinteros | |
1 | Lebanon | Gabrielle Doueihy | |
Total | 33 |
Women's 800 m freestyle
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 8:33.97 | 2 | Australia | Jessica Ashwood Tamsin Cook |
2 | China | Hou Yawen Zhang Yuhan | |
2 | Germany | Leonie Beck Sarah Köhler | |
2 | Great Britain | Jazmin Carlin Camilla Hattersley | |
2 | Hungary | Boglárka Kapás Éva Risztov | |
2 | Italy | Diletta Carli Martina De Memme | |
2 | New Zealand | Lauren Boyle Emma Robinson | |
2 | Slovenia | Anja Klinar Tjaša Oder | |
2 | Spain | Mireia Belmonte María Vilas | |
2 | United States | Katie Ledecky Leah Smith | |
1 | Bahamas | Joanna Evans | |
1 | Canada | Brittany MacLean | |
1 | Chile | Kristel Köbrich | |
1 | Denmark | Lotte Friis | |
1 | France | Coralie Balmy | |
1 | Guatemala | Valerie Gruest | |
1 | Netherlands | Sharon van Rouwendaal | |
1 | Russia | Arina Openysheva | |
1 | Venezuela | Andreina Pinto | |
Olympic Selection Time – 8:51.96 | 1 | Liechtenstein | Julia Hassler[b] |
1 | Portugal | Tamila Holub | |
Universality Places | 1 | Ivory Coast | Talita Te Flan |
Total | 32 |
Women's 100 m backstroke
Women's 200 m backstroke
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:10.60 | 2 | Australia | Belinda Hocking Emily Seebohm |
2 | Canada | Dominique Bouchard Hilary Caldwell | |
2 | China | Chen Jie Liu Yaxin | |
2 | Germany | Lisa Graf Jenny Mensing | |
2 | Hungary | Réka György Katinka Hosszú | |
2 | Spain | Duane da Rocha África Zamorano | |
2 | United States | Maya DiRado Missy Franklin | |
1 | Croatia | Matea Samardžić | |
1 | Czech Republic | Simona Baumrtová | |
1 | Hong Kong | Claudia Lau | |
1 | Iceland | Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | |
1 | Italy | Margherita Panziera | |
1 | Japan | Natsumi Sakai | |
1 | Poland | Alicja Tchórz | |
1 | Russia | Anastasia Fesikova | |
1 | Ukraine | Daryna Zevina | |
1 | Zimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:15.17 | 1 | Switzerland | Martina van Berkel |
1 | Turkey | Ekaterina Avramova | |
Universality Places | 1 | Indonesia | Yessy Yosaputra |
Total | 27 |
Women's 100 m breaststroke
Women's 200 m breaststroke
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:26.94 | 2 | Australia | Georgia Bohl Taylor McKeown |
2 | Canada | Kierra Smith Martha McCabe | |
2 | China | Shi Jinglin Yu Jingyao | |
2 | Great Britain | Molly Renshaw Chloe Tutton | |
2 | Hungary | Dalma Sebestyén Anna Sztankovics | |
2 | Japan | Rie Kaneto Kanako Watanabe | |
2 | United States | Lilly King Molly Hannis | |
1 | Belgium | Fanny Lecluyse | |
1 | Czech Republic | Martina Moravčíková | |
1 | Denmark | Rikke Møller Pedersen | |
1 | Finland | Jenna Laukkanen | |
1 | Iceland | Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | |
1 | South Korea | Back Su-yeon | |
1 | Spain | Jessica Vall | |
1 | Russia | Sofiya Andreeva | |
1 | Turkey | Zeynep Güneş | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:32.08 | 1 | Argentina | Julia Sebastián |
1 | Hong Kong | Yvette Kong[a] | |
1 | Ireland | Fiona Doyle[a] | |
1 | Israel | Amit Ivry[a] | |
1 | Sweden | Sophie Hansson[a] | |
Universality Places | 1 | Latvia | Aļona Ribakova |
Total | 29 |
Women's 100 m butterfly
Women's 200 m butterfly
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:09.33 | 2 | Australia | Madeline Groves Brianna Throssell |
2 | China | Zhang Yufei Zhou Yilin | |
2 | Hungary | Katinka Hosszú Liliána Szilágyi | |
2 | Italy | Alessia Polieri Stefania Pirozzi | |
2 | Japan | Suzuka Hasegawa Natsumi Hoshi | |
2 | South Korea | An Se-hyeon Park Jin-young | |
2 | Spain | Mireia Belmonte Judit Ignacio | |
2 | United States | Cammile Adams Hali Flickinger | |
1 | Canada | Audrey Lacroix | |
1 | France | Lara Grangeon | |
1 | Germany | Franziska Hentke | |
1 | Great Britain | Aimee Willmott | |
1 | Slovenia | Anja Klinar | |
1 | Switzerland | Martina van Berkel | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:13.86 | 1 | Argentina | Virginia Bardach[a] |
1 | Brazil | Joanna Melo[a] | |
1 | New Zealand | Helena Gasson[a] | |
1 | Turkey | Nida Eliz Üstündağ | |
1 | Venezuela | Andreina Pinto[a] | |
Universality Places | 1 | Panama | María Far Núñez |
Total | 28 |
Women's 200 m individual medley
Women's 400 m individual medley
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:43.46 | 2 | Australia | Blair Evans Keryn McMaster |
2 | Canada | Emily Overholt Sydney Pickrem | |
2 | China | Ye Shiwen Zhou Min | |
2 | France | Lara Grangeon Fantine Lesaffre | |
2 | Great Britain | Hannah Miley Aimee Willmott | |
2 | Hungary | Katinka Hosszú Zsuzsanna Jakabos | |
2 | Italy | Sara Franceschi Luisa Trombetti | |
2 | Japan | Sakiko Shimizu Miho Takahashi | |
2 | Spain | Mireia Belmonte María Vilas | |
2 | United States | Elizabeth Beisel Maya DiRado | |
1 | Argentina | Virginia Bardach | |
1 | Brazil | Joanna Melo | |
1 | Czech Republic | Barbora Závadová | |
1 | Germany | Franziska Hentke | |
1 | Portugal | Victoria Kaminskaya | |
1 | Serbia | Anja Crevar | |
1 | Slovenia | Anja Klinar | |
1 | Turkey | Zeynep Güneş | |
1 | Uzbekistan | Ranohon Amanova | |
1 | Vietnam | Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | |
Olympic Selection Time – 4:53.68 | 1 | Austria | Jördis Steinegger |
1 | Croatia | Matea Samardžić[a] | |
1 | Finland | Tanja Kylliäinen[a] | |
1 | Switzerland | Martina van Berkel[a] | |
Universality Places | 0 | — | — |
Total | 34 |
Relay events
Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay
Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2015 World Championships | 11 | Russia Brazil Italy France Japan Canada Poland China Belgium Germany United States |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 5 | Australia Greece Romania Hungary Spain |
Total | 16 |
Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2015 World Championships | 12 | Australia United States Great Britain Germany Poland Netherlands Russia Belgium Spain Japan France Denmark |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | Italy Brazil Hungary South Africa |
Total | 16 |
Men's 4×100 m medley relay
Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2015 World Championships | 12 | United States Australia France Japan Germany Great Britain Poland Russia Italy Brazil China Lithuania |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | South Africa Hungary Canada Greece |
Total | 16 |
Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay
Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2015 World Championships | 12 | Australia Netherlands United States Sweden Canada China Italy France Japan Russia Brazil Poland |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | Denmark Spain Switzerland Israel |
Total | 16 |
Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2015 World Championships | 12 | Italy United States Australia Sweden China Japan Great Britain France Russia Brazil Canada Germany |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | Hungary Netherlands Spain Slovenia |
Total | 16 |
Women's 4×100 m medley relay
Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2015 World Championships | 12 | China United States Sweden Australia Denmark Canada Italy Russia Germany France Great Britain Japan |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | Finland Brazil Czech Republic Hong Kong |
Total | 16 |
Open water events
Timeline
Event | Date | Venue |
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2015 World Aquatics Championships | 24 July – 9 August 2015 | Kazan |
2016 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier | 11–12 June 2016 | Setubal |
Re-allocation of unused quota | 12–18 June 2016 | – |
Men's 10 km marathon
Qualification event | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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2015 World Championships[5] | 10 | Jordan Wilimovsky (USA) Ferry Weertman (NED) Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE) Sean Ryan (USA) Jack Burnell (GBR) Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA) Simone Ruffini (ITA) Richard Weinberger (CAN) Allan do Carmo (BRA) Federico Vanelli (ITA) |
2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier | 10 | Zu Lijun (CHN) Christian Reichert (GER) Ivan Enderica Ochoa (ECU) Evgeny Drattsev (RUS) Richárd Nagy (SVK) Oussama Mellouli (TUN) Jarrod Poort (AUS) Yasunari Hirai (JPN) Chad Ho (RSA) Ventsislav Aydarski (BUL)° |
Continental Qualifier | 5 | Márk Papp (HUN) Erwin Maldonado (VEN) Kane Radford (NZL) Vitaliy Khudyakov (KAZ) Marwan El-Amrawy (EGY) |
Total | 25 |
° Unused host quota place
^ Unused continental quota place
Women's 10 km marathon
Qualification event | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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2015 World Championships[5] | 10 | Aurélie Muller (FRA) Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) Rachele Bruni (ITA) Anastasiya Krapyvina (RUS) Poliana Okimoto (BRA) Isabelle Härle (GER) Kalliopi Araouzou (GRE) Haley Anderson (USA) Éva Risztov (HUN) Anna Olasz (HUN) |
2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier | 10 | Xin Xin (CHN) Keri-Anne Payne (GBR) Samantha Arévalo (ECU) Chelsea Gubecka (AUS) Yumi Kida (JPN) Michelle Weber (RSA) Joanna Zachoszcz (POL) Paola Pérez (VEN) Špela Perše (SLO) Jana Pechanová (CZE)° Erika Villaécija (ESP)^ |
Continental Qualifier | 5 | Vânia Neves (POR) Stephanie Horner (CAN) Heidi Gan (MAS) Reem Kaseem (EGY) |
Total | 25 |
° Unused host quota place
^ Unused continental quota place
Notes
a. | ^ Qualified in other events |
b. | ^ Under universality place, but reached the Olympic Selection Time |
References
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- "FINA Releases 2016 Olympic Qualifying Time Standards". Swimming World Magazine. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- "Swimming World Rankings". Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- "Argentine Martin Carrizo Off Olympic Roster Due To Failed Doping Test". SwimSwam. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
Argentine Olympic Committee President Gerhard Werthein announced that Argentine swimmer Martin Carrizo has been removed from his nation’s Olympic roster after having failed a doping test. Carrizo tested positively for banned substance erythropoietin (EPO) after The Maria Lenk Trophy event in Rio last April, the event which also served as the Olympic Games’ swimming test event.
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