Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

For the swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems are in place. As the Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[1] qualification ends on 27 June 2021.

Qualifying standards

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but 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 878 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place, since they have no swimmers reaching either of the standard entry times (OQT/OST).[2]

In the relay events, a maximum of 16 qualifying teams in each relay event must be permitted to accumulate a total of 112 relay teams; each NOC may enter only one team. The first twelve teams in each relay event at the 2019 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 during the process.[2]

Because of the exceptional circumstances related to COVID-19 crisis, the consequent Olympic delay, and the unprecedented two-year gap between the Worlds and the new date of the Games, FINA revised the universality rule that allowed a nation to enter the highest-ranked male and female swimmer, respectively, based upon the Points Table (2021 edition).[2][3] Swimmers from NOCs, having achieved the OST allocated to the universality place, may be entered to a maximum of two individual events, whereas those without the OQT and OST were limited to enter in one individual event only.[2]

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 878. Additionally, OST places will be distributed by event according to the position of the FINA World Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[2]

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 2019 to 27 June 2021.[2]

The initial FINA qualifying standards, still to be ratified, are as follows:[4][2]

Men's events Women's events
EventOQTOST EventOQTOST
50 m freestyle22.0122.6750 m freestyle24.7725.51
100 m freestyle48.5750.03100 m freestyle54.3856.01
200 m freestyle1:47.021:50.23200 m freestyle1:57.282:00.80
400 m freestyle3:46.783:53.58400 m freestyle4:07.904:15.34
800 m freestyle7:54.318:08.54800 m freestyle8:33.368:48.76
1500 m freestyle15:00.9915:28.021500 m freestyle16:32.0417:01.80
100 m backstroke53.8555.47100 m backstroke1:00.251:02.06
200 m backstroke1:57.502:01.03200 m backstroke2:10.392:14.30
100 m breaststroke59.931:01.73100 m breaststroke1:07.071:09.08
200 m breaststroke2:10.352:14.26200 m breaststroke2:25.522:29.89
100 m butterfly51.9653.52100 m butterfly57.9259.66
200 m butterfly1:56.481:59.97200 m butterfly2:08.432:12.28
200 m individual medley1:59.672:03.26200 m individual medley2:12.562:16.54
400 m individual medley4:15.844:21.46400 m individual medley4:38.534:46.89

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:

Men's 50 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 22.01 2  France Florent Manaudou
2  Great Britain
2  Italy
2  Japan
2  Netherlands Thom de Boer
Jesse Puts
2  United States
1  Algeria Oussama Sahnoune
1  Brazil
1  Canada
1  China
1  Egypt Ali Khalafalla
1  Germany
1  Greece Kristian Gkolomeev
1  Hungary
1  Israel Meiron Cheruti
1  Poland Paweł Juraszek
1  Russia
1  South Africa
1  Ukraine Vladyslav Bukhov
Olympic Selection Time – 22.67 1
Universality Places 1
Total 25

Men's 100 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 48.57 2  Australia
2  Brazil
2  China
2  France
2  Italy
2  Japan
2  Russia
2  United States
1  Algeria Oussama Sahnoune
1  Canada
1  Great Britain
1  Hungary
1  Netherlands
1  South Korea Hwang Sun-woo
1  Trinidad and Tobago Dylan Carter
1  Uzbekistan Khurshidjon Tursunov
Olympic Selection Time – 50.03 1
Universality Places 1
Total 24

Men's 200 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:47.02 2  Australia
2  China
2  Great Britain Duncan Scott
2  Hungary
2  Italy
2  Russia
2  United States
1  Brazil
1  Germany
1  Japan
1  Lithuania Danas Rapšys
1  Netherlands
1  Serbia Velimir Stjepanović
1  South Korea Hwang Sun-woo
1  Sweden
Olympic Selection Time – 1:50.23 1
Universality Places 1
Total 21

Men's 400 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 3:46.78 2  Australia
2  China
2  Italy Marco De Tullio
Gabriele Detti
2  Russia
1  Austria Felix Auböck
1  Brazil
1  Germany
1  Hungary
1  Lithuania Danas Rapšys
1  United States
Olympic Selection Time – 3:53.58 1
Universality Places 1
Total 14

Men's 800 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 7:54.31 2  Australia
2  Denmark
2  France David Aubry
2  Germany Florian Wellbrock
2  Italy
2  Russia
2  Ukraine Serhiy Frolov
Mykhailo Romanchuk
2  United States
1  Austria Felix Auböck
1  Brazil
1  China
1  Croatia Franko Grgić
1  Czech Republic Jan Micka
1  Egypt Marwan El-Kamash
1  Great Britain
1  Greece Konstantinos Englezakis
1  New Zealand Zac Reid
1  Norway Henrik Christiansen
1  Poland Wojciech Wojdak
1  Serbia Vuk Čelić
1  Tunisia Ayoub Hafnaoui
1  Vietnam Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
Olympic Selection Time – 8:08.54 1
Universality Places 1
Total 29

Men's 1500 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 15:00.99 2  Croatia Franko Grgić
Marin Mogić
2  Denmark
2  France
2  Germany Florian Wellbrock
2  Italy Gregorio Paltrinieri
2  Ukraine Serhiy Frolov
Mykhailo Romanchuk
2  United States
1  Australia
1  Brazil
1  China
1  Czech Republic Jan Micka
1  Great Britain
1  Hungary
1  Norway Henrik Christiansen
1  Russia
1  Vietnam Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
Olympic Selection Time – 15:28.02 1
Universality Places 1
Total 23

Men's 100 m backstroke

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 53.85 2  Australia
2  France
2  Italy Thomas Ceccon
2  Romania Robert Glință
Daniel Martin
2  Russia
2  United States
1  Austria Bernhard Reitshammer
1  Belarus Mikita Tsmyh
1  Brazil
1  Canada
1  China
1  Great Britain
1  Greece Apostolos Christou
1  Ireland Shane Ryan
1  Singapore Quah Zheng Wen
1  Spain Hugo González
Olympic Selection Time – 55.47 1
Universality Places 1
Total 22

Men's 200 m backstroke

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:57.50 2  Australia
2  China
2  Great Britain Luke Greenbank
2  Italy
2  Japan
2  Russia
2  United States
1  Bulgaria Kaloyan Levterov
1  Canada Markus Thormeyer
1  France
1  Germany
1  Hungary
1  Poland Radosław Kawęcki
1  South Africa
1  South Korea Lee Ju-ho
1  Spain Nicolás García
1  Switzerland Roman Mityukov
Olympic Selection Time – 2:01.03 1
Universality Places 1
Total 24

Men's 100 m breaststroke

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 59.93 2  Australia
2  Brazil
2  China
2  Great Britain Adam Peaty
James Wilby
2  Italy Nicolò Martinenghi
2  Japan
2  Lithuania Andrius Šidlauskas
Giedrius Titenis
2  Netherlands Arno Kamminga
2  Russia
2  Turkey Berkay-Ömer Öğretir
Hüseyin Emre Sakçı
2  United States
1  Belarus Ilya Shymanovich
1  Denmark
1  France
1  Ireland Darragh Greene
1  Kazakhstan Dmitriy Balandin
1  Kyrgyzstan Denis Petrashov
1  Serbia Čaba Silađi
1  South Africa
1  Uzbekistan Vladislav Mustafin
Olympic Selection Time – 1:01.73 1
Universality Places 1
Total 30

Men's 200 m breaststroke

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:10.35 2  Australia
2  China
2  Germany Marco Koch
2  Great Britain
2  Italy
2  Japan
2  Netherlands Arno Kamminga
2  Russia
2  United States
1  Austria Christopher Rothbauer
1  Finland Matti Mattsson
1  Iceland Anton Sveinn McKee
1  Ireland Darragh Greene
1  Kazakhstan Dmitriy Balandin
1  South Korea Cho Sung-jae
1  Sweden Erik Persson
1  Turkey Berkay-Ömer Öğretir
1  Ukraine Mykyta Koptielov
Olympic Selection Time – 2:14.26 1
Universality Places 1
Total 26

Men's 100 m butterfly

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 51.96 2  Australia
2  Hungary
2  Italy
2  Russia
2  Singapore Quah Zheng Wen
Joseph Schooling
2  United States
1  Argentina Santiago Grassi
1  Belarus Yauhen Tsurkin
1  Brazil
1  Bulgaria Josif Miladinov
1  China
1  France
1  Germany Marius Kusch
1  Great Britain
1  Guatemala Luis Martínez
1  Israel Tomer Frankel
1  Japan
1  South Africa
1  Switzerland Noè Ponti
Olympic Selection Time – 53.52 1
Universality Places 1
Total 25

Men's 200 m butterfly

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:56.48 2  Australia
2  Hungary
2  Japan
2  United States
1  Belgium Louis Croenen
1  Brazil
1  Bulgaria Antani Ivanov
1  Germany
1  Italy Federico Burdisso
1  Poland
1  Russia
1  South Africa
1  Switzerland Noè Ponti
1  Chinese Taipei Wang Kuan-hung
1  Ukraine Denys Kesil
Olympic Selection Time – 1:59.97 1
Universality Places 1
Total 19

Men's 200 m individual medley

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:59.67 2  Australia
2  China
2  Great Britain
2  Greece Apostolos Papastamos
Andreas Vazaios
2  Hungary
2  Japan Daiya Seto
2  Portugal Gabriel Lópes
Alexis Santos
2  Russia
2  United States
1  Brazil
1  Canada
1  Germany Philip Heintz
1  Israel Ron Polonsky
1  Italy Alberto Razzetti
1  Lithuania Danas Rapšys
1  Luxembourg Raphaël Stacchiotti
1  Spain Hugo González
1  Switzerland Jérémy Desplanches
1  Chinese Taipei Wang Hsing-hao
Olympic Selection Time – 2:03.26 1
Universality Places 1
Total 28

Men's 400 m individual medley

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:15.84 2  Australia
2  Germany Jacob Heidtmann
2  Hungary
2  Japan Daiya Seto
2  Russia
2  United States
1  Azerbaijan Maksym Shemberev
1  China
1  Great Britain
1  Greece Apostolos Papastamos
1  Italy
1  Netherlands
1  New Zealand
1  Spain
1  Switzerland Jérémy Desplanches
Olympic Selection Time – 4:21.46 1
Universality Places 1
Total 21

Women's 50 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 24.77 2  Australia
2  China
2  Netherlands Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Valerie van Roon
2  Sweden Sarah Sjöström
2  United States
1  Denmark
1  France Mélanie Henique
1  Great Britain
1  Poland
1  Russia
Olympic Selection Time – 25.51 1
Universality Places 1
Total 15

Women's 100 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 54.38 2  Australia
2  Canada Taylor Ruck
2  China
2  Denmark
2  France Béryl Gastaldello
2  Great Britain
2  Netherlands Femke Heemskerk
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
2  Sweden Sarah Sjöström
2  United States
1  Belarus Anastasiya Shkurdai
1  Czech Republic Barbora Seemanová
1  Hong Kong Siobhan Haughey
1  Israel Anastasia Gorbenko
1  Italy
1  Japan
1  Russia
1  Spain
Olympic Selection Time – 56.01 1
Universality Places 1
Total 26

Women's 200 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:57.28 2  Australia
2  Canada Penny Oleksiak
2  Russia
2  United States
1  China
1  Czech Republic Barbora Seemanová
1  France
1  Hong Kong Siobhan Haughey
1  Hungary
1  Italy Federica Pellegrini
1  Japan
1  Netherlands
1  Sweden Sarah Sjöström
Olympic Selection Time – 2:00.80 1
Universality Places 1
Total 17

Women's 400 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:07.90 2  Australia
2  China
2  Germany
2  Hungary
2  Italy
2  Russia
2  United States
1  Argentina Delfina Pignatiello
1  Great Britain
1  New Zealand Erika Fairweather
1  Spain
1  Turkey Beril Böcekler
Olympic Selection Time – 4:15.34 1
Universality Places 1
Total 19

Women's 800 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 8:33.36 2  Australia
2  China
2  Germany Sarah Köhler
2  Italy
2  Japan
2  Spain Mireia Belmonte
2  Turkey Beril Böcekler
Merve Tuncel
2  United States
1  Argentina Delfina Pignatiello
1  Austria Marlene Kahler
1  Hungary
1  Liechtenstein Julia Hassler
1  Russia
1  Slovenia Tjaša Oder
Olympic Selection Time – 8:48.76 1
Universality Places 1
Total 22

Women's 1500 m freestyle

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 16:32.04 2  Australia
2  Canada
2  China
2  Germany Sarah Köhler
2  Hungary
2  Italy Martina Caramignoli
Simona Quadarella
2  Japan
2  Portugal Diana Durães
Tamila Holub
2  Spain Mireia Belmonte
2  Turkey Beril Böcekler
Merve Tuncel
2  United States
1  Argentina Delfina Pignatiello
1  Austria Marlene Kahler
1  Brazil
1  Chile Kristel Köbrich
1  France
1  Liechtenstein Julia Hassler
1  Russia
1  Slovenia Tjaša Oder
Olympic Selection Time – 17:01.80 1
Universality Places 1
Total 30

Women's 100 m backstroke

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:00.25 2  Australia
2  Canada Kylie Masse
2  China
2  Hungary
2  Italy
2  Netherlands Kira Toussaint
2  Russia
2  United States
1  Belarus Anastasiya Shkurdai
1  Czech Republic Simona Kubová
1  Denmark
1  France
1  Germany Laura Riedemann
1  Great Britain
1  Hong Kong Stephanie Au
1  Japan
Olympic Selection Time – 1:02.06 1
Universality Places 1
Total 24

Women's 200 m backstroke

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:10.39 2  Australia
2  Canada Kylie Masse
2  China
2  Great Britain
2  Hungary
2  Japan
2  Russia
2  United States
1  Austria Lena Grabowski
1  Italy Margherita Panziera
1  Moldova Tatiana Salcuțan
1  New Zealand
1  Spain África Zamorano
1  Ukraine Daryna Zevina
Olympic Selection Time – 2:14.30 1
Universality Places 1
Total 22

Women's 100 m breaststroke

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:07.07 2  Australia
2  Great Britain
2  Italy Benedetta Pilato
2  Japan
2  Russia
2  United States
1  Argentina Julia Sebastián
1  Belgium Fanny Lecluyse
1  Canada
1  China
1  Finland Ida Hulkko
1  Jamaica Alia Atkinson
1  Netherlands Tes Schouten
1  South Africa
1  Spain
1  Switzerland Lisa Mamie
Olympic Selection Time – 1:09.08 1
Universality Places 1
Total 22

Women's 200 m breaststroke

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:25.52 2  Australia
2  Canada Sydney Pickrem
2  China
2  Japan
2  Russia
2  South Africa
2  Spain Jessica Vall
2  United States
1  Argentina Julia Sebastián
1  Belgium Fanny Lecluyse
1  Czech Republic Kristýna Horská
1  Great Britain
1  Hungary
1  Italy
1  Switzerland Lisa Mamie
Olympic Selection Time – 2:29.89 1
Universality Places 1
Total 23

Women's 100 m butterfly

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 57.92 2  Australia
2  Canada Maggie MacNeil
2  France Marie Wattel
2  Italy
2  Russia
2  Sweden Louise Hansson
Sarah Sjöström
2  United States
1  Belarus Anastasiya Shkurdai
1  China
1  Germany
1  Greece Anna Ntountounaki
1  Hungary
1  Japan
Olympic Selection Time – 59.66 1
Universality Places 1
Total 20

Women's 200 m butterfly

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:08.43 2  Australia
2  China
2  Great Britain
2  Hungary
2  Japan
2  United States
1  Germany Franziska Hentke
1  Portugal Ana Monteiro
1  Russia
Olympic Selection Time – 2:12.28 1
Universality Places 1
Total 15

Women's 200 m individual medley

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:12.56 2  Australia
2  Canada Sydney Pickrem
2  China
2  Great Britain
2  Japan
2  United States
1  France
1  Hungary
1  Israel Anastasia Gorbenko
1  Italy
1  South Korea
1  Switzerland Maria Ugolkova
1  Turkey Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş
Olympic Selection Time – 2:16.54 1
Universality Places 1
Total 19

Women's 400 m individual medley

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:38.53 2  Canada Sydney Pickrem
2  Spain
2  United States
1  China
1  France
1  Great Britain
1  Hungary
1  Italy
1  Japan
1  Serbia Anja Crevar
Olympic Selection Time – 4:46.89 1
Universality Places 1
Total 13

Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay

Qualification event No. of teams Qualified teams
2019 World Championships 12  United States
 Great Britain
 Russia
 Australia
 Italy
 Brazil
 France
 Hungary
 Japan
 Greece
 Germany
 Poland
Best times of non-qualifiers 4
Total 16

Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay

Qualification event No. of teams Qualified teams
2019 World Championships 12  Italy
 Russia
 United States
 Australia
 China
 Brazil
 Great Britain
 Germany
 Japan
 Israel
 Poland
 Switzerland
Best times of non-qualifiers 4
Total 16

Men's 4×100 m medley relay

Qualification event No. of teams Qualified teams
2019 World Championships 12  Russia
 United States
 Japan
 Great Britain
 Australia
 Brazil
 China
 Germany
 Belarus
 Canada
 Lithuania
 Hungary
Best times of non-qualifiers 4
Total 16

Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

Qualification event No. of teams Qualified teams
2019 World Championships 12  Australia
 Canada
 Sweden
 United States
 Japan
 Netherlands
 China
 Germany
 Russia
 Hong Kong
 Czech Republic
 Poland
Best times of non-qualifiers 4
Total 16

Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay

Qualification event No. of teams Qualified teams
2019 World Championships 12  Australia
 United States
 Russia
 China
 Germany
 Canada
 Hungary
 Japan
 Poland
 New Zealand
 Hong Kong
 South Korea
Best times of non-qualifiers 4
Total 16

Women's 4×100 m medley relay

Qualification event No. of teams Qualified teams
2019 World Championships 12  United States
 Australia
 Italy
 Canada
 China
 Sweden
 Great Britain
 Japan
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Switzerland
 Russia
Best times of non-qualifiers 4
Total 16

Mixed 4×100 m medley relay

Qualification event No. of teams Qualified teams
2019 World Championships 12  United States
 Australia
 Russia
 Great Britain
 Canada
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Germany
 Belarus
 Israel
 Poland
 Hungary
Best times of non-qualifiers 4
Total 16

Open water events

Timeline

EventDateVenue
2019 World Aquatics ChampionshipsJuly 12–28, 2019 Gwangju
2020 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier[5]May 29–30, 2021 Fukuoka
Re-allocation of unused quota

Men's 10 km marathon

Qualification event No. of athletes Qualified athletes
2019 World Championships 10  Florian Wellbrock (GER)
 Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA)
 Rob Muffels (GER)
 Kristóf Rasovszky (HUN)
 Jordan Wilimovsky (USA)
 Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA)
 Ferry Weertman (NED)
 Alberto Martínez (ESP)
 Mario Sanzullo (ITA)
 David Aubry (FRA)
2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier 9  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continental Qualifier 5  
 
 
 
 
Host country 1  TBD (JPN)
Total 25

Women's 10 km marathon

Qualification event No. of athletes Qualified athletes
2019 World Championships 10  Xin Xin (CHN)
 Haley Anderson (USA)
 Rachele Bruni (ITA)
 Lara Grangeon (FRA)
 Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)
 Ashley Twichell (USA)
 Kareena Lee (AUS)
 Finnia Wunram (GER)
 Leonie Beck (GER)
 Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)
2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier 9  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continental Qualifier 5  
 
 
 
 
Host country 1  TBD (JPN)
Total 25

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.