Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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 | ||
For the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems are in place. Qualification ends on 3 July 2016.
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 individual events
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:58.22 | 2 | ![]() |
Josh Beaver Mitch Larkin |
2 | ![]() |
Li Guangyuan Xu Jiayu | |
2 | ![]() |
Christian Diener Jan-Philip Glania | |
2 | ![]() |
Dávid Földházi Ádám Telegdy | |
2 | ![]() |
Ryosuke Irie Masaki Kaneko | |
2 | ![]() |
Evgeny Rylov Andrey Shabasov | |
2 | ![]() |
Ryan Murphy Jacob Pebley | |
1 | ![]() |
Mikita Tsmyh | |
1 | ![]() |
Leonardo de Deus | |
1 | ![]() |
Apostolos Christou | |
1 | ![]() |
Yakov-Yan Toumarkin | |
1 | ![]() |
Danas Rapšys | |
1 | ![]() |
Corey Main | |
1 | ![]() |
Radosław Kawęcki | |
1 | ![]() |
Hugo González | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:02.36 | 1 | ![]() |
Omar Pinzón |
1 | ![]() |
Robert Glință[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Rexford Tullius[b] | |
Universality Places | 1 | ![]() |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:56.97 | 2 | ![]() |
Grant Irvine David Morgan |
2 | ![]() |
Kaio de Almeida Leonardo de Deus | |
2 | ![]() |
Li Zhuhao Wu Yuhang | |
2 | ![]() |
László Cseh Tamás Kenderesi | |
2 | ![]() |
Masato Sakai Daiya Seto | |
2 | ![]() |
Evgeny Koptelov Daniil Pakhomov | |
2 | ![]() |
Michael Phelps Tom Shields | |
1 | ![]() |
Louis Croenen | |
1 | ![]() |
Jonathan Gómez | |
1 | ![]() |
Viktor Bromer | |
1 | ![]() |
Jordan Coelho | |
1 | ![]() |
Stefanos Dimitriadis | |
1 | ![]() |
Jan Świtkowski | |
1 | ![]() |
Quah Zheng Wen | |
1 | ![]() |
Chad le Clos | |
1 | ![]() |
Carlos Peralta | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:01.06 | 1 | ![]() |
Sajan Prakash[b] |
1 | ![]() |
Gal Nevo[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Bradlee Ashby[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Robert Žbogar | |
1 | ![]() |
Simon Sjödin[a] | |
Universality Places | 0 | — | — |
Total | 28 |
Men's 200 m individual medley
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
---|---|---|---|
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:00.28 | 2 | ![]() |
Thomas Fraser-Holmes Travis Mahoney |
2 | ![]() |
Thiago Pereira Henrique Rodrigues | |
2 | ![]() |
Hu Yixuan Wang Shun | |
2 | ![]() |
Ieuan Lloyd Daniel Wallace | |
2 | ![]() |
Hiromasa Fujimori Kosuke Hagino | |
2 | ![]() |
Diogo Carvalho Alexis Santos | |
2 | ![]() |
Ryan Lochte Michael Phelps | |
1 | ![]() |
Emmanuel Vanluchene | |
1 | ![]() |
Mohamed Hussein | |
1 | ![]() |
Philip Heintz | |
1 | ![]() |
Andreas Vazaios | |
1 | ![]() |
Dávid Verrasztó | |
1 | ![]() |
Gal Nevo | |
1 | ![]() |
Federico Turrini | |
1 | ![]() |
Raphaël Stacchiotti | |
1 | ![]() |
Bradlee Ashby | |
1 | ![]() |
Semen Makovich | |
1 | ![]() |
Eduardo Solaeche | |
1 | ![]() |
Simon Sjödin | |
1 | ![]() |
Jérémy Desplanches | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:04.39 | 1 | ![]() |
Uvis Kalniņš |
1 | ![]() |
Marko Blaževski[b] | |
1 | ![]() |
Ahmed Mathlouthi[a] | |
Universality Places | 0 | — | — |
Total | 30 |
Men's 400 m individual medley
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
---|---|---|---|
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:16.71 | 2 | ![]() |
Thomas Fraser-Holmes Travis Mahoney |
2 | ![]() |
Jacob Heidtmann Johannes Hintze | |
2 | ![]() |
Gergely Gyurta Dávid Verrasztó | |
2 | ![]() |
Luca Marin Federico Turrini | |
2 | ![]() |
Kosuke Hagino Daiya Seto | |
2 | ![]() |
Michael Meyer Sebastien Rousseau | |
2 | ![]() |
Chase Kalisz Jay Litherland | |
1 | ![]() |
Brandonn Almeida | |
1 | ![]() |
Wang Shun | |
1 | ![]() |
Max Litchfield | |
1 | ![]() |
Richárd Nagy | |
1 | ![]() |
Joan Lluís Pons | |
Olympic Selection Time – 4:25.69 | 1 | ![]() |
Pedro Pinotes[b] |
1 | ![]() |
Pavel Janeček | |
1 | ![]() |
Gal Nevo[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Christoph Meier[b] | |
1 | ![]() |
Raphaël Stacchiotti[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Alexis Santos[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Jérémy Desplanches[a] | |
Universality Places | 1 | ![]() |
Luis Vega |
Total | 27 |
Women's individual events
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:09.08 | 2 | ![]() |
Jessica Ashwood Tamsin Cook |
2 | ![]() |
Brittany MacLean Emily Overholt | |
2 | ![]() |
Cao Yue Zhang Yuhan | |
2 | ![]() |
Boglárka Kapás Ajna Késely | |
2 | ![]() |
Diletta Carli Alice Mizzau | |
2 | ![]() |
Mireia Belmonte Melani Costa | |
2 | ![]() |
Katie Ledecky Leah Smith | |
1 | ![]() |
Lotte Friis | |
1 | ![]() |
Coralie Balmy | |
1 | ![]() |
Sarah Köhler | |
1 | ![]() |
Jazmin Carlin | |
1 | ![]() |
Sharon van Rouwendaal | |
1 | ![]() |
Lauren Boyle | |
1 | ![]() |
Arina Openysheva | |
1 | ![]() |
Anja Klinar | |
1 | ![]() |
Andreina Pinto | |
1 | ![]() |
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | |
Olympic Selection Time – 4:17.80 | 1 | ![]() |
Joanna Evans[a] |
1 | ![]() |
Manuella Lyrio[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Kristel Köbrich[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Valerie Gruest[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Chihiro Igarashi[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Katarina Simonović[a] | |
Universality Places | 1 | ![]() |
Lani Cabrera |
1 | ![]() |
Rebeca Quinteros | |
1 | ![]() |
Gabrielle Doueihy | |
Total | 33 |
Women's 800 m freestyle
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
---|---|---|---|
Olympic Qualifying Time – 8:33.97 | 2 | ![]() |
Jessica Ashwood Tamsin Cook |
2 | ![]() |
Hou Yawen Zhang Yuhan | |
2 | ![]() |
Leonie Beck Sarah Köhler | |
2 | ![]() |
Jazmin Carlin Camilla Hattersley | |
2 | ![]() |
Boglárka Kapás Éva Risztov | |
2 | ![]() |
Diletta Carli Martina De Memme | |
2 | ![]() |
Lauren Boyle Emma Robinson | |
2 | ![]() |
Anja Klinar Tjaša Oder | |
2 | ![]() |
Mireia Belmonte María Vilas | |
2 | ![]() |
Katie Ledecky Leah Smith | |
1 | ![]() |
Joanna Evans | |
1 | ![]() |
Brittany MacLean | |
1 | ![]() |
Kristel Köbrich | |
1 | ![]() |
Lotte Friis | |
1 | ![]() |
Coralie Balmy | |
1 | ![]() |
Valerie Gruest | |
1 | ![]() |
Sharon van Rouwendaal | |
1 | ![]() |
Arina Openysheva | |
1 | ![]() |
Andreina Pinto | |
Olympic Selection Time – 8:51.96 | 1 | ![]() |
Julia Hassler[b] |
1 | ![]() |
Tamila Holub | |
Universality Places | 1 | ![]() |
Talita Te Flan |
Total | 32 |
Women's 100 m backstroke
Women's 200 m backstroke
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
---|---|---|---|
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:10.60 | 2 | ![]() |
Belinda Hocking Emily Seebohm |
2 | ![]() |
Dominique Bouchard Hilary Caldwell | |
2 | ![]() |
Chen Jie Liu Yaxin | |
2 | ![]() |
Lisa Graf Jenny Mensing | |
2 | ![]() |
Réka György Katinka Hosszú | |
2 | ![]() |
Duane da Rocha África Zamorano | |
2 | ![]() |
Maya DiRado Missy Franklin | |
1 | ![]() |
Matea Samardžić | |
1 | ![]() |
Simona Baumrtová | |
1 | ![]() |
Claudia Lau | |
1 | ![]() |
Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir | |
1 | ![]() |
Margherita Panziera | |
1 | ![]() |
Natsumi Sakai | |
1 | ![]() |
Alicja Tchórz | |
1 | ![]() |
Anastasia Fesikova | |
1 | ![]() |
Daryna Zevina | |
1 | ![]() |
Kirsty Coventry | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:15.17 | 1 | ![]() |
Martina van Berkel |
1 | ![]() |
Ekaterina Avramova | |
Universality Places | 1 | ![]() |
Yessy Yosaputra |
Total | 27 |
Women's 100 m breaststroke
Women's 200 m breaststroke
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
---|---|---|---|
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:26.94 | 2 | ![]() |
Georgia Bohl Taylor McKeown |
2 | ![]() |
Kierra Smith Martha McCabe | |
2 | ![]() |
Shi Jinglin Yu Jingyao | |
2 | ![]() |
Molly Renshaw Chloe Tutton | |
2 | ![]() |
Dalma Sebestyén Anna Sztankovics | |
2 | ![]() |
Rie Kaneto Kanako Watanabe | |
2 | ![]() |
Lilly King Molly Hannis | |
1 | ![]() |
Fanny Lecluyse | |
1 | ![]() |
Martina Moravčíková | |
1 | ![]() |
Rikke Møller Pedersen | |
1 | ![]() |
Jenna Laukkanen | |
1 | ![]() |
Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir | |
1 | ![]() |
Back Su-yeon | |
1 | ![]() |
Jessica Vall | |
1 | ![]() |
Sofiya Andreeva | |
1 | ![]() |
Zeynep Güneş | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:32.08 | 1 | ![]() |
Julia Sebastián |
1 | ![]() |
Yvette Kong[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Fiona Doyle[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Amit Ivry[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Sophie Hansson[a] | |
Universality Places | 1 | ![]() |
Aļona Ribakova |
Total | 29 |
Women's 100 m butterfly
Women's 200 m butterfly
Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
---|---|---|---|
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:09.33 | 2 | ![]() |
Madeline Groves Brianna Throssell |
2 | ![]() |
Zhang Yufei Zhou Yilin | |
2 | ![]() |
Katinka Hosszú Liliána Szilágyi | |
2 | ![]() |
Alessia Polieri Stefania Pirozzi | |
2 | ![]() |
Suzuka Hasegawa Natsumi Hoshi | |
2 | ![]() |
An Se-hyeon Park Jin-young | |
2 | ![]() |
Mireia Belmonte Judit Ignacio | |
2 | ![]() |
Cammile Adams Hali Flickinger | |
1 | ![]() |
Audrey Lacroix | |
1 | ![]() |
Lara Grangeon | |
1 | ![]() |
Franziska Hentke | |
1 | ![]() |
Aimee Willmott | |
1 | ![]() |
Anja Klinar | |
1 | ![]() |
Martina van Berkel | |
Olympic Selection Time – 2:13.86 | 1 | ![]() |
Virginia Bardach[a] |
1 | ![]() |
Joanna Melo[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Helena Gasson[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Nida Eliz Üstündağ | |
1 | ![]() |
Andreina Pinto[a] | |
Universality Places | 1 | ![]() |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:43.46 | 2 | ![]() |
Blair Evans Keryn McMaster |
2 | ![]() |
Emily Overholt Sydney Pickrem | |
2 | ![]() |
Ye Shiwen Zhou Min | |
2 | ![]() |
Lara Grangeon Fantine Lesaffre | |
2 | ![]() |
Hannah Miley Aimee Willmott | |
2 | ![]() |
Katinka Hosszú Zsuzsanna Jakabos | |
2 | ![]() |
Sara Franceschi Luisa Trombetti | |
2 | ![]() |
Sakiko Shimizu Miho Takahashi | |
2 | ![]() |
Mireia Belmonte María Vilas | |
2 | ![]() |
Elizabeth Beisel Maya DiRado | |
1 | ![]() |
Virginia Bardach | |
1 | ![]() |
Joanna Melo | |
1 | ![]() |
Barbora Závadová | |
1 | ![]() |
Franziska Hentke | |
1 | ![]() |
Victoria Kaminskaya | |
1 | ![]() |
Anja Crevar | |
1 | ![]() |
Anja Klinar | |
1 | ![]() |
Zeynep Güneş | |
1 | ![]() |
Ranohon Amanova | |
1 | ![]() |
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên | |
Olympic Selection Time – 4:53.68 | 1 | ![]() |
Jördis Steinegger |
1 | ![]() |
Matea Samardžić[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
Tanja Kylliäinen[a] | |
1 | ![]() |
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 |
---|---|---|
2015 World Championships | 11 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 16 |
Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
---|---|---|
2015 World Championships | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 16 |
Men's 4×100 m medley relay
Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
---|---|---|
2015 World Championships | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 16 |
Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay
Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
---|---|---|
2015 World Championships | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 16 |
Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
---|---|---|
2015 World Championships | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 16 |
Women's 4×100 m medley relay
Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
---|---|---|
2015 World Championships | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 16 |
Open water events
Timeline
Event | Date | Venue |
---|---|---|
2015 World Aquatics Championships | 24 July – 9 August 2015 | ![]() |
2016 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier | 11–12 June 2016 | ![]() |
Re-allocation of unused quota | 12–18 June 2016 | – |
Men's 10 km marathon
Qualification event | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
---|---|---|
2015 World Championships[5] | 10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier | 10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Continental Qualifier | 5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 25 |
° Unused host quota place
^ Unused continental quota place
Women's 10 km marathon
Qualification event | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
---|---|---|
2015 World Championships[5] | 10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier | 10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Continental Qualifier | 5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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
- 1 2 3 4 "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "Rio 2016 – FINA Marathon Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.