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.
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]
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| Men's events | Women's events | ||||
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| Event | OQT | OST | Event | OQT | OST |
| 50 m freestyle | 22.01 | 22.67 | 50 m freestyle | 24.77 | 25.51 |
| 100 m freestyle | 48.57 | 50.03 | 100 m freestyle | 54.38 | 56.01 |
| 200 m freestyle | 1:47.02 | 1:50.23 | 200 m freestyle | 1:57.28 | 2:00.80 |
| 400 m freestyle | 3:46.78 | 3:53.58 | 400 m freestyle | 4:07.90 | 4:15.34 |
| 800 m freestyle | 7:54.31 | 8:08.54 | 800 m freestyle | 8:33.36 | 8:48.76 |
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:00.99 | 15:28.02 | 1500 m freestyle | 16:32.04 | 17:01.80 |
| 100 m backstroke | 53.85 | 55.47 | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.25 | 1:02.06 |
| 200 m backstroke | 1:57.50 | 2:01.03 | 200 m backstroke | 2:10.39 | 2:14.30 |
| 100 m breaststroke | 59.93 | 1:01.73 | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.07 | 1:09.08 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:10.35 | 2:14.26 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:25.52 | 2:29.89 |
| 100 m butterfly | 51.96 | 53.52 | 100 m butterfly | 57.92 | 59.66 |
| 200 m butterfly | 1:56.48 | 1:59.97 | 200 m butterfly | 2:08.43 | 2:12.28 |
| 200 m individual medley | 1:59.67 | 2:03.26 | 200 m individual medley | 2:12.56 | 2:16.54 |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:15.84 | 4:21.46 | 400 m individual medley | 4:38.53 | 4:46.89 |
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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 individual events
Men's 50 m freestyle
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Men's 100 m freestyle
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Men's 200 m freestyle
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Men's 400 m freestyle
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Men's 800 m freestyle
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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| Olympic Qualifying Time – 7:54.31 | 2 |  Denmark |
Anton Ørskov Ipsen Alexander Nørgaard |
| 2 |  Greece |
Dimitrios Markos Konstantinos Englezakis | |
| 2 |  Italy |
Gabriele Detti Gregorio Paltrinieri | |
| 2 |  ROC |
Ilya Druzhinin Aleksandr Yegorov | |
| 2 |  Ukraine |
Serhiy Frolov Mykhailo Romanchuk | |
| 2 |  United States |
Michael Brinegar Robert Finke | |
| 1 |  Australia |
Jack McLoughlin | |
| 1 |  Austria |
Felix Auböck | |
| 1 |  Brazil |
Guilherme Costa | |
| 1 |  China |
Cheng Long | |
| 1 |  Czech Republic |
Jan Micka | |
| 1 |  Egypt |
Marwan El-Kamash | |
| 1 |  France |
David Aubry | |
| 1 |  Germany |
Florian Wellbrock | |
| 1 |  Great Britain |
Kieran Bird | |
| 1 |  Ireland |
Daniel Wiffen | |
| 1 |  New Zealand |
Zac Reid | |
| 1 |  Norway |
Henrik Christiansen | |
| 1 |  Portugal |
José Paulo Lopes | |
| 1 |  Serbia |
Vuk Čelić | |
| 1 |  Tunisia |
Ahmed Hafnaoui | |
| 1 |  Turkey |
Yiğit Aslan | |
| 1 |  Venezuela |
Alfonso Mestre | |
| 1 |  Vietnam |
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 8:08.54 | 1 |  El Salvador |
Marcelo Acosta[b] |
| 1 |  Hungary |
Ákos Kalmár[a] | |
| 1 |  Slovenia |
Martin Bau[b] | |
| 1 |  Sweden |
Victor Johansson | |
| Total | 34 | ||
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Men's 1500 m freestyle
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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| Olympic Qualifying Time – 15:00.99 | |||
| 2 | Australia |
Jack McLoughlin Thomas Neill | |
| 2 | Denmark |
Anton Ørskov Ipsen Alexander Nørgaard | |
| 2 | Germany |
Lukas Märtens Florian Wellbrock | |
| 2 | Hungary |
Gergely Gyurta Ákos Kalmár | |
| 2 | Italy |
Domenico Acerenza Gregorio Paltrinieri | |
| 2 | ROC |
Kirill Martynychev Aleksandr Yegorov | |
| 2 | Ukraine |
Serhiy Frolov Mykhailo Romanchuk | |
| 2 | United States |
Michael Brinegar Robert Finke | |
| 1 | Brazil |
Guilherme Costa | |
| 1 | Czech Republic |
Jan Micka | |
| 1 | Great Britain |
Daniel Jervis | |
| 1 | Norway |
Henrik Christiansen | |
| 1 | Vietnam |
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 15:28.02 | 1 | Austria |
Felix Auböck[a] |
| 1 | China |
Cheng Long[a] | |
| 1 | El Salvador |
Marcelo Acosta[b] | |
| 1 |  Indonesia |
Aflah Fadlan Prawira[b] | |
| 1 | Ireland |
Daniel Wiffen[a] | |
| 1 | Sweden |
Victor Johansson | |
| Universality Places | 1 |  Monaco |
Theo Druenne |
| Total | 29 | ||
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Men's 100 m backstroke
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Men's 200 m backstroke
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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| Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:57.50 | 2 | France |
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard Mewen Tomac |
| 2 | Great Britain |
Luke Greenbank Brodie Williams | |
| 2 |  Japan |
Ryosuke Irie Keita Sunama | |
| 2 |  Poland |
Radosław Kawęcki Jakub Skierka | |
| 2 | ROC |
Evgeny Rylov Grigory Tarasevich | |
| 2 | United States |
Bryce Mefford Ryan Murphy | |
| 1 | Australia |
Tristan Hollard | |
| 1 |  Bulgaria |
Kaloyan Levterov | |
| 1 |  Canada |
Markus Thormeyer | |
| 1 | China |
Xu Jiayu | |
| 1 | Czech Republic |
Jan Čejka | |
| 1 | Germany |
Christian Diener | |
| 1 | Hungary |
Ádám Telegdy | |
| 1 | Italy |
Matteo Restivo | |
| 1 | Portugal |
Francisco Santos | |
| 1 |  South Korea |
Lee Ju-ho | |
| 1 |  Spain |
Nicolás García | |
| 1 |  Switzerland |
Roman Mityukov | |
| 1 | Turkey |
Berke Saka | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:01.03 | 1 |  Israel |
Yakov Toumarkin[a] |
| 1 |  Romania |
Robert Glință[a] | |
| 1 |  South Africa |
Martin Binedell | |
| Universality Places | 1 |  Turkmenistan |
Merdan Ataýew[c] |
| Total | 29 | ||
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Men's 100 m breaststroke
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Men's 200 m breaststroke
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Men's 100 m butterfly
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Men's 200 m butterfly
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Men's 200 m individual medley
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Men's 400 m individual medley
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:15.84 | 2 | Australia |
Brendon Smith Se-Bom Lee |
| 2 | Great Britain |
Max Litchfield Brodie Williams | |
| 2 | Hungary |
Péter Bernek Dávid Verrasztó | |
| 2 | Italy |
Pier Andrea Matteazzi Alberto Razzetti | |
| 2 | Japan |
Yuki Ikari Daiya Seto | |
| 2 | ROC |
Maxim Stupin | |
| 2 | United States |
Chase Kalisz Jay Litherland | |
| 1 |  Azerbaijan |
Maksym Shemberev | |
| 1 | China |
Wang Shun | |
| 1 | France |
Léon Marchand | |
| 1 | Germany |
Jacob Heidtmann | |
| 1 | Greece |
Apostolos Papastamos | |
| 1 |  Netherlands |
Arjan Knipping | |
| 1 | New Zealand |
Lewis Clareburt | |
| 1 | Spain |
Joan Lluís Pons | |
| 1 | Switzerland |
Jérémy Desplanches | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 4:21.46 | 1 |  Ecuador |
Tomas Peribonio[b] |
| 1 | Israel |
Ron Polonsky[a] | |
| 1 |  Puerto Rico |
Jarod Arroyo[b] | |
| 1 | Portugal |
José Paulo Lopes[a] | |
| 1 |  Slovakia |
Richard Nagy[b] | |
| 1 |  Chinese Taipei |
Wang Hsing-hao[a] | |
| Universality Places | 1 |  Cuba |
Luis Vega Torres[c] |
| 1 |  Liechtenstein |
Christoph Meier[c] | |
| Total | 31 | ||
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Women's individual events
Women's 50 m freestyle
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Women's 100 m freestyle
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Women's 200 m freestyle
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:57.28 | 2 | Australia |
Ariarne Titmus Madison Wilson |
| 2 | China |
Li Bingjie Yang Junxuan | |
| 2 | Canada |
Summer McIntosh Penny Oleksiak | |
| 2 | Germany |
Annika Bruhn Isabel Gose | |
| 2 | United States |
Katie Ledecky Allison Schmitt | |
| 1 | Czech Republic |
Barbora Seemanová | |
| 1 | France |
Charlotte Bonnet | |
| 1 | Great Britain |
Freya Anderson | |
| 1 |  Hong Kong |
Siobhán Haughey | |
| 1 | Italy |
Federica Pellegrini | |
| 1 | ROC |
Valeriya Salamatina | |
| 1 | Sweden |
Sarah Sjöström | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:00.80 | 1 |  Bahamas |
Joanna Evans[a] |
| 1 | Cuba |
Elisbet Gámez[b] | |
| 1 |  Iceland |
Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir[b] | |
| 1 | Israel |
Andrea Murez[a] | |
| 1 | Liechtenstein |
Julia Hassler[b] | |
| 1 | New Zealand |
Erika Fairweather[a] | |
| 1 | Slovenia |
Janja Šegel[a] | |
| 1 | Vietnam |
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên[b] | |
| Universality Places | 1 |  Costa Rica |
Beatriz Padron |
| 1 |  Guatemala |
Gabriela Santis | |
| 1 |  Latvia |
Ieva Maļuka[c] | |
| 1 |  Lebanon |
Gabriella Doueihy | |
| 1 |  Morocco |
Lina Khiyara | |
| Total | 30 | ||
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Women's 400 m freestyle
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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| Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:07.90 | 2 | Australia |
Ariarne Titmus Tamsin Cook |
| 2 | China |
Li Bingjie Tang Muhan | |
| 2 | Germany |
Isabel Gose Leonie Kullmann | |
| 2 | Japan |
Waka Kobori Miyu Namba | |
| 2 | ROC |
Anna Egorova Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | |
| 2 | Turkey |
Beril Böcekler Merve Tuncel | |
| 2 | United States |
Katie Ledecky Paige Madden | |
| 1 |  Argentina |
Delfina Pignatiello | |
| 1 | Bahamas |
Joanna Evans | |
| 1 | Canada |
Summer McIntosh | |
| 1 | Hungary |
Ajna Késely | |
| 1 | Italy |
Simona Quadarella | |
| 1 | New Zealand |
Erika Fairweather | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 4:15.34 | 1 | Austria |
Marlene Kahler[a] |
| 1 | Cuba |
Elisbet Gámez[b] | |
| 1 | Liechtenstein |
Julia Hassler[b] | |
| 1 | South Korea |
Han Da-kyung[a] | |
| Universality Places | 1 |  Ivory Coast |
Talita Te Flan |
| 1 |  Kosovo |
Eda Zeqiri | |
| 1 |  Madagascar |
Tiana Rabarijaona | |
| 1 |  Malta |
Sasha Gatt[c] | |
| 1 |  Virgin Islands |
Natalia Kuipers | |
| Total | 29 | ||
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Women's 800 m freestyle
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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| Olympic Qualifying Time – 8:33.36 | 2 | Australia |
Ariarne Titmus Kiah Melverton |
| 2 | China |
Li Bingjie Wang Jianjiahe | |
| 2 | Germany |
Isabel Gose Sarah Köhler | |
| 2 | Italy |
Martina Caramignoli Simona Quadarella | |
| 2 | Japan |
Waka Kobori Miyu Namba | |
| 2 | ROC |
Anna Egorova Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | |
| 2 | Spain |
Mireia Belmonte Jimena Pérez | |
| 2 | Turkey |
Deniz Ertan Merve Tuncel | |
| 2 | United States |
Katie Grimes Katie Ledecky | |
| 1 | Argentina |
Delfina Pignatiello | |
| 1 | Austria |
Marlene Kahler | |
| 1 | Canada |
Summer McIntosh | |
| 1 | Hungary |
Ajna Késely | |
| 1 | Liechtenstein |
Julia Hassler | |
| 1 | Portugal |
Tamila Holub | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 8:48.76 | 1 | Brazil |
Viviane Jungblut[a] |
| 1 |  Chile |
Kristel Köbrich[a] | |
| 1 | New Zealand |
Eve Thomas[a] | |
| 1 | Slovenia |
Katja Fain[a] | |
| 1 | South Korea |
Han Da-kyung[a] | |
| 1 | Vietnam |
Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên[b] | |
| Universality Places | 1 | Malta |
Sasha Gatt[c] |
| 1 |  San Marino |
Arianna Valloni[c] | |
| Total | 31 | ||
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Women's 1500 m freestyle
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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| Olympic Qualifying Time – 16:32.04 | 2 | Australia |
Maddy Gough Kiah Melverton |
| 2 | Brazil |
Beatriz Dizotti Viviane Jungblut | |
| 2 | China |
Li Bingjie Wang Jianjiahe | |
| 2 | Germany |
Sarah Köhler Celine Rieder | |
| 2 | Hungary |
Ajna Késely Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas | |
| 2 | Italy |
Martina Caramignoli Simona Quadarella | |
| 2 | New Zealand |
Hayley McIntosh Eve Thomas | |
| 2 | Portugal |
Diana Durães Tamila Holub | |
| 2 | Spain |
Mireia Belmonte Jimena Pérez | |
| 2 | Turkey |
Beril Böcekler Merve Tuncel | |
| 2 | United States |
Katie Ledecky Erica Sullivan | |
| 1 | Argentina |
Delfina Pignatiello | |
| 1 | Austria |
Marlene Kahler | |
| 1 | Canada |
Katrina Bellio | |
| 1 | Chile |
Kristel Köbrich | |
| 1 | Denmark |
Helena Rosendahl Bach | |
| 1 | Liechtenstein |
Julia Hassler | |
| 1 | ROC |
Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | |
| 1 | Slovenia |
Katja Fain | |
| 1 | South Korea |
Han Da-kyung | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 17:01.80 | 1 | San Marino |
Arianna Valloni[b] |
| Total | 32 | ||
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Women's 100 m backstroke
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Women's 200 m backstroke
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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| Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:10.39 | 2 | Australia |
Kaylee McKeown Emily Seebohm |
| 2 | Canada |
Kylie Masse Taylor Ruck | |
| 2 | China |
Liu Yaxin Peng Xuwei | |
| 2 | Great Britain |
Kathleen Dawson Cassie Wild | |
| 2 | Hungary |
Katalin Burián Katinka Hosszú | |
| 2 | Netherlands |
Kira Toussaint Sharon van Rouwendaal | |
| 2 | United States |
Phoebe Bacon Rhyan White | |
| 1 | Austria |
Lena Grabowski | |
| 1 | Italy |
Margherita Panziera | |
| 1 |  Moldova |
Tatiana Salcuțan | |
| 1 | New Zealand |
Ali Galyer | |
| 1 | Poland |
Laura Bernat | |
| 1 | ROC |
Daria Ustinova | |
| 1 | South Korea |
Lee Eun-ji | |
| 1 | Spain |
África Zamorano | |
| 1 | Ukraine |
Daryna Zevina | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:14.30 | 1 | Czech Republic |
Simona Kubová[a] |
| 1 |  Dominican Republic |
Krystal Lara[b] | |
| 1 | El Salvador |
Celina Márquez[b] | |
| 1 | Israel |
Aviv Barzelay | |
| 1 | Norway |
Ingeborg Løyning[b] | |
| 1 |  Seychelles |
Felicity Passon[b] | |
| Total | 30 | ||
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Women's 100 m breaststroke
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Women's 200 m breaststroke
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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| Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:25.52 | 2 | Australia |
Abbey Harkin Jenna Strauch |
| 2 | Canada |
Sydney Pickrem Kelsey Wog | |
| 2 | Great Britain |
Molly Renshaw Abbie Wood | |
| 2 | ROC |
Evgenia Chikunova Maria Temnikova | |
| 2 | South Africa |
Kaylene Corbett Tatjana Schoenmaker | |
| 2 | Spain |
Marina García Jessica Vall | |
| 2 | United States |
Lilly King Annie Lazor | |
| 1 | Argentina |
Julia Sebastián | |
| 1 |  Belarus |
Alina Zmushka | |
| 1 |  Belgium |
Fanny Lecluyse | |
| 1 | China |
Yu Jingyao | |
| 1 | Czech Republic |
Kristýna Horská | |
| 1 | Hungary |
Eszter Békési | |
| 1 | Italy |
Francesca Fangio | |
| 1 | Japan |
Kanako Watanabe | |
| 1 | Sweden |
Sophie Hansson | |
| 1 | Switzerland |
Lisa Mamie | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:29.89 | 1 |  Estonia |
Eneli Jefimova[a] |
| 1 | Ireland |
Mona McSharry[a] | |
| 1 |  Lithuania |
Kotryna Teterevkova[b] | |
| 1 |  Mexico |
Melissa Rodríguez[b] | |
| 1 | Slovakia |
Andrea Podmaníková[b] | |
| Universality Places | 1 |  Malaysia |
Phee Jinq En[c] |
| 1 |  Maldives |
Aishath Sajina | |
| Total | 31 | ||
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Women's 100 m butterfly
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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| Olympic Qualifying Time – 57.92 | 2 | Australia |
Emma McKeon Brianna Throssell |
| 2 | Canada |
Maggie MacNeil Katerine Savard | |
| 2 | Italy |
Ilaria Bianchi Elena di Liddo | |
| 2 | ROC |
Svetlana Chimrova Arina Surkova | |
| 2 | Sweden |
Louise Hansson Sarah Sjöström | |
| 2 | United States |
Claire Curzan Torri Huske | |
| 1 | Belarus |
Anastasiya Shkurdai | |
| 1 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Lana Pudar | |
| 1 | China |
Zhang Yufei | |
| 1 | Denmark |
Emilie Beckmann | |
| 1 | Egypt |
Farida Osman | |
| 1 | France |
Marie Wattel | |
| 1 | Great Britain |
Harriet Jones | |
| 1 | Greece |
Anna Ntountounaki | |
| 1 | South Africa |
Erin Gallagher | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 59.66 | 1 | Hungary |
Dalma Sebestyén[a] |
| 1 | Ireland |
Ellen Walshe[a] | |
| 1 | Israel |
Anastasia Gorbenko[a] | |
| 1 |  Philippines |
Remedy Rule[b] | |
| 1 | South Korea |
An Se-hyeon | |
| Universality Places | 1 | Azerbaijan |
Mariam Sheikhalizadehkhanghah |
| 1 |  Paraguay |
Luana Alonso | |
| 1 | Puerto Rico |
Miriam Sheehan[c] | |
| 1 |  Sri Lanka |
Aniqah Gaffoor | |
| 1 | Venezuela |
Jeserik Pinto[c] | |
| Invitational Places | 1 |  Refugee Olympic Team |
Yusra Mardini |
| Total | 42 | ||
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Women's 200 m butterfly
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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| Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:08.43 | 2 | China |
Yu Liyan Zhang Yufei |
| 2 | Great Britain |
Laura Stephens Alys Thomas | |
| 2 | Hungary |
Katinka Hosszú Boglárka Kapás | |
| 2 | United States |
Hali Flickinger Regan Smith | |
| 1 | Australia |
Brianna Throssell | |
| 1 | Germany |
Franziska Hentke | |
| 1 | Japan |
Suzuka Hasegawa | |
| 1 | Portugal |
Ana Monteiro | |
| 1 | ROC |
Svetlana Chimrova | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:12.28 | 1 | Denmark |
Helena Rosendahl Bach[a] |
| 1 | Philippines |
Remedy Rule[b] | |
| 1 | Turkey |
Defne Taçyıldız | |
| Universality Places | 1 |  Honduras |
Julimar Ávila |
| Total | 17 | ||
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Women's 200 m individual medley
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
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| Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:12.56 | 2 | Canada |
Bailey Andison Sydney Pickrem |
| 2 | China |
Chen Xinyi Yu Yiting | |
| 2 | France |
Cyrielle Duhamel Fantine Lesaffre | |
| 2 | Great Britain |
Alicia Wilson Abbie Wood | |
| 2 | Hungary |
Katinka Hosszú Dalma Sebestyén | |
| 2 | Italy |
Ilaria Cusinato Sara Franceschi | |
| 2 | Japan |
Yui Ohashi Miho Teramura | |
| 2 | United States |
Kate Douglass Alex Walsh | |
| 0 | Australia |
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| 1 | Bulgaria |
Diana Petkova | |
| 1 | Ireland |
Ellen Walshe | |
| 1 | Israel |
Anastasia Gorbenko | |
| 1 | South Korea |
Kim Seo-yeong | |
| 1 | Switzerland |
Maria Ugolkova | |
| 1 | Turkey |
Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:16.54 | 1 | Czech Republic |
Kristýna Horská[a] |
| 1 |  Peru |
McKenna de Bever[b] | |
| 1 | Serbia |
Anja Crevar[a] | |
| 1 | South Africa |
Rebecca Meder | |
| 1 | Spain |
África Zamorano[a] | |
| Universality Places | 1 |  Uruguay |
Nicole Frank |
| Total | 29 | ||
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Women's 400 m individual medley
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| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:38.53 | 2 | Canada |
Tessa Cieplucha Sydney Pickrem |
| 2 | Italy |
Ilaria Cusinato Sara Franceschi | |
| 2 | Japan |
Yui Ohashi Ageha Tanigawa | |
| 2 | Hungary |
Katinka Hosszú Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas | |
| 2 | United States |
Hali Flickinger Emma Weyant | |
| 1 | China |
Yu Yiting | |
| 1 | France |
Fantine Lesaffre | |
| 1 | Great Britain |
Aimee Willmott | |
| 1 | Serbia |
Anja Crevar | |
| 1 | Spain |
Mireia Belmonte | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 4:46.89 | 1 | Argentina |
Virginia Bardach |
| 1 | Israel |
Anastasia Gorbenko[a] | |
| 1 | Slovenia |
Katja Fain[a] | |
| Universality Places | 1 | Indonesia |
Azzahra Permatahani |
| Total | 19 | ||
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Relay events[5]
16 teams qualify in each relay event, for a total of 112 relay teams.[6]
Teams can qualify by one of two routes:
- The twelve highest placed nations in relay events at the 18th FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju qualified for the corresponding relay event at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 based upon the results achieved in the heats.
- The remaining four teams per relay event will be the teams with the fastest times in the FINA World Rankings of 31 May 2021 achieved during the qualification period, in the qualifying events approved by FINA
- If any of the qualified teams from either group are not able to participate for any reason, the next highest ranked eligible team from the FINA World Rankings will be offered the relay team quota place.
Qualification summary
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| NOC | Men | Women | Mixed | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 100 free | 4 × 200 free | 4 × 100 medley | 4 × 100 free | 4 × 200 free | 4 × 100 medley | 4 × 100 medley | Total | |
| Australia |  | | | | | | | 7 |
| Belarus | | | | 3 | ||||
| Brazil | | | | | | | 6 | |
| Canada | | | | | | | 6 | |
| China | | | | | | | 6 | |
| Czech Republic | | 1 | ||||||
| Denmark | | | 2 | |||||
| France | | | | | | 5 | ||
| Germany | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Great Britain | | | | | | | 6 | |
| Greece | | | | 3 | ||||
| Hong Kong | | | | 3 | ||||
| Hungary | | | | | | 5 | ||
| Ireland | | 1 | ||||||
| Israel | | | 2 | |||||
| Italy | | | | | | | 6 | |
| Japan | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Lithuania | | 1 | ||||||
| Netherlands | | | | | 4 | |||
| New Zealand | | 1 | ||||||
| Poland | | | | | | 5 | ||
| ROC | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Serbia | | 1 | ||||||
| South Africa | | | 2 | |||||
| South Korea | | | 2 | |||||
| Spain | | 1 | ||||||
| Sweden | | | 2 | |||||
| Switzerland | | | 2 | |||||
| Turkey | | 1 | ||||||
| United States | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Total: 29 NOCs | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
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Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
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| Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Championships | 12 | United States Great Britain ROC Australia Italy Brazil France Hungary Japan Greece Germany Poland |
| Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | Canada Switzerland Serbia Netherlands |
| Total | 16 |
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Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
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| Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Championships | 12 | Italy ROC United States Australia China Brazil Great Britain Germany Japan Israel Poland Switzerland |
| Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | France Hungary Ireland South Korea |
| Total | 16 |
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Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
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| Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Championships | 12 | ROC United States Japan Great Britain Australia Brazil China Germany Belarus Canada Lithuania Hungary |
| Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | Italy France Poland Greece |
| Total | 16 |
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Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
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| Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Championships | 12 | Australia Canada Sweden United States Japan Netherlands China Germany ROC Hong Kong Czech Republic Poland |
| Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | Great Britain France Denmark Brazil |
| Total | 16 |
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Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
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| Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Championships | 12 | Australia United States ROC China Germany Canada Hungary Japan Poland New Zealand Hong Kong South Korea |
| Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | Great Britain Italy France Israel |
| Reallocation of unused quota | 5 | Brazil[8] Denmark Belgium Turkey South Africa |
| Total | 16 |
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Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
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| Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Championships | 12 | United States Australia Italy Canada China Sweden Great Britain Japan Germany Netherlands Switzerland ROC |
| Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | Belarus Finland Hong Kong South Africa |
| Reallocation of unused quota | 2 | Denmark Spain |
| Total | 16 |
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Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay
More information Qualification event, No. of teams ...
| Qualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Championships | 12 | United States Australia ROC Great Britain Canada Italy Netherlands Germany Belarus Israel Poland Hungary |
| Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | China Japan Greece Brazil |
| Total | 16 |
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Timeline
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| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | July 12–28, 2019 |  Gwangju |
| 2021 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier | June 19–20, 2021 |  Setúbal[9] |
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Men's 10 km marathon
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| 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 | 11 | Hector Pardoe (GBR) Athanasios Kynigakis (GRE) Matan Roditi (ISR) Kai Edwards (AUS) Taishin Minamide (JPN) Tiago Campos (POR) Kirill Abrosimov (ROC) David Farinango (ECU) Oussama Mellouli (TUN) Michael McGlynn (RSA)° Daniel Delgadillo (MEX)^ |
| Continental Qualifier | 4 | Matej Kozubek (CZE) Hau-Li Fan (CAN) Phillip Seidler (NAM) William Yan Thorley (HKG) |
| Host country | 0 | — |
| Total | 25 |
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° Unused host quota place
^ Unused continental quota place
- No eligible athlete from Oceania competed in the men's race at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier, which meant the top 10 qualified.
Women's 10 km marathon
More information Qualification event, No. of athletes ...
| 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 | 10 | Anna Olasz (HUN) Paula Ruiz (ESP) Kate Sanderson (CAN) Alice Dearing (GBR) Angélica André (POR) Cecilia Biagioli (ARG) Anastasiya Kirpichnikova (ROC) Samantha Arévalo (ECU) Špela Perše (SLO) Michelle Weber (RSA)^ |
| Continental Qualifier | 4 |  Souad Cherouati (ALG) Paola Pérez (VEN) Krystyna Panchishko (UKR) Chantal Liew (SGP) |
| Host country | 1 | Yumi Kida (JPN) |
| Total | 25 |
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^ Unused continental quota place
- No eligible athlete from Oceania competed in the women's race at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier, which meant the top 10 qualified.
| a. | ^ Qualified in other events |
| b. | ^ Under universality place, but reached the Olympic Selection Time |
| c. | ^ Achieved the Olympic Selection Time in another event. |
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