For the swimming competitions at the 2012 Summer Olympics the following qualification systems were in place. The list has been updated to 20 August 2011. Qualification ends on 3 July 2012.
Qualifying standards
editA National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 2 qualified athletes in each individual event if both meet the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). 1 athlete per event can potentially qualify should they meet the Olympic Selection Time (OST) and if the quota of 900 athletes has not been met. NOCs may enter swimmers regardless of time (1 swimmer per sex) if they have no swimmers meeting either standard entry time.
The qualifying time standards must be obtained in Continental Championships, National Olympic Trials or International Competitions approved by FINA in the period 1 March 2011 to 3 July 2012.
FINA qualifying standards are as follows:[1]
Individual events
editOnly those with the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) are listed below as on the FINA website as those with the Olympic Selection Time are not guaranteed a place in the Olympic Games.[2][3] Named swimmers have qualified personally through national selection meets or have been nominated by their National Olympic Committee (NOC).
The result is here:
- 438 – OQT (59 NF/NOCs)
- 181 – OST (12 NF/NOCs) – some still to be confirmed
- 131 – Relay-only swimmers
- 150 – Universality (95 NF/NOCs)
- Total: 900 (166 NF/NOCs)
Men's individual events
editMen's 50 m freestyle
editMen's 100 m freestyle
editMen's 200 m freestyle
editMen's 400 m freestyle
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 3:48.93 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 3:54.13[4] | 9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wildcard Places | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Total | 28 |
Men's 1500 m freestyle
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 15:11.83 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 15:43.74[4] | 9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wildcard Places | 1 | ![]() |
Total | 31 |
Men's 100 m backstroke
edit* Chris Walker-Hebborn qualified in this event by an allocated quota, following a sudden withdrawal of Israel's Jonatan Kopelev.
Men's 200 m backstroke
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:58.48 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 2:02.63[4] | 10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 35 |
Men's 100 m breaststroke
editMen's 200 m breaststroke
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:11.74 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 2:16.35[4] | 11 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wildcard Places | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Total | 34 |
Men's 100 m butterfly
editMen's 200 m butterfly
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:56.85 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 2:00.95[4] | 13 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wildcard Places | 1 | ![]() |
Total | 37 |
Men's 200 m individual medley
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:00.17 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 2:04.38[4] | 9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wildcard Places | 1 | ![]() |
Total | 36 |
Men's 400 m individual medley
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:16.46 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 4:25.44[4] | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wildcard Places | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 37 |
* to be confirmed by NF/NOC
Women's individual events
editWomen's 50 m freestyle
editWomen's 100 m freestyle
editWomen's 200 m freestyle
editWomen's 400 m freestyle
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:09.35 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 4:18.07[4] | 13 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wildcard places | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Total | 36 |
Women's 800 m freestyle
editWomen's 100 m backstroke
editWomen's 200 m backstroke
editWomen's 100 m breaststroke
editWomen's 200 m breaststroke
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:26.89 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 2:32.03[4] | 10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wildcard Places | 1 | ![]() |
Total | 34 |
Women's 100 m butterfly
editWomen's 200 m butterfly
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:08.95 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 2:13.46[4] | 9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 27 |
Women's 200 m individual medley
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:13.36 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 2:18.03[4] | 17 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 37 |
Women's 400 m individual medley
editQualification standard | No. of athletes | Qualified athletes |
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Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:41.75 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
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Olympic Selection Time – 4:51.75[4] | 11 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Universality places | 1 | ![]() |
Total | 36 |
* to be confirmed by NF/NOC
Men's relay events
editMen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
editQualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2011 World Championships | 11 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
TOTAL | 15 |
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
editQualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2011 World Championships | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
TOTAL | 16 |
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
editQualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2011 World Championships | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
TOTAL | 16 |
Women's relay events
editWomen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
editQualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2011 World Championships | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
TOTAL | 16 |
Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
editQualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2011 World Championships | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
TOTAL | 16 |
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
editQualification event | No. of teams | Qualified teams |
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2011 World Championships | 12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Best times of non-qualifiers | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
TOTAL | 16 |
Open water events
editMen's 10 km marathon
editQualification event | Qualified athletes |
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Host* | ![]() |
2011 World Championships[8][9] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2012 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier (9–10 June 2012) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Continent qualifiers | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Women's 10 km marathon
editQualification event | Qualified athletes |
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2011 World Championships[8][10] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2012 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier (9–10 June 2012) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Continent qualifiers | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
- * If not qualified by any means. If Great Britain has already qualified quota will be added to the 2012 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier.
Notes
edita. | ^ Qualified in other events |
b. | ^ Under universality place, but reached the Olympic Standard Time |
References
edit- ^ "Qualifying Standards" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "Best Performers listing". Swim News. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Swimmers invited by achieving OST standard times Archived 2012-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, FINA
- ^ OST invited Archived 2012-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Three Brazilians Suspended for Positive Tests; Three Separate Bans; Glauber Silva Off Olympic Team". Swimming World Magazine. 27 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
Glauber Silva, who had been a member of the Brazilian Olympic team in the 100 fly, was suspended for two years starting yesterday, and has been removed from the Olympic squad. No replacement will be named.
- ^ "London 2012 - Swimming - Qualified NF/NOC for the Relays". FINA. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Open water swimming qualification" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "10km Men" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ "10km Women" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.